17 - 24
april
2006

love your mother: earth week events engage and educate

“Earth Week is a wonderful celebration of all things environmental, and it’s the biggest event we look forward to organizing every spring,” said Anita Yip ’07, a member of Wellesley Energy and Environmental Defense (WEED). “We plan interactive, fun and thought-provoking events throughout the week that engage all kinds of people in the Wellesley College community. It is also a superb way to raise awareness of what environmental initiatives we at Wellesley have taken.”
Here are some of the earth-friendly events:
- Monday, April 17: Ferguson Greenhouses Family Greenathon, 10 am-noon and 2-4 pm. Includes “Create a Litterless Lunch,” on packaging and disposable items; “Worms Eat Our Garbage,” a demonstration of the greenhouses’ new worm composting system; “Recycling Works!,” a display of products created from post-consumer recycling; and “Rainforest Environment,” a look at our dwindling rainforests.
- Tuesday, April 18: French documentary film, 7 pm, GRH 130, on environmentalism in France.
- Wednesday, April 19: “Fun Ride with Campus Police,” 1 pm, Severance Green. Environmentally friendly vehicles will be on display and parade down College Road. Cheer them on, bike around campus and win prizes.
- Thursday, April 20: “What Is in Our Backyard?” A nature walk with Nick Rodenhouse, biological sciences, 12:30-1:20 pm, beginning at Sage Lounge; and WEED Trivia, 9 pm, Punch’s Alley. “You don’t have to be a tree hugger to get these right,” Yip said.
- Friday, April 21: Earth Week debate: “Should the U.S. Ratify Kyoto?” 12:30-1:20 pm, Pendleton Atrium, with Robert Paarlberg, political science, and Flick Coleman, chemistry.
- Saturday, April 22: “Bike Stop: Tune Up and Repair,” noon-5 pm, Hazard Quad. Mechanics will tune up and repair bikes for free to the College community.

For more information, contact ayip@wellesley.edu.

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latina cultural show offers diverse performances

On Saturday, April 22, at 7 pm in Jewett Auditorium, the fourth annual Latina Cultural Show will be presented.

“Each year, the show participants have worked tirelessly writing, directing, dancing, choreographing, researching and performing dances, songs and theatrical pieces to represent the variety of Latina and Latin American culture,” said Mared Alicea-Westort, multicultural programs. “Each year, the participants have far exceeded their own high hopes for the show’s excellence. This year promises to be no different.”

The goal is more than a memorable performance; it is also to educate the Wellesley community about the rich and diverse heritage of Latina students and to celebrate their achievements.

"The show will include acts from every region of Latin America, and some from the various Latino-American cultures of the U.S.,” said Alicea-Westort. “We hope to be inclusive of all the many diverse cultures housed under the Latin American umbrella.”

The event also brings nationally known Latino performers and instructors to campus. For example, participants in the South America region will attend a workshop with renowned Brazilian Folkloric dancer Deraldo Ferreira of the Brazilian Cultural Center of New England. The variety of the show grows every year; this year, it will include a spinning light show performed to an ancient Aztec dance. Authentic Latin American costumes add color and pagentry to the performces. For more information, call x2958.

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catch dance fever

The Wellesley College Dancers will present “Turn It Out” Saturday, April 22, at 7 pm and Sunday, April 23, at 3 pm in Alumnae Hall featuring seniors Stephanie Judge, Lauren Yasuda, Erin Krizay, Isabella Liu, Tina Romero, juniors Emily Amick, Samantha Ernst and Diana Tubbs D3; sophomores Mollie Gross, Lisa Roehrick, Wendy Shinzawa,Clara Peterson, Sarah Olsen, Alexa Fong and Whitney Walker and first years Courtney Sato, Tiffany Lau, Leslie Viano, Anna Covatta, Rachel Kerr and Amelia Willson. They will perform dances set to “Hide and Seek,” by Imogen Heap, “Mr. Blue Sky,” by Electric Light Orchestra and many more.

