Archived announcements for February, 2007
Admission Office Fellowship Available; Apply by Jan. 31
The admission office fellowship provides a recent Amherst
graduate the opportunity to be an
integral part of the Admission Office
professional staff. The fellow serves
as one of the 10 members of the Admission
Committee, makes public presentations on
campus, travels to high schools and
college fairs across the country,
evaluates applications and contributes
to admission decisions. Applications
for the position will be available in
mid-January, and we encourage all
interested seniors to apply. Interviews
will be conducted in February and final
decisions are expected to be made prior
to spring break. If you would like to
hear more about the fellowship, please
call current fellows, John Quigley '04,
Tiffani Hooper '06 or Lexi Hurd '06 at
413/542-2328.
Spring 2007 Campus Center Manager Positions Available
Applications for a Campus Center
manager position for the spring 2007
semester are available in Room 107 of
the Keefe Campus Center. Applications are due by noon on
Tuesday, Feb. 6, to Hannah Fatemi, Room 107, Keefe Campus Center.
Pipeline Project Tutoring
This is a new partnership between
Amherst College and the Amherst Regional
Public Schools. Amherst College Pipeline
Tutors can help public school students
achieve both their highest academic potential
and a college education. Tutors
will help reduce the achievement gap
that exists between the Amherst schools’
low-income students, who are also
disproportionately students of color,
and the middle-income, predominately
white student population. Join us to
help create this new program, a model
for future partnerships and progress.
For more information, visit http://www.amherst.edu/~outreach/pipeline or
contact Scott Laidlaw at
slaidlaw@amherst.edu or 413/542-5766.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~outreach/pipeline
In Memoriam: President Calvin H. Plimpton '39
The Johnson Chapel flag has been lowered to half-staff in memory of Calvin H. Plimpton '39, the 13th president of Amherst College. Plimpton, who served as president from 1960 to 1971, died on January 30, 2007. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and children, Thomas, David, Anne and Edward.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/memoriam/plimpton.html
Grants Available from the Alpha Delta Phi and David P. Patchell Memorial Funds; Apply by Feb. 1
Support for senior projects is
available in the form of grants from
the Alpha Delta Phi Fund and the David
P. Patchel Memorial Fund. The Alpha
Delta Phi Fund is designed to support
senior essay writing, special topics
and other comparable independent
projects. Monies from the David P.
Patchel Memorial Fund can be used for
senior projects having to do with the
moving image, whether essays, theses or
production projects. Additional
information and application procedures
may be found on the Dean of the
Faculty's Website at
www.amherst.edu/~deanfac/funding/student
research.html. The deadline for
submitting requests for the spring
semester is Thursday, Feb. 1.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~deanfac/funding/studentresearch.html
Artist Betsey Garand To Present Gallery Talk Feb. 1
Betsey Garand, an abstract painter and
printmaker, will open “Beneath the
Surface,” an exhibition of prints and
drawings, on Monday, Jan. 29, at the Eli
Marsh Gallery in 105 Fayerweather Hall
at Amherst College. The exhibition will
run from Jan. 29 through Feb. 24. The
artist will give a gallery talk on
Thursday, Feb. 1, at 4:30 p.m., with a
reception to follow. The exhibition is
sponsored by the Amherst College
Department of Fine Arts.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_01garand.html
Applying to Medical School Preview Jan. 31 and Feb. 1
Join Health Professions Advising Dean
Carolyn Bassett for one of two sessions
on the medical school application
process. The first session will be held
Wednesday, Jan. 31, from noon to 1:30
p.m. in Valentine Terrace Room A. The second identical session will take place on Thursday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Career Center. You only need to attend one session.
Broadway Bombshell “City of Angels” at Amherst College Feb. 1, 2 and 3
The Amherst College Department of Music
will present the 1990 Broadway hit City
of Angels at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1,
Friday, Feb. 2 and Saturday, Feb. 3, in
Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music
Center at Amherst College. General
admission tickets are $12, $7 and $4,
but the show is free to Amherst College
students. Reservations are recommended,
and are available online at
cityofangels@amherst.edu.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_01angels.html
Office of Alumni and Parent Programs Fellowship Available; Apply by Feb. 2
The Office of Alumni and Parent Programs
seeks a recent Amherst
graduate to become an integral part of
the OAPP professional staff. This is a
one-year position with the option to
renew for one additional year.
The primary responsibility of the Alumni
Fellow will be to plan and implement new
initiatives to engage undergraduates
through office outreach and targeted
programming; to assist with
alumni programming, regional association
events and alumni weekends; and to hire
student workers for on-campus programs.
To apply, please send a cover letter,
résumé, and the names of three
references to Marcy Larmon,
mlarmon@amherst.edu, in the Office of
Alumni and Parent Programs, AC 2220,
by Feb. 2.
Biology Lecture Feb. 5
Melissa M. Holmes, postdoctoral
research associate, Center for
Neuroendocrine Studies/Department of
Psychology, UMass Amherst, will present
"The Naked (Mole Rat) Truth: Sexual
Differentiation of the Eusocial
Mammalian Brain" on Monday, Feb. 5,
at 3:30 p.m. in Merrill 4.
“Stray Dog Cabaret” Poetry at Amherst Center for Russian Culture Feb. 5
The Amherst Center for Russian Culture
will host a reading of poems by Anna
Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Vladimir
Mayakovsky, Marina Tsvetaeva and other
Russian modernists at 4:30 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 5, at the Center for
Russian Culture (second floor, Webster
Hall) at Amherst College. The event will
celebrate the publication of Paul
Schmidt’s The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book
of Russian Poems (2006), co-edited by
Catherine Ciepiela, professor of Russian
at Amherst, and Honor Moore.
Contemporary American poets April
Bernard, Alexander Chee, Edwin Frank,
Daniel Hall, James Maraniss, Honor Moore
and Lloyd Schwartz will perform the
parts of the Russian poets. Accompanied
by cabaret-style music and refreshments,
the performance is sponsored by the C
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_01russian%20culture%20ctr.html
Summer Fellowships for Chinese Language Study in China Available -- Deadline Feb. 5
The Department of Asian Languages and
Civilizations invites applications for
summer fellowships to study Chinese in
China. Two fellowships are available
thanks to the generosity of an Amherst
College family. Fellowships will cover
tuition, travel to and from China and
program expenses for language study at
one of an approved list of programs in
the PRC or Taiwan. Applications are due
to the Department of Asian Languages and
Civilizations by Feb. 5.
Interested students should contact Chris
Williford at 413/542-5841 or
clwilliford@amherst.edu for further
information on approved programs and
application guidelines.
Five College Dance Concert Auditions Feb. 5
Guest artist Peter Schmitz will be auditioning students
for a performance work featured in the
Five College Dance Concert March 8-10. Auditions
will be held Monday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in Webster Studio 1.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~theater/
Finding Your Ideal Internship Feb. 5
Wondering what you are going to do over
the summer? Wondering how to find
something to do that you enjoy, or that
gives you the experience you need? Join
Career Center Internships Coordinator
Debra Krumholz on Monday, Feb. 5,
from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Career Center
for this info session on how to find
that ideal internship.
Amherst Christian Fellowship Meetings Begin Feb. 2
Amherst Christian Fellowship meetings (open to all) will begin Feb. 2 in Chapin Chapel and lounge, and will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Fridays.
Russian Table Begins Feb. 2
The Russian Table (Valentine Terrace,
Room B) begins Friday, Feb. 2, from
noon to 1:30 p.m. and will continue
through the semester.
Volunteer to Build for Amherst College Habitat this Spring
All staff, faculty and students are
invited to participate in special
Amherst College Build Days at the new
Habitat for Humanity home being built
on land recently donated by Amherst
College. Build days are Saturdays from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sundays from noon to
4 p.m. No experience necessary; you'll
be trained on site. Make a difference
in your community. Help other
students, faculty, staff, alumni and
other volunteers increase affordable
housing in Amherst. To sign up, go to
the URL below, click the Volunteer Up
button, and look for "AC
fac/staff/stu" on the schedule.
For more information: www.pioneervalleyhabitat.org
Spring Community Involvement Fair Feb. 6
The Community Outreach Program invites
you to attend the Spring Community
Involvement Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 6,
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Keefe Campus
Center Friedmann Room. Come learn how
you can get involved! Organizations need
volunteers, interns and activists to
work on issues such as education,
poverty/community development,
hunger/homelessness, law/advocacy,
environment, family and children,
health/medicine and many more. All students, faculty and
staff are welcome. Light refreshments
will be served.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~outreach/calendar.html
Music Practice Rooms Available
Students, faculty and staff who wish to
use the music department practice room
facilities during the spring semester and who
did not do so in September may sign up
for a practice room access key during
the first two weeks only of the
semester, Monday, Jan. 29, through Friday,
Feb. 2, and Monday, Feb. 5, through Friday, Feb.
9, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Senior music
majors preparing honors recitals may
also reserve practice time during this
two-week period. On Sunday, Feb. 11,
those who have been issued a practice
room key may, if they desire, schedule
reserved practice time for the spring
semester. Those sign-up hours are from
noon to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.
Applications for keys will be available
in the music department at the time of
sign-up.
Spanish Table To Meet Fridays
The Spanish Table will meet on Fridays
from noon to 2 p.m. on the Mezzanine
in Valentine Hall. Please come and
gather for a casual lunch and
conversation with faculty and friends.
Spanish speakers of all levels are
welcome.
Student Security Monitors Job Openings
Student Security is looking for bright,
motivated individuals who want to make
a difference on campus. Several
opportunities have opened up to become
a security monitor, one of the highest
paying jobs on campus. Monitors are
paid to go to and supervise campus
events and parties. Interested
applicants should contact
stusec@amherst.edu to sign up for an
interview. We hope to hear from
you soon!
French Table to Meet Fridays
The French table will meet Fridays from
noon to 2 p.m. on the Mezzanine in
Valentine Hall. Please come and gather
for a casual lunch and conversation
with faculty and friends. French
speakers of all levels are welcome.
Study in Good Company: Museum Study Area Open Evenings
Students are welcome to come to the
Museum of Natural History study area on the second floor of Earth Sciences Building Sunday to Wednesday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. The museum is a quiet and beautiful place to
work in the company of skeletons,
fossils and minerals.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/museumofnaturalhistory
Lunch with Copeland Fellows Wednesdays
The Copeland Fellows will be having
lunch together Wednesdays at noon
in the Mullins Room of Lewis-Sebring. Visit to the Dean
of the Faculty's Website and click on
the "Copeland Colloquium" for the
listing of this year's fellows. Join them for lunch any Wednesday.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~deanfac/Copeland/copelandfellows0607.pdf
Applications to French and Spanish House Now Accepted for 2007-08
The French and Spanish Departments
are accepting applications to the
French and Spanish House (Newport)for 2007-08. The
application deadline is Feb. 21.
Individual theme house Websites have
been updated, and are accessible from
the Residential Life Website at
www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife (click on
"Theme Houses"). All information
regarding theme houses, including
applications and deadlines, can be
found on this Website. If you have
questions, please contact Emily
Cachiguango at ext. 2161 or ekcachiguango@amherst.edu.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife
German Kaffeeklatsch Tuesdays at 9 p.m.
Come and join German students and
faculty every Tuesday evening at 9
p.m. in Garman House for "Kaffee," "Klatsch" (gossip) and much more!
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~german/_activities.html
Former Amherst College President Calvin H. Plimpton ’39 Dies at 88
Calvin Hastings Plimpton, a 1939
graduate of Amherst College who served
as its president in the tumultuous
decade from 1960 to 1971, and as
president of the American University in
Beirut in the war-torn years between
1984 and 1987, has died at age 88. He
died at his home in Westwood, Mass., of
complications after surgery following a
fall. He is survived by his wife of 65
years, Ruth (Talbot) Plimpton; children
David of Brooklyn, N.Y., Polly of
Boston, Mass., Tom of Leverett, Mass.
and Edward of Amherst, Mass. and seven
grandchildren. There will be a memorial
service at Amherst College later in the
spring.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02plimpton.html
Attention On-Campus Employers and Job-Seeking Students!
The Student Employment Office invites
all on-campus organizations seeking
student employees to notify them of
current opportunities. The Student
Employment Office will e-mail
these opportunities to its mailing
list of students seeking jobs. Please
take advantage of this valuable
service by contacting us at
seo@amherst.edu. In addition, the SEO
invites job-seeking students to contact
seo@amherst.edu with their name, year,
and telephone number in order to be
added to this mailing list.
CIGNA Actuarial Executive Development Program Info Session Feb. 6
Are you interested in a career as an
actuary? Join representatives from
CIGNA's Actuarial Executive Development
Program on Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 6
to 7 p.m. in the Career Center. CIGNA
has both a job and an internship posted
in Experience with Feb. 20 application
deadlines. Come to the info session to
find out more!
