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,: SATUR -DAY, NOVEMBER 14

*STUDENTWORKS IN D~isk>ri presents works in process by.student choreographers from Benning­ PROCESS:BENNINGTON, ton, Middlebury, _and ~illiams Colleges. Choreographers include Andrew Grossman and MIDDLEBURY,WILLIAMS Angelique Venendaal (Bennington), Victoria Custodio, Catherine Elton, Lisa Gonzales, and Winnit: Weism.in (Middlebury), and Jae Gruenke, IindaJarksey, Brandon Kelly.Jes Ruileclge, and Nakesha Williams (Williams). Martha Hill Dance Workshop,8:00 p.m. ,? •• FI_LM:HAIL MARY ~epeat of last ·night's film. The controversial, and ultimateiy reverent, film by Jean Luc · Godard brings new exploration~ of symbolism, nature, and the essence of sex to the story of Mary, a girl living in a small Swiss town, and her boyfriend Joseph. Barn 1, 9:00 p.m.

. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15

SENIOR CONCERTConcert of works by Bartok, Shostakovich, Brooks, McDermott, and Dvorak. Per- (MOSTLY)20TH CENTURY formers include Seana Gamel, Allen Shawn ., Jack Glick, Cen Wang,Jason McDermotl, MUSICWITH SEANA GAMEL · · arid Joseph Bloom Refreshments immediately following. CarriageBarn, 2:30 p.m.

SOCIALSCIENCES DIVISION VISUALARTS DIVISION MUSIC/DANCEDIVISIONS + "MakingSense of the Ethnic Conflkt + Anexhibition tilled, "T ronsgmsions inihe + "Tomand Friends Show," with music in Yugoslavia,·o lecture by Andrew WhileCube: Territorial Moppin gs," opens with a byfaculty member Tom Farrell and special Pienkos,social sciences faculty, an Mon­ receptionon T uesdoy, Nov. 17. The show is guestmusicians onThursday, Nov. 19 . Cho­ day,Nov. 16. Sponsored . by.the Social organizedby Joshua Oeder and will appear reographybyfoculty member Terry Cr811ch, SciencesDivision. Barn 1, 8:00p.m. throughDec. 16. Usdan Gallery, 1:00 p.m . graduatestudent Jone Setteducato, ond BrownUniversity dance faculty member JulieStrandberg . MarthaHill Oance Work ­ shop,8:00 p.m. FILM:HAIL MARY Repeatof lasLnight's film. Barn 1, 8:00 p.m.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

MAKINGSENSE OF THE The current conflict in the Balkans is typically presented as just the latest episode ETHNICCONFLICT IN in a long history of ethnic animosity and vendetta. Andrew Pienkos, social sciences YUGOSLAVIAfaculty member, will provide an alternative interpretation. Sponsored by the Sodal Sciences Division. Barn 1, 8:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17

"TRANSGRESSIONSIN THE.. Exhibition organized by Joshua Deeter, presenting the work of contemporary artists WHITECUBE: TERRITORIAL · who utilize the context of the gallery or institutionalspace to construct new territories MAPPINGS"of meaning in regard t?,,issues of politics, cultural identity, race, the environment, religion,sexual identity,the re-formationof formallanguages in the visual arts, modes of socialcontrol, ethnicity, etc. These artists treat the exhibition space not as a neutral site, but rather as a zone through which to re-map the cultural landscape. Participating artists: Bob Braine, Mark Dion, AlexisRockman (collaborativeproject), Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler,General Idea, Felix Gonzales-Torres,Renee Green, Paula Hayes,Mike Kelley, Sean Landers, Cary Leibowitz/Candyass,Julia Scher, Jessica Stockholder, Rirkrit Tiravanija Tower and Fred Wilson.A catalogueaccompanies the exhibition, which runs through Dec.· 16.,Gci;Ilery hours: Monday-Saturday,1:00-5:00 p.m. Opening recept1on,Usdan Gallery, 7:00 p.m.

ACUPUNCTURE/This week FIPSE celebrates the Great AmericanSmokeout with a lecture by Milford ACUPRESSUREGraves on techniques oi acupressure and acupuncture for smoking cessation. 'The DEMONSTRATIONAmerican Cancer Societyasks all smokers to.quit for just one day on Nov. 19. Milford will show you how to quit for good. Lucky audience member's can participate in a demonstration. New informationfrom the American Cancer Society on smoking and nicotineaddiction will be availablealso. LeighHouse Living Room, 8:(X) p.m.

FRENCHTABLE Everyone is invited to attend the French table for informal conversation in French every Tuesday. Dining Halls, 5:30 p.m.

