Final Home Football Weekend Recognizes Veterans

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s annual Veteran’s Day Celebration will kick off the final home football weekend Friday, Nov. 11, as the Cougars prepare to take on the Oregon Ducks on Armed Forces Day in their final home Pac-10 match-up at 7:15 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 12) at Martin Stadium.

The Veteran’s Day ceremony is set for 11 a.m. to noon at the WSU Veterans Memorial, located on Veterans Way near Murrow Hall. Military veterans, past and present, will be honored at the public event. Rep. Cathy McMorris, WSU Provost Robert Bates and Cpl. William Wegner are scheduled to speak.

Royal Circus of Moscow (Russia) on Ice will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday (Nov. 10-11) in the Beasley Coliseum Arena. The floor of the coliseum will be transformed into an ice surface for this top-touring production. Tickets are $30 and $25, with a $5 discount for WSU students, faculty and staff and for senior citizens and high school students 18 and under. There are also family ticket plans available. Tickets can be purchased at all TicketsWest outlets, by phone at (800) 325-SEAT or online at www.beasley.wsu.edu. The Royal Circus of Moscow on Ice is a performing arts extravaganza that unites the leading performers of the Moscow Ballet on Ice with the stars of Moscow Circus on Ice.

The finest foods and wines unique to the Pacific Northwest are the inspiration behind the Nov. 11 Feast of the Arts. Surrounded by world famous Roy Lichtenstein prints, WSU Faculty Jazz musicians will set the tone for the evening. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Todd Hall Dining Room 268. Tickets are $60 per person. For more information, visit https://wsuevents.wsu.edu/cbe/feastofthearts/.

The Roy Lichtenstein Print Retrospective exhibit will be on display in the WSU Museum of Art, on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The WSU Visitor Center at the Cougar Depot, located at the corner of Davis Way and Grand Avenue in downtown Pullman, will host an open house from 9 a.m. to one and a half hours after the WSU football game Saturday. The Lewis Alumni Centre will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

Cougar Conversations will present four free Saturday lectures that highlight the research of WSU faculty members. Megan Undeberg, pharmacotherapy, will present “Medication Management: Pharmacists and You” at 3 p.m. in the Compton Union Building, Room 232; David Wang, architecture, will present “Cave Dwellings in China” at 3 p.m. in CUB 212; Jennifer M. Beller, educational psychology, will present “Ethics and Sports” at 4:15 p.m. in CUB 220; and John Roll, Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training, will present “Societal Costs of Methamphetamines” at 4:15 p.m. in CUB 214-216. For more information, contact Sonia Hussa at (509) 335-1990.

Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe, two blocks east of Stadium Way tennis courts, will be open from 3-7 p.m. And a food fair is set for 3:30 p.m. at Hollingbery Fieldhouse.

The Cougar March Band will present a 5 p.m. concert at the Fine Arts Plaza, located on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium.