COMMUNITY

Deutsches Theaterfest The twenty-fourth annual German Theatre Festival and Competition will be held Thursday, May 3, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in Chapin Auditorium. Dramatic presentations in German will be judged by a jury consisting of secondary-school German teachers, members of Mount Holyoke’s German studies and theatre arts faculty, and representatives of the German Consulate and the Goethe and Austrian Institutes. Prizes will be awarded on the elementary and secondary and college levels. There is no entrance fee. For more information, contact Carmen Sullivan at
carmsull@mtholyoke.edu.

STUDENTS

Extensions/Incompletes Faculty legislation stipulates that “an instructor may report a student’s work as incomplete only if the student has been given an excuse by the director of the Health Center or the dean of the College because of an emergency.” This means that instructors may not accept exams or papers due in lieu of exams, after noon on Thursday, May 17, unless authorized by the director of the Health Center for medical reasons, or one of the academic deans in the dean of the College’s office for unforeseen emergencies. All other course work must be turned in by the last day of classes. Thursday, May 17, is the deadline for the students to request authorization for an extension because of incomplete work.

Health Center Closes for Summer
The College Health Center will close for the summer Sunday, May 27, at 4 pm. Individuals taking routine medications prescribed by the center are encouraged to plan accordingly by ordering medications now for the period from May 27 to mid-September. Students who may be traveling or pursuing jobs over the summer should plan now to acquire immunization updates and medical records. The last day to order oral contraceptives is Tuesday, May 22. Medication may be acquired through Thursday, May 24. Regular clinic hours are Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. For more information call x2121.

Public Safety Notices As students prepare to move out of their residence halls, they are reminded to secure all belongings. If you are removing belongings from the hall, move them down to the main floor before taking them out to your vehicle to avoid propped doors. With the warmer weather comes the temptation to prop open doors. Please remember not to prop open exterior residence hall doors, as this allows uninvited visitors to enter the residence hall. Plan in advance for trunk room access through the head resident; most head residents have also established available hours thorough other hall staff and through the bell desks. Public safety does not provide trunk room access. Be sure that any bicycle being left in a storage room for the summer has been registered with the Public Safety Office. Registration is free and will prevent the bicycle from being removed over the summer in the College’s effort to create space for new bicycles. Fire escapes are designed for emergency egress from fire. For your safety, please do not use them for any other purpose. Public safety does not recommend storing valuable items in the trunk rooms. Each year a number of thefts are reported from these areas.