Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012
SUB Music: Frontier Ruckus w/Buxton
Channel: Student Union Board
12:00 am - 3:30 am @ The M-Shop, MU
Since 2008, Frontier Ruckus has been creating beautiful, delicate, and sometimes haunting songs. The band has been featured by numerous notable sources including Paste Magazine, NPR Music, and Rolling Stone. Their two albums The Orion Songbook (2008) and Deadmalls and Nightfalls (2010) both received acclaim from critics and fans alike. Currently Frontier Ruckus is touring extensively and writing songs for their next album.Cost: $7 Students, $9 Public ($2 increase day of show)
Saturday, 18 Aug 2012
Poster Sale
Channel: Student Activities Center
9:00 am - 6:00 pm @ Pine Room, MU
Thousands of choices from art prints and movies to music and pop culture. Proceeds from the sale support art programs at the Memorial Union. Sponsored by Student Activities Center.Cost: Varies
Thursday, 23 Aug 2012
Informational meeting: English enrichment course
Channel: English Department
5:00 pm @ Room 406 Ross Hall
The Intensive English and Orientation Program will offer an enrichment course for international visiting scholars, faculty, staff and graduate students this fall. Learn more about the course at this meeting.Cost: free
Friday, 24 Aug 2012
SUB Film: The Avengers
Channel: Student Union Board
7:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Carver Hall 101
Kick off movie for the fall semester! Comfortable seating with awesome sound and projection.Movies show every week, all semester at 7 & 10pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Concessions are for sale. Sponsored by Student Union Board, GSB and IRHA.Cost: free
Magician Joel Meyers
Channel: Student Union Board
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm @ Great Hall, MU
A part of ISU AfterDark.Cost: free
Ice Cream Sundae Bar
Channel: Student Union Board
10:30 pm - 1:00 am @ MU Commons
A part of ISU AfterDarkCost: free
Saturday, 25 Aug 2012
Down and Dirty Swing Dance
Channel: Student Union Board
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm @ MU Terrace
Down and Dirty Swing Dance featuring the Sentimental Swing Band. Free lessons!Cost: free
Sunday, 26 Aug 2012
Performance: The Yellow Rose of Suffrage
Channel: Lectures Program
2:00 pm @ Ames City Auditorium, 520 6th Street
"Yellow Rose of Suffrage," a one-woman play performed by Jane Cox, professor and director of ISU Theatre. For Women's Equality Day and in honor of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center's 20th anniversary, Cox will perform her one-woman play.Cost: free
SUB Film: The Avengers
Channel: Student Union Board
7:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Carver Hall 101
Kick off movie for the fall semester! Comfortable seating with awesome sound and projection.Movies show every week, all semester at 7 & 10pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Concessions are for sale. Sponsored by Student Union Board, GSB and IRHA.Cost: free
Thursday, 30 Aug 2012
Kickoff: Black Faculty and Staff Association
Channel: Equal Opportunity
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm @ Multicultural Center, Memorial Union
Celebrate the relaunch of the Black Faculty and Staff Association. Help us welcome new employees to the university and reconnect current employees with their colleagues. Refreshments and hor d'oeuvres will be served.Cost: free
Panel: What's So Bad about Fifty Shades of Grey?
Channel: Lectures Program
7:00 pm @ Great Hall, Memorial Union
A panel of scholars will discuss the best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey series that libraries in Minnesota and Florida have refused to put on their shelves. Panelists include Brenda Lohman, ISU human development and family studies; Dometa Brothers, ISU English; and Lynn Carey, Ames Public Library interim director. Veronica Lorson Fowler, Communications Director for ACLU of Iowa, will moderate the discussion. Banned Book Week event.Cost: free
SUB Film: The Hunger Games
Channel: Student Union Board
7:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Carver Hall 101
Comfortable seating with awesome sound and projection.Movies show every week, all semester at 7 & 10pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Concessions are for sale. Sponsored by Student Union Board, GSB and IRHA.Cost: free
SUB Comedy: w/ NICK RUTHERFORD
Channel: Student Union Board
9:00 pm @ The M-Shop, MU
Founding member of the sketch comedy troupe "Good Neighbor" and writer for Adult Swim. Nick has been the featured comedian at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, New York Underground Comedy Festival and the SF Sketchfest. This event is a college students favorite word FREE.Cost: free
Friday, 31 Aug 2012
SUB Film: The Hunger Games
Channel: Student Union Board
7:00 pm - 12:00 am @ Carver Hall 101
Comfortable seating with awesome sound and projection.Movies show every week, all semester at 7 & 10pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Concessions are for sale. Sponsored by Student Union Board, GSB and IRHA.Cost: free