It's April Fool's Day. That means all those clever practical jokes your devious, mischievous mind incarnated during the past year can be unleashed. We condone safe practical jokes, however, and hope no one is injured or embarrassed too much today. That means we do NOT recommend spiking your professor's coffee with a bottle of Visine!

If you are in graduate school or beyond, you realize you have been in school for the better part of the past decade. If secretaries and service workers have days in their honor, you should too. The Graduate and Professional Student Council pooled its resources and came up with Graduate Student Appreciation Week. Many events will be held this week, with an ice cream social on tap for today. For more information, contact Lisa Napoleon at 400-0432, e-mail her at napoleon@email.arizona.edu or visit the Web site at www.gpsc.arizona.edu.

For the last 19 years, Tucsonans have celebrated the art and wonder of poetry. The Tucson Poetry Festival now celebrates its 20th year of fun and art with Jane Miller, UA alumnus Alberto Rios and Anne Waldman as guest poets. Events will take place across Tucson and cost varying amounts for each event. The festival runs through Saturday. For more information, contact Tucson Poetry Festival, Inc., at 620-2045, e-mail to info@tucsonpoetryfestival.org or visit one of the Web sites at www.tucsonpoetryfestival.org or www.tucsonpoetryfestival.org/tickets.html.

Sir William Shakespeare is best known for his dramatic plays. But, as the Arizona Repertory Theatre can show you, his list of compositions includes comedy among the double suicides and heart-wrenching tragedies. Stop by Marroney Theatre at 1:30 p.m. with $11 and check out the group's preview rendition of Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona." For more information, contact the Fine Arts box office at 621-1162 or visit the Web site at http://www.arts.arizona.edu/theatre.

If you want to watch Star Wars, what better venue than a planetarium? UAB Films will present the first of George Lucas' classics tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Flandrau Planetarium. The movie is free to anyone. To preserve the mood, life-size cutouts of the Star Wars heroes will be given to chosen attendees who dress like their favorite characters. For more information, contact Diana Ziegler at 621-0768 or e-mail her at ziegler@email.arizona.edu.