February
13 ,
2004
Happenings
Friday 13
Halal Lunch Followed by Jumma Prayer *Eliot House lounge, noon.
The Vagina Monologues Each
year this play by Eve Ensler raises thousands of dollars to help
end violence toward women and girls. Minimum donation: $5 with
MHC ID, $6 other students and general public. Chapin Auditorium,
*Mary Woolley Hall 5 pm.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
6:30 pm.
Film Velvet
Goldmine (1998). With Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor,
Eddie Izzard, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyer. Craziness and insanity!
$2. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 8 pm.
Something Every Friday Great
Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Saturday 14
Shawn Flarida Reining Clinic *Equestrian Center,
8 am.
Shabbat Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 10 am.
The Vagina Monologues
See 2/13. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.
Squash vs. Wellesley. *Kendall,
1 pm.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting OA is a fellowship of individuals
who, through their experience, strength, and hope, are recovering
from compulsive overeating. Anyone who wants to stop eating compulsively
is welcome. There are no dues or fees. All meetings are strictly
confidential. Contact Jen at x5064 or Angela at 493-5954. Room
216, *Blanchard Campus Center, 2 pm.
Midnight Love La Unidad cordially invites you to their second
annual Valentine’s Day semiformal. $3. Chapin Auditorium,
*Mary Woolley Hall, 10 pm.
Sunday 15
Shawn Flarida
Reining Clinic *Equestrian Center, 8 am.
Ecumenical Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
11:15 am.
Praying the Rosary *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 1 pm.
Unitarian Universalist Community
Meeting *Eliot House lounge,
4 pm.
Baha’i Community Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
5 pm.
Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 6:30 pm.
Poets Lounge Room 227, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8:30 pm.
Zazen Meditation With Professor Tadanori Yamashita. Wa-Shin-An,
*Eliot House, 9 pm.
Monday 16
Excel II Advanced Excel workshop for students. Register
at http://www.
mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A, *Dwight
Hall, 7 pm
Tuesday 17
Introduction to Dreamweaver Workshop for faculty and staff. Register
at http://www.mtholyoke.
edu/go/training. Room 109A, *Dwight Hall, 10 am.
Women’s Recovery Weekly Meeting Students meet in a comfortable
and confidential atmosphere to support one another in dealing
with concerns about alcohol and other drugs. For information,
contact Susan McCarthy, director, Alcohol and Drug Awareness
Project, x2616. Room 318, *Blanchard Campus Center, 12:20 pm.
“In the Right Place at the Right
Time: Subcellular Localization in Cyclin Function” Lecture by Jennifer Hood-DeGrenier,
Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College. Refreshments
served at 4 pm; seminar begins at 4:15 pm. Room 305, *Kendade
Hall.
Buddhist Meditation *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:15 pm.
“Free Speech Fundamentalism” Lecture by Susan Brison,
Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College. Refreshments will
be served. Open to the public. Room 216, *Skinner Hall, 4:30
pm.
German Table Private dining room, South Rockefeller Hall,
5:30 pm.
America Reads Overview Training Room 210, *Skinner Hall, 6 pm.
College Republicans
Room 318, *Blanchard Campus Center, 6 pm.
“The (Neo-) Liberal Arts College:
How We Participate in the National Trend of Unfair Labor Practices” Lecture by
Ahmet Tonak, Simon’s Rock College. Tonak will discuss the “Wal-martization” of
academic institutions’ use of labor, make connections between
labor concerns at Simon’s Rock and MHC, and also call into
question these institutions’ adherence to liberal arts
ideology. Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp Laboratory, 7 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
Amnesty International Meeting Room 318, *Blanchard Campus Center,
8 pm.
Wednesday 18
Interfaith Prayer Lunch *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Zazen Meditation With Rev. Issho Fujita. Topic: “What
Meditation Is.” Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 4 pm.
Resumania *CDC workshop
room, 4:30 pm.
