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Indoor Track Open New Englands. February 21-22. University of Rhode Island.
Swimming and Diving New Englands. Bowdoin College, all day.
Exhibition Contemporary Japanese and Chinese calligraphy. Continues through February 28. Fourth floor, Williston Library.
Exhibition Photographers on Location: Landscapes and Cityscapes from the National Museum of American Art. An exhibition of photography from the National Museum of American Art's permanent collection will be on view through March 14. American photographers Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Joe Deal, William Eggleston, Robbert Flick, Frank Gohlke, Karen Halverson, and Charles Doolittle Walcott are included in the exhibition. Subjects of the photographs range from the Adirondacks, New York City, and Yosemite to Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Art Museum, Tuesday- Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Exhibition The Lure of the Nile: Images of Ancient Egypt focuses on the temples and tombs along the Nile as seen through the eyes of artists and travelers on visits to Egypt over the past four centuries. On view through May 11. Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am- 5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Exhibition European and American Paintings from the Collection, on view through April 20. Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Gallery Talk "Egyptomania in Pushkin's Petersburg." Peter Scotto, Russian and Russian-Eurasian studies. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4-5 pm.
Retreat "Am I My Sister's Keeper?: Issues of Conscience." MHC overnight Catholic retreat. For more information, contact Mary Sue Callan-Farley, x2791 or email mscallan. Eliot House, 5 pm.
Shabbat Service followed by Kosher/Hallal dinner and Israeli folk dancing. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon on Thursday, 2/20. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Film Society A Time to Kill. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Something Every Friday presents the Linée Perroncel Band. Linée is back at MHC with her new band--come check them out! Blanchard Campus Center, 9 pm.
Pearsons Party It's a '70s-style dorm party! Alcohol with two forms of ID; admission $3, $2 with full psychedelic polyester regalia. Pearsons Hall, 10 pm-2 am.
Swimming and Diving New Englands. Bowdoin College, all day.
Indoor Track New Englands continue. University of Rhode Island.
Basketball vs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Away, 1 pm.
Gospel Fest Join gospel groups and choirs from the local area, including Mount Holyoke's Voices of Faith, for an evening of praise and worship. Pratt Hall, 7 pm.
Film Society A Time to Kill. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Dance Just Come and Dance. Sponsored by the Lesbian Bisexual Alliance. Admission $3. Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm-2 am.
Swimming and Diving New Englands end today. Bowdoin College, all day.
Roman Catholic Mass Abbey Chapel, 11:15 am.
Afrocentric Worship Bernard Goliday and Sharon Rieves are back for a service in the African American tradition. Abbey small chapel, 4:30 pm.
Reading Ford Foundation Professor of History Joseph Ellis will read from his spirited biography American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women-in-Politics Room, sixth floor, Williston Library, 8 pm.
Cybex Workshop Come learn to properly use the Cybex weight equipment. Sign-up sheet in Kendall lobby. Kendall Hall, noon.
Lunch/Discussion Video series. Genesis: A Living Conversation features Bill Moyers along with Biblical scholars, writers, artists, lawyers, and theologians across the religious spectrum discussing the stories of Genesis and their relevance for our times. Call x2054 by Friday, 2/21, for lunch reservations. Eliot House, 12:10 pm.
Orientation Meeting for all students interested in applying for the final phase of the early childhood or elementary teacher preparation programs including spring practicum 1998. Applications will be available and the application process and programs will be explained. Feel free to bring a box lunch from your residence hall (ordered the day before). 316 Reese Building, 12:15-1:00 pm.
Work-in-Progress Talk "Gender Equity Network: Creating Advocacy for the Education of Young Women," by Karen O'Meara Pullen, community associate, Wilbraham and Monson Academy. Sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Dickinson living room, 4:30 pm
Japanese Language Table Sign up in the Asian studies office or email mlohuchi. Limited to fifteen. South Rockefeller private dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
German Language Table Kommt und sprecht Deutsch! Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Workshop Reading Strategies. Presented by the Study Skills Corps. 1837 Hall, 7-8 pm.
Film Hollywood Shuffle. Writer-director Robert Townsend lampoons Hollywood's perceptions of blacks and racial stereotypes in general. 101 Dwight Hall, 7 pm.
Photo IDs Students can pick up ID cards at the registrar's office, faculty and staff at human resources; guest cards available at Kendall. Bring this card to Blanchard for photos. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Workshop Stress Awareness. Learn to identify the signs of stress and develop skills to manage it. This session will include breathing and self-massage techniques. Presented by Stacy Sklar, massage therapist. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Lecture "The Origins of Opera." Robert Eisenstein, music. Pasts and Presences lecture series. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 7:30- 9:00 pm.
Meeting SGA Senate. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30-11:00 pm.
Cybex Workshop Come learn to properly use the Cybex weight equipment. Sign-up sheet in Kendall lobby. Kendall Hall, noon.
Lunch/Discussion Integrating Prayer with Daily Life. Share daily concerns and how these can be integrated with prayer. These gatherings are biblically centered, not denominationally centered. Lunch provided. RSVP x2054 by noon Monday, 2/24. Eliot House, 12:15 pm.
