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wellesley
hosts conference for new asian women's
university
Earlier
this month public and private sector leaders from Asia,
Europe and North America gathered at Wellesley to help
organizers of the Asian University for Women (AUW)
develop plans for this innovative educational
institution. Set to open in 2005, AUW will be a
residential liberal arts university with extensive
professional training programs for women from Asia, with
a special emphasis on educating women from diverse
social, economic and religious backgrounds.
A select group of academics, government officials, policy
experts, expert consultants in finance, campus
architecture and planning, and philanthropists from South
and Southeast Asia, North America and Europe participated
in the conference, providing feedback to AUW planners and
pinpointing key issues that have yet to be resolved.
"t was clear from both the AUW planners and those
participating in the conference that the idea of this
women's university is both powerful and exciting," said
President Diana Chapman Walsh, who is a member of the
Board of Directors of the AUW Support Foundation. "The
difficult task that AUW organizers now face is how to
transform these concepts and energy into the complex
reality of a liberal arts university."
moscow
journalist tells of tragedy of putin's
wars
Moscow
journalist Yevgenia Albats, a lecturer in Russian
politics at Yale, will speak on "President Putin' Wars"
Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 4:15 pm in Pendleton Atrium. Albats
has written an editorial in the Oct. 28 New York Times
titled "The Chechen War Comes Home."
"As horrible as it was to watch the video footage from
the Moscow streets around the theater where some 700
hostages were held until government forces stormed the
building early this morning, it is as bitter to realize
that this tragedy could have been predicted--and in fact,
was bound to happen," wrote Albats, who traces the roots
of the tragedy to Putin's decision to order Russian
troops back into Chechnya three years ago to end a
rebellion that has been waged for independence since
1991.
While that decision made Putin a popular leader, since it
increased a sense of security among Russians, the action
turned into "an endless and horrific story of rapes,
murders and torture of civilians by Russian troops,"
Albats wrote. "As a result, Chechen civilians, who were
almost ready three years ago to give up on independence
in exchange for reinstating some order in their land, are
turning their backs on Moscow forever. They have nothing
more to lose." noting Chechnya has been decimated by the
invasion amid an information blackout.
"(Russians) are now forced to understand that the
censorship that they allowed the Putin government to
impose on the press cannot ensure security and
stability," Albats wrote.
Albat's Wellesley lecture is sponsored by Russian Area
Studies. Refreshments will be served. For more
information, call x2602.
blood
drive is nov. 20
On
Wednesday, Nov. 20, take part in the Wellesley College
Blood Drive from 10 am-3 pm in Alumnae Hall. You can
donate blood or volunteer to help. Donors can sign up
anytime from 10 am-2:45 pm.
Organizer
Melissa Hawkins offers three compelling reasons to give
blood:
1.
The American Red Cross Blood Services-New England Region
sends blood to 200 hospitals. To do so, they must collect
1,100 units of blood each day.
2. Since each unit of donated blood is separated into
three components--red cells, plasma and platelets--a
single donation can help treat as many as three
patients.
3. Blood is a medicine that cannot be manufactured. It
only comes from healthy people who generously donate. "So
do your part!" said Hawkins. "Come donate blood or
volunteer your help. And we have juice and cookies for
your munching purposes!" To schedule an appointment, call
x3790.
concert
features traditional vietnamese music
Vietnamese
Students Association (VSA) will sponsor a traditional
Vietnamese music concert Sunday, Nov. 24, at 6 pm in
Jewett Auditorium featuring musicians Nguyen Thi Chau
Thoi, Vo Van Toi and Tran Tue Quang.
"Each will be performing several pieces with a Vietnamese
traditional instrument of their expertise," said Trang Vo
'04, VSA co-president.
Nguyen Thi Chau Thoi, a professional musician and former
music teacher in Vietnam, will play the Vietnamese dan
tranh, "a hollow wooden zither approximately one meter
long that supports 16 strings, which possesses a very
quiet and delicate sound," Vo said.
Vo Van Toi, a professor at Tufts University, will perform
with the Vietnamese bamboo flute called sao, and Tran Tue
Quang, of Harvard, will play the monochord instrument
native to Vietnam, played by plucking the harmonics on
the single string. Before the concert, the VSA will make
a PowerPoint presentation as a brief introduction to
classical Vietnamese music.
