News for the Smith College Community //November 15, 2001

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Theatre Dept. to Stage Children's Hour

Playwright Lillian Hellman was never one to shy away from controversy. In 1952, when called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to reveal the names of her friends with Communist ties, she defiantly refused and ended up on Hollywood's blacklist.

Years before, her first play, The Children's Hour, written in 1934, also dabbled in controversy. The play tells of an angry young student at a girls' school in a small New England town who, after being disciplined, disgraces her headmistresses by claiming that they are lesbians. The student's lie eventually brings about the closing of the school and an unfortunate end for one of the headmistresses.

The Smith College Department of Theatre will stage a presentation of The Children's Hour on Friday and Saturday, November 30 and December 1, and from Wednesday through Saturday, December 5 through 8, at 8 p.m. in the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre at the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts. A matinee performance will take place on Saturday, December 1, at 2 p.m. in the same theater.

The theatre department's rendition of The Children's Hour is directed by Austin Pendleton, a Tony Award­nominated director and actor with a long list of Broadway, television and movie credits. Pendleton, a company member of Steppenwolf Theatre, is in residence with the theatre department this fall and teaches an acting class at Smith. His daughter, Audrey Pendleton, is a Smith senior.

When it debuted on Broadway, The Children's Hour was an instant success and Hellman became a celebrity at age 28. Audiences were reportedly shocked and fascinated at the play's subject material and with Hellman's frank (for the time) treatment of lesbianism. The play spawned two film adaptations, including These Three in 1936, also written by Hellman.

In addition to other movie scripts, Hellman penned Little Foxes in 1939, which has become her best-known play. It tells the story of psychological and financial conflict in a wealthy southern family.

In 1967, Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway revival of The Little Foxes. He directed the play again in 1981, this time with Elizabeth Taylor starring in her Broadway debut.

Pendleton has also appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof and The Diary of Anne Frank. His television and movie credits include Amistad, Catch-22, What's Up Doc?, My Cousin Vinny and NBC's Homicide.

Tickets for The Children's Hour (call 585-ARTS) are $7 for the general public, $4 for students and seniors.

Is It or Is It Not Smith College?

Tune in to CBS at 8 p.m. on a Sunday night. The setting of the drama unfolding before you -- a college in western Massachusetts, near Amherst College -- may look familiar. Add in the college's African-American woman president and its all-female student body and the parallels begin to feel downright uncanny.

Does CBS's new drama, The Education of Max Bickford, really center around the fictional Chadwick College? Or is this about Smith?

"Although the producers say it's based on a composite of institutions, it's clearly modeled very heavily on Smith," asserts Dan Horowitz who, like the fictional protagonist Max Bickford, is the head of his college's American studies department. "There was a woman in the French department here who didn't get tenure three or four years ago, moved to Hollywood and was briefly a consultant for the program," Horowitz explains.

And while the show was partly informed by the consultant with a Smith connection, Horowitz feels it's not entirely accurate in its portrayal. "It gets the picture right," he says, "but it gets the tone and flavor wrong. I think it makes our lives seem much more interesting and conflict-filled and fast-paced than they really are."

As an example, Horowitz cites Max Bickford's lavish office: "A huge office," he points out, "with a secretary in an outer office who organizes his entire life." In order to contact or meet with him, students must go through Bickford's secretary. "In some ways they rely on a corporate model for what they think academic life is. Here, any student can walk into my office, call me, email me, and a student does not have to go through a secretary to speak with me."

Horowitz insists that Max Bickford, who is played by Richard Dreyfuss, was not modeled on him specifically. "The resemblance only goes so far in that we both head American studies departments," he says. And though he has not served as a consultant for the show, Horowitz was contacted before the premiere by a fact-checker who wanted to corroborate the plausibility of a plot for a future episode.

After watching the first episode, Horowitz fired off an email to the fact-checker, pointing out a blatant mistake the show had made. "In the opening show, there was a big banner over a building saying 'Welcome, Freshmen' and I emailed her to say that the banner was just inconceivable at a women's college," he said.

While there are inaccuracies, Chadwick College remains strikingly like Smith College, down to the staid New England architecture. The show's producers visited Smith last year to scout the possibility of shooting on campus, but decided to film the series at Wagner College on Staten Island, New York.

Still, members of the Smith community and their families enjoy watching the show for parallels to the college. After a recent episode showed a worried student informing her professor that if she didn't get good grades she'd never get into a good law school, one Smith senior received an excited phone call from her father. "You were on TV!" he told her.

SSW Receives $680K Grant for Project

This fall, the Smith College School for Social Work (SSW) and Casey Family Services have established an innovative partnership that could change social work practice and scholarship. With the help of a $680,000 grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a prestigious national foundation dedicated to improving the lives of children and families, the School for Social Work plans to undertake a three-year study of Casey Family Services' pioneering Family Resource Centers.

