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Lytle New Chief Aide to President and Trustees

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Young Lobbyist Makes Take the Lead Action Project a Reality

Acclaimed Dancer to Perform April 23

Psychiatrist Judith Lewis Herman to Lecture April 29

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April

Friday 18
Japanese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, noon.

Good Friday Ecumenical Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 12:15 pm.

Earth Day Carnival and Educational Celebration Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.

“White Privilege Panel” Lecture presented by the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion. Room 305, *Kendade Hall, 4 pm.

Senegalese Dinner *Betty Shabazz House, 5 pm.

Good Friday Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 5 pm.

Kosher Shabbat Dinner Wilder Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

Shabbat Service *Eliot House lounge, 6:30 pm.

Earth Day After Party Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 10 pm.

Saturday 19
Shabbat Morning Services *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 10 am.

Holi Festival of Colors Skinner Green, noon.

Softball vs. Babson. Softball field, *Kendall, noon.

Lacrosse vs. MIT. Lacrosse field, *Kendall, 1 pm.

Mango Tribe Workshop Free and open to the public. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 2 pm.

Mango Tribe Spoken Word Performance $5 at the door, $4 in advance. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.

“Music as a Second Language” A senior recital by Alicia Frey, soprano, and Shireen Meskoob, violinist, with guest performance by Shey Meierdierks-Lehman, violinist. Join them for an evening of classical, romantic, folk, chanson, jazz, and tango music. McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall, 7:30 pm.

Masquerade Costume Dance *Torrey Hall dining room, 10 pm.

Sunday 20
Easter Sunrise Service Gettell Amphitheater, 6:30 am.

Roman Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 9:30 am.
Willits-Hallowell Easter Brunch The menu is available at the Willits front desk; there will be two seatings. Call 538-2217 for reservations. *Willits-Hallowell Center, 11 am and 1 pm.

Campus Contemplative Community *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 2 pm.

Easter Drumming Skinner Green, 2 pm.

Unitarian Universalist Meeting *Eliot House lounge, 4 pm.

Baha’i Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 5 pm.

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator A workshop for students on drawing and charts. Knowledge of Photoshop needed. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.

Monday 21

Knit and Chat *Eliot House lounge, noon.

Contemporary Fiction Book Club Facilitated by Liz Braun, director of residential life. Today the group discusses Atonement by Ian McEwan. To register call x2503 or email pobrien@mtholyoke.edu. Room 101, *Pratt Hall, noon.

Orientation Session—Junior Year Abroad in Montpellier
A meeting for students who will definitely be going to Montpellier next year. With Amy Loth, on-site director of the MHC Junior Year in Montpellier, France program. Room 202, *Skinner Hall, 4 pm.

Faculty Awards Celebration A celebration of four Mount Holyoke professors who will be honored for outstanding teaching and scholarship. *Pratt Hall, 4 pm.

Introduction to Dreamweaver Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.

College Democrats Professor Panel Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 6:30 pm.

Information Session—Junior Year Abroad in Montpellier For first-year students. Room 202, *Skinner Hall, 7 pm.

Bible Study The topic: “Living beyond Yourself.” *Pearsons sunroom, 7:30 pm.

Tuesday 22
Clothesline Project Skinner Green, 11 am.

Chinese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, noon.

Women’s Weekly Recovery Meeting These meetings, run by and for students, are gatherings of campus women supporting one another in dealing with concerns about use and recovery, Room 135, *Groves Health Center, 12:20 pm.

Red Cross Blood Drive Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.

Processing Laurel Fellowships/Financial Aid for Study Away Mandatory meeting for all students who have been awarded Laurel Fellowships for study away in 2003–2004; highly recommended for other students expecting to use federal or state aid for study away next year. Representatives from financial assistance and student accounts will review procedures for processing and disbursing financial aid (including Laurel Fellowships and federal, state, and other outside aid). Please attend one of two sessions. Room 302, *Reese, 4 and 7 pm.

“The Current U.S.–Japan Relationship: Focusing on Iraq and North Korea”
Lecture by the Honorable Masuo Nishibayashi, consul general of Japan in Boston. A reception follows. *Willits-Hallowell Center, 4 pm.

Making the Most of Your Summer Internship *CDC workshop room, 4 pm.

Mindfulness Meditation *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
4:15 pm.

Lacrosse vs. Bridgewater. Lacrosse field, *Kendall, 4:30 pm.

German Table Abbey Hall private dining room, 5:30 pm.

Spanish Table *MacGregor Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

Christian Dinner Forum Homemade meal followed by discussion of issues that affect everyday Christian living. Golden Pear, Wilder Hall, 5:30 pm.

“Rights at Risk: A Public Forum on Civil Liberties” Panel presentation on the USA Patriot Act II and its effects on civil liberties by Christopher Pyle, professor of politics at Mount Holyoke College; William Newman, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Western Massachusetts; James Shaw, president of UAW Local 2322; Mahsa Khanbabai, immigration lawyer and member of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Refugees and Immigrants; Nancy Talanian, codirector of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee; and moderator Anne Awad, member of the Amherst Select Board. Sponsored by the Amherst Human Rights Commission and SAGE, an activitist organization. Jones Library, Amherst, 7 pm.

