The latter can obtained as a printed document by contacting the Office of Public Relations at 472-2211. The chancellor's speech also will be available as a published document in mid September. New students will be welcomed to the university with campus tours, discussion on what it means to be a university student and a block party with free food and music at the annual Big Red Welcome on Aug. 24. Class schedule tours will depart from the west side of the Nebraska Union and from the inside of the Nebraska East Campus Union from 1 to 3 p.m. New students should bring their class schedules to the tours. Students enrolled in the University Honors Program and University Foundations Program also participated in the summer reading program.
Students read the book as part of the summer reading program.
The New Student Convocation begins at 4 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The Cornhusker Marching Band also will perform. A block party with free food and soft drinks will begin at 5 p.m. on R Street between 12th and 14th streets. Local businesses will give away items, the Lied Center will give away tickets, and there will be performances by the UNL Yell Squad, Scarlet Sensations, Scarlet and Cream Singers, and Lincoln area bands Kid Quarkstar, Beyond, and China Digs. The block party will conclude with a performance by Run-DMC sponsored by the University Program Council.