Around The Campus

Travel club to discuss Mississippi River\nTravel Around the World will hold its October meeting from 12:15 to 2:30 p.m., today, in the Terrace Room of the Meadowood's main reception building. Travel Around the World is a club that features speakers, slides, discussion and a light Dutch Treat lunch. This month's topic is "Down the Mississippi: Lake Itasca Minnesota to the Delta." The club collects $3 annual dues for reminder cards and to pay for lunch for the speaker. To find out more about the club, log on to www.indiana.edu/~uclub/ucwctravelaroundtheworld.html/. For more information, call Joann Dodd at 339-2976 or Anne Honeycutt at 339-7265. \nJewish Studies to coordinate lecture\nThe Jewish Studies Program is hosting a lecture by Professor Isaiah Gafni called, "Remember the Days of Old: Perceptions of Past and Present in Rabbinic Literature," at 8 p.m., Tuesday in State Room East of the Indiana Memorial Union. A dessert reception will immediately follow the lecture. For more information, call 855-0453 or e-mail to iujsp@indiana.edu.\nIUSF to hold Women's Little 500 open house\nThe IU Student Foundation is hosting an open house for anyone interested in this year's Women's Little 500, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the IU Foundation, located near the bypass. Little 500 is an annual bike race and tradition at IU. For more information, call 855-9152, e-mail iusf@indiana.edu or log on to www.iusf.org.\nApparel club to hold mass meetings\nThe Apparel Merchandising Organization will hold a mass meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the McNutt Formal Lounge. The meeting is for anyone interested in finding out more about career and field opportunities in the retail/apparel industry as well as learning more about the apparel merchandising major. For more information, e-mail AMO Vice President Laura Barker at lnbarker@indiana.edu.\nTertuilas de Mediodia, IU's Spanish conversation club, holds its weekly meetings from noon to 1 p.m., Mondays, at the Leo R. Dowling International Center. At the meetings, students practice their Spanish skills by speaking to each other in the language. For more information, e-mail Jose Antonia Laguna at jlaguna@indiana.edu or e-mail the International Center at intlcent@indiana.edu.