*GERMANFILM SERIES DerMann auf tierMq~er (Walljumpe,r)by Reinhard Hauff (1982).Arnulf Kabel,living . · in East Berlin with his wifeAndrea, i~obsessed with the wall.One day his ~e yells at him: "Go if you have to!''.He finds himself arrested and, after trying to escape, he ends up in prison, from which he is sold and transported to the West. There Kabel tries to persuadethesecretservicetoworkwithhimandtoblowupthewall.Butnobodyisreally interested in his suggestions. One day he followsthe order of a friend from the western . part of the city by jumping the wall in the other direction.Barn 2, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 . ·. . .

CHINESETABLE Everyone is invited to attend the Chinese table forinforinal conversation in Chinese every Wednesday. Dining Halls, 5:30 p.m.

FILM:BLOOD WEDDING A version of Federico Garcia Lorca's classic, featuring Antonio Gades, former director of lhe National Ballet of Spain. By reknowned filmmaker Carlos Saura. First parl of a trilogy. Barn 1, 8:00 p.m.

2 *GERMANFILM SERIES Repeat of last night's German film. Barn 2, 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

"TOMAND FRIENDS 'This progi:am includes music by faculty member Tom Farrell and special guest 1 musicians. by faculty member Terry Creach, graduate student Jane SHOW' Setteducato, and Brown Uni•1ersity dance faculty member Julie Strandberg. Martha Ht1l Dance Workshop,VAPA , 8:00 p.m.

DANCEWORKSHOP We welcome all members of the Bennington community to Dance Workshop, meeting every Thursday . Throughout the term we view -in-process, invite guest artists to offer workshops, view dance videos, discuss issues of concern to dancers. Dancers al all levels of experience welcome. Martha Hill Dattce Workshop,VAPA, 4:00 p.m. ' '

SPANISHTABLE Everyone isinvited to attend the Spanish table for informal conversation in Spanish every Thursday. Watch for announcements regarding Spanish films Lobe shown in the ev_ening. Dining Halls, 5:30 p.m.

DRAWIN(iEXTRA Weekly sessions of life drawing, short and long poses. Students and fa<--ultywelcome; newsprint provided; please bring all other drawing tools. Watch CollegeWeek and bulletin boards in VAPA and mailroom for schedule changes. Unless arrangements are made in advance,sessionswillbecancelledat 7:30ifnooneisinattendance. VAPA,D204,7:00p.m .

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20

COMPUTERMUSIC/VIDEOGraduate sludenls from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, will presenl a INTERACTIVEcomputer music/video interactive performance. Plan lo allend this event! Greenwall PERFORMANCEMusic Workshop,8:15 p.m.

FILM:BLOOD WEDDING . Repeat of Wednesday night 's film. Barn 1, 9:00 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21

*TAPS,A FACULTYTaps , a play written and· directed by faculty imember Gladden Schrock, features Jason WORKSHOPKingsley, Jessica Blake, Nejem Reheem, Tarini Bedi, Joe Caliguire, Megan Oberle, and PRODUCTIONCarol Oldham . For reservations call: ext. 202. LesterMartin Theater,8 :00 p.m.

FILM:ELAMOR BRUSO Carlos Saura's final part of his trilogy interpreting famous Spanish works in Flamenco. A sizzling tale of young lovers separated by fate, but whose hearts still burn with a passion only for each other . Music by Manuel de Falla Barn 1, 9:oop.m. .

*ORFEOED EUR/DICE An 'opera in three acts by C.W. von Gluck, this is a full production for soloists and a choru s. of singers and dancers with chamber orchestra. Sponsored by t.heMusic Division and the Student Endowment for the Arts, theproduction is a collaborative effort by artists from (he . music, dance, drama : art, and literature divisions. To be presented again on Monday and · Tuesday, Nov. 23 and 24. Greenw_allMusic Workshop,9:30 p.m.

3 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ll

*TAPS A repeat of last night's performance. lester Martin Theater, 8:00 p.m.

FILM:EL AMOR BRUSO Repeat of last night's film. Barn 1, 8:00 p.m.

*THEZELDA SYNDROME: Did Bertolt Brecht really write all'of the .work for which he is known? Or did he, like HOWTO MAKE WOMEN other creative fi~res such as. F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Stuart Mill, and Felix WRITERSDISAPPEAR Mendelssohn, publish the worK of others, usually women, under his own name? Sponsored by lhe Women's Issues Study Group and the Literature and Languages Division, British writer and filmmaker John Fuegi will discuss these issuesandothersonMonday, Nov. 23, in Barn 1,8:15p.m. John Fuegi willbe shown on Tuesday, Nov.24, in Barn 1, at 3:00 p.m. ;• .

*POETRYREADING Bennington College faculty member , Stephen Sandy and Julia Randall '45 will give a poetry reading _sponsored by the Bennington Bookshop at the Bennington Free Library, Main Street Bennington on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. A reception and book signing will°follow the one-hour reading. Randall is the author of the just­ published collection The Path to Fairview, New and Selected Poems (LSU Press); Sandy's new book, also just published, is ThanksgivingOvewr the Water (KnopO.

