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Show Homecoming activities announced Dance, chili cook-of- f Jonny Bonner StaffWriter will be hosted Sept. Campus Calendar 23-- 29 reception for all Westminster alumni and faculty will be held 5- -7 p.m. in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory. Following the reception, a spaghetti dinner will be held in the Shaw Center 7- -9 p.m. The cost for the Sicilian buffet is $7. Beer will be available for $3 with valid ID. Westminster will celebrate Homecoming 2007 with an assortment of activities targeted toward alumni, students, faculty and staff over the final week of September. Homecoming and Reunion Week, a celebration of "We rule. teamed with a the colleges previous graduating classes call chili." call chili, begins Sunday, plethora of events for current students soccer game. The Michelle Barber Sept. 23, with the annual alumni-varsi- ty will 11 be Dumke a.m. be on Field, played at game, to Assistant Director followed by a chili cook-o- ff at 1 p.m. on Tanner Plaza. Alumni and Parent Relations Participation in the chili cook-o- ff is open to the entire Westminster community. Those interested may contact Sept. 29 doses Homecoming Week with on- - and activities throughout the day. At noon, Michelle Barber, assistant director of alumni and parent relations, at mbarberwestminstercollege.edu for more Westminster President Michael Bassis will address the aforementioned reunion dasses during a luncheon in information. Participants are asked to bring a large porthe Special Events Room of the Health, Wellness and tion of chili that will be served to those in attendance. Athletic Center. The luncheon, honoring contributions The winner will be decided by popular vote. We only have one rule, said Barber. If you call it of Westminster alumni over the past year, will launch the Regional Alumni Club program. The Kim T. Adchili, well call it chili. A barbecue featuring hamburgers, hot dogs and soda amson Alumni House, to be completed in spring 2008, albeit with the use will be available for spedal tours along with live music from Brazilian drum band Jinga The cost for of hard hats Boa at 2 p.m. will accompany the chili cook-of- f. the event is $7 and student meal cards will be accepted. Closing Homecoming Week, recipients of the 2007 France Davis (1977), Author Alix Ohlin will read excerpts from her novel, Distinguished Alumni Award Mark Wheatley (1989), Carlos Linares (2001, MBA The Missing Person, as part of the Honors Program will be honored at the Guest Lecture Series on Monday, Sept. 24. Ohlin, a 2005) and Josie Valdez (2003) Decade Reunions and Distinguished Alumni Award Harvard graduate selected for Best New American Voices 2004 and Best American Short Stories 2005 for Dinner at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 150 West 500 South. The Missing Person, has received awards and fellowFollowing the dinner, the Homecoming Ball (9 ships from the Adantic Monthly, the Kenyon Reheadlined by The Joe Muscolino Band view Writers Workshop, the MacDowell Colony, the Sewanee Writers Conference and Yaddo. Ohlin will will gather the Westminster community as more than 800 alumni, students, faculty and staff are expected to speak at 7 p.m. in the Gore Auditorium. A book signjoin for an evening of dancing, desserts and drinks. Ticking wall follow the lecture. Sept. 28 will feature alumni activities for the Classes ets for the dinner are 135 and include admission to the of 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997 and 2002 as well as Homecoming Ball. Student tickets for the Homecoming opportunities for students, faculty and staff to celebrate. Ball are $5 and available at the Campus Concierge in the Shaw Center until 4 p.m. Sept. 29. The Legacy Luncheon, held at noon in the Tanner Alumni interested in Homecoming may RSVP at Atrium, honors graduates from the Class of 1967 and earlier as well as members of the Converse Society. A www.westminstercoUege.edualumnifiriends. you off-camp- only have one we'll it it If 918 Tommy Emmanuel Concert Vieve Gore Concert HaU, 7:30 p.m. 91 9 Diversity Series: Robert BuUard Vieve Gore Concert HaU, 7 p.m. 920 Fair Thursdays: Study Abroad Fair Tanner Plaza, 11 a.m. Poetry: D.A. Powell Maria Melendez Dumke Student Theater, 7 p.m. 921 SkiSnowboard Club Film Series Vieve Gore Concert HaU, 7 p.m 922 Zone Azul: Bossa Nova Concert Vieve Gore Concert HaU, 7:30 p.m 923 Homecoming: Alumni Soccer Game Dumke Field, 11 a.m. 924 Honors Program Lecture: Alix Ohlin Gore Auditorium, 6 p.m. 925 UCCD Lecture: Sir James Mancham Vieve Gore Concert HaU, 7 p.m. 926 ASWC Comedian Vieve Gore Concert Hall, us p.m.-midni- 927 8 Fair Thursdays: Part-Tim- e Tanner Plaza, 1 1 a.m. ght) p.m. Jobs ACLU Lecture: Jameel Jaffer Gore Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. 928 Major Connections Gore Auditorium, 1 p.m. 929 Spiritual Life Open Mic Night Shaw Center, 7 p.m. 930 Concert Series: String Quartet Feast Vieve Gore Concert Hall, 6 p.m. 1 021 - 06 Student Directed Show Dumke Student Theatre, 7:30 p.m. 103 ASWC Film Series Vieve Gore Concert HaU, 7 p.m. 104 Health Fair HWAC Special Events Room, 7:30 a.m. 1 08 Undergraduate Poster Fair Tanner Atrium, 3 p.m. 1 09 Wasatch Front Forum Gore Auditorium, 7 p.m. Contribute to The Forum If you have something to say, we'd love to hear from you. 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