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published on 12/07/06
Weekly Calendar 12/8-12/14
FRIDAY, 12/8, Last Day of Classes!
3 p.m. Tea. Dear Misc, I am sad to say that I am leaving you. Rose Parlor
5 p.m. Gallery Reception. Landscapes. Paintings and pastels by Vincent Connelly. I see a landscape of yellow. It looks like—dare I say it—free cheese! CC, John Palmer Gallery
5 p.m. Vegan Hors D’Oeuvres. The Animal Rights Coalition will be hosting a vegan hors d’oeuvres hour followed by a screening of Babe. Campus Dining plans to sculpt little piggies out of tofu. No word yet on if they’ll be able to talk or sing. CC, 223
6 p.m. Play. “Swimming in the Shallows.” Jaws: the Musical. New England Building, 104
7 p.m. Film Screening. Talladega Nights. Come on guys, you couldn’t get anything a little more artsy? Oh I get it, you’re showing it in black and white. Blodgett Auditorium
8 p.m. Devils Final Concert. First, I will get a scythe and cut a square in my stomach. Taylor Hall, 102
10 p.m. Axies Final Concert. Then I will remove my bowels. Rocky 300
10 p.m. ViCE End of Semester Party. Wear everything that’s cool now because it’ll be so out next semester. Villard Room
SATURDAY, 12/9
2 p.m. Play. “bobrauschenbergamerica.” A wild road trip through our American landscape in a play Robert Rauschenberg might have conceived if he had been a playwright instead of a painter. Next week, “Red Wheelbarrow,” the William Carlos Williams experimental play. It consists of some guy dressed as a chicken pissing on a wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow isn’t even red. Dr. FinkelStein Shiva Theater
8 p.m. Night Owls Final Concert. After removing my bowels, I will then tie said bowels around my neck and pull. Rocky 200
9 p.m. FlyPeople Performance. If they dance faster than 80 mph they turn into the Marty McFly People. (Editor’s note: Sorry). Students’ Building, Second Floor
9:30 p.m. Measure 4 Measure Final Concert. Wait, you guys are seriously having a wet t-shirt contest? To be or not to be really is the question here. Taylor Hall, 102
SUNDAY, 12/10
5 p.m. Catholic Mass. You have to go, it’s Advent. This is my plan: Eat one chocolate a day until Hannukah and then eat all the rest at once. Chapel
8 p.m. Shakespeare Play. “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” One time they found Love’s Labour, but she was a prostitute in Beijing with bad teeth and bad hair, so they pretended that it never happened, for the sake of theater. Rocky 200
9 p.m. Hot Chocolate. Sometimes seeing those kids from tapestry class naked is the price you have to pay for literally ass-loads of chocolate. Students’ Building, Second Floor
MONDAY, 12/11
1 p.m. Environmental Affairs. Bald eagles weren’t endangered until Joan had an affair with a hot young male one and her husband bought a shotgun. Lesson: Keep your affairs private. Rocky 201
3 p.m. Tea. I’m leaving the country. Rose Parlor
3 p.m. Local Foods “Potluck.” Dutchess county-grown weed. From around the neighborhood and a dorm room closet near you. CC, 223
3 p.m. Founder’s Day Meeting. “Should we try to get Gwen Stefani or No Doubt?” CC, 107
9 p.m. Freshmen Study Break. Coffee, cocoa, cookies, cider, cereal, cuddling, and Love, Actually. Go, go, watch your Hugh Grant, your Colin Firth. We’ll sit in the Library and watch their Jane Austen movie adaptations for upper-level English classes. Students’ Building, Second Floor
TUESDAY, 12/12
3 p.m. Tea. It can’t be helped. Rose Parlor
7 p.m. French Club Dinner. Not going JYA? Console yourself with some crepes. Aula
WEDNESDAY, 12/13
3 p.m. Tea. I’d say that I’m done with tea too, but realistically I’m going to England. Rose Parlor
8 p.m. Battles and Bands. Coffee house event highlighting costs of the Iraq War; acoustic music and war photo slideshow; bake sale goods. Bob Dylan covers and brownies? I’m down. Students’ Building, Second Floor
8 p.m. Film Screening. Millions, a film for all ages about what two different kids do when they find a lot of money. Imdb.com called it the “very rare film when a 5-year old finds a bag of Pounds with a few days to spend before the currency is switched to Euros.” EU plan to get kids interested in economics? Rocky 200
THURSDAY, 12/14
9 a.m. Vassar First Year Planning. “Should we buy a mini-fridge? I don’t know. I mean, we’ll use it. Is it a waste of funds? No more than that futon. Okay, good.” CC, 240
3 p.m. Tea. Please come get me if my life turns into one big tea joke. Love, Molly. Rose Parlor
5 p.m. Coffee House. Tea, Coffee, we try not to discriminate. Get your caffeine from a different venue?
7 p.m. will be the Red Bull/Jolt Gum/Caffeine Pills party. Retreat
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