FAC Brings the Arts to Students
Last weekend about 40 Smith students piled onto a bus to see Rodgers
and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I at the UMass Fine
Arts Center. Their night out was one of many events arranged throughout
the academic year by the student-run Smith College Fine Arts Council (FAC).
Later this month another 20 Smithies will visit Northampton's lavishly
renovated Calvin Theatre to see Indian musical legend Ravi Shankar strum
his trademark sitar, just as he did with the Beatles 30 years ago. And last
month 10 students attended a concert by the Mingus Big Band at UMass. These
events and many more like them throughout the academic year are offered
to students at 10 and 20 percent discounts through the FAC.
One of the council's aims is to promote Smith student attendance at some
of the area's many cultural events by offering group discounts and subsidizing
ticket purchases at the UMass Fine Arts Center and the Calvin. But more
generally the council wants to promote art in all its forms to the student
body on and off campus. Part of that promotion, and one of the FAC's premier
yearly events, is the Art Search and Show, a student art exhibition that
will take place next Wednesday and Thursday, April 21 and 22, in Davis ballroom.
Students of all artistic backgrounds working in any medium and at any level
are invited to submit works for the show. Students will vote on their favorite
pieces, and prizes of between $100 and $300 will be awarded.
In addition to these events, the council subsidizes many student groups'
cultural and art projects -- dance and music concerts, theater performances,
readings, workshops. journals. And sometimes FAC funds individual student
endeavors, including one student's research trip to Morocco this semester,
after which she will report on her experiences traveling as a lone female
in a post-colonial society.
"That's the kind of thing we want to encourage," says FAC President
Mary Jane Mullen AC '99J. She says the council wants to reach more students:
"We're trying to be a little more aggressive in letting people know
we exist. We're trying to encourage people to use the FAC to fund events
in the houses."
After all, points out FAC adviser Merry Farnum, $3.50 of each student's
activities fee for the semester goes to the FAC. "We'd like to do more,"
says Farnum. "We'd like more active student membership." FAC membership
is open to all students.
For information regarding the FAC, contact Mullen at extension 6522 or
mmullen@mail.smith.edu. And keep reading the notices in AcaMedia to learn
what big show in town you'll next be able to attend at a discount.
A Civil Action to be "Retried"
Next Tuesday, April 20, all the events, facts and testimony documented
in Northampton author Jonathan Harr's best-selling A Civil Action will be
reexamined in a staged trial in GEO 109, "The Environment," a
course taught by Amy Rhodes, a lecturer in environmental sciences. The trial
will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. in McConnell auditorium and is open to
the community.
A Civil Action, released as a John Travolta movie last year, tells the
true story of a Woburn, Massachusetts, court case in which several families
collectively brought charges against two companies, W.R. Grace and Beatrice
Foods, accused of contaminating the local groundwater supply and causing
high occurrences of leukemia among the families' children.
Harr visited Rhodes' class in March and spoke about his writing process
and what his life was like during the arduous course of following the Woburn
case.
Rhodes' class members, many of whom are not science majors, will take
on the roles of the book's characters, some developing arguments supporting
the Woburn families as lawyers for the prosecution, some as attorneys for
the defense, others playing the roles of geology, medical, statistical and
contaminant experts who have compiled information or will testify before
the mock court.
Rhodes, who has focused on global warming, energy and other environmental
issues in the past in her class, this year decided to study water-quality
issues and groundwater contamination in conjunction with her personal research
of water-quality and land-use issues related to the local Mill River watershed.
"While we discussed these issues in class the students were reading
of a parallel situation in A Civil Action," says Rhodes. "By focusing
on the book I aimed to tie a popular, nonfiction story with some basic geologic
principles that relate to groundwater movement, human water supplies and,
in this case, an apparent environmental health problem."
Rhodes emphasizes that by reviewing the facts in the case documented
by Harr, her class may not necessarily arrive at the same conclusion as
that of the real-life case. "The book provides the framework for the
students to do their research. It sets up the problem that students need
to solve. How they solve it depends on their own initiative. The verdict
need not be the same as what occurred in the actual story. The students
will have access to more recent data and a different judge presides."
The judge for Rhodes' class trial will be Tom Schwab, a retired corporate
lawyer from Holyoke. A jury will be made up of students in EVS 300, a senior
seminar in environmental science taught by lecturer Elizabeth Farnsworth.
SSC Acquires Alum's Papers
The Sophia Smith Collection has acquired the papers of the woman thought
to be the first Smith graduate to serve in Congress: Jane Lakes Harman '66,
who recently completed three terms as congresswoman from California and
who will become a Smith College trustee in July. The papers began arriving
at Smith last December -- 147 cartons or 184 linear feet of them, enough
to fill about 23 standard four-drawer file cabinets. The first batch, legislative
records from Harman's Washington office, will be followed by political records
from the office in California that housed her congressional campaigns and
her gubernatorial run in the spring of 1998, as well as personal papers
from her childhood and from her homes in Washington and California. Other
relics of her evolving career in public life will gradually be added.
While the Sophia Smith Collection boasts the papers of a number of political
reformers (Carrie Chapman Catt, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams and Gloria
Steinem '56 among them), "the only other collection we had for a politician
or elected official was a tiny portion of the papers of Rep. Patsy Mink
of Hawaii that deals with women's issues," observes Sherrill Redmon,
director of the Sophia Smith Collection.
