6-13

march

2006

activism week allows campus to meet political leaders

Wellesley College Democrats will present the third annual Progressive Activism Week, “Victory ’06,” March 6-11. Events include talks by political analyst Donna Brazile (left) and Massachusetts candidates for governor Deval Patrick and Tom Reilly. In addition to other lectures and events, a lobbying campaign, “Stop the Raid on Student Aid,” will be held in conjunction with the College Democrats of America.

Brazile, a frequent commentator on CNN’s “Inside Politics” will talk about “The Politics of Katrina: Its Implications for Election 2006,” Wednesday, March 8, at 7 pm in the Wang Center, Tishman Commons.

“Brazile will provide a very personal perspective of the Katrina disaster as she is a New Orleans native and several of her family members were affected by the catastrophe,” said Shayla Adams ’08 of Ethos, a sponsor of the event. “Her lecture will not only impart valuable knowledge as to what significance Hurricane Katrina has on our country’s political outlook, but will also ignite awareness among the community as to what needs to be done to rebuild this great city.”

Former campaign manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000, she was the first African American to lead a major presidential campaign. She is chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention Voting Rights Institute and a member of the Rebuilding Commission in New Orleans. An at-large member of the DNC, she is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

“These events will galvanize support for local Democratic candidates among students,” said Democrats President Jacqueline McAllister ’06, adding the goal is to encourage participation and interest in progressive politics. Events (see calendar) also include talks by Worcester Mayor and lieutenant governor candidate Tim Murray, Massachusetts lieutenant governor candidate Deborah Goldberg and Massachusetts lieutenant governor candidate Andrea Silbert. Campaigning trips to support local Massachusetts Progressive candidates will be launched March 11. The lobbying effort, “Stop the Raid on Student Aid,” will be held daily in the Wang Center from 12-1:30 pm. For more, e-mail afarr@wellesley.edu.

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journalists to recall historic civil rights movement

The Women’s Studies Department will present its annual Domna Stanton Lecture, “Social Amnesia and the American Civil Rights Movement,” on Thursday, March 9, at 4:30 pm in Collins Cinema. Speakers will be two Wellesley alumnae and distinguished journalists, Callie Crossley ’73 (right) and Diane McWhorter ’74 (left). The talk will be followed by a reception at 6 pm in Harambee House.

Crossley is a television producer and media critic who worked on the original “Eyes on the Prize” PBS documentary series. McWhorter is a print journalist whose book Carry Me Home, on the civil rights struggle in Birmingham, won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. Both will talk about how they have chosen to make the era visible in television and print media.

“For many students Martin Luther King has been dead almost as long as Lincoln, Rosa Parks is the only woman’s name they associate with the Civil Rights movement, and all that exists are few iconic visual images of marchers and dogs,” said Susan Reverby, women’s studies. “This panel will ask, in a culture which makes us forget social and political struggles almost as soon as they happen, how can we remember? What do we need to know about past movements that is more than a quick snapshot? Does it matter?”

To fight the “social amnesia” that threatens to fade this era into the past, these journalists will provide first-hand testimony to show the reality of the civil rights movement and what it accomplished—while critiquing it anew. For more information, call x2538.

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on asian politics

As part of Asian Awareness Month, a panel will offer a look at government from an Asian perspective Friday, March 10, at 6:30 pm in Harambee House with Sam Yoon (left), Boston City councilor-at-large; Nikki Randhawa Haley (middle), South Carolina House of Representatives; and Wilma Chan ’71 (left), chairwoman of the California Assembly Committee On Health.

"This panel brings together a group of Asian American politicians from all levels of government, different cultural backgrounds, generations, locales and political perspectives,” said Wei-ying Wang ’05, multicultural programs. “We hope to demonstrate that Asian Americans are becoming more and more politically involved.” For more information, call x2955 or see calendar for more Asian Awareness events.

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campus participates in intercollegiate recyclemania

Wellesley is one of nearly a hundred colleges and universities nationwide to participate in a competition, RecycleMania 2006. The event runs for 10 weeks, from Jan. 29-April 8, with participating schools competing to collect the largest amount of recyclables, the least amount of trash and have the highest recycling rate.

