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feminist icon gloria steinem will speak at wellesley april 14 Gloria Steinem will speak on “Women and Pro-Choice Activism” at Wellesley College on Wednesday, April 14, at 5 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel. Founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus and co-founder of Ms. magazine, Steinem is one of the leading voices in American feminism. “She will be speaking about her experience in pro-choice activism,
and what she believes is necessary to do in the future to continue
the
fight,” said Emily Amick ’07, member of Wellesley Women
for Choice, which is sponsoring the lecture. “As Wellesley Women
for Choice’s purpose is pro-choice activism and education,
Gloria Steinem is a perfect representative of our core values.” “Together, we believe we can rally the pro-choice, pro-family planning majority in America to elect candidates who value individual rights and reproductive freedom,” said Steinem in early March when it was announced that Voters for Choice would join Planned Parenthood in efforts to protect reproductive freedom. Co-sponsoring the lecture are the Committee on Lectures and Cultural Events, Wellesley College Democrats, Cazenove, Freeman and Claflin house councils, the Women’s Studies Department and the SOFC Lecture Fund. For more information, e-mail eamick@wellesley.edu. wellesley extends a warm welcome to class of 2008 Wellesley’s acceptance letters were mailed in late March to the future members of the Class of 2008. On Wednesday, April 21, and Thursday, April 22, newly admitted students are invited to attend Spring Open Campus at Wellesley, where they will enjoy class visits, campus tours, panel discussions and more. Junior Open Campus, for high-school juniors considering Wellesley, will be offered Saturday, April 24. The event includes panels, workshops, campus tours and mock classes. This year’s applicant pool was up more than 17 percent from last year. These potential Wellesley women form an impressive and diverse group, hailing from 48 states and 59 nations. In her letter to the newly admitted students, Dean of Admission Jennifer Desjarlais noted the depth and breadth of experience they bring: “The quality of the admitted students is outstanding, including a student who trains monkeys with a program to assist the disabled, a city youth commissioner, an Irish step dancer, athletes (including gymnasts, wrestlers, ice skaters, a rodeo champion and a curler), an inventor who patented a water filtration system, a participant in Civil War reenactments, scientists who conduct research for NASA and in biochemistry and neurology labs, a juggler, a hula dancer, an origami artist, U.S. Senate interns, marathoners, Junior Classical League winners, a translator of Chinese poetry and a tutor who started an SAT prep course for disadvantaged students.” The deadline for notification of enrollment is May 1. Members of the Wellesley community can wear “Ask Me” buttons during Open Campus events so that visitors can easily locate someone who can help them navigate the campus. Contact the Admission Office at x2270 to find out more. The Office of the Dean of the College has announced that nominations are open for this year’s Pinanski Teaching Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Nominations must be submitted no later than 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 13. All faculty are eligible except for previous winners, and nominations will be accepted from any member of the college community. Forms are available in the Dean’s Office in Green Hall, the Science Center lounge and Pendleton Atrium. Nominations may be made electronically as well; see the Pinanski Conference folder under Wellesley Conferences, Committees, on FirstClass. Citations that describe the particular forte of each recipient will be read at commencement, serving as public symbols of the College’s regard for the high quality of teaching at Wellesley. stephen marini publishes new songbook A new songbook that celebrates the revival of the American singing-school tradition has been published by Stephen Marini, religion. The Norumbega Harmony: Historic and Contemporary Hymn Tunes and Anthems from the New England Singing School Tradition (University Press of Mississippi) is a songbook of 106 early American tunes and 30 contemporary tunes. It includes works by America’s earliest composers, the itinerant New England singing masters whose schools were the principal form of music education