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WORCESTER, Mass. – Hip-hop artist and political activist Sister Souljah will speak at the College of the Holy Cross from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. This event is free and open to the public.

Born Lisa Williamson in the Bronx in 1964, Sister Souljah attended Rutgers University, where she earned degrees in American History and African Studies.

Souljah is the author of the nonfiction book No Disrespect and the novel The Coldest Winter Ever, a national bestseller that resulted in an HBO movie deal. The film version will be written by Souljah and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and Souljah Story, Inc.

A well-known hip-hop artist, Souljah’s musical accomplishments include her 1992 rap album 360 Degrees of Power. She has worked with Sean “P. Diddy” combs, Lauryn Hill and Doug E. Fresh in planning major youth events, programs and summer camps. Currently, Souljah serves as the executive director of Daddy’s House Social Programs Inc., a not-for-profit corporation for urban youth financed by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. At Daddy’s House, Souljah educates and prepares youths, ages 6 – 16, to be in control of their academic, cultural and financial lives.

Souljah has lectured at venues in the United States, Europe and Africa. She has been profiled in Essence, George, Entertainment Weekly, Jet, Sister to Sister, Rolling Stone, Newsweek and Time. She made her acting debut on the sitcom A Different World, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, MTV, BET and various news programs.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Daniel Pipes, a prominent authority on politics in the Islamic world, will present a lecture titled “Militant Islam and the War on Terror” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6 in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Dr. Pipes is the director of the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based organization that works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East through publications, research, consulting, media outreach and public education. He received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard, and the U.S. Naval War College.

A prize-winning columnist for the New York Post and the Jerusalem Post, Dr. Pipes has authored 11 books, including, most recently, Militant Islam Reaches America. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines, including Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, Harper’s, National Review, and The Weekly Standard, and in over 70 daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. His writings have been translated into 18 languages.

Dr. Pipes also serves on the “Special Task Force on Terrorism and Technology” at the Department of Defense. He sits on five editorial boards, has testified before many congressional committees, and worked on four presidential campaigns. He has been listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.

Dr. Pipes’ lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Holy Cross, in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Leonard Sulski Memorial Concert will be held in Brooks Music Hall at the College of the Holy Cross on Friday, Jan. 31 from 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

Featuring violist Peter Sulski, of the Holy Cross music department; Russian pianist Vladimir Odinokikh; Brazilian percussionist Fabio Olivera; and American mezzo soprano Jane Hanson, the concert will include Michael Colgrass’ “Variations for four drums and viola,” sonatas for viola and piano by Johannes Brahms and Paul Hindemith, and songs for voice, viola and piano by Frank Bridge and Johannes Brahms.

Peter Sulski is the son of the late Leonard C. Sulski who taught in the mathematics department at Holy Cross from 1965 until his death from leukemia in 1991. He recently returned to the United States after serving for two years as bicommunal chamber music coordinator for the Fulbright Commission in Cyprus. He was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra for seven years and toured with the Apple Hill Chamber Players for four years. He has been on the faculties at Royal College and Trinity College of Music, both in London, and at Clark University. He has recorded 14 compact discs.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Ayisha Knight, a black, deaf, female photographer, will present a lecture on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in room 519 of the Hogan Campus Center. The lecture, which will be presented in ASL, will also be voice interpreted. This event is free and open to the public.

Knight’s lecture will include a slide show presentation of photos taken during her journey through Cuba.

This program is sponsored by the Holy Cross deaf studies program, the Latin American studies program and the Holy Cross ASL Club.

WORCESTER, Mass. – From 8 – 10 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30 Rev. G. Simon Harak, S.J., will give a lecture titled “Iraq: What We Don’t Know; Why We Don’t Know It” in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross.

Rev. G. Simon Harak, S. J., entered the Society of Jesus in 1970, and has served as a missionary in Jamaica and the Philippines. He has a bachelor of arts degree from Fairfield University, a master of divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and a master of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame. He finished his Ph.D. from Notre Dame in ethics on a national fellowship and began teaching ethics at Fairfield University in 1986. He was John Early Visiting Professor at Loyola College in Baltimore, Md. in 1992. In 1995, he was chosen “Teacher of the Year” by the Fairfield University students. In 1998, he gave the Staley Lecture for Distinguished Christian Scholars, at Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa, and attained the rank of full professor at Fairfield, having served five years as chair of the Academic Council.

