The Clock Strikes '12
FIRST YEAR FAMILY WEEKEND 2009 – SCHEDULE
You will receive a copy of the final schedule at Registration
Please wear nanetags for event admittance
Friday, April 24
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
63rd Annual Spring Woodmen's Weekend, Dartmouth Organic Farm
The Dartmouth Forestry Team is hosting the annual regional event and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Dartmouth Outing Club. Today's events are at the Organic Farm. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cabtrail/springmeet/
Directions: Travel north on Rte 10 approximately 1.5 miles from the Dartmouth Green. The Organic Farm is on the left-hand side of the road.
NOON - 8:00 pm
Family Weekend Registration, Collis Center
Pick up all your materials for the Weekend including a complete schedule, a campus map and nametags.
NOON - 4:00 pm
Baker Library Bell Tower, begin at Baker Library Information Desk
Get a bird's eye view of the Dartmouth campus from the Baker Library Bell Tower. Please note: This includes climbing a very steep staircase.
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Wood, Jewelry and Pottery Workshops
Visit Dartmouth's workshops to see the amazing pieces students make. The Wood and Jewelry Shops are located in the lower level of Hopkins Center. The Pottery Studio is in Norwich Vermont.
Directions to the Pottery Studio: From in front of Collis Center, make a right at the light and go down the hill on West Wheelock Street, cross the bridge over the Connecticut River, and turn right immediately. The Pottery Studio is in a small brick house on the left. Walking time from Collis is about 8 minutes.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Get to Know: Dartmouth's Organic Farm
The Farm is Dartmouth's outdoor connection between academic study and hands-on, cutting edge ecological agriculture. Farm projects include Asian and African garden plots, a greenhouse heated with solar technology, aquaculture, composting, a traditional bread oven, and a one-acre organic market garden that supplies our dining halls with organic vegetables. At the Farm, students and staff will explain the projects and their links to classroom learning.
Directions: Travel north on Rte 10 approximately 1.5 miles from the Dartmouth Green. The Organic Farm is on the left-hand side of the road
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Family Portraits, On the Green
Have your family portrait taken. The digital image will be sent to you via email. Look for the photographer near the center of the Green.
3:00 pm
Dedication of the Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park
The most recent addition to Dartmouth's excellent athletic facilities is the new baseball park made possible by the generosity of Cindy Ginn Biondi '80 and her late husband Mike Biondi '79. The rain location for the dedication is the West Gym in Alumni Gymnasium.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center cross the street and walk on the sidewalk with Hopkins Center on your right. Continue on that the sidewalk. Alumni Gymnasium is just after the first set of tennis courts on your right. Biondi Park is located behind the Alumni Gymnasium.
3:30 pm
COLLOQUIUM: Amplitude Spectroscopy with a Superconducting Artificial
Atom, 104 Wilder
The Department of Physics and Astronomy presents William Oliver, MIT Lincoln Labs
Directions: From the front of Collis Center walk left down the sidewalk and then turn right passing between the Green and Baker Library. Cross the street and go left, Wilder is the third building on your right after Rollins Chapel.
3:30 pm
JONES SEMINAR: Structured Colloids: Helices, Pacmen, Patches, & Self-replication, Spanos Auditorium - 100 Cummings
David Pine of NYU is the presenter.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center go right down Mass Row and then left on Tuck Drive. Continue to the end of Tuck Drive and Cummings will be directly in front of you.
4:00 pm
Biology Department Seminar: Transcriptional Landscape of Plant Circadian Rhythms, 101 Gilman
Sam Hazen, PhD of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the presenter.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, go left down the sidewalk to a right on Maynard Street and then left on College Street. Gilman is the second building on your left.
