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November 15, 2002
Happenings
November
Friday 15
Walk the Sacred
Labyrinth *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, noon–2 pm.
Halal Lunch
Followed by Jumma Prayer RSVP required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu
by 9 am on 11/14. *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Pagan/Wiccan Collective
Gathering *Mead Hall living room, noon.
Japanese Table
For intermediate-level speakers and above. South Rockefeller Hall
private dining room, noon.
Film Screening
and Discussion Filmmaker Lalit Vachani will screen his new
documentary The Men in the Tree, about the RSS, a Hindu
fundamentalist organization in India. In Hindi, English, Marathi,
and Sanskrit with English subtitles. Room 302, *Reese Hall, 4
pm.
Jean Sudrann Research
Fellowship Deadline Applications are due in the English department
office by 4 pm.
Film Society Movie
The Man Who Wasn’t There. Admission is $1. Gamble
Auditorium, *Art Building, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Author Reading
With epidemiologist Devra Davis, author of When Smoke Ran Like
Water: Unnecessary Death and Environmental Deception. For
information call 534-7307. *Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Jazz Concert—“Heavenly
Bodies” The Mount Holyoke Chamber Jazz Ensemble and Vocal
Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mark Gionfriddo, perform music of Billie
Holiday, Morgan Lewis, and Mitchell Parish. With senior soloists.
McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall, 7:30 pm.
Intervarsity Christian
Fellowship Guest speaker is Leo Kim. *MacGregor Hall living
room, 7:45 pm.
Something Every
Friday—MHC Homegrown Singer/Songwriter Showcase Chapin
Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 8 pm.
Class of 2005 Party
Admission is $3 for members of the sophomore class, $4 for all
others. *Betty Shabazz House, 11 pm.
Saturday
16
Fiction vs. Realism
Panel Room 202, *Skinner Hall, 10 am.
Folklore and Children’s
Literature Panel Followed by a question-and-answer session
with guest authors. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.
VariAsians—Destination:
Asia A celebration of Asian culture featuring traditional,
modern, lyrical, and high-energy performances and delicious food.
Buy your tickets in the basement of Wilder Hall, 11/11–11/15,
noon–5 pm, and get food, the show, and the party for $7.
Tickets will also be available at the door: $7 for food and show,
$3 for the show only, and $3 for the party only. Dinner begins
at 5:30 pm, the show starts at 7 pm. The after-show party begins
at 10:30 pm in Torrey. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall,
5:30 pm.
Film Society Movie
The Man Who Wasn't There. Admission is $1. Gamble Auditorium,
*Art Building, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Discussion of Fantasy
and Science Fiction in Film
Room 101, *Dwight Hall, 8 pm.
VariAsians After
Party Admission is $3. *Torrey Hall dining room, 10:30 pm.
Sunday
17
Van for Saint John’s
Church Leaves
Brigham Hall at 7:15 am.
Fandom Panel and
Slide Show With Hal Clement. New York Room, *Mary Woolley
Hall, 11 am.
Ecumenical Worship
Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 11 am.
Willits-Hallowell
Sunday Brunch Buffet Breakfast and lunch favorites, including
hand-carved meats, fresh fruit, assorted pastries, and a dessert
table. $10.95. For reservations call x2217. Smith Dining Room,
*Willits-Hallowell Center, 11:30 am.
Arcadia Players
Chamber Ensemble Concert “Bach and Only Bach” features
Jaap Schroeder (violin) and Margaret Irwin-Brandon (harpsichord).
Tickets: $35 (reserved), $20 (general), $15 (seniors), $6 (students).
For information call 584-8882 or visit www.arcadiaplayers.org.
*Lobby, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 4 pm.
Unitarian Universalist
Gathering *Eliot House lounge, 4 pm.
Roman Catholic
Mass *Abbey Chapel, 6:30 pm.
Introduction to
Photoshop Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Zazen Meditation
With Professor Tadanori Yamashita. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 9
pm.
Monday
18
“Control of
Cell Growth and Differentiation: Tall Tales and Small Wings”
Lecture by Justin Thackeray, Department of Biology, Clark University.
Refreshments will be served. Room 305, *Kendade Hall, 4 pm.
Introduction to
Dreamweaver
Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.
“Gendered
Politics of Location: Sociopolitical Experiences of Three Generations
of Palestinian Women, Citizens of Israel” Lecture by
Isis Nusair, research associate, Clark University. Nusair will
examine the state’s policies of control of Palestinian women
during the military administration period of 1949–1998. For
more information call 538-2527. *Five College Women’s Studies
Research Center, 4:30 pm.
Chinese Table
*Torrey Hall dining room, 5 pm.
Japanese Table
For beginners. *North Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 5:30
pm.
Tuesday
19
Staff Council Town
Meeting
All are welcome. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 10 am.
Chinese Table
Abbey Hall private dining room, 11:30 am.
Faith and the Environment
Luncheon Series Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas will speak on
“Conversion to Eco-Justice: One Woman’s Story.”
Eliot House lounge, noon.
Women’s Recovery
Weekly 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.
Introduction to
Dreamweaver Workshop for faculty and staff. Explore the possibilities
of more dynamic Web site creation with Dreamweaver. Participants
will become familiar with menus, tools, and project management
capabilities. Practical instruction in basic layout and design,
including creating tables, inserting images, making links, etc.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 1:30 pm.