Active in the Peace Movement, Fr. Harak helped found Voices in the Wilderness, which was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, 2002, and again in 2003. He has traveled to Iraq three times with Voices, where he openly and publicly violated U.S./U.N. sanctions to bring medicine and toys to Iraqi hospitals.

Author and editor of numerous books and articles, Fr. Harak has made over 1,500 presentations on Iraq on TV, radio and at different venues in the U.S. and abroad. In 1998, he resigned his full professorship at Fairfield University, to work full time with Voices in the Wilderness.

In 2000, he was one of the site coordinators of the “Remembering Omran Bus Tour,” which spent a year “barnstorming” the country, informing campuses and peace groups about the nature of U.S./Iraq relations. In 2001, he was support person for “Breaking Ranks: A Fast to End the Siege of Iraq,” a 40-day fast sponsored by Voices in the Wilderness at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in New York City, to encourage nations to “break” with U.S. policies toward Iraq. Also in 2001, he was New York City coordinator for the speaking tour of Hans von Sponeck, former assistant secretary general of the U.N. He is presently coordinator for the “Mirror of Truth” Bus Tour, which gathers support against weapons of mass destruction and terror.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross community will commemorate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of remembrance, titled “Martin Luther King, Jr. … More Than a Dream” from Monday, Jan. 20, through Friday, Jan. 24. All events are free and open to the public. The schedule is as follows:

Monday, Jan. 20 –
1p.m – 3 p.m. – A Food for Thought Forum, featuring James Bryant, of the sociology and anthropology department, and Diana Cruz, of the English department, will take place in Hogan Suites B and C; sponsored by the Black Student Union (BSU).

6:15 p.m. – Campus-wide Candlelight Vigil and March through campus, beginning at St. Joseph Memorial Chapel; sponsored by BSU.

7 p.m. – “The Meeting,” a play depicting a fictional meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X will be performed in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom.

Wednesday, Jan. 22
12 p.m.- 2 p.m. – Diversity 101 Luncheon Series: “Martin Luther King, Jr. … More Than a Dream,” a panel presentation. Panelists include James Bryant of the sociology department, Carol Conway of the political science department, Diana Cruz of the English Department, Thomas Doughton of the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, Michael West of the history department and Ambrose Kom of Africana Studies. The panel presentation will take place in room 320 of the Hogan Campus Center.

Thursday, Jan. 23
7 p.m. – Lecture by Juan Williams, national political correspondent for NPR, in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. Prior to the lecture, Williams will be available to sign copies of his books at 6 p.m. in the ballroom.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public.

“School of Rock”
Wed., Jan. 21: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jack Black and Joan Cusack. A rock star in debt becomes a substitute music teacher and has a positive effect on his students. Can he meld their talent with his, win the battle of the bands, and pay off his debts before the principal finds out?

“The Runaway Jury”
Fri., Jan. 23 and Sat., Jan. 24: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman. Jury manipulation, millions of dollars at stake, and a ruthless jury consultant who’ll stop at nothing to win are the ingredients of this John Grisham thriller.

“Step Into Liquid”
Wed., Jan. 28: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Rochelle Ballard and Layne Beachley. What’s it like to ride at the Pipeline and risk life and limb in the pounding surf? This new documentary answers this and other questions, so borrow your parents’ Beach Boy records, warm up the Victrola, and come enjoy.

“Intolerable Cruelty”
Fri., Jan. 30 and Sat., Jan. 31: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. An L.A. divorce lawyer looking for a challenge finds it in a woman smart enough to pursue financial freedom through matrimony. The result is a battle of the sexes in a riotous screwball comedy with the Coen brothers touch.

“Lost in Translation”
Wed., Feb. 4: Showings at 3 & 8 p.m. Starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. In a film about the surreal dislocations of modern business travel, two Americans meet in Tokyo and spend an incredible soul-searching journey together. This sleeper hit of the fall is an early Oscar favorite.