in those times. Marini is a member of Norumbega Harmony, a Boston area musical community that has been a leading force in the early American singing tradition. The groups consists of engineers, academics, writers and editors, medical professionals and community activists, all committed to singing and preserving traditional American music. Recent visibility of this kind of singing surged with the release of the movie Cold Mountain, in which this uniquely American music was featured. Marini, who gathered the songs for the book, sees a special significance to the contemporary tunes. “They are in fact a crucial part of the singing school revival and a powerful link between new northern singers and traditional singers...The younger generation of northern singers seems to be incorporating singing school music into a larger world music sensibility.” For more, go to www.upress.state.ms.us/catalog/fall2003/norumbega_harmony.html. lecture features nobel laureate in physics “Almost Absolute Zero: The Story of Laser Cooling and Trapping,” a lecture by William Phillips, Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and 1997 Nobel Laureate in physics, will be presented Monday, April 12, at 4:45 pm in Science Center room 278. (Refreshments, 4:30, in the lounge.) Sponsored by the Physics Department, the talk is aimed at a general audience, but discusses and demonstrates some of the newest and most exciting developments in physics. Phillips pioneered the development of laser cooling and trapping of atoms, allowing subsequent breakthroughs in physics. “Contrary to intuition, we can cool down a gas by shining a laser on it,” he said. “This lecture will describe how laser cooling works, and why it works better than anyone had expected it to.” The findings have applications ranging from super-accurate atomic clocks to quantum devices like atom lasers. alumna wins a soros fellowship Nneoma Nwogu, class of 2002, has won a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The two-year award offers half tuition and a $20,000 grant for up to two years of graduate study. She is currently completing a master’s in philosophy in development studies at Oxford University and will use the Soros grant for law school upon her return to the United States. The award attracted nearly a thousand applicants this year, all naturalized citizens, resident aliens or children of naturalized citizens. Nwogu was born in Nigeria and immigrated to the U.S. at age 18. At Oxford, she has served as president of Students for Development and organized an England-wide conference on post-conflict development. While at Wellesley, she served as a court advocate for victims of domestic violence and helped create a summer leadership program for Nigerian students. rosanna hertz, women’s studies, offered her expertise for an article in the Quincy Patriot Ledger, “Childless by Choice: Growing Number of Wives Choosing Careers over Motherhood.” The piece noted that, according to U.S. Census statistics, 12 percent of married or previously married women age 40 to 44 were childless in 2002, vs. 7.5 percent in 1976. And infertility isn’t the reason for the increase. “The vast majority of these women are childless by choice,” Hertz told the Patriot Ledger, adding that today, “You’re not going to be socially ostracized if you don’t have kids and you won’t be seen as selfish. There’s a greater diversity of options open to women: to be married and not have children; to have children and not be married; to not have children and not be married; to have donor-assisted pregnancies or adopt. The idea that women are making choices threatens some people. But there is no longer the sense of social conformity that existed in our mothers’ generation. The cultural landscape has changed.” flavia laviosa, Italian studies, and ashley hicks ’06 have been awarded a Mellon Foundation grant through SCRIPPS to conduct a collaborative faculty/student research project on gender and women’s studies titled “Women’s Reproductive Rights: Legislative, Ethical and Medical Issues: A Transcultural and Intracultural Study between the U.S.A. and Italy.” Laviosa has also been awarded a grant by the Digital Learning Technology Committee to conduct research and develop an instructional DVD on “The Italian Family: Sociological Changes Through Cinematic Representations.” In addition, she has delivered a paper, “Children and Life Apprenticeship in Francesca Archibugi’s Cinema” at Harvard University as part of the Humanities Center Lecture Series.