The Harman papers document the full range of issues Congress grappled
with in the 1990s. They go into depth on the issues of greatest concern
to Harman -- equal treatment, combat roles and access to abortions for women
in the military; term limits and campaign finance reform; programs to convert
defense facilities to post -- Cold War uses; support for various weapons
and space programs; federal budget reduction; the balanced-budget constitutional
amendment; and the line-item veto.
"The Harman papers will be a boon to students interested in the
firsthand study of politics during a period when women's participation in
the upper reaches of government was beginning to expand," said Susan
Bourque, Esther B. Wiley Professor of Government.
For as long as the two years it may take to process them, however, the
Harman papers will be inaccessible to researchers.
Reading to Mix Poetry, Music
Ntozake Shange will perform her dynamic poetry with internationally acclaimed
percussionist Kahil-El-Zabar of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble on Friday,
April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in John M. Greene Hall. The event will be free and
open to the public.
Shange is the author of for colored girls who have considered suicide
when the rainbow is not enuf, a choreopoem that forever changed the face
of American theater with a spectrum of revelatory voices exploring a black
woman's experience.
Shange's volumes of poetry include nappy edges, A Daughter's Geography,
Ridin' The Moon in Texas, From Okra to Greens, and The Love Space Demands:
A Continuing Saga. She has written two novels, Sassafras, Cypress, and Indigo,
and Betsey Brown.
Her work provides a sense of immediate contact with a volatile and expressive
set of emotions. In both poetry and prose, Shange makes us creatively rethink
the dangers that face our contemporary world.
The Houston Chronicle writes: "Shange is a poet who knows how to
loosen the strictures, to give form to the warm exudates of the black self
and the pain and joy of the black heritage, and to chart the rushing waters
of the old and new rivers confluent at the mouth of the present. Shange's
poetry is a colorful new spectrum of warm, sensuous voices."
Shange's columns appear regularly in Philadelpia's Real News; her articles
and poetry may be found in Uncut Funk, Callaloo, Muleteeth, and Essence.
This reading is the last in the 1998-99 Poetry Center Series at Smith
College. It is sponsored by the Poetry Center and the Black Students Association
at Smith.
Giants to Meet at May Panel
Smith seniors, their families and alumnae on campus for reunion activities
will get to hear this year's honorary degree recipients talk about their
lives and achievements in an event newly added to the commencement/reunion
program.
On Saturday, May 15, four of the five women who will receive honorary
degrees during commencement exercises the following day will gather from
3 to 4 p.m. in Wright Hall with moderator Susan Bourque, Esther B. Wiley
Professor of Government, for an informal discussion.
Present will be Jane Alexander, actress, former chairman of the National
Endowment for the Arts and this year's commencement speaker; Hanan Ashrawi,
Palestinian spokesperson and human rights and women's rights activist; Carol
Gilligan, psychologist, writer and Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of
Gender Studies at Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Romila Thapar,
historian, writer, professor emeritus of history at Jawaharlal Nehru University
in New Delhi and this semester's William Allan Neilson Professor at Smith.
The fifth honorary degree recipient, Lani Guinier, professor at Harvard
Law School and former civil rights lawyer, will not arrive on campus in
time for the panel discussion.
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In Case You're Wondering...
Last week a number of hemlock trees on the north, east and south sides
of Garrison Hall, 42 West Street, were cut down. They were severely infested
with the hemlock woolly adelgid and were taken down to prevent the infestation
from spreading. For more information about the hemlock woolly adelgid and
its effect on campus trees, see the fall 1998 Botanic Garden News, available
on-line at www.smith.edu/garden/nl/nlp6fall98.html#hemlock.
Final Talk in Library Series
Martin Antonetti, curator of rare books, will talk about Smith's rare
book collection -- its importance to the college and the ways it is put
to use -- in the third and final lecture of this year's "Sundays at
Two" lecture series sponsored by the Friends of Forbes Library and
Smith College. Antonetti's presentation, which will be followed by a visit
to the Mortimer Rare Book Room, will take place in Neilson Browsing Room
Sunday, April 25, at 2 p.m.
Smith's rare book collection includes nearly 25,000 volumes and covers
the history of printing from the 15th century to the present. All phases
of the book arts are represented in the collection, including fine examples
of illustrations in original media, private press books, fore-edge paintings
and decorative bindings. Among the author collections of bibliographic distinction
are those of Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, William Faulkner,
Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty and Virginia Woolf.
A specialist in the history of books and printing, Antonetti was director
of the Grolier Club in New York before coming to Smith. He also teaches
at the University of Virginia's Rare Book School.
The two earlier lecturers in the inaugural year of the Smith/Forbes series
were Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action, and Linda Shaughnessy, author
of children's books about championship athletes and secretary/receptionist
in the Smith music department office. The series, in which the college and
Northampton's public library have joined to sponsor presentations about
books, bookmaking, authors and other literary subjects, is expected to continue
next year.
Last Call for Senior Surveys
Each senior should have just received a lengthy survey to complete and
return to the second floor of Clark Hall (above the SGA Office) between
today and Friday, April 30. Why take the time to complete the senior survey?
Because what you say will help shape Smith's future.
According to Diane Cuneo, director of institutional research, data from
the senior survey help many parts of the college community assess the past
and plan for the future. Academic departments get feedback on graduate school
acceptances. Senior evaluations of college life help planning and policymaking
committees improve college programs. Information on academic divisions'
strengths and weaknesses contributes to curriculum planning. The CDO uses
the information to keep current the list of employers and graduate schools
interested in Smith students, and to expand the alumnae networking system
that helps students and alumnae locate information on internships, jobs
and further study. Your answers help the Alumnae Association identify what
young alumnae want.