Schools participating in RecycleMania 2006 represent 33 states, nearly one million students and more than 275,000 faculty and staff.

Wellesley is competing in the Per Capita Classic, the traditional RecycleMania competition format in which schools vie to collect the most recyclables. Everyone is encouraged to participate by recycling paper products. Wellesley has recently launched an expanded mixed paper recycling program, which means that one can now recycle many more paper products using existing recycling bins.
The Sustainability Committee will soon launch a Web site with more information on RecycleMania, recycling and other sustainable practices at Wellesley.

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how will a growing global labor force affect your job?

Richard Freeman (left), professor of economics at Harvard University and the London School of Economics, will present a lecture, “A Doubling of the Global Labor Force: What Will You Be Earning in 2025?” Tuesday, March 7, from 4:30-6 pm in Collins Cinema.

Freeman serves as faculty co-chair of the Harvard’s Trade Union Program and is program director of the Program in Labor Studies at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and co-director of the school’s Centre for Economic Performance.

He has published a number of books and articles on youth labor market problems, crime, higher education, trade unions, transitional economies, high-skilled labor markets, economic discrimination, labor standards and globalization, and income distribution and equity in the marketplace. The talk is sponsored by Economics, International Relations and Political Science. For more information, call x2156.

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child care may have impact on development

The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) will offer a free lunchtime lecture, “The Impact of Child Care on Your Toddler’s Social and Language Development,” Thursday, March 9, from 12:30-1:30 pm in Cheever House Library, 828 Washington St. The speakers include research scientists Wendy Wagner Robeson and Joanne Roberts.

Robeson has been with the WCW since 1989 and specializes in early child care and education with particular interest in language development. She earned her doctoral degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education and is a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network. Roberts has been the project director of WCW’s Massachusetts Cost and Quality Study of Early Care and Education since 2001. She is a lifespan developmental psychologist interested in the cognitive, language and social development of young children. The two researchers will discuss toddlers’ social and language development as well as the impact of center-based care on social and language skills. For more information, call x2483.

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don't miss: balinese music hammers out percussion, song and dance

At 3 pm, Sunday, March 12, Jewett Auditorium will be bedecked with reds, golds and purples, a 25-strong percussion orchestra, singers and dancers—all part of a performance by Gamelan Galak Tika. A gamelan, which means “to hammer,” refers to the large percussion orchestras of Java and Bali, consisting of Balinese gongs, metallophones, hand drums, cymbals, bamboo flutes, dancers and vocalists. In Bali, the gamelan is the primary source of all religious and concert music, a necessary component in all ritual events and social occasions.

Boston’s first Balinese gamelan, Gamelan Galak Tika, is in its 14th year in residence at MIT under the direction of renowned composer and world musician Evan Ziporyn. This past summer, GGT made a triumphant musical tour of Bali, where it performed at the Bali Arts Festival and several other venues with a cross-cultural program of contemporary Balinese and American works.

For the March 12 program, Gamelan Galak Tika is reunited with master musician and Balinese composer Dewa Ketut Alit and expert dancer Cynthia Lakswana for a performance featuring traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance.

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colleagues in the news

pat berman, art, served as the curatorial consultant on the exhibition “Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a project that took place over the past two years. She was also one of the authors of the exhibition catalog and can be heard on the museum’s Accustiguide accompanying the exhibition. Among activities at the Feb. 14-15 exhibition openings, she met with the Queen of Norway. The MoMA retrospective contains 87 paintings and 50 works on paper. Munch (1863-1944) is one of the leaders of the Symbolist and Expressionist movements in Europe. Berman notes that he is known for his images that communicate trauma and loss, which bear a relation to his autobiography and suggest the complexity of turn-of-the-century urban culture. He created works that were both personal and general. Berman told The Associated Press, “I hope people will walk through and not just see this as a crazy guy painting his crazy ideas, but somebody who really captured the zeitgeist, how complicated it was to make sense of the world at this time.” The MoMA exhibition runs through May. Berman also contributed an essay to the catalog accompanying the exhibition, “Vitalism as an Artistic Impulse 1900-1930,” which opened Feb. 17 at the Munch Museum in Oslo. She will lecture there and at the University of Oslo in mid-March, and at the MoMA and the American-Scandinavian Foundation in April.

filomina steady, Africana Studies, has published a book, Women and Collective Action in Africa: Development, Democratization and Empowerment. The book was featured at a meeting on Non-Governmental Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland on Jan. 19 at which she gave a talk, “The Gender Dimension of Transnational Activism by Civil Society.”