lecture. “Working and Studying in England: Reflections of an Alumna.” Speaker: Zlata Hajro ’03. 12:30-1:30 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Refreshments. Sponsors: European Club, Balkan Express, Slater, Alumnae Association, Economics, SOFC. Info: sselimov@wellesley.edu. concert. “Guaranteed Swahili.” 12:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. cws workshop. Résumé Writing. 12:30 pm, GRH 428. Info: x2352. lecture. “Almost Absolute Zero.” Speaker: William Phillips, National Institute of Science and Technology. 4:45 pm, SCI 278. Refreshments, 4:30 pm. (See story, above.) Sponsor: Physics. Info: x3047. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. meditation. 7-8 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. last day of Passover. Jewish tradition. meditation. 8:30-9 am, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. info session. Butler Study Abroad Programs (including Argentina, Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Scotland). Speaker: Carolyn Watson. 12:30 pm, GRH 338. Info: x2320. spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: x3571. lecture. “Does Abortion Harm Women?” Speaker: Dr. Joanne Angelo. 4 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Sponsor: Wellesley Alliance For Life. Info: lzukor@wellesley.edu. deadline. Pinanski Prize for Teaching nominations. 4:30 pm. (See story, above.) lecture. “A Stroll in al-Ma’arri’s Garden: Poetry and Irony in an Arab Literary Paradise.” Part of Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series. Speaker: Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych ’72, Indiana University. 4:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsors: Middle Eastern Studies, Classical Studies. Info: x2609. lecture. Annual Domna Stanton Lecture, “Women, Work and Citizenship: Stories from Welfare Reform.” Speaker: Sharon Hays, University of Virginia. 4:30-6 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Women’s Studies. Info: x2538. cws workshop. “Job Search Correspondence.” 4:30 pm, GRH 330. Info: x2352. lacrosse vs. MIT. 4:30 pm, Sports Center. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2003. cws workshop. “Self-Assessment.” 6-8 pm, GRH 330. Preregister. Info: x2352. unitarian universalist meeting. 6:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. celebration. Latino Staff Appreciation Day. 6:30 pm, Casa Cervantes. RSVP/info: x2958. workshop. “Biology and HIV/AIDS: Current Trends and Treatments.” Speaker: Thomas Treadwell, M.D. 7 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsors: Health Services, AIDS Committee. Info: x2821. poetry reading. Speaker: Suheir Hammad. 7:30 pm, ZA House. (See story, below.) Sponsor: Wellesley Arab Women. Info: hbarhous@wellesley.edu. lecture. "Giving Thought Form: Contemporary Jewelry in Europe and America." Speaker: Louis Mueller. 12:30-1:30 pm, Jewett 372. SPonsor: The Applied Arts Program. Info: x2061. russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Russian Dept. Lounge, FND, 4th Floor. Info: x3549. academic council meeting. 12:30-2 pm, Academic Council Room. sustaining prayer. 1-2 pm. Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. cws workshop. “Job Search Strategies.” 4:30 pm, GRH 130. Info: x2352. lacrosse vs. Connecticut College. 4:30 pm, Sports Center. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2003. lecture. Speaker: Juanita Valdez-Cox, La Union del Pueblo Entero. 4:30-6:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2958. lecture. "Iraq War in German-American Perspective." Speaker: Dr. Michael Haspel. 4:30-5:45 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Sponsor: Political Science. Info: x2194. film. Spirited Away. 4:50 and 7:30 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. lecture. “Women and Pro-Choice Activism.” Speaker: Gloria Steinem. 5 pm, Houghton Chapel. (See story, above.) Sponsor: Wellesley Women for Choice. Info: eamick@wellesley.edu. film. Real Women Have Curves. 7 pm, PNE 212. Info: x2958. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: amnestymail@wellesley.edu. meditation. 12:30-1 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. wcw seminar. “Assessing Demographic and Psychological Discontinuities Among Adolescent Latinas.” Speakers: Nancy Genero, Ph.D. and Elissa Koff, Ph.D. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Info: x2483. japanese table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Severance Conference Room. Info: x4442. french table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Seminar room. Info: x2497. lecture. “Dido: Life For Rent: An Exploration of the Parallels between Ancient Epic and Pop Culture.” Speaker: Brendon Reay, classical studies. 