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voter registration and education is goal of student group A campuswide crusade is underway, thanks to the Committee for Political and Legislative Action (CPLA), a non-partisan committee of College Government that strives to promote political awareness. The goal is to convince eligible students to vote in the upcoming Nov. 2 election, locally or by absentee ballot. Among the concerns, said CPLA chair Kimberly Chin ’05, is that voter registration deadlines vary from state to state. “The earliest date I’ve seen for voter registration is Oct. 2,” she said, “and many students are voting back in their home states. So I picked that date to aim for in registering students on campus.” The CPLA aims to educate voters on the candidates and the issues. Chin emphasizes the role of voting in the democratic process. “People who don’t feel the need to vote think politics doesn’t affect their lives,” she said. “That’s not true at all. If you pay taxes, buy groceries or drive over potholes, you are affected by policies that elected officials make. Politics is not something distant from us. It’s very close. To not vote is to not care about the conditions of your life.” The CPLA has organized a Voter Registration Week to encourage students to register. “Debate-watching parties” will be held in Pendleton Atrium on Sept. 30, Oct. 8 and 13, featuring President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, and on Oct. 5, with vice presidential candidates John Edwards and Dick Cheney. Each debate will be broadcast at 9 pm Eastern Time. Following the speeches, faculty members and students will discuss the candidates and their messages. Later in October, Wellesley will hold a Cultural Organizations Voter Outreach Week, in which the Wellesley Asian Alliance, Ethos, Mezcla, Hillel and other groups will promote better understanding of the issues, not only for the U.S. presidential election but for other elections in this country and abroad. A debate between Wellesley Democrats and Republicans will further examine election issues. For more information, on FirstClass e-mail, go to Wellesley Conferences, Student Forums, Student Organizations, CPLA. voter information is online at wellesley Answering the questions of where to vote, how to vote and why to vote, Wellesley College librarian Betty Febo has created a Web page that points the way to a more democratic society. By visiting www.wellesley.edu/Library/Research/2004election.html, voters can find a list of Web resources on the election process, the candidates and much more. As part of her job, Febo aims to connect the Wellesley community with the resources necessary for them to be informed citizens, students and researchers. “As government documents coordinator, I recognize the importance of each person taking the time to vote,” she said. “It is a cornerstone of our democracy. There is a big push this year by all parties to register young people and to encourage them to vote and be involved.” Since the Wellesley library is also a federal depository library, Febo has a responsibility to make government information available to the community outside the college. “Librarians all across the country have created pages similar to this,” she said. “(Wellesley) already has a campaigns and elections Web page at www.wellesley.edu/Library/Research/campelect.html, and this special 2004 election page seemed a natural outgrowth of that. Specific information on where and how to vote can be hard to find, and with our busy lives, we need information at our fingertips.” historic elections Wellesley College Archives has put together a display of photos and stories from the past to illustrate the long-term interest the campus has shown toward presidential elections. For example, Jean Berry, archives, found information in the 1889 Wellesley yearbook about the 1888 election in which Benjamin Harrison defeated Grover Cleveland. Interesting tidbits include the results of mock elections and polling. In 1960, it seems, 55 percent of Wellesley students supported Richard Nixon vs. 45 percent for John F. Kennedy. The display, Presidential Elections at Wellesley College, can be seen on the fourth floor of Clapp Library through December. girls’ leap program wins united way award Wellesley’s Girls’ LEAP Self-Defense program has received the 2004-2005 Today’s Girls…Tomorrow’s Leaders Award from the United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB), which comes with a check for $36,000. The Today’s Girls…Tomorrow’s Leaders funds will support new and existing LEAP programs as well as a revision of evaluation measures and needed operational support. “This award comes at a time of tremendous growth for Girls’ LEAP,” said Deborah Weaver, executive director. “Our program is in more demand than ever before. These funds will allow us to expand to new partnerships in Greater Boston and increase our operational support to better serve the community.” LEAP was named along with other award recipients as a leader in girl-focused programming in Boston. “UWMB applauds LEAP Self-Defense Inc. for