This is the 16th consecutive senior survey, and Cuneo says she believes
Smith is the only college to conduct such regular, comprehensive surveys
of its seniors. This year's survey consists of two separate sections. The
first asks for biographical information such as background and future plans.
This information becomes part of each woman's permanent alumna record at
Smith. The second section contains questions about finances, attitudes and
evaluations of the undergraduate experience; it was developed in cooperation
with a select group of colleges and universities across the country. Because
seniors from different schools will be answering the same set of questions,
it will be possible to see how Smith students feel about their college years
as compared to other students. Data from this second section will be kept
confidential and used only to construct a statistical class profile.
If you have questions about the senior survey or need a new survey form,
please call the Office of Institutional Research at extension 3021.
Mellon Fellows to Study Here
Supported by a $435,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Smith
College over the next five years will host four postdoctoral fellows in
the humanities and social sciences.
Smith's Mellon Fellows are expected to teach and pursue scholarship in
several emerging areas, particularly interdisciplinary fields such as women's
studies, media and culture, environmental public policy, landscape studies,
Caribbean literature and Islamic art and architecture.
The fellows will join the college's growing community of postdoctoral
researchers in the sciences, as well as Smith's Mendenhall Fellows, minority
scholars-in-residence. A search is currently under way for the first Mellon
Fellow, whose field will be women's studies and who is expected to begin
his or her two-year residency at Smith this fall.
Campus Crime Stats Disclosed
In compliance with the Campus Crime Act, the Office of Public Safety
has reported its 1998 statistics on campus murders, aggravated assaults,
robberies, motor vehicle thefts, weapon possessions and other crimes.
From the numbers -- mostly zeros -- you might conclude that Smith's public
safety officers have uneventful lives. Not so:
- During 1998, the department handled 17,478 calls for service. The top
five calls in the "general" category were property checks (4,642),
lockouts (2,746), unsecure areas (2,081), secured areas (1,696) and transports
(1,009).
- In addition, public safety officers responded to 175 medical emergency/injured
person calls, 243 fire alarm/fire calls, 31 calls for larceny of property
having a value of over $250, 72 calls for larceny of property having a
value under $250, 26 vandalism/destruction of property calls, 8 domestic
disturbance calls and 1 domestic assault and battery call.
The college is required by law to also report the following statistics
for 1998:
Murder 0
Forcible Sex Offenses 2
Nonforcible Sex Offenses 0
Aggravated Assault 0
Hate Crime/Forcible Sex Offense 0
Hate Crime/Aggravated Assault 0
Hate Crime/Murder 0
Robbery 0
Burglary 0
Motor Vehicle Theft 2
Liquor Law Violations 1
Drug Abuse Violations 1
Weapons Possessions 1
New campus security legislation, signed into law in October 1998, included
the addition to the disclosure list of manslaughter, arson and campus disciplinary
referrals for alcohol, drug and weapons violations. According to Sharon
Rust, director of public safety, the reporting of hate crimes has been expanded
with such crimes reported by "category of prejudice." Under the
new legislation, schools will be required to maintain a public police log
of all reported crimes and disclose statistics in four categories: on-campus,
non-campus (remote facilities, fraternities and sorority houses), public
property, and residential facilities for students (residence halls, apartments,
etc.).
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ScoreBoard
Softball
- April 6:
- Smith 0, Amherst 1
- Smith 2, Amherst 10
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- April 7: Smith 11, WNEC 0
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- April 9:
- Smith 8, WPI 2
- Smith 10, WPI 2
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- April 10:
- Smith 9, Babson 0
- Smith 8, Babson 0
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- Lacrosse
- April 6: Smith 13, Springfield 11
- April 10: Smith 4, Wellesley15
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- Crew
- April 10:
- Smith vs. Trinity, Mount Holyoke, Holy Cross
- Varsity 8: 2nd out of 4
- 2nd Varsity 8: 1st out of 3
- Novice 8: 1st out of 4
- 2nd Novice 8: 2nd out of 4
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- Track
- April 10: Smith Invitational: 6th out of 9
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- Tennis
- April 10-11: Seven Sisters Championship; Third place
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- Riding
- April 10: Zones at Stoneleigh Burnham: Three students, 8th place
- SmithJobs
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- Founding chairperson, Picker Engineering Program at Smith College.
- Institutional research analyst. Review begins April 30.
- Technology support consultant, ITS. Search to continue until
job is filled.
- Director of systems and network services, ITS. Review begins
May 1.
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Artist Jane Lund, an instructor in the art department
who teaches Drawing I, was featured in the March American Artist. Several
of her pastel-on-paper works were reproduced in the magazine, including
one splashed across the publication's cover: White Still Life, showing a
jug, squashes and eggs in a dish. Inside, the magazine ran two-page spreads
of Lund's detailed portraits, Portrait of the Artist's Son, Portrait of
the Artist's Mother and Portrait of a Scholar. "Clarity, brilliance,
and perfection are three words that immediately spring to mind when viewing
the work of New England pastelist Jane Lund," writes Bill Creevy in
the magazine. "In her still lifes and portraits, she takes visual description
beyond the point of mere documentation and places it in the realm of sublime
vision."
*
Floyd Cheung, lecturer in the American studies department, has received
the 1998 Gene Wise -- Warren Susman Prize of the American Studies Association.
