Staff Senate is holding its annual holiday food drive to benefit Golden Harvest Food Bank. Any non-perishable food item may be donated, except infant formula and baby food.

Some of Clemson University’s most-honored writers and poets will read in a campus benefit for Loaves & Fishes at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the Self Auditorium at the Strom Thurmond Institute. The list of performers includes Keith Lee Morris, Jillian Weise, Steve Katz, John Pursley III, Alex Kudera, Mike Pulley, Lindsey Jones and Angelina Oberdan.

Clemson will host the ACC Cross Country Championships Saturday, Oct. 29, at Musser Farm (604 South Friendship Road, Seneca).

Clemson’s own head football coach Dabo Swinney is in the running for Liberty Mutual’s Coach of the Year. Swinney is currently in second place to Kansas State’s Bill Snyder.

The Joseph F. Sullivan Center is offering comprehensive physical exams at a discounted cost of $50 on select dates starting next week. The regular price of a physical is $90.

Lake Hartwell has fallen below elevation 652 MSL which has triggered the “Moderate Drought” phase of Clemson University’s Drought Management Plan. The amount of precipitation during the past 12 months has been 23 percent less than normal, creating a 13.63-inch deficit and resulting in the low water level of Lake Hartwell where Clemson draws its potable water. The following voluntary water conservation measures through reductions in irrigation and personal use will now be put into effect.

The Class of ’55 Exchange is challenging Clemson student organizations to come up with some new ice cream flavors, and everyone can vote on which flavors they want to win.

The Tiger basketball programs will play host to the fourth annual Rock The `John, Clemson’s version of Midnight Madness, on Friday, Oct. 21, at Littlejohn Coliseum.