"This is the biggest grant that the School for Social Work has ever received, and an affiliation with an agency of such national reputation is very consistent with Smith's interest in continuing to be a leader in social work education," says Georgina Lucas, director of the SSW's Center for Innovative Practice. The affiliation also corresponds with the center's mission "to begin connecting the School for Social Work with the community and look at how we improve clinical social work practice and expand its impact on serving all populations," Lucas adds.

The center assisted SSW faculty members Joyce Everett, an expert in child welfare services, and Jim Drisko, a child psychiatrist and clinical researcher, in developing the grant proposal. Everett will serve as the study's principal investigator, and Drisko will be the co-principal investigator.

As part of the study, over the next three years, Everett, Drisko and doctoral students from the School for Social Work will observe the development of Casey Family Services' seven Family Resource Centers and document their impact on communities from Baltimore, Maryland, to White River Junction, Vermont.

Established to provide support for the communities' families and children, each Family Resource Center will operate as "a collaborative effort between professionals and the families that will be using the centers," says Lucas. "It's not like Casey Family Services is going in and saying, 'This community needs a daycare center and we're going to establish one.' The professional social workers are saying to community members, 'What are your most pressing needs, and if we developed a Family Resource Center, what would you like that center to provide?'"

Because each community's needs differ, each center will be structured to provide different services, providing academic assistance to Cambodian and Puerto Rican children in Lowell, Massachusetts, for example, or tackling issues of adolescent pregnancy in Baltimore.

The difficulty with such a situation-based model for social work "is that there is no standard model, no expert-led model, no research" informing the Family Resource Center's actions and decisions, says Drisko.

As researchers studying the Family Resource Centers, Everett and Drisko will examine how "this fluid model workstry to find out how decisions were made and why they were made," Drisko explains.

In visits to Family Resource Center sites, the researchers will also investigate "the types of challenges each center has experienced and what strategies were used to address those challenges," says Everett.

"Another major area we'll be examining is each of the centers' efforts to engage in community building -- how they get the community to participate and become interested in the centers themselves.

"One reason we were interested in this study is that these centers will have an impact on the way social services are provided," Everett continues. "And that has implications for what we teach our future social workers. What we learn will be fed back into the curriculum."

"This is a wonderful partnership for the school," says Lucas, "and it's an opportunity for scholarship among our faculty, an opportunity to gain new knowledge of community-based practice, and it also provides opportunities for our doctoral students, who will be the scholars and educators of the future."

"We have our work cut out for us," admits Everett. "Ever since we got the award, we've been very, very busy. But Casey Family Services has been extremely enthusiastic and generous, the staff is terrific and it's exciting for us to be able to work on a research project together."

Messengers Gears Up for NYC Run

A year ago last April, several departments teamed with visiting, faculty and student fellows in the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute to present Star Messengers, an extravagant musical theater production that illustrated the fabled life of Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and his contemporaries.

The production, written and directed by Paul Zimet, associate professor of theatre, was the culmination of the Kahn Institute's second yearlong project "Star Messenger: Galileo at the Millennium." The piece's musical score was composed by Ellen Maddow, Zimet's wife and a Kahn Institute Fellow at the time.

Now, one and a half years later, Star Messengers will premier again, this time off Broadway in a production by The Talking Band at New York's La MaMa E.T.C. theater. The play will preview on Friday, November 30, and open on Sunday, December 2, with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through Sundays, through December 16. Matinee performances will take place at 2:30 p.m. each Sunday during the run.

As in the Smith production, The Talking Band's Star Messengers will feature actors William Badgett as Galileo and David Greenspan as Johannes Kepler. Zimet and Maddow received the Frederick Loewe Award in Musical Theater for Star Messengers.

La MaMa E.T.C. is a venue in Greenwich Village that specializes in contemporary works. Zimet is the artistic director of The Talking Band, a theater company that often stages productions at La MaMa E.T.C. His musical theater work Bitterroot premiered at the theater last June and garnered positive reviews. Kiki Smith, professor of theatre at Smith, was the costume designer for that production and for Star Messengers as well. Jill St. Coeur, a staff costumer in the theatre department, was the assistant costume designer.

Zimet also produced Tilt, a play written and composed by Maddow that ran for two weeks at La MaMa E.T.C. in February 1999, with input from several Smith theater associates.

Star Messengers tells the story mainly of Galileo and Johannes Kepler, scientists who changed the human perspective of the universe through their early 17th-century discoveries. The play, in an effort to reflect the rich theatrical and musical experimentation of Galileo's time, incorporates a mélange of artistic genres, Zimet says, including opera, commedia dell'arte, Strindbergian dream play, contemporary dance/theater and popular forms, to create a language that strives to convey the wonder of the scientists' discoveries.

"It was a rich time, when a lot of experimentation was going on in the theater," Zimet said of the period during which Galileo lived. "I wanted the piece to be partly a narration about their lives, but I wanted it to include perception as well."

Galileo (1564-1642) is known for, among other things, being the first astronomer to use a telescope to study the stars and being imprisoned by the Inquisition in 1633 for advocating his theory that the earth revolves around the sun.

