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Lacrosse Seven Sisters championship. Continues through 3/29. Wellesley College, all day.
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.
French Language Table Venez nombreux déjeuner avec nous dans une ambiance relaxe. Abbey private dining room, noon.
Service Ecumenical Good Friday service. Abbey Chapel, 12:15 pm.
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. Meet at Eliot House, 4 pm.
Shabbat Service followed by Kosher/Hallal dinner. RSVP x2054 by noon 3/27. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Film Society Trainspotting. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Something Every Friday Olympic gold medalist and swimmer Greg Louganis will speak on sports, his decision to come out, and life with AIDS. He is on tour promoting his autobiography, Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story. Free admission. Chapin Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 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. Limited seating, free admission. Continues through 3/30. Rooke Theater Black Box, 8 pm.
Riding vs. Amherst College. Smith College, times to be announced.
Lacrosse Seven Sisters championship ends today. Wellesley College, all day.
Crew UMass Lowell Regatta. Lowell, MA, all day.
Track vs. Tufts University. Away, 8 am.
Tennis vs. Brandeis College. Away, 10 am.
Ecumenical Morning Prayer in observation of Holy Saturday. Abbey Chapel, 10:30 am.
Softball vs. Wheaton College. Away, 11 am.
Theater More Beautiful Now. See 3/28. Rooke Theater Black Box, 2 and 8 pm.
Show The International Club presents Festival of Diversity, a cultural show and food festival. Admission $6. Chapin Auditorium, 5:30- 9:00 pm.
Film Society Trainspotting. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Party for the Festival of Diversity. Admission $3 general, $2 with MHC ID. Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm-2 am.
Easter Vigil Roman Catholic Mass. Abbey Chapel, 10 pm.
Sunrise Service South Hadley community Easter service. Pageant Green (behind Gettell Amphitheater), 6:30 am.
Easter Brunch The Willits-Hallowell Center will serve brunch featuring entrees from scrambled eggs, bacon, and sausage to honey-glazed ham, baked stuffed filet of sole, London broil with hunter's sauce, and chicken with broccoli and mushroom mousse, as well as pastries, desserts, and beverages. Cost, $10.95 per person. Call x2217 for reservations. Willits-Hallowell Center, seatings at 11:00 am and 1:30 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women-in-Politics Room, sixth floor, Williston Library, 8 pm.
Theater More Beautiful Now. See 3/28. Rooke Theater Black Box, 8 pm.
Printmaking Workshop with artist Sylvia Plimack Mangold and master printer Carol Weaver. The artist and printer will collaborate on an intaglio print. Observers of the process are invited to ask questions. Continues through 4/2. Printmaking studio, 304 Art Building, 9 am-5 pm.
Video Series Genesis: A Living Conversation. "The First Murder." The story of Cain and Abel. Introduction by Mandy Patinkin, featuring John Barth, Rebecca Goldstein, Mary Gordon, Oscar Hijuelos, Charles Johnson, Faye Kellerman, and Burton L. Visotzky. Lunch provided, RSVP x2054 by noon 3/28. Eliot House, 12:10 pm.
Tea for prospective psychology and education majors. Lobby, Reese Building, 12:15-1:00 pm.
Softball vs. Wesleyan University. Away, 4 pm.
Newman Tea Catholic faculty, staff, and students in discussion with Frederick J. McGinness, author of the award-winning book Right Thinking and Sacred Oratory in Counter-Reformation Rome. Eliot House, 4 pm.
Tea for prospective Asian studies majors. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 4-5 pm.
Tea for prospective politics majors. Mead living room, 4:15-5:30 pm.
Lecture "Steroid Regulation of Cell Fate during Drosophila Development." Eric Baehrecke, PhD, University of Maryland. Refreshments at 4 pm in 126 Clapp. Lecture in 120 Clapp Laboratory, 4:15-6:00 pm.
Work-in-Progress Talk "Latinas in Their Own Voices: Living with Housing Segregation in the Pioneer Valley." Tanagra Melgarejo, Housing Discrimination Project, Holyoke. Melgarejo will explore the experiences of Puerto Rican women living in two different communities in the Pioneer Valley where housing discrimination is pervasive. By compiling oral histories, she questions what the complexities of living with housing segregation in both rural and urban areas are as well as how the rural and urban area experiences differ and concur. Babysitting available; call 538-2022 by 3/26. Five College Women's Studies Research Center series. 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.
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.
Workshop "Taking Care of Yourself." This session will offer a combination of activities and techniques that will assist you in being good to yourself and having some fun! Karen Jacobus, health educator. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Meeting/Budget Hearing SGA Board. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30- 11:00 pm.
Meeting for campus supervisors. Linda Samano, employment specialist, will speak about interviewing students. Morrison Room, Willits-Hallowell Center, 9:00-10:30 am.
'98 Numbers Drawing Class of 1998, come get your room and dorm numbers for next year. Chapin Auditorium, 9 am-2 pm.
Printmaking Workshop See 3/31. 304 Art Building, 9 am-5 pm.
Photo IDs See 3/31. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 1-2 pm.
Tea for prospective English majors. 202 Clapp Laboratory, 4-5 pm.
Tea for prospective sociology and anthropology majors. 110 Shattuck Hall, 4-5 pm.
Workshop "Reading Strategies." Presented by the Study Skills Corps. Frances Perkins House, 4-5 pm.
Meeting Philosophy Club. Talk about philosophical issues that interest you in a relaxed environment, and enjoy refreshments while you're at it! Philosophy Lounge, second floor, Skinner Hall, 4-5 pm.
Lacrosse vs. Trinity College. Away, 4:30 pm.
Tea for prospective American studies majors. South Rockefeller Hall, 5-7 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.