The prize is awarded for the best paper presented by a graduate student
at ASA's annual meeting. Cheung's paper, "Parading Masculinities: Euro-American
and Chinese Imperialism and Gender in Territorial Arizona," refutes
conventional assumptions that 19th-century Euro-American men on the frontier
practiced active masculinity while Chinese men were passive, emasculated
victims. A recent ASA newsletter noted that "through his archival research
and nuanced analysis, Cheung produces a fresh and provocative appraisal
of the intersections between gender and race in performances of authority."
*
Smith is well represented in the 24 volumes of the recently published,
award-winning American National Biography (Oxford University Press, 1999).
Papers of at least six of the biographical subjects are preserved in the
Sophia Smith Collection and five SSC archivists wrote entries. Entries were
contributed by Maida Goodwin on novelist Nan Hale (1908-88), Amy Hague on
labor journalist and social activist Jessie Lloyd O'Connor '25 (1904-88),
Margaret Jessup on YWCA overseas official Ruth Woodsmall (1883-1963), Kathleen
Banks Nutter on women's rights advocate Martha Coffin Wright (1806-1875)
and Sherrill Redmon on labor educator and YWCA official Eleanor Coit '16
(1894-1976). Sophia Smith Professor of Music Ruth Solie wrote the entry
on musicologist Sophie Drinker (1888-1968, Smith honorary degree recipient,
1949). The ANB also contains an entry on women's basketball pioneer and
Smith professor Senda Berenson (18681934), whose papers are in the
Smith College Archives.
"Now that major reference works like the ANB recognize the need
to include notable women along with the men, we felt we should do our part
by making some more of our women's stories available," observes Redmon.
"Besides, this seemed like a good way to publicize the availability
of these papers for research."
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Calendar Key
- 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, April
19
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Lecture: "Things Fall Apart: The Rise and
Fall of the African Academy." Toyin Falola, Gwendolen Carter Distinguished
Professor of History. Final lecture in the series "Power Revealed:
Nationalism and the Production of Knowledge in Africa." Reception
follows in Seelye 207. 4:30- 5:30 p.m., Seelye 106*
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- Lecture: "Women in Prisons." 4:30 p.m.,
Seelye 201
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- Meetings/workshops
- Résumé critiques by peer advisers.
1-4 p.m., CDO
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- CDO workshop: "Ten Steps to Finding an Internship."
3 p.m., CDO
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- Amnesty International general meeting. 4-5 p.m.,
Seelye 102
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- Meeting for all newly elected health promotion
peers. Attendance required. (Ext. 2824.) 4:30-5:15 p.m., Neilson Browsing
Room
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- Debate Society general meeting.
- 4-6 p.m., Seelye 101
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- Student Labor Action Coalition general meeting.
6:30 p.m., Women's Resource Center (Davis third floor)*
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- Religious Life
- "Silence for the Soul." Drop in for
some quiet time. All welcome. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Chapel
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- Green Tara meditation session with Geshe Lobsang
Tsetan. 4-5 p.m., Wright common room*
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- Other events and activities
- Language lunch tables
- French, Italian
- 12:15 p.m., Duckett House Special Dining Room
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- Tuesday, April 20
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Sigma Xi Luncheon Talk: "Comparative Genomics:
A Tale of Two Genomes." Steve Williams, biological sciences. Open
to faculty, emeriti and staff. Noon, College Club lower level
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- Poster Sessions: Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
student fellows will present their internship projects. 7:30 p.m., Gardner
House
-
- Fine/performing arts/films
- Early American Shape-Note Sing. All ages and
experiences welcome. 7-9 p.m., Chapel*
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- Rec Council movie. 9 p.m., Wright auditorium
-
- Meetings/workshops
- Résumé critiques by peer advisers.
10:30 a.m.-noon, CDO
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- Senate meeting. 7 p.m., Seelye 201
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- CDO workshop: "Ten Steps to Finding an Internship."
7:15 p.m., CDO
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- CDO workshop: "Preparing For a Successful
Interview." 8 p.m., CDO
-
- Religious Life
- Episcopal-Lutheran Fellowship meets in the house
parlor for worship, lunch and friendship. All welcome. Noon, St. John's
Church, Elm Street
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- Hillel at Noon. "Ritual Purity in Ancient
Judaism." Joel Kaminsky, religion professor. Noon, Dawes House Kosher
Kitchen
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- Other events and activities
- Language lunch tables
- German, Chinese
- 12:15 p.m., Duckett House Special Dining Room
-
- Yoga class. Sponsors: Office of the Dean of the
College, ESS. 5-6:15 p.m., Davis ballroom
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- CDO open hours. Peer advisers available. 7-9
p.m., CDO
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- Celebration: Israel Independence Day, Yom Ha'Atzmaut,
with Israeli dancing led by Ezra Weinberg. (Ext. 2754.) 8 p.m., Wright
common room*
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- Wednesday, April 21
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Lecture: "So Many Galaxies, So Little Time."
Margaret Geller, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Part of Five
College Astronomy Picnic and Colloquium. Picnic precedes lecture at 5 p.m.
in foyer. 7:30 p.m., McConnell 104
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- Lecture: "The Chemical Road to Genetic Medicine."
Peter Dervan, California Institute of Technology.
- 8 p.m., Stoddard auditorium*
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- Fine/performing arts/films
- Exhibition: "Art Search and Show,"
the eighth annual Fine Arts Council student art show. (See story, page
1.) Reception follows. (Maria Webster, ext. 6884; Mary Jane Mullen, ext.