While the work and life of Galileo is well-known and documented, much less is known of the valuable contributions of his contemporaries to mathematics and astronomy. Kepler (1571-1630) clarified the theory that the planets revolve around the sun. And Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish astronomer whose observations formed the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion.

Star Messengers was originally commissioned by the Kahn Institute. Tickets for the La MaMa E.T.C. production are $20, $15 for students. For ticket information, call (212) 475-7710.

Winter Cold Brings Out Smith Knitters

By Andria Darby '02

As the leaves disappear from the trees and the days grow shorter and colder, it's likely some warm-blooded Smith students are adopting a stay-at-home mentality. Indoor activities, for some, have become more appealing.

Among the pastimes practiced at Smith during the "hibernation season" are sipping hot cocoa and curling up with a good book.

But for some Smithies, the descent into winter isn't complete without picking up a pair of long, thin needles and a ball of yarn. For them, autumn is the season to start knitting.

"Once fall comes, it's like this knitting urge takes over," attests Linda Daniels, owner of Northampton Wools, a knitting supplies retailer on Pleasant Street in downtown Northampton, who estimates that 35 percent of her clientele are Smith students. Business always picks up as the weather gets chillier, she says.

Elizabeth Knox '04, a knitter in Morris House, likes to make scarves and hats for her friends, she says. These make great Christmas presents and are essential in winter. "I knit because I like making things for people," she explains. A handmade gift forms a bond between people, she says. "It's sort of like making friendship bracelets when you were in grade school. I feel like it's a grown-up extension of that."

Phoebe Mathews '03 also enjoys knitting -- mostly hats -- as a way to make, and sometimes give, useful winter clothing items. "It's practical," she says of knitting. "You can make stuff to wear."

Knitting at Smith is contagious, Daniels guesses. One individual might share her knitting skills, "then it's a wave through the whole house," she says. "At Smith, it's girls teaching girls. More and more we hear, 'I have a friend who's going to teach me how to knit.'"

In particular, Daniels encounters many first-year Smith students who are just learning the craft. And among the college's 35 residences, Daniels says, Wilson House seems to have more than its share of resident knitters.

Many Smithies who take up knitting tend to continue with it, she reports. "We can almost track the girls through all four years at Smith."

Daniels says the recent "explosion" of knitting enthusiasm among college students is no surprise to her. "It's extremely therapeutic," she says of knitting. "It becomes really meditative because it's such a repetitive motion." Also, it gives stressed students a chance to relax, she explains. "It slows you down in today's hectic world."

Indeed, Mathews says she knits as a way to take a break from her rigorous student life. "It gives me an out-of-school project, something I'm working on besides homework," she says. "You don't feel bad about procrastinating when you're knitting something."

For Knox, knitting is a way to fill her leisure time. "I knit when I watch a movie and when I'm on my way home to Boston," she explains. During a recent trip to Michigan with the Glee Club, she knitted on the bus, she adds.

Mathews, who learned to knit as a first-year student in an Interterm class, says she also enjoys the social aspect. "I like knitting in the dorm with other people," she says. "It becomes a communal activity." Knox, who taught her boyfriend how to knit, agrees that knitting is more fun when it's shared. "You feel like you're helping someone out, teaching them a skill," she notes.

According to Knox, most people would enjoy learning how to knit-"There's something appealing about it," she says, "the bright colors and the soft yarn"-especially as the winter draws near.


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Ann Jones, Esther Cloudman Dunn Professor of Comparative Literature, and her husband Peter Stallybrass, Edmund and Louise Kahn Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded the James Russell Lowell Prize, given by the Modern Language Association (MLA) for their book Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory, published last year by Cambridge University Press. The Lowell Prize is awarded each year for "an outstanding literary or linguistic study by a member of the MLA." According to Jones, her award marks the first time in its 32 years that the Lowell Prize has been given to a faculty member at a four-year college; all previous recipients have served on university faculties. "In their beautifully conceived, well made, and copiously illustrated book," says the award citation, "Jones and Stallybrass think out what it might mean to put on clothes in Renaissance society, on English stages, and for portraiture. Renaissance clothes, for Jones and Stallybrass, are animated: they mould and shape their wearers; they burden them with memories of affiliation (such as liveries) or ancestry (as with inherited garments). In all such discussions, Jones and Stallybrass work-through detailed, well documented historical argument-to differentiate the social functioning and psychic force of clothing in the Renaissance from our own assumptions about how clothes work."


Katie McGreevy '03 spent last summer touring and getting an education about a professional dance company as a Praxis intern with Hoi Polloi, a Boston-based modern dance company operated by Sara Sweet Rabidoux '98. McGreevy traveled with the dance troupe to prestigious festivals and venues throughout the Northeast, such as Jacobs Pillow in Beckett, Massachusetts, the Galapagos Theater in Brooklyn and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. "I also had the ability to learn and experience the demands placed on a professional dancer as well as on the artistic director of a dance company," she says. Following her summer internship and a new friendship with Rabidoux, McGreevy was offered, and accepted, membership with the company and is taking a one-year leave of absence to continue her work with Hoi Polloi. McGreevy credits her good fortune to the Praxis internship at Smith and the college's strong student-alumnae connection. "Because of the Praxis program, I was able to accept this unpaid internship, which ended up being invaluable to me," she said. McGreevy is currently helping Rabidoux prepare for performances at Mass MOCA and possibly in Barcelona in the spring.