The VSA is committed to promoting and educating students
and the local community on issues related to Vietnam, its
people and its culture.
"Last year, we utilized cultural films to represent
post-war Vietnam," Vo said. "This year we have changed
our focus to more various forms of art, particularly
music." For more information, call x7402.
talk:
financing south african schools
Helen
"Sunny" Ladd, class of 1967 and former member of
Wellesley's Economics Department, will talk about
post-apartheid South Africa, school reform and fiscal
equity Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 pm in Pendleton East 239.
Ladd is professor of public policy studies and economics
at Duke University.
"(Ladd) spent the spring term of 2001 in South Africa
studying education finance and will bring an interesting
presentation about her research and findings to campus,"
said Margaret MacDonald '04 of the Economic Student
Association, which sponsors the event. "She is an
accomplished author and editor of books and articles
about school-based accountability, market-based reform in
education and more general public finance and education
policy topics." For more information about "Financing
Schools in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Initial Steps
Toward Fiscal Equity," e-mail
ebjornss@wellesley.edu.
coping
program helps breast cancer patients
Wellesley
Centers for Women will present a brown-bag luncheon
seminar on "An Outcome Study of the Partners in Coping
Program: A Relational Intervention with Breast Cancer
Patients" with Karen Kayser, professor of social work at
Boston College, Thursday, Nov. 21, from 12:30-1:30 pm in
Cheever House. Kayser, whose research interests include
women and chronic illness, will talk about the Partners
in Coping Program for breast cancer patients and their
partners, assessing its success with quality of life
issues and adjustment to cancer vs. standard hospital
social services.
"The
results of this study suggest that the Partners in Coping
Program may provide patients and their partners with an
effective and innovative intervention that assists them
in handing the critical emotional and physical tasks of
breast cancer within the context of their relationship,"
Kayser said. For more information, call x2500.
colleagues
in the news
karl
"chip" case,
economics, has been quoted extensively in the media on
the housing market. Most recently he appeared in a New
York Times story titled "Many Families Are Earning More
but Are Still Struggling to Own a Home." Case told
reporter David Leonhardt, "People who haven't been in on
the game find that the opportunity to own is a moving
target that's moving further away from them. It's created
inequality. It's creating more stratified communities."
Case, co-founder of a real-estate research company called
Fiserv CSW, has also contributed to stories in The New
Yorker, Money magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business
Journal and National Public Radio in the last few
weeks.
mary
lefkowitz,
classical studies, gave a public lecture on "Black
Athena, Afrocentrism and the Rewriting of Ancient
History" and spoke at faculty and student seminars at
Lehigh University, under the sponsorship of the African
Studies Department and the Humanities Center.
filomina
steady,
Africana studies, gave a talk titled "Rural Women:
Invisible Leaders of Sustainable Development" in
celebration of Rural Women's Day in Geneva, Switzerland.
Prizes for creativity in rural life were awarded by
Steady, who serves as president of the Geneva-based
Women's World Summit Foundation, to laureates from
Latvia, Costa Rica, Guinea, Switzerland and
India.
diana
chapman walsh,
president, contributed an op-ed to The Boston Globe
titled "The Past Jars the Present as Hollywood Meets
Wellesley," which explored the "clash of values within
our community of vocal, independent thinkers" during last
month's on-campus filming of the movie, Mona Lisa
Smile.
calendar
monday
november 18
japan
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Conference Room, Tower Court Dining Hall.
Info: x3226.
cws
workshop.
"Second Interview." 12:30 pm, GRH 330. Preregister. Info:
x2352.
iss
q & a session.
"Study Abroad." 12:30 pm, GRH 338. Info: x3532.
lecture.
"A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at
MIT: A Progress Report." Speaker: Nancy Hopkins, MIT.
4:30 pm, PNE 239. Reception follows, Pendleton Atrium.
Sponsor: Sociology. Info: x2939.
lecture.
"Albrecht Duerer and the Jews." Speaker: David Price,
Southern Methodist University. 4:30-6 pm, PNE 339.
Sponsor: German. Info: x2584.
english
tutoring.
5:35-8 pm, PLTC small conference room. Info: x2480.
apt
workshop.