“Brother Bear”
Fri., Feb. 6 and Sat., Feb. 7: Showing at 7 p.m. In this Disney feature, a boy is transformed into a bear and is hunted by his brother. Will the creatures of the forest be able to help him survive?

“Sylvia”
Wed., Feb. 11: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig. Poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet, fall in love, and marry. Their initial happiness doesn’t last and the film explores her road to debilitating depression and, eventually, to suicide.

“Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”
Fri., Feb. 13 and Sat., Feb. 14: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. A great, old-fashioned sea adventure set against the background of the Napoleonic wars. Bloody sea battles filled with courage and gallantry are featured in this tremendous film.

“The Magdalene Sisters”
Wed., Feb. 18: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Geraldine McEwan and Anne-Marie Duff. In a film set in the laundry/prison where young women are sent for their sexual transgressions, we see the inhumane treatment they are subjected to and their struggle to find freedom. (These places actually existed until the mid-1990s.)

“Pieces of April”
Fri., Feb. 20 and Sat., Feb. 21: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Katie Holmes and Patricia Clarkson. A dysfunctional family, an attempt to put together a Thanksgiving dinner, and an oven that breaks down, are just some of the problems featured in this hysterical family comedy.

“Thirteen”
Wed., Feb. 25: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood and Nicole Reed. A 13-year-old girl’s relationship with her mother is tested as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.

“Love Actually”
Fri., Feb. 27 and Sat., Feb. 28: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson. Set in contemporary London, this film follows 10 intertwining love stories as they spiral around each other leading to a climax at Christmas Eve.

“In America”
Wed., Mar. 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Samantha Morton and Paddy Considine. A family emigrates from Ireland to New York City in pursuit of their dream, using ingenuity and sheer strength to make the most of their new life.

“Dirty Pretty Things”
Wed. Mar. 17: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tatou. This critically praised film explores the exploited world of London’s illegal immigrants forced to live, survive, and find love below the radar of society.

“The Matrix Revolutions”
Fri., Mar. 19 and Sat., Mar. 20: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lawrence Fishburne. In the last of the trilogy, Neo must make one final stand against Agent Smith to protect his people and their way of life. Will Zion endure?

“Mystic River”
Wed., Mar. 24: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. Three boyhood friends bonded by a shared tragedy, but separated by time, are brought together when one of their daughters is murdered. This new crime makes them deal with disturbing events from their past.

“Kill Bill”
Fri., Mar. 26 and Sat., Mar. 27: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu and David Carradine. In Quentin Tarentino’s latest, a woman shot and presumed dead awakes from a coma five years later and seeks violent revenge on her “killers,” leaving her boss, Bill, who pulled the trigger, for last.

“21 Grams”
Wed., Mar. 31: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro. A woman seeks revenge on the man who killed her family in a superbly acted film that stresses that even a small ray of hope can have a profound effect on one’s environment.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
Fri., April 2 and Sat., April 3: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen and Liv Tyler. This is the last of the trilogy and the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil for the control of Middle-earth.

“Mona Lisa Smile”
Wed., April 14: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles. It’s 1953 and a new art professor at Wellesley wants to teach her students to exceed their limited expectations, and to challenge the paths tradition has laid out for them.

“The Missing”
Fri., April 16 and Sat., April 17: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. In 1885 New Mexico, a father attempts to reconcile with his estranged daughter and help rescue his granddaughter from a band of vicious renegades in this update of John Ford’s “The Searchers.”

“Something’s Gotta Give”
Wed., April 14: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Amanda Peet. When a successful older businessman has a heart attack while visiting the mother of his latest trophy girlfriend, he must contend with his surprising feelings for her and with the competing affections of the young doctor called to take care of him.

“The Last Samurai”
Fri., April 23 and Sat., April 24: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Visually stunning, this historic epic tells the tale of a burnt-out American soldier who regains his humanity by helping a rebellious samurai in1876 Japan.

“House of Sand and Fog” (tentative)
Wed., April 28: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley. A custody fight between an evicted house owner and the new owner, a former Iranian army colonel, leads to tragedy.

