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Volume CXXXIII, Number 9
November 14, 2003


Friday

BFS presents Bridge on the River Kwai
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Mechanical Bull
SU, Morrell Lounge, 7 p.m.

Common Hour
Rich Appelbaum, Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara will present "Fighting Sweatshops: Problems of Enforcing Global Labor Standards."
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 12:30 p.m.

"Are Crossword Puzzles Harder than Chess?"
Computer scientist Michael Littman will tackle this puzzling question.
Searles Building, Room 315, 4 p.m.

Luau Dinner
The Bowdoin Hawaii Ohana and the Culinary Club will be preparing authentic Hawaiian dishes. Transfer board at the SU Info desk.
Ladd House, 6 p.m.

Concert
The Bowdoin Chorus will perform Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass" with orchestral accompaniment.
Pickard Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

"The Dialogue of Darkness and Light: The Biblical Etchings of Rembrandt"
Cliff Ackley, Boston's MFA Chair and Curator of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs will lecture.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 2 p.m.

Bridge on the River Kwai
The epic film about British WW II prisoners of war who, while forced to construct a railroad bridge to cross the river Kwai, unite to make the structure a symbol of their own unshaken confidence.
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Rufus Wainwright
Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright will perform his emotionally evocative music accompanied by a 12-piece band, with opening performer Martha Wainwright. Tickets are $3 at the Smith Union info desk.

Smith Union, Sargent Gym, 8 p.m.

Club Jax
SU, Jack Magee's Pub, 10 p.m.

Sunday

Meet the Artist
Reception for artist Bonnie Faulkner, for her exhibit "Windows on Monhegan" that captures Maine's natural beauty.
Moulton Union, Lancaster Lounge, 4 p.m.

School of the Americas
There will be an informational session on the School of the Americas, followed by a screening and discussion of the documentary Hidden in Plain Sight.
Ladd House, 7 p.m.

Concert
The Bowdoin Concert Band, directed by John P. Morneau, will perform.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 3 p.m.

Monday

"Globalization 101: It's a Small World After All"
Professor Joe Bandy and students of Sociology 225 present a discussion with professors
Michael Jones (Economics),
Allen Wells (History and Latin American Studies),
Henry Laurence (Government and Asian Studies), and
Jonathan White (Sociology, Colby College).
Smith Union, Morrell Lounge, 4 p.m.

Dinner Theater
Spice up your meal time and come see three plays while you dine. Sign up for a board transfer and get your ticket for $3 at the SU info desk.
Moulton Union, Main Lounge, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Dinner Theater
Moulton Union, Main Lounge, 5:30 p.m.

"Trench Warfare, Not Surgery: Implementing Sustainability in the Real World"
Auden Schendler '92, Director of Environmental Affairs, Aspen Snowmass will lecture.
Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center, 7:30 p.m.

Globalization and Human Rights"
Marc Kielburger, Executive Director of Free the Children and Director of Leaders Today will lecture.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Globalization Conference
"Working in a Gendered World" presented by and discussed with Professor Kristen Ghodsee.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Wednesday

Dinner Theater
This year's entertainment features "The Vise" by Pirandello directed by Davin Michaels, "Arabian Nights" by David Ives directed by Frank Skornia, and a segment from "Art" by Yasmima Reza directed by James Nylund.
Moulton Union, Main Lounge, 5:30 p.m.

Concert
Piano students of Joyce Moulton will perform. Gibson Hall, Room 101, 8 p.m.

"Architectural Encounters with Essence and Form in Modern China"
Peter Rowe, Dean of the Harvard School of Design, to lecture.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Red Cross Blood Drive
SU, Sargent Gymnasium, 3 p.m.

Thursday

Lecture
Dolores O'Higgins, Chair of the Classical and Medieval Studies Department at Bates College will speak.
Sills Hall, Peucinian Room, 4 p.m.

Biology Department Seminar Series
Dr. Josh Ness of the University of Arizona to lecture.
Druckenmiller Hall, Room 020, 4 p.m.

Even squirrels enjoy a fall picinic. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient)

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