Volume CXXXIX, Number 8
November 6, 2009
As part of Maine Recycles Week, Sustainable Bowdoin will sort garbage to encourage better recycling on campus.
Polar Bear, Smith Union. 1 – 4 p.m.
Sponsored by Alumni Relations, the 40th anniversary celebration will include several lectures, discussions and gatherings throughout the weekend.
Russworm African-American Center. 7 p.m.
Students will present a performance about sex, hook-ups, consent and relationships in the Bowdoin community.
Kresge Auditorium, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
The Black Thunder Singers, a group of Native American musicians, will present a public drum performance in honor of American Indian Heritage Month.
Morrell Lounge, Smith Union. 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Professor of Latin American History at Johns Hopkins University Ben Vinson III will speak.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 1:30 p.m.
The Bowdoin Film Society will screen the finished student movies made during the weekend of October 23.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
The quartet will perform the works of German composer Felix Mendelssohn, including several newly discovered fugues.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Masque & Gown will present a mime and improvisation workshop with renowned performer Michael Lane Trautman.
Kresge Dance Studio, Memorial Hall. 1 – 7 p.m.
Professors Richard Morgan and Jean Yarbrough will speak about conservatism at Bowdoin as part of Conservative America Week.
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 5 p.m.
Bowdoin Chapel. 7 p.m.
Professor of Jewish and Israeli Studies at Brigham Young University’s Jerusalem Center Ophir Yarden will speak.
Conference Room West, Hubbard Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside John Martin Fischer, Ph.D. will speak.
Room 107, Kanbar Hall. 4 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Latin American Studies, Chilean film director, producer and screenplay writer Gonzalo Justiniano will screen his film “B-Happy” before leading an open discussion.
Room 004, Druckenmiller Hall. 6:30 – 9 p.m.
The Theater and Dance Department will present readings by internationally acclaimed playwrights Salomat Vafo of Uzbekistan and Vincente Groyon of the Philippines.
Kresge Dance Studio, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
The Faculty Seminar Series will continue with a lecture by Associate Professor of Economics Zorina Kahn.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. Noon.
As part of Conservative America Week, Republican Peter Mills will visit Bowdoin to discuss and take questions about his candidacy for governor of Maine.
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay will screen a documentary on the bottled water industry, followed by a talk with the Coordinator for Defending Water for Life in Maine Emily Posner.
Frontier Café, Fort Andross, Brunswick. 7 p.m.
The Native American Students Association will host a Veteran’s Day discussion on Native Americans and their military service.
Meeting Room, Multicultural House. 8 p.m.
Students are encouraged to stop by with questions.
Information Desk, Smith Union. 4 – 5 p.m.
The German Film Series will continue with a screening of Frank Vogel’s 1962 film and a presentation by Professor Jenn Hosek of Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
The Kebbe Lecture Fund will sponsor a talk by Dr. Laura Perovich ’05, a geophysicist and research assistant at the Silent Spring Institute in Newton, Massachusetts.
Cleaveland 151, Druckenmiller Hall. 7:30 p.m.