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leading feminists will speak at wellesley oct. 15 Two of the country’s most prominent feminists will be on campus Wednesday, Oct. 15. The Meet-Up for March for Women’s Lives, featuring Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, will take place in Jewett Auditorium at 12:30 pm. The “meet-up” is part of a national bus tour co-sponsored by the Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, NOW and Planned Parenthood. “This is the first time the four organizations have come together in a collaborative effort,” said organizer Meredith Laitner ’05. “The meet-up is in preparation for Save Women’s Lives: March for Freedom of Choice, to be held on April 25, 2004, in Washington, D.C. It is expected to be the largest pro-choice gathering in history. Wellesley students will be working with NOW to organize transportation to D.C. for the march.” Gandy was elected president of NOW on its 35th anniversary, June 30, 2001, after serving as executive vice president and national secretary. As executive vice president, she was responsible for NOW’s legislative agenda and litigation docket, including NOW v. Scheidler, the landmark racketeering case against anti-abortion terrorists. Recognized throughout the nation as a women’s rights leader, Smeal appears frequently on television and radio, testifies before Congress on a wide variety of women’s issues and speaks to diverse audiences nationwide on a broad range of feminist topics. She is former president of NOW, where she led the drive to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the largest nationwide grassroots and lobbying campaign in the history of the modern women’s movement. “It is very exciting that Kim and Ellie picked Wellesley as one of the stops on their national tour,” said Laitner. “They will also be speaking at Harvard and BU later in the week. I expect the meet-up to be inspiring and hope many Wellesley students will jump at this opportunity to be part of the march in the spring.” For more information, go to the First Class conference, March For Women’s Lives, or e-mail mlaitner@wellesley.edu. enjoy hands-on fun with chemistry week Wellesley celebrates National Chemistry Week with renowned scientist Bassam Shakhashiri in an afternoon of hands-on experiments designed to dazzle the eyes and open the minds of children and adults to the wonders of science. Participants will watch liquids magically turn different colors and money disappear into smoke. This popular lecture, fun for all ages, is part science lecture and part magic show. The lecture, whose theme this year will be “Earth’s Atmosphere and Beyond,” will be held in Science Center 277 Sunday, Oct. 19, from 11 am-noon. It will be repeated from 2-3 pm. Sponsored by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, it’s free and open to the public. Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis through required reservations. To reserve tickets, call 800-872-2054 or e-mail mcash0953@aol.com. Tickets will be available for pick-up outside room 277 in the Science Center on the day of the event. “The lecture is in honor of Phyllis Brauner, a chemist and longtime resident of the town of Wellesley,” said Jean Fuller-Stanley, chemistry, who is the 2003 chair-elect of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS). “Additionally, she earned a master’s in chemistry from Wellesley in 1940.” From 10 am-4 pm outside the Science Center, enjoy a number of hands-on activities, such as making UV and humidity testers (inside in case of rain). These events are sponsored and hosted by the NESACS. For more information, visit www.nesacs.org. The weekend of Oct. 17-18 is Homecoming 2003, Wellesley College’s 7th annual such event. Events include a number of alumnae contests and activities as well as varsity sports events. The field hockey team takes on Springfield College and the volleyball team challenges Nazareth College at noon. At 4 pm, the volleyball team is back to play Gettysburg College. Homecoming events are sponsored by the Department of Athletics and the Friends of Athletics. For more information, call x2017. upstage theatre presents sylvia, the story of a dog Upstage Theatre will open its first show of the year, Sylvia, Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7 pm in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. A.R. Gurney, critically acclaimed author of Love Letters, The Dining Room and The Cocktail Hour, creates a memorable canine character in Sylvia. The play is a delightful comedy about a middle-aged couple and a dog. “Greg (Callie Harrison) is sitting in a park one day when a stray dog named Sylvia (Deena Sharuk) comes running up to him,” explains producer Janice Yang ’04. “Intending to adopt her, Greg brings Sylvia home only to find his wife, Kate (Meg Teckman) abhorrent to the idea. Trouble develops for the couple as Greg starts to bond with Sylvia.” Sylvia is directed by Amber Gray, a senior English major. Gray has been acting since high school and has participated in many theatrical productions at Wellesley. Sylvia is her directorial debut. “With a phenomenally talented cast, Sylvia will be an enjoyable night out at the theatre,” Yang said. “Come and watch this heartfelt comedy.” Additional performances are on Friday, Oct. 17, at 8 pm; Saturday, Oct. 18, at 2 pm and 8 pm; and Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 pm. Tickets are free for Wellesley and MIT students with ID, $5 for other students, Wellesley faculty, staff and seniors, and $10 for general admission. For more information and reservations, call x2220. katherine whiteside to offer ‘a day for gardeners’ Enjoy “A Day for Gardeners” with Katherine Whiteside Tuesday, Oct. 14, beginning at 9 am in Jewett Auditorium. The lecture will discuss how to bring bulbs, branches and houseplants into bloom, including creative and practical ways of displaying the beautiful results. Whiteside is a columist for House Beautiful magazine and an award-winning garden writer whose stories have appeared in House & Garden, Town & Country, Metropolitan Home, The New York Times and other publications. Admission is free for Wellesley faculty and staff and $7.50 for others. Parking is limited, so carpooling is suggested. The event is sponsored by the Botanic Gardens and Friends of Horticulture. For more information, call x3904. international academics explore art and history On Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 am to 2 pm, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center will bring together a host of expert academics to explore the interdisciplinary issues surrounding the