The Campus Activities Board (CAB) warmly invites the Holy Cross community to a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on Wednesday, March 12 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m in Upper Crossroads.
The evening will feature giveaways and prizes including St. Patty’s Day necklaces and pins.
Cookies, cake and Irish soda break will be served courtesy of Hogan Dining Services.
This event is cosponsored by CAB and Hogan Dining Services.
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Namni Goel, assistant professor of psychology, neuroscience and behavior at Wesleyan University, will deliver the annual Katherine A. Henry ’86 Memorial Lecture on Thursday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in the Rehm Library at Holy Cross. The lecture, titled “Alternative Treatments for Seasonal and Nonseasonal Depression,” is free and open to the public.
Namni Goel earned her Ph.D. in biological psychology from the University of Michigan. Her current research interests include bright light and negative ion treatment for nonseasonal depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). She is also researching the effects of various sensory stimuli on human circadian rhythms, sleep and mood.
This lecture is part of the Katherine A. Henry ’86 Memorial Lecture Series on Women’s Health Issues. Henry’s parents endowed the lecture series in memory of their daughter who died in 1997.
On tour to promote his debut album, Sellout,singer/songwriter Matthew West will perform in Crossroads Pub on Saturday, March 22 at 10 p.m.
The son of an Illinois preacher, West’s music combines the sounds of acoustic guitar and “rich gutsy vocals.”
West began a career as a songwriter for Word Music Publishing only a month after moving to Nashville, Tenn. A recent college graduate, West was excited at the opportunity to have others record his songs, but never gave up performing his original works. In August of 2002, he was offered his own record deal with Universal South Records and started work on Sellout.
West was named a ballot finalist for the “Emerging Artist Award” during the 2001 NACA Campus Entertainment Awards. He continues to perform on college campuses throughout the United States, and in 2001, was the most booked coffeehouse singer in the college market.
For more information visit Matthew West’s Web site at: www.matthewwest.com.
This event is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board (CAB).
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men’s hockey team will volunteer at the DEAFinitely Skate Hockey Program on Saturday, March 22 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. in the Hart Center Ice Rink at Holy Cross.
The men’s team will run drills and offer instruction to deaf children between the ages of four and 15. Younger children will be taught basic skating techniques, while older children will learn the fundamentals of hockey. Instruction will be in American Sign Language (ASL).
The program will also feature instruction by USA Deaf Olympic hockey players Tony McGaughey and Ed Chaisson, who just returned from the games in Sweden. Former deaf Canadian women’s hockey player Christine Whitney will also join the practice.
The DEAFinitely Skate Hockey Program for deaf children is sponsored by the College of the Holy Cross and Midstate Youth Hockey. The program runs on Saturday mornings throughout the school year.
WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. Admission is $1.50 for students with a college ID and $2.50 for the general public.
“Far From Heaven”
Wed., March 12: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Julianne Moore. This film, set in the 1950s, crosses sexual and racial lines and exposes prejudices that, while palpably overt in that period, still exist in some form today.
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
Fri., March 14 and Sat., March 15: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year and tries to find a way to save the school from the dangerous, dark forces threatening it.
“Rabbit-Proof Fence”
Wed., March 19: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Kenneth Branagh. This tale of three young sisters who escape an internment camp for Aborigines introduces us to Australia’s racist past. Based on actual events.
“Die Another Day”
Fri., March 21 and Sat., March 22: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry. Danger lurks in North Korea and it’s up to James Bond and friends to prevent an international catastrophe. Will they succeed? Do they know something that the government doesn’t know?
“Adaptation”
Wed., March 26: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep. A depressive screenwriter (played by Cage) flirts with insanity as he tries to complete a screen adaptation. The film has been called extraordinary and intelligent.
“25th Hour”
Fri., March 28 and Sat., March 29: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Ed Norton. Spike Lee’s latest is a crime story about a drug dealer’s last night of freedom before he begins a seven-year jail term.
“Nicholas Nickleby”
Wed., April 2: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Charles Hunnam and Christopher Plummer. You’ll have a dickens of a good time watching the young hero absorb all the blows Victorian England can throw at him and still come out standing.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
Fri., April 4 and Sat., April 5: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan and Viggo Mortensen. The tale continues as magic and gore combine in a medieval adventure that is eternal.
