Host of Game Weekend Activities Slated as WSU Readies to Battle Stanford

PULLMAN, Wash. – A slate of activities for students, alumni and fans of all ages is planned this weekend as the Washington State University Cougars ready to take on the Stanford University Cardinal in a Pac-10 football match-up starting at 2 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 8) at Martin Stadium.

WSU Foundation weekend, which this year celebrates the non-profit scholastic foundation’s 26th anniversary, will feature art exhibits, on-campus open houses, pregame barbecues and other social events, children’s activities and free classes taught by WSU’s award-winning faculty.

Friday’s events include a Roy Lichtenstein Print Retrospective from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the WSU Museum of Art and a Foundation Gala beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum.

On Saturday, open houses will be conducted at the WSU Visitor Center, at the corner of Davis Way and Grand Avenue in downtown Pullman, from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., at the Lewis Alumni Centre from 10 a.m. until kickoff, and at New Education Addition Building at Cleveland Hall beginning at 11 a.m.

Saturday’s events also include the return of Cougar Conversations, a series of free lectures given by members of WSU’s world-class faculty. The lectures are scheduled as follows:

10 a.m., CUB 212, “Art for Everyone – Roy Lichtenstein and Pop Art,” by Chris Bruce, director, WSU Museum of Art

10 a.m., CUB 232, “Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands,” by Carol Ivory, professor and chair, Department of Fine Arts

11:15 a.m., CUB 214-216, “News, Nations and War,” by Susan Ross, associate professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, and associate dean, College of Liberal Arts.

11:15 a.m., CUB 220, “Who Said That About WSU: WSU’s Oral History Project,” by John Webb, assistant director, Digital Services/Collections WSU Libraries

Family-oriented entertainment featuring a food fair and the Northwest Dodge Kid’s Carnival will begin Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Mooberry Track.

Also on Saturday, the School of Economic Sciences will sponsor it’s Annual Alumni and Friends Weekend Barbecue and Silent Auction beginning at 11 a.m. at Hulbert Hall. Information on menu and ticket prices is available on the school’s Web site at www.ses.wsu.edu.

Game day activities will continue at 11:30 a.m. with a Veterinary Medicine Alumni and Friends Pregame Event in the parking lot in front of teaching hospital and a pregame barbecue in the Fine Arts Plaza followed at noon by a concert by the WSU Cougar Marching Band. A President’s Associates Pregame Reception is also scheduled for noon in the Compton Union Building Ballroom.

Although not scheduled this weekend, WSU’s Feast of the Arts, an extraordinary dining experience featuring a four-course meal, Washington wines, music, and art will be included among football weekend activities on Oct. 14 and again on Nov. 4 and 11. Early reservations for the dinner and can be made at https://secure.wsu.edu/cbe/feast.

For a complete listing of events scheduled during WSU home game weekends, call (509) 335-4224 or visit 
www.football-weekends.wsu.edu .