The Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a picnic dinner welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Mark '85 and Ann Pickering.

Please RSVP by July 28 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Seth Marlatt '98 and Megan O'Neill '96.

Please RSVP by July 29 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

The North Jersey Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Jann Bate Catto '84

Kindly RSVP by July 28 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

Join Lafayette young alumni at the Jersey Shore for a destination happy hour sponsored by the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Young Alumni Committee of the Lafayette College Alumni Association. This is a great opportunity to network with other Lafayette graduates!

Drink specials will be available throughout the evening.

Questions? Contact Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu or (610) 330-5040.

Interested in knowing about the upcoming 2008 Lafayette College Football season? Join alumni, parents, and friends for the annual LALV football forum featuring Lafayette College Head Football Coach Frank Tavani.

Kindly RSVP by Thursday, July 31 with a check payable to Lafayette College-LALV and send to:

Chas Snyder '78-LALV Treasurer
2354 Second St.
Easton, PA 18042-6062

Questions? Contact Event Chair Ralph Doederlein '55, (610) 253-3775 or Event Co-Chair Chas Snyder '78, (610) 252-5881/chasms@rcn.com

The New York City Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Ed '65 and Glenna McNally.

Please RSVP by July 31 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Christopher Leonard '90.

Please RSVP by August 1 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

The Princeton Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Jack T. Bourger '71 and Selena Vanderwerf.

Please RSVP by August 1 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

The Greater Atlanta chapter cordially invites alumni families, students, parents and friends of the College to the Third Annual Atlanta Chapter Picnic at the home of Jim '84 and Jeanne Benjamin. "Children of all ages" are invited to bring swimsuits and towels!

This event has become a wonderful summer tradition and opportunity for alumni to meet Atlanta members of the Lafayette family.

Cost covers food and beverages. Of course, awesome family recipes to share are always welcome!

Details will follow by e-vite!

The Long Island Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by John '85 and Britta '84 Garcia.

Please RSVP by August 5 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

The Northeast PA Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend a reception with light fare welcoming the Class of 2012. Please join incoming and current students and their families along with alumni as we celebrate the newest members of the Lafayette family.

Hosted by Dick '83 and Ruth Hughes.

Please RSVP by August 5 to the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or register online using the provided link.

The Central CT chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites alumni, spouses, parents and friends to their August Happy Hour and networking event.

Trumbell Kitchen offers Happy Hour specials: $2 Tapas and drink specials.

Event coordinator: Chapter President Kelly Martin '03, kellyannemartin06@gmail.com.

Join alumni, parents, and friends of Lafayette College for a performance featuring Ravel, Bruch, and Rimsky-Korsakov at Tanglewood.

Ticket(s) will be mailed prior to the August 17 performance

Questions? Contact Alumni Affairs, (610) 330-5040 or alumni@lafayette.edu

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Phillies & Yankees AAA Affiliates Battle!

This event features a two-hour buffet on the PPL Picnic Patio including: BBQ chicken, burgers and hot dogs, baked beans, potato & pasta salads, cookies & watermelon and soft drinks.
Iron Pigs vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 5:35 p.m. first pitch, report to Coca-Cola Park via Main Gate 1 at 4:30 p.m.

Cost is $25 per person (includes game ticket and meal.) Reservations with payment in full are due by June 10. Checks payable to LC - LALV should be mailed to Chas Snyder '78, 2354 Second Street, Easton, PA 18042.

?'s, contact event chair John Squarcia ’69 at 610.438.4989 or JohnSquarcia@rcn.com.

Beyond the wall will be on campus 4 days selling posters of all types

Selling Various Rugs for any size room.

All First-year students should arrive at their assigned residence hall between 7:00 am and 11:00 am. There will be no access to residence hall rooms prior to 7:00 am on August 21.

The Melrick company will be on campus to rent dorm size refrigerators. Look for the white truck located in front of Pardee Hall.

Parents of all new students are invited to attend the Parent Orientation Program. While students are attending their Residence Hall Floor Meeting, parents will meet with staff from academics, student life, the health center, and the counseling center as well as upper class parents and students. The program will include a presentation by Donna Krivoski on the services offered by the Parent Relations Office. The Class of 2012 Welcome will follow. This is the official beginning of Student Orientation. Parents are then invited to a reception at the President's House. Schedules are available at each residence hall's check-in.

Upper-level students should report to the Office of Residence Life between 9:00 am - 5:00 pm to sign out their keys.

The Jersey Shore North Chapter is off to the races!

Join alumni, parents, and friends at Monmouth Park Racetrack for the Jersey Shore North's inaugural chapter kick-off event. Those interested in becoming a chapter leader are strongly encouraged to attend.

The group will meet in the reserved section of the Grandstand Picnic Area (Trackside)--look for the Lafayette College sign.

The Melrick company will be on campus to rent dorm size refrigerators. Look for the white truck located in front of Pardee Hall.

Welcome to all first year and returning students. What can we best make of the two questions Jesus asks of his disciples in today's gospel? "Who do people say that I am? . . . Who do you say that I am?"

