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New York Times reporter to discuss immigrant experience
Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:14 pm
New York Times reporter Joseph Berger, author of the acclaimed memoir Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust (Scribner, 2001), will give a talk at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue.
Choir performs Mozart's 'Requiem'
Monday, March 17, 2003 2:11 pm
The college Choir performs Mozart's Requiem, the composer's final work and one of the most intense and finely drawn interpretations of the Roman Catholic Mass, in concerts at 8 p.m. Friday, March 21, and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street. The concert is free and open to the public.
Noted vegetarian chef to visit in observance of Great American Meatout
Friday, March 14, 2003 2:07 pm
Ken Bergeron, author of the award-winning cookbook "Professional Vegetarian Cooking," will visit for two days of vegan food preparation with students and Dining Services staff. We welcome media coverage of the event, which marks the 19th anniversary of the Great American Meatout, the world's largest diet education campaign, on March 20.
Wallace Funds head explains new philanthropic approach
Friday, March 14, 2003 2:01 pm
In a March 7 talkdesigned to "remove the shroud of mystery" from the world of foundation philanthropy, the president of the Wallace–Reader's Digest Funds described how that organization has fundamentally changed its modus operandi.
Grant bolsters entrepreneurial programs
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:20 pm
Bates has won a $35,190 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Mo., to expand entrepreneurial career programming for students and alumni and raise awareness of entrepreneurship in the liberal arts.
Renowned political analyst Dinesh D'Souza to speak
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:57 pm
Hoover Institute Fellow and best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza, known for his challenges to the politically liberal academic establishment, speaks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St.
Scholar to discuss Frankenstein and childhood
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:43 am
Marshall Brown, professor of English and comparative literature at Washington University, will give a talk titled Frankenstein: A Child's Story at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is welcome to attend free of charge.
‘Spanish Tragedy’ comes to the Gannett stage
Wednesday, March 5, 2003 3:58 pm
A production of The Spanish Tragedy, a play considered a major source for Shakespeare's Hamlet, will offer performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 21-22, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23, in Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St.
SignalQuest co-founders to speak at their alma mater
Wednesday, March 5, 2003 3:54 pm
The college Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship presents a talk by the Bates alumni who co-founded the New Hampshire high-tech sensor development firm SignalQuest at 7 p.m. Monday, March 17, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue.
Catholic worker to speak in Spiritual Journey series at Bates
Tuesday, March 4, 2003 3:50 pm
Catholic Worker Matt Daloisio will discuss the transformation in his life in a lecture titled Overturning the 'Filthy, Rotten System': From Aspiring Accountant to Pacific Anarchist by the Age of 22, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Avenue.