“Luigi Pulci’s Representation
of Islam” Lecture
by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale
University. Reception to follow. For information email ofrau@mtholyoke.edu.
Room 305, *Kendade Hall, 5 pm.
Chinese Table Dining room, *MacGregor Hall, 5:30 pm.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting See 2/14. Room 217, *Ciruti Center,
7 pm.
Introduction to the CDC
for First-Years *CDC workshop room,
8 pm.
Thursday 19
iMovie Workshop For faculty and staff. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 109A, *Dwight Hall, 1:30 pm.
“Political Economy of the Potato:
Reproduction and the Irish Famine” Lecture by David Lloyd, professor of English
at the University of Southern California, and author of Ireland
after History (2000). New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 4:30
pm.
“Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways by Kaposi’s
Sarcoma-Associated Herpes Virus (KSHV)” Lecture by Blossom
Damania, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center School of Medicine, University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Refreshments will be served in the
Kendade Atrium at 4:15 pm. Lecture to follow. *Cleveland L-1,
4:30 pm.
Developing Your Summer Internship
Abroad Room 101, *Dwight Hall,
4:30 pm.
Lottery Training *Cleveland
L-2, 5 pm.
Hindu Worship *Eliot House lounge, 5 pm.
“Witnessing the Nuremberg Trials: Photography by Raymond
D’Addario” Gallery talk. White Print Room, *Art Building,
5 pm.
Applying to Law School *CDC workshop room, 5 pm.
SHRI Dinner *Eliot House lounge, 5:30 pm.
French Table Dining room, *MacGregor Hall, 5:30 pm.
Thursday Night Edge Live music. Great Room, *Blanchard Campus
Center, 8 pm.
Friday 20
Halal Lunch Followed by Jumma Prayer *Eliot House Lounge, noon.
Progressive Film Project Screening
followed by discussion. Titles TBA. Room 101, *Dwight Hall,
4 pm.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.
Something Every Friday Great Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
“New Grooves” A concert of groove-oriented music
by pianists Phil Skaller and Danny Holt featuring cutting-edge
music by young composers (Jackob Cooper, Jascha Narveson) alongside
classics and arrangements by Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Mark
Dresser, and Nurit Tilles. McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall,
8 pm.
Saturday 21
Shabbat Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 10 am.
Basketball vs. Babson. *Kendall,
2 pm.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting See 2/14. Room 216, *Blanchard
Campus Center, 2 pm.
Drag Ball: “After Dark” Hosted by True Colors. $3
with MHC ID; $5 others. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall,
10 pm.
sunday 22
Ecumenical Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
11:15 am.
Praying the Rosary *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 1 pm.
Unitarian Universalist Community
Meeting *Eliot House lounge,
4 pm.
Baha’i Community Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
5 pm.
Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 6:30 pm.
Poets Lounge Room 227, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8:30 pm.
Zazen Meditation With Professor Tadanori Yamashita. Wa-Shin-An,
*Eliot House, 9 pm.
Monday 23
“Paleoecology of Beringia: The Mongolia Connection” Lecture
by Steven B. Young, the Center for Northern Studies, Sterling College,
Craftsbury, Vermont. Refreshments served at 4 pm; seminar begins
at
4:15 pm. Room 305, *Kendade Hall.
“ ‘A Scurrilous, Vicious, and Libelous Book’:
Suppressing a Tell-All in 1933” Lecture by Simone Weil
Davis, Long Island University-CW, about ad man, evangelical writer,
and politician Bruce Barton and Frances King, a would-be author,
employee-mentee to Barton, his lover, and then his blackmailer.
Seminar room, *Five College Women’s Studies Research Center,
4:30 pm.
Tuesday 24
Women’s Recovery Weekly Meeting See 2/17. Room 318, *Blanchard
Campus Center,
12:20 pm.