Lecture Sylvia Mangold, artist, will speak and show slides of her work. Reception to follow. Gamble Auditorium, 7 pm.
Open Book Discussion Group Bapsi Sidhwa, visiting professor of English and author of Cracking India, will lead a discussion on Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day. For more information, call 534-7307. Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Colloquium "Silenced Narratives: Why New Zealand Women Stopped Writing." Aorewa McLeod, University of Auckland, New Zealand. In New Zealand, a significant number of women writers have published small but impressive bodies of work and then stopped writing. McLeod is interested in theories of women's psychological health and their relevance to the phenomenon of repressed/suppressed creativity in a colonial society. She will analyze the distinctive features of the New Zealand literary scene and the lives of pakeha (white) women writers and artists. A Five College Women's Studies Research Center series. Dickinson living room, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Lesbian Bisexual Alliance (LBA). New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 8:30-9:30 pm.
'99 Numbers Drawing Class of 1999, come get your room and dorm numbers for next year. Chapin Auditorium, 9 am-2 pm.
Printmaking Workshop See 3/31. 304 Art Building, 9 am-5 pm.
Cybex Workshop Come learn how to properly use the Cybex weight equipment. Sign-up sheet in Kendall lobby. Kendall Hall, noon.
Stimson Room Tea Meet your friends and enjoy fellowship and tea, coffee, and cookies. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Zazen Meditation "Attachment." Practice and discussion. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Spanish Language Table Hablemos Español. Ham dining room, 5:30 pm.
Kosher/Hallal Pizza Dinner RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon 4/1. Eliot House, 5:45 pm.
Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous. South Hadley Congregational Church, third floor, 7 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Lecture for Conservative Awareness Day. Guest speaker will conclude a day of celebration and awareness of conservative thought. Sponsored by the College Republicans. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.
Reading/Booksigning Arlene Voski Avakian, editor, with area contributors Martha Ayres, Sally Bellerose, Jyl Lynn Felman, Jennifer Iré, and Cheryl Savageau, will read and sign Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking. This book, a collection of essays, poetry, short stories, and recipes by feminists, considers how, through food, women express their anger, hopes, histories, and passions. Reception to follow. Dickinson House, 7:30 pm.
Education Session SHE: Sexual Health Educators. Contraceptive education session. Sign up with the receptionist to attend. Health Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.
'00 Numbers Drawing Class of 2000, come get your room and dorm numbers for next year. Chapin Auditorium, 9 am-2 pm.
Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon.
Open Office Hours President Joanne Creighton. 203 Mary Lyon Hall, 1:30-2:30 pm.
Open Office Hours Dean of Students Regina Mooney. 202 Mary Lyon Hall, 2-4 pm.
Tea for prospective women's studies majors. Dickinson living room, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Tea for prospective art majors. Art Museum lobby, 4:30-5:30 pm. (Note: This is the correct time; the flyer is incorrect.)
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.
Workshop "Test-Taking Skills." Presented by the Study Skills Corps. Mead Hall, 7-8 pm.
Panel Five College Coastal and Marine Sciences Program alum career and graduate school panel, featuring graduates from all five schools. 5 Pratt Museum, Amherst College, 7:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony Sakura Chakai. Nobue Socho Yamashita. Sign up at the entrance to Eliot House. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Poetry Reading The Odyssey Bookshop kicks off National Poetry Month with a reading by poets Kenny Fries, Edward Nobles, and Adrian Oktenberg. Fries, the author of Anesthesia and Body, Remember, writes about living with a congenital physical disability and how that has affected his life as a Jew and a gay man. Nobles is the author of Through One Tear, a book of poems that range across social and historical subjects investigating the inner mysteries of the self. Oktenberg's The Bosnia Elegies is the only book by an American poet responding to the war in Bosnia. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Debate "Industrial and Trade Policies in Developing Countries: Which Role for the Government?" T. N. Srinivasan, economics, Yale University; Lance Taylor, economics, New School for Social Research. Part of the Morrison Lecture Series. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Lecture "The Great Mesozoic Extinctions: Comparing Mechanisms." Cathryn R. Newton, earth sciences, Syracuse University. 101 Dwight Hall, 8-10 pm.
Dance Concert Dance majors Alison Bory, Nancy Spoor, and Marya Wethers will present their senior theses, Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear. Admission $4, $2 for students and seniors. Call x2848 for reservations. Continues through 4/5. Studio Theater, Kendall Hall, 8 pm.
The Ratt Come party, just like every Thursday night! Blanchard Campus Center, 10:30 pm-12:30 am.
Golf vs. Boston College. Continues through 4/6. Away, times to be announced.
Speak Out Come celebrate the opening of Asian Awareness Month at Mount Holyoke. Blanchard Patio (rain location: inside Blanchard), noon-1 pm.
Symposium Twenty-Second Annual Undergraduate Science Symposium, sponsored by the chemistry department. Senior honor students in astronomy, biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geography, geology, mathematics, neuroscience and behavior, physics, and statistics will present twenty-minute talks about their independent research projects. L-1, L-2, L-3 Cleveland Laboratory, 1:00-10:30 pm.
Softball vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester, MA, 3:30 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4-5 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Dance Concert Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear. See 4/3. Studio Theater, Kendall Hall, 8 pm.
Party Spring Fever! Come rock out with the classes of '97, '99, and '00. Chapin Auditorium and New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 9 pm-1 am.
Party WMHC presents The Alpha Project, a canned-food drive for the Holyoke Food Bank. Come hear the DJ Showcase and local DJs spinning techno, trance, jungle, and house. Feel free to bring any nonperishable food items. Admission $6, $4 with food item(s). Betty Shabazz House, 10 pm-4 am.
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