Readings Year A. Is. 22:19-23; Ps. 138; Rom. 11:33-36; Mt. 16:13-20

In makeshift theaters on a wharf at the tip of Cape Cod and in the heart of Greenwich Village, the Provincetown Players created exciting new plays that exploded old ideas and pushed American drama into the modern age. Short plays by original members of this ground-breaking group—Susan Glaspell, Floyd Dell, Eugene O'Neill, John Reed, and others—offer a kaleidoscopic look back at America's first real bohemians in the turbulent years when the hangover from the Great War turned into the Roaring Twenties.

Casting 8+ men, 6+ women [Some roles will double.]
Lafayette College Theater is committed to color-blind casting. All students are encouraged to audition.
Please read the plays before auditioning. Scripts are available for 24-hour perusal at the Williams Center for the Arts main office, room 132.

Click the link below for more information.

In makeshift theaters on a wharf at the tip of Cape Cod and in the heart of Greenwich Village, the Provincetown Players created exciting new plays that exploded old ideas and pushed American drama into the modern age. Short plays by original members of this ground-breaking group—Susan Glaspell, Floyd Dell, Eugene O'Neill, John Reed, and others—offer a kaleidoscopic look back at America's first real bohemians in the turbulent years when the hangover from the Great War turned into the Roaring Twenties.

Casting 8+ men, 6+ women [Some roles will double.]
Lafayette College Theater is committed to color-blind casting. All students are encouraged to audition.
Please read the plays before auditioning. Scripts are available for 24-hour perusal at the Williams Center for the Arts main office, room 132.

Click the link below for more information.

The purpose of this 50-minute workshop is to assist high performing students as well as struggling students to maximize their efforts and achieve greater success in the classroom. Many students spend significant amounts of time studying and yet their efforts may yield less than optimal results. This workshop will present several best practices that can enhance motivation, memory, and concentration. Last year more than half of the first-year class attended voluntarily. Of those who attended, approximately 94% stated they would be likely to use the information.
There is no RSVP needed. It is my sincere hope that, after participating in this session, students will achieve more, both in and out of the classroom, and their levels of engagement will be heightened.

Watch recent Wimbledon Champions Rafa Nadal and Venus Williams compete against the world at the 2008 US Open.

The group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Pershing Square Cafe (under the Park Avenue Viaduct at 42nd St.)The matches start at 7 p.m.; ticketholders may enter the US Open at 6 p.m.

Questions? Contact Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040.

Sam's Club will here handing out information and taking applications for membership.

Hungry? Interested in the arts? Meet, greet, and eat with students, staff, and faculty from the Arts Society; Williams Center for the Arts; College Theater: Williams Center and Grossman Galleries; and Departments of Music, Art, and English!

Main dishes and beverages provided; side dishes and desserts welcomed.

Rain site WCA lobby; send questions to artssociety@lafayette.edu

Services will be held at 5:15 in the Hillel house this friday, August 29th. Following services at 6:00 will be a deli dinner.

An “endlessly fascinating” creation (The New York Times), Mourning is a work of staggering power and finely-nuanced grace.

Butoh-inspired dancers Eiko & Koma pack deep emotion and trance-like magnetism into movement of glacial inevitability, summoning themes of mortality, grief, and consolation, much of it invoking “the devastation inflicted by humans on the environment.”

John Cage protégé Margaret Leng Tan animates the evening with sonorous torrents of sound from Cage, Somei Satoh, and Bonita Marcos.

Craig Baldo is a stand-up comedian and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Craig has been telling jokes on stage since 1999. He was a finalist on the first season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and has been featured on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic Remix and NBC’s Late Friday. Craig is also a regular sketch player on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and can often be spotted making waggish remarks on VH1, Bravo, G4TV and the OLN.

OLD SCHOOL VS NEW SCHOOL Dance Party at The Spot (Lafayette's campus night club). A big welcome to the First Years and a big welcome back to everyone else...

The rock wall is a great place to work out and have fun with friends. Come climb, listen to music, and have dinner. No climbing experience is necessary, and the climbing and food is free.

Come enjoy the first Gilbert's show of the year!!!

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The duo Cahill is comprised of Bob Antonelli and Scott O'Brien. Their pop acoustic sound is currently being heard all over the Northeast.

Check them out at:
www.myspace.com/cahill

Jesus asks this question in today's gospel," What can a man give in exchange for his life?" In context, his thought applies directly to himself,and then ineluctably to each one of us.

Readings: Jer. 20:7-9; Ps. 62; Rom. 12:1-2; Mt. 16: 21-27.

A small village in Burkino Faso is devastated by the sudden death of its children. The village elders conduct a witch-hunt to find the person responsible.Based on a true story, Delwende is a mother-daughter tale and examines some traditional customs in Africa and the role people play in exposing the injustices perpetrated against them.

Double feature on the quad with Les Indigènes. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

During the WWII liberation of Europe, the Alsace region was essential to the allied victory. This victory was largely due to the accomplishment of recruits from Africa. With a reputation for endurance, sense of orientation and courage, more than 100,000 Africans were sent to the front lines. "Days of Glory" relates the forgotten story of four of these soldiers. While fighting for freedom, these soldiers, known as "Indigènes', faced racism in the military and in society, forcing them to struggle for equality of treatment at every turn. Showing On The Quad