UPCOMING 
Important dates

Jan. 17: Edwardsville, Ill.  
In conjunction with the University choir tour, area alumni and friends are invited to  a dinner at Frank's on Main prior to the 7:30 p.m. choir concert at Eden United Church of Christ in Edwardsville.  For more info, call Jackie McFadden in the Alumni Office @217-424-3769.  

Jan. 17: Decatur, Ill.  
Decatur - Coaches vs. Cancer corporate 3-point shootout. See details at right.

Jan. 22: Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson-area alumni and friends are invited to meet President Douglas Zemke at a 6:30-8:30 p.m. reception hosted by Trustee Emeritus Larry Haab ’59 and his wife, Ann Geddes Haab ’59. For more info, call Jackie McFadden in the Alumni Office @217-424-3769.

Jan. 25: Phoenix, Ariz.
Phoenix-area alumni and friends are invited to meet President Douglas Zemke at a 6-8 p.m. reception hosted by Trustee Bill Hopper ’63 and his wife, Marilyn. For more info, call Jackie McFadden in the Alumni Office @217-424-3769.  

Jan. 30: St. Louis, Mo.
Young alumni & friends event: Join us at 8 p.m. at John D. McGurk's Irish Pub in Soulard, 1200 Russell Blvd. RSVPs appreciated, but not required. The young at heart are also welcome! RSVP at alumnews@mail.millikin.edu

Feb. 6: Chicago
Young alumni & friends event:
Joins us at 8 p.m. at the Jefferson Tap, 325 N. Jefferson, which is owned by Don Agee '96. RSVPs are appreciated, but not required. The young at heart are also welcome! RSVP at alumnews@mail.millikin.edu

Feb. 20: Indianapolis
Young alumni & friends event:
Join us at 8 p.m.at The Rathskeller, 401 East Michigan St. RSVPs appreciated, but not required. The young at heart are also welcome! RSVP at alumnews@mail.millikin.edu

March 18: St. Louis, Mo.
St. Louis - Meet Millikin President Douglas E. Zemke '66 at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at this Millikin Club of St. Louis event, hosted by Jon Tiede '92. 

MORE on alumni events

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Go Big Blue! 
Men's B-Ball is 9-4 and 1-1 in the conference; the women's team  is 12-2 and a perfect 4-0 in the CCIW. How will both teams fare this weekend? Keep up with the latest basketball and other winter sports news by clicking here. 

Be a friend and refer a friend. 
Know a high school student who recently began a college search? Introduce them to Millikin through Refer a Friend. Click here to fill out a simple form and we'll send them info about Millikin. They may make a lifetime of memories, find good friends and receive a great education -- hopefully, just like you did!     

Need Millikin stuff? 
Shop online for music from First Step Records, MU's student-run recording label. To order CDs in the First Step catalog, including the Vespers 2003 performance CD, click here.

Shop online through the Millikin bookstore to get MU gear, gifts and more.  

Got a gig? 
All alumni actors, artists, singers, dancers and musicians are invited to let us know the dates and details of their upcoming engagements and we’ll promote them on the Millikin website. Drop a line to alumnews@mail.millikin.edu, or fax your performance schedule to 217-424-3755. Click here to see what's posted.

EACH BASKET COUNTS 
MORE THAN YOU KNOW. 
More than 30 teams from area businesses have signed up to participate and John Luttrell '53 is honorary chair of this Saturday's Coaches vs. Cancer shootout on campus. The program helps raise funds for educational programs, advocacy and cancer prevention in Central Illinois. MORE

SOME OF mILLIKIN'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST ARE RECOGNIZED.

President Douglas E. Zemke congratulates new 
Phi Kappa Phi initiates at a December ceremony on campus. MORE

ALL ABOARD FOR THESE LAST STOPS.
The University Choir wraps up its winter tour with stops in  Wheaton, Ill., on Jan. 16, Edwardsville, Ill., on Jan. 17, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Jan., 18 and Lebanon, Ill., also on Jan. 18, before coming home for a grand finale concert on Jan. 25 in Decatur. Alumni and friends are invited to come to any of the performances and stay afterwards to meet members of the Choir and its director, Dr. Brad Holmes. 

despite food poisoning, 
women share crown.
Despite a severe case of food poisoning that laid low almost the entire team the night before a big game, the Big Blue Women's basketball team walked away winners at the Clarke College holiday tournament. The Big Blue was to have faced perennial CCIW foe Augustana College in the championship game, but the Vikings gamely agreed to a compromise and the two teams left as co-champions. The two teams meet again at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 27, in Griswold Physical Education Center.  MORE

adventures wanted.
Have you experienced the adventure of a lifetime? Take a leap and share your true-life adventure for an upcoming feature in Millikin Quarterly. We want to know about it! MORE

dine with your VALENTINE 
on the kirkland stage.
Ooh-EEE! Now that's spicy! Kirkland Fine Arts Center brings out zydeco music and Cajun dining for a Valentine's Day your sweetie won't soon forget. Sign up to have dinner on stage at a table for two during the Feb. 14 MOJO and the Bayou Gypsies concert and your sweetie will be hot for you -- and not just from the Cajun food you'll be served. MORE
Other upcoming KFAC shows include Triple Play and The Music Man.

Youth Symphony Orchestra 
GETS SPECIAL INVITE.
The Decatur Youth Symphony Orchestra has been selected to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association Conference on Thursday, Jan. 29, in Peoria. The performance will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Riverside Community Church. MORE

MDSO FEATURES TALENTED 
LOCAL YOUTH IN Concert.
The Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra will present their annual Young Artist Concert on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Kirkland Fine Arts Center. MORE

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR  
EDUCATION GRADUATES, 
If you earned a degree in education and have a credential file established with the Career & Experiential Education Center that has been inactive for five years or more – it’s time to update. Files over five years old are considered outdated, as prospective employers typically require more current information from job candidates. MORE

IT'S T-T-T-TRIVIA 
T-T-TIME.
We're stammering because the boiler that heats the Alumni Center is in the process of being replaced and it's getting a little ch-ch-chilly in here! Hopefully, the heat will be back on soon. In the meantime, our thoughts have turned to warm woolen mittens and --oh yes!--heat, as you'll see in this month's trivia contest.

Last month's winners correctly answered 6,312 to the question of how many tickets were sold at this year's Vespers performances. They are: Robin Shasteen Sesko '83, Linda Carter Ellerman '01, Brian Carpenter '01, Abigail Wessler '03 and Korrin Stanek '01.

Ready to play?

Many years ago, the Millikin campus was heated (what a wonderful word!) by coal.  On Jan. 7, 1907, what was MU's total coal bill?

A. $181.02
B. $355.78
C. $43.66 
D. $210.82

Send your answer to alumnews@mail.millikin.edu; be sure to include your name and address. The first five correct responders each win a little something special we'll send once we defrost it! 
(Thanks to "Millikin University: The First 100 Years," a book of Centennial history written by Gerald and Barbara Redford, for this month's question. Purchase it online here.) 

A campus resident looks for shelter (and warmth, 
too, we bet!) on Shilling lawn during a recent snowstorm.