Steps to Study Abroad for Sophomores February 7
Sophomores considering studying abroad
next year should attend one of these
steps to study abroad meetings to find
out about deadlines, resources,
processes, etc. It is possible for most
students to study abroad, including
those on financial aid. For more
information, please attend this or a
coming meeting. This meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in the Career Center.
Artist Richard Yarde To Speak on "Visionary Anatomies" at Amherst Feb. 8
Northampton artist Richard Yarde will
speak at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8,
in Stirn Auditorium at Amherst College,
with a reception to follow in the Mead
Art Museum. Yarde is one of the artists
featured in “Visionary Anatomies,” an
exhibition at the Mead created by the
National Academy of Sciences and
organized for travel by the Smithsonian
Institution Traveling Exhibition
Service. The exhibit continues at the
museum through Sunday, March 18.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_01yarde.html
Relay for Life Kickoff Feb. 8
Come join the fight against cancer!
Grab a bunch of friends to sign up for
your team as you eat carnival food
(our event theme) and learn about this
amazing event and how to participate!
If unable to attend, please contact Sarah Ellis at sellis09@amherst.edu or Amy Miller at amiller08@amherst.edu. This event will be held Feb. 8 in the Keefe Campus Center Friedmann Room.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~relayforlife/ or www.acsevents.org/relay/MAfivecollege
Pipeline Project Tutoring Information Session Feb. 8
This is a new partnership between
Amherst College and the Amherst Regional
Public Schools. Amherst College Pipeline
Tutors can help public school students
achieve both their highest academic
potential and a college education.
Tutors will help reduce the achievement
gap that exists between the Amherst
schools’ low-income students, who are
also disproportionately students of
color, and the middle-income,
predominately white student population.
Join us to help create this new program,
a model for future partnerships and
progress. For more information, visit
www.amherst.edu/~outreach/pipeline or
contact pipeline@amherst.edu. There will be a Pipeline Project informational session on Thursday,
Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in Room 103, Keefe
Campus Center.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~outreach/pipeline
Video Installation by Heather Teige '07 Feb. 7-9
An experiment in video installation created by
Heather Teige ’07 will be on display in the Holden
Theater Feb. 7-9. The installation attempts to
approximate the evocative images in Neruda’s
poetry and is a visual portraiture of the oft-felt,
difficult and deeply personal emotional states written about by Neruda. The installation will be held Feb. 7-9 in Holden Theater. The theater will be open on Feb. 7-9 from 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 9.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~theater/
Jodi Magness to Speak on Masada Feb. 12
Jodi Magness, professor of religious
studies at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak on
"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish
Resistance Against Rome," at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 in
Fayerweather 115 (Pruyne Lecture Hall). A reception will follow in Lewis-Sebring, and the event is sponsored by the AIA Western Massachusetts Society, the Departments of Classics and Religion. This event is the LaFollette Lecture, and all are welcome.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~classics/ lectures.html
Jeremiah A. Wright To Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Feb. 9
The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, the
pastor of Trinity United Church of
Christ in Chicago, will lead the annual
interfaith service in celebration of the
life of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday, Feb. 9, in Johnson Chapel at
Amherst College. The service will
include music performed by Amherst
College students, readings from King’s
writings and an address by Wright, known
as a stirring speaker. The public is
invited to arrive early to listen to
recorded speeches of King at 7 p.m.
in Johnson Chapel.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/mlk/
Joe Belmont Group Pays Tribute to Wes Montgomery at Amherst College Feb. 11
Amherst College jazz guitar instructor
Joe Belmont will bring together the
Amherst jazz faculty to perform “A
Tribute to Wes Montgomery” at 7 p.m. on
Sunday, Feb. 11, in Buckley Recital Hall
in the Arms Music Building at Amherst
College. Sponsored by the music
department at Amherst, the performance
is free and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_01belmont.html
Tim Shapiro '07 To Perform Oboe Recital in Buckley Recital Hall Feb. 10
Tim Shapiro '07 will present his senior
honors thesis recital in music with a
program featuring works by Bach,
Britten, Poulenc and Saint-Saens.
Shapiro has studied the oboe for 13
years, and serves as principal oboist of
the Amherst College Symphony Orchestra.
He will be joined by Tim Cheng '07,
Julia Fox '07, Todd Fruth '08 and
Andrea Samuelson '08E in the performance
on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~music/Events.htm
Learn Korean Starting Feb. 10
Korean Heritage in the Pioneer Valley
(KHPV) invites you to take Korean
lessons starting Saturday, Feb. 10, in Converse 207.
KHPV is a Five-College student-run
organization where Korean/Korean-Americans volunteer to
teach Korean to anyone who is
interested. In the beginning of the spring
semester, we will assess your Korean
level and place you in Beginning I, II, intermediate, or conversation and writing groups accordingly. We will
distribute copies of Korean textbooks for
each student so that students can complete weekly work.
Contact khpv815@gmail.com for more information.
For more information: groups.myspace.com/khpv
Dan Ben-Amos to Speak on "The Riddle of Kol Nidrei" Feb. 12
Dan Ben-Amos, world-famous scholar of
folklore theory and the traditional
literature of Judaism, and professor of
near eastern languages and civilizations
and folklore at the University of
Pennsylvania, will speak on “The Riddle
of Kol Nidrei” on Monday, Feb. 12, at
4 p.m. in the McCaffrey Room of the
Keefe Campus Center. Professor Ben-Amos
is the editor of a series of
translations of folklore classics,
primarily the work of European scholars,
and has published many articles on
folklore theory and the history of the
field.
The Darfur Project: A Dinner Discussion Feb. 12; Tickets Available Through Feb. 12
In memory of the first black graduate of
Amherst College, Edward A. Jones (Class of
1826), we will ask, "What can we do for
Darfur?" Professors, students, staff
and local community activists involved
in Darfur are invited to enjoy a
Sudanese meal and learn from Smith
College English professor and Darfur
analyst Eric Reeves. Showcased at the
dinner will be children’s art from
Darfur, a silent auction of photos and
information about service opportunities.
The dinner will be in the Alumni House on
Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m.
For free tickets contact Dawn Murry at
the Cadigan Center for Religious Life at
413/542-8489. Tickets will be
available through Friday, Feb. 12.
This event is sponsored by The Multifaith Council and the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/mlk/
Political Science Lecture Feb. 21
Vitaly Kozyrev, Karl Loewenstein Fellow
of Amherst College, will speak on
"Putin's Regime in Russia: Continuity
and Change from the Soviet Past" on
Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in
the Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather 115.
Vitaly Kozyrev, Loewenstein Fellow in
Political Science, is an associate
professor at the Institute of Asian and
African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow
State University. His scholarship
focuses on the economic history of
China, post-communist countries and
international relations in the
Asia-Pacific region.
