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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Monday, Nov. 13 • Danforth Lecture Series Tuesday, Nov. 14 • Music Lecture "The Great Jazz Schism" • Women's Society "Composing a Life" Seminar Thursday, Nov. 16 • A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival Friday, Nov. 17 • School of Law Access to Equal Justice Conference Sunday, Nov. 19 • Washington University Symphony Orchestra "OrganFest" Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council - Schools' calendars - Spark student calendar - University calendar The Record, a twice-weekly electronic newspaper for Washington University faculty, staff and students, is the official source for news and information of vital importance to all members of the campus community. Click below to contact us about: - Record staff - Comments, story ideas - Technical web/email issues - Unsubscribing A selection of letters football coach Larry Kindbom has collected for his student-athletes since 1998 and self-published in his "Playbook of Champions." Words of wisdom Instead of getting his team fired up with movies or fire and brimstone, Larry Kindbom, WUSTL football coach, solicits motivational letters from successful people in all walks of life. He has received responses from people such as former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, Vice President Al Gore, Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher, sportscaster Bob Costas and a host of other notables. This year, Kindbom's taken the responses and self-published a book, "Playbook of Champions," for his student-athletes. Green Action offers electronics recycling on campus In celebration of America Recycles Day, Green Action, a WUSTL student group that seeks to raise environmental awareness on campus and in the community, will be holding its second-annual electronics recycling drive Nov. 15 in cooperation with Web Innovations and Technology Services (WITS), a local not-for-profit electronics recycler. Homelessness Awareness Week An alliance of several student groups, all of which deal with an aspect of homelessness or poverty, has come together to organize Homelessness Awareness Week 2006. The goal during the week of Nov. 12 is to raise awareness of the Washington University and St. Louis communities about the prevalent yet neglected issue of homelessness both nation-wide and in the St. Louis area. Bill Kohn: Journey at Bruno Gallery Nov. 17-Dec. 16 The Bruno David Gallery, 3721 Washington Blvd., will present Bill Kohn: Journey, an exhibition of work by the late professor emeritus of painting, Nov. 17-Dec. 16. Kohn, who taught at Washington University for almost four decades, was known for large, colorful landscapes based on his travels around the world, to sites such as the Grand Canyon, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Duomo in Florence and Jaiselmer in India. Announcements Thanksgiving Shuttle Parking & Transportation Services in cooperation with Residential Life will be offering airport transportation to students traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. Renard Circle closure On Nov. 13-14, the west drive of the Renard Circle at Children's Place on the Medical Campus will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. A crane will block the drive while steel is erected between the CSRB and Northwest Tower. Washington People From humble beginnings Associate Dean Virginia Toliver has come a long way from rural Mississippi Sports Weekend Bear Sports - See latest updates WUSTL in the News CNN.com School of Medicine's John Morris talks about Alzheimer's disease risk factors. Philadelphia Inquirer Arts & Sciences' Andrew Mertha, prof. of political science, warns companies against outsourcing innovative research to China.