“Paycheck”
Fri., April 30 and Sat., May 1: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman. A sci-fi thriller about a computer engineer who makes oodles of dough helping companies steal technologies and then has his memory erased so he can’t reveal what he has done or remember what happened to his $92,000,000 in stock options.

“Cold Mountain” (tentative)
Fri., May 7 and Sat., May 8: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renee Zellweger. The Civil War is nearly over and a wounded soldier undergoes a series of trials as he attempts to return to his home and his beloved.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Internationally acclaimed composer Osvaldo Golijov, associate professor of music at the College of the Holy Cross, has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

Golijov received nominations in the category of “Best Chamber Music Performance,” for “Yiddishbuk” and in the category of “Best Classical Contemporary Composition” for “Yiddishbuk Inscriptions for String Quartet.” Golijov’s arranging work also helped the Kronos Quartet earn a nomination this year for its Nonesuch CD “Nuevo” in the category of “Best Classical Crossover.”

An Argentine-born Jew, Golijov earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1990, as a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Golijov received Tanglewood’s Fromm Commission, resulting in “Yiddishbuk,” which was premiered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet during Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music in July 1992. “Yiddishbuk” was released on CD by EMI last June.

In September 2000, the premiere of Golijov’s “La Pasión Según San Marcos” (The Passion According to St. Mark) in Stuttgart, Germany earned Golijov fantastic critical acclaim. Commissioned by Helmuth Rilling for the European Music Festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach’s death, “La Pasión” was hailed by The Los Angeles Times as “the first indisputably great composition of the 21st century.”

In addition to his role at Holy Cross, Golijov is also on the faculties of the Boston Conservatory and the Tanglewood Music Center; and, last summer, was composer-in-residence for Marlboro Music, Ravinia, and the Cape and Islands Festivals.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Ellen McCurley ’82, of the Pendulum Project, will present “AIDS in Africa and its Effect on Children: What Can We Do?” on Wednesday, Jan. 22 from 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. This event is free and open to the public.

McCurley is a media expert who works with The Pendulum Project, an organization which links American humanitarian organizations with community projects in Africa that care for orphans and other vulnerable children in regions severely affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her presentation will include the showing of a brief documentary film that she recently created for the Pendulum Project, Malawi – A Call To Action, about the AIDS epidemic in Malawi and sub-Saharan Africa. She will talk about what led to her involvement with the project, how AIDS has affected children in Africa, and offer ways in which all of us can respond to the problem.

McCurley has over 15 years experience as a business and marketing executive for various companies including Thunder House, a division of McCann Erickson Worldwide Advertising. She co-founded the Donovan Group, an Inc. 500 advertising agency headquartered in the Boston area, where she was head of new business development and client services for a diverse client base comprised of Fortune 500 and high technology companies. She has served as a board member, advisor and fundraising volunteer for several U.S. humanitarian, nonprofit organizations devoted to women and children and the AIDS effort.

WORCESTER, Mass. – There will be an organ concert on Sunday, January 19 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 David Boe. The program will include North German Baroque works for organ.

David Boe has been a professor of organ at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music since 1963. He was a student of Helmut Walcha, Arthur Poister and Gustav Leonhardt. He has recorded extensively and has performed in concerts throughout the United States and Europe. Boe recently played the dedication concerts of the new C.B. Fisk organ in Finney Chapel, built in the style of Artiside Cavaille-Coll at Oberlin College, as soloist with the Oberlin Orchestra and in recital. He was the dean of the Oberlin Conservatory for 15 years and served as director of music at the First Lutheran Church of Lorain, Ohio, for over forty years.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Apple Hill Chamber Players will perform in the Brooks Concert Hall at the College of the Holy Cross on Monday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

Founded in 1973, the Apple Hill Chamber Players represent one of America’s most highly respected performing ensemble traditions. Internationally known for vital, elegant and eloquent performances, their chamber music literature ranges from 18th to 20th century masterpieces, to new and commissioned works by leading composers.

The Apple Hill Chamber Players have dedicated themselves to promoting peace worldwide by participating in the Playing for Peace Project. Stemming from Apple Hill’s core belief that the language of music has the unique ability to transcend national and cultural boundaries, the Playing for Peace Project provides an ongoing model for cultural exchange relevant to all areas of the word beset by conflict.