"Test Prep and Taking." 7 pm, Slater. Info: x2641.
lecture.
"Women's Human Rights Action." Speaker: Fauziya
Kassindja, Equality Now. 7:30 pm, Library Lecture Room.
Sponsor: Amnesty International. Info: x1219.
interfaith
devotion.
8:30 pm, Bates. Sponsor: Baha'i Association. Info: x4188.
tuesday
november 19
russian
table.
12:30 pm, FND 417. Info: x3549.
cws
workshop.
"Job Search Strategies." 12:30 pm, GRH 330. Preregister.
Info: x2352.
lecture.
"President Putin's Wars." Speaker: Yevgenia Albats,
Moscow journalist and lecturer in Russian politics, Yale.
4:15 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Refreshments. (See story, page
1.) Sponsor: Russian Area Studies. Info: x2602.
unitarian
universalist worship gathering.
6 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484.
german
table.
7-8 pm, Beebe Dining Hall. Info: x7256.
swimming
and diving
vs. MIT. 7 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900.
cws
meeting.
"Tuck Business School Bridge Program." 7 pm, College
Club. Refreshments. Info: x2352.
wednesday
november 20
red
cross blood drive.
10 am-3 pm, Alumnae Hall Ballroom. (See story, page 1.)
Sponsor: CWS. Info: x2357.
president's
open office hours.
12:30-1:30 pm, GRH 350. Info: x2243.
vietnamese
classes.
12:30-1:30 pm, Billings 100. Sponsor: VSA. Info:
x1723.
meeting.
"Disability Discussion." 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 305. Sponsor:
Disability Services. Info: x2434.
roundtable
discussion.
"What Do I Do Now? Investing in a Volatile Market."
Speaker: Kevin Flaherty, TIAA-CREF. 12:30-2 pm, Library
Lecture Room. Reservations required. Sponsor: Human
Resources. Info: x3202.
lecture/concert.
"Composers Series: Sonata Fantasia" with Gunther Schuller
and Veronica Jochum. 12:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. (See
story, page 4.) Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.
afternoon
tea.
3 pm, College Club. Reserve ahead. Info, cost: x2700.
chinese
table.
6 pm, Stone Davis Dining Hall. Sponsor: Chinese. Info:
x2188.
program.
"Restorative Justice." 6-7:30 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor:
Protestant Christian Community. Info: x2655.
apt
workshop.
"Memorization." 7 pm, Cazenove. Info: x2641.
thursday
november 21
deadline.
Thanksgiving dinner/pie orders. Noon. For pick-up Nov.
27, noon-7 pm. College Club. Info, cost: x2700.
cws
davis scholar brown-bag lunch.
12:30 pm, Billings 100. Info: x2352.
seminar.
"Home Mortgage Refinancing." 12:30-1:30 pm, Library
Lecture Room. Sponsors: HR, Harbor Mortgage. Info:
x3202.
wcw
seminar.
"An Outcome Study of the Partners in Coping Program: A
Relational Intervention with Breast Cancer Patients."
Speaker: Karen Kayser, Boston College. (See story, page
2.) 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Bring lunch. Info:
x2483.
catholic
mass.
12:30 pm, rosary; 1 pm, Mass. Newman Common Room, below
Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688.
french
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Bates Dining Hall. Info: x2403.
cws
meeting.
"Harvard University Kennedy School of Government."
Speaker: Maritza Hernandez, enrollment. 12:30 pm, GRH
330. Info: x2352.
opening
reception.
"The Breathing Project." 4:30-6:30 pm, Jewett Student Art
Gallery. Sponsor: Applied Arts. Info: x2061.
lecture.
"Transforming Gender Relations-Some Experiences from
India." Speaker: Srilatha Batliwala, Harvard. 5 pm, PNE
339. Sponsor: Sociology. Info: x2186.
english
tutoring.
(See 11/18 listing.)
esa
lecture.
"Financing Schools in Post-Apartheid South Africa:
Initial Steps Towards Fiscal Equity." Speaker: Helen
"Sunny" Ladd '67. Dinner, 6 pm, Pendleton Atrium;
lecture, 7 pm, PNE 239. (See story, page 2.) Co-sponsor:
Wilson Fund. RSVP, info: x1179.
friday
november 22
lecture/recital.
