Coming Out Week
October 8-12, 2007
Library Lawn

In recognition of National Coming Out Week (October 8-12), ACT OUT! and QCVC bring you an embodiment of "the closet." Come explore the closet, where you can read "coming out" stories as well as stories from those individuals who must live in silence.

Tea with Meech
Monday, October 8, 2007
5:00-6:00pm
Blegen House

John Amaechi is a retired NBA star from England, who was the first NBA player to ever come out as gay. As part of Amaechi's visit to campus, he will be at the Blegen House for tea and desserts and a chance to meet and mingle with students. Stop by to meet Amaechi and have a cup of his favorite Earl Gray Tea with him.

John Amaechi Lecture
Monday, October 8, 2007
7:00pm
Main Building, Villard Room

With his February 2007 announcement, Jon Amaechi became the only player in National Basketball Association history to come out as a gay man. Amaechi will speak about his life experiences and new autobiography, Man In The Middle. This event is free and open to the public.
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Coming Out Story Sharing
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
7:00pm
Main Building, Rose Parlor

Faculty, staff and administrators share their coming out stories with the Vassar community. This is part of the ongoing events for Coming Out Week (October 8-12) sponsored by QCVC, Blegen House, and ACT OUT!  Stay for the Coming Out Slam, sponsored by ACT OUT, taking place immediately after the Coming Out Stories.

QTalk
Thursday, October 11, 2007
4:00-5:00pm
Blegen House

A discussion group by queers for the queer and questioning about the coming out experience.

There will be wine and appetizers, music and door prizes, including an Apple TV. There will be a keynote presentation and poster presentations.

Keynote Presentation

Teaching, Learning, Testing: Pleasure and Pain in the New Technology
Nick Adams

Poster Presentations

The Virtual Riot of 2007: Student Avatars Let Loose in Second Life
Colleen Cohen and Tom Ellman

Sugar, Rum and Squash: Going to Barbados with Google Earth
Dave Jemiolo and David Kennett

Field Archaeology: Tablet PCs and Digital Photography Enhance Research and Reporting
Lucy Johnson

Using Google Docs (aka Writely) as a Collaborative Writing Tool
Yu Zhou

Making Maps with Census Data
Brian Godfrey

Building a Digital Image Collection Using Luna Insight
Michael Walsh

Analyzing Regional Agriculture Through GIS, On-Line Water Budget Mapping and Soil Nutrient Modeling
Jeff Walker and Mary Ann Cunningham

Personal Response Systems for Introductory Physics Classes
Brian Daly

Using SmartBoard Technology to Enhance Physics Instruction in the Classroom
Cindy Schwarz

Publishing a Website using a Content Management System
Rebecca Edwards

Using Tablet PC Technology to Examine the Effect of an Invasive Species on Plant Diversity at the Vassar Farm
Bob Fritz and Keri Van Camp

Luna Insight: Teaching and Learning with Image Collections for Faculty
Sarah Goldstein

Finding the Bathymetry of Sunset Lake and the Change Over Time Using 3D Analyst
Marshall Pregnall

His kingdom and his eyesight lost, and nearing the end of a long, wretched life spent as a blind and wandering beggar, Oedipus reaches what he believes will be his final sanctuary. Unfortunately, his family, old enemies, and former friends seek him out for a mysterious purpose that only the gods fully comprehend. The play is translated and directed by Rachel Kitzinger (of the Classics Department), and Oedipus is played by Darrell James (of the Drama Department).

This production of Oedipus at Colonus is in association with the Classics Department.

Translated by Rachel Kitzinger
Adapted by Eamon Grennan
Directed by Rachel Kitzinger
Stage Manager, Andy Berger
Costume Design, Holly Hummel

• Cremasters 1 and 2: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
• Cremaster 3: Thursday, April 12, 2007
• Cremaster 4 and 5: Sunday April 15, 2007

7:00pm each evening, in Blodgett Auditorium

Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle is nominally a series of five films, made between 1994 and 2002, part race, part quest, part opera, part allegory of a muscle's relation to heat and cold, famously full of entropies and eternal returns. The films chart times and places along a single line of latitude. The many characters include Harry Houdini and Gary Gilmore. The actors include Barney, Ursula Andress, Dave Lombardo (of Slayer), Norman Mailer, Aimee Mullins, Richard Serra, and Steve Tucker (of Morbid Angel).

