ATHENS — Students aching to have a little family time will get theirchance as parents arrive today for Parents Weekend. The weekend is fullof events, ranging from sports games to local art displays. Studentsand parents can bond while running the Ohio Fall Classic 5K, listeningto a concert or comedy show together or just having a nice meal at oneof Athens’ many local restaurants. Other events include two-personmassages at the Ping Center and a billiards tournament in the billiardslounge. Freshman Lauren Law’s parents are visiting this weekend. Shesaid that she and her parents plan to go to the football game, checkout the volleyball game and then go out for dinner. She said that sheand her parents would probably go shopping and make a trip to Wal-Mart,too. “My parents are coming from five and a half hours away, so I’mpretty excited,” Law said. Whether or not students’ parents are coming,this weekend’s schedule has many great opportunities to get out of thedorms, try something new and have a great time.

All Weekend

-“The Lyrical Landscape,” 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday — The Dairy Barn

-“Gallery 66: Selling the Southwest,” “Art of the Zuni” and ”SCALE,”noon to 5 p.m. Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday — KennedyMuseum of Art

-School of Art painting group exhibition, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday

-Tom Block’s “Into the Singularity” — Trisolini Gallery, Baker University Center Room 405

Tonight

-Women’s Soccer vs. Kent State, 4 p.m. — Chessa Field

-Shabbat celebration, 7 p.m. — Baker University Center Room 239

-Open Stage with Bruce Dalzell, 8 p.m. to midnight — Front Room, Baker University Center

-Laughter After Dark featuring Craig Allen, midnight — Front Room, Baker University Center

-After Hours, 11:30 p.m. — Fourth floor patio, Baker University Center

Tomorrow

-Ohio Fall Classic 5K at 9 a.m., registration at Ping Center at 8:30 a.m. — Ping Center

-Football: Ohio vs. Kent State at 3:00 p.m. — Peden Stadium-Volleyball: Ohio vs. Bowling Green at 5:30 p.m. — The Convo

-Gospel Explosion at 9 p.m. — Front Room, Baker University Center

Sunday

-Parents’ Weekend Brunch from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hillel Center

-Women’s Soccer: Ohio vs. Buffalo at 1 p.m. — Chessa Field

-Volleyball: Ohio vs. Bowling Green at 5:30 p.m. — The Convo