CCE Candidate Mark Dalhouse To Speak Feb. 13
Mark Dalhouse, one of the top three candidates for the director of Amherst's new Center for Community Engagement, will give a presentation on his vision for the center and his experience as an outreach director at Vanderbilt. Dalhouse will speak Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 4:30 p.m. in Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather 115. There will also be an informal mixer for students at 7 p.m. in the McCaffrey Room after his presentation. Antonio's pizza will be provided. For more information on Dalhouse or the other candidates, contact njbrewster@amherst.edu.
Ben Brubaker '98 To Speak on Reimann Hypothesis Feb. 13
The Amherst College Undergraduate CVC
will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 13,
at 7 p.m. in Seeley Mudd 206.
There will be pizza at 6 p.m. in Seeley
Mudd 208. Please RSVP to
awtorrey@amherst.edu for the pizza.
The Reimann Hypothesis (RH) is probably
the most famous unsolved problem in
Mathematics. The RH concerns a certain
infinite series known as the Riemann
zeta function. The talk will focus on the zeta
function, why it is of interest to
number theorists, some of the reasons
why the Riemann Hypothesis is so hard
and what other functions are lurking out
there with similar properties to the
zeta function. Our hunt for these
functions will lead us in some
surprising directions. No prior
knowledge of these topics will be
assumed in the talk.
Open House for German Residential Program Feb. 13
On Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 9 p.m. in
Garman House, German department faculty
and students invite you to an open house
to discuss the German theme
house and present plans, including new
room layouts, in the newly reconstructed
Porter House. Application forms are
available online at
http://www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife/themehouses/german.html
The application deadline is Feb. 19.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife/themehouses/german.html
Asian Culture House Open House Feb. 13
If you're interested in applying to
the Asian Culture House, come to the
open house on Tuesday,
Feb. 13, from 10 to 11 p.m. in the Moore
fourth-floor lounge. Delicious food will
be provided.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~ach/
Weather-Related Closings Wednesday, Feb. 14
From the Amherst Snow Line (413/542-
SNOW):Due to adverse weather conditions,
the college will be closed Wednesday,
Feb. 14. Please note that essential
personnel are required to report to
work. Classes are not canceled, but
any professor who wishes to cancel his
or her class should feel free to do so.
Please leave a note for your students
in the classroom. Five College students
who wish to know whether a class is
canceled should call the professor;
the phone number can be obtained from
the college operator at 413/542-2000.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/intranet/weather
Spanish 50 and Spanish 70 Canceled Feb. 14
Please note that Professor Suárez's
classes for Wednesday, Feb. 14, have been canceled.
Poet Michael Collier to Read at Amherst College Feb. 15
Michael Collier, the poet laureate of
Maryland from 2001 through 2004, will
read at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in
the Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather
115) at Amherst College. The reading is
sponsored by the Creative Writing
Center, and is free and open to the
public. Refreshments will be served.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_01collier.html
Physics Seminar Feb. 15
On Thursday, Feb. 15, at 4:45 p.m. in
Merrill 3, Professor Ken Segall of
Colgate University will give a physics
seminar. Tea/cookies will be served
before the talk at 4:15 p.m. in Merrill 204.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~physics
Physical Plant Needs Summer Casual Workers
Physical Plant is accepting
applications for summer casual student
workers. Each year the Physical Plant
hires a pool of casual student workers
during the summer to supplement its
work force. Positions will be
available in the grounds, custodial,
carpenter and paint department along
with the service center and lock shop.
All positions are full-time, Monday
through Friday. The Physical Plant
requires that students workers be 16
years old and be willing to commit to
work for a period of at least six
weeks. Applications are available in the
Physical Plant Office and the Office
of Human Resources. Completed
applications should be returned to the
Physical Plant, attention Stan Adams.
If you have any questions, contact
sadams@amherst.edu.
Small Group Workroom Open in Seeley Mudd Computer Center
Room 115 in the Seeley Mudd Computer
Center has been converted into a small
group workroom. The three workspaces
each contain a Windows PC equipped with
a 20-inch display, a white board and
plenty of desk space, chairs and laptop
hookups. The workspaces are available
to groups of two or more students on a
first-come, first-served basis whenever
the Computer Center is open.
For more information: https://cms.amherst.edu/it
Summer Mathematics Research Position Available
Professor Benedetto is looking for one
or two students to work with him in a
NSF-funded research project (REU) this
summer in the area of number
theory. Coursework in Math 26 or in both Math 24
and 28 is required. Computer
programming experience is a plus but is
not required. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is
required by NSF rules. Project funds
will pay students a stipend of $400 per
week for 10 weeks plus housing in a
shared dorm room. To apply, provide an unofficial
transcript and the names of two Amherst
math or computer science professors with whom you've taken
classes or worked closely. The application deadline is Monday, March 5, at 4 p.m. See the posters in the Seeley Mudd hallways or contact Prof. Benedetto for more
information.
Dining Services and Catering Commencement/Reunion Applications Available
Amherst College Dining
Services and Catering are hiring for the
Commencement and Reunion weeks, May 20 through
June 3. Applications will be available
beginning Feb. 15 at Valentine,
Schwemm's and online at
http://www.amherst.edu/~dining/jobs/comm
encement_reunion.htm. The pay rate is $8 per hour.
Meals and housing are provided during
the two-week period. For more information, please visit
the Dining Services and Catering Office
located on the bottom level of
Valentine Hall.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dining/jobs/commencement_reunion.htm
Statistical Consulting Hour
Statistical consulting for the campus community is
available this semester on Tuesdays from 2 to 3 p.m.
Students and faculty in search of statistical advice
should feel free to stop by Seeley Mudd 306 during
this time, or may make an appointment with Prof.
Katherine Tranbarger by contacting ktranbarger@amherst.edu.
Wondering About Weather-Related Delays?
Snow is predicted for Wednesday, Feb.
14. Employees wondering about weather-
related delays should check the URL
below for information about how weather announcements are made. Faculty members may choose to
hold their classes when the college is
closed or when delays are announced
due to inclement weather. Notification
of the status of a class is most
commonly made by e-mail, Web posting
or telephone.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/intranet/weather.html
Do You Want to Go to Greece this Summer?
Come join us on Feb. 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Fayerweather 113 to learn about this exciting opportunity. Amherst
has become a supporting participant in
an excavation in Kenchreai, Greece, the
port of Corinth. This enables one Amherst
student to join the international team
of excavators for six weeks each summer.