Sponsored by the Art Department. See more about the Cremaster Cycle at: www.cremaster.net.

Sunday, April 22

11 am-1 pm: Local Foods Brunch in ACDC

7 pm: The Walker Family Band will perform in Josselyn Parlor

7 pm: Rocky 300, Screening of “An Inconvenient Truth”

Monday, April 23

5:30 pm: The Chapel: Ralph Nader will discuss environmental issues and responsible citizenry

7:00 pm: Rocky 300, Don Lewis Lecture on local sustainable agriculture practices

Tuesday, April 24

6 - 10 pm: Movie screenings in UpCDC

(6-8pm: Ferngully; 8-10 pm: Who Killed the Electric Car?)

7 pm, Rocky 300: Faculty Panel on Global Environmental Issues

Wednesday, April 25
3:30-6:00 pm
The Rosenwald Theater, Center for Drama and Film
“The Environment and Nature In Relation to Buddhism and Spirituality"

Speech with Anna Wilding and aide Bhante Kordanna. Followed by Feature Documentary screening of “Buddha Wild Monk in the Hut” and Directors Q & A.

"Buddha Wild Monk In The Hut" was Directed, Produced, Written and Narrated by Anna Wilding, telling the simple and pure tale of monks on a missionary monastery. At times humorous film, it focuses on the thoughts and meaning of peace and loving kindness in this day and age of war and the Asian culture. Anna Wilding made the entertaining film which has appealed to main stream audiences to counteract instances of racism she witnessed in the hope that a greater understanding of cultural diversity in a positive way would subconsciously bring about a stronger step towards peace.

7 pm: Rocky 300, Faculty Panel on local environmental issues

Thursday, April 26
7 pm: Taylor 203, Kevin Danaher lecture on how we can replace the power of transnational corporations with local green economy networks.

Described by The New York Times as the "Paul Revere of globalization's woes," Dr. Kevin Danaher's analytical expertise, sense of humor and blunt eloquence make him an exceptionally dynamic speaker. A longtime critic of the so-called "free trade" agenda, Dr. Danaher explains how we must work with other countries to reduce poverty and inequality if we want the cooperation of the world's people in ending terrorism. Dr. Danaher is the author and/or editor of 11 books, including his latest, Insurrection: Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power. His other titles include: Ten Reasons to Abolish the IMF and World Bank; Democratizing the Global Economy; Corporations are Gonna Get Your Mama: Globalization and the Downsizing of the American Dream; and Globalize This: The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule.

Friday, April 27

1 pm: Field trip to Greenway, the local composting facility on the farm, for an afternoon of planting trees, working to make the facility grounds prettier, and learning about composting.

6 - 10 pm: Movie screenings in UpCDC

(6-8pm: Captain Planet; 8-10 pm: Winged Migration)

Saturday, April 28

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 pm: Earth Fest on the quad!

11am - 12pm: Bands and rally speakers, including David Gahl (Environmental Advocates) and Andy Bicking (Scenic Hudson)
12pm - 1pm: Gballoi African drumming
1pm - 2pm: Felice Brothers

Local vendors include Ronnybrook, Soul Dog, and Stoneridge Orchard, and a local herbalist

Many Vassar organizations will be tabling with activities, products to sell, and information on social and environmental activism

The Powder Kegs will be performing live on American Public Media's nationally syndicated program "A Prairie Home Companion" this Saturday evening, April 21, at 6:00 p.m. The band consists of five members, three of which are Vassar students: Sam McDougle '09, Jake Hoffman '07, and Pete Winne '07.

"Talent in Their Twenties" will be a competition between 6 bands. The submission of The Powder Keg's CD, "The Seedhouse," won them a spot as finalists on the show. "A Prairie Home Companion" is flying the band to St. Paul, Minnesota to play the live broadcast at the Fitzgerald Theatre.

