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Friday 1

Dance Performance Providence-based Fusionworks is joined by Jim Coleman and Terese Freedman in a performance that explores the tensions and intimacies of human relationships. Call the UMass Fine Arts Center at 545-2511 for times and ticket information.

Group Discussion Programmatic Focuses/ Literacies/Competencies. Sponsored by the Educational Priorities Committee (EPC). Willits-Hallowell Center, noon-1:30 pm.

Art Exhibit Painting Abstract: Gregory Amenoff, John L. Moore, Katherine Porter continues through December 15. Art Museum: Tuesday- Friday, 11 am -5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm.

Art Exhibit Jean-Louis Forain, Works of Art on Paper continues through December 15. Art Museum: Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm.

French Lunch Table Abbey private dining room, noon.

Gallery Talk "Paris Observed: The Goncourt Brothers and Jean-Louis Forain." Catherine LeGouis, French. In conjunction with the exhibition Jean-Louis Forain, Works of Art on Paper. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.

Meeting Halaqah/religious studies. This week's topic is "Hajj." All are welcome. UMMA (Muslim Students Organization). Prayer Room, Eliot House, 12:30 pm.

Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4- 5 pm.

Shabbat Service followed by Kosher/Hallal dinner. RSVP x2054, or email lwaller by 2 pm Thursday, 10/31. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.

Film Society The Bridges of Madison County. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9 pm.

Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.

Readings and Reflections by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and others. A reception, book sale, and book signing will follow. For more information call 538-2146. Gamble Auditorium, 8-10 pm.

Film Blue. Sponsored by the Student Art Board. 216 Art Building, 8:30 pm.

Party Mr. Gad's House of Improv. Sponsored by the Network. Blanchard Campus Center, 9:30-11:00 pm.


Saturday 2

Field Hockey New 8 Championships. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Times to be announced.

Cross-Country ECAC. UMass and Dartmouth College.

Soccer New 8 Championships. Wellesley College, times to be announced.

Crew Seven Sisters Championships. Smith College, race times to be announced.

Van Trip to the Holyoke Mall. Sign up at the Blanchard information desk. Van leaves Blanchard Campus Center at 9:30 and 10:15 am, leaves Holyoke Mall at noon and 12:45 pm.

1996 Black Alumnae Conference Participants only. Blanchard balcony, 12:30-1:30 pm.

Volleyball vs. Babson College. Home, 1 pm.

Black Alumnae Workshop Participants only. 212 and 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 3:00-3:45 pm.

Speaker 1996 Black Alumnae Conference. Participants only. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 3-4 pm.

Practice Speech and debate rounds. Speech and Debate Society. Selected classrooms in Skinner Hall, 7-9 pm.

Film Society The Bridges of Madison County. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9 pm.

Faculty Recital Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble. Robert Eisenstein, viola da gamba, Linda Laderach, violin, Larry Schipull, fortepiano, and Melinda Spratlan, soprano, perform German music. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 8-9 pm.

Dance sponsored by the Black Alumnae Conference. Admission $3. Chapin Auditorium, 10 pm-2 am.

Pearsons Party Admission $2 with MHC ID, $3 with college ID. Pearsons Hall, 10 pm- 2 am.


Sunday 3

Field Hockey New 8 Championships. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, times to be announced.

Soccer New 8 Championships. Wellesley College, times to be announced.

Afrocentric Protestant Worship Ministry of Music, George Davis, Mo' Love, and Voices of Faith join guest preacher Sharon Reives, Black Seminarians, Yale Divinity School. Betty Shabazz House, 11 am.

Roman Catholic Mass Abbey Chapel, 11:15 am.

Volleyball vs. Babson College. Home, 1 pm.

Performance Glee Club and Chamber Singers will perform works for women's voices with accompaniment. Abbey Chapel, 3 pm.

Meeting Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 7-9 pm.

Meeting WMHC Board. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-9 pm.

Reading Alberto Sandoval, Chantelle Lucier '96, Siana Collyer '96. Thirsty Mind Cafe, 8 pm.

Meeting Asian Student Association. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 8:00-9:30 pm.

Meeting College Democrats. Women in Politics Room, sixth floor, Williston Library, 8 pm.


Monday 4

Ticket Sales for UMass Fine Arts Center performances of Red Fiery Summer and Daniel and the Lions, showing December 6 and 7. Tickets $5 with MHC ID. Blanchard Campus Center, 11 am-noon.

Lecture and Video Genesis: A Living Conversation. In this video, Bill Moyers, along with biblical scholars, writers, artists, lawyers, and theologians across the religious spectrum, discusses the stories of Genesis and their relevance for our time. Call x2054 for lunch reservations. Eliot House, 12:10 pm.

