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quintessence lecture: dominique dawes on loving oneself The 2003 Quintessence Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture will be presented by Dominique Dawes, best known for her phenomenal athletic career as a gymnast. The lecture, "The Art of Self-Love: Empowerment through Strength, Service and Sisterhood," takes place Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 pm in Alumnae Hall and is part of Wellesley's celebration of Black History Month. Dawes, who has also made her mark as an actress, scholar and activist, gained the title "Awesome Dawesome" by winning more National Championship medals than any other athlete, including the 1994 All-Around Title. Among her other athletic honors are Olympic gold as part of the 1996 Magnificent Seven and an individual bronze on floor exercise, making her the first African-American gymnast to win an individual medal in the Olympics. Dawes was featured in the hit Broadway musical, Grease, and received a degree in communications from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has been involved in television broadcasting with CBS, CNN and TNT networks. A dedicated advocate of women's health issues, she served for six years as national spokesperson for the Clinton Administration's "Girl Power" program. She continues to speak about the dangers of drugs and the importance of positive body image. Her lecture is sponsored by Ethos, Harambee House and other departments. For more information, call x2134. new book celebrates the phenomenon of blogging Biz Stone, author of Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content (New Riders) and former creative director of the popular blogging community Xanga.com, now works with the Alumnae Association to enhance the online community and the related tools available to Wellesley alums. In addition, he shared his enthusiasm for personal publishing with several students during his Wintersession class, Blogging 101. Blogging, a contraction of "web logging," is a popular new form of publishing that gives everyone a voice on the web. Before blogging services emerged, online authorship was limited to those with the technical expertise to make it happen. In 1999, with the release of a "push-button publishing" site called Blogger.com, updating a web page became as easy as sending an e-mail. Since then, blogging interest has grown from a dozen or so techies to well over a million people actively publishing to the web-many of them with no HTML experience whatsoever. "A vibrant media ecosystem called the Blogosphere has emerged from this shared intellectual space and continues to surprise and infiltrate traditional media," Stone said. For examples of blogs, read columnist Andrew Sullivan (www.andrewsullivan.com), who recently spoke at Wellesley; actor Wil Wheaton (www.wilwheaton.net), who is interviewed in Stone's book; Meg Hourian (www.megnut.com), co-founder of Blogger.com; and Blogging 101 student Elizabeth Nesoff '05, (http://abeth.blogspot.com/), arts editor of The Wellesley News. Wellesley College Summer School will open its doors for the fifth year with a coeducational program offered in two sessions: June 16-July 11 and July 14-Aug. 8. New to the course offerings is an advanced writing program for high-school students. Summer School features full credit courses drawn from the regular Wellesley curriculum and is open to all college students, college graduates, as well as eligible commuting high-school juniors and seniors. From Africana Studies to Writing in Session 1 and Art Studio to Women's Studies in Session 2, Summer School offers a wealth of courses from a wide variety of departments. For more information, go to www.wellesley.edu/SummerSchool/index.html. trustees vote on budget, tenure recommendations At its Jan. 31 meeting, Wellesley's board of trustees voted to approve several budget-related items and recommendations for tenure and engaged in an in-depth discussion of affirmative action in higher education. The trustees approved a comprehensive fee for the '03-'04 year of $36,516, a 4.5 % (or $1,550) increase from the current year. The trustees also set next year's endowment spending rate of 5.4% of the endowment's three-year average. With these two revenue streams finalized, the administration will complete next year's budget and bring it to the trustees for approval at their April meeting. Taking advantage of low interest rates, the trustees approved a bond issuance of up to $60 million to pay for several infrastructure projects and to refinance existing debt. Included among the construction projects are an upgrade of the chiller plant that generates chilled water for air conditioning and an electrical system upgrade of two new unit substations and supply feeds. The trustees approved the recommendations for tenure presented by the Committee on Faculty Appointments. The newly tenured faculty are Tom Burke, political science; Megan Kerr, mathematics; Yoon Sun Lee, English; Kim McLeod, astronomy; Julia Miwa, chemistry; James Petterson, French; and Carlos Ramos, Spanish. In light of the Supreme Court's decision to hear the Michigan cases regarding affirmative action in higher education admissions, the trustees had an in-depth discussion of some of the legal and policy issues that are at stake. At the conclusion of the discussion, the