its focus on enhancing the development and lives of girls, and we look forward to our partnership this year under the Today’s Girls…Tomorrow’s Leaders initiative,” said Marilyn Anderson Chase, senior vice president, UWMB. Girls’ LEAP Self-Defense is a “Lifetime Empowerment and Awareness Program” that provides self-defense and life skills training for girls aged 8-18 in at-risk communities. There is no charge to participants. LEAP promotes the safety of girls and women through focused programs teaching girls specific physical self-defense techniques and safety awareness skills, combined with self-confidence building tools that increase girls’ capacity to keep themselves safe. Its mission is to fortify vulnerable populations with the skills they need to avoid, defuse and survive dangerous situations. lecture will look at smiles through the ages What’s behind a smile? It’s an intriguing question, especially here at Wellesley College, where the 2003 movie Mona Lisa Smile was set and partly filmed. To illustrate the history of the smile, Peter Hawkins, professor of religion at Boston University, will offer a lecture, “The Art of Smiling,” on Monday, Oct. 4, at 4:30 pm in the Library Lecture Room. Hawkins will trace the iconography of smiling through the ages, from Dante to our own Mona Lisa Smile. Among his many writings, he has co-edited a book with Wellesley Professor of Italian Rachel Jacoff, The Poet’s Dante (2001). At BU, he is director of the Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts. His research focuses on Dante studies and the literary “afterlife” of Jewish and Christian scriptures. For more information, call x2575 colleagues in the news barbara beltz, biological sciences and neuroscience, has been elected as one of nine new members of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. New members will serve until 2007. Beltz’s research focuses on the development of the nervous system. Her primary interests revolve around the environmental and physiological controls over neuronal birth and death, and particularly how the life-long turnover of cells in the nervous system contributes to mechanisms of plasticity and learning. Her most recent experiments elucidate how the neurotransmitter serotonin may be involved in guiding neuronal proliferation and differentiation. ken loewit and nora hussey, theatre studies, are working on a collaboration between the college-based Wellesley Summer Theatre and CentaStage Theatre. The project is the world premiere of Ballast by Kathleen Rogers, which is on stage through Oct. 2 at the Boston Center for the Arts. The play is a dramatic tour-de-force about every parent’s worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. It is the first time Wellesley Summer Theatre has appeared in that venue and its first true collaboration with another theatre company. The drama was first presented by Wellesley Summer Theatre in a 10-minute version at the 2003 Boston theatre marathon. “Since then both companies have nurtured the playwright and the script and are delighted to be bringing it fully to life this fall,” said Hussey. “The production features Wellesley alum Alicia Kahn ’98, who is well known to audiences here.” This marks the 10th year of the working partnership between Loewit and Hussey, who have worked on more than 40 shows together. For more information, call x2029 or go to www.bostontheatrescene.com for ticket information.   calendar monday september 27 tutoring. English as a Second Language (ESL). 6-8:30 pm, PLTC small conference room. Info: x2480. cws meeting. “Navigating the CWS Library.” 6:30 pm, Green Hall 442. Info: x2356. meditation. Wellesley Buddhist Community. 7-8:15 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Info: x2793. tuesday september 28 deadline. Sign-up for Oct. 1-2 weekend retreat at Peace Abbey, Rt. 16, Sherborn. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. meeting. Administrative Council. 11 am-noon, Academic Council Room, Green Hall. Info: x2036. field hockey vs. Conn. College. 4 pm. Info: x2003. meeting. Academic Council. 4:15-6 pm, Academic Council Room, Green Hall. reception, 6 pm, President’s House. cws info session. “NFP StartingBloc.org.” 7 pm, TBA. Info: x2356. wednesday september 29 meditation. Wellesley Buddhist Community. 12:30-1 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Info: x2793. cws info session. “How To Find an Internship.” 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2356. russian table. Tea and conversation. 1-2 pm, Founders 416. Sponsor: Russian. Info: x3584. cws workshop. “Job Search Strategies.” 4:30 pm, Founders 120. Preregister. Info: x2356. lecture. “Not My Father’s Islam: Women as the Key to Reforming the Muslim World.” Speaker: Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam. 6:30 pm, PNE Atrium. Sponsor: Canadian Club. Info: CanadianClubmail@wellesley.edu. film. Barbie Nation, in conjunction with exhibition, American Identities: Twentieth-Century Prints from the Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Info: x2051. thursday september 30 sukkot. Jewish tradition. Begins at sundown. cws panel discussion. “Law School Admissions.” With Harvard, Stanford, NYU and Cornell information. 