Lafayette has been selected to offer a Tournees Festival for the second consecutive year. Funded through a grant from the French Cultural Services (FACE), the festival is part of an initiative to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses across the US. This year's selection of films includes an array of genres from documentaries to dramas, co-productions that represent the Francophone world, as well as films by directors ranging from unique new voices to established figures.

A short discussion will follow each screening. For the full list of dates and places, go to: http://sites.lafayette.edu/tourneesfilmfest/2009-schedule/

An exhibition marking the 150th anniversary, on November 24, of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species," is comprised of three related sections. In "A Habit of Deciding Influence" are 18 photographs of Darwin’s pigeon specimens at the Natural History of London/Tring. Darwin took up the study of domesticated pigeons in 1855 and his observations of artificial selection in pigeon breeding was invaluable to his understanding of the way species change in natural environments. 2)"Coop" is a mixed-media installation based on Darwin’s five-sided pigeon coop. 3)"Frameworks of Absence: The Extinct Birds of John James Audubon” includes 10 altered prints from “Birds of America.”

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In 1990, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.

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THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY
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Fellowship and rest by the sea with focus on the relationship of college stress and the spiritual life.

Chrin Vans depart Friday afternoon from Hogg Hall periodically after noon and leave the retreat location Sunday at noon.

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales,1601 Beach Ave, Cape May, NJ 08404-3608. Tel. (609)884-3761. Contact President Francesca Pileggi for further information.

Prior registration required. Register online at www.ets.org

The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Based on Louisa May Alcott’s 1869 classic, this intimate musical lovingly follows the saga of the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they grow up in Civil War America. Since its Broadway premiere in 2005, this delightful and nostalgic mix of everyday reality and spirited fantasy has grown in popularity across the country as young and old audiences alike fall under the charm of life in Concord, Massachusetts and connect across the years with the play’s aspiring author Jo, an early feminist who wants to be known for her brains and talent in a time when women were discouraged from demonstrating much of either. Directed by Mary Jo Lodge.

Do you think you have what it takes to be crowned Mr. and Ms. Lafayette?

Show your school spirit at the Spot
Competitors must prepare some talent and be prepared to answer questions from the judges
Bring your friends to get as many votes as possible!

Cash prize of $250 for winners
Free Transportation from Williams Center

The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Come receive the blessings of a supportive community and time in the Word. You don't have to be a Christian or an Athlete to attend!

Please welcome celebrant Fr. John Hanley, OSFS,
campus minister at De Sales University, as celebrant. Widows, the bereft and silent one, feature today in Kgs. and Mk.: at Zarephath for Elijah, and the woman Jesus points out in the Temple giving "all she had to live on."

1 Kgs 17:10-16
Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10
Heb 9:24-28
Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44

Interested in working for Carney Sandoe? Your chance to find out more about the company from the employers themselves!

No registration required.

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Baba Brinkman is a Canadian actor and rap artist. The Rap Guide to Evolution explores the history and current understanding of Darwin's theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap songs with clever lyrical storytelling that covers Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Evolutionary Psychology, and much more. Dr. Mark Pallen, author of The Rough Guide to Evolution has vetted the entire script for scientific and historical accuracy, making it a powerful teaching tool as well as a laugh-out-loud comedy experience.

"From the India of Mother Teresa to the South Africa of Nelson Mandela: 50 Years of Historical Encounters and Philanthropic Engagement"

Lapierre is the author of several international bestsellers and founder of a humanitarian organization that supports medical care, education, and development projects in India, Africa, and South America. His visit to Lafayette will coincide with the launching of his new book, A Rainbow in the Night. The Lives of Liberty Lectures began in 2007 as a celebration of the 250th birthday of the Marquis de Lafayette and to honor his legacy of dedication to freedom. A post-lecture public reception and book-signing will be held in the lobby of Pfenning Alumni Center.
Books will be available for purchase. Light refreshments will be served.

Used and New CD's & DVD's

A third way to think about aid
Jacqueline Novogratz

"[...] we have people that say the aid system is so broken we need to throw it out. And on the other we have people who say the problem is that we need more aid. And what I want to talk about is something that compliments both systems."

Vietnam War veteran Mike Boehm will discus of a series of current peace and reconciliation projects in Vietnam that he has been closely involved with.
A veteran who served in Cu Chi, Vietnam, working in Operations from 1968 to 1969, Boehm first returned to Vietnam in 1992 to help build a medical clinic. While there, he began to come to terms with his own experiences there and to understand the tremendous capacity of people-to-people projects for building peace and reconciliation between our two societies. Boehm's work in Vietnam has included providing loans to almost 3,000 women in 16 different villages including My Lai, building on the Grameen Bank model of micro credit.

The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Baba Brinkman's rap workshop with W.O.R.D.S.

