Stories from March 1996
Political strategists to discuss presidential race
Wednesday, March 13, 1996 10:05 am
Republican Keene and Democrat Shrum, familiar faces on television discussion shows, will offer their views of the developing campaign season in a session at the Benjamin Mays Center March 27 at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend at no charge.
Well-known organist to perform
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 11:50 am
Organist Calvert Johnson will perform early Spanish organ music and music by Bach and women composers in a concert at Bates at 7:30 p.m. March 10th in the Bates College Chapel. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Alum's compositions on choir program
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 11:45 am
The Bates College Choir performs at 8 p.m. March 22 and 23, and at 2 p.m. March 24, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Madeline Kunin to Lecture at Bates
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 11:23 am
Madeline Kunin, deputy secretary of the United States Department of Education, will give a talk at Bates College on (Thursday) March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Maine Gay Men's Chorus to appear
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 11:06 am
The Maine Gay Men's Chorus will perform a concert, "Love Don't Need A Reason," at Bates College on March 17 at 3 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Flutist Ariel Cahn to Perform With Frank Glazer at Bates
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 11:00 am
The recital's featured presentations will included the sonata "Undine" by Reinecke, a challenging 19th-century work for the flute and piano, and "Sonatine" by Dutilleaux, a modern French virtuoso selection.
Bates Students to Discuss African-American Protest in Maine
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 10:52 am
The final part of Miller's talk will consider the stragegies devised by the civil rights movement within Maine as well new directions in social transformation pursued by the contemporary African American community.
Asian Studies Scholar to Lecture at Bates
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 10:44 am
An expert in late imperial and early modern Chinese history, she is the author of several books including "Agricultural Change and the Peasant Economy of South China," "Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century" and "Education and Literacy in Ch'ing China" as well as the editor of "Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China."
Labor Historian to Speak at Bates
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 10:35 am
A consultant for "Struggles in Steel: The History of African-American Steelworkers," a documentary film to be released later this year, Hinshaw is the author and editor of numerous publications concerned with race, ethnicity and labor history, including the forthcoming book he co-edited with Paul LeBlanc, "U.S. Labor in the Twentieth Century: Studies in Fragmentation and Insurgency" (Humanities Press, 1997).
Annual Sampson Lecture set at Bates
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 10:30 am
Davis is the author of several books, including "The Mathematics of Matrices" and "Spirals: From Theodorus to Chaos." Two books he co-authored with Reuben Hersh, "The Mathematical Experience" and "Descartes' Dream," have enjoyed worldwide popularity as explorations of the philosophy of mathematics and the role of mathematics in society. "The Mathematical Experience" won an American Book Award in 1983.