"The Emerging Self: The Nature of the Sublime in Piano
Trios of Brahms and Schumann." Triple Helix Piano Trio
and lecturer Alison Hickey, English. 1-2:45 pm, Jewett
Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.
concert.
Prism Jazz with director Jason Hunter. 7 pm, Tower Court.
Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.
swimming
and diving vs. Simmons. 7 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info:
x2900.
films.
Brazil, 7 pm; City of Lost Children, 9 pm. Free with
Wellesley/MIT ID; $3, others. Sponsor: Film Society.
Info: x4544.
dance.
"On the Edge" by Dance Collective. 7 pm, Jewett
Auditorium. Info: x4700.
saturday
november 23
deadline.
Gingerbread house orders for decorating party, 12/7 at 9
am, College Club. Cost: $75 with continental breakfast.
Info: x2700.
basketball.
Wellesley Invitational vs. Immaculata, Augustana,
Middlebury. Noon and 2 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info:
x2900.
squash
vs. Wesleyan. 2 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900.
concert.
Tupelos Fall Concert with special guests Brown Bear
Necessities. 7 pm, Schneider Mainstage. Info: x4894.
concert.
Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra with director Neal Hampton.
8 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info:
x2028.
films.
City of Lost Children, 7 pm; Brazil, 9 pm. Free with
Wellesley/MIT ID; $3, others. Sponsor: Film Society.
Info: x4544.
sunday
november 24
protestant
christian worship.
11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Companionship time,
12:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655.
basketball.
Wellesley Invitational. Consolation and Championship. 1
and 3 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900.
catholic
mass.
4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688.
concert.
Triple Helix Piano Trio continues its Beethoven Festival.
7 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info:
x2028.
german
tutoring.
7-9 pm, PLTC, Clapp. Info: x7256.
monday
november 25
administrative
council meeting.
11 am-noon, Academic Council Room, GRH. Info: x2272.
lecture.
"Medicine and the Body." Speaker: Elaine Woo, M.D.,
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. 4:30 pm, PNE 239.
Sponsor: Sociology. Info: x2939.
english
tutoring.
(See 11/18 listing.)
apt
workshop.
"Test Prep and Taking." 7 pm, Tower Court Great Hall.
Info: x2641.
ongoing
exhibits.
Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons 1500-1650;
and Interlude: Recent Works by James Rayen. Tues.-Sat.,
11 am-5 pm; Sun., 1-5 pm. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.
book
sale.
Clapp Library lobby. Info: x2894.
In
Remembrance
11/19/02:
Remembering Nikki.
A memorial gathering to celebrate
the life of Nikki Atwell, Class of 2004.
4:30 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel.
Everyone is welcome to hear and
share memories of Nikki.
Reception
to follow, Zeta Alpha House.
Info: Religious and Spiritual Life,
x2685.
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don't
miss...award-winning composer gunther schuller offers
lecture and concert
There's
very little in the world of music that Gunther Schuller
hasn't explored and mastered. The multi-award-winning
composer, conductor, educator, jazz historian,
administrator, music publisher, record producer and
author comes to Wellesley Wednesday, Nov. 20, as part of
the second year of the Music Department's Composers
Series. Acclaimed pianist Veronica Jochum will join
Schuller for this program in Jewett Auditorium at 12:30
pm. The composer will discuss his 1993 work, Sonata
Fantasia, which Jochum will perform.
Recipient
of the Pulitzer Prize, two Guggenheim fellowships and the
prestigious MacArthur Award, Schuller has served as
artistic director for the Berkshire Music Center at
Tanglewood and has taught at Yale, the Manhattan School
of Music and the New England Conservatory, where he also
served as president. Now in his 70s, he continues to
compose, write essays and books, publish music, produce
records and travel throughout the world as a conductor
and lecturer. Jochum has performed in more than 50
countries, appearing as soloist with renowned orchestras,
including those in Boston, London, Munich and Vienna, and
at music festivals through the United States and Europe.
A former faculty member at the Tanglewood Music Center,
she was a Fellow at the Bunting Institute of Harvard
University and currently teaches at the New England
Conservatory. For more information, call
x2028.
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