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Grad School Day
The Graduate and Professional School
Admissions Forum will be held Oct. 8
from 1-5 p.m. at Bryn Mawr College
(Thomas Great Hall). A great opportun-
ity for students and faculty to meet
informally with admissions repre-
sentatives from various schools (Law,
Social Work, Business, and Arts and
Sciences Programs). Anyone interested
in graduate school should attend!
Economics
Henor Society
The Economics Honor Society, Omi
cron Delta Epsilon, is looking for juniors
and seniors with an interest in econom-
ics. For further information please
contact Anne Weidenfeller at 525-6961
or Prof. Ken Taylor in Rm. 346 Bartley
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at 645-4358.
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Jake's Place
Jake's Place is back! Celebrate Hump
Day at the all new Jake's Place Wed-
nesdays 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. at the Belle
Air Terrace Connelly Center. Admis-
sion is free. They'll be soda and mun-
chies, live entertainment and great
times at the all new Jake’s Place!
Coming attractions: Comedy Nights,
live bands, open-miked coffee houses,
Halloween costume party, Homecoming
pep rally and more.
Engineering
Joint Council
The Engineering Joint Council has
meetings every Thursday at 5 p.m. in
the Connelly Center's Bryn Mawr
Room. All engineers are urged to come
out and get involved! Refreshments are
provided in the form of pizza and soda.
You wouldn’t want to miss it!
NASA
Experiments
Any student interested in assisting
the engineering and science depart-
ments put science experiments on the
space shuttle, come to the next meeting
on Oct. 7 at 3:45 p.m., Tolentine 304,
or contact Dr. Karl Zimmer, Tolentine
302. Students from all majors needed.
Minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 is required. New
members welcome.
Minority
Postdoctoral
Fellowships
The National Research Council plans
to award 35 Ford Foundation Postdoc-
toral Fellowships for Minorities. Fellows
will be selected from among scientists,
engineers, and scholars in the human-
ities who show greatest promise of
future achievement in academic re-
search and scholarship in higher edu-
cation. The deadline for submission of
applications is Jan. 16, 1987. For more
information, contact the Fellowship
Office, National Research Council, 2101
Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C.
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Accounting Society
The Accounting Society will be
having a meeting on Oct. 9 at 12:45 p.m.
in Bartley 110. A representative of
Deloitte, Haskins & Sells will speak on
taxes. All members are encouraged to
attend.
Women’s Film
Series
“Not One of the Boys” is the fourth
film in this series shown every Tuesday
at 12:15 p.m. in the Connelly Center
Cinema. 5 p.m. in the Library Projection
Room. Admission is free and open to the
public.
MD Benefit Race
On Nov. 29 there will be a 10K road
race along the Main Line sponsored by
the Yugo Bryn Mawr Dealership and
AI E. Gators Restaurant, to benefit the
Muscular Dystrophy Association. For
details and entry info call (215) 527-8700
or (215) 322-7120.
Spring Break
in Ireland
English 2460, a three-credit course
involving lectures and a 10-day Spring
Break trip to Ireland, will be offered in
the spring term. The price is $899, and
enrollment is limited. For information,
contact Dr. J. Murphy in 201 Vasey Hall.
University
Museum Trip
The Departments of Art & Art His-
tory and Religious Studies are jointly
sponsoring a field trip to the University
Museum, at the University of Penn-
sylvania, on Nov. 5, at 10 a.m.
This trip is open to members of the
Villanova community. Transportation
“is not provided. For further information,
please call Dr. Radan (x. 4611 or x. 4610).
Members of Dr. Radan’s and Fr. Hamel’s
Honors class, Archaeology of the Old
Testament, will be visiting the Meso-
potamia Gallery.
Investment Club
There will be a general membership
meeting for old and new members on
Oct. 7 at 12:45 p.m. in Bartley 110.
Attendance is mandatory in order to set
up research committees to invest the
club's money.
The ACS is sponsoring a pizza social
on Oct. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the East Lounge,
Dougherty Hall. Admission is $1. All
commuters and OCRs are invited to
attend.
