Combat cancer with skill, and cheer your University of Arizona Wildcats on at tonight's men's basketball Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Teams playing for the cause include Temple and Florida at 4:30 p.m. and your UA Wildcats and Maryland at 7 p.m. The winners from the tournament games tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York will advance to the title game on Friday at 7 p.m. All games will be broadcast on ESPN2, so set up your TV, get a big bag of popcorn and prepare to watch the Cats put the Terrapins in their place. For more information, call the McKale ticket office at 621-2287.

UA's diverse campus is a breeding ground for a variety of cultural and ethnic opportunities for study. One project the UA and Tucson have participated in is the "Sister Cities" project with Almaty, Kazakhstan. State Sen. Elaine Richardson will share her experiences with the sister city today at 5:45 p.m. in the "Swede" Johnson/Alumni Foundation building, Room 303. For more information on other Sister City presentations, call Tessa Chalberg at 621-4608.

Is it really okay to say something like that? Check your moral biases at the door and prepare to learn the facts at tonight's Tenth Annual William R. Mathews "Ethics in Journalism" lecture at 7. Senior Portland Oregonian reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Hallman Jr. will discuss the problems he ran into while compiling his feature piece "The Boy Behind the Mask." For more information on other lectures, call the department of journalism at 621-7556.

Forget finals, papers, essays and class assignments and lose yourself in tonight's German drama, "Jugofilm." Tonight at 7:30 in the Modern Languages auditorium, the German Film Series screens the 1997 production that chronicles the life of a single family in war-torn Vienna. Tickets for the event are free and seating is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information on future screenings, call Barbara Kosta at 621-7389.

Keep on tapping those toes in time to tonight's UApresents performance of the Bangarra Dance Theatre. Australia's oldest dance company combines Aboriginal heritage with modern dance style to create tonight's cultural extravaganza at 7:30 inside Centennial Hall. The U.S. tour features Corroboree, a newly choreographed piece that depicts a celebration of tribal victories or other events. Tickets for the performance range from $16 to $28 and can be purchased through the Centennial Hall box office at 621-3341.