* = Event takes place in a building that is accessbile to the physically challenged.
FRIDAY 2
Clothesline Project Last day of Victim Survivor Awareness Week, sponsored by Women Against Sexual Harassment (WASH). Skinner Green.
Explore A program to acquaint high school sophomores and juniors with MHC. Please join the admissions staff in welcoming campus visitors.
Office Hours with President Joanne Creighton. *Mary Lyon Hall, 9:30 am.
Lunch Meeting Society of Physics Students (SPS). Dining room, *MacGregor Hall, noon.
Table de Francais Dejeunons ensemble dans une ambiance detendue. Venez nombreux! Private dining room, Abbey Hall, noon.
Lunch followed by Jumma prayer RSVP required, call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp by 10 am on 4/1. Eliot House lounge, noon.
Good Friday Hour of prayer. *Abbey Interfaith sanctuary, noon.
Good Friday Roman Catholic Remembrance of the Lord's Passion. *Abbey Chapel, 4:30 pm.
Shabbat Candle Lighting Eliot House lounge, 5 pm.
Film Thelma and Louise. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis take a road trip in Ridley Scott's film combining women's rights and exploding trucks. Admission $2. *Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian fellowship. Eliot House, 7:45 pm.
Something Every Friday Swing Dance Workshop. Sponsored by The Network. Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Rock the Delles A cappella jam. Admission $3, $2 with MHC ID. Living room, *North Mandelle Hall, 8 pm.
Film The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe. The story of an internal power struggle at a French secret service agency. French with English subtitles. Living room, *Pearsons Hall, 8 pm.
April in Paris Concert The Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble performs its annual concert featuring Couperin Le con de Tenebre and music by Marais, Telemann and Hotteterre. Robert Eisenstein, violin; Adrianne Greenbaum, traverso; Linda Laderach, violin; Larry Schipull, harpsichord; and guest artist Mara Bonde, soprano. Pratt Auditorium, 8 pm.
Spring Fling Dance with DJ. Sponsored by South Mandelle Hall. Admission $3. Living room, South Mandelle Hall, 10 pm.
SATURDAY 3
Film Thelma and Louise. See Friday, 4/2. 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Contra Dance Live music with local musicians. Sponsored by the MHC Outing Club. *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
SUNDAY 4
Roman Catholic Mass followed by brunch in South Rocky private dining room. *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 11 am.
Physics Study Night Help with physics homework available, chocolate served. *110 Shattuck Hall, 7 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women in Politics room, *Williston Library, 7:30 pm.
MONDAY 5
Explore Mount Holyoke See Friday, 4/2.
Tea for prospective Spanish and Italian majors and minors. Come meet professors, learn about our courses, and find out if this major is right for you. Second floor, *Ciruti Center, 2 pm.
Tea for prospective majors in mathematics, statistics, and computer science. 416 *Clapp Laboratory, 3:30 pm.
Lecture "Plant Sexual Reproduction: Sex Chromosomes and Pollen Genes." Veronica S. Di Stilio, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Refreshments served in 126 *Clapp Laboratory at 4 pm, lecture in 120 *Clapp Laboratory, 4 pm.
Recovery Luncheon Meeting for women who are in recovery or concerned about their use of alcohol or other drugs. This is an opportunity to develop a network of support and resources. This meeting is confidential, free, and open to all MHC students. 202 *Blanchard Campus Center, 12:15 - 1:15 pm.
Tea for prospective and current majors and minors in politics. Living room, *Mead Hall, 4 pm.
Lecture "On the Strength of My Imagination: Visions of Weimar Culture in the Scrapbook of Hannah Hoch." Melissa A. Johnson, Bryn Mawr. Living room, Dickinson House, 4:30 pm.
Mindfulness Meditation Session For more information, contact Susan Burggraf (x2841 or email sburggra). Eliot House, 4:30 pm.
Table de Francais Venez dener, parler, vous amuser dans une ambiance francophone. Dining room, Ham Hall, 5:30 pm.
Deutscher Tisch (German Table) Join us for a fun time. Wir freven uns auf Dich! Dining room, *MacGregor Hall, 5:30 pm.
Japanese Language Table Private dining room, South Rocky Hall, 5:30 pm.
CSIT Workshop Introduction to PageMill. 231 *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Lecture "Emily Dickinson: Riddles and Definitions." Christopher Benfey, English. Pratt Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
TUESDAY 6
Tea for current and prospective music majors and minors. Warbeke room, Pratt Hall, noon.
Chinese Language Table Private dining room, Abbey Hall, noon.
Meeting for students considering a major in English. Refreshments served. 202 *Clapp Laboratory, 4 pm.
Pizza Party for prospective geology, geography, and environmental studies majors. 327 *Clapp Laboratory, 4:15 pm.
Leadership Lecture Sponsored by the Weissman Center for Leadership. *Gamble Auditorium, 5 pm.
Pizza Party for prospective chemistry and biochemistry majors. 208 *Carr Laboratory, 5 pm.
Meeting MassPIRG. *Blanchard Campus Center, 7 pm.
CSIT Workshop Email Attachments. 231 *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Video Nosferatu the Vampire (1979). Director Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski. 109 *Ciruti Center, 7:15 pm.