Author Discussion Sue Miller, author of While I Was Gone and visiting lecturer at Amherst College, discusses The Story of My Father, about her father's battle with Alzheimer's disease. For information, call 534-7307. Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, 7 pm.

PowerPoint for Presentations Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training/. Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.

AMCAS Preparation Workshop *CDC workshop room,
7 pm.

Japanese Tea Ceremony The subject for April is “(Tea Ceremony) with Sakura—Cherry Blossom.” Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30 pm.

Bible Study The Book of Jeremiah. *Mead Hall living room, 7:30 pm.

Wednesday 23
Clothesline Project Skinner Green, 11 am.

Recovery Luncheon Meeting These lunches, facilitated by Susan McCarthy, are opportunities to meet others in recovery, as well as those exploring recovery, and share common experiences. Pizza and beverages are provided, Room 135, *Groves Health Center, noon.

Interfaith Prayer Lunch RSVP required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by 9 am the day before. *Abbey Chapel, noon.

Zazen Meditation Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 4 pm.

Preparing Images for Presentations and the Web Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training/. Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.

Chinese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 5 pm.

Italian Table *MacGregor Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

Spanish and Italian Movie Series Hable con ella (Spain, 2002), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, is a film about the joy of narration and about words as a weapon against solitude, disease, death, and madness. In Spanish with subtitles. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 7 pm.

Author Reading Paul Collins, author of Banvard's Folly, reads from Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books, his memoir/travelogue about Hay-on-Wye, a small village on the England/Wales border that is home to forty bookshops. For information call 534-7307. Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, 7 pm.

Five College Early Music Collegium “How Good It Is for Brothers to Dwell Together in Harmony” presents works by Ludwig Senfl, Orlando di Lasso, and Heinrich Schutz for voices and Renaissance/ baroque instruments. Directed by Robert Eisenstein. *Abbey Chapel, 8 pm.

Thursday 24

Clothesline Project Skinner Green, 11 am.

“Smell-Seeing: An Adventure in Molecular Recognition” Lecture by Ken Suslick, University of Illinois. Room 305, *Kendade Hall, 4:15 pm.

“Crushed History: The Politics of Memory at Ground Zero and Beyond” Lecture by German artist Horst Hoheisel and Professor of English James Young, Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 4:30 pm.

“Homonormativity, Nationalism, and Queer Responses to 9/11” Lecture by Jasbir Kaur Puar, assistant professor, women’s and gender studies/geography, Rutgers University. For information, call 413-538-2275. Seminar room, *Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, 4:30 pm.

JSU Pizza Party and Movie Night Escape from Sobibor *Eliot House lounge, 6 pm.

Discussion with “Granny D” Activist Doris “Granny D” Haddock and Dennis Burke discuss Granny D: You're NeverToo Old to Raise a Little Hell. For information, call 534-7307. Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, 7 pm.

Creating Dreamweaver Templates Workshop for students. Requires working knowledge of Dreamweaver. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.

“Globalization, Empire, and the Political Economy of Development” Lecture by William Tabb, Queens College, CUNY. Tabb is the author of The Amoral Elephant: Globalization and the Stuggle for Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century and Unequal Partners: A Primer on Globalization. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.

Mount Holyoke Christian Fellowship Meeting *South Mandelle Hall, 7:30 pm.

Navajo Social Songs By Donald Denetdeal. *Torrey Hall living room, 7:30 pm.

ASA Movie Night Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building,
8 pm.

Five College Dance Party With DJ Menace and Clinton Sparks. Free and open to MHC and the Five College community. All ages welcome. $1 beer and soft drinks. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 10 pm.

Friday 25

Golf Mass States. Orchards golf course, *Kendall, 9 am.

Walk the Sacred Labyrinth Walk the spiral path, a symbol of wholeness and life’s meandering but purposeful path. Questions? Email jmwood@mtholyoke.edu. *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 11 am.

Halal Lunch Followed by Jumma Prayer RSVP required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by 9 am the day before. *Eliot House lounge, noon.

Japanese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, noon.

Eightieth Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition “Life and Letters,” a conversation with judges Wyatt Prunty, Rhina Espaillat, and Rachel Wetzsteon. Stimson Room, *Williston Library, 3 pm.

May Pageant Dance performance, a cappella singing, a May Pole dance, and vendor tables. Skinner Green, 3:30 pm. (Rain location: Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall.)

Kosher Shabbat Dinner Wilder Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

Alumnae Association Future of the Past Meeting Faculty Club Room/Wiese-Merriwether Room, *Willits-Hallowell Center, 6 pm.

Shabbat Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.

Newman Association Movie Night *Eliot House lounge, 7 pm.

Film Society Movie Memento; $1. Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp Laboratory, 7 and 9:30 pm.

Eightieth Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition With student contestants from Connecticut College, George Washington University, Haverford College, Cornell University, Amherst College, and Mount Holyoke. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 8 pm.

Nice Shoes Spring A Cappella Jam Abbey/Buckland Hall dining room, 8 pm.

“Groove Nation” Flying Lessons, the Equalites, the Jinx Motive, and DJ Chase, presented by Big Kahuna Entertainment. Free and open to the public. All ages welcome. $1 beer and soft drinks. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 10 pm.he counter is 1,809