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Exhibition "Visions." Photography by Lee Bouse. On view through 11/20. Blanchard Campus Center Gallery.
Workshop Northeast regional sponsored research officers and grants accountants. New York room, Mary Woolley Hall, 8 am.
Photo ID Session To get a photo ID, bring a white card to the photo session. Students get white cards from the registrar's office; faculty and staff get cards at human resources. Monday-Friday, 8 am-10 pm; Saturday 8 am-9 pm; and Sunday noon-8 am. Sponsored by Registrar's Office, Kendall Hall, 8 am.
Seminar "Global Women's Studies in a Globalizing World." The day's activities include coffee and pastry at 9:30 am; "Women and Forces of Globalization" at 10 am; lunch with Rehema Hiza of Amherst at 12:30 pm; "Mass Movements and Gender Struggles" at 1:30 pm; "Women's Studies and Women's Activism" at 3:15; and a reception at 5:15 pm. To register, email Robin Feldman at rfeldman. Sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Dickinson House, 9:30 am.
Office Hours with president Joanne Creighton. 203 Mary Lyon Hall, 10 am.
Meeting SPS (Society of Physics Students). All welcome. Come and find out what physicists talk about over lunch (no, it isn't all physics). Dining room, MacGregor Hall, noon.
Brown Bag Lunch Come dine with students and faculty and hear about student work, field work, and experiences abroad. This week Hannah Thomas '99 will talk about the three months she spent in Antarctica last fall. Sponsored by the department of geography and geology. Pizza provided! 327 Clapp Laboratory, noon.
Lunch followed by Jumma Prayers. Eliot House, noon.
Meeting Open advising for students planning a career in the health professions. Members of the Committee on the Health Professions will be available to answer questions about required/recommended courses. 104 Carr Laboratory, noon.
Meeting Recruiting and Interviewing. Attendance is required in order to attend one of four meetings scheduled for fall. Career Development Center, 1:30 pm.
Lecture "Chloroperoxidase: A Very Versatile Enzyme." R. Daniel Libby, Moravian College. Refreshments served at 4 pm in 208 Carr Laboratory (Hahn Room); Lecture at 4:15, 209 Carr Laboratory.
Shabbat Service followed by Kosher dinner. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp. Eliot House, 5 pm.
UMMA Dinner A celebration to end Islam Awareness Week. Betty Shabazz House, 6 pm.
Something Every Friday Nice Shoes a cappella jam and folk singer Linee. Nice Shoes and guest a cappella group the Hamilton Buffers will perform, followed by folk singer Linee at 10 pm. Sponsored by The Network Program Board. Blanchard Campus Center, 7 pm.
Film "School Ties." Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck star as 1950s prep-school boys dealing with anti-Semitism. Admission $2. Hooker Auditorium, 7 pm.
Lecture An Evening with Anne Fadiman, author of "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down." Fadiman, author of a prizewinning book about a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures, discusses her research and what has happened since it was published. Sponsored by the anthropology department. New York room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Film "A Reason to Believe." An entertaining and sometimes controversial story that looks at the issue of date rape from many different points of view. The film tells the story of a group of college friends whose trust and loyalty for each other is tested when one friend date rapes another within the group. The movie offers a range of ideas, thoughts and emotions, and is successful in not taking sides, allowing the audience to draw their own conclusions. Sponsored by Women Against Sexual Harassment (WASH). Free admission. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Eliot House, 7:45 pm.
Play "Sex in 12 Acts." A short play about sex in a post-modern, post-colonial, PC, ac/dc world. Written by Kate McKeon '99. Co-directed by Kate McKeon and Amber Hart '01. Rooke Theatre, 8 pm.
Conference "Protecting our Communities: A Western Massachusetts Environmental Organizing Conference." Networking and training opportunity for local environmental activists. Plenary address, panel discussion and workshops. 224, 413, 218A, 218, 206, 203, 127, 120 Clapp Laboratory, 8 am.
Seminar "Global Women's Studies in a Globalizing World." This one and one-half day conference focuses on scholarship and theorizing on, as well as teaching about, women and gender by specialists on Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the US. It represents the culmination of a three-year project sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center and the Ford Foundation. Dickinson House, 10 am.
Concert Acadia Players present Viva Italia! Chamber music of Monteverdi and the early Italian baroque, in honor of the Acadia Players' 10th anniversary. Tickets available at the Acadia Players office, 413-584-8882. Admission is $10 general, students can bring a friend for free. Reserved seating $30. Gamble Auditorium, 4 and 8 pm.
VariAsians Dinner followed by cultural show featuring dances, songs, poetry and skits from Asian countries. Dinner 5:30-7:00 pm; show 7-9 pm. Admission $6 for dinner and show, $5 with MHC ID. Chapin Auditorium, 5:30 pm.
