published on 09/08/06

Weekly Calendar 9/8-9/14

FRIDAY, 9/8
3 p.m. Tea. Something’s different this year at old VC. Rose Parlor

3 p.m. Serenading. Back to school shopping list: notebooks, folders, Jolt gum, ketchup, flour, tofu chunks.... Really, they sell it all at Target. Ballantine Field

SATURDAY, 9/9
10 a.m. Women’s Field Hockey. Betty Richey Tournament. Whichever team wins gets their captain’s face carved onto Mount Richmore. Prentiss Field

Noon. Bagel Brunch. This all seems very redundant. Bayit

Noon. Men’s Cross Country. Vassar Invitational. In which Vassar invites all the schools who are slower than us. Ballantine Field

2 p.m. Men’s Soccer. Vassar vs. Swarth-more. I have this friend at Swarthmore and two years ago I put a slutty picture of her in this publication and she just found out about it, but I don’t think she cares. Prentiss Field

9 p.m. ViCE Concert. I don’t know who it is, but I can tell you that they’ll be wearing tight pants. CC 223

SUNDAY, 9/10, Grandparent’s Day
Noon. Women’s Rugby. Vassar vs. U.S. Air Force Academy. Is that even allowed? The Farm

3 p.m. Music Faculty Concert. Vocal music of the Baroque. Featuring music of Monteverdi, Stradella, and Bach. Wow, they’re really going for...don’t make me say it. Skinner, Martel Recital Hall

MONDAY, 9/11
10 a.m. Potpourri. For those unacquainted with Potpourri, this is what you do: fill your dorm bathtub with scented petals and spices. Bathe in it. Tie a ribbon around your genitals and come on down to the College Center for a rollicking good time. CC, North Atrium

3 p.m. Tea. It’s not just the president, Kenyon, and panini machines at The Retreat. Rose Parlor

5:30 p.m. Community Outreach Work-shop. “Does Vassar Volunteerism = Elitism?” I would answer this but I believe it’s beneath me. And the only thing I want beneath me is one of the many freshmen boys haunting the halls of Main. CC 223

TUESDAY, 9/12
3 p.m. Tea. All the hipsters seem to be gone. Rose Parlor

4 p.m. First Year Freedom Workshop. Learn what the Career Development Office has to offer. Sex, religion, and numerology, apparently. CC, Faculty Commons

5:30 p.m. Lecture. Rev. John Fife, “No More Deaths: Migrants and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.” Fife? Think he’s related to FIFA, for soccer teams? Rocky 200

WEDNESDAY, 9/13
3 p.m. Tea. And there are freshmen wearing polos and khakis and Duke-esque attire. Rose Parlor

3 p.m. Sophomore JYA Information Session. Pick somewhere exotic. Pick the yearbook office. Rocky 200

5:30 p.m. Community Outreach Work-shop. “Do you speak Spanglish?” But the real question is, do you speak Laguna Beach? CC 223

THURSDAY, 9/14
3 p.m. Tea. And shirts of bands like O.A.R. Rose Parlor

5:30 p.m. Community Outreach Work-` shop. “Vassar’s Relationship with Po-Town: The Unspoken Perspective.” Are members of the Vassar community allowed to call it Po-Town? Would you call it that in front of a townie? Do they call it that? CC 223

6 p.m. Lecture. Major Benjamin Busch ’92 will talk about his photography exhibit, “Occupation: The Art of a Marine Stationed in Ramadi, Iraq.” My exhibit, “Occupation: The Music of the Grateful Dead Stationed in Wyncote, PA” will premiere next week. Taylor Hall, 203

9 p.m. ViCE Folk Show. Nat Baldwin. That’s what everyone else thinks too. The Pub

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