Briefs

2008 THURTENE CARNIVAL

Save the dates! The 2008 Thurtene Carnival is planned for April 12-13. The carnival will be held in the Brookings parking lot along Skinker and Forest Park Parkway. Construction and set-up for the carnival will begin the week of April 7. Proceeds from the carnival, as usual, will benefit a local St. Louis children’s charity.

CHANCELLOR’S CONCERT ON APRIL 27

The annual chancellor’s concert will be held at the 560 Music Center on Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. The program will feature the Washington University Symphony Orchestra in Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8, and the Orchestra and Concert Choir in Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances. The concert is free of charge, and the community is invited to attend.

STUDENT MOVE-OUT AND COMMENCEMENT 2008

Washington University students will be moving out of the residence halls and off-campus apartments beginning the second week of May. The University has arranged for additional bulk refuse pick-up for the alleys behind University properties, from late April through early June.

            Commencement this year will be May 16, 2008, with the ceremony beginning at 8:30 a.m.

2008 SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS

Registration is once again under way for Washington University’s summer camps in soccer, volleyball, baseball, tennis, basketball, softball, and football. The camps, open to boys and girls, are quite popular and spaces fill quickly. Visit the WU athletic Web site at bearsports.wustl edu for camp-specific information and contacts, or call 314-935-5220.

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