6522) 2-7:30 p.m., Davis ballroom*
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- Theater: Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
Paul Zimet, director. Tickets: $5, general; $3, students and seniors. (Ext.
2787.) 8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA*
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- Spring Concert: "Busta Rhymes" with
deejay Cocoa Chanelle, Black Entertainment Network. Tickets ($10, students;
$18, public) available April 16, 19 and 20 at the student mail center or
through Ticketmaster. Doors open 7 p.m. Sponsors: Rec Council, BSA. 8 p.m.,
John M. Greene Hall*
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- Meetings/workshops
- Meeting: Campus Climate Working Group. President
Simmons, chair. Discuss structure of diversity efforts. 8-9 a.m., Neilson
Browsing Room
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- Résumé critiques by peer advisers.
1-4:30 p.m., CDO
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- Open meeting for SLL 372, "Translating Poetry."
2:40-4 p.m., Hatfield 105
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- Workshop: "Business Etiquette," with
consultant Jodie Smith. Sponsor: Association of Low-Income Students (Lori,
ext. 4066.) 3-5 p.m., Alumnae House living room
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- Informational meeting: International Fellowships.
See notices for details. 5-6 p.m., Seelye 110
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- Students for a Free Tibet meeting. 5-6 p.m.,
Seelye 102
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- Peer Recruitment Ice Cream Social. Members of
Peer Sexuality Educators, Eating TLC, Student Task Force on Eating Disorders
and the Alcohol Awareness Panel will share information about future opportunities
with their groups. (Ext. 2824.) 7:15 p.m., Wright common room
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- Religious Life
- Catholic Adas' gathering and informal discussion/reflection.
Lunch served. All welcome. Noon, Bodman Lounge, Chapel
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- Buddhist service and discussion. Preceded at
5:45 p.m. by Smith Buddhist Sangha in Gillett dining room. 7:15 p.m., Bodman
Lounge, Chapel
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- Other events and activities
- Language lunch tables
- Spanish, Japanese
- 12:15 p.m., Duckett House Special Dining Room
-
- Celebration: Israel Independence Day with Israeli
dancing. Sponsors: Amherst Hillel and the Jewish Community of Amherst.
(Ext. 2754.) 6-8 p.m., Student Center Front Room, Amherst College
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- Women's Squash Round Robin for students and faculty.
Balls and racquets supplied. 8-9 p.m., squash courts
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- Thursday, April 22
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Liberal Arts Luncheon: "Zionism and the
Transformation of Jewish Society." Donna Divine, government. Open
to faculty, emeriti and staff. Noon, College Club lower level
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- Poster Sessions: Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
student fellows will present their internship projects. 7:30 p.m. Ziskind
House
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- Fine/performing arts/films
- Exhibition: "Art Search and Show."
See Wednesday listing. Reception follows. 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Davis ballroom*
-
- Film: Tropicola. About Cuba in the '90s. In Spanish
with English subtitles. All invited. Sponsor: Spanish and Portuguese department.
7:30 p.m., Seelye 106
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- Theater: Waiting for Godot. See Wednesday listing.
8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA*
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- Rec Council movie. 9 p.m., Wright auditorium
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- Meetings/workshops
- Résumé critiques by peer advisers.
10:30 a.m.-noon, CDO
Organizational meeting: Students of Orthodox backgrounds invited to attend
a meeting to organize an Orthodox Student Religious Organization here at
Smith. Students of all Orthodox backgrounds, i.e. Greek, Russian, Bulgarian,
Serbian, etc. are welcome. (Vera Shevzov, ext. 3686 or Elizabeth Carr, Ext.
2752) Noon, Chapel
HR workshop: "Saving for Your Child's College
Education." (Kathleen Chatwood, ext. 2263.) Noon-2 p.m., Dewey common
room
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- CDO workshop: "How to Write an Effective
Résumé." 3 p.m., CDO
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- CDO workshop: "Using the Internet to Search
for Internships and Jobs." 4 p.m., CDO
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- Debate Society practice rounds. 4-6 p.m., Seelye
101
-
- Workshop: "Art from Art: Writing in Response
to Visual Creation," with Janet Longe Sadler, writer, artist. Fifth
of six sessions. Free, but advance registration is required (call extension
2760). Limited to 12. 5:30-7:45 p.m., Museum of Art
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- Association of Low-Income Students meeting. Refreshments
and childcare with advance notice. (Lori, ext. 4066.) 7 p.m., Chapin House
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Thursday, continued
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- Religious Life
- Organizational meeting for students of all backgrounds.
Lunch provided. (Vera Shevzov, ext. 3686; Elizabeth Carr, ext. 2752.) Noon,
Chapel
- Meeting: Al-Iman, the Muslim organization on
campus. Discussion of Islamic values and Qu'ran literature. 7-8:15 p.m.,
Dewey common room
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- Other events and activities
- Yoga class. Sponsors: Office of the Dean of the
College, ESS. 8-9:15 a.m., Davis ballroom
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- Language lunch tables
- Korean, Russian
- 12:15 p.m., Duckett House Special Dining Room
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- Friday, April 23
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Biological Sciences & Biochemistry Colloquium:
Honors and graduate students' presentations." 4 p.m., McConnell B05*
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- Lecture: "Gallery Talk on Children's Exhibit."
Kahn Fellow Peter Pufall, psychology department. Part of the Kahn Institute's
"Exploring the Ecologies of Childhood" project. 4:30 p.m., McConnell
foyer*
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- Fine/performing arts/films
- Poetry reading and music with Ntozake Shange.