Annually since 1988, the Apple Hill Chamber Players have toured the United States, the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world, performing concerts and “playing for peace.” The dramatic story of the 1992 Apple Hill Chamber Players tour of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria was documented by Emmy award-winning Peter Rosen in the namesake PBS film and video Playing for Peace, seen by over four million viewers.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Beginning in January, the College of the Holy Cross, through its Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, will sponsor a series of public forums addressing the ongoing sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. These events are designed to enhance understanding of the problems that have emerged and to engage in meaningful reflection on them.

On January 29-30, 2003, Holy Cross president, Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., and Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb of Mobile, chairman of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, will host a dialogue conference on “The Role of Catholic Higher Education in Renewing the Moral Integrity of the Catholic Community in the United States.” The program will specifically examine the responsibility of Catholic colleges for the moral integrity of the Catholic faith in light of the crisis. Participants will be 25-30 bishops, college and university presidents, faculty, staff and pastoral leaders.

One session of the conference will be open to the general public. It is entitled, “Responding to the Crisis of Integrity in the Church: What Should Catholic Colleges Do?” It will be held on January 29, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Hogan Campus Center at Holy Cross. The following panelists will be featured: Monika Hellwig, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities; Matthew Clark, Bishop of Rochester, New York and a Holy Cross alumnus; Fr. McFarland, president of Holy Cross; and Jim Post, president of Voice of the Faithful.

As a service to the local church, Holy Cross will sponsor a series of lectures on the priesthood, seminaries and ministerial formation, and the role of the laity. Rev. Donald Cozzens, author of The Changing Face of the Priesthood and Sacred Silence and several major studies of American seminaries, will speak at Holy Cross on March 13, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library.

Additional events will be added to this undertaking and will be announced as scheduled.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents “Keris/Cloth: Sacred Metal and Textile Arts of Indonesia,” from Wednesday, Jan. 22 through Saturday, March 1. The exhibit will be curated by Susan Rodgers of the Sociology and Anthropology Department. An opening reception for this exhibition will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 22 from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the Cantor Art Gallery.

“Keris/Cloth” will present a rare glimpse into the rich traditions of ceremonial textiles and gold work mainly from the Minangkabau of West Sumatra in Indonesia. The exhibition is comprised of over 40 textiles ranging from Salendang (shoulder cloths), men’s ceremonial waist ties and ceremonial headdress textiles. Also on display will be examples of gold and coral jewelry, a man’s ceremonial Kris and other objects from the Minangkabau wedding ceremony.

Although cloth and metal form a single, interactive aesthetic set in many Indonesian societies, Indonesian ritual textiles and metal objects have rarely been brought together into the same display space. This exhibition at the Cantor Art Gallery will join cloth and metalwork together, allowing gallery-goers fuller access to Indonesian art worlds. For instance, 19th century Minangkabau gold thread textiles will be shown paired with Minangkabau daggers. Museum-goers will also be alerted to the fact that these Minangkabau cloths, in themselves, are two images in one, cloth and metal pairs.

A series of public lectures in conjunction with the exhibition will be held at the Cantor Art Gallery:

* Susan Rodgers will present “The Glowing Bride: Gender, Politics and Art in Indonesian Society – An Introduction to the Keris/Cloth Exhibition” on Wednesday, Jan. 22 from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

* Anne and John Summerfield will present “Creating Splendor: Fibers and Imagery in Minangkabau Ceremonial Textiles” on Thursday, Jan. 23 from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. In 1999, the Summerfields curated a major exhibition of Minangkabau ceremonial textiles at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History and edited an accompanying book, Walk in Splendor, Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau.

