5 dec.-

12 dec.

2005

davis museum offers new podcast tours of its galleries

The Davis Museum and Cultural Center’s Museumcast Tour, an introduction to its art collections, is now available. With the museumcast and an iPod or other MP3 player, visitors can now enjoy an audio guide to the museum galleries.

To download the museumcast to your computer, go online to podcast. Then upload it to an iPod or MP3 player and bring it along on your next visit. Museumcasts and players can also be borrowed at the DMCC information desk.

Through Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 8 pm, an exclusive contest for Wellesley College students who take the Museumcast Tour and complete a user survey offers the chance to win an iPod Nano. The winner will be chosen at random on Thursday, Dec. 8, and will be contacted immediately by e-mail. The contest is limited to one entry per student.

The Museumcast Tour will continue to evolve over time, said Jim Olson, DMCC coordinator of technology.

“I plan on making all kinds of additional info available, such as lectures, poetry readings, interviews with artists and curators,” he said. Next semester the DMCC plans to create a tour for the new exhibition On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West (possibly in both English and Chinese) as well as an informal interview with Xu Bing, the featured lobby installation artist.
The new museumcast joins several recent technology initiatives at the DMCC.

“The museum has been exploring several ways of enhancing the visitor experience and creating an educational and entertaining environment that promotes participation with technology,” Olson said. “Last year we installed a touchscreen interactive kiosk on our recently acquired Mexican Ex-voto painting and earlier this year we installed a lobby informational kiosk, a plasma display with lots of museum info, such as exhibitions, programs, recent acquisitions, etc.”

The podcast recordings promise a more active, educational and entertaining museum experience.
“The project will be expanded to include content created by Wellesley students to produce more tours and interactions,” Olson said. “Students from all departments can develop tours. Musically inclined students can create sound tracks for works in the collection or galleries and students interested in writing can create short stories or poetry inspired by collections objects.”

For more information, call x3234.

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new anthology gives voice to jewish women writers

Thomas Nolden, professor of German and director of the comparative literature program, and Frances Malino, the Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and History and chair of the Jewish Studies Program, have co-edited a new anthology on Jewish women writers from Europe, Voices of the Diaspora: Jewish Women Writing in Contemporary Europe (Northwestern University Press). “The roots of this literary anthology go back to a symposium with European Jewish women writers we organized here at Wellesley in 1999 and to one in Stockholm in 2002,” said Nolden.

Voices of the Diaspora offers works by major women writers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Russia. Their stories and essays, written over the last 25 years, speak to challenges confronting the post-Shoah generations of Jews living in Europe. The writers address themes specific to national contexts. Berlin-born Barbara Honigmann questions the possibility of Jewish life in the country responsible for the “final solution.” Marlène Amar and Reina Roffé write about the experiences of displacement and emancipation as Sephardic women in Western, postcolonial societies. Clara Sereni describes how Jews in post-Fascist Italy reemerged with a self-assertiveness that troubled a society that wanted to forget the past. The book reveals “the extraordinary vivacity and diversity of European Jewry and introduces these readers to a new generation of women writers,” Nolden said.

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sneakers wanted

The Center for Work and Service is conducting a sneaker drive to benefit St. Francis House, a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization for poor and homeless men and women in Boston.

Please drop off new and gently used men’s and women’s sneakers in all adult sizes to the CWS Community Service Office in Green Hall, room 439, between now and Dec. 21.

Founded in 1984, St. Francis House is New England’s largest and most comprehensive daytime shelter, providing basic and emergency services, rehabilitative programs, job skills training and transitional housing.

For more information, call x2352.

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computer scientist maps ‘six degrees of separation’

On Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 4:15 pm in Science Center E111, a computer science lecture, “Geographic Routing in Social Networks,” will be presented by David Liben-Nowell, an assistant professor of computer science at Carleton College.

“I’ll talk about the relationship between friendship and geography both experimentally and theoretically, and I’ll show how this relationship explains the oft-observed ‘six degrees of separation’ phenomenon in our society,” he said.

According to Liben-Nowell, social networks consist of a set of individuals and some form of social relationship that ties these individuals together. To study these social networks, he uses algorithmic techniques. Using existing patterns of friendship in a social network and a variety of graph-theoretic techniques, he can predict how new relationships will form in the social network and how information flows in a network.

For more information, call x3120.

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consul general of ireland to discuss irish politics

The Committee for Political and Legislative Action (CPLA) will host a lecture, “Examining Irish Foreign and Domestic Policy,” by Tim O’Connor, the Consul General of Ireland in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 12:30 pm in Pendleton Atrium.

O’Connor joined the Irish Civil Service in 1974 and moved to the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1979. For much of his tenure in the Department of Foreign Affairs, he has been involved in Northern Ireland policy. O’Connor was part of the Irish Government delegation to the talks that led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He served as the first Southern Joint Secretary of the North/South Ministerial Council until this summer when he assumed his current post.

O’Connor was born in Limerick, Ireland, and completed both his B.A. and graduate studies at Maynooth College. He was promoted as assistant secretary general in the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1999 and currently holds the rank of Ambassador in the Irish Diplomatic Service.