“About Schmidt”
Wed., April 9: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jack Nicholson. Schmidt (played by Nicholson) is an Omaha insurance executive who discovers, on the occasion of his retirement, that an entire world lies out there with which he is not acquainted.
“The Recruit”
Fri., April 11 and Sat., April 12: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell. An intelligent spy flick in which a CIA recruit enters the shadow world built on subterfuge and betrayal where trust is a rare commodity.
“The Hours” (tentative)
Wed., April 23: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. This beautifully acted film is about three women in different decades linked by Virginia Woolf’s novel, Mrs. Dalloway.
Fri., April 25 and Sat., April 26: NO FILM
“Narc”
Fri., May 2 and Sat., May 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta. A thriller in which two Detroit lawmen hunt a copkiller while confronting their personal demons.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Chris Matthews, host of NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show and MSNBC’s Hardball, will deliver the principal address and receive an honorary degree at the 157th Commencement ceremony at the College of the Holy Cross on Friday, May 23.
Holy Cross will graduate 701 men and women during the ceremony, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Fitton Field. In case of rain, the commencement exercises will be held in the Hart Recreation Center.
A proud and devoted 1967 graduate of Holy Cross, Chris Matthews has distinguished himself as a journalist, Washington bureau chief, presidential speechwriter, congressional staffer and best-selling author of four books.
Matthews is the author of Hardball (1988), Kennedy & Nixon (1996), Now Let Me Tell You What I Really Think (2001), and American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions (2002).
He joined the San Francisco Examiner in 1987, serving as Washington Bureau Chief for 13 years. Prior to entering journalism, Matthews served as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and a top aide to House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr.
The following individuals will also receive honorary degrees.
Iris Cantor will be honored for her cutting edge philanthropy and advocacy of improved health care for women and for her passion and efforts on behalf of the visual arts. As president and chairman of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, her extraordinary efforts have led to the founding of the Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center and the Iris Cantor Center for Breast Imaging, also at UCLA. These Centers reflect her vision, which calls for bringing together the finest medical care for women under one roof, thus providing them with what she describes as “one stop shopping.” Her support for biomedical research in many fields also is well known, and in 2002, Iris Cantor was awarded The UCLA Medal, the University’s highest honor, because of her distinguished contributions to health care and the arts.
Cantor’s passionate support for the visual arts has been acclaimed internationally. Among the many awards she has received are the honorable distinction of Chevalier in the French National Order of the Legion of Honor for her work promoting appreciation for the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the prestigious title of Cavaliere Ufficiale in the Order of Merit, one of Italy’s highest public service awards. At Holy Cross the name of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery commemorates Iris Cantor’s vision and generosity, as do artworks by Rodin and others that as a result of her gift grace the campus.
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., will be recognized with an honorary degree. Widely regarded as the most prominent, living American Catholic theologian, he was the first American theologian to be named to the College of Cardinals and the first American Jesuit to become a Cardinal. He is the author of 21 books and 700 articles, and his work is a foundation of theology courses and ecclesiological discussions. Cardinal Dulles is the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Edward T. O’Donnell, associate professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., is an expert in the field of Irish-American history. He is available to comment on Irish-related topics for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday.
The author of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish-American History (Broadway Books, 2002), O’Donnell also writes a weekly history column, “Hibernian Chronicle,” for the Irish Echo, the oldest and largest Irish-American weekly in the U.S.
In addition, O’Donnell has written several op-ed pieces on Irish history that have appeared in newspapers nationwide on, or around, St. Patrick’s Day.
He may be contacted at 508.793.3730 (office), 508.829.4964 (home office) or eodonnell@holycross.edu.
Hailed by The New York Times as “New York comedy’s Golden Boy,” Greg Fitzsimmons began his comedy career in 1990, while he was a senior at Boston University. After years of performing smaller venues in Boston and New York, Fitzsimmons got his big break when he was invited to perform at “Just for Laughs,” a prestigious international comedy festival held in Montreal, Canada.