Oxford Summer Seminar
The English department at the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst offers a unique opportunity for Mount Holyoke students
to study English literature, law, political science, and history
at Oxford University’s historic Trinity College for six weeks
next summer. Travel to Stratford to see the Royal Shakespeare
Company. Join trips to Austen’s Bath, Hardy’s Wessex,
and the Quantock Hills where Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote. Alumni
and program administrators will describe the program. For more
information, visit www.umass.edu/oxford or email oxford@english.umass.edu.
Room 218A, *Clapp Hall, 4 pm.
“Chemical
Genetics: A Tool for Decoding Cellular Signaling Pathways”
Lecture by Peter J. Alaimo, University of California, San Francisco.
Refreshments will be served prior to the presentation. Room 305,
*Kendade Hall, 4:15 pm.
Mindfulness Meditation *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:45 pm.
German Table
Abbey Hall private dining room, 5:30 pm.
Spanish Table
*North Mandelle Hall private dining room, 5:30 pm.
Dreamweaver Templates
Workshop for faculty and staff. Working knowledge of Dreamweaver
required. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training. Room
231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Destination: Future
Film Series Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott. Room 101,
*Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Sign up at the entrance. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
Wednesday
20
Interfaith Prayer
Lunch RSVP
required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu
by 9 am on 11/19. *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Recovery Luncheon
Meeting These lunches, facilitated by Susan McCarthy, are
opportunities to meet others in recovery, those exploring recovery,
and those who have been affected by a parent’s use of alcohol
or other drugs. All come together to share their experiences,
strength, and hope. Pizza and beverages are provided. Room 135,
*Groves Health Center, noon.
Staff Council Town
Meeting All are welcome. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall,
noon.
Preparing Images
for the Web Workshop for faculty and staff. Learn to scan
a photograph into Photoshop, adjust the image and file size, and
save it to your Web space. No previous experience is needed. For
more in-depth training, attend the Intro to Photoshop workshop.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 1:30 pm.
Global Leadership
Forum Informational meeting and tea hosted by the Weissman
Center for Leadership. *Porter Hall lounge, 4 pm.
Zazen Meditation
With Rev. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 4 pm.
Planning and Developing
Your Web Site Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.
French Table
Abbey Hall private dining room, 5 pm.
Italian Table
*Pearsons Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Volunteer at the
Jewish Geriatric Services Van leaves from Eliot House at 5:30
pm.
Spanish and Italian
Movie Series Felicidades (Argentina, 2000), directed
by Lucho Bender. In this comedy Christmas Eve is anything but
merry on a hot and humid night in Buenos Aires when everything
seems to go wrong. In Spanish with English subtitles. Room 101,
*Dwight Hall, 7 pm.
Author Reading
With Christian Bauman, author of The Ice beneath You, and
Karen Osborn, whose new book is The River Road. For information
call 534-7307. *Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Italian Film
Verso Sera by F. Archibugi (1990). Room 216, *Skinner Hall,
7 pm.
Résumania
*CDC workshop room, 7 pm.
Thursday
21
Dreamweaver Templates
Workshop for faculty and staff. Learn to create templates and
manage your Web site. Prerequisites: Revitalizing Your Web Site
and Introduction to Dreamweaver. Room 231, *Williston Library,
10 am.
Red Cross Blood
Drive Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1–7 pm.
Staff Council Town
Meeting All are welcome. Morrison Room, *Willits-Hallowell
Center, 2 pm.
SHRI—Hindu
Community Meeting
*Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:30 pm.
“An Unfolding
Landscape: Seeing Mount Holyoke and Its Valley over Time”
Lecture by David Foster, director of the Harvard Forest, on the
depiction of forests in landscape paintings in the Mount Holyoke
College Art Museum’s Changing Prospects exhibition. Gamble
Auditorium, *Art Building, 7 pm.
Mock Judicial Board
Hearing A demonstration of judicial procedures used by the
Council on Student Affairs. Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp Hall, 7
pm.
Introduction to
Dreamweaver Workshop for students. Register at http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/training.
Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Thursday Night
Edge Starring Reed Foehl. Admission is free for MHC students,
$3 for Five College students, $5 for the public. *Torrey Hall
living room, 8 pm.
Friday
22
Powerpoint for
Presentations
Workshop for faculty and staff. Covers the basics of creating
slide show presentations with text, images, and sound. Room 231,
*Williston Library, 10 am.
Walk the Sacred
Labyrinth *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, noon–2 pm.
Halal Lunch
Followed by Jumma Prayer RSVP required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu
by 9 am on 11/21. *Eliot House lounge, noon.
Pagan/Wiccan Collective
Meeting *Mead Hall living room, noon.
Japanese Table
For intermediate-level speakers and above. South Rockefeller Hall
private dining room, noon.
“Emotions:
Social Constructions or Evolved Adaptations” Lecture
by Jesse Prinz, associate professor of philosophy, University
of North Carolina. Room 216, *Skinner Hall, 4 pm.
Basketball—MHC
Tip-Off Tournament *Kendall, 5 and 7 pm.
Kosher Dinner Wilder
Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Shabbat Candle
Lighting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.
Film Society Movie
Divine Secrets of the Ya - Ya Sisterhood. Admission is $1. Gamble
Auditorium, *Art Building, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Author Reading
William Langewiesche will discuss his highly anticipated American
Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center, which originated as
a three-part series in the Atlantic Monthly. *Odyssey Bookshop,
7 pm.
Intervarsity Christian
Fellowship Meeting *MacGregor Hall living room, 7:45 pm.
Faculty Chamber
Music Recital Linda Laderach (violin), Eugenie Malek (piano),
David Gibson (cello), and guest artists from Smith College perform
music of Brahms. McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall, 8 pm.
Nice Shoes Fall
a Cappella Jam *Torrey Hall living room, 8 pm.
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