The student will assist senior staff
members in excavation, field
documentation, drawing, digital
photography, architectural survey,
geological and artifact study and
conservation. The student will receive
instruction in basic field techniques
and will participate in seminars run by
experts in different fields, as well as
in excursions to major sites and museums
in Greece. Lodging is at a comfortable
family-run hotel about an hour south of
Athens. The cost is $2,800 plus airfare to
and from Greece.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~classics/lectures.html
Teaching Lunch on Students' Intellectual Engagement Feb. 16
Faculty are invited to a lunch on
Friday, Feb. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
in Mullins-Faerber to consider if
students (or faculty) are missing the
point of where intellectual engagement
now fits in the education of the “whole
person.” Marian Matheson, director of
institutional research and planning, will present survey
data from Amherst and peer campuses
about student time use. Open
conversation will follow. Questions may
include: Are students devoting less
attention to classes or are they working
more effectively by means of new
information resources? Are faculty
letting students coast because of
grade-inflation or dumbing-down of
courses? Are there ways of constructing
courses that would inspire greater
involvement from students?
Call for Submissions: Five College Literary Review; Deadline March 6
Like what you saw last year? Tired of
the same old Amherst publications?
Want to be a part of a publication
that extends to the entire Five
College community? Submit to the Five
College Literary Review! We are
currently accepting poetry, prose,
art, etc. for our 2007 issue.
The deadline for submission is March
6. Please send your submission to
fclreview@gmail.com. For more
information, or if you would like to
get involved in editing or layout,
please contact fclreview@gmail.com.
Twelve College Exchange Program: Feb. 16 Application Deadline
This program facilitates residential
study at Bowdoin, Connecticut,
Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Smith,
Trinity, Vassar, Wellesley, Wheaton,
Wesleyan, Mystic Seaport Program and
National Theater Institute. Interested
students must meet with Dean Frances
Tuleja by Friday, Feb. 16. Applications
are due Monday, Feb. 19. Students must
also comply with the college’s internal
notification deadlines: students away
for the full 2007-08 academic year or
the fall 2007 semester only must
complete an intent form at the Deans
Office by March 15; for the spring 2008
semester only, by April 15. Students
who fail to submit an intent form by the
stipulated deadlines will not receive
credit for course work completed at
another school.
Jambo! Zumbyes' Winter Concert Feb. 16
Jambo! is the Zumbyes' biggest show of the year . We will debut all new songs and skits. Tickets are available in Valentine or at the concert for $4. The concert will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in Johnson Chapel.
For more information: www.zumbyes.com
CCE Candidate Eric Popkin to Speak Feb. 16
Eric Popkin, one of the top three
candidates for Amherst's new Center for
Community Engagement director, will give
a presentation on his vision for the
center and his experience as director
of the Colorado College Partnership for
Civic Engagement on Friday, Feb. 16,
at 4:30 p.m. in Pruyne Lecture Hall. There
will also be an informal mixer after his presentation for
students at 7 p.m. in the Keefe Campus Center McCaffrey Room. Antonio's will be
provided. For more information on Popkin or the other candidates, please contact njbrewster@amherst.edu.
“Six String Showdown” of Guitar Music at Amherst College Feb. 17
Pioneer Valley jazz guitarists will
perform with students from the Amherst
College Jazz Combo program, then join
together in various combinations for a
showdown at 8 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2007 in
Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music
Building at Amherst College. The concert
is a benefit for the Food Bank of
Western Massachusetts; tickets are $5
($3 with a donation of a canned good)
and $3 for students and seniors (free
with a donation). More information is
available at the Jazz@Amherst Website
www.amherst.edu/~jazz.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02guitar.html
Thoughts of Amherst Submission Deadline Feb. 24
Did you spend last semester without
doing any work for any of your classes?
If so, don’t submit anything to Thoughts
of Amherst! Otherwise, send us any academic work
from last semester that you’re proud of
for publication in the second issue of
Thoughts of Amherst. Thoughts of Amherst publishes the best
academic work done by Amherst students.
Submit creative writing, lab reports, computer programs,
visual arts, recordings of performances
or anything else done for academic credit during the last semester. The Submission deadline is Saturday, Feb.
24. Send submissions as attachments to
thoughts@amherst.edu or by campus mail
to Pat Savage, campus box 1258.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~thoughts
Amherst College Summer Research Fellowships in the Sciences; Apply by March 5
Are you a first-year or sophomore
student who would like to spend this
summer on campus pursuing a
collaborative research project in the
sciences? Then an Amherst College
Summer Research Fellowship may be
perfect for you! A total of
approximately 20 fellowships for
students in the Classes of 2009 and
2010 will be awarded. The summer
program will run for 10 weeks: either
from Monday, June 4, through Friday,
August 10, or from Monday, June 11,
through Friday, August 17 (depending on
the summer schedule of the particular
faculty advisor). For more details,
please click on the link below, then
on "Amherst College Fellowship
Application 2007". Note that the
application deadline is Monday, March
5!
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~chemistry/hhmi/
Fellowships in France for 2006-07; Apply by March 7
The Department of French announces two
fellowships in France reserved for
graduating seniors for the scholastic
year 2006-07. The first fellowship,
without stipend, offers an affiliation
with the most prestigious of French
graduate schools, the École Normale
Supérieure (ENS) in Paris, and includes
a free room, ENS library privileges and
a card of admission to any university
course in Paris, including those at the
ENS. The second fellowship is a
teaching assistantship in English
language and American civilization at
the Université de Dijon. The Dijon
assistantship pays a monthly stipend of
approximately 1,150 euros after taxes,
for 12 months (October-September) in return for
nine months of teaching (mid-September
through mid-June), and assures free
admission to courses at the University.
Fluency in French and a formal written
statement in French are prerequisites
to candidacy for either fellowship. For
the ENS fellowship, applicants should
prepare a two-page proposal in which
they describe their study plans for
their stay in France. Applicants for
the Dijon Fellowship should submit a
two-page statement describing the
methods and materials they would use to
teach a course on American culture and
civilization. We invite all seniors to
apply for either or both positions, but
we ask the candidate to express a clear
preference for one of the two.
Statements of study plans written in
French must be left in the department
office (Barrett 5) by Wednesday, March
7.
Biology Lecture Feb. 19
Richard D. Byrne, research fellow,
Cancer Research UK, London Research
Institute, and Amherst College Copeland
Fellow, will present "Regulation of
nuclear envelope assembly" on Monday,
Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Merrill 4.
Student Workers Needed for Commencement and Reunion; Apply by April 2
The Offices of Alumni and Parent
Programs, Physical Plant and Public
Affairs will be hiring for Commencement
and Reunion, a two-week period between
Sunday, May 20, and Sunday, June 3.