For more information, contact Sophie Kim, CPLA, at cplamail@wellesley.edu.

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seqs are available online dec. 6-15

The Office of the Dean of the College would like to remind students that the online SEQ system will be available from Dec. 6-15. The SEQ conference on students’ FirstClass desktops will be used to communicate SEQ information throughout this period.

Each student is required to complete an evaluation for each instructor in every course in which she is enrolled. Members of the faculty and the administration take SEQs very seriously, and student compliance with this requirement is very important.

For more information, call x3583.

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don't miss...wintersession brings a host of learning opportunities

Between fall and spring semesters, Wellesley holds Wintersession, which takes place from Jan. 4-25 this year.

Students may take for-credit courses outside the stress of the regular academic schedule. Among the offerings, for example, are “Introduction to Botanical Art,” “Engineering Science” and “Introduction to Playwriting.” Students may also take part in community service, internships, research projects or jobs in between the semesters.Wintersession also offers noncredit enrichment courses taught by members of the college community and others. Among the many classes offered this year are “The Art of Hawaiian Dance,” “The Beer Necessities” and “Thinking Critically about Pop Music.”

In addition, Wintersession offers a campus retreat with Deborah Cady, religious and spiritual life, and Don Leach, residential life, called “What Will You Do with This One Wild Life? Reclaiming Selfhood and Discovering Vocation.” The retreat takes place over three evenings, Jan. 24-26, and will explore “the relationships that inform our life journeys including our relationship to ourselves, each other and our vocations.”

For more information, go online to Wintersession.

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colleagues in the news

christopher candland, political science, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times for a story on Pakistani Amer Aziz, who was arrested and accused of helping Al Qaeda. “Many Pakistanis have been held and charged by the U.S. without protest or involvement by the Pakistani government,” Candland told the Times. “As a result, people don’t believe that Pakistanis are safe in Pakistan.” Such cases bring increased anger against Americans, he noted: “The idea there is that the FBI and CIA can sweep in and take anyone they want — swoop in and put them on a plane and tell the government of Pakistan about it later.”

katharine moon, political science, spoke at Cornell University’s Korea Peace Day, addressing the need for the United States to educate government policymakers about anti-Americanism. “What is interesting about this anti-Americanism is that it has riled many American sensitivities,” said Moon in her speech, “Protesting America, Pursuing Democracy: ‘Anti-Americanism.’” Examples of anti-American behavior include the 2002 and 2003 anti-U.S. protests in South Korea, “an accumulation of grievances” caused by cultural confusions and unintentional slights, she said.

diana chapman walsh, president, has been profiled in the Nov. 11-17 Boston Business Journal in a story titled, “Leading by Listening: Wellesley College’s Walsh Deploys Collaborative Style in Tackling Divisive Issues.” Writer Tom Witkowski noted, “As she begins her 13th year as president, Walsh is conducting a communitywide discussion about the college’s identity, while the futures of many liberal arts colleges, especially single-sex colleges, are in question. And as the president of a women’s college, she is instigating a larger conversation about women’s roles in leading society, the country and the world.”

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calendar

monday december 5

japanese table. 12:30-1:20 pm, Tower Court. Info: x7922.

lecture. “China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution and Development.” Speaker: Kelly Sims Gallagher, Energy Technology Innovation Project, JFK School of Government, Harvard. 4 pm, SCI 396. Sponsor: Environmental Studies. Info: x3129.

meeting. CG Senate. 6 pm, Academic Council Room. Info: cgpresident@wellesley.edu.

esl tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC small conference room. Info: x2480.

meditation. 7-8:15 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793.

german table. 8-9 pm, Stone. Info: x1685.

bahá’í gathering. 8:30 pm, Freeman. Info: x4188.

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tuesday december 6

cws workshop. “Effective Networking.” 12:30 pm, GRH 428. Info: x2352.

cws info session. “Columbia Publishing Course.” 12:30 pm, GRH 428. Info: x2352.

lecture. “Your Retirement Income Options.” 12:30-1:30 pm, Academic Council Room. WC employees only. Sponsor: TIAA-CREF. Info: x2212.

president’s open office hour. 12:30-1:30 pm, GRH 350. Info: x2243.

lecture. “Geographic Routing in Social Networks.” Speaker: David Liben-Nowell, computer science, Carleton College. 4:15 pm, SCI 111. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: Computer Science. Info: x3120.

lecture. “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.” 7-8:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Preregister: x2793.

lecture. “Islamic Scholarship: Reconciling Reason and Faith.” Speaker: Mohamed Lazzouni, CTO, Viisage Technology. 7-9 pm, Wang Campus Center 415. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: Al-Muslimatmail@wellesley.edu.

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wednesday december 7

lecture. “Examining Irish Foreign and Domestic Policy.” Speaker: Tim O’Connor, Consul General of Ireland. 12:30 pm, PNE 225A. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: CPLA. Info: x1838.

info session. “Stipends.” 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2352.

cws workshop. “Presenting Yourself in Interviews.” 12:30 pm, Wang Campus Center 413. Pizza lunch. RSVP by 12/5: x2356.

disability discussion. Speaker: Jim Wice, disability services. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 305. Info: x2434.

russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 416. Info: x3549.

Spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court. Info: x3571.

academic council meeting. 12:30-2 pm, Academic Council Room.

lecture. “Self-Writing Image: Poetic Self-Portraits from Colonial Korea.” Speaker: Wayne De Fremery, Korean literature, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University. 5-6:30 pm, FND 225. Sponsor: EALL. Info: jlee1@wellesley.edu.

gathering. 6 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Unitarian Universalists. Info: x3484.

documentary/lecture. Gender in Japanese Society: Crossdressing Hostesses in Shinjuku Bars. Speaker: Eve Zimmerman, East Asian languages and literature. 6 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Asian Student Union. Info: ASUmail@wellesley.edu.

cws workshop. “Second Interview Skills.” 7 pm, GRH 330. Info: x2352.

concert. “A Medieval English Christmas.” Collegium Musicum. 8 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.

documentary. The Peacekeepers. 8-10 pm, PNE 125. Sponsor: IRC. Info: IRCmail@wellesley.edu.
film. I, Claudius. 8-10 pm, SCI 277. Sponsor: Classics Club. Info: x2630.

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thursday december 8

bodhi day (rahatsu). Buddhist tradition.

feast of the immaculate conception. Roman Catholic tradition.

chinese table. 12:30-1:20 pm, Bates. Info: CSAmail@wellesley.edu.

arabic table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court. Info: x2916.

french table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Bates. Info: x2403.

lecture. “Dark Angel: Chimeras ‘R’ Us.” Speaker: Ramona Fernandez, American cultures, Michigan State. 4:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Women’s Studies. Info: x2538.

italian table. 5:30-6:45 pm, Tower Court. Info: x2616.

esl tutoring. (See 12/5 listing.)

worship service. 7 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655.

meeting. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. 7-9:30 pm, BIL 100. Info: wivcfmail@wellesley.edu.

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friday december 9

foh workshop. “Inspired Containers for Winter.” Speakers: Alison and Holly Campbell, Hen and Chick Gardens. Registration: 9:30 am; workshop: 10 am-noon, Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Members: $60; others, $75. Info: x3094.

reception. Paper Prayers Project. 12:30-1:30 pm, Jewett Hallway. Sponsor: Art Info: x2042.

prayer/discussion. Muslim communal (Jummah). 12:30-2:30 pm, lower chapel. Info: x2656.

shabbat service. 5:30-6:30 pm, BIL 300. Info: x2685.

concert. Harry and the Potters. 6:30-9:30 pm, Wang Campus Center 105. Sponsor: SBOG. Info: sbogmail@wellesley.edu.

bible study. 7 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Asian Baptist Student Koinonia. Info: x1831.

films. The Sound of Music, 7 pm; Moulin Rouge, 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7043.

concert. Blue Notes. 7:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Info: BlueNotesmail@wellesley.edu.

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saturday december 10

basketball vs. Tufts. 2 pm. Info: x2003.

concert. Graceful Harmony Gospel Choir. 6-7:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Info: GracefulHarmonymail@wellesley.edu.

films. Moulin Rouge, 7 pm; The Sound of Music, 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7043.

concert. Tupelos. 8-10 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Info: Tupelosmail@wellesley.edu.

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sunday december 11

worship service. 11:15 am, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655.

catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Newman Catholic Ministry. Info: x2688.

meeting. Darshana. 5 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Hindu Community. Info: x2794.

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monday december 12

deadline. Charitable Giving Campaign. Send donations to Pamela Bristah, campaign co-chair, Music Library. Info: x2076.

our lady of guadalupe. Roman Catholic tradition.

cws info session. Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 International Journalism Internship. 12:30 pm, GRH 428. Info: x2352.

japanese table. (See 12/5 listing.)

cws workshop. “Job Search Strategies.” 4:30 pm, FND 120. Info: x2352.

meeting. CG Senate. (See 12/5 listing.)

esl tutoring. (See 12/5 listing.)

meditation. (See 12/5 listing.)

film/discussion. The Hours. 7:30-10 pm, Collins Cinema. Info: OMHAmail@wellesley.edu.

german table. (See 12/5 listing.)

bahá’í gathering. (See 12/5 listing.)

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ongoing

exhibit. Coastal Botanicals: Recent Botanical Art from Nantucket and Beyond by Wendy Hollender. Botanic Gardens Visitor Center, through 12/10. Sponsor: FOH. Info: x3504.

exhibits. Hold: Vessel 1. Etchings to Rexroth. Mural by Aaron Noble. Extended Boundaries. Through 12/18. DMCC. Info: x2051.

exhibit. The Joy of Discovery: Works of Science in Special Collections. Clapp Library Reading Room, through 1/27. Info: x2129.

exhibit. The Poet and the Illustrator. Clapp Library, fourth floor, through 1/31. Info: x2129.

book sale. Clapp Library Reading Room. Donations: 50 cents to $4. Info: x2894.

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