PATTERNSINIRON: An exhibit of the work of several Vermont stove foundries, an important branch of the VERMONTSTOVES OF THE state's 19th century iron industry, which reached its zenith shortly after the Civil War. 1800'5 On display through March 14, at the Bennington Museum on Wes{ Main Street in ... Bennington. The Museum is open cjaily from 9:00 to 5:00.

• • PRE-SCREENJOBSSTILL The FWT office has received no applications for lhe following pre-screen jobs: AVAILABLEBermuda Biological Station, Images from.·the Past, Kennedy ,Studios, Molly Stark Elementary School, Outdoor Nursery School, Poetry Society of America, Training Inc., and the West Br;mch School. .The deadline for submission of materials for these jobs has .been extended to M;on.~ay, Nov. 16 by 5:00 p.m. Please bring your materials to the F\,¥'.f office. Als~ du~ <>.n the 16th: Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Workman Publishing Company, and 'The Presidio Hill School.

4 DEADLINEFOR FWT: The -deadline for submission of all FWT grant applications (and accompanying GRANTAPPLICATIONS . materials) is,Monday, Nov. 16, by 5:00p.m. Please bring your materials to the FWT office.

HANDICAPPEDPARKING Please keep the handicapped parking space in the Early Childhood Center parking lol available for those who need it People have recently been parking there who are not · authorized to do so. We do have parents who need easy access to the Center. Please respect them.

SUPPORTMISSION: At any time, Mission: Wolf may face action against them. Please help support them by WOLF writing letters of praise, etc. and give them to Barnabas Rose. Mention your opinion/ feelings about their visit here. Be honest, specific, and articulate. Barnabas will mail them in a bundle together .for Mission: _Wolf to have on file. Please get them in by Thanksgiving.

BORED?BORROW A You may sign out the following board games for 24-hour periods at the Snack Bar: BOARDGAME! - checkers, chess, Chinese checkers, Clue, Monopoly, Parcheesi, Scategories, and Sony. More games can and will b~ purchased. Submit ideas to Barnabas Rose in Student Life/Computer Center.

SOSAITH THE LOON . Student Council ri1eets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the purple dining room.

REGUlAR& CWS 'The timesheet schedule for College Work-Study and Studenl Regular Employment is TIMESHEETSCHEDULE as follows: Timesheets Due Check Issued 11/16 11/24 11/30 12/08 12/21 12/31 ll is more important than ever that timesheets be submitted by the deadline; late timesheets will be processed for the next payroll.

CROSSETTRegular term hours: LIBRARYHOURS Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-midnight Saturday 10:00a.m.-midnight Sunday noon-midnight

MUSICLIBRARY HOURS Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Evening Hours: Monday 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday 7:00-9:00p.m. Weekends 1:00-5:00p.m.

HEALTH SERVICE HOURS 'The Health Service is open daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. (noon to 8 p.rn. on weekends), ANDINFORMATION with a nurse on duty. In the event of an emergency when the Heallh Service is closed, call the emergency extension 210. A college physician is available Monday through Friday for clinic hours. Check with the Health Service for exact hours. Doctor appointments should be arranged either through the nurse on duty or the Health Service secretary. Students who miss a doctor's appointment without prior notice will be charged $10 for that missed appointment. Students who need to be seen by a doctor when the Health Service physician is not in attendance should contact the nurse on duty during Health Service hours or call the emergency ext. 210 when the Health Service is closed. A trip to the hospital emergency room without prior approval may nol be covered by school insurance .

5 PSYCHOLOGICALPsychological Counseling Service is·open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from COUNSELINGSERVICE 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. , and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a. m. to 9:00 p.m . To make an appointment, call the secretary in the infirmary (ext. 220). You can also make an appointment by leaving a copy of your schedule in our Post Office box or in our office. We have listings of therapists off campus, and also listings of M, Al-Anon, and ACOA meetings, and NA meetings both on campus and in town . If you have an emergency, dial 210, and Security will put you in touch with the counselor who is on caJI.

NOSMOKING POLICY The following policy has been developed to provide employees , students, and visitors with clearly stated guidelines on when and where they may smoke. It complies with State of Vermont Regulation H. 86 governing smoking in the work place. Smoking is prohibited in the following builclings: Barn (exceptinprivateoffices), Library, Dickinson, 'nshman, Carriage ,Bam, Early Childhood Center, and Jennings . Smoking is prohib­ ited in all work areas at Bennington College including classrooms, non-private offices, hallways, bathrooms, rehearsal rooms and shared studios except in the following designated smoking areas : VAP A:. open lobby area outside Usdan Gallery and Newman Court; Commons: first floor lounge and designated dining rooms; and the Mainte­ nanceDay sRoom.

CollegeWEEK Forms for submission to College Weekcan be found in the Student Life Office. The INFORMATION.deadline for submissions is Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. for the following week--no exceptions . If forms are incomplete or illegible, the information will not be included .in' College Week. .. I

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