Physical Plant jobs include custodial
and grounds work. The Office of Alumni
and Parent Programs and the Office of
Public Affairs need ushers, class
assistants, childcare assistants,
drivers, storage workers and reception
assistants. Applications are available
in the Keefe Campus Center, Physical
Plant, Public Affairs, Smith House and
Frost Library. Applications are also
available online at
http://www.amherst.edu/commencement/employment/.
The application deadline is Monday, April 2.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/commencement/employment/
Going Away Next Year? Notify the Deans' Office (Deadlines March 15 and April 15)
If you plan to be off campus for any reason
during the 2007-08 academic year, you
must inform the Dean of Students’
Office before a strictly enforced pair
of deadlines. If you plan to be away in
the fall or for the entire year, you
must inform the Dean of Students’
Office by March 15. If you plan
to be away for the spring only, you
must inform the dean’s office by
April 15. In both cases, students must fill out a form and get the appropriate dean to sign it. If you’re
thinking of studying at another U.S.
school or just taking time off, see
your class dean. If you’re considering
study in another country, see the study
abroad advisor, Janna Behrens, in the
Career Center. If you want to apply for
the Twelve-College Exchange program,
see Dean Frances Tuleja. Even if you
don’t know exactly where you’ll be in
the fall, you must let the appropriate
dean/adviser know by the March 15 or
April 15 deadline that you plan to be away.
Charitable Trusts to Share Same Return as College Endowment
A December 2006 ruling from the IRS
enables Amherst to now invest its
charitable remainder trusts in units of
the college endowment. As such, each
trust will be able to realize the same
performance as the Endowment. A
Charitable Remainder Trust is a gift
option that provides lifetime income
for one or more beneficiaries, with the
remainder asset accruing to the college
at the death of the final beneficiary
or after a term of years. The endowment
consists of a diversified portfolio
which realized a recent 10-year
cumulative annualized return of 14.9%.
History is no guarantee of future
performance, but this new opportunity
presents a new gift option for
potential donors as they strive to meet
their charitable and personal
objectives.
For more information: cms.amherst.edu/alumni/giving/gift_planning
Writer Olga Grushin to Read Feb. 19
Russian and American writer Olga Grushin
will read from her fiction at 8 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 19, in the Pruyne Lecture
Hall (Fayerweather115) at Amherst
College. Sponsored by the Creative
Writing Center at Amherst, the reading
is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02grushin.html
In Memoriam: Alexander Morton
The Johnson Chapel flag has been
lowered to half-staff in memory of
retired staff member Alexander Morton,
who died Thursday night. He was 86
years old. Mr. Morton joined the
Amherst College staff in 1964 as a
cook. In 1965, he moved to the library
as a circulation assistant, and 11
years later he was made stack
supervisor. He retired in 1990. More
information may be posted as it
becomes available.
CCE Candidate Molly Mead to Speak Feb. 20
Molly Mead, one of the top three
candidates for Amherst's new Center for
Community Engagement director, will give
a presentation on her vision for the
center and her experience as the director of Tuft's
Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 4:30 p.m. in Paino Lecture Hall, Earth
Sciences Building. There will also be an
informal mixer for students at 7 p.m. in the Keefe Campus Center McCaffrey Room. Antonio's will be provided. For more
information Mead or the other candidates, please contact njbrewster@amherst.edu.
Women, Labor and Globalization: Central American Workers Speak Out Feb. 20
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m. in Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather 115, Rosa isabel Davila Alonzo and Maria Elena Mendina Vallejo will speak about their positions
as worker-owners of Nueva Vida Women's Sewing
Cooperative in Nicaragua. In Nicaragua there are
many free trade zones where women work in
sweat shops, producing clothing under
unacceptable labor conditions, long hours and low
pay. This new cooperative demonstrates the
possibility of production without exploitation and
profit that benefits individual women rather than
companies. Gilberto Garcia, who will also speak, has
documented labor violations, coordinated
educational campaigns and organized international
support for El Salvadoran worker struggles since
1994.
For more information: www.sweatfree.org/
Political Science Lecture Feb. 21
Vitaly Kozyrev, Karl Loewenstein Fellow,
will present a talk entitled "Putin's
Regime in Russia: Continuity and Change
from the Soviet Past," on Wednesday,
Feb. 21, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in
Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather 115.
The Secrets of Law Feb. 21
The Department of Law, Jurisprudence and
Social Thought has invited Alasdair
Roberts, professor of public
administration in the Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs at
Syracuse University, to give a talk at
Amherst College on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 4:30 p.m. in the Babbott Room of the Octagon. His talk is titled "Rituals of Transparency.”
Transparency, says the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD), is the most important element of
contemporary efforts to improve governance. It is
the tonic to improve all governmental
ills: declining legitimacy, inadequate
responsiveness or effectiveness and
rampant corruption. One marker of the
idea's popularity is the rapid
diffusion of laws like the US Freedom of
Information Act, which purport to
establish the citizen's "right to
information." But transparency in
government is an elusive goal: it
cannot, and will not, ever be satisfied.
Copies of Professor Roberts’ paper will
be available prior to the lecture. To
obtain a copy, contact Karen Underwood
at 413/542-2380 or klunderwood@amherst.edu.
All members of the Five College
Community are invited to attend.
Tessa Rajak To Speak Feb. 21
Tessa Rajak, professor of ancient
history and classics at the University
of Reading, United Kingdom, and the
2006-07 Horace W. Goldsmith Visiting
Professor of Judaic Studies and Classics
at Yale University will speak on “Did
Pagans Read the Greek Bible? The
Reception of the Septuagint in
Graeco-Roman Culture.” The talk will
take place at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Feb. 21, in the Pruyne Lecture Hall,
Fayerweather 115. A reception
will follow the lecture. This event is sponsored by the Religion Department and the Willis D. Wood Fund. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Theme House Applications Due Feb. 21
Students interested in living in a
theme houses next year must apply no
later than Feb. 21. Applications
are available online at
www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife for French
House, Spanish House, German House,
Russian House, Asian Culture House,
Charles Drew House, La Casa, Marsh Arts
House and Health and Wellness. Humphries
House has a lottery system, so all
interested students must visit the
Residential Life Office (Converse 105)
to place their names on the list.
Students accepted into theme houses are
not eligible to participate in Room
Draw. Exact room assignments will be
decided after the campus-wide Room Draw
in April.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife
Humphries Lottery for 2007-08; Sign Up by Feb. 21
Students interested in living in
Humphries House (the Zu) for the 2007-
08 academic year must sign up for the
lottery by Wednesday, Feb. 21.