12:30 pm, English Department Common Room. Pizza. Sponsors: Literature Club, Classics Club. Info: jclegg@wellesley.edu. open class. “Post-WWII American Art and Music.” Speaker: Martin Brody, music. 2:50 pm, Towne Gallery. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2034. lecture. Speaker: Askold Melnyczuk, author of Ambassador of the Dead. 4:30 pm, Zeta Alpha House. Refreshments. Sponsor: Zeta Alpha Society. Info: dcosta@wellesley.edu. cws discussion. “Life after Wellesley: Understanding Healthcare, the Apartment Search and Personal Finance Management.” Speakers: Sloane Crawford, health services; Susan Hawthorne, Re-Max; Tanya Rapacz ’92, financial planner. 6-8:30 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Refreshments; raffles. Sponsors: ACCESS, Alumnae Association, CWS. Info: x2355. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. lecture. “Special Exhibit: Steve McQueen.” Speaker: Bo Smith, MFA-Boston. 7 pm, Davis Museum. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. lecture. “From Judge to Janitor.” Speaker: Luis Velez. 7 pm, PNE 212. Info: x2958. bible study/worship services. 7:30 pm, Billings 202. Refreshments. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. meditation. 8:30-9 am, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. workshop. “Releasing the Power of Relational Intelligence in the Workplace.” 9:30 am-4 pm, College Club. Cost: $175. Sponsor: Jean Baker Miller Spring Training Institute. Info: x3800. president’s open office hour. 12:30-1:30 pm, GRH 350. Info: x2243. italian table. 12:30 pm, Tower Court Dining Hall Conference Room. Info: x1999. muslim prayer. 12:45-2 pm. Little Chapel. Refreshments. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x2656. campus wide fun program. "Wild on Wellesley!" 6 pm, various locations. Sponsors: Residence Life and RA Council. Info: x2093 or edoherty@wellesley.edu. dance performance. "Touched." $5 suggested donation for off-campus guests. 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Dance Collective. Info: x7897. film. Spellbound. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7946. concert. Blue Notes. 8 pm, Houghton Chapel. Info: bluenotesmail@wellesley.edu. yom hashoah (begins at sundown). Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jewish tradition. (Wellesley will observe on 4/20. Info: bmerfis1@wwellesley.edu.) golf invitational. Noon, Sports Center. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2003. film. Spellbound. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7946. worship services. 11:15-12:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. golf invitational. Noon, Sports Center. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2003. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2688. meeting. Darshana prayer and discussion. 7-8:15 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsors: Darshana, Hindu Community. Info: x2794. monday april 19 boston marathon. Begins at noon. meditation. 7-8 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. video exhibit. Steve McQueen: Prey, Drumroll and Exodus. March 19-June 29, DMCC. Info: x2034. exhibit. One Thing Leads To Another: A Vignette of Black History. 4th Floor, Clapp Library. Through April. Sponsor: Archives. Info: x2127. exhibit. Floral Watercolors by Nancy Howell. Botanic Gardens Visitors’ Center. Sponsor: Friends of Horticulture. Info: x3094. book sale. Clapp Library. Donations: 50 cents-$2. Info: x2894.
don't miss... palestinian poet explores feminism and identity A poetry reading by Suheir Hammad will be presented Tuesday, April 13, at 7:30 pm at Zeta Alpha House. Sponsored by Wellesley Arab Women, the event features poet and political activist Hammad, who will read from her works on topics ranging from feminism to questions of identity to domestic violence and more. A 26-year-old Palestinian-American, Hammad has published a book of poems, Born Palestinian, Born Black, and a memoir, Drops Of This Story, and is prominently featured in Listen Up! An Anthology of Spoken Word Poetry. Recipient of the Audre Lourdes Writing Award from Hunter College, the Morris Center for Healing Poetry Award and a New York Mills Artist in Residency in Minnesota, Hammad is on tour with Def Poetry Jams. “We have had the honor of having Suheir Hammad perform as part of Wellesley’s Arab Awareness Week for the last four years,” said Hela Barhoush ’06, a member of Wellesley Arab Women. “Hammad’s popularity on Wellesley’s campus is evident by the attendance of her performances and the numerous requests for her return.” The event is co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies and English departments. For more information, e-mail hbarhous@wellesley.edu.
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