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Exhibition Contemporary Japanese and Chinese calligraphy. Continues through February 28. Fourth floor, Williston Library.
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.
Auditions for Summer Theater. AEA Union actors audition 9:30-11:00 am, cards required. Nonunion actors audition 12:30-2:30 pm. All actors must bring picture and resume and prepare an up to two-minute modern monologue. Special casting for three boys, age ten to thirteen, for Auntie Mame and one man six feet five inches or taller for the creature in Frankenstein. Call 538-2632 to reserve a time slot or for more information. Continues tomorrow. Rooke Theater, 9:30 am-2:30 pm.
Auditions for Summer Theater end today. See March 22. Rooke Theater, 9:30 am-2:30 pm.
Flower Show Four Seasons ends today. Talcott Greenhouse, 11 am-4 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women-in-Politics Room, sixth floor, Williston Library, 8 pm.
Roman Catholic Mass Palm Sunday. Abbey Chapel, 8 pm.
Physical Education Classes begin this week. Activity begins the first day of class.
Work-in-Progress Talk "Remembering and Displacing the Holocaust: The Work of Barbara Honigmann." Karen Remmler, German studies and women's studies. Part of the Five College Women's Studies Research Center series. Dickinson House, 4:30 pm.
Pizza Party for prospective geography, geology, and environmental studies majors. 327 Clapp Laboratory, 4:30-6:00 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.
Italian Language Table Venite a chiacchierare con noi e chiedete il programma dei film. For information, email astrambi. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 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.
Rehearsal International Club performance practice. Chapin Auditorium, 7 pm-midnight.
Workshop Conflict and Stress. Come discover the healing power of reconciliation. Presented by Rochelle Calhoun, ombudsperson. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Meeting/Budget Hearing Student Government Association (SGA) Senate. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30-11:00 pm.
Lecture "Acadian Identity and Canadian Federalism: Creation and Re-creation of Community." Naomi Griffiths, professor emeritus of history, Carleton University, Ottawa. Andreola Room, Willits-Hallowell Center, 8 pm.
Daffodil Sale to welcome spring and raise money for the American Cancer Society. Blanchard Campus Center.
Workshop "U. Plan: The Massachusetts College Savings Program." Barbara Eckman. The U. Plan is a state-sponsored savings program that enables you to prepay up to 100 percent of your child's future tuition at today's rates. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 11 am- 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 or email lwaller by noon on March 24. Eliot House lounge, 12:15 pm.
Photo IDs See March 24. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 1-2 pm.
Meeting Butler University Institute for Study Abroad. Tom Roberts, director. Opportunities for study abroad in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Costa Rica. All interested students welcome. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 4-5 pm.
Taco Party for prospective majors in biochemistry. Make your own tacos. Carr/Clapp connector, 4 pm.
Meeting Council on Student Affairs (CSA). 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 4:30-6:00 pm.
Meeting Rethinking America and the Americas: A Five College Conversation. Panel discussion with Joseph Skerrett, Albert Camarillo, Gary Okihiro, and George Yudice. Gamble Auditorium, 4:30-6:30 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.
Information Session Class officer election workshop. You must attend this meeting, or the other on March 26, to be eligible to run for a class officer position. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Lecture "Fieldwork in the Postcommunity." Sherry Ortner, anthropology, Columbia University. Reception to follow. Gamble Auditorium, 7-9 pm.
Meeting Lesbian Bisexual Alliance (LBA). New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 8:30-9:30 pm.
Lunch/Talk "Entering and Expressing Stories of Difference" with Deborah Lubar. All welcome. Lunch provided. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon March 25. Eliot House lounge, noon.
Stimson Room Tea Meet your friends and enjoy fellowship and tea, coffee, and cookies. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Tea for prospective theatre arts majors. Refreshments will be served. Rooke Theater lobby, 4-5 pm.
Tea for prospective music majors. Location to be announced, 4-5 pm.
Workshop Note-Taking Skills. Presented by the Study Skills Corps. Dickinson House, 4-5 pm.
Information Session Class officer election workshop. You must attend this meeting, or the other on March 25, to be eligible to run for a class officer position. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 4-5 pm.
Zazen Meditation Practice and discussion. "Dependence." Tadanori Yamashita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Seminar "In-Capillary Microreactions and Other Molecular Interactions Using Capillary Electrophoresis." Frank Gomez, California State University, Los Angeles. 209 Carr Laboratory, 4:15 pm.
