Schedule of Events
Freshman Connections
Fall 2006

August 2006:
20--Freshman Convocation
Official Opening of the Academic Year for New Students,
2:00 p.m., Emens Auditorium [Attendance: 2900]
Book Discussion Groups, 3:00 p.m. Various Campus Locations

September 2006:
19-- Campus Visit by Loung Ung, author of First They Killed My Father
Public Lecture, 7:30 p.m., Emens Auditorium [Attendance: 2225]

28--"Uprooted: Living in an 'Undoing World'"
Panel Discussion, 2:00 p.m., Bracken Library, Room 225 [Attendance: 8]
     Gerry Waite, Department of Anthropology, Ball State
          University
     Linh Littleford, Department of Psychological Science. Ball
          State University
     Wanyong Lai Austin, Refugee and Immigration Program,
          Lutheran Family and Community Service, New York

28-30-- Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith
Sponsored Play, 7:30 p.m., University Theatre
Tickets free for all first-semester students at the University Theatre box office (Monday-Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and one hour before peformances; phone 285-8749 if you have questions)

October 2006:
1, 4-7-- Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith
Sponsored Play, 7:30 p.m. (Oct. 1 at 2:30) University Theatre
[Attendance: 392]

November 2006:
2--"A War Correspondent in Cambodia: Before the Genocide"
Steve Bell, Professor of Telecommunications, Ball State University and former ABC News Correspondent
Public Lecture, 7:30 p.m., Student Center, Cardinal Hall B
Co-Sponsored by Indiana Public Radio
[Attendance: 185]

5, 6, 7--Celebration of Chinese Cinema
College of Communication, Information, and Media, co-sponsored by FC
Movie, 7:00 p.m., Pruis Hall each night
      A Kid's Kite (5th)
     Heroes Returning to the East (6th)
     Ice Speed (7th)

8-- The Killing Fields
Movie, 7:30 p.m., Pruis Hall [Attendance: 300]

14--John DeGraaf presents his film Affluenza
Movie with Discussion, 7:30 p.m., Pruis Hall [Attendance: 225]

17--"Building a Synthetic World: Indiana's Arden"
Edward Castronova, Dept. of Telecommunications, Indiana Univ.
Public Lecture with Demonstration of the New Videogame Arden: The World of William Shakespeare, 1:30 p.m., Arts Recital Hall (AR), Room 217
Co-sponsored by FC Team #2 [Attendance: 30]