(See story, page 4.) 7:30 p.m., John M. Greene Hall*
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- Concert: "Smithereens Jam!" A cappella
at its best, with songs and skits from the Smithereens, Colby Blue Lights
and the award-winning Dartmouth Aires. 8 p.m., Davis ballroom*
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- Theater: Waiting for Godot. See Wednesday listing.
8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA*
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- Film: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), with Alec
Guinness. Robert Hamer, director. British Film Series. Sponsor: Motion
Picture Committee. 8 p.m., Stoddard auditorium*
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- Meetings/workshops
- President Simmons' open hours for students. No
appointment necessary. 4-5 p.m., College Hall 20
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- Smith Science-Fiction and Fantasy Society. (Allison,
ext. 6683.) 4:30-6:15 p.m., Seelye 208*
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- Religious Life
- Green Tara Meditation. See Monday listing. 4-5
p.m., Wright common room*
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- Shabbat service. Dinner follows in Dawes House
Kosher Kitchen. 5:15 p.m., Dewey common room
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- Shabbat service and dinner. Amherst Hillel. Dinner
follows at 6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m., Center for Religious Life, Woodside Avenue,
Amherst College
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- Smith Christian Fellowship (InterVarsity) with
other sisters. 7:30 p.m., Dewey common room*
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- Other events and activities
- Language lunch table
- Japanese
- 12:15 p.m., Duckett House Special Dining Room
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- Saturday, April 24
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Lecture: "Romans at the End of the Earth."
Professor Elizabeth Lyding Will. The annual Phyllis Williams Lehman Lecture.
Sponsor: Western Massachusetts Society of the Archeological Institute of
America. 11 a.m., Stoddard auditorium*
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- Panel discussion: "How to Pursue a Career
in the Entertainment Industry." Presented by the Smith Alumnae Theatre
Committee. A networking session with panelists follows.
- 1 p.m., Green Room, Mendenhall CPA
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- Lecture: "On the Edge: Dealing with Depression,
Guilt and Anger." Dr. Caton, New York psychologist. Question-and-answer
period with refreshments follows. Sponsor: Keystone. 2-4 p.m., Neilson
Browsing Room*
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- Fine/performing arts/films
- Special Event: "Pizza and Movie Night."
Sponsor: Union of Underrepresented Science Students. All welcome. 5-10
p.m., Wright common room
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- Poetry reading: Nuyorican poets will focus on
queer identity. 7 p.m., Stoddard auditorium
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- Concert: Orchestra Spring Concert featuring Concerto
Competition winners. 8 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall*
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- Theater: Waiting for Godot. See Wednesday listing.
8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA*
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- Film: A Geisha (Japan, 1953). Kenji Mizoguchi,
director. City of Women Series. Sponsor: Motion Picture Committee. 8 p.m.,
Wright auditorium*
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- Religious Life
- Havdalah Service. Come together to bring the
Sabbath to a close. 5:30 p.m., Bodman Lounge
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- Other events and activities
- Tennis vs. Middlebury. 1 p.m., outdoor tennis
courts*
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- Art studio visit: Painter Roger Boyce, art department,
welcomes visitors to his studio. Free, pre-registration required. (Ext.
2760.) Handicap-accessible. 2-3:30 p.m., Northampton
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- Senior Ball. "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Tickets available April 19-21, 1-4 p.m., at Grécourt. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,
Scott gym
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- Sunday, April 25
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- Lectures/Symposia
- Lecture: "Sundays at Two." Martin Antonetti,
curator of rare books, will talk about Smith's rare book collection. (See
story, page 4.) Sponsors: Smith College, the Friends of Forbes Library.
2-4 p.m., Neilson Browsing, Mortimer and Rare Book Rooms*
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- Fine/performing arts/films
- Film: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). See Friday
listing. British Film Series. 2 p.m., Wright auditorium*
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- Opening reception: "Beyond the Stained Glass
Window to the Unspotted Mirror." Jim Young's photographs of the Displaced
Carmelite Nuns of Little Rock, Arkansas. 2:30-4:15 p.m., Chapel
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- Film: A Geisha (Japan, 1953). See Saturday listing.
7 p.m., Wright auditorium*
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- Film: So I Married an Axe Murderer and Psycho.
Sponsor: Rec Council. 7 p.m., Burton lawn
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- Concert of student compositions. 8 p.m., Earle
Recital Hall, Sage Hall*
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- Meetings/workshops
- CDO workshop: "Ten Steps to Finding a Summer
Internship." 1:15 p.m., CDO
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- Religious Life
- Quaker meeting. Meeting for worship begins at
11 a.m. Preceded by informal discussion at 9:30 a.m. All welcome. Bass
203*
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- Ecumenical Christian Church morning worship.
The Rev. Doug Ryniewicz and student liturgists presiding. All welcome.
10:45 a.m., Chapel*
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- Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy. Sunday supper
follows. All welcome. 4:30 p.m., Chapel*
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- Other events and activities
- CDO open hours. Peer advisors available. 1-4
p.m., CDO
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- Gathering: "Take Back the Sundae."
The Task Force on Eating Disorders presents an "Honoring Your Hunger"
trip to Herrell's Ice Cream. First 20 arrivals will receive a $1 Herrell's
coupon. All welcome. 3:30 p.m., John M. Greene Hall steps
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- Ongoing Events
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- "Idea<>Form: Looking at the Creative
Process." The centerpiece of a college-wide exploration of the creative
process in the arts, humanities, sciences and mathematics. Through May
30. Museum of Art*
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- "Recent Acquisitions in Photography."