trustees voted to reaffirm the board's commitment to the value of diversity in all its manifestations to a Wellesley education. lecture to discuss headache and cancer On Monday, Feb. 10, at 7 pm, Justin Nash, director of the Training and Education Programs Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine and psychiatry and human behavior professor at Brown Medical School, and postdoctoral fellow Carolyn Rabin '94, will present "Two Topics in Behavioral Medicine: Headache and Cancer" in Science Center 277. The Wellesley community is invited to join the speakers for dinner at Stone-Davis at 5:45 pm. Nash's research focuses on developing cost-effective interventions for headache sufferers. He has conducted studies evaluating drug and behavioral treatments and is developing self-directed interventions for headache sufferers. For more information, e-mail PsychClubmail@wellelsey.edu. learn how expression affects sign language Facial expression wields an impact on the meaning of a message. That holds true across all languages, it seems, including American Sign Language (ASL). On Thursday, Feb. 13, at 4:15 pm in Science Center 278, Boston University's Ruth Grossman will present a lecture, "Dynamic Facial Expressions in American Sign Language." Studies of ASL have increasingly emphasized the importance of non-manual markers, and facial expressions are found to play a crucial role. "All of these essential linguistic expressions must coexist in natural language use with the wide range of emotional and other social facial expressions we all employ in daily conversations," Grossman said. For more information, call x 3019. eleanor delorme, art history, presented a lecture in New York for the Alliance Francaise and Bard Graduate Center on the subject of her most recent book, Josephine, Incomparable Empress, followed by a book signing. corri taylor, director, quantitative reasoning, and voncile white, dean, first-year students, presented "Pathways: A New Program for Integrated Learning," about Wellesley's two-week intense summer instruction followed by continuing support and instruction in the fall, at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in Seattle. The conference, held in conjunction with the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans, was titled "The Courage To Question, To Learn, To Lead, To Act: Liberal Education in the 21st Century." margery sabin, English, has published a new book, Dissenters and Mavericks: Writings about India in English: 1765-2000 (Oxford University Press). The book draws from a variety of genres, including letters, political oratory, memoirs, novels, journalism and travel writing. Many English voices circulate in the first half of the book: Horace Walpole and Edmund Burke in the 18th century, Wilkie Collins in the 19th, along with less-known colonial historians and administrators. Part II features the Indian writers Nirad Chaudhuri, V.S. Naipaul and Pankaj Mishra, along with a variety of other journalists, novelists and Indian intellectuals writing since Indian independence. Sabin proposes an approach to reading that makes audible more skeptical questioning and more variety of thought and expression in the record of writing in English about Indian than the prevailing categories of postcolonial analysis register.
japan table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Conference Room, Tower Court Dining Hall. Info: x3226. english tutoring. 5-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. baha'i devotions. 7 pm, Meditation Room, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x4188. lecture. "Feminism Without Borders: The Politics of Transnational Feminism." Speaker: Chandra Talpade Mohanty, women's studies, Hamilton College. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Reception follows. Info: x2938. lecture. "Health Psychology." Speakers: Justin Nash, Brown University; Carolyn Rabin '94, postdoctorate fellow. 7 pm, location TBA. Pre-lecture dinner, 5:45 pm, Stone-Davis Dining Hall. Sponsor: Psychology Club. Info: x1469. film. The Watermelon Woman. 7 pm, Instead Feminist Co-0p. Sponsor: Instead Film Series. Open to campus community only. Info: x2134. russian table. 12:30 pm, FND 417. Info: x3549. french table. 12:30-1:15 pm, Bates Seminar Room. Info: x2403. cws workshop. "Career Conversations for Seniors." 12:30 pm, GRH 330. Info: x2352. cws workshop. "Self-Assessment." 4-6 pm, FND 120. Preregister. Info: x2352. unitarian universalist worship gathering. 6 pm, Little Chapel. Refreshments. Info: x3484. german table. 7-8 pm, Beebe Dining Hall. Info: x7256. lincoln's birthday. eid ul adha. Islamic tradition. academic council meeting. 12:30-2 pm, Academic Council Room. vietnamese classes. 12:30-1:30 pm, Billings 100. Sponsor: VSA. Info: x1723. information session. "Studying Abroad." 1:15 - 2:15 pm, Slater. Info: x2320. lecure. "Trouble in Mind: Gender in Contemporary Japanese Literature." Speaker: Nakagawa Shigemi. 3:30-5 pm, Slater. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. cws workshop. "Interview Skills." 4:30 pm, FND 120. Preregister. Info: x2352. chinese table. 6 pm, Stone Davis Dining Hall. Info: x2188. protestant christian gathering. Sustaining prayer, 5:30-6 pm; Bible study, 6:30-7:30 pm; meeting house, 7:45-9 pm; Little Chapel. Info: x2655. meeting. Wellesley Energy Environmental Defense (WEED). 