October 3, 2003: Volume 59, Number 4

Events

Thursday, Oct. 2
1:35 p.m. – Arts 215 – Art historian Philip K. Hu speaking on "No Stone Left Unturned: Mi Wanzhong (1570-1628) and the Culture of Rocks in Late Ming China."

Friday, Oct. 3
12:20 p.m. – Arts 215 – Prof. Tim Olsen's class,  "The History of Jazz," presents Olsen and other regional jazz musicians performing a program of swing music. Part of the four-concert series supported by the Performing Arts Department and the Internal Education Fund. For more information, contact Prof. Olsen at ext. 6563.

Saturday, Oct. 4 to Monday, Oct. 6
8 and 10 p.m. – Reamer Campus Center Auditorium – Movie: The Hulk

Saturday, Oct. 4
8 p.m. – Memorial Chapel – Concert: Jason Mraz – Tickets $5 for Union student; $15 for general public

Tuesday, Oct. 7
4:30 p.m. – Nott Memorial – Professors Clifford Brown, Michael Rudko and Terry Weiner will be awarded endowed chairs. Reception to follow ceremony.
6 p.m. – Frank Bailey Field – Women's field hockey vs. Middlebury

Wednesday, Oct. 8
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Schaffer Library, 3rd floor – Weekly book sale. Hardcovers, $2; paperbacks, $1.
West and Upperclass – Traditional Oktoberfest dinner featuring authentic German food, drink and music.

Thursday, Oct. 9
Noon – Humanities 019 – "Race-Restricted Organ Donation," with guest speaker T. Martin Wilkinson, Ph.D., a senior lecturer in community health and philosophy at the Auckland School of Medicine, New Zealand. Sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Clinical Leadership, The Dept. of Philosophy, and the Dept. of Political Science's Pizza, Politics & Bioethics series.
4:30 p.m. – Humanities 213 – Philosophy Talks, guest speaker Mary Coleman of Bard College. Her topic: "The Road to Modest Constructivism: A Discussion of the Role of Intuition in Practical Reason Theory."
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Abbe Hall –  Farewell reception for Bill Schwarz, director of corporate and government relations. RSVP by Oct. 6 to Bea Ordon (ordonb@union.edu).
7 p.m. – F.W. Olin Center, Rm. 115 -- 12 Windows film series continues, Dust (Macedonia). Prof. Robert Hislope moderates. Plot: A gunfighter from the American West travels to Macedonia and finds "the wild East" in this complex film. (Contains violence and adult content).
7:30 p.m. – Nott Memorial – Rebecca Brown, author of Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary, will read from her book and discuss a writer's relationship with small press. Her talk is being held in conjunction with the exhibition, "Girl Printers: Talented Women Strut Their Stuff!" a show of the work by 37 women printers at the Mandeville Gallery in the Nott Memorial.

Friday, Oct. 10
4 p.m. – Frank Bailey Field – Women's field hockey vs. St. Lawrence (UCAA contest)
4 p.m. – Garis Field – Women's soccer vs. Vassar (UCAA contest)
4 p.m. – Memorial Fieldhouse – Women's volleyball (Union Tournament – Baruch, Clarkson, Hunter, Potsdam, Skidmore, Union)

Friday, Oct. 10 through Monday, Oct. 13
8 and 10 p.m. – Reamer Campus Center Auditorium – Movie: Charlie's Angels 2

Saturday, Oct. 11
11 a.m. – Memorial Fieldhouse – Women's volleyball (Union Tournament)
2 p.m. – Frank Bailey Field – Women's field hockey vs. Hamilton (UCAA contest)
2 p.m. – Garis Field – Women's soccer vs. Rensselaer (UCAA contest)

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