Shortly after his performance in Montreal, where he captured the attention of agents, managers and network executives, Fitzsimmons made his television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Since then he has appeared on numerous television programs including The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The View, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. He has also performed his own standup comedy specials on Comedy Central and the HBO Comedy Showcase.
In 2001, Fitzsimmons received the Jury Award for Best Standup at the 2001 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. He has also been the recipient of the Cable ACE Award for Best Game Show for his work as the host of MTV’s critically acclaimed game show, Idiots Savants.
For more information visit his Web site at: www.gregfitzsimmons.com.
This event is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board (CAB).
The Holy Cross Emerging Technologies Group, recently formed by three alumni to help the College’s students and faculty unite with graduates who work in tech-related fields, drew 160 students and alumni at the first formal meeting in Boston in November. Of the eight students who attended, two received job offers as a result of the meeting.
The three founders of the group, Larry Naughton ’93, Craig Cerretani ’79, and Patrick Sansonetti ’93, spoke recently to a Telegram & Gazette reporter about why they wanted to start the group and the enthusiasm they have already received.
The group will work in partnership with the Ciocca Office of Entrepreneurial Studies, which offers students unique access to today’s multifaceted business world with programs that complement the College’s rigorous liberal arts curriculum and Jesuit tradition.
David Chu, direct of COES, told the Telegram & Gazette that there are many advantages to a Holy Cross networking group with this focus.
“Students will benefit by getting a mentor,” he said. “Or, if students are looking for jobs, startups are always looking for people to hire. Liberal arts students are wide-open and they’re smart, so they can learn on the fly.”
Read the story online.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20080228/NEWS/802280393/1002
WORCESTER, Mass. – A workshop on conscientious objection in the Catholic tradition, titled “War, Peace and Conscientious Objection,” will take place at the College of the Holy Cross on Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library. The workshop is free and open to the public.
Led by Brenna Cussen ’02 and Fr. Michael Baxter, C.S.C., of the Catholic Peace Fellowship, this workshop is designed for students looking to understand more about conscientious objection, and also to train chaplains, high school teachers, guidance counselors, youth ministers, priests, and all those in the Worcester Catholic diocese involved with youth to be conscientious objection counselors, and to be knowledgeable about the major Church teaching on this issue.
The Catholic Peace Fellowship was recently revived to educate about the issues of Catholic teaching on war, peace, and conscientious objection, and to support those considering becoming conscientious objectors.
This workshop is cosponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture; peace and conflict studies; and the College Chaplains.
WORCESTER, Mass. – On Thursday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. religion scholars Jacob Neusner and Bruce Chilton will present “Who Owns the Bible? A Judaeo-Christian Argument” in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross.
This joint presentation will address the conflicts between Jews, who claim the Scriptures of ancient Isreal as their Torah, and Christians, who claim the same text as their Old Testament. Both claim to possess the sole true meaning of God’s revelation. Can Jews and Christians both be right? The two presenters will engage in head-on in dialogue about the meaning and status of God’s revelation and intentions for humankind.
Jacob Neusner is a religion professor at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. He is one of the best known and most prolific authors of the 21st century on the history and theology of Judaism. He holds sixteen honorary degrees and academic medals.
Bruce Chilton, Bernard Innings Professor of Religion at Bard College and rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, is a scholar of early Christianity and Judaism. The author of many books concerning the relationship between Christianity and Judaism, he has taught at Yale University, Union Theological Seminary, St. John’s College at Cambridge University, and Sheffield University.
Co-authors of several books together, Chilton and Neusner were awarded the Choice Magazine award for the best academic book of 1998, Jewish-Christian Debates.
This lecture is sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture as part of the Kraft-Hiatt lecture series. The Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian Understanding supports campus and community-wide educational initiatives that foster understanding of Judaism and Jewish culture, and dialogue between Jews and Christians.
Celtic rock band Black 47 will perform in the Ballroom on Friday, March 14 at 10 p.m.
Known for their unique style and highly political lyrics, Black 47’s sound is a blend of rock, reggae, hip-hop and traditional Irish music. Since the release of their first single, “Funky Ceili,” in 1993, the band has recorded eight full-length CDs.
Black 47 has been profiled in several major magazines including Time, People and Entertainment Weekly. They have also been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times.