Sources of further information, if any, are indicated in parentheses. Notices should be submitted by mail, by e-mail eweld@smith.edu) or by fax (extension 2171).


Collegewide

Flu Clinic
A walk-in flu clinic for all students and staff will take place on Wednesday, November 28, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Wright Hall common room. The fee for flu shots, payable at the clinic, is $10 for staff members, $4 for students. Dress appropriately to receive an injection in the upper arm. After the clinic, Health Services will make appointments for flu vaccinations as long as supplies last.

Foul Weather Flash
For information about delayed opening, early closing, curtailed operations at Smith or weather emergency information, call the Smith Information Line at 585-INFO, the college's only official weather source. An updated announcement of storm delays or closings will be available after 6 a.m. on the affected workday. Also, tune into the following media stations for news on delayed openings or cancellations: WHMP (Northampton) 1400 AM/99.3 FM; WFCR (Amherst) 88.5; WWLP-TV Channel 22; or WGGB-TV Channel 40.

Islamic Awareness Month
Since September 11, Al-Iman, Smith's chapter of the Muslim Students Organization, has been overwhelmed with requests for information regarding Islam and Muslims. The Five Colleges have chosen November, the month of Ramadan, a holy Muslim period, as Islamic Awareness Month. Many events are taking place this month regarding Islam. The chapel invites you to show your solidarity during this sacred month of Ramadan by fasting with the Muslim community. Fasting is the fourth pillar of Islam and is observed during the month of Ramadan. For 30 days Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk while devoting their thoughts to Allah. At all times during Ramadan, Muslims must be mindful of their speech and behavior. Please call the chapel at ext. 2753 for more information.

Ainsworth Break Hours
Building: Tuesday, November 20, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, November 21, 6 a.m.-2 p.m.; Thursday-Friday, November 22-23, closed; Saturday-Sunday, November 24-25, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Ainsworth Pool: November 20, 8-8:45 a.m. and noon-2 p.m.; November 21, 6:30-9 a.m. and noon -1:30 p.m.; November 22-25, closed. Weight room: November 20, 6:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; November 21, 6:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; November 22-23, closed; November 24-25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Climbing wall: November 20-23, closed; November 24-25, 1-5 p.m.

Mum Show Canceled
Because of the Lyman Conservatory renovations taking place this year, the annual Chrysanthemum Show, usually held in November, will not take place. However, the conservatory will remain open to the public and currently has on display a spectacular collection of orchids, including some received this year from Thailand, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Vietnam. The front of the building is closed, but the side entrance, near the Botanic Garden, is open.


Faculty and Staff

Bus Trip to NYC
The Staff Council Activities Committee will sponsor a bus trip to New York City on Saturday, December 1. The trip is open to all employees, faculty, retirees and their guests. The bus will leave Smith at 7 a.m. and remain in New York until 7 p.m. Drop-off points are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Theater District. The bus driver will announce the point of departure. The fee is $30 per person. Reservations can be made by sending e-mail to staffactivities@smith.edu or by calling ext. 4424, then selecting option 1 for "Activities."

Annual Open Enrollment
The annual benefits open enrollment period will take place through Wednesday, November 21. Open enrollment is the time when employees may make changes to their health and dental plans without the occurrence of a qualifying event such as the birth of a child. They may also switch between Tufts HMO and Tufts POS, or open or renew a flexible spending account. The IRS requires that a new application be completed for all flexible spending accounts during the open enrollment period. Open enrollment forms and any applications must be completed and returned to Human Resources no later than Wednesday, November 21.


Students

Course Critiques
Course Critiques (formerly known as Faculty Teaching Evaluations), which are required of all students, must be submitted from 8 a.m. on Monday, November 26, through 5 p.m. on Friday, December 7. Students should complete critiques online using BannerWeb. The BannerWeb system is accessible from any PC or Mac (including computers in all Smith Resource Centers and personal computers in student houses) connected to the Internet on a recent version of Netscape or Internet Explorer. For information on how to access the system, refer to the memorandum dated November 15, which was delivered to student mailboxes, from Jessica Petocz and Dean Mahoney. Note: critiques are mandatory; students will be fined $25 for noncompliance.

