published on 11/18/05

Weekly Calendar 11/18-11/24

FRIDAY, 11/18
3 p.m. Tea. Maureen Dowd’s new book got a shitty review in The Times. Rose Parlor

3 p.m. Apple Pie Event. The year was 1492. The man, Christopher Columbus. He arrived on the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria with many European diseases and a kick-ass pie recipe. CC, 223

8 p.m. Play. LIVE FEED. This just in: Philly is the new Brooklyn. CDF, 110

8:30 p.m. The Limit Show. In which Peter Papachronopolis is voted “City-State of the Month.” Sanders Hall, 212

SATURDAY, 11/19
1 p.m. Swim and Dive Meet. Vassar vs. SUNY New Paltz. I got kicked off my high school swim team after four days. I’d like to say it was because of steroid use. Pool

10 p.m. Clean Elections Mug Night. Free pizza and condoms. Joe Lieberman, in a video message to my great aunt, said “Happy 80th Muriel and stay alive until 2008 so you can vote for me!” He’s got the right idea. And if he gave me free pizza and condoms, I might consider voting for him too. The Mug

SUNDAY, 11/20
5 p.m. Lost Film Festival. According to UsWeekly, Britney Spears lost her virginity at age 18 to Justin Timberlake. In the same article, Timberlake says he lost his at age 14 to his babysitter. I think it’s a tie. Rocky 200

MONDAY, 11/21
10 a.m. Hunger Fast. That is so five weeks ago. Rose Parlor

3 p.m. Tea. That must really sting, getting a shitty review from your own publication. Rose Parlor

3:30 p.m. Lecture. Dr. G. Andrew Antonelli of Intel Corporation will discuss “Hard Times for Thin Films: A Study of the Elastic Moduli of Dielectric Films.” Life is hard when you’re the skinniest little film in school and they take you on a class trip to the beach and you have to wear a bathing suit. Just be glad you’re not the one in the pantsuit. Sanders Physics, 207

4:30 p.m. Lecture. James McQuivey of Boston University will speak on “Accidental Big Brother: How Technology Inadvertently Tracks and Monitors Us.” It’s just like that Clay Aiken song. He’s invisible and he is so watching you in your room right now. Taylor Hall, 203

5:30 p.m. Lecture. Greg Halpern will be speaking about his book “Harvard Works Because We Do.” And Larry Summers works because he’s a man. Villard Room

TUESDAY, 11/22
3 p.m. Tea. They even had decent things to say about Nicole Richie’s new book. Rose Parlor

4:30 p.m. Math Colloquium. This week, the apple pi event. Rocky 310

5:30 p.m. Lecture. Harold Koh, Dean of the Yale Law School and an expert on civil liberties, particularly issues relating to detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Probably talking about something related to that. He was featured in the popular film Harold and Kumar go to Guantanamo Bay. Villard Room

WEDNESDAY, 11/23
3 p.m. Tea. I know which book I’ll be reading next. Rose Parlor

5 p.m. Thanksgiving Break! “Mom, Dad, meet my new boyfriend. Yes, he’s straight. No, he’s not checking out cousin Jeremy.” Home

THURSDAY, 11/24, Thanksgiving!
3 p.m. No goddamned Tea. But I promise to listen to Maureen’s album, Modern Girl in the Big City, first. Nowhere

8 p.m. After Hours. Featuring the kids whose parents won’t let them come home for Thanksgiving. They will be singing the blues. Students’ Building, Second Floor

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