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October 11, 2002
Happenings
October
Friday 11
Walk the Sacred
Labyrinth
*Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, noon–2 pm.
Halal Lunch
Followed by Jumma Prayer RSVP required by 9 am on 10/10; call
x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu. *Eliot House lounge,
noon.
Pagan/Wiccan Community
Gathering *Mead Hall living room, noon.
Japanese Table
For intermediate-level speakers and above. South Rockefeller Hall
private dining room, noon.
Kosher Shabbat
Dinner Wilder Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Shabbat Service
*Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.
Saturday
12
Soccer
vs. Clark. *Kendall, 1 pm.
Author Reading
Ken Alder, professor of history, Northwestern University, reads
from his book The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey
and Hidden Error That Transformed the World, about the development
of the meter as a standard measure of distance. *Odyssey Bookshop,
2 pm.
Sunday
13
Unitarian Universalist
Gathering *Eliot House lounge, 4 pm.
Roman Catholic
Mass *Abbey Chapel, 6:30 pm.
Tuesday
15
Introduction to
Dreamweaver Workshop for faculty and staff. Explore Web site
creation with Dreamweaver. Become familiar with menus, tools,
and project management capabilities. Practical instruction in
basic layout and design, including creating tables, inserting
images, making links, and more. Instructor: Aime DeGrenier. Register
at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 10 am.
What's New
in Photoshop An advanced workshop for faculty and staff. For
those interested in creating and manipulating digital images.
Some familiarity with Photoshop (i.e, attending the Intro to Photoshop
workshop) is required. Instructor: Tamra Hjermstad. Register at
ww.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Dwight Lab B, *Williston Library, 1 pm.
Preparing Images
for the Web in Photoshop Workshop for faculty and staff. Learn
to prepare an image for the Web and to scan photographs, adjust
the image and file size in Photoshop, and upload images to the
Web. No previous experience is needed. For more in-depth training
in Photoshop, attend an Intro to Photoshop workshop. Instructor:
Mary Glackin. Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 1 pm.
Dreamweaver Templates
Workshop for faculty and staff. Learn to create templates and
to manage your Web site. Make changes sitewide, change navigation,
update links, and more. Prerequisites: Revitalizing Your Web Site
and Introduction to Dreamweaver. Instructor: Jim Burke. Register
at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 3 pm.
Field Hockey vs.
Springfield. *Kendall, 4:30 pm.
Mindfulness Meditation
*Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:45 pm.
Spanish Table
*North Mandelle Hall private dining room, 5:30 pm.
Author Readings
Stephen Elliott will read from his novel What It Means to
Love You; Norman Gautreau will read from Sea Room: A Novel. For
information call 534-7307. *Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Wednesday
16
Interfaith Prayer
Lunch RSVP required by 9 am on 10/15; call x2054 or email
eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu.
*Eliot House lounge, noon.
"Afro-Cuba,
Afro-Cubans, Afro-Cubania: How Black Is Contemporay Cuba Becoming?"
Lecture and multimedia presentation by celebrated Cuban writer,
poet, and novelist Pedro Perez-Sarduy. Room 101, *Dwight Hall,
4 pm.
Zazen Meditation
With Rev. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 4 pm.
Funding for Study
Abroad Information Session Information about requirements
and application procedures for MHC's Laurel Fellowships for
Off-Campus Study and on outside scholarships and awards for undergraduate
study abroad. With Joanne Picard, dean of international affairs.
New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 4 pm.
French Table
Abbey Hall private dining room, 5 pm.
Late Fall GRE Course
The Princeton Review's GRE preparation course begins tonight
and runs every Wednesday night, 6:30 to 9:30 pm, through December
11.
Class size is limited to 8. Call 800-2REVIEW or visit www.princetonreview.com
for registration information. Room 111, *Ciruti Center, 6:30 pm.
Science Careers
Workshop *CDC library, 7 pm.
Author Reading
William Moran, former producer at CBS, discusses his book The
Belles of New England: The Women of the Textile Mills and the
Families Whose Wealth They Wove. For information call 534-7307.
*Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Study Abroad
in Montpellier Information Session With Amy Loth, director
of Mount Holyoke's Junior Year in Montpellier, France Program.
Room 202, *Skinner Hall, 7 pm. This session will be offered again
on 10/17 at 4 pm.
Citigroup Corporation
Learn about careers in investment banking and public finance.