Thanksgiving Break Housing
All students who wish to remain in campus housing during Thanksgiving vacation (Wednesday, November 21, through Sunday, November 25) must complete a vacation housing request form in the Office of Student Affairs (College Hall 24) no later than Friday, November 16, at 4 p.m. The following houses will remain open during Thanksgiving break: Albright, Chase, Cutter, Dawes, Duckett, Friedman, Gillett, Hopkins, Lamont, Lawrence, Morris, Northrop, Talbot, Tenney, Tyler, Yale, Ziskind, 47 Belmont and 150 Elm. Any students residing in nonvacation houses who wish to stay for the break will need to make arrangements with students in open houses to stay in their rooms and obtain their room key. A $20 fee will be charged to students to stay in Smith housing over Thanksgiving break; $10 of the fee is nonrefundable and will help cover the cost of housekeeping. All students residing in vacation housing will be issued a vacation key, which will be available in the Office of Student Affairs on Monday and Tuesday, November 19 and 20, during regular office hours. A $10 deposit will be refunded pending return of the key to the Business Office, College Hall 05, by Friday, November 30, at 4 p.m. Any questions regarding Thanksgiving housing can be directed to the Office of Student Affairs, College Hall 24, ext. 4940.

Final Examinations
Information concerning scheduled and unscheduled exams is posted on the Web at www.smith.edu/registrar and on official bulletin boards in Clark Science Center, Seelye Hall and Wright Hall. Self-scheduled examinations will be distributed during three periods on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 18, 19 and 20, and during two periods on Friday, December 21 (there will be no examination period in the evening of December 21). Students should check the schedule of exams carefully and report any conflicts to the registrar's office immediately. Examinations cannot be repeated and will be failed by default if missed through carelessness.

Attention January Graduates
The Office of Student Financial Services is seeking to hire a financial aid specialist. This is a temporary position requiring 35 hours of work per week with an unpaid, one-hour lunch break. The position pays $12 per hour. The work schedule is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays. The position starts on Monday, December 17, and ends on Saturday, June 1, 2002. The specialist will be responsible for answering the student financial services information telephone line and providing consulting services concerning financial-aid application forms and procedures to prospective students and their parents. The specialist will also do data entry and follow-up for financial-aid documents for applicants, first-year and transfer students, and Ada Comstock scholars. The position requires a basic knowledge of undergraduate financial-aid forms and procedures, good judgment, pleasant telephone manner, dependability, attention to detail and good clerical and record-keeping skills (experience with Banner a plus). Submit applications to Specialist Search, Office of Student Financial Services, College Hall 10. Review of applications will begin on Tuesday, November 27.

Thanksgiving Dinner With Alumnae
Students who will remain on campus during Thanksgiving break may sign up to join local Smith alumnae for Thanksgiving dinner. Students who register will be paired up and put in contact with their alumnae hostesses. To sign up, contact Justine Bertram, (413) 586-6169, no later than Friday, November 16.

Leave of Absence Deadline
Students who wish to take time away from Smith for personal reasons or to study at another institution must complete a Request for Approved Off-Campus Study/Personal Leave form by Saturday, December 1. Students who wish to study outside the U.S. must obtain prior approval through the study abroad office. Forms for Off-Campus Study/Personal Leave are available in the class dean's office, College Hall 23 or the study abroad office, Clark Hall.

Fund Drive for Breast Cancer
The government department student liaisons would like to encourage students to donate to the Student Fund Drive for Breast Cancer Research, which will run through Saturday, December 1. The drive is in honor of Mary Geske, assistant professor of government, who died on September 17 of complications associated with breast cancer. The liaisons feel it is important for Smith, as a community of students and women, to remember Professor Geske by supporting research of the deadly disease. To contribute, see your house senator or contact Emma at ext. 6754, Box 7864, or emulvane@smith.edu.

Registration for Spring 2002
The spring advising and registration period will take place through Friday, November 16. Students should have received registration instructions in their mailboxes. Registration will be online and students should contact their advisers for appointments. All registrations must be completed by November 16. Students or advisers needing assistance with their personal identification numbers (PINs) should contact the User Support Center in Stoddard Hall.

NYC Consortium Meetings
The CDO and the Smith Club of New York will host informational meetings on the New York City Consortium on Careers 2002 on Thursday, November 15, at 4:30 p.m., and Monday, November 19, at 12:15 p.m. (bring lunch), both in the CDO, Drew Hall. Attendance at one of the meetings is required in order to participate in the popular annual program, which takes place in New York City from January 6 through 9, 2002. Learn about the world of work in New York City while staying in the homes of Smith alumnae and attending dinners and panels. For more information, send email to chemenwa@smith.edu.

Change in Student Payroll Schedule
Vouchers that were originally due on Wednesday, November 21, are now due on Monday, November 19, by noon. The voucher should include hours worked between November 7 and 16. Checks will arrive in campus mailboxes on Tuesday, November 27. Call ext. 4401 with questions. 

Health Services Exams
Students who will graduate in January should schedule annual gynecological exams by December 14. They will not be eligible to use Health Services after December. Call ext. 2823 to schedule.

AMS 351 Registration
To register for AMS 351, submit a short essay of "creative nonfiction," along with a brief statement explaining why you want to take the course, to Barbara Day, American Studies Program, Wright Hall 12, by Friday, November 16.

Mellon Fellowships
Applications are available for Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies, which help promising students prepare for careers in teaching and scholarship in humanistic disciplines. The Mellon Fellowship is available to first-year doctoral students. The application request deadline is Tuesday, December 4. Call Justina Gregory at ext. 3486 for more information.