In addition to their appearance in the Matt Dillon and Danny Glover film, The Saint of Fort Washington, they have also starred in their own television special, Black 47 with the Trinity Irish Dancers, which airs regularly on PBS.
This event is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board (CAB).
WORCESTER, Mass. – Political scientist Maria Carmen Lemos will present the fourth annual José Martí Freedom and Struggle in the Americas Lecture on Thursday, March 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library. Her talk, titled “Can Science Save Northeast Brazil? Climate Change, Politics and the Human and Environmental Costs of Drought,” is free and open to the public.
Lemos’ lecture will address the results of NOAA-funded research on the use of seasonal climate forecasting for drought relief and agricultural policymaking in Latin America. Specifically, her lecture will focus on research conducted in Ceará, Brazil, a semi-arid region particularly vulnerable to severe drought.
Originally from Brazil, Maria Carmen Lemos’ research interests focus on public policymaking in Latin America, especially in regards to the environment. A member of the faculty at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, Lemos also serves as a senior policy analyst at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, where she works on U.S./Mexico border environmental issues.
This lecture is sponsored by the Latin American and Latino studies, and the environmental studies departments.
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents “Faculty Works 2003” from Tuesday, March 18 through Saturday, April 12, 2003. An opening reception for this exhibition and the artists will be held on Tuesday, March 8 from 5 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Cantor Art Gallery.
The exhibition will feature recent works by Holy Cross faculty in the visual arts and studio arts departments. The studio faculty are all exhibiting professionals working in a variety of media. This exhibit will include sculpture by Michael Beatty, Jean Marie Paradis and Ellen Wetmore; photography by Robert ParkeHarrison and Megan Pinch; painting by Cristi Rinklin and Mark Wilson; drawing by Susan Schmidt and Leslie Schomp; printmaking by Susan Schmidt; and video documentation by Alexandra Opie.
Cantor Art Gallery mounts an exhibition of recent work by the faculty of the visual arts and studio arts departments on an ongoing basis.
Two public lectures in conjunction with the exhibition will be held at the Cantor Art Gallery from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 20 and Monday, March 24.
The hours for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery are Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Located in O’Kane Hall, 1st Floor, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, Mass., 01610. Admission to the gallery is free.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Imagine a town of 100. It is, like all other towns, marked by a post office. However, unlike most other towns, this is all that marks it. There is no gas station, no grocery store, no mall. This is a town tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia; an old mining town whose mines have ceased to yield ore. Since the mining company left the area, this is a town where jobs and schools are scarce. This is Ivanhoe, one of the nine towns to which over 100 Holy Cross students will travel this spring break as part of the Appalachia Service Project. An additional 140 students will participate in the Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge; and 10 more students will participate in a newly created Holy Cross service project called WorcesterWorks.
Students participating in the Appalachia Service Project, a program created at Holy Cross almost 30 years ago, will visit nine sites in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Some students will stay in homeless shelters, while others will sleep in churches or fire stations. During the day, they will assist with housecleaning, yard work, painting, picking up trash along the roads, or helping to prepare meals. The program is being led by Chris Barrett of the Chaplains’ Office and two student co-chairs, Kathryn Casey ’03 and JJ Mammi ’03. Mammi, a resident of Appalachia says “the trip is more of a cultural exchange, than a service project. In the end, we all have a greater awareness of the world.” A student-run prayer service for participants will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28 in the Rehm Library.
Students participating in the Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge will travel to 12 sites in Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama, where they will help build low-income housing. With a student body of only 2,800, Holy Cross was recognized nationally in 2001 as the college with the most student participants of any college in the country. This year’s coordinator, Michael Connelly ’03, describes Habitat as “a way for students to get their hands dirty and experience what real community feels like and how it affects real people.”
For the first time ever, Holy Cross students will participate in a new spring break program called WorcesterWorks. Created by Chris Barrett of the Chaplains’ Office, WorceterWorks is a four-day urban plunge program that combines service work and prayer. The program is dedicated to maintaining the relationships that already exist between Holy Cross and various social service agencies in Worcester. This year’s work project will be located at Abby’s House, a residential facility for homeless and battered women and children in Worcester. Students will paint at Abby’s house during the day and return to campus for dinner and evening prayer.
