Skip the traffic on the Mall and catch a laid-back concert at noon at the University Medical Center's DuVal auditorium. Today's Center Stage concert production features Second Chance, a popular local golden oldies band. Listen as the group bangs out classic hits from the '50s and '60s while you munch on lunch from home. All Center Stage concerts are free and open to the public. For more information on campus concert opportunities, call Katie Riley at 626-4828.

With the spring registration period complete, UA students often find themselves at a personal crossroads. Should they take more classes than last semester? Is it time to change or declare a major? How will their course loads help make that dream job a reality? If you have questions about what career path you are on or how to get that job search off the ground, walk through today's Walk-in Career Counseling sessions between noon and 2 p.m. in the lower level of Old Main. For more information on free counseling opportunities, call Career Services at 621-4224.

As the semester comes to a close, many professors ask students to do a little personal reflection. If you are having trouble analyzing your academic literary works from the past few months, stop in at today's Weekly Writing Workshop at 5 p.m. Kendra Gaines from the Writing Improvement Program will focus on "Writing the Reflective Analysis" during today's workshop in the Modern Languages building, Room 411. All workshops are free and open to the public. For more information on workshop topics, call Donna Rabuck at 621-5849.

Take a music break tonight and free your mind with the School of Music and Dance doctoral ensemble featuring Rhonda Taylor on the saxophone. Groove to the smooth sounds of her instrument at 7 p.m. in the Holsclaw Recital Hall. Doctoral recitals are free and open to all UA students and faculty. For more information on tonight's concert or a complete listing of UA shows, call MusiCall at 621-2998.

You feel its heat, benefit from its light and watch the colors it paints in the Arizona sky as it disappears for the evening. What are we talking about? The sun, of course! Learn more about the "Sun Among the Stars" at tonight's Steward Observatory Public Evening Lecture Series in Astronomy at 7:30. All evening lectures in Steward Observatory N210 are free and open to the public. For more information on lecture topics, call Thomas Fleming at 621-5049.