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Saturday, April 12, 2008

8:00 amParents Weekend Registration

Main Building, Rose Parlor

9:00 amParents Weekend

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9:30 amMeasure 4 Measure Parent's Day

Main Building, Faculty Parlor

10:00 am1968 Panel

Rockefeller Hall, 300

10:00 amSlide Show

Slide Show: Summer Study in China and Japan.

Sanders Hall, 013

11:00 amMarco Polo Lecture

Rockefeller Hall, 307

11:00 amSki Team Annual Car Wash

Help the Ski Team fundraise by letting us wash your parents' car! We will wash cars in the parking lot between Lathrop and Strong from 11:00am-3pm.

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11:00 amRecess

Come play your favorite recess game from grade school. Make arts and crafts, enjoy great music and grab a bite to eat! Have fun and be fit!

Noyes Circle

12:00 pmSave Darfur Raffle

Come join us in the Rose Parlor for a raffle to support refugee protection through the Darfur Peace and Development. Refreshments provided! 12:30-2:30pm!

Main Building, Rose Parlor

12:00 pmVassar Filmmakers

Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, 109

12:00 pmMarathon Reading (raindate)

Sanders Hall, 013

12:00 pmALANA Festival

The ALANA Festival. On the patio in front of the ALANA Center. (rain location, College Center north atrium)

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12:00 pmWomen's Golf

Vassar Invitational Women's Golf, April 12th at 12 noon at the Casperkill Golf Course.

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12:05 pmMarco Polo Lecture

Rockefeller Hall, 307

12:30 pmBeowulf Marathon

Main Building, Jade Parlor

1:00 pmMeet the Faculty Authors

Meet four of Vassar's esteemed faculty authors for this informal discussion/gathering in the College Bookstore. Nancy Willard, Liza Donnelly, Rebecca Edwards and Mark Schuller will all be available to discuss their works with parents, students and friends. Come Join Us!

Communty

1:00 pmCareer Development Presentation

Rockefeller Hall, 310

1:00 pm"Magic Show"

Chemistry Department's Magic Show. Hosted by faculty and students. Followed by Chemistry's famous "liquid nitrogen ice cream."

Sanders Hall, 212

1:00 pmWomen's Rugby

Women's Rugby, April 12th at 1:00pm with the University of Connecticut. Vassar Farm

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1:30 pmSenior Recital

Cara Grieco, soprano. Assisted by Gregg Michalak, piano. Music of Mozart, Turina, Berliot, Quilter, and Sondheim.

Skinner Hall of Music, Martel Recital Hall

1:30 pmMen's Tennis

Men's Tennis match, April 12th at 1:30pm with Tuft's University

Joss Tennis Courts

2:00 pmIce Cream Social

Rain location - Villard Room

College Center, Circle

2:00 pmSouls with Voices Auditions

Souls with Voices is holding auditions specifically seeking talent from anyone from the Vassar community on Saturday April 12th from 2-3pm and Sunday, April 13th from 2-3pm in the Raymond Parlor.

Raymond, Parlor

2:00 pmLecture

Rockefeller Hall, 200

3:00 pmInternational Studies Slide Show

College Center, 204

3:00 pmDance Program

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre presents two programs for All Parents Weekend. Saturday, April 12th, 3:00-4:30pm, at the Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall. Works by students, faculty and guests, featuring highlights from the past year and several new offerings as well. For reservations, please call 437-7470.

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3:30 pmClass Issues Alliance

Join members of the Class Issues Alliance--a group dedicated to promoting awareness of the existence of class difference here on campus and in the greater community--for a discussion about the issues facing working-class and/or first-generation college students as they navigate an elite institution such as Vassar. Learn about the group's mission as well as Vassar's recent initiatives to expand access to the college for lower-income students.

Main Building, Rose Parlor

4:00 pmSenior Recital

Richard Pinero, guitar. Music of Bach, Mozart, Albeniz, Tarrega, and premiere of Richard Pinero's "The Invisible Color."

Skinner Hall of Music, Martel Recital Hall

6:00 pmASU Annual Dinner

African Students Union Annual Parents Weekend Dinner. Come and celebrate the diversity of African culture through food, dance, drumming, music, and a fashion show of striking African attire. T-shirts, key holders, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings will be sold. Tickets may be purchased in advance for $6.00 or $8.00 at the door.

College Center, Villard Room

7:00 pmLa Ceiba Benefit Fiesta

In collaboration with a Guatemalan couple, a Vassar graduate is initiating a sustainable development project in a rural community. The project, called La Ceiba, aims to reduce illegal immigration and to provide the education and means for the community to generate employment through sustainable use of local resources. It is an eco-tourism project that will use profits from tourism to support micro-finance and environmental conservation projects, such as: a reforestation effort, a constructed wetland, organic coffee cultivation, transition to efficient stoves, and so forth. Join us at 7pm in the Joss Parlor.

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8:00 pmMatt Carey Comedy Night

Vassar Improv presents the 3rd Annual Matt Carey Comedy Night! Featuring Vassar Improv along with professional comedy groups.

Students' Building, Second Floor

8:00 pmParents Weekend Fire Show

Come see the Barefoot Monkeys' biggest fire show of the year!

The Quad

8:00 pm"Cop-Out"

"Cop-Out," written by John Guare in 1968, remains a compelling exploration of the American concepts of love vs. war and power vs. rebellion. A relevant black-comedy, the play intertwines the story of Brett Arrow, a 1940s cinematic no-nonsense detective racing to solve a seductive murder mystery, and the complicated relationship between a policeman and a war protester in the 1960s. College Center, The Mug. *Reservations Required (College Center info desk)

College Center, Matthew's Pub

8:00 pmVassar College Choir

Christine R. Howlett, conductor. "Past and Present." Featuring music by master composers of the Renaissance, Tallis and Palestrina, and contemporary works by Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre.

Skinner Hall of Music, Martel Recital Hall

9:00 pmCASA Bonfire

The Quad

9:00 pmThe War of the Worlds

UNbound presents The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles. Come see the world destroyed before your very eyes and ears.

Susan Stein Shiva Theater

9:00 pmJamnesty

Amnesty International's annual benefit concert featuring campus bands. Donations support an international effort to address the crisis of Iraqi refugees in the wake of the Iraq War.

College Center, Villard Room

10:00 pmASU Mug Night

Come dance the night away with ASU!

College Center, Matthew's Pub

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