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Multimedia: Reunion 2013

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Welcome to complete multimedia coverage of Reunion 2013 at Bates College. Reunion Parade Video scenes from the Annual Alumni Reunion Parade. H. Lincoln Benedict ’09. Reunion Slide Show Images from Reunion 2013. Photographs…

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Thursday September 30, 1999 12:00 am	Award winning biographer of mathematicians to speak Constance Reid, author of “A Long Way from Euclid” and “From Zero to Infinity,” will discuss “Captured by Mathematics” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, and admission is free.
Thursday September 30, 1999 12:00 am	History and future of Franco women to be discussed Susan Hudson of Wayne, a graduate student in history from Catholic University of America, will discuss “Franco Women: The History and The Future” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Chase Hall Lounge, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series lecture free of charge.
Thursday September 30, 1999 12:00 am	Dramatic duo presents civil rights performances The Stuart Sisters, a dramatic duo from Philadelphia, will present two performances of “A Brand New Day,” an hourlong retrospective about the civil rights movement and the era of rock ‘n roll, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, and 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Thursday September 30, 1999 12:00 am	Dedication ceremony to take place for Pettengill Hall Bates College will dedicate its new academic building, the Frederick B. and Ursula P. Pettengill Hall, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, on the corner of Bardwell Street and Andrews Road as the highlight of its 1999 Celebrate Bates! Alumni and Parents Weekend.
Wednesday September 29, 1999 12:00 am	Lewiston ophthalmologist to deliver Sawyer Lecture Dr. Kenneth Wolf of Wolf Eye Associates, Lewiston, will discuss “Project ORBIS: The Flying Eye Hospital” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13 at Bates College in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the college’s annual Sawyer Lecture in Biology free of charge.
Wednesday September 29, 1999 12:00 am	Feminist theologian to discuss rights of women in Islam Riffat Hassan, a feminist theologian and professor of humanities and religious studies at the University of Louisville, will discuss “Women in Islam: A Feminist Perspective” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend the annual Rayborn Lindley Zerby Lecture without charge. For more information, call the Bates College Office of the Chaplain at 207-786-8272.
Tuesday September 28, 1999 12:00 am	Folk singer and activist Peggy Seeger to perform in concert series Singer, songwriter and activist Peggy Seeger will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors.
Thursday September 9, 1999 12:00 am	Maine Chamber Ensemble to perform The Maine Music Society’s Maine Chamber Ensemble will perform a concert of Haydn, Vivaldi and Carter at Bates College (Saturday) Sept. 25 at 8 p.m.in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets purchased in advance are $15 for adults and $14 for senior citizens. Admission at the door is $17.50 for both adults and seniors. Students may purchase tickets at half price, and admission for children 12 and under, accompanied by an adult, is free. For more information about the concert, call the Maine Music Society at 207-782-1403 or the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.
Wednesday September 8, 1999 12:00 am	Walter Slovenski, legendary track and cross country coach, dies at 79 Legendary Bates College track and cross country coach Walter Slovenski, 79, died Sept. 8 at Central Maine Medical Center, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at the Bates Chapel on Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. followed by a reception at the Benjamin E. Mays Center on campus.
Wednesday September 8, 1999 12:00 am	Harvard theologian opens spiritual journeys series Rick Spalding, co-pastor of Boston’s Church of the Covenant and Protestant chaplain at Harvard University, will discuss “Holy Dissonance: The Pleasures of Being a Religious Misfit at Bates College” from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall. The public is invited to attend this Spiritual Journeys lecture without charge. Call 207-786-8272 for more information.

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Thursday

September 30, 1999
12:00 am

Constance Reid, author of “A Long Way from Euclid” and “From Zero to Infinity,” will discuss “Captured by Mathematics” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, and admission is free.

Thursday

September 30, 1999
12:00 am

History and future of Franco women to be discussed

Susan Hudson of Wayne, a graduate student in history from Catholic University of America, will discuss “Franco Women: The History and The Future” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Chase Hall Lounge, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series lecture free of charge.

Thursday

September 30, 1999
12:00 am

Dramatic duo presents civil rights performances

The Stuart Sisters, a dramatic duo from Philadelphia, will present two performances of “A Brand New Day,” an hourlong retrospective about the civil rights movement and the era of rock ‘n roll, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, and 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

Wednesday

September 29, 1999
12:00 am

Lewiston ophthalmologist to deliver Sawyer Lecture

Dr. Kenneth Wolf of Wolf Eye Associates, Lewiston, will discuss “Project ORBIS: The Flying Eye Hospital” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13 at Bates College in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the college’s annual Sawyer Lecture in Biology free of charge.

Wednesday

September 29, 1999
12:00 am

Feminist theologian to discuss rights of women in Islam

Riffat Hassan, a feminist theologian and professor of humanities and religious studies at the University of Louisville, will discuss “Women in Islam: A Feminist Perspective” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend the annual Rayborn Lindley Zerby Lecture without charge. For more information, call the Bates College Office of the Chaplain at 207-786-8272.

Tuesday

September 28, 1999
12:00 am

Folk singer and activist Peggy Seeger to perform in concert series

Singer, songwriter and activist Peggy Seeger will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors.

Thursday

September 9, 1999
12:00 am

Maine Chamber Ensemble to perform

The Maine Music Society’s Maine Chamber Ensemble will perform a concert of Haydn, Vivaldi and Carter at Bates College (Saturday) Sept. 25 at 8 p.m.in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets purchased in advance are $15 for adults and $14 for senior citizens. Admission at the door is $17.50 for both adults and seniors. Students may purchase tickets at half price, and admission for children 12 and under, accompanied by an adult, is free. For more information about the concert, call the Maine Music Society at 207-782-1403 or the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.

Wednesday

September 8, 1999
12:00 am

Walter Slovenski, legendary track and cross country coach, dies at 79

Legendary Bates College track and cross country coach Walter Slovenski, 79, died Sept. 8 at Central Maine Medical Center, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at the Bates Chapel on Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. followed by a reception at the Benjamin E. Mays Center on campus.

Wednesday

September 8, 1999
12:00 am

Harvard theologian opens spiritual journeys series

Rick Spalding, co-pastor of Boston’s Church of the Covenant and Protestant chaplain at Harvard University, will discuss “Holy Dissonance: The Pleasures of Being a Religious Misfit at Bates College” from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall. The public is invited to attend this Spiritual Journeys lecture without charge. Call 207-786-8272 for more information.