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Israeli student to offer perspectives on Arab-Israeli relations
Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:16 pm
Senior Smadar Bakovic, an English major, will discuss Arab perspectives on the historic mistrust between Arabs and Jews.
Cyberculture expert to discuss implications of altering the human body
Monday, January 27, 2003 3:11 pm
Chris Hables Gray, a noted cyberculture expert and activist, will discuss the social implications of altering the human body through technology in a lecture.
Fireworks, concert highlight Lunar New Year fete at Bates
Monday, January 27, 2003 3:04 pm
Through Jan. 31, the student organization Sangai Asia celebrates the Lunar New Year with Bates Asian Week, a festival including a concert by singer Magdalen Hsu-Li, a lecture on democracy in China and a neighborhood fireworks display, all open to the public at no charge.
Christian Scientist discusses 'Building Unity Through Forgiveness'
Friday, January 24, 2003 3:01 pm
Joni Overton-Jung, a spiritual healer in the Christian Science tradition, addresses the topic "Building Unity Through Forgiveness" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, in Room 162, Pettengill Hall.
Exhibit features images of Buddhists from around the world
Friday, January 24, 2003 2:56 pm
An exhibition of photographs titled "From Lynn to Lhasa: Photographs of Cambodian, Chinese, and Tibetan Buddhists" by Harvard photographer Kris Snibbe opens at the Bates College Chapel on Sunday, Jan. 26.
King Day events commemorate Haitian revolution bicentennial
Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:50 pm
Noted scholar Alex Dupuy, professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Wesleyan College, is the keynote speaker for the 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances. Classes at the college are canceled and special programming is scheduled throughout the day with an emphasis on the theme "The Haitian Revolution: The Bicentennial and Its Legacy."
Jean Kilbourne, ad critic and 'Lecturer of the Year,' to speak
Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:45 pm
Internationally recognized for her pioneering work on how advertising represents alcohol, tobacco and the image of women, author Jean Kilbourne offers a slide presentation titled "The Naked Truth: Advertising's Image of Women."
Career seminars link liberal arts, entrepreneurial success
Monday, January 20, 2003 1:58 pm
The virtues of a liberal arts education don't spring immediately to mind when you imagine two guys putt-putting around Nantucket Harbor peddling homemade fruit juice to thirsty boaters. But there's a real connection between the entrepreneurial spirit behind a business like Nantucket Nectars — which today employs 150 and markets its extensive juice line in 40 states, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean — and the traits nurtured at small liberal arts colleges.
Grant supports public school programming at Bates museum
Monday, January 20, 2003 1:50 pm
A two-year, $50,000 grant recently received by the Museum of Art will support educational programming for 400 local middle school students at the museum. The grant supports the museum's Thousand Words Project.
Rabbi discusses a second career in Spiritual Journey series
Friday, January 17, 2003 1:45 pm
Rabbi Thomas M. Alpert of Temple Tifereth Israel in Malden, Mass., will discuss changing careers in midlife in a lecture titled "Your Not-So-Young Shall See Visions: Reflections of a New Second-Career Rabbi."