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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6



  • Drake men’s basketball Tip Off Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Christopher’s Restaurant, $11.


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7



  • Play: “Sunday on the Rocks” by Theresa Rebeck, student-directed by Avian Jangula, 8 p.m., Studio 55, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Admission is free, but reservations are required due to limited seating. Call the Fine Arts Box Office at x3841.


FRIDAY, DECMEBER 8



  • Drake Men’s Basketball Regency Challenge: Georgia Southern vs. Northern Illinois, 5 p.m., Drake vs. Troy, 7:30 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
  • “Sunday on the Rocks,” 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9



  • “Sunday on the Rocks,” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
  • Drake Regency Challenge (Georgia Southern, Northern Illinois, Troy), 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10



  • Drake Choir, Drake University Community Chorus and Drake Chorale, 3 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
  • “Sunday on the Rocks,” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12



  • Holiday Reception, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Parents Hall South, Olmsted Center.
  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Cal-Irvine, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center, tickets $1.
  • Drake Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium.


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13



  • Drake women’s basketball Fastbreak Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Christopher’s Restaurant, $11.
  • Faculty Senate, 3:30 p.m., Levitt Hall.


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14



  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Oregon, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16



  • Faculty reading of “Dinner with Friends” by Donald Marulies, featuring Deena Conley, Ann Cravero, Michael Rothmayer and Tony Humrichouser, 8 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium
  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Iowa, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17



  • Faculty reading of “Dinner with Friends” by Donald Marulies, featuring Deena Conley, Ann Cravero, Michael Rothmayer and Tony Humrichouser, 2 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium
  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Oregon State, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center, tickets $1.


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22



  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Iowa, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2007



  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Southern Illinois, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center


SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2007



  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Northern Iowa, 2:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Bradley, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center


MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2007



  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Bradley, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007



  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Illinois State, 3:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
  • Bulldog Bash 2007, hosted by the Drake Central Iowa Alumni Chapter, 5-7 p.m., Peggy’s Tavern, Des Moines, to follow the Drake men’s basketball game against Illinois State at the Drake Knapp Center.


THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007



  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Indiana State, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center, tickets $1.


FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007



  • Opening reception of New Faculty art exhibition, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Anderson Gallery.


THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2007



  • Drake 125th Birthday Celebration in Dallas, 6-8:30 p.m., Northwood Club, 6524 Alpha Road, Dallas, Texas.
  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Wichita State, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2007



  • Opening reception of “Women in Cuban Art,” 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Anderson Gallery


SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2007



  • Drake National Alumni Association Board Meeting, Drake campus.
  • Drake women’s basketball vs. Missouri State, 2:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Northern Iowa, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007



  • Jazz Honor Band, 7 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, tickets $5


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2007



  • Earle Ferguson Event: Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, tickets $15
  • Drake men’s basketball vs. Missouri State, 7:05 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007



  • Let’s DU Lunch: Drake University Fellow Rob Shumaker, Great Ape Trust of Iowa. Networking begins at 11:30 a.m., lunch and speaker from noon to 1 p.m., Polk County Convention Complex, 501 Grand Ave., Des Moines.


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007



  • Drake Alumni Celebration in Naples, Fla., 6:30 p.m., at the home of Dwight Opperman, LW’51, 7264 Tilden Lane, Bay Colony.


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007



  • Drake 125th Birthday Celebration in St. Louis; time and location to be determined.