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Cast and crew of Lovers and Madmen’s production could not be subdued Thursday night, covering the Rock and a nearby tree to publicize this weekend’s running of the William Shakespeare comedy The Taming of the Shrew.The show runs until Saturday with performances 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. tonight at Shanley Pavilion.

Members of the University Lutheran Church painted the Rock at 10:30 Wednesday night. In its message, ULC invited students to its Sunday morning worship services at 2204 Orrington Ave.

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A bright white sun rose on the Rock’s black sky Wednesday morning to shine on the Night in Manila Cultural Show hosted by Kaibigan, a Filipino student organization. The Multicultural Student Affairs event takes place at the Ryan Family Auditorium at Tech on Sunday at 3 p.m.

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Members of the Delta Zeta sorority painted the Rock Monday night to announce Greek Idol, a philanthropy event hosted in cooperation with Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA). AKA president Alex Spurlock said representatives of Greek council chapters are invited to perform onstage at the event at the Ryan Auditorium Thursday, which raises money for GreekBuild and the AKA Scholarship Ball. The entry fee for each act is $20 and admission is $3.

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Members of the The Northwestern Flipside, a satirical student publication, painted the Rock early Monday morning. The group, which is currently running an advertisement on North by Northwestern, updates its Web site with fake news stories and will distribute 3,000 copies of its latest print issue this week.

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The Rock took on a bright spectrum of colors announcing Rainbow Week, a nine-day program put on by the Rainbow Alliance addressing LGBT issues. Members of the group painted the Rock at 10 p.m. Wednesday to make “an overt statement concerning the involvement of LGBT students at Northwestern,” said co-president Will Pearse. Rainbow Week continues Friday with “Games on the Lakefill” at 4 p.m. Rainbow Week ends Sunday.

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Participants of the Project Wildcat summer program painted the Rock with Wild Things 10 p.m. Monday night. Weinberg junior and PWild co-chair Kelsi Lindus said the painters were a group of 11 freshmen who traveled to Pennsylvania under the nickname, “The Meat Experiment.”

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Residents of Shepard Residential College, who call themselves “sheep,” decorated the Rock early Thursday morning with cotton balls in the shape of the hall’s fuzzy mascot. According to Shepard president Trey Herr, the dorm’s homecoming committee planned the display as demonstration of pride for alumni on campus for homecoming this weekend.

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The week’s sorority blitz continued Friday with the Rock appearing as a giant red delicious apple complete with a green leafed stem. The juicy decoration promoted Alpha Chi Omega’s fall philanthropy project “Apple Pie with Alpha Chi” which takes place on Norris East Lawn at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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A speedy devil raced across the Rock Thursday to promote Demon Dash, Kappa Delta’s fall philanthropy project. The Halloween-themed 5K run to support Prevent Child Abuse America will be held 9 am Saturday at the Lakefill. Tickets are available at the Norris Box Office.

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The NU American Sign Language Club painted the Rock Tuesday night. The club advocates for sign language classes to be offered at Northwestern. ASL Club holds weekly Tuesday meetings and is open to all students.

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Sophomore members of Gamma Phi Beta painted the Rock early Monday morning. A nearby tree also bore the sorority’s Greek lettering. Gamma Phi Beta member and Medill sophomore Simone Slykhous said the sisters painted the Rock to “get the word out” about their chapter. Gamma Phi Beta had planned to paint the Rock last Winter Quarter but never got around to it, she said.

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The Associated Student Government exec board painted the Rock Tuesday night to welcome Morton O. Schapiro to the office of president of the university. “We painted it as part of his inauguration gift being given to him on behalf of the student body,” ASG Director of Publications Claire Lew said in an e-mail.

Schapiro will be officially inaugurated during a ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday on Deering Meadow. A “LiveWired Conversation” with President Schapiro this evening will begin a four-day celebration of NU’s 16th president that includes a symposium featuring Hot, Flat, and Crowded author Thomas Friedman, a John Legend concert at Welsh-Ryan Arena, and special halftime event during Saturday’s home football game.

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The Muslim-cultural Students Association (McSA) painted the Rock Sunday night announcing the launch of Islam Awareness Week. McSA, which works to advance understanding of Islam at Northwestern, will host a number of events this week including fireside discussions, open prayer services and a final conference on Friday at Ryan Auditorium addressing cooperation between members of different major religions. Members of all faiths are invited to attend Islam Awareness Week events; tickets for Friday’s conference are $10 for students and $20 for general admission.

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Members of the Chinese International Association (CIA) painted the Rock Wednesday evening to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the formation of the People’s Republic of China. The CIA also commemorated China’s Communist Revolution by watching the National Day parade from Tiananmen Square on television.

The exhibition in Beijing celebrates Mao Zedong’s declaration of a Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War on October 1, 1949. Reminiscent of the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, the National Day parade featured precise performances and military displays.