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published on 11/09/06
Weekly Calendar 11/10-11/16
FRIDAY, 11/10
8 a.m. Fall Open House. Better start watching PCU right now to prepare for what we’re gonna do to these kids. Aula
1 p.m. Lecture. Clare Congdon, Colby College, “It’s Not ‘Junk:’ Using Genetic Algorithms to Search for Functional Regions in Noncoding DNA.” You know what they say, one man’s garbage is another man’s dissertation. Old Laundry Building, 105
3 p.m. Tea. Only 100 ACDC points are going to roll over to Retreat points next semester. Rose Parlor
5 p.m. Lecture. Chris Jones, “The Use of Old English Poetry in the Twentieth Century.” Does this have something to do with the forthcoming animated feature film of Beowulf starring Angelina Jolie? Library, Reading Room
6:45 p.m. Unbound Show. “Sexual Pervisity in Chicago” by David Mamet. Sorry guys, Meg Prossnitz and Sam Biederman both aren’t here this year. The Mug
10 p.m. Noyes Toga Party. Admissions statistics now report Ancient Romans as a prominent International Student sub-group. Students’ Building, Second Floor
10 p.m. Europop Mug Night. The problem with Europe is that you can’t tell if the guys are gay or just European. This being the Mug, take your pick. The Mug
SATURDAY, 11/11, Corduroy Day!
10 a.m. Wildlife Advocacy Training. On the new season of The O.C., Summer goes to Brown and is into saving the trees and chickens and shit like that. Anyway, that’s why I’m going to this thing. Rocky 300
1:30 p.m. Master Class. Movement for the Stage, led by Bill Irwin. Any relation to…not even gonna go there. Kenyon Hall, 120
3 p.m. Women’s Basketball. Vassar vs. SUNY New Paltz. In which Acacia recites “Hamlet” to distract the other team. Athletics and Fitness Center, 102
9 p.m. ViCE Concert. Yip-Yip and Pleaseeasear. Can’t we ever get someone good, like maybe the Backstreet Boys? Joss Parlor
SUNDAY, 11/12
1 p.m. Swim and Dive. Vassar vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Are those kids even allowed to get wet? Won’t their microchips go bonkers? Pool
8 p.m. Vassar Men’s Lacrosse Film. In which the gentlemen re-enact the origins of the sport, beginning, of course, with the Native Americans. Sanders Hall, 212
MONDAY, 11/13
3 p.m. Tea. That’s bullshit. Rose Parlor
TUESDAY, 11/14
10 a.m. International Education Week. Workshops include “Learning to Say No To Hash,” “Don’t Take a Baby Unless You Know For Sure It Is An Orphan and His Dad Isn’t Just Illiterate and Dumb,” and “Bulgarians Make Better Lovers.” CC, North Atrium
3 p.m. Tea. And I don’t think we should take it. Rose Parlor
5 p.m. Information Session. Yale Divinity School. Harry Potter takes on the Ivy League. Wasn’t it always an implicit metaphor anyway? Faculty Parlor
5 p.m. International Festival. See “Noyes Toga Party.” Students’ Building, Second Floor
5:30 p.m. Reading. Jeffrey Harrison will read from his work. Harrison’s books of poetry include The Singing Underneath, Signs of Arrival: Poems, and Feeding the Fire: Poems. Each book has been made into a film by M. Night Shyamalan. Library, Reading Room
10 p.m. ViCE Jazz. Pimps of Joytime. Like Santa at Christmas. Booyah. The Mug
WEDNESDAY, 11/15
8:30 a.m. Administrative Forum. Complete with bear-baiting, nude wrestling, and oil rubdowns. Villard Room
10 a.m. Passport and U.S. Postal Service Event. Your face on a stamp. It’s not legal tender until you’ve been dead for 100 years, though. CC, North Atrium
3 p.m. Tea. I say we tear down the barricades and storm The Retreat. Rose Parlor
3:30 p.m. Project Thunder Planning. “Okay, so we have a conference call with God at four. Then I brought donuts so we can have a snack break right after. Any questions?” Jade Parlor
7 p.m. “Do it in the Dark.” Lesson from the Halloween Dance: Just because it’s dark doesn’t mean you’re not making out with a guy dressed in tin foil. CC, 223
THURSDAY, 11/16
3 p.m. Tea. And tear it down, brick by brick, until they give us all the sweet potato fries, Nilda’s, and vegan burritos that we want, for as much as we want to give them, e.g. leftover ’DC points. Rose Parlor
8 p.m. Play. “Urinetown: The Musical.” The story of Lathrop and the drunk kids who just couldn’t hit the bowl. Susan Stein Shiva Theater
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