The Washington, D.C., Chapter of the Lafayette Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend its annual dinner featuring Robert J. Massa, Ed.D., Vice President for Communications at Lafayette. Join us for cocktails and a three-course meal on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

6:30 p.m. Cocktail reception
7:30 p.m. Dinner

The City Tavern Club
3206 M Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 337-8770

Cost: $45 (Class of 2003 and older)
$40 (Classes of 2004-2009)

Reservations are due to the Office of Alumni Affairs by Tuesday, Nov. 3 and may be submitted by clicking below.

Questions? Conctact the Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni@lafayette.edu, (610) 330-5040 or 1-800-LAFAYETTE (outside of PA).

Baba Brinkman is a Canadian actor and rap artist. The Rap Guide to Evolution explores the history and current understanding of Darwin's theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap songs with clever lyrical storytelling that covers Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Evolutionary Psychology, and much more. Dr. Mark Pallen, author of The Rough Guide to Evolution has vetted the entire script for scientific and historical accuracy, making it a powerful teaching tool as well as a laugh-out-loud comedy experience.

"Gigante," the first feature length film from writer-director Adrian Biniez, is the story of Jara, a security guard who falls in love as he supervises staff through the closed-circuit cameras at a supermarket. First voyeur, then guardian angel, he protects and pursues the cleaning woman who has unknowingly captured his heart.

The film runs approximately 84 minutes in Spanish with English subtitles, public and is unrated.

Put aside all your locked-in-memory associations of Julie Andrews and her fellow icons from the classic film, The Sound of Music. Choreographer Doug Elkins and his all-star assemblage of downtown New York dancers take a loving and fiendishly clever new look at the great Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in the award-winning Fr�ulein Maria. Elkins adds to the fun of the evening by overlaying signature “moves” from the dance palettes of George Balanchine, Jos� Limon, Paul Taylor, and Martha Graham.

Fr�ulein Maria affirms the power of dance to bring fresh delight and fun to worlds at once familiar and unexamined. The dizzying antics of gleeful dancers bring new life to the familiar songs.

Called “a jewel of choreographic invention and comic subtlety” and “ceaselessly brilliant and often hilarious” by The New York Times, this is dance guaranteed to bring a smile to your heart.

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The Kirby Government & Law Society is sponsoring a debate between the College Democrats, College Republicans and College Libertarians. They will be debating the important issue of foreign policy in the US. At the conclusion of the debate, a panel of professors will announce the winner.

Lunch will be served.

Third in a series of CITLS/CEP-sponsored faculty conversations on the problems of and methods for dealing with teaching required courses in our disciplines. Profs. Germanoski and Shaw will be our "conversation starters." Faculty and staff from all divisions are encouraged to attend. Feel free to bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert will be provided.

Local author David Colley talks about his book "Decision at Strasbourg" in commemoration of Veterans Day. Colley's book is the story of the Sixth Army Group in France and Gen. Jacob Devers' plan to cross the Rhine in November 1944. Aborted by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, the plan might have avoided the Battle of the Bulge.

Study of Fish Locomotion Using Computer Simulation

Presenter: Khine Lin'11 and Bidur Dahal'12
Advisor: Prof. Chun Wai Liew (Dept of Computer Science) & Prof. Robert Root (Dept of Mathematics)

(Lunch Provided)

Evolutionary biologists have been facing problems in determining the paths of evolution due to missing or inconclusive fossil records. In the absence of conclusive data, computer simulations can be a very powerful tool in hypothesizing and testing different ideas about possible evolutionary pathways. Our research aims to study the likelihood of different alternative evolutionary pathways using digital animals. In particular, we are studying the evolution of backbone in fish. We are using a digital fish to determine the advantages that a segmented backbone provides in comparison to a notochord...

Sponsored by Lafayette Dean of The College, the Department of Computer Science and the National Science Foundation

Who is running for Student Government this year and what are their plans? Come find out at our "Meet the Candidates" session. You'll get a chance to ask them questions and hear what they have to say.

The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Digital Initiatives Librarian Eric Luhrs and History Professor Paul Barclay will outline the challenges of building a digital image database from Skillman Library's Special Collections--the Gerald and Rella Warner East Asian Collection--and discuss the Warner Collection's growing potential for teaching and scholarship.

Alumni share their experiences in environmentally-focused and conscious careers, organizations, and industries.

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Jeanne, a magistrate, must sort out and prepare for trial a complex case of misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds implicating the president of an important industrial firm. As her investigation progresses, she realizes that her power is great: the more she delves into secrets, the more her means of applying pressure increase. Politicians and businessmen are scheming together, and Jeanne thinks it's high time somebody stepped in to clean up this mess. All the high level associates of the company are summoned into her office and all are scandalized by her accusations and her lack of respect for their social positions. As she unravels the truth, Jeanne's private life is jeopardized, both physically and psychologically.
The Elf Aquitaine scandal that rocked France in the 1990s inspired Comedy of Power. At the time, the scandal exposed extensive corruption in France's giant state-owned gas company.

