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September 17, 2004
Happenings
September
Friday 17
Halal Lunch Followed by Jumma Prayer *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Tennis vs. Simmons. *Kendall, 4 pm.
Sunset Serenade An evening of live music at dusk featuring Erin
McKeown. Vanessa Torres ’02 opens the show with her band
Touching Ground. Gettell Amphitheater,
6:30 pm.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.
Saturday 18
Princeton Review LSAT Room 203, *Kendade Hall, 8 am.
Princeton Review MCAT Room 303, *Kendade Hall, 8 am.
Student-led Shabbat Services *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 10
am.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting See 9/11. Room 226, *Blanchard
Campus Center, 2 pm.
Sunday 19
Ecumenical Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 11 am.
Baha’i Community Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
5 pm.
Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 6:30 pm.
Introduction
to Excel Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A , Dwight Hall, *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Unitarian
Universalist Community Meeting *Eliot House lounge,
7 pm.
Poets’ Lounge Room 227, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8:30
pm.
Monday 20
Memorial Service For Ruth Elvedt (Elve), Professor of Physical
Education Emeritus. *Abbey Chapel, 4 pm.
Summer
Science Internships Student Presentations Room 305,
*Kendade Hall, 4 pm.
Excel II: Advanced Topics Workshop for students. Prerequisite:
knowledge of Excel or intro workshop required. Register
at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A , Dwight Hall, *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Sophomore Orientation to
Law School *CDC workshop
room, 8 pm.
Tuesday 21
Women’s Recovery Weekly Meeting This group, run
by and for students, meets in a comfortable and confidential
atmosphere to support one another in dealing with concerns about
their own use and recovery or another’s use of alcohol
and other drugs. Room 318, *Blanchard Campus Center, 12:20 pm.
Alcohol and Other Drugs
in the U.S. and Abroad A discussion
of cultural, legal, and familial views about alcohol and other
drugs, open to all international students. We will also talk
about MHC’s polices and sanctions on alcohol and other
drugs. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 4 pm.
Tennis vs. Smith. *Kendall, 4 pm.
Claude Steele Lecture Claude M. Steele, Lucie Stern Professor
in the Social Sciences at Stanford University and an authority
on how group stereotypes affect self-image, academic performance,
and individual behavior, will speak about academic achievement
and his research on “stereotype threat.” Steele has
written extensively on a range of issues, including challenges
faced by students of color and women at American institutions
of higher education and in other settings. Gamble Auditorium
*Art Building,
7 pm.
Introduction
to Excel Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A , Dwight Hall, *Williston Library, 7 pm.
SAAFE Meeting SAAFE stands for Substance Abuse Awareness
for Everyone. Come join this new student org and learn about ways to educate
the campus about alcohol and other drugs. Room 213, *Blanchard Campus Center,
7:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
Applying to Graduate School *CDC workshop room, 8 pm.
Wednesday 22
Interfaith Prayer Lunch *Eliot House lounge, 12:15 pm.
Race: The Power of Illusion Part one of a thought-provoking
three-part PBS video series that investigates basic assumptions
about race and illuminates the myths, misconceptions, and notions
about race that we all hold. The series will be shown in three
one-hour segments on successive Wednesdays. Make time for this
if you can and plan to discuss it over dinner with friends. Even
catching just a piece of the program will give you new insights.
Great Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 4 pm.
Zazen Meditation With Rev. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot
House, 4 pm.
Soccer vs. Connecticut College. *Kendall, 4 pm.
PowerPoint
for Presentations Workshop for students. Register
at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A, Dwight
Hall, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.
“Competing Social Visions: The
Labor Movement” A
discussion with Mark Dudzic, Labor Party national organizer,
on the various agendas, hidden and revealed, found in U.S. party
politics during the presidential race. Moderated by Preston H.
Smith II, associate professor of politics. Part of the Weissman
Center’s fall series on the presidential election. Stimson
Room, *Williston Library, 4:30 pm.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting See 9/11. Room 226, *Blanchard
Campus Center, 7 pm.
Staging Black Femininity:
Alva Rogers Film/Lecture Bessie Award
winner Alva Rogers will screen scenes from Julie Dash’s
celebrated 1991 film Daughters of the Dust and discuss her own
work as an actress, playwright, and performance artist. *Dwight
101, 7 pm.
Author Talk and Book Signing With Hale Sofia Schatz, author
of If the Buddha Came to Dinner: How to
Nourish Your Body to Awaken Your Spirit. The Odyssey Bookshop will have copies available
for sale. For information contact Susan Burggraf at sburggra@mtholyoke.edu or x3510. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 7 pm.
Sophomore Orientation to
Internships *CDC library, 8 pm.
Résumé and Cover-Letter-Writing
Workshop For seniors.
*CDC workshop room, 8 pm.
Thursday 23
Preparing
Images for the Web Workshop for students. Register at
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A, Dwight Hall, *Williston
Library, 4:15 pm.
Hindu Worship with Dinner *Eliot House lounge, 4:30 pm.
Fall Exhibition Opening Lecture and Reception Michael
Marlais, James M. Gillespie Professor of Art, Colby College,
will speak on “The Pond at Optevoz and a Moment
in French Realism.” A reception for the exhibition Valenciennes,
Daubigny, and the Origins of French Landscape Painting will
follow. *Mount Holyoke College Art Museum,7 pm.
Volleyball vs. Elms. *Kendall, 7 pm.
“We the People: Powers That Ought
to Be” A
talk by columnist, commentator, and public speaker Jim Hightower.
Free, but donations will support the work of the western Massachusetts
office of the American Friends Service Committee. Chapin Auditorium,
*Mary Woolley Hall,
7:30 pm.
Interviewing/Recruiting
Information Meeting for Boston and New York Consortiums Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp Laboratory, 8 pm.
TNE:
The Damnwells in Concert The first concert of the
semester presented by Thursday Night Edge (TNE) and The Network.
Free for MHC students; $3 Five College students; $5 general
public. Great Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Sophomore Orientation to
Health Careers *CDC workshop room,
8 pm.
Friday 24
Introduction
to Dreamweaver Workshop for faculty/staff. Register
at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109A, Dwight Hall,
*Williston Library, 10 am.
Halal Lunch Followed by Jumma Prayer *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Introduction to iMovie Workshop for faculty/staff.
Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 109B,
Dwight Hall, *Williston Library, 1:30 pm.
Sophomore Orientation Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building,
2 pm.
Résumania Room 318, *Blanchard Campus Center, 2 pm.
Shabbat Yom Kippur Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30
pm.
Alix Olson in Concert Exclusive area appearance this fall! Tickets
at door only; box office opens at 7 pm. Free with MHC ID; $7
general public. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 8 pm.
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