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Last Punk Show of the Year

Max Lavine ’10 writes:

the last westco punk show of the year is TONIGHT
it’s in the westco lounge
its’ at 9
it will feature
IRON HAND
SCROATS
ESCALATOR
and
DEAD TREE

details on the FB event http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113938515309606&index=1

Date: Tuesday May 4
Time: 9 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Place: Westco Cafe

Tonight & Tomorrow: Donate Points to FNB Wishlist

Let’s get real for a minute: The school year is coming close to an end. For many, this is reflected in a very declined balance of Monopoly money points on the ol’ Wescard. But as always, there are others who have found themselves with quite an excess, and have no idea how to spend it all before the semester ends (unlike M-town Ca$h, this Wes-specific currency won’t roll over from year to year).

In our busy lives of studying and reading Wesleying, it can be hard to find the time and energy to get rid of those pesky extra points. But worry no longer, comrades, for hope has arrived! There is now a quick and easy solution that feels just as great as a full work-out!

…And perhaps in this context: FOOD NOT POINTS.

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Last Farmers’ Market of the Semester

Come outside on Tuesday, May 4th, to the Usdan courtyard and celebrate springtime with the last farmers’ market of the semester!

Bask in the sun while you eat delicious food from area farmers providing you with cheese, yogurt, bread, jams, baked goods, sweets, honey, maple syrup, soups, produce, and more.

Bon Appetit will be there cooking up a local lunch so you can use your points to support the market!

There will be a string quartet playing sweet tunes, and straight up chilling–you don’t want to miss it.

Date: Tuesday, May 4
Time: 11 AM – 2 PM
Place: Usdan courtyard, 45 Wyllys Ave.

Calling All Prospective Fitness Class Instructors

Certified in yoga, hip hop shuffle, zumba dance, step aerobics, kickboxing, pilates, or any other fitness class?  Interested in getting certified and instructing students next year?  Three out of four fitness instructors are graduating this year, so we need YOU to keep these classes going!  Formerly facilitated by WesWELL, the non-credit fitnesses classes (information here: http://www.wesleyan.edu/weswell/classes_home.html ) provide a great service to the student body — both for participants and for instructors.

If you are at all interested in a) instructing, b) finding out more, and/or c) discussing what form the classes will take next year, meet with past and future instructors in Usdan this Tuesday at 8pm.  The meeting should only take about 20 minutes.

Questions? Email Sylvie Stein ’12 at sstein01@wesleyan.edu

Cheese Tasting!

Full House and Farm House are holding a cheese tasting featuring five delicious local cheeses from Cato Corner Farm.  We will not only be tasting various cheeses, but discussing how cheese is made and what distinguishes different types of cheeses.  Contact Ali, house manager of Full House, with questions at asanroman(at)wes.
Date: Tuesday, May 4th
Time: 4:30pm
Place: Full House, 202 Washington St. (on the corner of Wash and High St.)
Cost: Free!

The Jewish and Israel Studies Department Presents: “From The Maccabees To Lenny Bruce”

On May 4, 2010, Wesleyan students will present their projects in Jewish and Israel Studies.

Three seniors will present their senior thesis research projects:  Peter Gilchrist ’10, Arielle Golden ’10, and Kalen Flynn ’10, their topics range from the history and memory of the Maccabean uprising, the identity of Spanish conversos, and history and memory of the Holocaust.

And five students currently enrolled in the capstone seminar on methods, theories, and models of Jewish Studies (RELI 396)–Emily Evnen’10, Ben Fitzelle’12, Jared Gimbel’11, Ross Shenker’11, and Paul Silverman’13–will showcase their semester-long project that range from masculinity and Zionism, Jewish comedy and humor in the US, Arthur Miller and Jewish identity, and Jewish folklore.

Please join us, refreshments will be served.

Date: Tuesday May 4, 2010
Time: 4:15PM
Place: Allbritton 103