* Karl G. Heider, anthropology professor at the University of South Carolina, will present “Folk Psychology and Emotion in West Sumatra” on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
* Andrew Causey, anthropology professor at Columbia College in Chicago, Ill., will present “False Starts in the Global Flow: Toba Batak Woodcarvers Transforming Their Traditions” on Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Gallery walk-throughs with the curator, Susan Rodgers:

* Tuesday, Feb. 11 from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
“Women Weavers in a Muslim Society: Gender and Religion in Indonesian Textile Art”

* Monday, Feb. 17 from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
“Metal and Cloth as a Union of Opposites in Indonesian Art”

* Wednesday, Feb. 26 from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
“From Ritual to Fashion: An Indonesian Artworld Encounters the Modern”

The hours for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. It is 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. – With the holidays approaching, members of the entire Holy Cross community have given of themselves to those in our community who are in need. Some of the various holiday community service projects at Holy Cross are as follows:

Candy Cane Giving Tree
Sponsored by the Human Resources department, participants selected candy canes from a Christmas tree and bought a gift for a patient at St. Mary’s Health Care Center Alzheimer’s Unit or for a needy child in the Sacred Heart Parish, Canterbury Street School and the Head Start Program.

Winter Clothes Drive
Held annually at Holy Cross, students, faculty, administrators and staff were invited to donate new or used winter clothing for adults and children in the Worcester community. Sponsored by Building Services, the winter coats and clothing collected were donated to the Henry Lee Willis Community Center and the PIP Shelter, both of Worcester.

Chaplains’ Gift Collection
The Chaplains’ Office, in conjunction with Alpha Sigma Nu, had a collection of holiday toys and gifts for children at all masses during the weekend of December 7 – 8. Students brought their gifts to the altar during the preparation of the gifts. Members of Alpha Sigma Nu delivered the toys to St. John’s Church on Temple Street and St. Paul’s Cathedral on Chatham Street, both in downtown Worcester. This collection of toys for needy children at the masses had been taking place at Holy Cross for many years.

The Giving Tree
Members of the Holy Cross community were invited to pick an ornament off a tree in the Hogan Campus Center and buy a gift for a person in need. Approximately 100 items, including toys, mittens and clothing, were donated to the Kid’s Café volunteer site through Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD). This drive is sponsored annually by the Purple Key Society.

Toys for Tots Collection
Donated at the College’s 12th annual faculty and staff Christmas luncheon on Dec. 12, the Public Safety department collected approximately 150-175 gifts. They were taken to the state police barracks in Charlton, and were portioned out to social service agencies in the Worcester area.

Residence Hall Ornament Decoration and Christmas Card Making
As part of the Residence Life 12 Days of Christmas, Hanselman Hall sponsored “Make Your Own Ornament.” The ornaments were brought to the Providence Place Mall and put on the Christmas tree there. For each ornament on the tree, Hasboro Toy Company donated a toy for a needy child. In addition, Lehy Hall sponsored “Christmas Card Making for Senior Citizens.” The cards were delivered to St. Mary’s Church in Worcester.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Holiday Party
On Saturday, Dec. 7 at Notre Dame Church in Worcester, Mass., Holy Cross volunteers participated in the annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of Worcester County, Inc. Holiday Party. There were 88 Holy Cross student volunteers in attendance. They provided transportation for the children from their elementary schools to the church and later presented each of their “littles” with a special T-shirt. Holy Cross “bigs” have been meeting with their “littles” each week at Canterbury Street Elementary School in Worcester since the beginning of the semester. They spend the afternoon helping with homework, playing sports, doing crafts and forming friendships.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross recently received a $1 million grant from The Goizueta Foundation of Atlanta, Ga. The grant will fund the Bridge Program, a special mentoring program open to ALANA (African-, Latino/a-, Asian-, Native American) students, and create a scholarship endowment specifically for Latino/a students.

The Goizueta Foundation, which aims to support educational programs that promote sustainable change and have a long-term impact in the community, has awarded the College a $632, 910 grant for the establishment of the Bridge Program for ALANA Students. Over the next three years, the grant will allow for approximately 50 ALANA students annually to participate in the Bridge Program, which intends to ease the transition from high school to Holy Cross for ALANA and certain majority students. The program will consist of a three-week summer session, a first-year mentoring program and a January retreat.

An additional $367, 090 was granted for the establishment of The Goizueta Foundation Scholars Fund for Financially Needy Latino/a Students.

The Goizueta Foundation grant is part of the College’s “Lift High the Cross Campaign,” which aims to support the intellectual, personal, physical, moral and religious development of Holy Cross students.