*CDC workshop room, 7 pm.
Italian Movie The
Department of Spanish and Italian and the Italian Club present
Il Ladro di Bambini by Gianni Amelio (1992, 112 minutes). In Italian
with English subtitles. Room 101, *Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Portrayal of Arabs/Muslims
in the Media Lecture by Jack Shaheen. Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp
Laboratory, 7:30 pm.
Thursday
17
Revitalizing Your
Web Site
Workshop for faculty and staff. A two-hour information session
that looks at the big picture of Web development, including establishing
timelines, considering the flow of information, reviewing design
options, organizing your Web space, and maximizing the effectiveness
of your Web pages through content and images. Instructor: Aime
DeGrenier. Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room 231,
*Williston Library, 10 am.
Gallery Talk Takeshi
Takahara will discuss his prints, shown in the exhibition Merging
with a Flow: Prints by Takeshi Takahara, which continues through
December 12 at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. *Art museum
lobby, 4 pm.
Hindu Community
Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4 pm.
Field Hockey
vs. Connecticut College. *Kendall, 4 pm.
"Black Professionals
and Race Consciousness: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement,
1890–1950" The John Lax Memorial Lecture by Darlene
Clark Hine, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of History,
Michigan State University. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall,
4 pm.
Study Abroad in
Montpellier Information Session See 10/16. Room 202, *Skinner
Hall, 4 pm.
"Development
of New Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitors: Synthesis of Substituted
Farnesyls" Lecture by Kevin Shea, Smith College. Room
218, *Clapp Laboratory, 4 pm.
Soccer vs.
Swarthmore. *Kendall, 4 pm.
Cover Letter Workshop
*CDC workshop room, 4 pm.
Planning and Developing
Your Web Site Workshop for students. Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.
"The Story
of 'Stopped Light' " Lecture by Ron Walsworth,
lecturer, department of astronomy, Harvard University, and physicist,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Walsworth will discuss
experiments in which a pulse of light has been "stopped"
in specially prepared atomic ensembles and then reaccelerated
on demand. Refresh-ments will be served following the talk. Room
L-3, *Cleveland Hall, 7 pm.
Author Reading A. Manette Ansay, best-selling author of Vinegar
Hill, discusses Limbo, her new memoir about living with a mysterious
muscle disorder. *Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Author Reading
Deborah Lubar will read stirring stories of Palestinian and Israeli
women that she collected in Israel and the West Bank during the
first months of the Intifada. The stories are part of her play
Blood and Stones. Warbeke Room, *Pratt Hall, 7 pm.
Hartford Police
Department Information Meeting *CDC workshop room, 7 pm.
Artist Lecture
Printmaker Takeshi Takahara will discuss his work. Gamble Auditorium,
*Art Building, 7:30 pm.
Friday
18
Tennis—NEWITT
*Kendall, 9 am.
Walk the Sacred
Labyrinth *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, noon–2 pm.
Halal Lunch
Followed by Jumma Prayer RSVP required by 9 am on 10/17; call
x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu.
*Eliot House lounge, noon.
Pagan/Wiccan Community
Gathering *Mead Hall living room, noon.
Japanese Table
For intermediate-level speakers and above. South Rockefeller
Hall private dining room, noon.
What Do You Want
to Do: Achieving Clarity Part I Call x2080 to sign up. There
will be three "clarity" workshops; attendance at all
three is required. *CDC conference room, 2 pm.
International Colloquium
on Spanish Exile Sessions will be in Spanish, from 2 to 6
pm, followed by a tribute (in English) to Spanish poet Luis Cernuda
at 6:30 pm. Warbeke Room, *Pratt Hall, 2–6 pm and 6:30 pm.
Kosher Shabbat
Dinner Wilder Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Shabbat Service
*Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.
Film Society
Movie Tape, starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. Admission is
$1. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Something Every
Friday: Thirstin' Howl III
Concert With Rack Lo, MTV's Master Fool, Unique London, Richie
Balance, Big Boo, and DJ PF Cuttin. Alaskan Fishermen and Quite
Nyce open. Free for MHC students with valid ID; all others $15.
Tickets are available at the Office of Student Programs (17 Woodbridge
Street), Grow Room and For the Record in Amherst, and Dynamite
Records in Northampton. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall.
Doors open at 8 pm; show starts at 9 pm.
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