Photo IDs See 2/24. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 1-2 pm.
Lecture "How Do Bacterial Cells Regulate Essential, but Energy-Demanding Reactions? Nitrogenase Regulation by Reversible ADP-Ribosylation in the Photosynthetic Procaryote Rhodospirillum rubrum." Paul Ludden, University of Wisconsin. Tea at 4:15 pm in Cleveland lobby. L1 Cleveland Laboratory, 4:30-5:30 pm.
Meeting Council on Student Affairs (CSA). 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 4:30-6:00 pm.
Chinese Language Table Come practice Chinese. Contact Danyue at x4871 to reserve a spot. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Meeting Llamarada (yearbook). 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 6-7 pm.
Colloquium "Abortion in Puerto Rico and Chile: Extreme Legalities, Close Realities" by Yamila Azize-Vargas, Ford associate, Cayey University, Puerto Rico. Sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Dickinson living room, 7:30 pm
Film Welcome in Vienna, in German with English subtitles. Sponsored by the German Studies department. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Lesbian Bisexual Alliance. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 8:30-9:30 pm.
Basketball NEW 8 Championships, first round. Location to be announced, 7 pm.
Stimson Room Tea Meet your friends and enjoy fellowship and tea, coffee, and cookies. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Zazen Meditation "Belief." Practice and discussion. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Presentation Heather Parks '97 will give an informal talk, over tea, about her independent study project (advised by German studies professor Donna Van Handle) on "The East German Secret Police: The Stasi's Efforts to Control GDR Citizens and the Legacy It Left Behind." Part of a series sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Information Session Round River Conservation Studies slide presentation. Part of the Five College Marine Science information series. 101 Burton Hall, Clark Science Center, Smith College, 4:15 pm.
Workshop Test-Taking Skills. Sponsored by the Study Skills Corps. Frances Perkins House, 4:30-5:30 pm.
Spanish Language Table Hablemos Español. Ham dining room, 5:30 pm.
Dinner/Discussion The Interfaith Council and the Kosher/Hallal Kitchen present Spirituality and the Process of Recovery. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon Tuesday, 2/25. Eliot House, 5:45 pm.
Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous. Third floor, South Hadley Congregational Church, 7 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Film When Mother Comes Home for Christmas. Documentary of the experience of Josephine Perera, a Sri Lankan domestic worker in Athens, Greece. Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program. Dickinson living room, 7 pm.
Film Khovanshchina. Part of the Russian department film series. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Dance Concert The Five College Faculty Dance Concert will present the five college area's best choreography, performed by its best dancers, today through March 1. Featured are works by Terese Freedman and Jim Coleman, Wendy Woodson, Rodger Blum, Jin-Wen Yu, and Rebecca Nordstrom. Reservations can be made by calling 582-5673. Admission $7 general, $4 for students and seniors, $2 today only. Reservations recommended. Dance Studio Theater, Hampshire College, 8 pm.
Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon.
Open Office Hours Dean of students Regina Mooney. 202 Mary Lyon Hall, 2-4 pm.
French Language Table Bienvenue à la table de Français! Email acristes with questions or comments. Sign up at the French department. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Lecture "Adaptive Walks through Design Spaces: Are Plants 'Engineered' by Natural Selection?" Karl Niklas, Cornell University. Christianna Smith lecture. Refreshments in Trotter Gallery, 7 pm. Hooker Auditorium, 7:15 pm.
Lecture "Metamorphoses of Dionysos: The Thyrsus in Baudelaire, Nietzsche, and Wagner." David Ellison. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 8 pm.
Junior Show "Assume Nothing." Tonight is faculty night: faculty get in for $2, all others $3. Always $2 for juniors. Chapin Auditorium, 8-11 pm.
Squash United States Women Intercollegiate Squash Racquet Association. Time and location to be announced.
Basketball NEW 8 championships. Home, time to be announced.
Luncheon for prospective majors in the German studies department. 111 Ciruti Center, noon-2 pm.
Gallery Talk "Graceland, Parkland, and the Big Apple: f-stops along the Pilgrimage Routes." Nancy Rich, curator of education, Smith College Museum of Art. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.
Meeting Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Patricia Allen will be available to answer questions, help file claims, and follow up on any filed claims. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 12:30-2:30 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4-5 pm.
Film Society Emma. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Junior Show "Assume Nothing." Tonight is big sister/little sister night; come together and pay only $2 each. All others $3, always $2 for juniors. Chapin Auditorium, 8-11 pm.
Something Every Friday presents a special Black History Month event: Def Comedy Jam! Four comedians from New York City--they will make you laugh! Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm.
Party Come celebrate the closing of Black History Month's festivities with the Association of Pan-African Unity and II Tone Productions. Admission $3. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center, midnight-4 am.
Last week, the CSJ inadvertently listed the wrong information about Irena Tumova's February 19 talk on her independent study project, "Persistence of Physical Objects through Time," and about her project adviser, Lee Bowie, philosophy. We regret the error.
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