Holy Cross’ spring break begins after classes on Friday, Feb. 28 and runs until Sunday, March 9, 2003.
WORCESTER, Mass. – On Wednesday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m. in room 519 of the Hogan Campus Center at Holy Cross, University of Toronto Professor Brad Inwood will present “Seneca on Freedom and Autonomy.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
Professor Brad Inwood holds the Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy and is chair of the classics department at the University of Toronto. He has published numerous books and articles on ancient philosophy, including works on the Presocratics, Plato, Stoicism, ancient ethics, and the works of Seneca. His books include Ethics and Human Action in Early Stoicism, The Poem of Empedocles, and Assent and Argument: Studies in Cicero’s Academic Books. He is also the editor of the Cambridge Companion to the Stoics. He is on the editorial boards of Ancient Philosophy, Apeiron, Classical Philology, Phoenix, and Electronic Antiquity. Recently he was the co-organizer with Dorothea Frede of the 2001 Symposium Hellenisticum in Hamburg: “The Hellenistic Philosophy of Language.”
This lecture is sponsored by the classics department at Holy Cross.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Edward O’Donnell, associate professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., is an expert on the history of catastrophic fires. He is available to comment on the recent tragic nightclub fire in West Warwick, R.I. and can offer insight into how a city and its people recover from catastrophic events.
O’Donnell is the author of the forthcoming Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Doubleday/Broadway Books), a book detailing the General Slocum fire of 1904 in which over 1,000 lives were lost.
He may be contacted by phone at 508.793.3730 (office), 508.829.9157 (home office) or by e-mail at eodonnel@holycross.edu.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Donald Cozzens, author of the best-seller, The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A Reflection on the Priest’s Crisis of Soul, will speak at Holy Cross on March 13, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library. His lecture, titled “The Pain and the Privilege: Reflections on the Crisis in the Priesthood,” is free and open to the public.
Rev. Donald Cozzens, a pastoral theologian and psychologist, is the author of three books and countless articles on the Catholic Church and the priesthood. He has served as an expert consultant on the crisis facing the priesthood for several national news programs including 60 Minutes and Meet the Press. He has also been interviewed on various television networks including CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS.
A priest in the Diocese of Cleveland, Fr. Cozzens earned his M.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. from Kent State University. He has lectured throughout the United States and in Ireland and South America. He is currently a visiting professor in the religious studies department at John Carroll University.
Sponsored by the College’s Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, this lecture is part of “Beyond Brokeness: Healing, Renewal and the Church,” a year-long series of discussions regarding the renewal and reform of the Church, taking place at Holy Cross. The events scheduled as part of the series are designed to enhance understanding of the problems that have emerged as a result of the ongoing sexual abuse crisis, and to engage in meaningful reflection on them.
The Black Student Union (BSU) will be closing out its black history month celebration with a presentation by black male feminist Gary Lemons. Lemons will be speaking on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library. His lecture, titled “Cooking with Marlon Riggs: Gumbo as the Cultural Signifier of Radical Blackness,” will address issues of black masculinity, sexuality and feminism in the context of the complexity of identity politics in black communities.
Gary Lemons earned his Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. He is the director of Race, Ethnicity, and Post Colonial Studies at Eugene Lang College at the New School University, where he teaches courses on antiracism, feminism, and African-American literature. The founding director of the Memoirs of Race Project, he has authored a number of essays on black feminism and its implications for black men’s views on manhood and masculinity. Lemons has recently finished a book on the pro-feminist writings of Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois. He is currently working on a book about what it means to teach as a black male feminist.
WORCESTER, Mass. – There will be an organ concert on Sunday, March 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross. The concert is free and open to the public. St. Joseph Chapel is handicap accessible.
As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, the concert will feature organist Peter Kranefoed. The program will include works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Adam Reincken.
Peter Kranefoed finished his studies in church music at the Hochschule fur Musik in Stuttgart, Germany. He is currently a candidate for Boston Conservatory’s prestigious Artist’s Diploma. The winner of the 1992 International Organ Competition in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he has made a solo recording of French and German Romantic organ works and the Durufle: Requiem.