“We will also have choreography by Rick Vigo, and a performance by Freestyle,” said Stephanie Judge. Tickets are free with a Wellesley ID; $5 for others. For more information, call x1789.

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best-selling author alice sebold to speak at wellesley

Alice Sebold, author of the best seller The Lovely Bones and the memoir Lucky, will present a lecture Thursday, April 20, at 8 pm in Jewett Auditorium. After her one-hour talk, there will be a 30-minute question-and-answer period followed by a reception and book signing.

The event is sponsored by SAAFE (Sexual Assault Awareness For Everyone), a group of Wellesley students dedicated to crisis intervention and the prevention of violence. The Lovely Bones addresses the rape and murder of a young girl. Lucky chronicles Sebold’s own assault and its aftermath.

“Sebold’s novel is extraordinary because it has commanded such a wide audience and enjoyed such enormous popularity, said Samantha Fields ’06. “Sebold’s style and voice are wonderfully honest, fresh and unique, and she succeeded in making people fall in love with a book about a subject that generally would not draw large contingents of readers.” The book will be made into a film to be released in December 2007.

“Bringing Alice Sebold to campus in April is also a powerful way of drawing attention to Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” Fields said. For more information, call x2679.

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what happens when miracles take to the media?

On Thursday, April 20, at 4:30 pm in Collins Cinema, Mellon post-doctoral fellow Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, religion, will present a lecture, “Media of Miracles, Miracles of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials on South Asian TV Channels in the Diaspora.”

“For centuries, holy men and women who are viewed as transmitters of divine grace have been largely popular in religious communities of South Asia,” she said. “Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Jain miracle workers believed to have powers to cure diseases, reunite people or resolve money problems as media of divine grace attract thousands of followers, often across religious boundaries. Those who receive help from these holy persons spread the word about their powers, attracting more followers.”

Thus, in their homelands, holy persons did not need to advertise. That changed as they moved to England and North America.

“Commercials about the miraculous powers of three such miracle workers – Pundit Mahraj, Peer Syed Sahib, and Ajmeri Baba – appear with astonishing frequency on South Asian television channels available in North America,” she said, noting these commercials “transform the chemistry of faith,” changing followers into clients. For more information, call x2609.


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film event explores korean adoptions

A film event, “S/KIN Deep: An Evening of Experimental Film/Video by Korean Adoptees,” will be held Tuesday, April 18, from 5:30- 7 pm in PNW 212. Organized and curated by M. Weimer and co-curated by Eleana Kim, the program offers a closer look at the experience of adoption.

From David Copperfield to Harry Potter, literature and cinema is filled with adoptees. “S/KIN Deep” presents a showcase of works created by adopted individuals exploring their experience through visual and narrative strategies. The contributors were all part of the so-called “quiet migration” of more than 200,000 Koreans adopted internationally. Created through film, video and contemporary art, these works comment on the complexities of transnational adoption and the universal search for identity and belonging. A question-and answer session with the curators and a reception will follow in PNE Atrium. For more information, call x2935.

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don't miss: concert will combine chamber music and poetry

Winsor Music’s program Friday, April 21, at 8 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel will feature Marty Brody’s “Tree of Life,” with soloists mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal and oboist Peggy Pearson and string quartet. Written in 2004, “Tree of Life” is a setting of poems by Richard Wilbur, John Ashbery, Robert Lowell and James Merrill, interspersed with Latin fragments of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. “I was drawn to the poems,” Brody writes, “not only because of their beauty and lyricism but because of the way each invokes the theme of transformation or changed awareness in the context of nature images.” Brody is the Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music at Wellesley College.