Sources of further information, if any, are shown in parentheses at the end of event descriptions. An asterisk following a listing indicates that the event is open to the public. Admission charges, if any, are listed when known. Items for this section must be submitted on Event Service Request Forms.


Monday, November 19

Lectures/Symposia
Lecture "A Healthy Menopause." Sponsor: Human Resources Training and Development program. 9-10:30 a.m., Dewey Common Room

Meetings/Workshops
Informational meeting Smith TV. 4 p.m., Media Services, Alumnae Gym

Informational session Weekly meeting for students interested in studying abroad, including a review of opportunities and procedures, and a question-and-answer period. 4 p.m., Third Floor Resource Room, Clark Hall

Meeting Smith Democrats. 6:30 p.m., Davis Downstairs Lounge

Internship workshop for sophomores and juniors interested in the financial services industry. Topics will include cover letter and résumé writing, interview tips and an overview of investment banking. Bring résumés and questions. Sponsors: Smith Women for Wall Street; CDO. 7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room

Religious Life
Prayer and Possibilities Share faith journeys and a sense of God's presence. Light lunch provided. Sponsor: Lutheran Fellowship. 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." Readings, meditation and a message of hope. All welcome. Sponsor: Office of the Chaplains. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bible study. For more information, call Jessica, ext. 7237. 7:45 p.m., Lawrence House

Other Events/Activities
Language lunch tables French, Italian. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B

Computer science TA lunch table Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C

Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom


Tuesday, November 20

Lectures/Symposia
Sigma Xi luncheon talk "Can a Theoretical Chemist Help Curb Global Warming?" Daniela Kohen, chemistry. Open to faculty, emeriti and staff. Noon, College Club Lower Level

Meetings/Workshops
Weight Watchers at Work 1 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room*

Meeting Amnesty International 4:45 p.m., Lamont House

SGA Senate meeting Open forum. All students welcome. 7:15 p.m., Seelye 201

Meeting Smith Students for a Peaceful Response. 9 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis

Religious Life
Episcopal Fellowship meets for worship, friendship and fun. Eucharist, fellowship and light lunch provided. Students, faculty, staff and friends are welcome. Noon, St. John's Episcopal Church Living Room*

Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." See 11/19 listing. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Meeting Newman Association.
7 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bible study. For more information, call Andy, ext. 7348. 9 p.m., Lamont House

ECC Bible study Student-led discussion of topics raised by the Sunday morning worship community. Snacks provided. All welcome. 10 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Other Events/Activities
Language lunch tables Chinese, German Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B (alternate weekly)

Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom

CDO open hours will not be held.


Wednesday, November 21

Thanksgiving break College


Saturday, November 24

Thanksgiving break No events scheduled


Sunday, November 25

Thanksgiving break

Religious Life
Quaker (Friends) meeting for worship. Preceded by informal discussion at 9:30 a.m. All welcome, childcare available. 11 a.m., Bass 203, 204*

Other Events/Activities
CDO open hours will not be held during Thanksgiving break.


Monday, November 26

Meetings/Workshops
Informational meeting Smith TV. 4 p.m., Media Services, Alumnae Gym

Dance workshop Experience movement through African, Caribbean and Brazilian dances from traditional, folkloric and contemporary settings. This workshop will provide a better understanding and appreciation of the commonalities in different cultures within the African diaspora. 4 p.m., Dance Studio, Crew House

Informational session Weekly meeting for students interested in studying abroad, including a review of opportunities and procedures, and a question-and-answer period. 4 p.m., Third Floor Resource Room, Clark Hall

Meeting Smith Democrats. 6:30 p.m., Davis Downstairs Lounge

Meeting Alliance of Low Income Students invites lower income students and those interested in class awareness education on campus to discuss resource information and support in an open atmosphere. 7:30 p.m., Hopkins House

Religious Life
Prayer and Possibilities Share faith journeys and a sense of God's presence. Light lunch provided. Sponsor: Lutheran Fellowship. 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." See 11/19 listing. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bible study. For more information, call Jessica, ext. 7237. 7:45 p.m., Lawrence House

Other Events/Activities
Language lunch tables French, Italian. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B

Computer science TA lunch table Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C

President's open hours First come, first served. 4-5 p.m., College Hall 20

Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom

Ceramics Club open studio and fundraiser. See and participate in demonstrations on throwing techniques, glazing and handbuilding, and learn more about the club. Free for members; $2, nonmembers. 7-10 p.m., Capen Annex


Tuesday, November 27

Lectures/Symposia
Literature at Lunch Michael Thurston, English, will read poems by W.H. Auden. Bring a lunch, drinks provided. Noon, Wright Common Room

Poetry reading Henri Cole, Grace Hazard Conkling Writer in Residence, will read from his work. Booksigning follows. 7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room*

Performing Arts/Films
Music in the Noon Hour William Wittig, 19th-century flute; Monica Jakuc, fortepiano. Works by classic period composers. 12:30 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage*

Meetings/Workshops
Weight Watchers at Work All welcome. 1 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room*