Organized by museum intern Jackie Crucet '99AC. Through May 29. Print Room,
Museum of Art*
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- "Children's Visual Images and Oral Narratives
of Family." Part of the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute's "Exploring
the Ecologies of Childhood" project. See Friday Calendar listing.
April 19 through April 25. McConnell foyer
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- "Beyond the Stained Glass Window to the
Unspotted Mirror." Jim Young's photographs of the Displaced Carmelite
Nuns of Little Rock, Arkansas. In celebration of the diversity and depth
of Women's Spirituality. Sponsors: Newman Association and Catholic chaplaincy.
See Sunday's calendar listing for opening reception information. Through
April 30. Chapel
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- Getting Your Word Out in AcaMedia
- AcaMedia, which is produced by the Office of College Relations, is
the official vehicle for making announcements within the Smith College
community. By action of the faculty, students are held responsible for
reading AcaMedia's notices and calendar listings.
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- Submission Procedures
- Calendar items must be submitted on an Event Service Request Form (ESRF)
preferably on line at www.smith.edu/events/esr.html but if necessary on
the paper version of the ESRF by mail or fax. (Obtain forms by calling
ext. 2162.) The ESRF is to be used for submitting listings for the Five
College Calendar and local media calendars as well.
- Items for the Notices section of AcaMedia should be submitted by email
to Mary Stanton at mstanton@colrel.smith.edu.
When submitting notices for which the intended audience may not be self-evident,
please indicate whether they apply to the entire Smith community, to faculty
and staff only, or to students only.
- Submit news articles or suggestions for news articles to Ann
Shanahan (ashanahan@colrel.smith.edu)
or Eric Weld (eweld@colrel.smith.edu).
- Deadlines
- Copy is due by 4 p.m. Wednesday for the following week's issue. Late
information cannot be accepted.
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- Five College Calendar Deadline
- Entries for the May Five College Calendar must be received by April
16. Please send entries to Mary Stanton in Garrison Hall (mstanton@colrel.smith.edu).
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- Sources of further information, if any, are indicated last in parentheses.
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- Blue-Pencil Alert
- All calendar items and notices submitted to AcaMedia are subject to
editing for clarity, brevity and style. Almost none see print exactly as
originally written.
- Smith Wide
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- Unity House
- Unity House will undergo a major renovation during the summer and will
be closed from May 1 until the end of August.
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- Faculty & Staff
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- 25-Year Banquet
- A banquet, held every five years to honor staff with 25 or more years
of service to the college, will be held May 2 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke.
Formal invitations will be sent out later. (Addie Cain, ext. 2287.)
-
- Faculty Meeting
- There will be a regular meeting of the faculty at the Alumnae House
on Wednesday, April 28, at 4:10 p.m. Anyone with business for the meeting
should notify Rosetta Cohen in writing no later than Wednesday, April 21.
Material to be included in the agenda mailing must be camera-ready and
received in College Hall 27 by April 19.
-
- Coed Softball
- This year Smith will once again field a coed softball team in the Northampton
Recreation Department Softball League. The team plays in the C division,
which does not require superior ability or years of experience. Women are
especially needed to fill out our 20-person roster. Practices begin in
late April and the 16-game season runs from early May to early August.
Games are played weekday evenings and Sundays. (Jim Montgomery, ext. 2921;
jmontgom@library.smith.edu).
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- Students
-
- Brady Prize
- The examination date for the Department of Classical Languages and
Literatures' John Everett Brady Prize has been resecheduled for Tuesday,
April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Wright 200.
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- Teaching Evaluations Changes
- Faculty teaching evaluations will no longer be held in Wright Hall.
They will be administered from Monday, April 19, through Friday, April
30, in the Seelye and Bass computer labs. Students will access the teaching
evaluation system from any of the PCs in the computer labs using their
BannerWeb@Smith ID and PIN numbers. A faculty teaching evaluation icon
will be installed on the PCs during this period, and evaluations may be
completed at any time when the computer labs are open. Students are not
assigned by class to any particular day. Students who do not complete their
teaching evaluations by May 1 will be assessed a $25 fine.
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- Pre-Exam Period
- No events are to be scheduled during the pre-examination study and
formal examination periods (May 1-7). No events scheduled during this time
will be announced in AcaMedia.
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- Submission of Papers
- The members of the Administrative Board urge students not to use campus
mail for delivery of papers, and not to leave papers tacked to doors, slid
under closed doors, left in mailboxes in public places, or delivered by
friends. Also, students should keep paper copies of submitted work.
-
- Each year the Administrative Board is asked to vote on cases regarding
final papers or projects that have gone astray. The best way to avoid such
situations is to submit papers to an actual person, for example, the professor
of the class or a departmental staff member who can verify receipt. Specifying
the time and location of delivery of the work in such cases is advantageous
to both the faculty and the students in the class. Students and faculty
should also be reminded that the college requires that papers delivered
in the mail be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
-
- Technological Problems
- The Administrative Board has been asked to provide guidance to faculty
and students concerning "printer, diskette, and other technological
failures" coincident with due dates for papers, take-home exams and
other written assignments.
-
- As is the case for all assignments during the semester and up to the
end of the final examination period, faculty members are empowered to grant
extensions to their students. If there is some technological reason for
difficulty in presenting an assignment, a faculty member may grant extra
time for submission of the work. (Extensions beyond the end of the exam
period may be granted only by the class deans.)