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calendar

monday march 6

start of lent. Orthodox Christian tradition.

workshop. “Relational Leadership: What Works, What Gets in the Way.” 9:30 am-4 pm, College Club. Cost: $225. Sponsor: Jean Baker Miller Spring Training Institute. Info: x3800.

cws workshop. “Preparing for First and Second Interviews.” 12:30 pm, PNE 239. Info: x2352.

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

foh seminar. “Fruits and Nuts: Edible Landscaping for Home Gardens.” Speaker: Tricia Diggins,
horticulturist. Reception: 1:30 pm; lecture: 2-3 pm, Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Members: $10; others: $13; WCFH volunteers: free. Info: x3094.

reception. Worcester Mayor Tim Murray, candidate for Mass. lt. governor. 2 pm, location TBA. Sponsor: WC Democrats. (See story.) Info: Democratsmail@wellesley.edu.

lecture. “You Can’t Fuel the Future on the Fumes of the Past.” Speaker: Deval Patrick, Mass. gubernatorial candidate. 4:30-6 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: WC Democrats. (See story.) Info: Democratsmail@wellesley.edu.

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.

lecture/film. “Ciudad Juarez Femicide.” Speaker: Veronica Rosario Leyva, Mexican activist. Film: Señiorita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman. 7-9 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Mezcla. Info: Mezclamail@wellesley.edu.

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

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

tuesday march 7

luncheon. Deborah Goldberg, candidate for Mass. lt. governor. 12:30, PNE 225A. Sponsor: WC Democrats. (See story.) Info: Democratsmail@wellesley.edu.

lecture. “A Doubling of the Global Labor Force: What Will You Be Earning in 2025?” Speaker: Richard Freeman, economics, Harvard. 4:30-6 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Economics. (See story.) Info: x2156.

lecture. “To Celebrate, Not Denigrate.” Speaker: Anna-Lisa Cox, scholar-in-residence, Newberry Library of Chicago. 4:30-6 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Philosophy. Info: x2620.

discussion. “Halaqa/Study Circle.” 6:45-8:30 pm, lower chapel. Info: nkhalil@wellesley.edu.

wellness class. “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.” 7-8:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Preregister: x2793.

performance. “Broad Comedy Troupe.” 7-9:30 pm, Wang Center, Tishman Commons. Sponsor: Theatre Studies. Info: x2029.

lecture. “The Cost of Choice: Pro-Life, Pro-Woman.” Speaker: Erika Bachiochi, pro-life theologian. 7:30-9:30 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: Alliance for Life. Info: WAFLmail@wellesley.edu.


wednesday march 8

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

spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court private dining hall. Info: x3571.

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

training. “Girls’ LEAP Self-Defense Teaching Woman.” 12:30-2 pm, Shafer Recreation Room. Weekly through 4/12. Info: x4658.

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

film. Shanghai Dreams. Director: Wang Xiaoshuai. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.

lecture. “The Politics of Katrina.” Speaker: Donna Brazile, political analyst. 7 pm, Wang Center, Tishman Commons. Sponsor: WC Democrats, Ethos. (See story.) Info: Democratsmail@wellesley.edu.

thursday march 9

wcw seminar. “The Impact of Child Care on Toddlers’ Social and Language Development.” 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. (See story.) Info: x2500.

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

chinese table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court private dining hall. Info: CSAmail@wellesley.edu.

