thursday 27

Chuck Thomas will give a speech entitled "Marijuana Policy: The Implications of the California and Arizona Initiatives, and Where Do We Go From Here." Sponsored by U.Va. NORML and Students for Individual Liberty at 7:30 p.m. in Minor Hall. Okay, so pot is to initiative as...

Whilst excavating dirt,
With my shovels and my trowels,
My blood began to spurt
So I asked him for a towel.
Professor Peter Bleed from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln speaks on "Modern Japan: The Archaeological Factory" in Campbell Hall 160 at 8 p.m. It's a dirty job, the pay sucks, but where else do you get to dig up dirty Hello Kitty sweatsocks?

In town tonight: at Miller's, John D'earth Group; at the Outback Lodge, Ian Gilliam; at Trax, The Secret; at Macado's, Naked Puritans.

friday 28

I pulled up in a pickup truck held together with bailing wire. Two snorts of bourbon in the parking lot. Painted-on jeans, boots, and a cowboy shirt. The name's Twitty. Conway Twitty. Karaoke Night in the Backroom Cafe of The Pav, 7:30 p.m.

26.2 miles later ... cheer the igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary as they make a break for the finish line. WTJU Rock Marathon ends at midnight.

In town tonight: at Trax, Zuba and Everything; at Dürty Nelly's, Naked Puritans; at Miller's, Terri Allard; at Outback Lodge, Kelly Bell Band; at Tokyo Rose, Cul de Sac and Last Days of May.

saturday 1

You know how your mom used to drag your dad to the lawn and garden show at the civic center? And your dad always wanted to go to the boat show? Now's your chance! Korean Exposition in the Student Activities Building at 1 p.m.

In town tonight: at Trax, Klub Krew's Divine Dance Experience; at Miller's, Afrikan Drum Festival; at Tokyo Rose, Clare Quilty, Bedlam, and Maud Gonne.

sunday 2

Zip-line it from the Rotunda to Old Cabell. 2 to 4 p.m. Courtesy of U-Union's Travel Committee. Pogo sticks to follow.

In town tonight: at Michael's Bistro, Sal Milione; at Northern Exposure, Harry Faulkner.

monday 3

Jeanne White-Ginder promotes AIDS Awareness through the story of her son... "The Legacy of Ryan White". 8 p.m. at the Newcomb Hall Theater. Unfunny.

"Picture it... Charlottesville, 1790. A young Thomas Jefferson was only dreaming of the dumbwaiter, but a little academical village was about to make it big ..." U-Guided Imagery stress management at 12:15 p.m. in the Charter Medical Office Building. $5 to dream your little dream.

In town tonight: at Macado's, Hook; at Miller's, Tim Reynolds; at Michael's Bistro, Phatness.

tuesday 4

Having problems spilling your seed everywhere? Do you go through rolls of paper towels at an alarming rate? Always cleaning those sticky spots on your car seats? Well, you're not alone. Find out how it all got started at UC-Berkeley professor Tom Laqueur's lecture on "The Invention of Onanism." 11 a.m. in the Rotunda.

Membership Drive meeting for Critical Mass. They don't know where, they don't know when. Email dcf5g for particulars. Ain't it just like them damn liberals?

In town tonight: at Miller's, Irish Music Jam; at Michael's Bistro, Aaron Binder Quintet.

wednesday 5

"Social Context, Racial Identity, and Educational Utility in African American Students" presented by Stephanie Johnson Rowley of the Carter G. Woodson Institute. Peabody 107 at 4 p.m.

graphic by Scott Herman

Best of Pow! Biff! Sock! Whammo! Banff! Film Festival, a benefit for Madison House at Newcomb Theatre, 7 p.m. Holy cloned sheep, Batman!

Fuck the sheep. Watch Donald Caplan clone himself at the University Democrats elections. 7 p.m. in Cabell 138.

Bomb your LSATs? Muff the GREs? No need to panic. Flipping greasy burgers for the rest of your miserable life doesn't require an entrance exam. OCPP Resume Drop in Peabody 105 and 106 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Gus himself will be screening potential applicants.

In town tonight: at Trax, the The Gathering Field and PSI; at Miller's, Mike Rosensky and Jeff Decker Quartet.