The program will also include Haydn’s String Quartet in F, Op. 74, No. 2 and J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 170, “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust.” The mission of Winsor Music Inc., founded in 1996 by Peggy Pearson, is to foster the appreciation and enjoyment of chamber music. The ensemble, whose central activity is a three-concert subscription series at the Follen Community Church in Lexington, also runs a highly successful outreach program, in which students from Walnut Hill School for the Arts perform chamber music in hospitals, retirement communities and homeless shelters. For more information, please call x2028.

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colleagues in the news

wendy bauer, astronomy, competed on March 29 and 31 at the U. S. Adult National figure skating championships at the bronze level. (Alexandra Dunne-Bryant ’04 won the silver medal in the Championship Masters, the premier event with the highest level entrants, April 1.) Bauer, who had her own “personal best” at this competition, said, “If the Red Sox could win the World Series on a night with a total lunar eclipse, I figured I could skate clean on a day that had a total solar eclipse—and not only did I skate clean, but I made the finals, which was way beyond my expectations.” For more, go to www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=33803

selwyn cudjoe, Africana studies, and christopher candland and joel krieger, political science, participated in a conference in Trinidad and Tobago, jointly sponsored by the National Association for the Empowerment of African People Educational Institute, the Newhouse Center for the Humanities and College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. The conference, on the role of a nationalist party in the era of globalization, featured a keynote address by Prime Minister Patrick Manning. The three lectures by Wellesley professors were widely discussed and inspired extensive media coverage.

alan schechter, political science, presented a forum at the Miller Center Foundation in Charlottesville, Va., on “Soft Power as an Instrument of Diplomacy in an Age of Terrorism.” Military power can win wars, he noted, especially wars between nations, but is clearly less effective against extra-governmental terrorist organizations. He has studied efforts to reduce tensions and soften stereotypes through the development of organizations and policies that attempt to enable mutual understanding among peoples and cultures.

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calendar

monday april 17

patriots’ day. No classes.

family greenathon. 10 am-noon; 2-4 pm, Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Sponsor: Friends of
Horticulture, WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x3094.

concert. “Rock for Choice.” 8-11:30 pm, Wang Center Tishman Commons. Sponsor: Women for Choice. Info: WomenforChoicemail@
wellesley.edu.

tuesday april 18

italian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court. Info: x2616.

softball vs. Gordon College. 3:30 pm and 5 pm. Info: x2003.

lacrosse vs. MIT. 4:30 pm. Info: x2003.

film event. “S/KIN Deep: An Evening of Experimental Film/Video by Korean Adoptees.” 5:30 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: Anthropology. (See story, page 2.) Info: x2935.
discussion. “Halaqa/Study Circle.” 6:45-8:30 pm, lower chapel. Info: nkhalil@wellesley.edu.

documentary. Environmentalism in France. 7 pm, GRH 130. Sponsor: WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x4251.

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

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

wednesday april 19

lecture. “Modeling Human Object Recognition: Four Hypotheses.” Speaker: Bruce Draper, computer science, Colorado State University. 12:30 pm, SCI 111. Sponsor: CS. Info: x3120.

russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 416. Info: x2418.

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

environmental vehicles parade. 1 pm, Severance Green. Sponsor: WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x4251.

cws panel. “Planning for Law School.” Speakers: Tom Burke, political science; Liz O’Connell, pre-law
advisor. 4:30 pm, SCI 377. Info: x2352.

unitarian universalist worship. 6 pm, lower chapel. Info: x3484.

meeting. 6 pm, BIL 201. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x4205.

film. Seven Swords. 7-9 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.

thursday april 20

last day of passover.

ridvan. Bahá’í tradition. Begins at sundown.

nature walk. “What Is in Our Backyard?” led by Nick Rodenhouse, biological sciences. 12:30-1:20 pm, Sage Lounge. Sponsor: WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x4251.