4:30 pm
Family Weekend Kick Off, Baker Library Front Hall
Welcome from Dean of the College Tom Crady and College Librarian Jeff Horrell, followed by tours co-led by '12s and Library staff on topical features of Dartmouth's libraries including: Multimedia@Dartmouth College Library; "The Evans Map Room? I didn't know there was a map room?!"; Library Exhibits: Making Information Visible; Where to Curl Up with a Good Book: Reading Spaces in Baker-Berry Library; Broadening Your Horizons: Beyond Baker-Berry Library; What's so "special" about Special Collections?; Orozco Murals; Lifelong Learning: When does it begin? When does it end?; Library Study Spaces; RWIT: Research, Writing, and Information Technology; The World of Book Arts at Dartmouth
Directions: Enter Baker through the front door facing the Green.
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Rock Climbing, The Daniels Climbing Gym
The twenty-foot indoor climbing gym allows climbers of all abilities to hone their skills. Monitors from the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club will be there to assist climbers and ensure safe climbing technique. All equipment provided.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center make a right on Mass Row, make a left at the intersection with Tuck Drive. Continue walking on Tuck Drive around the Thayer School of Engineering and look to the left from a low-rise cluster of brick dormitories. Maxwell is among that grouping. The Climbing Gym is located in the basement of the Maxwell Residence Hall.
Please note: The Climbing Gym is accessible only by several sets of stairs.
6:00 pm
Cultural Canvas: Building Community Through the Arts,
Russo Gallery of Art, Haldeman
A compilation of artwork and stories from a student's journey to Thailand. Arts project presentation by Jonathan Lohse '10. Light refreshments.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, go left down the sidewalk. Haldeman will be on your right after the Baker- Berry complex. The Russo Gallery is on the first floor.
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Hillel Shabbat Services and Kosher Dinner, Roth Center for Jewish Life
Join others in the sanctuary of the Roth Center for Jewish Life for services and then dinner at 7:30 p.m. This is a free, student-prepared, kosher meal. Open to all students and their families.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, walk left down the sidewalk to Webster Avenue. Make a left on Webster. At the end of Webster Avenue, make a right and the Roth Center is the third building on your right.
8:00 pm
A Reading of Table Manners in Shakespeare Alley, Hopkins Center
This Shakespeare Alley Showcase is directed by Genevieve Adams '11. There is a $2 cash admission charge, payable at the door.
8:00 pm
MountainFilm on Tour, Spaulding Auditorium
A selection of the best films on environment, culture, adventure and adrenaline, from 30 years of the Telluride MountainFilm Festival. Tickets for this Dartmouth Film Society Film Special are on sale in advance - call 603-646-2422 or purchase at the Hop Box Office.
Directions: Spaulding Auditorium is located in the Hopkins Center.
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Fun with Family and Friends, DOC House
Head down to the DOC House on Occum Pond for singing, snacks, and games! The performance schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Jay Dalton '12 performing music, 8:30 p.m. the Cords sing a cappella, 9 p.m. Drew Jones '12 performing music, 9:30 p.m. the Subtleties sing a cappella.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center walk left down the sidewalk and follow that route to the end of Rope Ferry Road. Go left and the DOC House, a gray stone building, will be on your left. Walking time from Collis is about 10 minutes.
LATE NIGHT AT COLLIS CENTER
8:30 - 11:00 pm
Coffeehouse Sounds of Dartmouth ‘12s, Lone Pine Tavern
Come enjoy the coffeehouse style performances at Lone Pine Tavern, featuring singer songwriters from the Class of 2012.
9:00 pm
Fashion for a Cause, Collis Common Ground
We definitely run on our own fashion pulse here in Hanover (the best fashion, if you ask us), and in a showcase of the Town's finest local boutiques, the Class of 2012 presents to you Fashion for a Cause -- a charity fashion show benefiting Relay for Life. Get ready to shake off the long winter and remind yourselves of what spring is all about. All are welcome and donations are optional.
9:00 pm
A Cappella & Improv Comedy Show, Collis Café
Enjoy live performances from Dartmouth's very own student a cappella and improv comedy groups. Performances this evening will feature the following line-up: Decibelles sing a cappella, Dog Day Players perform improv comedy and the Brovertones sing a cappella.