Lecture by Professor Robert Segal, Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Sponsored by Lafayette's Department of Religious Studies, through the Lyman Coleman Fund

Segal, an internationally respected authority on the history and theory of myth, will trace the changing conceptions of myth over the past few centuries. Where our forebears explained the physical world mythically, we now explain the physical world scientifically. But then a shift occurred, and myth came to be seen as almost anything but the counterpart to science. Either myth was no longer about the physical world, or the function of myth was no longer explanatory. Myth was largely removed from the physical world altogether. Having presented these opposing conceptions of myth, this lecture will take the case of Hollywood stars to argue that they are mythic figures and figures with the power to change the physical world.

Join the Lafayette Christian Fellowship as we address and discuss hard questions. This week, we're examining why a good God would allow suffering and evil in the world. Discussion, fellowship, and snacks to follow.

In Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry finds a book marked mysteriously, "This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince," which helps him excel at Potions class and teaches him a few dark and dangerous ones along the way. Meanwhile, Harry is taking private lessons with Dumbledore in order to find out about Voldemort's past so they can find out what might his only weakness.

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THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
7:00PM & 10:00PM

The Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CITLS) is establishing a number of faculty learning communities. Learning communities are groups of faculty who share an interest in a particular pedagogical theory, process or procedure. The first of several learning communities being established is one on Problem-based Learning (PBL). If you are using PBL in a course or if you are interested in learning more about PBL, then this session is for you. Three faculty who are currently using PBL will lead the discussion. Bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert will be available. If you would like to be on a mailing list for the PBL Learning Community but cannot attend this meeting, contact Alan Childs, childsa@lafayette.edu.

Come and learn how and where to begin...and why so soon!

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The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Art historian Barbra Larson will speak on Charles Darwin’s influence on 19th century visual culture. Larson is associate professor of art history at the University of West Florida. Her areas of interest include French cultural history and history of science. She was co-editor with Fay Brauer of The Art of Evolution: Darwin, Darwinism, and Visual Culture, published July 2009 to coincide the Darwin and visual culture conference sponsored by the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
The lecture is presented in conjunction with the Williams Center Gallery exhibition by Brandon Ballengee, “From Scales to Feathers: The Evanescent Presence of Sculpted Wings” organized to mark 150th anniversary, on November 24, of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.

Former Lafayette professor Hana Wirth-Nesher will talk on the subject of "Whose Story?: Jewish American & Israeli 'Representative' Autobiographies: The Cases of Amos Oz and Philip Roth."

A specialist on American Jewish literature, Wirth-Nesher will compare the autobiographies of these two central male writers in their respective communities and discuss how their works are representative of Israeli and Jewish American identity. Oz's autobiography "A Tale of Love and Darkness" has received many awards in Europe and in Israel. Some of the questions she will consider are: What is a majority or minority autobiography? How does readership determine these categories? And how do we arrive at the concept of a "representative life"?

The lecture will be followed by a community dinner at Hillel House, 524 Clinton Terrace. All are welcome.

The dinner and lecture are sponsored by Lafayette College Hillel Society and Rhoda Rothkopf '74.

Attention alumni in North Jersey...

Join us for an alumni business card exchange
and informal night of networking!

Thursday, November 12
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Morton's the Steakhouse
The Shops at Riverside
One Riverside Square
Hackensack, NJ 07601

There will be a cash bar with drink specials.
Appetizers will be provided as well as the opportunity to win a door prize!

Please RSVP to David Van Schaik '06, laf.networking@gmail.com, by Nov. 9 so we know how many alumni to expect.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Free to the public and Lafayette Community. Under 18 must have written permission. (Sessions will be canceled during inclement weather.)

Majora Carter
President & CEO of Majora Carter Group

"Green the Ghetto-
And How Much It Won't Cost Us"

From 2001 to 2008 she was Executive Director of the non-profit she founded: Sustainable South Bronx where she pioneered green-collar job training and placement systems in one of the most environmentally and economically challenged parts of the US. This MacArthur "genius" is now president of her own economic consulting firm, a co-host on Sundance Channel The Green, and host of a new special public radio series called, The Promised Land.

Astonishing, breathtaking, exhilarating—the 17 multi-talented musicians of Yamato offer spectacular performance on many different styles of Japanese drums, showcasing the visceral power and physical vistuosity of authentic taiko artistry. Bamboo flutes and the stringed shamisen and koto further enrich the musical blend of traditional and contemporary performance styles. You won’t want to miss Yamato’s Matsuri (Fiesta) tour, its third roof-raising visit to the Williams Center.