TODAY
World AIDS Day benefit
Face AIDS will host a benefit in the Student Life Center Ballroom from 6:30 to 9 p.m. to commemorate World AIDS day. The benefit will feature a speaker, musical performance, food from local restaurants and a craft sale.

TODAY
Lecture on sexual orientation
Leslie Smith, a senior lecturer in the psychology department, will give a lecture on origins of homosexuality and sexual orientation from a biological perspective in Wilson Hall, Room 126 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Vanderbilt Lambda Association.

TODAY
VU Theatre auditions
Auditions and crew sign-ups for William Wycherley’s “The Country Wife” will take place in Neely Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m.

TUESDAY, Dec. 4
Peabody Hanging of the Green
Peabody Council invites the entire Vanderbilt community to join in the annual Hanging of the Green ceremony, a tradition of welcoming winter and adorning the Wyatt Center with greenery. The ceremony will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Wyatt Center and will be preceded by a gingerbread house contest at 3:30 p.m. in Wyatt lobby. Refreshments will be served.

THIS WEEK
Holiday Arts Festival
Shop for unique pottery, jewelry and other gifts made by Vanderbilt and Nashville artists during the Sarratt Holiday Arts Festival in the Sarratt Student Center Gallery from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

THIS WEEK
Basketball sign-ups
Spring intramural basketball sign-ups will take place this week and next week at the Office of Campus Recreation. There is a $40 entry fee for non-freshmen and a $10 forfeit fee for all freshman leagues. Games begin Jan. 20 for students and Jan. 8 for faculty and staff.