12:30 pm, Academic Council Room, GRH 4th floor. Info: x2356. conference. “XVIe Colloque International George Sand.” 4:30 pm, Collins Cinema. Through Oct. 2. Registration required. Sponsors: French House, French, English and Women’s Studies. Info: x2403. tutoring. ESL. 6-8:30 pm, PLTC small conference room. Info: x2480. lecture. “Philosophic Case Against Abortion.” Speaker: Michael Pakaluk, philosophy, Clark University, and Peter Kreeft, philosophy, Boston College. 7 pm, SCI 377. Sponsor: Wellesley Alliance for Life. Info: x7842. friday october 1 cws info session. “Graduate Study in Public Policy and Public Administration.” 12:30 pm, TBA. Info: x2356. prayer. Muslim communal (Jummah). Followed by religious discussions. 12:45-1:30 pm, lower chapel. Info: x2025. bible study. “Through the Book of Matthew.” 7 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Asian Baptist Student Koinonia. Info: x4692. saturday october 2 class. “Field Sketching.” Registration, 9:30 am; class, 10 am-2 pm, Hunnewell Arboretum. Bring lunch; meet in Botanic Gardens’ Visitor Center. Members (includes faculty/staff): $40; non-members: $48. Sponsor: FOH. Info: x3094. golf invitational. 10:30 am. Info: x2003. field hockey vs. Springfield College. 1 pm. Info: x2003. sunday october 3 golf invitational. 8 am. Info: x2003. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Newman Catholic Ministry. Info: x2688. meeting. “Darshana.” Wellesley Hindu Community. 5 pm, chapel basement. Sponsor: Religious and Spiritual Life. Info: x2794. monday october 4 student/faculty discussion. “The Benefits of Graduate School for Art Historians and Studio Artists.” 12:30-1:20 pm, Jewett Sculpture Court. Bring lunch; drinks and dessert provided. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2042. class. “Gesneriads: Knowing and Growing.” Reception, 1:30 pm; program, 2-3 pm, Botanic Gardens’ Visitor Center. Members (includes faculty/staff): $10. Non-members: $13. Sponsor: FOH. Info: x3094. opening ceremony. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “Hurricane Voices.” 4-5 pm, Severance Green. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: belfman@wellesley.edu. cws workshop. “Self-Assessment.” 4:30 pm, Green Hall 330. Info: x2356. tutoring. English as a Second Language (ESL). 6-8:30 pm, PLTC small conference room. Info: x2480. cws info session. “Using the Wellesley Network.” 6 pm, Green Hall 442. Info: 2356. meditation. Wellesley Buddhist Community. 7-8:15 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Info: x2793. ongoing exhibit. Inspired by Flowers. Watercolors by Susan Stone. Botanic Gardens’ Visitor Center, through Nov. 24. Info: x3094. exhibit. Presidential Elections at Wellesley College. Archives, Clapp Library, 4th floor, through December. (See story) Info: x2127. exhibit. Infinite Possibilities: Serial Imagery in 20th Century Drawings. Through Dec. 12. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. American Identities: Twentieth-Century Prints from Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection. Through Dec. 14. DMCC. Info: x2051.     save the date!   10/5/04: “Writing Alive,” lecture by Esmeralda Santiago, highly acclaimed Latina writer and author of When I Was Puerto Rican, America’s Dream and Almost a Woman. 7-9 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Mezcla. Info: cdelcont@wellesley.edu. 10/5/04: “Russia NOW,” panel discussion about Russia in crisis. Speakers: Professors Marshall Goldman (emeritus), economics; Philip Kohl, anthropology; Nina Tumarkin, history; Ambassador Thomas W. Simons Jr. Moderator: Professor Adam Weiner, Russian. 7:30 pm, Library lecture Room. Sponsor: Russian Area Studies. Info: x2602.     don't miss...new touchscreen kiosk and artwork debut at the davis museum A recently acquired and restored 18th-century Mexican ex-voto, The Peres Maldonado Ex-voto, is now on view at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center. The painting displays one of the earliest documentations of breast cancer surgery. Ex-votos are devotional paintings commemorating miraculous salvation from illness or tragic events. “A touchscreen pilot project has been launched to accompany the installation of this work,” says Jim Olson, DMCC coordinator of technology. “Located near the painting, the touchscreen information kiosk is an interactive, multimedia educational tool that delivers content about the object to museum visitors within the gallery setting. The information on the kiosk will also be accessible online, providing off-site visitors an opportunity to learn more about this object’s rich artistic and cultural history.” The kiosk features video and essays by faculty members from various Wellesley departments, including Jay Oles, art history; Sharon Elkins, religion; and Anastasia Karakasidou; anthropology; and by the painting’s conservator, Jim Wright. For more information, go to www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/whatsnew/breastcancer.html. 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