10:00 pm - Midnight
Friday Night Rock, in FUEL
"FNR" is a student organization dedicated to finding and presenting great up-and-coming rock music. On the bill: the music of The Death Set, with Ninjasonik and Surf Team. The Death Set is described by New Musical Express as "hybrids of Lighting Bolt and Girl Talk" reporting that "...this is no traditional punk rock show. Their kryptonite anthems are weirdly separated by jagged blasts of Dizzee Rascal, Salt-n-Pepa and The Jackson 5. It's not easy, comfortable or normal, but then neither is The Death Set."
Please Note: Alcohol will be available to those of legal drinking age.
Show not is suitable for all ages.
Saturday, April 25
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Family Weekend Registration, Collis Center
Pick up all your materials for the weekend including a complete schedule, a campus map and nametags.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
63rd Annual Spring Woodmen's Weekend, on the Green
The Dartmouth Forestry Team hosts the annual event and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Dartmouth Outing Club http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cabtrail/springmeet/
8:00 am - NOON
Partnering for Success, Spaulding Auditorium
A series of ten-minute programs designed to provide parents with useful information to help their students achieve success at Dartmouth.
Directions: Spaulding Auditorium is located in the Hopkins Center
8:15 am Community Service and Spiritual Life, Helen Damon-Moore, Director of Service and Educational Programs at the Tucker Foundation
8:30 am Students Considering Joining a Fraternity or Sorority: Key Questions Parents Should Ask, Marty Redman, Dean of Residential Life
8:45 am A Home Away From Home, Deb Tyson, Associate Dean of Residential Life and Director of Residential Education
9:00 am Finding the Right Balance Between Parental Challenge and Parental Support, Sylvia Spears, Acting Senior Associate Dean of the College and Director of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership
9:15 am Partnering for Academic Achievement: What You Need to Know About Academic Support Resources, Holly Potter, Tutor Clearinghouse Coordinator
9:30 am Hear Me Now, Believe Me Later: Ten Things Seniors Wish They Had Known As First Years (A Career Services Perspective), Skip Sturman, Director, Career Services
9:45 am Helping Students to Stay Healthy and Take Responsibility for Their Wellness at Dartmouth and Beyond, Dr. John Turco, Director of the College Health Service
10:00 am Assisting Students to Start Working Toward Their Future, Todd Kilburn, Manager of the Student Employment Office
10:15 am Short and Long Term Benefits of Involvement in Student Organizations, Eric Ramsey, Director of Collis Center & Student Activities
10:30 am Student Accessibility Services, Ward Newmeyer, Director of Student Accessibility Services
10:45 am ‘Round the Girdled Earth They Roam, Opportunities for Studying Off-Campus: What, Where, and How?, John Tansey, Executive Director of Off-Campus Programs
11:00 am Teaming Up to Support Your Student-Athlete, Anne Hudak, Assistant Athletic Director for Student Enhancement
11:30 am - NOON The conclusion of Partnering for Success is a special conversation between President James and Susan DeBevoise Wright, Reflecting on the First Year, and Beyond.
9:00 am
Men's Heavyweight Crew, on the Connecticut River
Atlanta Cup vs. Brown University, Two First Year, and two Varsity boats from Dartmouth will take on Brown in this classic match-up.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center make a right down West Wheelock Street to the base of the hill where it meets the Ledyard Bridge. Fans can stand on the Ledyard Bridge, or many people turn right after the Bridge and travel by car north on Rte. 5 to a number of woodsy viewing sites. Look for other parked cars to locate the best spots to see the races. Walking time to the Ledyard Bridge is six minutes.
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Lunch for Families at Courtyard Café, Food Court, or Homeplate
Experience Dartmouth's award-winning food service. Your registration packet includes a voucher for lunch at your choice of three dining halls. The 2012 Class Council is providing a variety of entertainment: Food Court will have a Class slide show, and Homeplate will be visited by various ‘12s sporting their Dartmouth "flair."
Directions: Homeplate and Food Court are in Thayer Hall, located directly behind Collis Center. Courtyard Café is in the Hopkins Center.
