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MICHAEL POLLAN TICKETS AVAILABLE
Best-selling author of "In Defense of Food" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Michael Pollan, is scheduled to give the keynote address at UP's Food For Thought conference. The event is open to the public and will be at the Chiles Center April 16 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20-$25 but are free for University of Portland students, faculty and staff. They will become available to the public on Feb. 1. You can register online at up.edu/web/foodforthought or at the UP box office. Space is limited, so be sure to get your tickets ahead of time. Look for more updates about the conference and Pollan's lecture in future issues of The Beacon
DANCE OF THE DECADES
The Dance of Decades is at the Crystal Ballroom on Saturday from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Tickets are on sale through Friday and are $10.
The tickets are sold in the Office of Student Activities in St. Mary's from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Tickets are also sold in The Bauccio Commons from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. On Saturday, tickets, if available, will be sold at the Information Desk in the Pilot House beginning at 8:30 p.m. for $15.
To buy tickets, students must have their valid student ID. Sudents may not buy tickets for other UP students. However, students are allowed to purchase one ticket for a non-UP guest. All non-UP guests must be at least 18 years old. Tickets are non-transferrable, non-refundable and will not be replaced if lost or stolen.
At the dance, students must have a ticket and a valid student ID to enter the dance, and non-UP guests must have a ticket and a valid government-issued ID or passport.
Buses to the Crystal Ballroom load at 8:30 p.m. in front of the Buckley Center Auditorium. The doors close at midnight, and no bags, only small clutches and wallets, are allowed.
FEEDBACK SESSION FOR IMPROVING PILOTSUP
Tuesday, Information Services hosts the first of five University community feedback sessions at 4 p.m. in BC 163. Come learn about the projects and share how you use and would like to use PilotsUP.