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

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

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

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

lacrosse vs. Connecticut College. 4:30 pm. Info: x2003.

lecture. “Media of Miracles, Miracle of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials in South Asian TV Networks in the Diaspora.” Speaker: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Mellon post-doctoral fellow, religion. 4:30 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Religion. (See story, page 2.) Info: x2609.

lecture. “Hanryu: The Korean Wave.” Speaker: Jung-Sun Park, Asian-Pacific Studies, California State. 5:30 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: Korean Students Association. Info: KSAmail@wellesley.edu.

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

cws workshop. “Life After Wellesley.” 6-8:30 pm, PNE 225A. Info: x2355.

concert. “Synergy Jazz String Ensemble: Body and Soul.” 7 pm, Beebe. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.

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

meeting. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. 7-9 pm, Wang Center Multipurpose Room 2. Info: wivcfmail@wellesley.edu.

book discussion. The Lovely Bones. Speaker: Alice Sebold, author. 8-10 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: SAAFE. (See story, page 2.) Info: Info: x2679.

trivia games. 9 pm, Punch’s Alley. Sponsor: WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x4251.

friday april 21

holy friday. Orthodox Christian tradition.

debate. “Should the U.S. Ratify Kyoto?” Speakers: Robert Paarlberg, political science; Flick Coleman, chemistry. 12:30-1:20 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x4251.

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

panel. “So You Wanna Be in Show Business?” 4:30-5:45 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Cinema and Media Studies. Info: x2616.

book discussion. Among the Dead Cities. Speaker: Anthony Grayling, philosophy, Birkbeck College, London. 12:30 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: Philosophy. Info: x2620.

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

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

films. My Summer of Love, 7 pm; Brokeback Mountain, 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7043.

concert. “Tree of Life.” Winsor Music. 8 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Sponsor: Music. (See story, page 4.) Info: x2028.

theatre. Romeo and Juliet. Director: Dahlia Al-Habieli ’07. 8 pm, Shakespeare House. Students, $5; others, $10. Sponsor: Shakespeare Society. Info: x3192.

saturday april 22

earth day.

softball vs. WPI. Noon and 1:30 pm. Info: x2003.

event. “Bike Stop: Tune Up and Repair.” Noon-5 pm, Hazard Quad. Sponsor: WEED. (See story, page 1.) Info: x4251.

performance. “Latina Cultural Show.” 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Multicultural Programs. (See story, page 1.) Info: x2955.

films. Brokeback Mountain, 7 pm; My Summer of Love, 9 pm. Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7043.

performance. “Turn It Out.” Wellesley College Dancers. 7-9 pm, Alumnae Hall Auditorium. (See story, page 1.) Info: WC-dancers-mail@wellesley.edu.

film. Clay Bird. 7-10 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: Al-Muslimatmail@wellesley.edu.

concert. Wellesley College Choir. 8 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.

theatre. Romeo and Juliet. (See 4/21 listing.)

sunday april 23

easter. Orthodox Christian tradition.

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

event. “Wild on Wellesley!” 2-5 pm, Residence Halls. Sponsor: RA Council. Info: x7784.

performance. “Turn It Out.” Wellesley College Dancers. 3-5 pm. (See 4/22 listing.)

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

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

panel. “CSA/ASU/KSA Annual Alumnae Panel.” 5:30-7:30 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: Chinese Students Association. Info: CSAmail@wellesley.edu.

theatre. Romeo and Juliet. 7 pm. (See 4/21 listing.)

monday april 24

spring open campus. Sponsor: Admission. Info: x2270.

silent auction. 9 am-5 pm, Wang Center 415. Sponsor: Slater International. Info: x2083.

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

lecture. “Globalization and International Trade.” Speaker: Pietra Rivoli, finance, Georgetown University. 4:30 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: Economics Students Association. Info: x7104.

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.

ongoing

exhibits. On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, through 5/24; Any Opinions?, through 6/3. DMCC. Info: x2051.

foh exhibit. Invasive Plants—Deceptive Beauty. Through 6/12, Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Info: x3504.

book sale. Clapp Library reading room. Donations: 50 cents to $4. Info: x2894.

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