Open Class African Languages and Literatures. Wole Soyinka. For more information call 538-2146. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 1:00-2:30 pm.

Deadline for Student Leadership/Service Awards. Forms available at the Blanchard information desk, Kendall information desk, and the Office of the Dean of Students. Must be turned in to 118 Blanchard Campus Center by 4 pm.

Workshop Note-Taking Strategies. Sponsored by the Study Skills Corps. Refreshments will be served. Frances Perkins House, 4-5 pm.

Group Discussion "Linking Liberal Arts and the World of Work." Open to faculty, students, and staff. Sponsored by the EPC. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 4-6 pm.

Deadline Cover letters and resumes for the Boston and New York Recruiting Consortium. Submit materials to the Career Development Center (CDC) by 4:30 pm.

Works-in-Progress Talk "Barriers to Breast-Feeding among Low-Income Women." Dana Tracy, community associate, Family Planning Council. Sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Dickinson living room, 4:30 pm.

Job Searching on the World Wide Web. CDC, 4:45 pm.

Japanese Language Table Sign up at the Asian studies office or email mlohuchi. Limited to fifteen. South Rockefeller private dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Spanish Language Table Nonresidents sign up at the Spanish and Italian department. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Workshop Reading Strategies. Sponsored by the Study Skills Corps. Refreshments will be served. Prospect Hall, 6:30-7:30 pm.

Workshop Peer Health Education. Health Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.

Lecture "Continuity, Progress, and Development of Gothic Architectures." Michael Davis, art. Hooker Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 pm.

Information Meeting Dove Associates. Porter Lounge, Amherst College, 7:30 pm.

Meeting SGA Senate. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30-11:00 pm.

Workshop Peer Health Education. Health Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.


Tuesday 5

Photo IDs Faculty and students can get an ID card from the registrar's office; staff can pick up theirs from human resources. Bring it to 117 Blanchard Campus Center for photos. 11 am-noon.

Lunch at Eliot House Integrating Prayer with Daily Life. Facilitated by Andrea Ayvazian. Share daily concerns (including theological issues) and discuss how they can be integrated with prayer. These gatherings are ecumenical and biblically centered, not denominationally centered. All are welcome. RSVP x2054 by Monday, 11/4. 12:15 pm.

Workshop Eldercare. Guest speaker Roseann Martoccia, director, Client Services of Franklin County Home Care Corporation. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 2:00-3:30 pm.

Information Meeting On-campus interviewing and recruiting. CDC, 4 pm.

Meeting Council on Student Affairs. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 4:30-6:00 pm.

Italian Language Table Nonresidents sign up at the Spanish and Italian department. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Meeting Llamarada (yearbook). 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 6-7 pm.

Election Results Come watch the results on the big screen with the College Democrats! Sandwiches and desserts will be served. Blanchard Campus Center, 6 pm-midnight.

Practice Speech and debate rounds. See Saturday. Selected classrooms in Skinner Hall, 7- 9 pm.

Information Meeting Educational Resources Group. CDC, 7 pm.

Information Meeting Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 903 UMass Campus Center, 7 pm.

Information Meeting Advest Company. Porter Lounge, Amherst College, 7:30 pm.

Coming-out Support Group Sponsored by the Lesbian Bisexual Alliance (LBA). Women's Center, Blanchard Campus Center, 7:30 pm.

Workshop Note-Taking Strategies. Sponsored by the Study Skills Corps. Refreshments will be served. Mead Hall, 7:30-8:30 pm.

Meeting AIDS Awareness Coalition. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 8-9 pm.

Meeting LBA. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall. 8:30-9:30 pm.

Meeting Peer Health Education. Participants only. Blanchard Campus Center, 9:30- 10:30 pm.


Wednesday 6

Interviews Educational Resources Group. CDC.

Tea Meet your friends and enjoy fellowship and tea, coffee, and cookies. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.

Workshop Job-Hunting Strategies. CDC, 4 pm.

Zazen Meditation Transiency. Practice and discussion. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.

Information Session Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. 101 Burton Hall, Clark Science Center, Smith College, 4:15 pm.

Rosary Prayer Abbey small chapel, 5 pm.

Chinese Language Table Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Der Deutsche Tisch German language table. Kommt und sprecht Deutsch. Ham Hall, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Kosher/Hallal Dinner and discussion. "Holocaust Memorials in Berlin: The Dilemma of Commemorating Genocide." Karen Remmler, German. RSVP x2054, or email lwaller by 2 pm on Tuesday, 11/5. Eliot House, 6 pm.

Meeting College Republicans. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 6:45-8:00 pm.

Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.

Information Meeting American Management Systems. Porter Lounge, Amherst College, 7 pm.

Practice Speech and debate rounds. See Saturday. Selected classrooms in Skinner Hall, 7- 9 pm.