Film Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary. A documentary on the challenges of inner-city schooling in Los Angeles in the context of Proposition 187, violence, and poverty. Screening and subsequent discussion with Herbert Kohl. *Hooker Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Lecture "State Interests and Gender Politics: The UN Commission on the Status of Women." Laura Reanda, United Nations. Living room, *Dickinson House, 7:30 pm.
Book Reading Chris Bohjalian will read and sign his new novel, The Law of Similars. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony "Hamamatsuri." Buddha's Birthday with Nobue Yamashita. Sign up at entrance to Eliot House. Eliot House, 7:30 pm.
WEDNESDAY 7
Meeting Campaign to save the environment. 215 *Blanchard Campus Center, 9 am and 2 pm.
Meeting Remillard Insurance. A representative will be on campus for pre-scheduled appointments only. Please call Human Resources at x2503 to schedule an appointment. 215 *Blanchard Campus Center, 11 am.
Office Hours with President Joanne Creighton. *Mary Lyon Hall, 11 am.
Workshop Fleet orientation to be able to drive the sedans and vans. 212 *Blanchard Campus Center, 4 pm.
Faculty Meeting *Hooker Auditorium, 4 pm.
Tea Stimson room, *Williston Library, 4 pm.
Zazen Meditation "Emptiness" with Issho Fujita. Eliot House, 4 pm.
Leadership Lecture Sponsored by the Weissman Center for Leadership. *Gamble Auditorium, 5 pm.
Spanish Language Table Dining room, Ham Hall, 5:30 pm.
Meeting Athletes in Action. Bible study and discussion. *Kendall Hall, 7 pm.
Information Meeting Clean Water Action. Workshop room, *Career Development Center, 7 pm.
CSIT Workshop Advanced PageMill. 231 *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Film Rolan Bykov's Scarecrow (1984). A young girl who stands up to abusive playmates dramatizes in microcosm the immorality of a society governed by liars, bullies, and a herd mentality, rather than by individual conscience. In Russian with English subtitles. 101 *Dwight Hall, 7 pm.
Book Reading Herbert Kohl will read and sign his new book, Discipline of Hope: Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching. Co-sponsored by the Weissman Center for Leadership. Odyssey Bookshop, 8 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Meeting College Republicans. 212 *Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
THURSDAY 8
Meeting Campaign to save the environment. 215 *Blanchard Campus Center, 9 am.
Russian Language Table. Private dining room, Abbey Hall, noon.
Lecture "Why Bosnia? Why Kosovo? Understanding Ethnic Conflict in Central Europe." Charles Ingrao, professor of history, Purdue University. In addition to dispelling some of the myths and misinformation that have surrounded the unfolding tragedies in the former Yugoslavia, Ingrao's talk will identify the historic continuity between them and the far greater catastrophes of two world wars and the Holocaust--and trace them to a common cause. *Willits-Hallowell Center, 4 pm.
Meeting MERC registration, orientation, and strategy session. *Career Development Center, 6:30 pm.
Lecture Photographer Sally Mann speaks about her work. Lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition on view at the Art Museum. Reception follows. *Gamble Auditorium, 7 pm.
Workshop Advanced Microsoft Word. 231 *Williston Library, 7 pm.
Panel Discussion "Y2K Millennium Computer Bug: Fact or Fiction?" Porter Hall, 8 pm.
Play Quabbin Dance. Original play about the flooding of four Massachusetts towns. Admission $4 general, $2 students and seniors. *Rooke Theatre, 8 pm.
Lecture "The Spirit of Wildness: An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams." Naturalist and environmental author of Desert Quartet, Refuge, and other books about the American southwest. For more info visit http//www.mtholyoke.edu/proj/cel/. *Hooker Auditorium, 8:30 pm.
Tropical Beach Party Ratt BMW event. Beach music. Wear beach clothes. Bring your suitcase packed for a chance to win a weekend in New York. Admission for entire BMW weekend $9, $7 for Brigham/Mead/Wilder residents. Sponsored by The Network. This event is free. *Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm.
FRIDAY 9
Explore Mount Holyoke See Friday, 4/2.
SAW Workshop for Frances Perkins scholars. 212 *Blanchard Campus Center, noon.
Lunch Meeting Society of Physics Students (SPS). Dining room, *MacGregor Hall, noon.
Table de Francais Dejeunons ensemble dans une ambiance detendue. Venez nombreux! Private dining room, Abbey Hall, noon.
Undergraduate Science Symposium *Cleveland Lecture Hall, 1 pm.
Workshop Public speaking for the terrified. Porter Hall, 4 pm.
Film Screening/Discussion Independent film director Allison Anders, director of Gas, Food, Lodging will introduce and screen Sugar Town, the new film she and co-director Kurt Voss recently showed at the Sundance Film Festival. It stars John Taylor, Rosanna Arquette, and Ally Sheedy. Question and answer period to follow. *Gamble Auditorium, 7 pm.
Book Reading Carol K. Mack and her daughter, Dinah Mack, will discuss their new book A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian fellowship. Eliot House, 7:45 pm.
Performance Quabbin Dance. See Thursday, 4/8.
After Hours Party BMW residents and guests are invited to an hour of snacks and relaxing after the BMW semi-formal. Living room, Brigham, 1 am.