arts, philosophy and the postwar history of a divided and then reunified Germany. The event, “Two and One,” takes place in Collins Cinema and is part of the exhibit by the same name now on display in the museum. Participants include Reinhold Heller, exhibition curator, professor of art history and Germanic studies, University of Chicago; Claus Löser, film critic and film curator, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin; Christine Mehring, assistant professor, art history, Yale University; Peter Nisbet, Daimler-Benz curator, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums; Otto Piene, artist and professor emeritus, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Nicolas de Warren, assistant professor, philosophy, Wellesley. Registration for the event is required. For more information, call Anja Chávez at x2065 or go to www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu. roxanne euben, political science, took part in a New York University lecture series, “The Search for Armageddon: The Rise of Religious Terrorism.” She spoke on “Islamic Fundamentalism, Revolution and the Politics of Jihad,” focusing on the complex politics of jihad past and present, how it has been redefined by contemporary Islamists and the importance of this controversial concept in a post-9/11 world. nancy hall, Spanish, co-hosted a reception at Harvard University in honor of Enrique Anderson Imbert. The gathering of friends, colleagues and former students of the late writer and scholar saw Hall’s book, Studies in Honor of Enrique Anderson Imbert, presented to his daughter-in-law, Christine Anderson. As Victor S. Thomas Professor at Harvard from 1964 to 1980, Anderson Imbert held the first endowed chair in Latin American literature ever established at a U.S. university. joseph joyce, economics, has attended a National Science Foundation Workshop on improving education in the social and behavioral sciences in Washington, D.C. The participants prepared recommendations for the NSF for new strategies and programs to integrate research and education. He also has spent two weeks at the International Monetary Fund as a visiting scholar and has presented a paper on the Fund at the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute in Cambridge. mary lefkowitz, classical studies, wrote a review, “Being Spartan,” that has been published in The Washington Times. Another of her reviews, “The Phallic Paradox,” has been printed in The Times (of London) Literary Supplement. columbus day. Administrative holiday. open campus. All day. Sponsor: Admissions. Info: x2270. meditation. 7:30-9 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Hoop Café. Info: x1787. tuesday october 14 soccer vs. Clark. 4 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: x3571. russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Russian Department Lounge, Founders Hall, 4th Floor. Info: x3549. meditation. 12:30-1 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. “March for Women’s Lives.” Speakers: Kim Gandy, president, NOW; Eleanor Smeal, president, Feminist Majority Foundation. 12:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. (See story, page 1.) Sponsors: NARAL, NOW. Info: x4329. cws workshop. “Interview Skills.” 12:30 pm, GRH 330. Preregister. Info: x2352. cws meeting. “Shadow Information.” 12:30-1:30 pm and 4:30-5:30 pm, PNW 212. Mandatory for those interested in shadowing an alumna during Wintersession. Info: x2352. cws info session. Yale School of Public Health. 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2352. sustaining prayer. 1-2 pm. Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. afternoon tea. 3:30-5:30 pm, College Club. Cost, reservations, x2700. lecture. “Eight Distinguished Architects.” Features Mack Scogin Merrill Elam, Atlanta, architects for Wang Campus Center. 4:30 pm, Jewett 372. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2058. apt workshops. “Reading,” 7 pm, Freeman. “Time and Task Management,” 7 pm, TBA. Info: x2641. thursday
october 16 meeting. Wellesley Energy and Environmental Defense (WEED). 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 102. Info: x2168. seminar. “At This Point Now: Older Workers’ Histories and Current Situations.” Speaker: Anne Noonan. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Sponsor: WCW. Info: x2500. lecture. “Road to Heaven.” Bill Porter, author. 4:30 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsors: Buddhist Community, Chinese. Info: x2793. lecture. “La Universidad de Córdoba y su adaptación a un Espacio Europeo Común de Enseñanza Superior.” Speaker: Eugenio Domínquez Vilches, University of Córdoba, Spain. 4:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsors: PRESCHO; Spanish. Info: x2437. cws info session. “Wellesley College Supported Internships, Summer 2004.” 4:30- 5:30 pm, PNW 212. Info: x2352. apt workshops. “Time and Task Management,” 5 pm, Beebe. “Reading,” 9 pm, Claflin. Info: x2641. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. bible study. 7-8 pm; worship services, 8-9 pm, Little Chapel. Refreshments. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. theatre. Sylvia. 7 pm, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students; $5, students, seniors, Wellesley faculty and staff; $10, others. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: Upstage Theatre. Info: x2220. puppet theater. Tonda Puppet Theater of Japan. Performance, 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Workshop, 10 am-noon, Alumnae Hall Ballroom. Sponsor: Japanese. (See story, page 4.) Info: x3226. film. “Subversive Films from the Former GDR (1976-89).” Introduction by Claus Löser, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. shemini atzeret. (Begins at sundown.) Jewish tradition. muslim prayer. “Prayers and Pizza!” 12:30-2 pm. Muslim Prayer Room, ground level, Houghton Chapel. Sponsors: Al-Muslimat, Religious Life. Info: x2656. cws workshop. “Using the Alumnae Career Advisory Network (ACAN).” 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 102. Preregister. Info: x2352. apt workshops. “Reading,” 7 pm, Freeman. “Test Taking and Prep,” 8:30 pm, Bates. Info: 2641. theatre. Sylvia. 8 pm, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students; $5, students, seniors, Wellesley faculty and staff; $10, others. Sponsor: Upstage Theatre. Info: x2220. saturday
october 18 symposium. In conjunction with Two and One: Printmaking in Germany. 9-2pm. Preregister. Sponsor: DMCC. (See story, page 2.) Info: x2051. cws workshop. “Alumnae/Student Mockathon.” 10-2 pm, GRH 441. Mock interviews with alumnae. Info: x2355. field hockey vs. Springfield.
