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Friday, 9/24

Noon. Men’s Tennis. I realized I was gay during a tennis lesson in middle school. Actually, it was just after the lesson. Joss Tennis Courts.

4 p.m. Tea. Kitty’s heart leapt into her throat as she looked across the crowded dining room to see Levin, dashing in his officer’s uniform, urinating directly into the samovar. Rose Parlor.

4 p.m. Women's Field Hockey. VC vs. Union. Vassar versus unions? Sounds familiar. Prentiss Field.

5 p.m. Yom Kippur. I thought we covered this one. Villard Room.

7 p.m. Film League. Fahrenheit 9/11. Go see it, even any of you evil Republicans who are lurking on campus, see it. Michael Moore eats what’s left of Ray Bradbury; its pretty grand. Also on Saturday. Blodget Auditorium.

Saturday, 9/25

2 p.m. Women's Field Hockey. Vassar vs. Skidmore. “Do you regret going co-ed?” “No. Of course not. Not for a minute.” “Oh, me neither. I wasn’t, that is, what I meant to say was—“ Prentiss Field.

3 p.m. Men's Soccer. Vassar vs. St. Lawrence University. I knew this kid who wen to to St. Laurence. Actually, I think he went to Sarah Lawrence. The point is he was a total dick. Prentiss Field.

8 p.m. Music Faculty Concert. “The Bassoon.” ‘Nuff said. Skinner.

Sunday, 9/26

Noon. Rugby. The women play Rutgers, the men play dirty. They also play Seton Hall. Is this thing on? The Farm.

3 p.m. Music Faculty Concert. John Solum plays Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven. Mr. Solum is known among flutists for having the easiest groupies. Skinner.

4 p.m. Concert by the "Mammals." Come for the music. Stay for the internal gestation and constant body temperature. Chapel.

Monday, 9/27

9 a.m. “Life at Vassar” Art Exhibit. “Design Inside: The Art of Communicating Life at Vassar.” Closed to minors. Palmer Gallery.

4 p.m. Tea. All happy families are alike; every unhappy family drinks tea. Rose Parlor.

5 p.m. Internships/Summer Opportunity. “Where do you see yourself in five years?” “What is this, the Spanish fucking Inquisition?!” College Center, Commons.

7 p.m. Film 392. "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” A young tree learns to wear tight black pants and be a total dick. CDF.

Tuesday, 9/28

11 a.m. Williams Mystic Maritime Info. Spend your semester with Prospero and the gang! College Center.

4 p.m. Tea. Stiva appeared in the doorway drenched in iced tea. Rose Parlor.

7 p.m. Lecture/Screening. "Marlon and Me: The Genesis of The Freshman" by writer/director Andrew Bergman. Wow. This is really awkward. Sanders Aditorium.

Wednesday, 9/29

3 p.m. Tea. That desire, which had occupied Vronsky for months was finally satiated. Rose Parlor.

4:15 p.m. URSI Symposium "Shoe-Leather Epidemiology: Adventures of a Field Investigator in Infectious Diseases." Susan Wootton, MD. Dr. Wootton boldly refutes C. Everet Coop’s Sandal-Strap Theory of Malarial Containment. Villard Room.

5:30 p.m. LSAT Practice. The practice session lasts an hour, but go ahead and bill for three. CC 240.

10 p.m. VSA Election Results. Announced in the Retreat. I was gonna vote for that girl with the green posters, but then I heard about her war record. The Capitol, Washington, DC.

Thursday, 9/30

4 p.m. Tea. His tea had the unquestioned meaning that he had power to put in it. Rose Parlor.

6 p.m. Gifford Lecture Robert Stone. Mr. Stone will wear a corduroy jacket with leather patches and nothing else. Sanders 212.

8 p.m. Community Works Auction. Benefit hosted by Raymond and Strong. Fifteen dollars for the Jon Cruz cardboard cutout! Rocky 300.

8:30 p.m. Teach for America info session. Part of Noblesse Oblige Week. CC, Commons.