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FRIDAY, 1/28
3 p.m. Tea. Good place to meet lonely administrators. Rose Parlor

3:30 p.m. Lecture. "Does Community Matter to the Urban Poor?" Nicole Marwell, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latino/a Studies at Columbia University. Columbia and Vassar: two schools that care about the impoverished community around them. I think the tree cover prohibiting the sight of the campus from Raymond Ave. could be thicker. New England, 104

6 p.m. Exhibit Reception. "Second Sight: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object." Come to this. Or dont come. Get it?! Fuck me with your dirty, dirty face/jacket/haircut. FLLAC

6 p.m. Womens Basketball. Vassar vs. William-Smith. One man takes on the entire Vassar girls team. Its like Billie Jean King except this time well kill Smith if the bitch loses. Walker, 102

7 p.m. Film. Motorcycle Diaries. Someone once told me I looked like Gael Garcia Bernal. I couldnt wipe the shit-eating grin off my face for hours. Blodgett Auditorium

8 p.m. Tsunami Relief Concert. If you had any idea the number of objectionable Tsunami jokes Ive had to cut at this point...Villard Room

SATURDAY, 1/29
10:30 a.m. Workshop. The flute in contemporary music. The talk is entitled The Phallus as Woodwind/The Woodwind as Phallus: Flutes and Picolos in Quad City DJs: Come Along and Ride the Train. Skinner
4 p.m. Mens Basketball. Vassar vs. Hamilton College. The game started with a Canadian doctor and a peach basket. Now look. Can you imagine if a Canadian doctor asked you to play a game with his peach basket? I thought people like that had to be registered when they moved into new communities. Walker

7 p.m. Film. Motorcycle Diaries. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? SOMEBODY TOLD ME I
LOOKED LIKE GAEL GARCIA BERNAL! Blodgett Auditorium

8 p.m. Concert. Vassar College Orchestra, Choir, Womens Chorus, Madrigal Singers, Wind
Ensemble, and Mahagonny Ensemble. Vassars best and brightest classical musicians gather to play a game of Salieri and Mozart; Pete Bayne probably wont make it out alive. Skinner

SUNDAY, 1/30
6 p.m. Axies Rehearsal. I am not sure why this is in the calendar. We love the Axies, but their weekly circle-jerks are not press-worthy. (Editors note: we do not love the Axies.) CC 223

MONDAY, 1/31
3 p.m. Tea. There are no other activies today. Why dont you try doing something for yourself for once in your stupid life? Rose Parlor

TUESDAY, 2/1
3 p.m. Tea. Listen, Im sorry. But your life has been pretty stupid. Rose Parlor

8 p.m. Krieger Lecture. Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Hey Chabon, I solved the Mystery of Pittsburgh. But I already knew I was gay. Villard Room

WEDNESDAY, 2/3
3 p.m. Tea. The cartoonist who leaves me/ less than a Barbie doll under this dress/ who draws me with no smellhe is a virgin/ the children who watch us every Saturday morning are virgins. Rose Parlor

8:00pmRussian Film Festival. Mostly just episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle that focus on Boris and Natasha. Blodgett Auditorium

THURSDAY, 2/4
3 p.m. Tea. Boris, dahrlink, I dont want to be a virgin anymore. Rose Parlor

5:30 p.m. Lecture. Marni Kessler. "Veils, Dust, and Seduction in Haussmann's Paris." Theres nothing quite as arousing as eighteenth century urban planning. Miranda. Taylor 203

7 p.m. "Do It in the Dark"
A fun event to raise energy conservation awareness. Sponsored by the Vassar Greens. I, for one, try to conserve as much energy as I can in bed its one of the more altruistic benefits of being a selfish lover. Villard Room

8 p.m. Info Session. Teach for America. And then forget completely about it. Sponsored by the Career Development Office. CC 223

8 p.m. Phil Play. We Cant Even Be Bothered to Provide Campus Activities With A Goddamned Title, Thats How Important We Are. Susan Stein A Kid Named Stone Theater