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

lecture. “Social Amnesia and the American Civil Rights Movement.” Speakers: Callie Crossley ’73 and Diane McWhorter ’74. 4:30 pm, Collins Cinema. Reception: 6 pm, Harambee House. Sponsor: Women’s Studies. (See story.) Info: x2538.

reception. Andrea Silbert, candidate for Mass. lt. governor. 4:30 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: WC Democrats. (See story.) Info: Democratsmail@wellesley.edu.

lecture. “Pakistan Today: Image vs. Reality.” Speaker: Richard Murphy, anthropologist. 5-7 pm, PNE 122. Sponsor: Pakistani Students Association. Info: PSAmail@wellesley.edu.

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

esl tutoring. (See 3/6 listing.)

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

theatre. Under Milk Wood. Director: Nora Hussey. 7 pm, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. Wellesley/MIT students with ID: $5; staff/other students/seniors: $10; others: $20. Info: x2000.
meeting. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. 7-9 pm, Wang Campus Center Multipurpose Room 2. Info: wivcfmail@wellesley.edu.

lecture. Speaker: Leslie Feinberg. 7-9 pm, Wang Center, Tishman Commons. Sponsor: Spectrum. Info: Spectrummail@wellesley.edu.

documentary film. Tibet’s Stolen Child. 7:30 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Students for a Free Tibet. Info: lpahl@wellesley.edu.

lecture. “Women and the U.N.” Speaker: Devaki Jain, Gandhian economist. 7:30-9 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: Political Science. Info: x2195.

friday march 10

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

lecture. “S.M.A.R.T. Initiative.” Speaker: Tom Reilly, Mass. gubernatorial candidate. 1 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: WC Democrats. (See story.) Info: Democratsmail@wellesley.edu.

lecture. “Folk Psychology, Folk Morality.” Speaker: Joshua Knobe, philosophy, University of North Carolina. 4:30-6:30 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: Philosophy. Info: x2620.

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

panel. “Asian-American Politics.” Panelists: Sam Yoon, Boston City councilor at-large; Nikki Randhawa Haley, SC House of Rep.; Wilma Chan ’71, chairwoman, California Assembly. 6:30 pm, Harambee House. Sponsor: Asian Awareness Month. (See story.) Info: x2955.

bible study. 7 pm, Wang Campus Center 413. Sponsor: Asian Baptist Student Koinonia. Info: x1831.

films. Swingers, 7 pm; Sunset Boulevard, 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7043.

concert. “The Cloud Room and Film School.” 8 pm, Punch’s Alley. Sponsor: WZLY. Info: WZLYmail@wellesley.edu.

theatre. Under Milk Wood. 8 pm. (See 3/9 listing.)

saturday march 11

theatre. Under Milk Wood. 4 and 8 pm. (See 3/9 listing.)

films. Sunset Boulevard, 7 pm; Swingers, 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7043.

performance. “Tupelos Spring Teaser.” 7:30 pm, Pomeroy living room. Info: Tupelosmail@wellesley.edu
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sunday march 12

worship service. 11:15 am, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2685.

performance. “Gamelan Galak Tika.” Director: Evan Ziporyn. 3 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. (See story.) Info: x2028.

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

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

performance. “CSA Culture Show.” 6:30-8:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Chinese Students Assoc. Info: CSAmail@wellesley.edu.

monday march 13

japanese table. (See 3/6 listing.)

meeting. CG Senate. (See 3/6 listing.)

esl tutoring. (See 3/6 listing.)

meditation. (See 3/6 listing.)

german table. (See 3/6 listing.)

bahá’í gathering. (See 3/6 listing.)

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ongoing

exhibit. COLLISIONnine BOTbits. Jewett Arts Center, through 3/8. Info: x2043.

exhibit. Remembering Wellesley’s Black Past. Clapp Library Archives, through 3/31. Info: x2127.

exhibit. Exploring Elbert: Giving Voice to African American History. Clapp Library Special Collections, through 4/14. Info: x2129.

exhibit. On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West. DMCC, through 4/24. Info: x2051.

exhibit. Any Opinions? Artist: Xu Bing. DMCC, through 6/3. Info: x2051.
book sale. Clapp Library reading room. Donations: 50 cents to $4. Info: x2894.

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