Vote Online
Voting for the competition will be available online around 7:00 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m.
http://www.prairiehome.org
Note: the link to vote will be available only while voting is open. If you visit the page before the link is posted remember to refresh the page.

Thanks everybody and we'd really appreciate your support!

– Sam McDougle '09, Jake Hoffman '07, & Pete Winne '07

Listen via radio or the web
"A Prairie Home Companion" is available in the Poughkeepsie area on WAMC, 90.9 FM. You can also listen to the broadcast online at the following websites:

• http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/
• http://wamc.org
• http://www.prairiehome.org

More information about the band is available on their website at http://www.thepowderkegs.com/.

Monday April 23, 2007
5:30 p.m.
Main Library, Class of '51 Reading Room

Come to a lecture by Jennifer Higginbotham on the constructions of girlhood in early modern England. Higginbotham recently received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she has been teaching as a graduate assistant. She takes up an assistant professorship in English and Women's Studies at Ohio State University in September. She is a 1996 graduate of Vassar College, with a major in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Auspices: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, History, English, Women's Studies

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
5:30 p.m.
Taylor Hall, room 203

Patricia Vigderman will talk about her new book, The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner, an unconventional tour of an unconventional Boston museum, and a search for the woman and the social world that made it possible.

How do Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum live in imagination, and how do they come into the present in the work of contemporary artists who have responded to her legacy?

Peter Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect and educator. He has designed a wide range of projects, including large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and a series of inventive private houses.

Prior to establishing his practice in 1980, Mr. Eisenman was primarily an educator and theorist. In 1967, Mr. Eisenman founded the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS), an international think tank for architecture, and served as its director until 1982. He received a Stone Lion (First Prize) for his Romeo and Juliet project at the Third International Architectural Biennale in Venice in 1985, and was one of only two architects selected to represent the United States at the Fifth International Venice exhibition in 1991. The firm's City of Culture of Galicia project was shown in the Ninth International Biennale in 2002. His has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Arnold W. Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2001 he received the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and the Smithsonian Institution's 2001 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture. He was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the International Architectural Biennale in Venice in 2004.

Mr. Eisenman's academic career includes teaching at the universities of Cambridge, Princeton, Yale, and Ohio State. At Harvard, he was the Arthur Rotch Professor of Architecture from 1982 to 1985, and the Eliot Noyes Visiting Design Critic in 1993. He is the first Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor of Architecture at The Cooper Union, in New York City, and is currently the Louis I. Kahn Professor of Architecture at Yale. Mr. Eisenman has published his essays widely and has written several books, most recently Code X: The City of Culture of Galicia (Monacelli Press, 2005); Eisenman: Inside Out, Selected Writings 1963-1988 (Yale University Press, 2004); Blurred Zones: Investigations of the Interstitial, Eisenman Architects 1988-1998 (Monacelli Press, 2003) and Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations, Decompositions, Critiques (2003).

John Koethe, the celebrated poet and philosopher, has published seven books of poetry: Blue Vents (1968), Domes (1973), which received the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry, The Late Wisconsin Spring (1984), Falling Water (1997), which received the Kingsley Tufts Award, The Constructor (1999), finalist for The New Yorker Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Award, North Point North: New and Selected Poems (2002), finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and most recently, Sally's Hair (2006). He is also the author of Poetry at One Remove: Essays (2001) and two works of philosophy, The Continuity of Wittgenstein's Thought (1996) and Scepticism, Knowledge, and Forms of Reasoning (2006). He has received Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, and is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Read some samples of Koethe's work.

Panelists

• Elizabeth Ellis '03 (Working Landscapes)
• Dror Ladin '05 (Affirmative Action Advocacy African American Policy Forum)
• Rebecca Dibennardo '05 (Peer Reproductive Education Teen Outreach Reporductive Challenge)
• Andrew Block '06 (Organizing for Racial Justice).