Question-and-answer session with Henri Cole, who will read in the evening. 3:30 p.m., Wright Common Room

Meeting Amnesty International 4:45 p.m., Lamont House

Workshop "It's All About You! Résumé Writing and Marketing Yourself." Join Women Discovering Business for the first in a series of events geared at helping you succeed in the "real world." Refreshments served. 5 p.m., Seelye 101

SGA Senate meeting Open forum. All students welcome. 7:15 p.m., Seelye 201

Meeting Smith Students for a Peaceful Response. 9 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis

Religious Life
Hillel at Noon Come for great food and conversation with guest Justin Cammy. All welcome. Noon, Kosher Kitchen, Dawes

Episcopal Fellowship meets for worship, friendship and fun. Eucharist, fellowship and light lunch provided. Students, faculty, staff and friends are welcome. Noon, St. John's Episcopal Church Living Room*

Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." See 11/19 listing. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Meeting Newman Association.
7 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bible study. For more information, call Andy, ext. 7348. 9 p.m., Lamont House

ECC Bible study Student-led discussion of topics raised by the Sunday morning worship community. Snacks provided. All welcome. 10 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Other Events/Activities
Language lunch tables Chinese, German. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B (alternate weekly)

Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom

Swimming and diving vs. Amherst.
7 p.m., Ainsworth Pool

CDO open hours for library research and browsing. Peer advisers available. 7-9 p.m., CDO


Wednesday, November 28

Lectures/Symposia
Chemistry/biochemistry lunch chat An informal departmental seminar for students and faculty. 12:10-1:10 p.m., McConnell 403a

Lecture "Terrorism and Global Warming." Jens Christiansen, economics and environmental studies, Mount Holyoke College, will argue that the U.S. should and can reduce its use of fossil fuels to diminish the danger of global warming and dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Sponsors: Population Committee of the Pioneer Valley Sierra Club; Project on Women and Social Change. 7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room*

Lecture "Against the Commodification of the Sacred: Modern Struggles of the Hopi and Colville Tribes." Harry R. Sachse, who represents Native American tribes in their struggles to protect their land, sovereignty and way of life. Sachse has argued eight cases in the U.S. Supreme Court concerning Native American rights and has taught courses in Indian law at the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. Sponsors: anthropology; Smith College Lecture Committee. 7:30 p.m. Wright Hall Common Room*

Faculty panel organized by the Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Curricular Response to the Events of September 11. Dan Horowitz, American studies; Patrick Coby, government; Myron Glazer, sociology; Martha Ackelsberg, government. 7:30 p.m., Seelye 106

Meetings/Workshops
Faculty meeting Preceded by tea at 3:45 p.m. 4:10 p.m., Alumnae House Conference Room

Smith TV meeting to discuss new programming. 7 p.m., Media Services, Alumnae Gym

Meeting MassPIRG. 7 p.m., Seelye 310

Religious Life
Catholic Adas gathering and informal discussion/reflection. Lunch served. All welcome. Noon, Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." See 11/19 listing. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Buddhist meditation and discussion. 7:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

ECC Bible study Student-led discussion of topics raised by the Sunday morning worship community. Snacks provided. All welcome. 10 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Other Events/Activities
Language lunch tables Spanish and Portuguese. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A & B

Classics lunch Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C

Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom

Social events coordinator dinner 5:45 p.m., Duckett Special Dining Room C


Thursday, November 29

Lectures/Symposia
Liberal Arts Luncheon lecture "Making the Old New: Novelty in Biological Systems." Robert Dorit, biological sciences. Sponsor: Committee on Academic Priorities. Noon, College Club, Lower Level

Performing Arts/Films
Concert Audrey Axinn, fortepiano; Amie Roosevelt, violin. Works by Schuster, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Schubert. 8 p.m., Earle Recital Hall, Sage*

Concert A mellow concert brought to you by WOZQ radio. 8 p.m., Field House*

Slam Poetry Jittery's Live presents slam poet Alix Olson. Open your mind to the words of this extraordinary performer. 9 p.m., Jittery's, Davis Center

Meetings/Workshops
Presentation of the major East Asian studies. 5 p.m., Seelye 311

Meeting MassPIRG. All welcome.
7 p.m., Seelye 310*

Religious Life
Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." See 11/19 listing. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Drop-in stress reduction and relaxation class with Hayat Nancy Abuza. Refresh body, mind and spirit. Open to all Five College students, staff and faculty. Sponsor: Office of the Chaplains. 4:30-5:30 p.m., Wright Common Room*

Sahaja Yoga meditation Open to all. 7 p.m., Chapel

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship 8-9:30 p.m., Wright Common Room

Unitarian Universalists meeting Open to all Five College students and faculty who want to talk, play games and have fun together. 8:30 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Other Events/Activities
Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 8-9:15 a.m., Davis Ballroom

Language lunch tables Korean, Russian. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B (alternate weekly)