Information Meeting Andersen Consulting. Alumnae House, Smith College, 7:30 pm.

Lecture "Biodiversity, Women's Knowledge, and Intellectual Property Rights: Emerging Issues of Ecology and Equity." Vandana Shiva, Visiting Culpeper Professor of Environmental Studies. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30-10:00 pm.

Workshop Peer Health Education. Health Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.

Film Anna Karenina. Russian department fall film series. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.

Reading and Booksigning Louise DeSalvo, author of Vertigo: A Memoir. Cosponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center and the Odyssey Bookshop. Dickinson living room, 7:30 pm.

Concert Michelle Shocked and The Casualties of Wah with special guest PonyStars. General admission $18.50. MHC community members can buy two tickets for the price of one by buying tickets at the Blanchard information desk upon presentation of an MHC ID; limit two free tickets per ID. Call 586-8686 for ticket information. Chapin Auditorium, 8 pm- midnight.

Meeting KACF Crusade at MHC. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm-midnight.


Thursday 7

Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon.

Meeting Come learn about semester and yearlong study abroad opportunities in Latin America. Joanne Picard and Cynthia Vich. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 4-5 pm.

Lecture "Inhibition of Protein Farnesylation: An Approach to Mechanism-Based Cancer Chemotherapy." Dr. Theresa Williams, Merck Research Laboratories. Tea served prior to lecture. L-1 Cleveland Hall, 4:30 pm.

Pizza Party Prospective majors in geography and geology should join us for an evening of good conversation and food. Find out about both majors. 327 Clapp Laboratory, 4:45 pm.

Workshop Cover Letter Writing. 302 Psychology and Education Building, 6:30 pm.

Information Meeting Olde Discount Stockbrokers. CDC, 7 pm.

Photo IDs See Tuesday. 7-8 pm.

Volleyball New 8 Championships. Location to be announced, 7 pm.

Lecture Katherine Porter will talk about her work as an artist. In conjunction with the exhibition Painting Abstract: Gregory Amenoff, John L. Moore, Katherine Porter. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00-8:30 pm.

Practice Speech and debate rounds. See Saturday. Selected classrooms in Skinner Hall, 7- 9 pm.

Information Meeting Leo Burnett. Campus Center Front Room, Amherst College, 7:30 pm.

Lecture/Video "The Trauma of War in Weimar Cinema." Anton Kaes, German and film studies, University of California at Berkeley. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30-10:00 pm.

Japanese Tea Ceremony Open Sunken Hearth. Nobue Socho Yamashita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 7:30-8:30 pm.

Lecture "Local Democracy and Citizen Participation in Chicago." David Ranney and Patricia Wright. L1 Cleveland Hall, 8-10 pm.

Laurie Anderson Performance The Speed of Darkness. General admission $22.50; orchestra seating $27.50. MHC community members can buy two tickets for the price of one by buying tickets at the Blanchard information desk upon presentation of an MHC ID; limit two free tickets per ID. Call 586-8686 for ticket information. Chapin Auditorium, 8 pm- midnight.


Friday 8

Meeting Board of Trustees.

Workshop Fellowship Application Skills. CDC, 10:30 am.

French Lunch Table Abbey private dining room, noon.

Debate World preparatory tournament. Hooker Auditorium, 12:30 pm-midnight.

Gallery Talk "Two Views of an Exhibition: A Conversation about Painting Abstract." Julia Ferrari '97 and Andra Wheeler '97. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.

Information Meeting Montgomery Securities. Porter Lounge, Amherst College, 3 pm.

Panel Discussion "Dance: New Directions/Building New Communities." Featuring Sally Ann Kriegsman, artistic director, Jacob's Pillow; Dorothy Jungels, artistic director, Everett Dance Theatre; Adrienne Hawkins, artistic director, Impulse Dance Company; and Kirk Peterson, artistic director, Hartford Ballet. For additional information, call the Five College Dance Office at 256-8974. Gamble Auditorium, 3-5 pm.

Practice Rounds in public speaking. See 11/1. 210 Skinner Hall, 4-5 pm.

Van Trip to Food Mart. Sign-up sheets are available at the Blanchard information desk. Van leaves Blanchard Campus Center at 6:30 and 6:50 pm; leaves Food Mart at 7:30 and 7:50 pm.

Film Society Strictly Ballroom. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9 pm.

Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.

Something Every Friday "Hot, Sexy, and Safer." Comedian Suzi Landolphi. Comedy with a message. Blanchard Campus Center, 8-10 pm.

Debate Tournament Party sponsored by the Speech and Debate Society. Chapin Auditorium, 10:30 pm-2:00 am.

Shades of Expression Presents... Dance party. Admission $3 general, $2 with college ID. Blanchard Campus Center, 11 pm-2 am.


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