For more information about the Compton Fellowship visit the Office of Pre-professional Advising and Fellowships or view the
Compton Fellowship PDF (excerpt below)

Compton Mentor Fellowship Overview

About the Compton Foundation

In a world that is increasingly interrelated, the Compton Foundation seeks to foster human and ecological security by addressing contemporary threats to these inalienable rights. We support responsible stewardship that respects the rights of future generations to a balanced and healthy ecology, both personal and global, allowing for the full richness of human experience. The Foundation envisions a world in which humans live in harmony with each other, and in sustainable balance with the earth.

Mentor Fellowship Program Overview

The Compton Foundation created the Mentor Fellowship Program to promote the creativity and support the commitment of graduating seniors as they move beyond academic preparation to focus on continuing 'real world' application and contribution. The Fellowship is intended to be for one year (with a stipend of $35,000), beginning and ending at the annual mid-June gathering of Fellows held in the San Francisco area.

The Compton Mentor Fellowship Program is based on the belief that life-changing experiences occur when formal learning becomes transformed by action. Such complementary learning helps one see – and appreciate – the larger world through different eyes and a broadened perspective. In a sense, each Fellow co-creates the program: the pragmatic, self-directed nature of the Fellowship experience is meant to deepen and enrich knowledge, and guide Fellows to apply new understanding of themselves and the world in original ways.

The Compton Mentor Fellowship Program welcomes innovative projects that encompass elements of the Foundation's traditional funding interests in environment and sustainability, peace and conflict resolution, or population and reproductive health. Beginning this year, the Foundation is expanding to add a focus on climate change and energy policy to the list of fellowship areas. Proposed Fellowship projects should reflect a candidate's genuine interest in, and commitment to, a specific concern. In sum, the project should be personally meaningful and of significant social merit.

In selecting Compton Fellows, the Foundation seeks individuals who demonstrate imagination, intelligence, integrity, and leadership. Fellows are self-starters, who show promise of creative achievement, and a commitment to compassionate and effective participation in the world community. A candidate's academic record, while not of primary importance, is also considered, along with extracurricular activities that reflect both initiative and dedication. The Foundation seeks individuals who strive to be thoughtful agents of change, and find the task of charting their own learning paths exciting rather than confounding.

The Mentor and Fellow Partnership

A Mentor should be willing to monitor a Fellow's progress toward mutually agreed upon goals. Although the Fellow identifies and works with one primary Mentor, other individuals may play important roles in the Fellowship experience.

The candidate's ability to identify and establish a partnership with a Mentor is a critical factor in determining the potential for a successful Fellowship year. The participating academic institution may provide guidance in the Mentor selection process, although it is understood that faculty will not serve as Mentors. A stipend (between $5,000 and $7,500) from the $35,000 Fellowship award may be used as an honorarium for the Mentor. In recruiting and selecting a Mentor, applicants are encouraged to lead with their project idea and commitment rather than the stipend.

Academic Institution Involvement

Following Compton criteria, each academic institution creates an internal, multidisciplinary nomination and review process. After preliminary interviews, up to two Fellowship applications are advanced to the Compton Selection Committee for final selection.

Eligibility Criteria

• Current BA, BFA or BS candidate from a partnering academic institution with an interest in the Compton Foundation's funding priorities
• "Traditional age" graduating senior
• U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident holding I-551 immigration status

Application, Nomination and Selection Process

• Fellowship candidates submit applications to participating academic institutions, due date determined by each institution.
• Fellowship candidates secure two letters of reference (at least one should comment on your non-academic experiences and skills) to include with the application packet.
• Participating institutions review applications, interview applicants, and advance up to two candidates to the Compton Selection Committee for consideration. Complete application packets need to be received at the Compton Fellowship Coordinator's office by March 23, 2007.
• The Compton Foundation will bring all candidates to San Francisco to be interviewed on Monday, April 24, 2007. Other events are scheduled for Sunday, April 23rd and the evening of the 24th.
• Academic institution contacts have copies of Mentor Fellowship project profiles from previous years for review, or visit the Compton website at www.comptonfoundation.org.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Taylor 203

Richard R. Wilk is a professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University whose work has focused on the Central American country of Belize. He has published widely, frequently on the topic of economic anthropology. Among his recent publications are: Economies And Cultures: Foundations of Economic Anthropology (with Lisa Cliggett, 2007); Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists (2006); and Fast Food/ Slow Food: The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System (Society for Economic Anthropology Monographs, 2006). More information about Richard Wilk can be found at his web site.