Glee Club lunch table Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C


Friday, November 30

Lectures/Symposia
Reading Jill Ker Conway, Smith College president emerita, and visiting scholar and professor at MIT, will read in celebration of her new book A Woman's Education. Booksigning and reception will follow in Neilson Browsing Room. Sponsors: Project on Women and Social Change; Broadside Bookshop. 8 p.m., Wright Auditorium*

Performing Arts/Films
Theater The Children's Hour. Lillian Hellman's 1934 play about an angry, spiteful child's accusations about her headmistresses. Austin Pendleton, director. (See story, page 1.) Tickets (call 585-ARTS): $7, general; $4, students/children/seniors. 8 p.m., Hallie Flanagan Theatre, Mendenhall CPA*

Meetings/Workshops
Meeting Smith Science Fiction and Fantasy Society. Animé, gaming, sci-fi, fantasy and people who like sci-fi people. 4:30 p.m., Seelye 208

Religious Life
Service "Repairing the World: Reflections on Hope in Troubled Times." See 11/19 listing. 12:30-12:50 p.m., Chapel*

Shabbat Services Dinner follows in the Kosher Kitchen, Dawes. 5:30 p.m., Dewey Common Room.

Other Events/Activities
Language lunch table Japanese. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room A

Language lunch table Hebrew. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C

Jazz dinner dance An evening of dance preceded by a catered dinner. Sponsor: Black Students Alliance.
7 p.m., Davis Ballroom


Saturday, December 1

Performing Arts/Films
Theater The Children's Hour. See 11/30 listing. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Hallie Flanagan Theatre, Mendenhall CPA*

Film Weekly showing of animé, Japanese animation. 3 p.m., Stoddard Auditorium

Other Events/Activities
Annual Winter Craft Fair Handmade crafts by more than 60 local and regional artisans, as well as baked goods, music, children's activities and a silent auction. Continues Sunday, December 2. Sponsors: Smith College Campus School; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County. Proceeds will support enrichment activities for children in both organizations. Admission: $2, adults; free for children 12 and under. 9:30-4:30 p.m., Scott Gym*


Sunday, December 2

Performing Arts/Films
Christmas vespers The Smith College Handbell Choir, Orchestra, Glee Club and Choir, Pamela Getnick, Jonathan Hirsh, and Grant Moss, directors, will be joined by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Men's Glee Club, John Delorey, director. Works by Rutter, Britten and a new work for chorus and handbell choir by Clifton J. Noble, Jr. 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., JMG*

Meetings/Workshops
CDO workshop "What is Networking and Why Should I Do It?" 2-3 p.m., CDO Group Room, Drew

Pre-departure meeting Mandatory for students who will be studying abroad during spring semester. 2-4 p.m., Seelye 106

Meeting Gaia. 4 p.m., Bass 106

Meeting Smith African Students Association. All welcome. 4 p.m., Unity House

Meeting Feminists of Smith Unite.
7 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis

Religious Life
ECC morning worship for the first Sunday in Advent. The Rev. Dr. Leon Tilson Burrows preaching and special music for the Advent season. Brunch follows. All welcome. 10:30 a.m., Chapel

Quaker (Friends) meeting for worship. Preceded by informal discussion at 9:30 a.m. Childcare available. 11 a.m., Bass 203, 204*

Meeting Smith Baha'i Club. 2 p.m., Dewey Common Room

Roman Catholic mass Dinner follows in Bodman Lounge. All welcome. 4:30 p.m., Chapel

Other Events/Activities
Annual Winter Craft Fair See 12/1 listing. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Scott Gym*

CDO open hours for library research and browsing. Peer advisers available. 1-4 p.m., CDO


Exhibitions

Kwan Yin-Buddhist Goddess of Compassion A six-foot square painting on cloth by Carlotta Hoffman, Northampton figure and abstract landscape artist and children's book illustrator. Through December 15. Part of On the Fence: Public Art in Public Space, the exhibition of works on the construction fence surrounding the Fine Arts Center. (Members of the Smith community who would like to participate in On the Fence should contact Nancy Rich, ext. 2773, or nrich@smith.edu.) Fine Arts Center Construction Fence*

A Space Odyssey 2001 An exhibition of photographic art by Anne Ross '55 featuring her newest digital images that explore the inner world of dream landscapes and surreal places. Through January 12, 2002. Alumnae House Gallery*

The Best of the Best A traveling exhibition of work by members of the Guild of Book Workers, a national organization of printers, bookbinders, calligraphers, papermakers and other workers in the book arts. The exhibition showcases a variety of work produced by traditional and modern techniques. A reception will take place in the Book Arts Gallery on Thursday, November 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. Through December 21. Book Arts Gallery (Neilson Library Third Floor) and Morgan Gallery (Neilson Entrance Corridor)*

Once, Again A neon sculpture by renowned artist Stephen Antonakos, installed on the ceiling of the outdoor Neilson Library passageway. A permanent installation. Neilson Library Outdoor Passageway (next to Office of Public Safety)*

The Henry L. Seaver Collections: A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Henry L. Seaver's Stunning Bequest Through December. Mortimer Rare Book Room vestibule, Neilson Library, Third Floor*