Film "School Ties." See Friday, 11/13.
Play "Sex in 12 Acts." See Friday, 11/13.
Party TAP (Torrey, Abbey, Prospect) at Mount Holyoke. Admission is $3 with college ID; $2 with MHC ID. Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm.
VariAsians Party with DJ. Admission is $2 for those not attending the VariAsians dinner. Betty Shabazz House, 10 pm.
Roman Catholic Mass Abbey Chapel, 11 am.
Ecumenical Worship Service Abbey small chapel, 4 pm.
Physics Study Night Physics knowledge is floating around in 110 Shattuck. Come and absorb some or mop some up with lined paper (a.k.a. homework). Chocolate is served. 110 Shattuck Hall, 7 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women in politics room, Williston Library, 7:30 pm.
Meeting WMHC board. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 8 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 Lori Hendricks '92. A politics major at MHC, Hendricks received her MA in sports management from Ohio State University and is presently involved in education outreach with the National Collegiate Outreach Association.
Meeting Fidelity Investments one-on-one appointments. A Fidelity Investment representative will be on campus to meet with individuals on an individual basis to discuss funds, allocations, retirement planning, or any questions you have. Please call Fidelity directly to schedule an appointment at 1-800-642-7131. Intercultural Lounge, 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 9 am.
Meeting Open advising for students planning a career in the health professions. Members of the Committee on the Health Professions will be available to answer questions about required/recommended courses. 104 Carr Laboratory, noon.
Meditation Group for new and experienced meditators. All welcome. Join us to discover your natural mindfulness practice. 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.
Lecture "Parenting and Intimate Relationships among American Women." Felicity Pool, Northfield, MA. Pool explores what happens to women's intimate relationships when they become parents. This is not about having a baby, which is a limited event, but about the ongoing undertaking of parenthood and how it affects close adult connections for married, single or partnered straight and lesbian mothers. Sponsored by Women's Studies Department. Dickinson House, 4:30 pm.
German Table Dining room, MacGregor Hall, 5:30 pm.
Japanese Language Table Private dining room, South Rocky Hall, 5:30 pm.
Lecture Production of Orfeo on video. Part of Pasts and Presences 114. Hooker Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Film "The Suppliant Woman." 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Information Session Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care. A representative from American Benefits, the firm in Northampton that administers our medical and dependent care flexible spending program, will conduct an information session on our flexible spending account. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 9 am.
Lecture "Making Mountains in South Island, New Zealand." Sigma Xi Lecture, Assistant professor Michelle J. Markley, geology department. Brown bag lunch, as well as coffee, tea and cookies will be provided in Clapp 126 prior to lecture. 120 Clapp Laboratory, noon.
Chinese Language Table Come learn more about Chinese language and culture. All levels of speakers welcome. Private dining room, Abbey Hall, noon.
Blood Drive Give the gift of life - donate blood! Chapin Auditorium, 2 pm.
Lecture "Mechanisms Underlying Patterning of Connections in the Developing Brain." Dr. Anirvan Ghosh, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Tea served in Cleveland Laboratory lobby at 4 pm; lecture in 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 4:15 pm.
Meeting David Paroissien, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will offer an informational meeting and slides of the Oxford summer seminar to take place at Trinity College, Oxford, England. He will meet with any interested students and answer questions about this summer program. 202 Clapp Laboratory, 4 pm.
Workshop HTML workshop (sign-up required). Career Development Center, 4 pm.
Meeting Italian Club-Il Gruppo Italiano. All students interested in Italian culture are welcome. Meets before the language table dinner. Dining room, Ham Hall, 5 pm.
Information Meeting Monitor Company. Come to the CDC and listen to an alumna speak about her company and women in consulting. Pizza will be served. Career Development Center, 5 pm.
Information Meeting Price Waterhouse Coopers (Operational Risk Management Company). Career Development Center, 7 pm.
Lecture "Recruiting Better Teachers: Is Testing the Answer?" R. Dale Ballou, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Part of the Morrison Lecture Series. New York room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.
Lecture T. Coraghessan Boyle reads and signs "T.C. Boyle Stories." This master storyteller has collected the stories that have appeared in his four previous collections and added seven more to create a veritable feast of short stories. By turns farcical and tragic, mythic and realistic, irreverent and tender, Boyle's stories take the reader to a deeper understanding of the human heart. A self-described missionary for literature, Boyle is as much a literary personality as he is a vibrant performer of his stories. Cosponsored by the Odyssey Bookshop and the MHC English department. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Meeting SGA Senate. Hooker Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony "Opening the Sunken Hearth" with Nobue Socho Yamashita. Call x4364 for reservations. Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
Lecture "The Intersection of Gender, Ethnicity and Sexuality: The Rise of the State and the Question of 'Alterity' in Iran." Sima Fahid, Temple University Department of History. Dickinson House, 7:30 pm.
