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Cross-Country MHC Invitational. Home.
Golf MHC Invitational. Continues through 10/3. Orchards Golf Course.
Exhibition On the Nature of Landscape. Continues through December 15. MHC Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Exhibition Landscapes on Paper: Works of Art from the Collection. Continues through December 15. MHC Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Exhibition Roy Neuberger and American Modernism at the Mount Holyoke Art Museum. Continues through December 15. MHC Art Museum. Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Lunch followed by Jumma prayer. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm Thursday, 10/1. Eliot House, 12:30 pm.
Information Meeting Merrill Lynch private client asset management. Workshop room, Career Development Center, 1:30 pm.
Information Meeting Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Conference room, Career Development Center, 1:30 pm.
Meeting January and summer internships. Career Development Center, 3:00-4:30 pm.
Shabbat Candle Lighting Eliot House lounge, 5 pm.
Reading Edwidge Danticat, The Farming of Bones. Persecution, jealousy, fear, and prejudice provide the backdrop for the story of an orphaned Haitian servant and the handsome sugarcane cutter she longs to marry. Cosponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Rooke Theater, 7 pm.
Movie La Femme Nikita. Luc Besson directs this French favorite about a female secret government agent. In French with English subtitles. Admission $2. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Dance Instruction Jacqueline Maidana offers instruction in Caribbean merengue and salsa. Fundraiser for Choral Music Fund scholarships and the Glee Club January tour to Costa Rica. Admission $5. Registration opens at 7 pm, instruction 7:30-9:30, dancing 9:30-10:30. Kendall Sports Complex.
Crew MHC regatta. Brunelle's Marina, home.
Golf MHC Invitational. Ends today. Orchards Golf Course.
Riding vs. Smith College. Away.
Tennis Rolex Championships. Wellesley College.
ELF Tag Sale Fund-raiser for the Frances Perkins Scholars Association. Chapin Hall, 7 am-6 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Nominating Committee. First floor, Mary Woolley Hall, 9 am-9 pm.
Field Hockey vs. Wellesley. Away, 1 pm.
Soccer vs. Wellesley. Home, 1 pm.
Film La Femme Nikita. See Friday, 10/2.
Social Event Pearsons Fall Fest. Admission $3, free for Pearsons residents. Dining room, Pearsons Hall, 9 pm-1 am.
Meeting Alumnae Nominating Committee. First floor, Mary Woolley Hall, 9 am-noon.
Catholic Mass Commissioning of liturgical ministers. Abbey Chapel, 11 am.
Faculty Recital "Oktoberfest." German music performed by the Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble. Robert Eisenstein, viola da gamba; Adrianne Greenbaum, traverso; Linda Laderach, baroque violin; Larry Schipull, harpsichord; Melinda Spratlan, soprano. Pratt Auditorium, 4-6 pm.
Ecumenical Worship Service Abbey small chapel, 5 pm.
Refreshments Doughnuts and cider in the sukkah. Sponsored by Eliot House. Pageant Green, 5 pm.
CLPIA Web Discussion with alumna leader/advocate of the week. Ask questions of a different alumna each week who has demonstrated leadership in her field and who has been actively involved in bringing about change. To participate, go to the CLPIA Web site (www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/programs/cla); you can post messages at any time, day or night. This week's alumna leader/advocate is Betty Wilson '72, MHC geology major, now MHC trustee and manager of Methane Resources Group LLC, Denver.
Photo ID Session If you need a new college ID, bring white ID cards to the session. White cards available from the registrar's office for students and from human resources for staff. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, noon-1 pm.
Meditation Group for new and experienced meditators. All welcome. Join us to discover your natural mindfulness. We will meet first in the foyer on the top floor of Eliot House. For more information, contact Susan Burggraf (psych/ed) at x2841 or email sburggra. Eliot House, 4-5 pm.
Meeting January and summer internships. Career Development Center, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Lecture The first Isabelle Sprague lecture will be "Construction of Microvilli and Filopodia: the Role of Fascin." Joann Otto, Ph.D., Purdue University, professor of biology. Refreshments in 126 Clapp Laboratory at 4 pm, lecture in 120 Clapp Laboratory, 4:15 pm.
Work-In-Progress Talk "Violence against Women in Ancient Societies: Evidence from the Greater Southwest." Debra L. Martin, professor of biological anthropology, Hampshire College. Sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Living room, Dickinson House, 4:30 pm.
Workshop Resume writing. Career Development Center, 4:30-5:30 pm.
Japanese Language Table Are you interested in Japanese? Why don't you come to the Japanese language table? No experience required, just come and have a great time with other students. Private dining room, South Rockefeller Hall, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Study Abroad Fair Representatives of dozens of study abroad programs around the world will be available to speak with students. All are welcome! Blanchard Campus Center, 7-9 pm.
