October 1, 1999 Homecoming '99 October 22-24 College of Education Hosts IDE Conference October 1-2 First International Cutler Scholarship Announced

• College of Fine Arts Convocation at 10 a.m. in the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Mmeorial Auditorium. Keynote address by playwright Milan Stitt. Free and open to the public.
  
  
• Arts & Sciences Welcome Reception from 4-5:30 p.m. at Nelson Dining Hall. To allow the campus community to meet new faculty and members of the College Advisory Council. Free and refreshments will be served. Call 593-2850 for information.
  
  
• Volleyball vs. Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. at the Convo. Free and open to all.
  
  
• Two Exhibits at the Kennedy Museum of Art: the multimedia installation, "The Unfound Door," and "Will Barnet: An American Master Print Retrospective."
  
  
• For more, please visit the online Calendar of Events. Also, please visit the Fun Stuff page for info about area events over the weekend.
  

• Construction Will Close Stewart Street
  
  
• Hispanic Heritage Month Events
  
  
• Free Cancer Screenings Offered to Women by OU-COM
  
  
• How to Get Your Bobcat Football Tickets
  
  
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus available

William F. Buckley Jr. Kicks Off Kennedy Series This year's lineup of Kennedy Lecture Series speakers features a renowned newspaper columnist, a former U.S. surgeon general, and the U.S. poet laureate. Syndicated columnist William F. Buckley Jr. leads the series with a talk at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5 in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Buckley's lecture topic will be "Reflections on Current Contentions." Buckley is an author, adviser, politician, writer, philosopher and television host. He is well-known for his syndicated column "On the Right," which he began writing in 1962. Today, it appears in more than 300 newspapers throughout the world. He also hosts the weekly television show "Firing Line," which debuted in 1966. The longest-running television program in the U.S. featuring the same host, "Firing Line" guests have included Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders will speak on "Health Care in the 21 Century" at 8 p.m. Feb. 9. Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the United States, will speak at 8 p.m. April 11 on "The Sounds of Poetry." All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please read the full text of this news release.