11:30 am
President James and Susan DeBevoise Wright, Reflecting on the First Year, and Beyond, Spaulding Auditorium
Jointly, the Wrights have over seven decades of service to Dartmouth and their reflections on the life of Dartmouth students is sure to be a highlight of the Weekend.
Directions: Spaulding Auditorium is located in the Hopkins Center
NOON - 4:00 pm
Baker Library Bell Tower, begin at Baker Library Information Desk
Get a bird's eye view of the Dartmouth campus from the Baker Library Bell Tower.
Please note: This includes climbing a very steep staircase.
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Family Portraits, Collis Cafe
Have your family portrait taken in front of the fireplace in Collis Café. The digital image will be sent to you via email.
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Sibling Fun, Fahey McLane
Enjoy snacks, activities, and games for all ages as the whole family gets in the Big Green spirit! Note: a Dartmouth student or parent should accompany visiting children.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center, go right down Mass Row to the intersection with Tuck Drive. Take a left and Fahey McLane will be the second building on your right. The event is in the ground floor lounge.
1:00 pm
Baseball vs. Harvard, Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park
The new ball field, dedicated Friday April 24, opens today with a doubleheader against rival Harvard University. The Biondi family will throw the ceremonial first pitch. Cindy Ginn Biondi '80 and her late husband Mike Biondi '79 generously provided the funding for the new facility.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center cross the street and walk on the sidewalk with Hopkins Center on your right. Continue on that the sidewalk. Alumni Gymnasium is just after the first set of tennis courts on your right. Biondi Park is located behind the Alumni Gymnasium.
1:00 pm and 3:00 pm
Academic Advising:
Getting the Most of Your Dartmouth Experience, 008 Kemeny Hall
Seniors who are peer advisors, will join other upper-class students for a panel discussion moderated by M. Cecelia Gaposchkin, the Assistant Dean of Faculty for Pre-Major Advising. They will discuss how to benefit from academic advising. The Parents & Grandparents Fund hosts this popular event.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center walk left down the sidewalk, Kemeny Hall will be on your right just after the Baker - Berry Library Complex, room 008 is on the ground floor.
1:00 pm
Special Faculty Lecture: How We Only Use 10% of Our Brains, and Other Psychological Myths, 1 Rockefeller
Psychology professor John Pfister is also Assistant Dean of the College and his lectures are renowned as informative and entertaining.
Directions: From behind Collis Center turn right and walk down Mass Row. Rockefeller is at the intersection of Mass Row and Webster Avenue.
1:00 pm
Pre-Health Paths at Dartmouth, L01 Carson
Dr. Witters, the faculty leader of pre-health activities at Dartmouth will discuss and answer questions about the advising and experiential programs available for students interested in medical, veterinary, and dental schools, and other health careers. Dr. Witters is the Eugene W. Leonard 1921 Professor of Medicine & Biochemistry at the Dartmouth Medical School, and Professor of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center walk left down the sidewalk. Carson Hall will be on your right. L01 is one floor below ground level.
2:00 pm
Presentation on the Spring Break Trip to Haiti and Benefit Art Show,
Tindle Lounge - Thayer Hall
Come on over for some refreshments and check out the amazing artwork made by
community members of Barrio Saman. Beautiful paintings and handmade candles are available for purchase. The proceeds from this sale support future development projects undertaken by a local organization in partnership with the Dartmouth Tucker Foundation. At 2pm. Dartmouth students who spent Spring Break in Saman will give a short presentation and speak about this sustainable exchange and partnership. The art gallery is open also from 10 am - 4 p.m.
Directions: Tindle Lounge is in Thayer Hall, which is directly behind Collis Center.
2:00 pm
Special Faculty Lecture: The Youth Vote: 2008 and Beyond, 2 Rockefeller
Linda Fowler is a Professor of Government and the Frank J. Reagan '09 Chair in Policy Studies. Her research focuses on "practical politics" using Social Science methods to convey the intricacies of politics to students.
