Friday, November 5, 2004
A variety of vendors showcase their wares in the Union for the annual RUFest. Food and prizes will be offered, as well as a special Italian dinner at the Rathskellar. To find out more, call the Rensselaer Union at 276-6505.
The RPI Players premiere their performance of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible at 8 pm. The well-known play tells the story of several young girls’ accusations of witchcraft in puritanical Salem, Mass. Tickets cost $5 with an RPI ID, $8 for seniors and other students, and $10 for the general public. Additional performances begin on November 6, 12, and 13 at 8 pm and November 7 at 7 pm. For more information log on to http://www.players.rpi.edu.
The RPI men’s hockey team goes up against archrival Clarkson in this year’s Black Friday. The team’s jerseys will be autographed and auctioned off during the game, including a special jersey made for Adam Oates ’85, who is having his number retired. The game begins at 7 pm in the Houston Field House and admission is free for students clad in black as long as seats are available.
Saturday, November 6, 2004
The Foundations play UPAC Mother’s to close Black Awareness Week, starting at 8 pm. Admission is free with and RPI or Russell Sage ID and $8 for the general public. E-mail bsa@union.poly.rpi.edu to learn more.
The Indian Student Association parties in the McNeil Room with a celebration of the Diwali Festival of the Lights open to all students beginning at 8 pm. For additional information, contact the ISA by going to http://isa.union.rpi.edu/.
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
PI-Sage Hillel screens Weapons of the Spirit, a documentary about a Christian village that hid and saved Jewish children during the Holocaust. The film, which is being shown to commemorate Kristallnacht, begins at 7:30 pm and admission is free. To find out more e-mail hillel@rpi.edu.
Colin Teevan, Literary Fellow to Universities of Newcastle and Durham, England, presents a Humanities@Rensselaer lecture titled “Narratology and Interactive Media: The Synchronicity Project” in the Fischbach Room of the Folsom library at 2 pm.
Nicholas Hall of The Ohio State University speaks at a DSES seminar titled “Optimization Methods for Rescheduling.” The lecture begins at 3:30 pm in DCC 324, with refreshments at 3 pm.