Auditions Large (30 or more) cast of actresses needed for a spring performance of Richard III. Rooke Theater, 7-9 pm.
Lecture "'The God with the Green Face' and Excerpts from the Ramayana Narrative." Pasts and Presences lecture series. Hooker Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Chinese Language Table Come to learn more about Chinese language and culture. All levels of speakers welcome. Abbey private dining room, noon-1 pm.
Tennis vs. Springfield. Home, 4 pm.
Soccer vs. Springfield. Home, 4 pm.
Roundtable Discussion "Understanding the Affirmative Action Debate." Cofacilitated by Troy Duster, director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley, and Sylvia Hurtado, associate professor, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Discussion restricted to MHC faculty, who may sign up by calling x2413. Executive Board room, Willits-Hallowell Center, 4-6 pm.
Auditions See 10/5. Rooke Theater, 5-8 pm.
Meeting Recruiting and interviewing. Required to attend any of the four scheduled meetings for the fall. Career Development Center, 6:30-8:00 pm.
Volleyball vs. MIT. Away, 7 pm.
Field Hockey vs. Springfield. Away, 7 pm.
Book Discussion Group The Odyssey open book discussion group will discuss Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban. Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony with Nobue Yamashita. Call x6534 for a reservation. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Student Government Association. Hooker Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Lecture "The Social and Political Context of the Current Attack on Affirmative Action in Higher Education." Troy Duster, director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley. Reception to follow in lobby. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30-9:30 pm.
Colloquium "Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement, 1941-1977." Joyce Follet, Department of History, University of Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Resource Center. Living room, Dickinson House, 7:30 pm.
Film Chinatown (1974). Classics 212. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Dance Performance "The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey" tour. Dance performance with traditional Turkish music and song, precise choreography, a meditation in motion, accompanied by a refined and mystical music consisting of flutes, strings, chorus, and percussion. Admission free for the first 250 at Blanchard Information desk, others are $16 general, $12 with MHC ID. Chapin Auditorium, 8-10 pm.
Social Event Welcome-back social for seniors returning from studying abroad. Here's your opportunity to see your friends who have returned from abroad. The senior class welcomes you back! Stimson Room, Williston Library, 8:30-10:00 pm.
Zazen Meditation "Nothing Spectacular." Rev. Issho Fujita leads Zen-style meditation practice and discussion. Call x6534 for a reservation. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Rosary Prayer Abbey small chapel, 5 pm.
CDC Presentation Goldman Sachs & Co. dinner and information presentation. Sign-up required. Willits-Hallowell Center, 5 pm.
CDC Presentation Goldman Sachs & Co. study workshop. Sign-up required. Willits-Hallowell Center, 6:30 pm.
Reading Michael Meeropol, Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution. Join us for a stimulating economic and political analysis of America at the end of the century. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Meeting College Republicans. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 8-9 pm.
Photo ID Session See Monday, 10/5.
Golf Rutgers Invitational. Continues through 10/10. Away.
Lunch Interfaith prayer, Shamshad Sheikh leading. Everyone welcome to share in a quiet hour in the midst of a busy day. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm Wednesday, 10/7. Eliot House lounge, noon.
Soccer vs. South Vermont. Away, 4 pm.
Office Hours with President Joanne Creighton. Mary Lyon Hall, 4-5 pm.
Interfaith Dinner and Discussion "Clinton, Lewinsky, and Starr: Moral and Ethical Dilemmas." Andrea Ayvazian moderates the discussion with three members of the clergy. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm Wednesday, 10/7. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Workshop Interviewing skills. Career Development Center, 6:30-7:30 pm.
Panel Discussion "Questions of Sovereignty: Russia, the U.S., and the Caucasus." Participants include professor Aleca Rondeli, international relations, Tbilisi State University, Republic of Georgia; visiting Five College Professor of International Relations Constantine Pleshakov; and Alexandre Khukhianidze, MHC Fulbright research fellow and professor of political science, Tbilisi State University. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7-9 pm.
Reading Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha. These fictional "true confessions" of a celebrated geisha invite us into a world in which appearances are deceiving, virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder, and love is scorned as illusion. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Social Event The Ratt. A free weekly dance with varied themes and music. Blanchard Campus Center, 10:30 pm-12:30 pm.
Golf See Thursday, 10/8.
Lunch followed by Jumma prayer. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm Thursday, 10/8. Eliot House, 12:30 pm.
Meeting Art advisory board. Gamble Auditorium, 4-8 pm.
Shabbat Service followed by Kosher dinner. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm Thursday, 10/8. Eliot House, 5 pm.
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