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A parade and public viewing of the popular Fear the Turtle sculptures kicks off Homecoming weekend at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, the place to connect with alumni and friends before watching our Terrapin football team take to Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium. Also, the College Park campus is the star of its own opera, and the university welcomes two important guests with a global perspective.
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OCTOBER 18
Turtles on Parade
Place: Campus Drive and Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Time: Parade Begins at 10:00 a.m.; turtle on display from noon to 5:00 p.m.
Come see all of the 50 nifty Fear the Turtle sculptures before they are auctioned. They’ll show off their shells in a parade through campus and be on display for last hugs and kisses. These are the same turtle sculptures that have graced the Maryland region all summer, each of them reflecting a different theme and personality, but all representing the state’s flagship university.
OCTOBER 19
Bidders’ Auction and Reception
Place: Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Time: 6:00 p.m.
This is a ticketed event—serious bidders should visit www.auction.umd.edu/bidder to register. Thirty-one of the sculptures will go to the highest bidder, with all proceeds benefiting University of Maryland student scholarships.
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OCTOBER 20-21
Homecoming/
Reunion Weekend 2006
Place: Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center/Byrd Stadium
Come home for a Terp football battle against the NC State Wolfpack. Explore the growing campus and rouse the Terrapin spirit with fellow Maryland fans during Homecoming/Reunion Weekend 2006. Catch the action at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center and on the field at Byrd Stadium. Choose from a variety of activities:
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Reunion for the Classes of 1956 and 1966, including the Golden Terps Luncheon and Reunion Reception,
October 20-21
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Black Alumni Club, “Unplugged: A Jazz Affair”
October 20
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Homecoming Festival at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center with activities for the whole family,
October 21
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Terps vs. Wolfpack Homecoming Football Game,
October 21
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OCTOBER 24
Sadat Lecture for Peace Featuring Mohammed El Baradei
2005 Nobel Prize Laureate
Place: Dekelboum Concert Hall at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Time: 7:00 p.m.
This October, Dr. Mohamed El Baradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will take his place on a growing list of distinguished international figures who have delivered the Annual Sadat Lecture for Peace, sponsored by the Sadat Chair for Peace and Development. Visit the Sadat Chair Web site for ticket information.
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NOVEMBER 1
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist Thomas Friedman
Presented by the Office of Undergraduate Studies
Place: Tawes Theater
Time: 2:00 p.m.
 The University of Maryland welcomes to campus Thomas Friedman, author of The World Is Flat, the 2006–07 First Year Book Program selection for Maryland’s incoming students. Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times. In his latest work he takes account of the great changes taking place in the 21st century. Hear from the author examples of these changes, based on his own travels, and how they are flattening the world around us.
NOVEMBER 9-10 
Squonk Opera
College Park: The Opera
Place: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Time: 8:00 p.m.
$30 ($24 for subscribers)
Squonk Opera? Good question. Let’s say it’s a cross between avant-garde theater, performance art, musical theater, physical comedy, puppetry and rock ‘n roll. Come see your neighbors, friends and favorite spots in College Park when Squonk presents a roast/toast of the home of the Terps.
THROUGH JUNE 30, 2007
Exhibition -
Jim Henson: Performing Artist
Place: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Relive the career and innovations of beloved Muppet creator and Alumni Hall of Fame member Jim Henson ’60 through a gallery exhibition and the newly digitized Jim Henson Television Collection, made possible by a grant from Jane Henson ’55. See how it all began with “Sam and Friends,” walk the streets of “Sesame Street,” look back on “The Muppet Show” and much more.
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