Film "The Trojan Women" (1971). Directed by Michael Cacoyannis. Part of Classics 212. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Meeting AIDS Awareness Coalition. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 9 pm.
Meeting Remillard Insurance. Intercultural Lounge, 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 11 am.
Lecture "Chemistry at Polymer Interfaces." Wei Chen, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 pm in 208 Carr Laboratory (Hahn room). Lecture in 209 Carr Laboratory, 3:30 pm.
Zazen Meditation Practice and discussion: "Being Here and Now" with the Reverend Issho Fujita. Eliot House, 4 pm.
Workshop Resume writing. Career Development Center, 4:30 pm.
Meeting A drop-in support group for women who are in recovery or concerned about their use of alcohol/drugs. Facilitated by Susan McCarthy. This group will explore women's unique experiences with alcohol and other drugs with a focus on the recovery process. The group will develop a network of support and resources for participants. This support group is confidential, free, and open to all MHC students and alumnae. Sponsored by Alcohol Awareness Project. Room 1 Safford Hall, 4:30 pm.
Rosary Prayer Abbey small chapel, 5 pm.
Dinner and Meeting Newman Leadership. Private dining room, South Rocky Hall, 5:30 pm.
Artist Day Enhance creativity in the community. Art exhibit and poetry, sponsored by VIDA. Eliana Ortega House, 7 pm.
Information Meeting Marketing and Planning Systems Company. Career Development Center, 7 pm.
Film "The Blue Mountains" by Eldar Shengalaia. Made in the 1980s about life in the USSR in its last decade, it represents the period of stagnation under Leonid Brezhnev. The film is about the collapse of Soviet institutions, the emptiness of Soviet life and the oppressive bureaucratic culture of the communist party. The film is in Georgian with English subtitles. Part of the Russian department's fall film series. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Book Reading Author Barbara Smith '69 will be on hand to read and sign copies of "The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom." Smith, co-founder and president of Kitchen Table Press, has been a ground breaking writer, thinker, and activist for twenty-five years. One of the first black writers in America to write about black feminist literature, Smith gathers together for the first time a significant and vital selection of her essays into this new book, thereby making a major contribution to literary and feminist thinking. Cosponsored by the Odyssey Bookshop and the English department. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Meeting College Republicans. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. Intercultural Lounge, 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Lunch and interfaith prayer with Andrea Ayvazian. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm on Wednesday, 11/18. Eliot House, noon.
Tea Newman Association faculty/staff and student tea. All welcome. Eliot House, 4 pm.
Meeting Information about the MCAT. MHC medical school applicants and faculty advisors discuss their experiences and strategies for the MCAT. 120 Clapp Laboratory, 4:30 pm.
Workshop Cover letter writing. Career Development Center, 4:30 pm.
Meeting German Club. Living room, Brigham Hall, 5:30 pm.
Kosher Dinner and program. "American Jewish Women's Poetry: A Dramatic Reading" with Rabbi Sonia Star. RSVP x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 2 pm on Wednesday, 11/18. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Panel Discussion "Affirmative Action: Failure? Success? Unfinished?" Presenting diverse perspectives on affirmative action. Panel participants include Sharon Herzberger, vice president for student services, Trinity College; Abigail Thernstrom, co-author of "America in Black and White." Gamble Auditorium, 7 pm.
Lecture "Reflections of Landscape." Poems related to the theme of landscape will be read by poets Daniel Hall and Brad Leithauser, professor of English. In conjunction with the exhibition "On The Nature of Landscape." Art Museum, 7 pm.
Information Meeting Travelers Company. Career Development Center, 7 pm.
The Ratt Sponsored by the Network Program Board. Blanchard Campus Center, 10:30 pm.
Meeting SPS. See Friday, 11/13.
Lunch followed by Jumma Prayer. Eliot House, noon.
Meeting January and summer internships. Career Development Center, 12:15 pm.
Lecture "Atmospheric Chemistry at the Air-Water Interface." William S. Barney, University of California, Irvine. Refreshments served at 4 pm in 208 Carr Laboratory (Hahn room); lecture in 209 Carr Laboratory, 4:15 pm.
Shabbat Candle Lighting Eliot House, 5 pm.
Film "Heavenly Creatures." Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey star as friends who have dazzling adventures. From New Zealand director Peter Jackson. Admission $2. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Eliot House, 7:45 pm.
Rehearsal Shades of Expression. Chapin Auditorium, 8 pm.
Something Every Friday V8's Fall Jam. Sponsored by the Network Program Board. Blanchard Campus Center, 9 pm.
Post-Jam Party A fun gathering after the V8's Fall Jam. There will be dancing and refreshments. Admission $2 with college ID, free for Pearsons residents. Pearsons Hall, 11 pm-2 am.
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