TRENDS/DIVERSIONS
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Many thanks to veterans ✯ Ever have a headache from just studyseverely from post-traumatic stress ing for an exam and then the anxiety disorder, and had nightmares. My brothbuilding up to the exam? ers and I were never allowed to ask him Thursday was my day. The migraine about the war, though being the defiant came from studying for my foreign lanchildren we were, we did which resulted guage exam. with my mother’s scolding us. On top of that, I had to translate a After the service in The Quad, there SUSAN RAUCH poem from Old English into Modern Engwere two Veterans’ Memorial plaques lish over the weekend, and mysteriously Trends Columnist dedicated in front of Flowers Hall. The the headache returned. The old cliché, Alumni Association dedicated one of “it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks,” really them, so I took some pictures for the Alumni applies in these cases. Web site. My son seems to absorb his German better than Afterward, the Alumni Association held a I do – I only wish he could absorb some math. luncheon. Being a Student Chapter member, The scary thing about the language course is I was invited. I think I found my next favorite I have to take it for three more semesters. I am restaurant. The food was amazing — enough to really hoping by next semester it all will sort of “almost” forget about my progressing migraine. I just click in. was thankful the stress of the morning exam was Aside from the migraine phenomena, the alleviated by the afternoon’s events. Veteran’s Day Memorial Service in The Quad was I want to thank all of our students who are veta highlight. When the military planes flew over erans of our U.S. military for serving this great twice, I felt a bit of pride and sadness. country. That thanks extends to my husband, who The day reminded me of my grandfather, to is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, and served whom I was very close. He lost some fingers as one of a few radiomen saving lives during the during one of the battles on D-Day and suffered Cuban Mariel Boatlift.
Fine Arts Calendar
Mu Phi Epsilon Founder’s Day Recital, 7 p.m., Tuesday, University Performing Arts Center “A Chorus Line,” 7:30 p.m., Tuesday- Saturday, 2 p.m., Sunday, Main Stage Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band, 8 p.m., Tuesday, Evans Auditorium Saxophone Studio Recital, 6 p.m., Wednesday, Recital Hall Guest Recitalist Christopher Michell, 7 p.m., Thursday, UPAC Choreographers Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, 2 and 7:30
p.m., Friday, Jowers Studio UnNuitd’etoiles- Senior Voice Recital Christin Toerner, 7 p.m., Friday, Recital Hall Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m., Friday, Evans Auditorium Orchestra del Rio, 9 p.m., Friday, George’s Senior Voice Recital Guadalupe Castro, 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Recital Hall A Soprano State of MindJoint Senior Recital by Paige Patrick and Robin Turman, 6 p.m., Saturday, Recital Hall VocaLibre, 8 p.m., Saturday, Recital Hall
Clarinet Studio Recital by David Pino, 3 p.m., Sunday, Recital Hall Mens and Womens Chorus, 3 p.m., Sunday, Evans Auditorium University Singers, 6 p.m., Sunday, Evans Auditorium String Jury Recital by Paul Bird, 7 p.m., Sunday, Recital Hall Guitar Ensemble Recital, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Recital Hall Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Monday, Evans Auditorium Senior Violin Recital Angela M. Garcia, 8:30 p.m., Monday, Recital Hall
Complete the grid so that every row, column, and 3-by-3 box contains every digit from one through nine inclusively.
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