Dreamweaver Templates Workshop
for faculty and staff. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 109 Dwight Hall, 1:30 pm.
What Do You Want to Do:
Achieving Personal Clarity Part I *CDC
conference room, 4 pm.
Buddhist Meditation *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:15 pm.
German Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 5:30
pm.
College Republicans Room 226, *Blanchard Campus Center, 6 pm.
Interviewing Skills CDC workshop room, 7 pm.
Film Ralph
Bunche: An American Odyssey explores the life and
legacy of Ralph Bunche, former United Nations Under-Secretary
for Special Political Affairs and the first African American
to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Narrated by Sidney Poitier,
this seminal documentary explores Bunche’s accomplishments
and contributions to global decolonization, conflict resolution,
and human rights advancements. First screening prior to filmmaker
William Greaves’s lecture in the Weissman Center’s
Geographies of Color: Education, Inequality,
and Black Leadership in the Twenty-first Century spring series (see 2/26). Room 101,
*Dwight Hall, 7:00 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
Women’s Studies Film Su Friedrich’s black-and-white documentary Hide
and Seek will be shown in preparation for a talk with the filmmaker at
Smith College on March 29. The film tells the story of Lou, a
12-year-old girl growing up in Chicago in the turbulent 1960s;
interwoven with Lou’s story are the mostly hilarious, sometimes
painful recollections of adult lesbians who try to figure out
how they ever got from there to here. Seminar Room, *Five College
Women’s Studies Research Center, 7:30 pm.
Amnesty International Meeting Room 318, *Blanchard Campus Center,
8 pm.
Wednesday 25
Interfaith Prayer Lunch *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Recovery Luncheon Meeting These informal lunches are an opportunity
to meet others in recovery and those exploring recovery. Facilitated
by Susan McCarthy. For more information, call x2616. Free pizza
and beverages are provided! Room 135, *Groves Health Center,
noon.
Author Reading With Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath,
Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik?
Krak!, a National
Book Award finalist, and The Farming of
Bones, an American Book
Award winner. Room 101, *Dwight Hall, 4 pm.
Zazen Meditation With Rev. Issho Fujita. Topic: “Attitude.” Wa-Shin-An,
*Eliot House, 4 pm.
Ash Wednesday Service *Abbey Chapel, 4 pm.
Résumé Writing *CDC workshop room, 4 pm.
Chinese Table *MacGregor Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Spanish Film Series Historias
de fútbol (Chile, 1997),
directed by Andrés Wood, presents three stories about
football, one of the most important twentieth-century rituals.
*Cleveland L-2, 7 pm.
Overeaters Anonymous See
2/14. Room 217, *Ciruti Center, 7 pm.
Internships for First-Years *CDC workshop room, 7 pm.
Film Ralph
Bunche: An American Odyssey. See 2/24. Room 101,
*Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Thursday 26
“Return to Curiosity in the Photographs of Rosamond Purcell” Gallery
talk by Andrew McClellan, Department of Art and Art History, Tufts
University. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 4 pm.
Seniors: What Do You Want
to Do: Achieving Personal Clarity Part I *CDC conference room, 4 pm.
Hindu Worship *Eliot House lounge, 5 pm.
SHRI Dinner *Eliot House lounge, 5:30 pm.
French Table *MacGregor Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Weissman Center Spring Lecture Series Filmmaker William Greaves
will explore facets of black leadership that were either challenged
or exemplified by Ralph Bunche and discuss his own experiences
as a prominent African American filmmaker devoted to chronicling
the lives of key figures in African American history. See film,
2/24 and 2/25. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 7:30 pm.
Friday 27
Introduction to Photoshop Workshop for faculty
and staff. Register at: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room
109A, *Dwight Hall, 10 am.
Researching Fellowships
and Scholarships for ALANA Students *CDC workshop room,
11 am.
Halal Lunch Followed by
Jumma Prayer *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service *Abbey
Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.
Something Every Friday Great Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
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