Lecture "How to Clone Almost Anything: Isolating Loci Controlling Virus Resistance, Fruit Development, and Chromosome Function in Tomato." Amy Frary, Cornell University. Refreshments served in 126 Clapp Laboratory, 4:00-4:15 pm; lecture in 120 Clapp Laboratory, 4:15-5:30 pm.
Meeting School for Field Studies Program in Environmental Studies. Adrian Boney, School for Field Studies. Slide presentation on semester/summer programs in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Kenya, Costa Rica, and the British West Indies. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 4:30-5:30 pm.
Spanish Language Table Hablemos Español. Ham dining room, 5:30 pm.
Dinner/Debate The Kosher/Hallal kitchen presents the second annual Latke Hamentash Debate, with Lucas Wilson, Susan Scotto, Jonathan Lipman, Kevin McCaffrey, Jeanne Friedman, Karen Hollis, and Arna Desser. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon March 25. Eliot House lounge, 5:45 pm.
Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous. South Hadley Congregational Church, third floor, 7 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Education Session SHE: Sexual Health Educators. Sign up with the Health Center receptionist. Health Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Theater A Story's a Story. Featuring Deborah Lubar. A moving one-woman performance about two immigrant women in New York in the early part of the twentieth century. Chapin Auditorium, 7:30-9:30 pm.
Film Queen of Spades. Pushkin's consummate Petersburg tale of gambling with love and the supernatural set to hauntingly romantic music. An expressionistic Glyndebourne Festival production with sets based on Pushkin's etchings, starring Yuri Marusin, Nancy Gustafson (MHC '78), Felicity Palmer, and Sergei Leiferkus. In Russian with English subtitles. Part of the Russian Film Series. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Workshop "Conflict Resolution Skills for Supervisors." Rochelle Calhoun, ombudsperson. This workshop is designed to help supervisors and managers use conflict resolution skills as tools for creating more productive work teams and a more peaceful work environment. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 9-11 am.
Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon.
Lunch for prospective Russian and Eurasian studies majors. Eliot House lounge, noon- 1:30 pm.
Open Office Hours President Joanne Creighton. 203 Mary Lyon Hall, 1:30- 2:30 pm.
Workshop "Your Child and Media Violence." Brooks Ballenger, parent counselor, and Margery Heyl, training coordinator, Hampshire Community Action Commission Child Care Focus. Discuss the effects of television and other media on children. Brainstorm different ways parents can respond to or limit negative messages and violent images their children receive. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 1:30-3:00 pm.
Open Office Hours Dean of students Regina Mooney. 202 Mary Lyon Hall, 2-4 pm.
Lecture "Postings from the Margin: Women's Letters and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century Spain." Hazel Gold, Spanish, Emory University; president, International Association of Galdós Scholars; author of Reframing Realism. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Tea for prospective religion majors. 201 Skinner Hall, 4-6 pm.
Protestant Service Maundy Thursday. Abbey small chapel, 4:30 pm.
Pizza Party for prospective chemistry majors. 208 Carr Laboratory, 5 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.
Student Adviser Hall Choosing Hooker Auditorium, 7-9 pm.
Workshop Time Management. Presented by the Study Skills Corps. Prospect Hall, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Mary Lyon Lecture American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen. Strossen will sign books and answer questions during her appearance. Gamble Auditorium, Art Museum, 7:30 pm.
Roman Catholic Mass Holy Thursday, mass of the Lord's Supper. Abbey Chapel, 8 pm.
Theater More Beautiful Now portrays with humor and compassion a young woman who has experienced depression and as a result isolates herself from the reality of the world around her. In her isolation she seeks comfort in the security and sensuousness of her past. Written, directed, and designed by Marla Moffa '97. Continues through March 30. Rooke Theater, 8 pm.
The Ratt SGA dance party! Blanchard Campus Center, 9:30 pm-midnight.
French Language Table Venez nombreux déjeuner avec nous dans une ambiance relaxe. Abbey private dining room, noon.
Meeting Blue Cross/Blue Shield representative 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.
Walk for Justice Good Friday ecumenical Stations of the Cross walk. Meet at Eliot House, 4 pm.
Shabbat Service followed by Kosher/Hallal dinner. RSVP x2054 by noon March 27. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Theater More Beautiful Now. See March 27. Rooke Theater, 8 pm.
Something Every Friday Greg Louganis, former Olympic swimmer, will speak on sports and his life with AIDS. Free admission. Chapin Auditorium, 8-11 pm.