April 17, Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm, Contemplation Room, Library
Meditation for Beginners
Learn the basics of meditation through a guided meditation exercise. No previous experience required.

April 24, Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm, CC240
Rest for the Sleep-Deprived
Come and learn some tips to help you get a good night's rest.

May 1, Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm, CC240
Riding the Waves of Emotions: Moving beyond fear and anxiety
Develop daily tools to help cope with anxiety and fear. Compassion, mindfulness, breathing, relaxation and other simple techniques help transform these difficult emotions. A guided meditation will be used as a direct instruction to aid in this process.

May 8, Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm, CC240
Because Color Matters: Identifying and overcoming stressors for students of color
Students of color at Vassar share the same sources of stress as the majority of students, though tensions because of ethnicity can present its own set of challenges. Ways of addressing stressors unique to the experience of being a student of color will be the focus.

May 15, Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm, Contemplation Room, Library
Relaxation Through Hypnosis
Come and learn how to use self-hypnosis to promote relaxation.

Friday, March 30, 2007
Rockefeller Hall 200
12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Panelists include:

• Professor Michael Omi
  Ethnic Studies Department, UC, Berkeley
• Professor Jose David Saldivar
  Ethnic Studeis Department, UC, Berkeley
• Professor Anne Cheng
  English Department, Princeton University
• Jeff Chang
  Author of “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”

Saturday, March 31, 2007
Rockefeller Hall 200
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Workshop and Roundtable
Moderator: Professor Nelson Maldonado-Torres,
Ethnic Studies, UC, Berkeley

Auspices of Office of the Dean of the Faculty, African Studies Program, American Culture Program, Asian Students Alliance (ASA), Asian Studies, Black Students Union, Council of Black Seniors (CBS), English Department, Hispanic Studies, MEChA, Poder Latino, South Asian Studies Students Alliance

Schedule

Friday, March 30, 2007
Rocky 200
1:00-6:00 p.m.

1:15 p.m.
Welcome

1:30 p.m.
Michael Omi, "The Unbearable Whiteness of Being"
Given the exponential growth and increased visibility of the Asian American population, how are they "positioned" in the current framework of racial classification and meanings? This presentation surveys and critiques how Asian Americans are implicated in the increased scholarly attention being paid to the concept of "whiteness." As the color line of the 20th century becomes the color lines of the 21st, how Asian Americans are situated in the racial hierarchy reveals much about racial power and the formation of group boundaries.

2:15 p.m.
Jose Saldivar, "Transnationalism Contested: On Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo"
Prof. of English and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Saldivar’s interests include literary history of the US ethnic novel; Trans-American literatures and cultural criticism; Cultural Studies; Chicano/a Literary Studies; Latin American literatures and criticism; Post-colonial analysis. His works include, The Dialectics of Our America: Genealogy, CulturalCritique, and Literary History (Duke University Press, 1991), Criticism in the Borderlands (Duke University Press, 1991), co-edited with Hector Calderon, Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies (University of California Press, 1997).

3:00 p.m.
Break

3:15 p.m.
Anne Cheng, "Deep Skin: Josephine Baker, Sexuality, and Visual Culture"
Anne Cheng is a Professor of English and African American Studies at Princeton University. She specializes in race studies and psychoanalytic theory and works in twentieth-century American literature, with special focus on Asian American and African American literatures. She is the author of The Melancholy of Race: Assimilation, Psychoanalysis, and Hidden Grief (Oxford University Press), which explores the notion of racial grief at the intersection of culture, history, and law.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
QA Book Signing

5:00 p.m.
Note change of time due to travel delay. Originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
Jeff Chang, "Whitey Don't Come Down Here: Writing The Hip-Hop Generation"
Jeff Chang has written extensively on race, culture, politics, the arts,
and music. His first book, Can't Stop Won't Stop, garnered many honors, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. He was a founding editor of ColorLines magazine, and a Senior Editor/Director at Russell Simmons' 360hiphop.com. He began writing for URB and The Bomb Hip-Hop magazines, and has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, Vibe, The Nation, and Mother Jones, among others.