2:00 pm
Softball vs. Harvard, Sachem Softball Field
The winner of this doubleheader will win the Ivy League's Northern Division title. Going into the game, Dartmouth is one game ahead.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center go to the right, down Main Street approximately two miles to a left on Gould Road. The ball field is on the right.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Learning About the Hood Museum of Art
Directions: The Hood Museum is to the left of the front of the Hopkins Center.
2:00 pm Welcoming remarks and the talk: So, What Do You Do at the Hood Museum of Art? by Lesley Wellman, Assistant Director and Curator of Education
2:30 pm Tour Felix de la Concha: Private Portraits/Public Conversations
by Lesley Wellman, Assistant Director
The Hood's project with Felix de la Concha portrays members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley community, examining the ways they have encountered conflict in their lives and how they made--or are making--the journey toward reconciliation. Fifty portraits, along with video and audio recordings of the portrait sessions are exhibited at the Museum and in Baker Library.
2:50 pm Tour Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia
by Alex Bortolot, Exhibition Co-Curator
The ornate tubular dresses known as tapis were hand-woven from cotton and silk threads, colored with ancestral dye recipes, embellished with gold and silver wrapped threads, embroidered with silk or pineapple-fiber threads, and appliquéd with mirrors and mica. These garments communicated a family's global contacts, social station, and clan identity.
3:00 pm
Special Faculty Lecture:
Writing about War, Trauma and Family Secrets, 1 Rockefeller
Irene Kacandes, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, chairs the Department of German Studies. She specializes in narrative theory and 20th-century cultural studies. Her latest book is Daddy's War: Greek American Storytelling, Family Memory, and Trauma. A Paramemoir is a fascinating model for exploring familial secrets and will be an inspiration to all of us who would like to learn more about our older relative's lives.
Directions: From behind Collis Center go right down Mass Row. Rockefeller is at the intersection of Mass Row and Webster Avenue.
3:00 - 8:00 pm
Rock Climbing, The Daniels Gym
The twenty-foot indoor climbing gym allows climbers of all abilities to hone their skills. Monitors from the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club will be there to assist climbers and ensure safe climbing technique. All equipment is provided.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center turn right on to Mass Row, make a left at the intersection with Tuck Drive. Continue walking on Tuck Drive around the Thayer School of Engineering and look to the left from a low-rise cluster of brick dormitories. Maxwell is among that grouping. The Climbing Gym is located in the basement of the Maxwell Residence Hall.
Please note: The Climbing Gym is accessible only by several sets of stairs.
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Afro-American Society Reception, Cutter Shabazz Lounge
The Afro-American Society is excited to welcome family members of the Class of 2012. The program includes a panel discussion about the Dartmouth experience and an opportunity to meet other First Years' families. Light food and drinks will be served.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, walk left down the sidewalk. Cutter Shabazz is a brick building set back from the sidewalk near the Webster Cottage Museum.
4:00 pm
Class Council Social at Brace Commons, East Wheelock Cluster
Enjoy some delicious cookies and lemonade while chatting with the parents of your student's classmates. While you are there, have the photographer take your family's portrait. The digital image will be sent to you via email.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center cross the street and walk down the sidewalk with the Hopkins Center on your right. Continue on that sidewalk. The Wheelock Cluster is across from the second set of tennis courts. Brace Commons is on the ground level at the center of the façade.
6:00 pm & 8:45 pm
FILM: CHE, Spaulding Auditorium
Oscar winner Benecio del Toro delivers an unforgettable performance in Steven Soderbergh's film about Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Tickets for this Dartmouth Film Society Film Special are on sale in advance - call 603-646-2422 or purchase at the Hop Box Office. Part 1: 6:30 pm & Part 2: 8:45 pm.
Directions: Spaulding Auditorium is in the Hopkins Center.
6:30 pm & 8:45 pm
FILM: HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29, Loew Auditorium
With rare footage and recollections from the original football players including actor Tommy Lee Jones, this "preposterously entertaining" film chronicles one of the most famous college football games in history. Tickets on sale 30 minutes before start at the Loew Box Office. Directions: Loew Auditorium is in the lower level of the Hood Museum.
