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Sorority serving up barbecue dinner to benefit cardiac careAlpha Phi, located at 908 E. Third Street, will sponsor a "Eat Your Heart Out Barbecue" tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. The dinner is $5 and all the proceeds will go to the Alpha Phi foundation benefiting cardiac care. At the dinner, there will be speakers about heart healthy living, free screenings and a raffle. For more information, contact Alpha Phi at 332-1468.\nFraternity hosting fundraiser for burn \nvictims\nAcacia Fraternity will hold a philanthropy called the "Waterball Challenge" with Bloomington Firefighters to raise money for local burn victims. The event will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Memorial Stadium parking lot. For more information, contact Acacia president Matt Cairns at 331-4129.\nJohn Mellencamp concert tickets on sale today\nTickets for the Nov. 3 John Mellencamp show at Assembly Hall go on sale today at 10 a.m. at the IU Auditorium Box Office and the Student Activities desk. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster locations, or by calling the Charge-By-Phone in Bloomington (812)333-9955 and in Indianapolis (317)239-5151. Tickets are $34 for students, $38 for non-students.\nFor more information, e-mail concerts@indiana.edu.\nFestival Latino offers music, food, information this weekend\nFestival Latino, a free outdoor concert, will be from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in Dunn Meadow.\nAll campus and community members are invited. The event is sponsored by IU, La Casa, FASE and the Lotus World Music Festival. There will be food, cultural activities and information booths set up. The festival celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month. For more information, e-mail lacasa@indiana.edu.\nEast Asian studies Center hosting presentation today\nThe East Asian Studies center will show "What's New at the EASC: A Multi-media Presentation" \nat 12:30 p.m. today in Ballantine Hall 004. The new director of the East Asian Studies Center, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, will run the presentation. The program will look at what the center has accomplished and where it is going as it tries to facilitate research and teaching on China, Japan, and Korea here in Bloomington. The center also strives to participate in a broad range of outreach activities, locally, state-wide, and around the country. There will be presentations by Associate Director Jacques Fuqua, Outreach Coordinators Mary Hayes and Anne Prescott, and Outreach Assistant Susan Westhafer Furukawa. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, e-mail easc@indiana.edu.\nInternational center offers program for students to improve English skills\nThe Leo R. Dowling International Center will hold a Practical English Tutorial from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday. There will be tutors at the center to answer IU students and nonstudents' questions and improve their English speaking. The program is free and runs on a first come first serve basis. For more information, e-mail intlcent@indiana.edu.