Saturday, March 31, 2007

9:30-11:00 a.m.
Workshops
Student Conversation with Prof. Michael Omi and Prof Anne Cheng
Student Conversation with Prof. Jose Saldivar

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion, "Ethnic Studies Now"
Moderated by Prof. Nelson Maldonado-Torres

Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Nelson Maldonado-Torres specializes in phenomenology, critical theory, postcolonial studies, and modern religious thought. He is interested in theories of decolonization as they emerge in different contexts and from different subjective positions in the Americas. He is currently working on a theory of epistemic and material decolonization based on Fanon's work and on the theoretical production of U.S. feminists of color

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For more information please contact:
Rani Neutill, raneutill@vassar.edu
Tyrone Simpson, tysimpson@vassar.edu
Kathy Brown, kabrown@vassar.edu

Lecture
Thursday, March 8, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Taylor Hall, room 203

Marcia-Anne Dobres will address the issue that most archaeologists, to explain 30,000 years of Upper Palaeolithic technology and cave art, project into the past contemporary premises that are rationalist, technoscientific, disembodied, and thus sexist. In so doing, they overlook the Heidegerian question of "being," even when talking about the inherently embodied, sensual, and gendered nature of such endeavors. This presentation is an empirically guided thought-experiment — with methodological implications — that offers an alternative approach highlighting embodied practice, sensuality, and "meaning-in-the-making." Two caves, Niaux and La Vache (French Midi-Pyrénées), provide empirical grounding for the discussion. When thought of as simultaneously sensual, gendered, collective, personal, symbolic, practical, and negotiated forms of habitus, an entirely different and humanistic world of understandings becomes possible. A wide range of insights guides the discussion, including those from anthropology, practice theory, the philosophy of technology, feminist theory, and the interdisciplinary forum known as STS (science, technology, and society).

Performance Schedule:

• Wednesday, March 7, 2007
  7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
• Thursday, March 8, 2007
  7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
• Friday, March 9, 2007
  3:30, 6:00,, and 8:30 p.m.

Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, Martel Theater

Tickets are available at the Information Desk in the College Center, North Atrium.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
6:00pm
Sanders Hall, 212.

Murray has won many literary awards, including the Grace Leven Prize (1980 and 1990), the Petrarch Prize (1995), and the prestigious T.S. Eliot Award (1996). In 2000, he was awarded the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry on the recommendation of Ted Hughes. The Biplane Houses is Murray's most recent collection, published in April 2006 (Australia, Black Inc.).

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370.

A talk by:
James L. Sparks Jr., M. Sc.
Author of several works in biology

Friday, February 23, 2007
Blegen House
37 Collegeview Ave.
(behind Jewett)
4:00 p.m.

Introduction by Blegen intern Pamela Cuce
Sponsored by Blegen House
A Campus Life Resource Center

Lecture
Thursday, February 22, 2007
5:30 p.m.
Rockefeller Hall, room 200

Matthew Edney is a critical historian of the politics of cartography, with a special interest in historical maps of New England and New York.

Informal Conversation in the Media Cloisters
Friday, Feb 23, 2007
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Main Library, Media Cloisters

An informal discussion to give students and faculty a chance to talk with Dr. Edney about politics and mapping, about the History of Cartography Project, and about why we all love old maps and what we can learn from them. Anyone is invited to come to all or part of this discussion.

Building Community at Vassar:
What's Next?

Schedule

Mural Project
10:00 - 6:00 p.m.
College Center North Atrium
In its 7th year, the Mural Project provides an opportunity for expression of your ideas and thoughts on a blank canvas. Join us in reflecting on the day's theme. Paint brushes and markers provided!