8:00 pm
A Reading of Table Manners in Shakespeare Alley, Hopkins Center
Genevieve Adams '11 directs this Shakespeare Alley Showcase. There is a $2 cash admission charge, payable at the door.
LIVE FROM COLLIS, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!
8:00 pm A Cappella & Improv Comedy Show, Collis Cafe
Enjoy live performances from Dartmouth's very own student a cappella and improv comedy groups. Performances this evening will feature the following line-up: Rockapellas will sing a cappella, Casual Thursday will perform improv comedy, the Dodecaphonics will sing a cappella, as will the Aires. A listing of the performance times will be posted in the Collis Lobby shortly before the show.
8:00 pm Dance Show, featuring Fusion & Sheba, Collis Common Ground
This evening's performances in Common Ground will introduce to you Dartmouth's very own student dance troupes including the dance ensemble Fusion and the hip hop dance troupe Sheba.
8:00 pm Salsa Lessons & Dancing, FUEL
Hosted by the student organization called Thursday Night Salsa, this event is a perennial favorite at Family Weekends. There will be dance lessons from 8:00-9:00 p.m. and open dance will begin at 9:00 p.m. Instructors will be around all night to offer assistance.
8:30 - 11:00 pm Coffeehouse Sounds of Dartmouth ‘12s, Lone Pine Tavern
Come enjoy coffeehouse style performances at Lone Pine Tavern featuring, singer songwriters from the class of 2012.
8:00 pm
The Programming Board Presents: Magician David Hall, Alumni Hall
This show is suitable for all ages and sure to be tons of fun.
No tickets required, limited seating.
Directions: Alumni Hall is in the Hopkins Center.
Sunday, April 26
Times Vary
Breakfast for a Buck, all 1st Year Residential Clusters
A simple and casual breakfast, BFAB is a Dartmouth tradition and you are welcome to join in this weekend. Check with a '12 to find out about when and where to go for BFAB.
9:00 am
Fun Run
Run outdoors on this scenic route in and around Hanover's Pine Park. This is a fairly hilly cross-country course of approximately 3 miles with one or two shallow stream crossings. Meet in front of the DOC House on Occum Pond. Remember to stay hydrated and dress for the weather. Directions: From the front of Collis Center walk left down the sidewalk and follow that route to the end of Rope Ferry Road. Go left and the DOC House, a gray stone building, will be on your left. Walking time from Collis is about 10 minutes.
10:00 am - NOON
Work Out at Dartmouth's Fitness Center, Alumni Gym
Bring your gear, or just take a tour. Athletics staff will show you around and help you with any fitness questions.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center cross the street and walk on the sidewalk with the Hopkins Center on your right. Continue past the first set of tennis courts. The Fitness Center is in Alumni Gymnasium, which is the brick building on your right.
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Hillel Bagel Brunch, the Roth Center for Jewish Life
A free bagel brunch for ‘12s and their families at the Roth Center for Jewish Life.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, walk left down the sidewalk to Webster Avenue. Make a left on Webster. At the end of Webster Avenue, make a right and the Roth Center is the third building on your right.
Ongoing Exhibitions and Activities
Religious Activities - a brochure of activities sponsored by the recognized campus religious groups at Dartmouth is on the resource table at First Year Family Weekend Registration, or check the Tucker Foundation's website.
Felix de la Concha: Private Portraits/Public Conversations Portraits, along with video and audio recordings are exhibited at the HOOD museum and in Baker Library
Exhibition Spirit of the Basket Tree: Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets From Maine
Hood Museum of Art
In Ancient and Modern Books Enrolled: John Milton at 400
An exhibit at Baker-Berry Library
Exhibition: Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Hood Museum of Art
Exhibition: France in Transformation The Caricature of Honori Daumier, 1833-1870
Hood Museum of Art
Workout at the Fitness Center
Complimentary passes for registered Family Weekend guests are available at the Information Desk just inside the front door of Alumni Gymnasium. The Fitness Center is open Friday 6 am - 11 pm, and Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 11 pm. Note that the Fitness Center is open only to those over 18 years of age.