dayName = new Array ("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday",
                         "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
    monName = new Array ("January", "February", "March", "April",
                         "May", "June", "July", "August", "September",
                         "October", "November", "December");

    now = new Date;

    thisYr = now.getYear();
    if (thisYr < 1900) {
      thisYr = thisYr+1900;
    }

    fallsemester = new Date(thisYr,7,25);
    laborday = new Date(thisYr,8,1);
    stallman = new Date(thisYr,9,3);
    careerexpo = new Date(thisYr,9,21);

    function dayToDays(inTime) {
      return (inTime.getTime() / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
    }

    function daysTill(inDate) {
      return (Math.ceil(dayToDays(inDate) - dayToDays(now)));
    }