Thu, February 17, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Love American Style: Neoliberal Citizenship in Contemporary Marriage Politics: New Directions in Feminist Studies

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Lisa Duggan, an associate professor of history, American studies, and gender studies at New York University, examines why the concept of marriage – in such seeming decline - appears at the center of ideology and aspiration on the national stage.

Thu, February 17, 2005 at 7:30 pm
A New Harpsichord Joins the Thornton Collection

Music Faculty Building (MUS)
Admission: Free

Thornton faculty artists Lucinda Carver (harpsichord), Allan Vogel (oboe), Judith Farmer (bassoon) and Lyndon Johnson Taylor (violin) are joined by Janice Tipton (flute) to celebrate a new acquisition - a 1981 Fisk French double harpsichord.

Thu, February 17, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Townhall Meeting on Parking Issues

Mount St. Mary's College
Admission: Free

In response to concerns about parking in the surrounding neighborhoods, a community-wide steering committee hosts a townhall to better understand key parking issues.

Thu, February 17, 2005 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Economie, Société-Nature, Politique

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Retired French statesman Edgar Pisani describes how politics could be the mediator between the dynamics of economy and the potential dynamics of society.

Fri, February 18, 2005 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Occupational Science Symposium: The Brain, Emotions, and Occupation

Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
Admission: Lecture is free; $60 for Wilma West Award Luncheon

Dr. Antonio Damasio serves as keynote speaker as he and other internationally recognized speakers explore the complex relationship between the brain, emotions, everyday activities and health.

Fri, February 18, 2005 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
The Mediation of Global Blackness: Ousmane Sembene and Richard Wright

Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)
Admission: Free

Dominic Thomas from the University of California at Los Angeles explores the mediation between the work of Senegalese novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene and African-American writer Richard Wright, both of whom resided in France during the 1940s.

Sun, February 20, 2005 from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm
17th Annual USC Scripter® Award

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: $500

Author F. X. Toole and screenwriter Paul Haggis are honored for their contributions to the film "Million Dollar Baby."

Tue, February 22, 2005 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Color Woodcut and American Arts and Crafts

The Neighborhood Church
Admission: General, $20; Members, $15

David Acton, curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, discusses the art of color woodcut and its innovators in a lavishly illustrated survey of the time period from the 1890s through the 1930s.

Tue, February 22, 2005 at 7:30 pm
Dennis Thurmond and Bernadene Blaha, piano: Music For Two

Alfred Newman Recital Hall (AHF)
Admission: Free

Thornton faculty artists Dennis Thurmond and Bernaden Blaha present a revolutionary night of music featuring modified music of Ives, Gershwin, Holst and Dennis Thurmond.

Tue, February 22, 2005 all day.
IM Softball: USC Intramural Sports Programs

Cromwell Field (CFX)
Admission: $40 per team

Intramural softball is open to students, staff and faculty with divisions that include all-U, HICCup, women's, coed, fraternity and sorority.