12:30 pm, FND 102. Info: x2168. open class session. "Organizing The Last Expression: An Analytical Study." Speakers: David Mickenberg, director, DMCC; Stanley Tigerman, architect. 2 pm, Chandler Gallery. Info: x2051. lecture. "The Virtues of Violence: Gladiators, the Arena, and the Roman System of Values." Speaker: Kathleen Coleman, Harvard University. 4:15 pm, Jewett 450. Sponsor: Classical Studies. Reception follows. Info: x2631. lecture. "Dynamic Facial Expressions in American Sign Language." Speaker: Ruth Grossman, Boston University. 4:15 pm, SCI 278. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: Psychology. Info: x3019. english tutoring. 5-7 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. lecture. "The Art of Self-Love: Empowerment through Strength, Service and Sisterhood," the 2003 Quintessence Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Dominique Dawes, athlete and activist. (See story, page 1.) 6 pm, Alumnae Hall. Info: x2134. opening reception. Photo exhibit, Fazal Sheikh: A Camel for the Son - Ramadan Moon - The Victor Weeps. 6 pm, Collins Cinema. Includes artist presentation. (See story, page 4.) Info: x2051. film. Sisters of Gion (Gion no kyodai). 7:30 and 9:30 pm, SCI 377. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. performance. The Vagina Monologues. 8 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Tickets: $10; $8 with Wellesley ID. Info: v-day@wellesley.edu. deadline. For filing study abroad applications for Fall 2003 or Full Year 2003-04 International Exchange Programs. UK: Manchester, Lancaster; Argentina: San Andres; Korea: Ewha Woman's University. Info: x2320. information session. Julie Leitman of API Programs Abroad. 11 am-1 pm, Schneider. Info: x2320. films. Red Hot Weekend. 7 pm, Some Like it Hot. 9 pm, Love Story. Collins Cinema. Sponsors: 2004 Class Council; Film Society. Info: x4221. performance. The Vagina Monologues. 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Tickets: $10; $8 with Wellesley ID. Info: v-day@wellesley.edu. basketball vs. Coast Guard. 2 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. films. Red Hot Weekend. 7 pm, Love Story. 9 pm, Some Like it Hot. Collins Cinema. Sponsors: 2004 Class Council; Film Society. Info: x4221. performance. The Vagina Monologues. 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Tickets: $10; $8 with Wellesley ID. Info: v-day@wellesley.edu. protestant christian worship. 11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Companionship time, 12:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688. german tutoring. 7-9 pm, PLTC, Clapp. Info: x7256. president's day holiday. japan table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Conference Room, Tower Court Dining Hall. Info: x3226. baha'i devotions. 7 pm, Meditation Room, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x4188. film. Illusions. 7 pm, Instead Feminist Co-op. Part of Black History Month. Campus community only. Info: x2134. exhibit. The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz, DMCC, through Feb. 14. Info: x2051. exhibit. The Harambee Quilt. A patchwork of unity and artwork by Ife Art. Through Feb. 28. Harambee House. Info: x2134. photo exhibit. Fazal Sheikh: A Camel for the Son - Ramadan Moon - The Victor Weeps. DMCC, Feb. 13-June 8. (See story, page 4.) Info: x2051.
don't miss...photography exhibit renders views on the plight of refugees An exhibition of three series of photographs by American artist Fazal Sheikh entitled Fazal Sheikh: A Camel for the Son - Ramadan Moon - The Victor Weeps opens Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center and will be on view through June 8. An opening reception will be held in Collins Cinema on Feb. 13 at 6 pm and will include a presentation by the artist. This exhibition presents three series of moving photographs by Sheikh, an artist and human-rights activist who renders portraits of refugee communities from Somalia and Afghanistan. A Camel for the Son (1992-2000) shows Somali women refugees in northeastern Kenya as they struggle to nourish their children after enduring physical and sexual assault and, later, as some seek justice against their assailants. Ramadan Moon (2000) combines portraits, music and texts to illuminate the experiences of one Somali woman who, after enduring intense trauma during the Somali civil war, attempts to celebrate Ramadan under threat of eviction from an asylum center in the Netherlands. The Victor Weeps (1996-98) depicts Afghan families who have lived for decades as refugees in northern Pakistan, offering a multifaceted view of the Afghan people that resonates deeply in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. Sheikh documents displaced communities and their experiences by collaborating with them in the creation of formal portraits and landscapes. He has received a number of prestigious awards including the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, the Leica Medal of Excellence and fellowships from the William J. Fulbright Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His photographs are in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has worked with human-rights organizations including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Doctors without Borders and the International Rescue Committee. For more information, call x2051.
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