The Zu is a primarily vegetarian co-
operative where students cook meals in
the house and participate in
programming and other activities.
Students can either visit Converse 105
or call 413/542-2161 to sign up for the
lottery.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/reslife
Political Conversation/Debate Feb. 27
A conversation/debate entitled
"Should the New York Times Be Prosecuted
Under the Espionage Act? Or, Does the
First Amendment Give the Media an
Exception to the Laws?" with Gabriel
Schoenfel, Commentary magazine, and
George Freeman '71, counsel to
the New York Times, will take place Tuesday,
Feb. 27, in the Octagon, room 201, at
7:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by
the Department of Political Science and
the Colloquium on the American Founding.
Paradoxes of Globalization: Forest Loss and Forest Recovery in Latin America Feb. 27
Susanna Hecht, professor of urban
planning, UCLA, and fellow at the
Institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton University, will speak on
Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. in Paino
Lecture Hall (107 Earth Sciences). The lecture is
sponsored by the Amazon Studies
Lectureship Fund and the Environmental
Studies Program of Amherst College.
For more information: www.spa.ucla.edu/dept.cfm?d=up&s=faculty 1.cfm&id=101
Philosopher Isabelle Peretz To Speak on “The Nature of Music from a Biological Perspective” Feb. 22
Isabelle Peretz, professor of psychology
at the Université de Montréal, will give
a talk on “The Nature of Music from a
Biological Perspective” at 4:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Feb. 22, in Pruyne Lecture
Hall (Fayerweather 115) at Amherst
College. Organized by the Amherst
College Department of Philosophy and
funded by the Forry and Micken Fund in
Philosophy and Science, Peretz’s talk is
free and open to the public.
A professor of psychology and director
of the Laboratory of Neuropsychology of
Music and of Auditory Cognition at the
University of Montreal, Peretz studies
the biological sources and neural
aptitudes involved in the individual’s
perception of music. She is co-director
of the Centre for Brain, Music and Sound
(BRAMS), a research and teaching center
at the University of Montreal and McGill
University devoted to the neuroscience
of auditory cognition. She has
co-authored two books on the subject of
musical cognition, The Cognitive
Neuroscience of Music (2003) and The
Biological Foundations of Music (Annals
of the New York Academy of Sciences, V.
930, 2001). The former is one of the
first books to explore the neural
processes involved in music. Peretz is
respected for breaking new ground in
this growing field.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02peretz.html
Physics Seminar Feb. 22
On Thursday, Feb. 22, at 4:45 p.m. in
Merrill 3, Professor Robert Romer of
Amherst College will give a physics
seminar. Tea/cookies will be served
before the talk at 4:15 p.m. in Merrill 204.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~physics
Funding for Non-profit Summer Internships - Information Session Feb. 22
Want to make a difference this summer?
Come to the Career Center, first floor
College Hall, at 8 p.m. on Feb. 22 to find out
how the Abele Public Service Summer
Internship Program can help. The Abele
Program provides financial support for
approximately 75 Amherst College
students to work in non-profit summer
internships for organizations dedicated
to providing direct assistance to
low-income and underserved populations.
Awards are for up to $4,000 in
stipend/travel expenses. This information
session will provide background on the
program, guidance on how to identify an
eligible internship and general information on
the application process. The application
deadline is March 16. For more
information, visit the Website, or call the
Career Center at 413/542-2265.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~careers/fellow/abele.html
Dr. Charles Gerfen '73 To Speak Feb. 22
Dr. Charles Gerfen '73, senior
investigator, Laboratory of System
Neuroscience, National Institute
of Mental Health, will present "Rebirth
of Neuroanatomy: New Genetic Approaches
to Study Neural Circuits" on Thursday, Feb. 22, at
4:30 p.m. (refreshments at 4:15 p.m.) in Merrill 4. Gerfen
received a B.A. from Amherst College and
Ph.D. from Northwestern University. His
doctoral research was on neural
substrates of reward involving the
prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia. In
1983, Gerfen joined the Laboratory
of Neurophysiology at NIMH to work on
the neuroanatomy of the forebrain and
established some of the functional
principles of the organization of the
basal ganglia.
Jazz@Schwemm's Feb. 22
The spring semester series of jazz erformances at
Schwemm's will commence on Thursday, Feb. 22, at
9:30 p.m. The featured group will be EJQ (Eclectic Jazz
Quartet) featuring our own Prof. Dominic Poccia on
reeds. Please drop by at any time during the
performance and dig the scene! This event is sponsored by the Jazz@Amherst initiative.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~jazz
World-Renowned Pianist Marilyn Nonken To Present a Concert on “Philosophy in Music” Feb. 23
Marilyn Nonken, celebrated concert
pianist and director of piano studies at
the Steinhardt School of New York
University, will perform a concert
titled “Philosophy in Music” at 8 p.m.
on Friday, Feb. 23, in Buckley Recital
Hall in the Arms Music Center at Amherst
College. Organized by the Amherst
College Departments of Philosophy and
Music and funded by the Forry and Micken
Fund in Philosophy and Science, the
concert is free and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02nonken.html
Carol Solomon Kiefer To Speak on "Through British Eyes: British Art at the Mead" Feb. 23
Carol Solomon Kiefer, curator of
European art at the Mead Art Museum at
Amherst College, will give a gallery
talk about the exhibit “Through British
Eyes: British Art at the Mead” at 2 p.m.
on Friday, Feb. 23, in the Fairchild
Gallery at the museum. Her talk is free
and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02britishkiefer.html
Lectionary Lent Lunches Begin Feb. 23
Journey with Jesus to Jerusalem.
Consider, with fellow students, staff,
faculty and other members of the
Amherst Community, biblical materials
upon which services of worship in many
Protestant as well as Roman Catholic
churches will be built. Six Lectionary
Lunches will take place from noon
to 1 p.m. each Friday for six
consecutive weeks starting February 23 and running
through April 6, Good Friday, in the
Mullins Room of the Lewis Sebring Dining
Commons.
Steps to Study Abroad Feb. 23
Join Study Abroad adviser William Hoffa
to find out all you need to know to
apply to study abroad next year.
Deadlines are approaching, so don't
delay! Join us on Friday, Feb. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in the
Career Center.
Friday Night Fellowship: The Healing of the Centurion's Servant Feb. 23
On Friday, Feb. 23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Chapin Hall,
Jess Chung '06 will lead a
manuscript study of Luke 7: The Faith
of the Centurion. Our new game
wizards (Bethany Brown '10 and Jess
Choi '10) will have a surprise for us!
