September 22, 2005 Volume 27, No. 5
International Student
The annual International Student Festival will feature athletic and cultural events on campus.
The festival begins with two sporting events on Friday, Sept. 23. A volleyball game will tip-off at 4:30 p.m. and a basketball game will be held at 6:30 p.m. Both will be played in the East Gym. The athletics continue on Saturday, Sept. 24, with a soccer match scheduled for 10 a.m. at the East Gym fields.
The festivities will wrap up with the “Cultural Showcase,” a multimedia celebration beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, in the Mandela Room.
The event is coordinated through the Office of International Student and Scholar Services and sponsored by a host of campus and community organizations.
Events to focus on law school
Law Day 2005 will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Wednes-day, Sept. 28, in the Mandela Room. Representatives from law schools will be available to speak with students about programs and admission requirements.
A panel discussion on law school and the admissions pro-cess will follow from 3-4 p.m.
in the East Lounge. Panelists include Tom Metzloff, professor and former associate dean from Duke Law School; Rob Schwartz, associate dean at Cardozo School of Law; and Anita Walton, director of admissions at Rutgers Newark School of Law.
A list of participating law schools can be found at http://cdc.binghamton.edu.
Author to speak Sept. 29
Mark Oppenheimer will deliver a lecture titled “Thirteen and a Day: The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Across America” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Casadesus Recital Hall. The lecture will be based on his recently published book of the same title. Oppenheimer, editor of the New Haven Advocate, holds a doctorate in religious history from Yale University.
Rental vehicle use required
The two vehicles remaining in the campus passenger vehicle/full size van fleet will be retired Nov. 1. This will bring the campus into alignment with SUNY Cen-tral’s “Travel Guidelines and Policies” which encourages the use of rental vehicles for travel. As a result, the University has teamed with the state contractor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, for vehicle rental.
For more information about this change or to reserve a vehicle through Enterprise, visit http://facilities.binghamton.edu/Enterprise.htm.
