Haven't checked out the University's official Flickr and Youtube webpages in awhile? You're missing out. 

We recently uploaded photographs from several University events, including Street Sweep, the Latin Heritage Celebration, Family Weekend, the 9th Annual Northeastern U. S. Conference on disAbility, the "Tour" of Asia kickoff event and the Schemel Forum's University For A Day event. To view these photo galleries and others, visit http://www.flickr.com/universityofscranton.

Also, don't forget to visit the Univerity's Youtube channel, http://www.youtube.com/universityofscranton. We recently uploaded video from the Mulberry Street Complex Groundbreaking Ceremony, as well as the Helen Suzman lecture.

For more information about the University's social media outlets, visit www.scranton.edu/connect.

Please join the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) and the Counseling Center for a free web conference on suicide among African-American teens and adults, a discussion for people in a position to help, on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Brennan Hall, room 500. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to smitht20@scranton.edu or call 941-5904.

The University of Scranton Bookstore will host a Spirit Day Sale on Thursday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Receive 20 percent off all clothing and gift items when you wear purple or University of Scranton apparel.

The University Reading Series presents author and poet Judith Nichols for a mixed genre reading of poetry and short stories on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. in the DeNaples Center, room 405. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the University Reading Series, contact 941-7619. 

The University of Scranton Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization is bringing Silly Bandz to campus. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get your personalized Scranton “S” Silly Band in tie-dye purple and black!

The sale times and locations are:

• Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Midnight Madness in the John Long Center. Royal Cards are accepted to purchase bracelets
• Thursday, Oct. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on first floor DeNaples. CASH ONLY.
• Friday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on first floor DeNaples. CASH ONLY.

Each Silly Band is only $2 and 100 percent of the proceeds will be sent to El Salvador to assist poverty-stricken women in the creation of various business models, including chicken production and agricultural retail operations. The money will help train women in the Department of La Libertad to create small business initiatives funded by donations to CRISPAZ and the SC Ministry Foundation. For more information, contact Amanda Kurtti at kurttia2@scranton.edu.

Join us for a discussion regarding Asian traditions on Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, held in Brennan Hall, room 500, is co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) and Asian Studies. Please RSVP to smitht20@scranton.edu or call 941-5904.

It’s time for midnight madness, the official school pep rally to honor fall sports teams and kick-off the winter sports season! It is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 10 p.m. in the Long Center. Doors will open at 9:30 p.m.

Come celebrate “Midnight Madness” featuring The University of Scranton fall and winter sports teams including the basketball teams, the swim team, the wrestling team, the soccer teams, the Scranton dance team, The University of Scranton cheerleaders and Urban Beats.

All students must bring a canned good for admittance into the event.

For more information, contact Patricia Cermignano, Student Government director of communications, at cermignanop2@scranton.edu or Ben Courtney, chair of the Ignatian Awareness Committee, at courtneyb2@scranton.edu.