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What's Happening at Wabash College in January

10/Friday

6:30 p.m., Wabash Diving Invitational, Natatorium

11/Saturday

10 a.m., Wabash Diving Invitational, Natatorium

15/Wednesday

Classes Begin;

7 p.m.,Theater auditions for Oedipus in America, Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center;

7:30 p.m., Basketball vs. Earlham, Chadwick Court.

16/Thursday

7 p.m., Theater auditions for Oedipus in America, Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center

17/Friday

3-5 p.m., Art Exhibit Opening Reception for Quilt National ’01, Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center (Exhibit continues through Feb. 22)

18/Saturday

2 p.m., Swimming vs. Washington, Natatorium;

2 p.m., Basketball vs. Oberlin, Chadwick Court

20/Monday

Admissions Campus Visit Program

24/Friday

1-4 p.m., Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work, Detchon Center

25/Saturday

Indoor Track-Alumni Invitational;

10:30 a.m., Fine Arts Center. Jane Sassaman, one of the three national jurors of the Quilt National competition, will present a gallery talk. Sassaman will talk about the individual pieces that make up the traveling Quilt National ’01 show, and will also speak about contemporary quilt making in general.

1 p.m., Alumni Basketball Game, Chadwick Court;

3 p.m., Basketball vs. Kenyon, Chadwick Court

27/Monday

8:00 p.m., An Evening with John Muir, Baxter Hall, Room 101. (Join us for evening with John Muir (1838-1914), brought to life by David Denman.)

29/Wednesday

8 p.m., Visiting Artists Series presents Don Ross, classical guitarist, Salter Hall, Fine Arts Center

30/Thursday

Center of Inquiry/Phi Beta Kappa Colloquy: "The Essential Contents of the Liberal Arts (Jan. 30 through Feb. 1);

12 p.m., Guest Lecture by Martha Bayless, University of Oregon. Title of her talk: “Medieval Manure: Symbolism and Practical Uses.” Baxter Hall, Room 101;

8 p.m., Center of Inquiry Speaker: David Potts, Lovell Lecture Room, Baxter Hall. Historian David Potts is the first featured keynote speaker of a series of colloquia sponsored jointly by the Center of Inquiry and Phi Beta Kappa Society. He will speak on: "Can we move beyond the "culture wars" in determining the content of a liberal arts curriculum?";

8 p.m., Guest Lecture by Dave Bischoff, professional Sci Fi writer. Title of his talk: “JRR Tolkien and Fantasy Literature.” Baxter Hall, Room 202.

This calendar is for the purpose of letting you know What’s Happening on the campus of Wabash College.

In celebration of the arts at Wabash, admission to all events on this year’s Visiting Artists Series and Theater productions are FREE. However, you must obtain your FREE tickets at the Fine Arts Box Office before attending Visiting Artists Series and Theater productions.

Fine Arts tickets are available from the Fine Arts Box Office Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. until curtain time. The Box Office will open one hour before curtain time for weekend performances. For phone reservations, call 765-361-6411. To order by mail, write: Fine Arts Center, Box Office, Wabash College, P.O. Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN 47933-0352. If you have any further questions, call Karen Handley at 765-361-6396 or e-mail me at handleyk@wabash.edu

For a more complete description of each event go to the Wabash College Calendar Web site at: www.wabash.edu/calendar

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