Soup and Substance
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
College Center, Multipurpose Room
Staff, faculty, students and administrators are invited to attend a free flowing, ongoing conversation about what community means to you. We will serve the soup; you bring the substance – ideas, thoughts and reflections. The atmosphere will be relaxed, so stay for as long as you are able.

Fusion: A Community Gathering
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Villard Room and College Center North Atrium
Come and gather around the day's theme—Building Community at Vassar: What's Next? Featuring performances, information tables, a multi-media presentation, and refreshments. Hosted by President Cappy Hill; welcoming remarks at 3:15pm.

Wednesday, February 28: All College Day Conversation Dinner
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Dinner regarding the Mural Project and its use as a medium for dialogue and community exchange. If you would like to participate, look for sign-up sheets during All College Day.

All College Day is an annual event planned by the Campus Life Resource Group, a committee of administrators, students, staff, and faculty. It is made possible through collaborations within the Dean of the College division, among students and other offices. One goal of the event is to create open and honest dialogue on matters of campus life.

For more information visit the Campus Life Resource Group website at http://committees.vassar.edu/clrg/acd.php.

On campus only.

Great Food, featuring:
- Outside vendors, including Reggae Boy and La Cabanita Cafe
- Crepes by the French Club  (because it is also Pancake Day!)

Great Entertainment, featuring:
- MC TC Weaver
- Argentine Tango dance by Hudson Valley Tango
- Cuban dance by Maya Acevedo Casilda
- Cajun tunes by the Walker Family Band, with audience participation!

Please encourage your friends to come, and be sure to bring a few dollars for the scrumptious food. This will be lots of fun for the whole community.

Sponsored by VISA, CSA, and the Office of International Services.

Thursday, February 15, 2007
12:00 p.m.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Prints and Drawings Galleries

Due to the overwhelming response to our first tour, we have decided to give you another opportunity to view this exhibition with a talk given by Patti Phagan.

You are cordially invited to attend an additional curatorial tour of For the People given by Patricia Phagan, the Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings. Drawn primarily from the permanent collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, this exhibition presents approximately thirty preliminary drawings for murals from the 1930s and 1940s.

The tour will begin promptly at noon.

Due to space limitations, please call the FLLAC education department at (845) 437-7745 or contact us via email at kethompson@vassar.edu to rsvp or for more information.

Panel Discussion
Thursday, February 15, 2007
5:30 pm
Rocky 200

The panelists will talk about and discuss with the audience history, politics, culture and society in contemporary Iran.

Panelists

• Abbas Amanat
  Professor of History, Yale University
• Sussan Siavoshi
  Professor of Political Science, Trinity University
• Farzin Vahdat
  International Studies, Vassar College

You are cordially invited to attend a very special, end of the semester Artful Dodger on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at noon. As things are winding down, come see a partial screening of "The Way Things Go" a film by Peter Fischli and David Weisss, presented by Visiting Assistant Professor of Film, Jamie Meltzer. This is a perfect time to take a break from work or study to see everyday objects transformed into an enormous, precarious structure that will alter your perception and enable you to see the filmmakers complicated, sometimes chemically induced, chain reaction of events transformed into moving sculpture. (And all in one continuous shot!) Afterwards, you will be invited to take a look at "Off The Shelf: New Forms In Contemporary Artist's Books" to find even more transformations of our notions of everyday objects…namely books!

Visit http://fllac.vassar.edu/current.html for more information about "Off the Shelf."

The presentation will begin on the landing of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Please meet there promptly at noon. The favor of a reply (to kethompson@vassar.edu) is requested if you are planning to attend.

Kelly A. Thompson
Coordinator of Public Education and Programs

Performance Dates:

Evenings:
December 14, 15, 16, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23 at 7:00 p.m.

Matinees:
December 17 at 3:00 p.m.
December 23 at 2:00 p.m.
December 24 at 12:00 p.m.

Performances will be in the James Earl Jones Theatre at Poughkeepsie Day School. Admission is $8 for students, seniors, and teachers; $10 to $25.00 on a sliding scale for adults.

For reservations call 845-235-9885.