-
- On the other hand, a faculty member may wish to require confirmation
of the problems, for example from a staff member at one of the computer
centers. Alternatively, the faculty member might ask the student to submit
a diskette with the relevant file (along with information about the platform
and the word processing program) as a substitute for written work.
-
- The Administrative Board urges students to prepare their work in a
timely fashion (and to "back it up") in order to avoid last minute
technological difficulties. Nevertheless, the board recognizes that even
with the blessings of modern technology, these difficulties do, and will
continue to, happen. Staff members at the computer centers may be able
to provide technical assistance when such problems occur.
-
- Fellowships Meeting
- A faculty/student panel will present information about the Rhodes,
Marshall, Fulbright, Luce and DAAD fellowships for graduate study or research
projects abroad, April 21 from 5 to 6 p.m. in Seelye 110. Applications
are due early in the fall semester, so early planning is important. If
you are unable to attend and want more information, please contact Liz
Lee (ext. 4913; fellowships@
- ais.smith.edu).
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- Sunnyside Jobs
- Sunnyside Child Care Center is now accepting applications for work-study
positions for the upcoming school year. Students will work two days per
week as morning or afternoon classroom aides with children ranging in age
from 18 months to 5 years. To apply, call extension 2293.
-
- Sunnyside Internship
- Sunnyside Child Care Center is now accepting applications for an administrative
intern to assist the director in all aspects of center administration.
This is a valuable experience for someone interested in business administration,
human services, management or early childhood education. To apply, please
submit résumé and cover letter to Debra Horton, director.
(Ext. 2293.)
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- AMS Pre-Registration
- Registration is required for the AMS 220 colloquia "New England
Material Culture, 1860-1940" and "Americans and the Environment"
and the AMS seminar "Writing About American Society." These courses
require permission of the instructor and have limited enrollment. Register
in the American studies office, Wright 12.
-
- Art Event
- The Smith College Fine Arts Council will present its eighth annual
Art Search and Show, April 21-22. The show is open to all Smith students,
and artwork of any medium will be accepted. Bring entries to Davis ballroom
Wednesday, April 21, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; they will be shown between
2 and 7:30 p.m., when all students are invited to vote for their favorite
pieces. A reception for all participants will follow at 8 p.m. Refreshments
will be provided. Winners will receive $300 for first place, $200 for second
place and $100 each for third and fourth places. These pieces will also
be framed and hung for the duration of the following school year. All work
will remain on display from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 22. (Maria Webster,
ext. 6884; Mary Jane Mullen, ext. 6522.)
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- Financial Aid Change
- A change in the Smith College policy regarding outside aid could directly
benefit current students receiving assistance from an organization outside
of Smith. Prior to 1999-2000 the policy allowed for the first $1,000 in
outside merit awards to reduce the suggested loan, job or family contribution,
if permitted by federal regulations; any greater amount equally reduced
the loan, job or family contribution and Smith grant.
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- Beginning with the 1999-2000 award year all outside aid will be used
first to reduce family contribution to the federal minimum or the suggested
loan and job in the student's financial aid package. There will be no reduction
of Smith grant until outside awards have reduced the family contribution
to the federal minimum and replaced the suggested loan and job entirely.
The new policy applies only to outside scholarships given to recognize
particular achievement on the part of the recipient. The policy does not
apply to nonmerit outside awards such as tuition subsidies based on parents'
employment, federal grant assistance or state scholarship aid. Nonmerit
awards reduce Smith grants dollar for dollar.
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- The Office of Financial Aid must be notified of all outside aid awards.
If you notify us by June 1, the aid will be reflected in your official
award and on your first-semester bill. If you notify us after September
1, the outside aid may be used to reduce you Smith grant dollar for dollar.
Please see flyer distributed to student mailboxes for additional details.
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- Praxis Stipends
- If you are a rising junior or senior, now is the time to apply for
Praxis stipends for summer internships: plenty of funding remains. For
ongoing announcements about funding availability, see the CDO Web page.
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- Praxis Express
- CDO staff will hold scheduled drop-in hours from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during April to review Praxis
funding applications. "Praxis Express" allows students to get
a CDO approval on the spot or learn what changes they need to make in order
to receive approval for their application. Drop by the CDO to sign up for
a 15-minute time slot.
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- Book Buyback
- The Grécourt Bookshop will be holding its spring buyback May
3-7. Textbooks ordered for the fall 1999 semester will be bought at 50
percent of the current new price. Other books will be bought back at the
wholesalers' prices.
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- Chamber Music Tickets
- The Fine Arts Council is offering 10 $9 tickets to Smith students wishing
to attend the performance by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
tat UMass Concert Hall on Thursday, April 22, at 8 p.m. The nation's premier
chamber music organization, the society will perform trios by Mozart and
Shostakovich as well as the Schumann piano quintet. Tickets are on sale
at the SGA office, Clark Hall.
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- Joint Publication
- Next year the updated Smith student handbook and the college's annual
appointment calendar will be published as a single, spiral-bound volume.
The appointment calendar will contain much of the same information as the
current book, with the addition of month-at-a-glance event listings and
extra space for noting appointments and assignments. The book will give
students ready access to important handbook information such as academic
regulations, student services and college policies and procedures. All
students will receive a copy during central check-in. Parents of new students
will receive a copy at home at the end of August. Campus distribution will
take place in late August and will be the same as for the previous "calendar-only"
publication: if you got one last year, you'll get one this year.
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