University of South Florida - Aegean Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Childrenis Festival Each year. the College of Education sponsors a Childrenis Festival open to the children of Hillsborough County. This yearis festival attracted more than 5000 children and adults. The children, ranging from 2 to 14 years of age, participated in creative activities designed for fun and learning. Activities were provided to involve both parent and child interaction. Events oHered at the festival included jazzer- cise. clown-face painting. obstacle courses, finger printing and var- ious arts and crafts projects. Expo i84 This year marked the 12th anniversary of the Engineering Expo. The annual event was originally started by Dolly Gooding to climax Engineering Week. The Expo which was started as a one-day event has now been expanded to two days. USF students and staff. local school children and the general public are invited to participate in the event. The Expo offers student organizations and local and national companies a chance to exhibit and display recent innovations in en- gineering and technology. The exhibits ranged from computers programmed to play games and print out calendars to talking with Cecil the Robot. Demonstra- tions such as rappelling by the Army ROTC and operation of the hovercraft highlighted the day's activities. Student Life T 21

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USF Productions The College of Fine Arts offers the University and the Tampa Bay communities a wide variety of cultural activities. Each semester the depart- ments of Art, Dance, Music and Theatre combine the talents of a distinguished faculty and students from both the performing and visual arts to pro- vide a comprehensive series of events represent- ing a broad spectrum of artistic creativity. The Department of Art sets up exhibits in var- ious buildings around campus to display the works of students, faculty and well-known artists. Shows by George Pappas and MFA candidates were only a few of those seen this year. The Department of Music offers a variety of programs, such as performances by the USF Symphony Orchestra and the USF Wind Ensem- bles. Other performances included those by the faculty in the form of recitals and chamber music concerts. The Department of Theatre and Dance present various productions each semester. Some of the Theatre productions included the plays The Di- viners't and Orpheus Descending? Dance pro- ductions, such as the Fall Studio Performance and the USF Dance Ensemble Concert, included performances which span the dance spectrum from classical to modern works.

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OSP Presents The purpose of the Office of Student Program- ming tOSPi is to provide quality entertainment for the USF community. OSP concentrates its efforts in music and film entertainment. Ongoing programs such as the New Slappy Hour in the Empty Keg and the OSP Film Series are quite popular, along with big name concerts and special events which are offered each semester. The New Slappy Hour, the Cavern Club, Time Out and Video Disc Jocky features bands and groups which play a variety of music ranging from New Wave and Top 40 to Jazz and Blue Grass. OSP offers a variety of movies in its OSP Film Series. Movies such as Star Trek, Alien, Risky Business,u Redsi' and X-rated films are offered to satisfy the tastes of the moviegoers. The Andre Cymone Concert and the Final Exam Jam are only a few of the concerts the OSP offers each semester. Special events, such as Thriller Night and Halloween Ball on the Mall, are spon- sored by the OSP with the assistance of other cam- pus and community organizations. 22 l Student Life