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~acf
Vagina Monologues To Be Performed Feb. 22-24
Shows will be Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.;
Friday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 24, at
6:30 p.m. in the Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall. Tickets are $10($5 with student ID). All proceeds benefit
the New England Learning Center for
Women in Transition (NELCWIT), a
non-profit organization in Greenfield, Mass. which provides services for survivors of rape and domestic abuse. Raffle
prizes include massages, sex toys, gift
certificates and CDs. Raffle tickets
are $2 and will be sold while tabling
and at all shows. Tickets will be
available Feb. 15-16 and 19-22 from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Keefe Campus Center or by contacting ACVaginaMonologues@gmail.com.
39th Annual Casino Night Feb. 24
The 39th Casino, celebrating
Mardi Gras and sponsored by Educate!, will be held Saturday, Feb. 24, at 9 p.m. in Valentine Dining Hall.
Play poker with your professors, bet on
roulette or try your hand at blackjack.
You can listen to the smooth sounds of
the Blue Nomads or mingle in the
champagne room (valid ID required). All
proceeds will help fund the education
of refugees and nationals in Africa.
For more information: www.educateafrica.org
The Silent Caller by Will Havemann '07 Feb. 22-24
The Silent Caller, written by Will Havemann '07 and directed by Michael Birtwistle, will be performed Feb. 22-24 in Kirby Theater. After an undefined fall, a father lies comatose on a cot in his study-turned-hospital room, and his
family struggles to adjust to its violently altered
existence. When two visitors arrive out of the blue,
the family not only has to come to grips with its
new future, but it must also accept its unpleasant
past. A new play by Will Havemann '07, The
Silent Caller follows the family backwards and
forwards through time as their story is gradually
revealed. Tickets are free, and reservations recommended. To reserve tickets, contact the box office at 413/542-2277.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~theater/
Pianist Peter Serkin To Present Music at Amherst Feb. 25
In the third performance of the 2006-07
Music at Amherst Series, pianist Peter
Serkin will perform a program of works
by Charles Wuorinen, Olivier Messiaen,
J.S. Bach, Elliott Carter and Johannes
Brahms at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, in
Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music
Building at Amherst College.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02serkin.html
Biology Lecture Feb. 26
Michael J. F. Barresi, assistant
professor of biological sciences, Clark
Science Center, Smith College,
will present "A roundabout way to wire the Zebrafish
brain" on Monday, Feb. 26, at
3:30 p.m. in Merrill 4.
The History of Hip Hop Dance Forms: Popmaster Fabel Feb. 26
Come see Popmaster Fabel in the Keefe Campus Center Theater on Monday, Feb. 26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Popmaster Fabel is a well-known artist
and choreographer in the hip hop
community. Honored for his efforts by
VH1's "1st Hip Hop Honors" series, Jorge
"Pop Master Fabel" Pabon will describe
and define the four major dance forms
associated with Hip Hop culture:
Lockin', Poppin', Breakin' and Rockin'.
This lecture will focus upon each dance
form's distinct history and vocabulary
as well as the early contributions of
the west coast dance scene made on hip
hop culture. Three of the dance forms
will be demonstrated. This event is sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee, the Black Student
Union and La Causa.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~dos/mlk/
Sweatshop Activism Workshop Feb. 26
On Monday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Keefe Campus Center Friedmann Room, Liana Foxvog from SweatFree
Communities will be holding a workshop on anti-
sweatshop activism and how to run anti-
sweatshop campaigns. The workshop will go into
detail on both running general anti-sweat
campaigns and about SweatFree Communities'
current campaign to get the Massachusetts state government
to adopt a sweat-free policy.
SweatFree Communities assists workers globally in
their struggles to improve working conditions and
form unions. As governments renounce their
responsibility to regulate corporate activity and
protect public welfare, sweat-free procurement laws
are a way to utilize governments' roles as bulk
purchasers to reclaim government for the public
interest.
For more information: www.sweatfree.org/
Para Nosotros Sunday Evenings
A Spanish-speaking Bible study that
looks at Jesus' view of marginalized
people will take place Sundays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Keefe Campus Center McCaffrey Room. The studies are sponsored by the Amherst Christian Fellowship.
Financial Aid Office Moving to B-5 Converse Hall
The Office of Financial Aid will be
relocating to B-5 Converse Hall, on the
basement level of the building,
adjacent to the north entrance. To
accommodate the move, the office will
be closed Friday, Feb. 23, and will
reopen in the new location on Monday,
Feb. 26. Telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail addresses and office
hours will not change.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~finaid
Discussion of "Should The New York Times be Prosecuted under the Espionage Statutes?" Feb. 27
Political essayist Gabriel Schoenfeld
and George Freeman '71, the assistant
general counsel at The New York Times,
will discuss "Should The New York Times
Be Prosecuted under the Espionage
Statutes? Or, Does the First Amendment
Give the Media an Exception to the
Laws?" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27,
in Room 201 in the Octagon at Amherst
College. One in a series of lectures
sponsored by the Colloquium on the
American Founding at Amherst, the talk
is free and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02schoenfeld.html
Paradoxes of Globalization: Forest Loss in Latin American Feb. 27
Susanna Hecht, professor of urban
planning at UCLA and fellow at the
Institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton University, will speak on
"Paradoxes of Globalization: Forest Loss
and Forest Recovery in Latin America" at
4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Paino
Lecture Hall (107 Earth Sciences) at
Amherst College. Sponsored by the Amazon
Studies Lectureship Fund and the
Environmental Studies Program of Amherst
College, Hecht's talk is free and open
to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/2006_2007/2007_02hecht.html
Résumé Workshop Feb. 27
Planning on applying for some jobs or
internships in the coming months? Come
to this résumé Workshop to find out how
to craft a résumé that will set you
apart from the crowd. Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Career Center.
Genocide Film Series Feb. 27
Amnesty International and STAND present the 2007 Genocide Film Series, a bi-weekly event. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, we will show the film Hotel Rwanda in the Keefe Campus Center theater at 7 p.m.
Play Games from Your Childhood Feb. 27
The student health educators are
sponsoring a return to childhood
night with great games from
childhood including capture the
flag and tunnel tag. Join us for the games on
Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Alumni Gym
from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
In Memoriam: Karen Waskiewicz
The flag has been lowered for Karen
Waskiewicz who died Monday, Feb. 26.
Karen worked in the Comptroller's Office
for 18 years. She leaves her husband,
Daniel Waskiewicz, and her seven year
old daughter, Casey. No further
information on funeral arrangements are
available at this time.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/memoriam/waskiewicz.html
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