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Volume CXXXIII, Number 9 November 14, 2003
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Even squirrels enjoy a fall picinic. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient) |

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