Noon. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. lecture. “Why Aging Is A Mistake!” Raymond Francis, author, Never Be Sick Again! Lecture, 1-2:30 pm; Q&A, 2:30-4 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2077. theatre. Sylvia. 2 & 8 pm, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students; $5, students, seniors, Wellesley faculty and staff; $10, others. Sponsor: Upstage Theatre. Info: x2220. dinner buffet. Oktoberfest. 6-9 pm, College Club. Cost, reservations, x2700. birth of bab. Baha’i tradition. ALANA open house. Begins 10 am. Overnight program for students of color. Info: x2270. lecture. “Earth’s Atmosphere and Beyond.” Speaker: Bassam Shakhashiri, scientist. 11-noon and 2-3 pm, SCI 277. (See story, page 1.) Sponsor: Chemistry. Info: x3224. worship services. 11:15-12:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. apt workshops. “Public Speaking.” 2 pm, TCW. “Notetaking.” 7 pm, Bates. Info: x2641. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2688. theatre. Sylvia. 2 pm, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students; $5, students, seniors, Wellesley faculty and staff; $10, others. Sponsor: Upstage Theatre. Info: x2220. monday october 20 president’s office hour. 12:30-1:30 pm, GRH 350. Info: x2243. cws workshop. “Interview Skills.” 12:30 pm, FND 102. Preregister. Info: x2352. cws workshop. “Alumnae/Student Mock Interviews.” 6-8:30 pm, GRH 441. Info: x2352. english tutoring. 6-9 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. apt workshops. “Test Taking and Prep,” 6 and 7 pm, Freeman. “Memorization,” 7 pm, Dower. Info: x2641. cws workshop. “Using the Alumnae Career Advisory Network (ACAN).” 7 pm, PNE 239. Preregister. Info: x2352. meditation. 7:30-9 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Hoop Café. Info: x1787.
exhibit. One Hundred Years Ago: the Class of 1904. Through Nov. 30, Archives, 4th floor Clapp Library. Info: x2127. exhibit. Two and One: Printmaking in Germany. Through Jan. 18. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art, DMCC, Through Feb. 15. Info: x2051. exhibit. Dancing Cranes, DMCC, Through Feb. 15. Info: x2051. book sale. Clapp Library, reading room, first floor. Recreational reading, classics, art books. Donations: 50 cents-$2. Info: x2894.
don't miss... japanese puppet theater performance, workshop set for oct. 16 The Tonda Puppet Theater of Japan, under the direction of Hidehiko Tonda, seventh generation head puppeteer of the Tonda Puppet Theater, will perform at Wellesley College Thursday, Oct. 16, from 7-9 pm in Jewett Auditorium. The troupe also will offer a workshop that day from 10 am to noon in Alumnae Hall Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public. Those interested in the workshop should sign up ahead of time by calling x3226. Japanese puppet theatre (bunraku) dates back to the late 16th century when the various arts of puppet manipulation, oral narration and samisen music were combined in a dramatic stage art that became one of the most popular entertainments in Japan. The four-foot high puppets require three people to operate; puppeteers train from childhood in the art. The stories are taken from a repertory of puppet plays from the 17th and 18th centuries, illustrating themes such as the conflict between personal desire and duty. The events are sponsored by the Japanese Department, the Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 Fund for World Cultures and Leadership, the Committee on Lectures and Cultural Events and the Mayling Soong Committee. For more information, call x3226 or visit www.wellesley.edu/Japanese/framea.html, click on Events, then Tonda Traditional Japanese Bunraku Puppet Troupe.
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