Torchbearer: Summer 1997

Calendar

Frank H. McClung Museum temporary exhibit "Human/Plant Interaction in Prehistoric Tennessee" (through March 31, 1998)

AUGUST

10 - Alumni Tour: Cruise the Danube (through Aug. 23)
13 - Summer classes end
15 - Commencement
19 - Alumni tour: Alumni College of Ireland (through Aug. 27)
20 - Alumni tour: Alaska Wilderness Voyage of the Glaciers
(through Sept. 1)
23 - Welcome Back BBQ, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7 p.m.
27 - Fall semester classes begin
29 - Terra Nova, Clarence Brown Theatre (through Sept. 13)
30 - Football: Vols vs. Texas Tech

Pregame showcase: The Secularization of Spirituality: Self-Help Movements and the Diseasing of America, Dr. Ronald Hopson, associate professor, psychology, two hours before kickoff, 235 University Center

SEPTEMBER

6 - Football: Vols vs. UCLA at Los Angeles
9 - Tuesday Topics: The Sacred Darkness: Prehistoric Cave Art in Tennessee, Dr. Jan Simek, professor and head, anthropology, 7:30 p.m., 235 University Center
13 - Law School Building Dedication, time TBA
17 - Alumni tour: Islands of the Pacific Northwest (through Nov. 1)
20 - Football: Vols vs. Florida at Gainesville

OCTOBER

3 - Air Force ROTC Detachment 800 Reunion (through Oct. 4)
4 - Ag Day
Football: Vols vs. Mississippi- Pregame showcase: Evidence for Life in a Martian Meteorite (! or ?), Dr. Harry McSween, professor, geological sciences, two hours before kickoff, 226-227 University Center
10 - Our Town, Clarence Brown Theatre (through Oct. 29)
11 - Football: Vols vs. Georgia- Pregame showcase: Snakes: Objects of Fascination and Fear, Dr. Sandy Echternacht, professor, ecology and evolutionary biology, two hours before kickoff, 235 University Center
14 - Tuesday Topics: The Death Penalty American Style: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?, Dr. Otis Stephens, alumni distinguished service professor, political science, and adjunct professor of law, 7:30 p.m., 235 University Center
18 - Football: Vols vs. Alabama at Birmingham
20 - UTNAA Women's Council: "Dr. Mom's Parenting Guide," Dr. Marianne Neifert, Bristol, Tenn.
21 - UTNAA Women's Council: "Dr. Mom's Parenting Guide," Dr. Marianne Neifert, 6 p.m. UTC Fine Arts Center, Chattanooga
Alumni tour: Autumn in Burgundy and Provence (through Nov. 1)
UT Choral Concert with the UT Civic Orchestra, "Elijah," 8 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, admission
23 - UTNAA Women's Council: "Dr. Mom's Parenting Guide," Dr. Marianne Neifert, Memphis
28 - UT Jazz Big Band, 8 p.m., Music Hall
30 - Band Concert (three bands), 8 p.m., Music Hall
31- All Night Long, Clarence Brown Theatre (through Nov. 15)

NOVEMBER

1 - Football: Vols vs. South Carolina- Pregame showcase: Andrew Jackson and his Tennessee Lieutenants, Dr. Larry Ratner, professor, history, two hours before kickoff, 235 University Center
6 - Orchestra concert, 8 p.m., Music Hall
7- 8 - Homecoming
8- Football: Vols vs. Southern Miss- Pregame showcase: Strangers in Paradise: The Effects and Management of Introduced Species, Dr. Dan Simberloff, Nancy Gore Hunger Distinguished Professor, ecology and evolutionary biology, two hours before kickoff, 235 University Center
11 - Tuesday Topics: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: Catastrophic Predictions for a World Out-of-Balance, Dr. Robert Moore, professor and head, microbiology, 7:30 p.m., 235 University Center
15 - Football: Vols vs. Arkansas at Little Rock
21 - My Three Angels, Clarence Brown Theatre (through Dec. 11)
UT Opera Theatre, 8 p.m., Music Hall (through Nov. 24)
22 - Football: Vols vs. Kentucky at Lexington
29 - Football: Vols vs. Vanderbilt
Pregame showcase: Contract to Kill: Murder for Hire and the Value of Life in America, Dr. James Black, professor, sociology, two hours before kickoff, 235 University Center