A representative from Balfour will be on campus in the north atrium, February 26-28, if you are interested in purchasing a Vassar ring.
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RSL Day BIG Art 2008 Mural Workshop. A student-designed mural to provoke conversation about religious & spiritual identity as part of the fabric of life and learning at Vassar.February 28, 10-5, Villard Room. All members of the Vassar community are invited to drop by for all or part of the day. For more information, and to sign up to participate, please contact rsl@vassar.edu. Workshops led by Jay Mead, a Vermont based artist, educator and activist who has worked with Bread and Puppet Theater and as a Board Member and Core Team Member of Wise Fool Puppet Intervention, Oakland, CA.
College Center, Villard Room
Life as an editor, writer, and online columnist for "The Washington Post Book World," Michael Dirda is Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for "The Washington Post Book World" and the author of the memoir "An Open Book" and four collections of essays, "Readings," "Bound to Please," "Book by Book." and "Classics for Pleasure." He also answers questions and discusses books each Wednesday at 2pm for washingtonpost.com. Co-sponsored by Vassar Libraries, the Dean of Faculty Office, Media Studies, American Culture, and the English Department.
Sanders Hall, 212
"Are you assumed non-religious until proven otherwise at Vassar?"Students with religious and non-religious identities will address this question and more in a panel discussion about the "big questions" Vassar students ask and where they ask them. Moderated by Professors Randy Cornelius and Ken Livingston. Rose Parlor. This discussion is supported by a grant from the Teagle Foundation, whose programs focus on liberal education and student learning.www.teaglefoundation.org
Main Building, Rose Parlor
Forty percent of the people on our planet, more than 2.5 billion, live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. In every nation on earth, people go to sleep hungry even though our planet produces enough food to feed every man, woman, and child. Join Operation Donation and Hunger Action for an interactive meal that will simulate and make real the effects of poverty on individuals all over the world.
Ely Hall, Aula
Christopher Norton, Ph.D. in Anthropology from Rutgers University. "The Earliest Peopling of China: Current Archaeological Perspectives." Sponsors: Office of Dean of Faculty, Anthropology Department, Asian Studies Program.
Taylor Hall, 203
College Center, 237
RSL Day Celebration Inter-religious Dinner - Halal Indian Food, 7pm, Villard Room. Open to all! For more information, including to sign up for the mural project or reserve dinner, email rsl@vassar.edu
College Center, Villard Room
A representative from U.S. PIRG will be here to answer your questions. Sponsored by the Career Development Office.
College Center, Faculty Commons
A John Cameron Mitchell double feature: "Shortbus" and Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
Rockefeller Hall, 200
Themed around a weekly party in NYC, the night is devoted to self-expression. Check up misshapes.com (party section) for photos. Music will be an alternative electro dancy infusion. Sponsopred by QCVC.
College Center, Matthew's Pub