Women’s Studies
Society
The Women’s Studies Society (for-
merly Villanova Organization for Wom-
en) will hold a very important organi-
zational meeting on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. All
past and new members are encouraged
to attend, as many items will be
discussed. The meeting will be held in
the Peace and Justice Center in the
basement of Sullivan Hall. If you are
interested and cannot attend, please
contact Susan at 964-9666 or x4130.
Anorexia/Bulimia
The University Counseling Center
offers counseling for students with
eating disorders. Individual therapy and
group support are available. Our servi-
ces are confidential and are arranged
to complement your class schedule. To
join the support group now being formed
or for more information, visit the
Counseling Center, Room 106 Corr Hall,
or call 645-4050.
PAinority
Doctoral
Fellowships
The National Research Council will
administer the Ford Foundation Doctor-
al Fellowships for Minorities program
which will offer approximately 40 three-
year predoctoral fellowships and 10 one-
year dissertation fellowships to minority
students. All predoctoral fellowship
applicants must have GRE test scores
or tests taken between Oct. 1, 1981 and
Dec. 13, 1986. All dissertation fellowship
applicants must be admitted to doctoral
candidacy and have completed all course
work and examinations by Jan.
and expect to complete the dissertation
during the 1987-88 academic year. The
deadline for entering the fellowship
competition is Nov. 14. For more infor-
mation contact the Ford Foundation
Doctoral Fellowships, The Fellowship
Office, National Research Council, 2101
Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C.
20418.
Library Hours:
Fall Break
Oct. 17, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct. 19, Closed.
Oct. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct. 21-2
Oct.
Oct. 25, Clo:
Oct. 26, 5 pan -midni ight
Oct. 27, Resume regular schedule.
Central America
On Oct. 7 the Villanovans Concerned
About Central America will be hosting
Mr. Charles Schreiner from the Latin
American Studies department from St.
Joseph's University. Mr. Schreiner will
be presenting a slide show from his trip
to Nicaragua and Honduras this past
summer. The meeting is in the Bryn
Mawr Room of the Connelly Center at
4:30 p.m. All are encouraged to attend
this presentation.
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Republicans
The next meeting of the College
Republicans will be held Oct. 8 at 4 p.m.
in the St. Davids Room at Connelly
Center. All members must attend. Sen.
Specter’s coordinator will speak briefly.
Posters will be distributed and plans
made for election day. Refreshments
will be served.
Villanova’s Black Cultural Society is
sponsoring a Halloween Costume Dance
on Oct. 31. It will be held in the Villa-
nova Room of the Connelly Center,
starting at 8 p.m. Music by DJ. Howard.
Refreshments. All are welcome.
Internship Office
The office of the Internship and Com-
munity Involvement Programs of the
College of Arts and Sciences has been
relocated to 101 Corr Hall.
Recruitment of juniors for spring and
summer, and sophomores for summer
internships, is underway.
Hours are posted on the door.
Jake's Place
Committee
Volunteers are needed to plan the
entertainment, publicity, and decora-
tions for Jake’s Place, Villanova’s non-
alcoholic pub. The first “brainstorming”
meeting is Monday at 4 p.m. in the
Rosemont Room — Connelly Center.
Everyone interested please attend.
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Pi Sigma Alpha
There will be a Pi Sigma Alpha
meeting on Oct. 7 in Connelly Center’s
Bryn Mawr Room. Dr. Colleen Sheehan
of Villanova’s Political Science Depart-
ment will speak informally. Refresh-
ments will be served. Check the Pi
Sigma Alpha Board, outside of the
Political Science Office, for lists of new
and provisional members.
Amnesty
International
Amnesty International of Villanova
University will have a meeting on Oct.
6 at p.m. in the Center for Peace
and feet Education. Join us in
working for the release of those people
in prison for the non-violent expression
of their personal beliefs.
Women’s
Business
Association
There will be a meeting for all those
interested in joining the Women’s
Business Association on Oct. 7 in
Bartley 207. Dues will be $3 per
semester.
Knights of
Columbus
Knights of Columbus will have a
regular business meeting on Oct. 8 at
6:30 p.m. in the West Lounge of Dough-
erty Hall. All members are expected to
attend, and new members are welcome.
If unable to attend and still interested
in being a Knight, please leave name,
address and telephone number in
Knight’s mailbox in Campus Ministry
fice.
Bread for World
The organizational meeting for Bread
for the World will take place on Oct.
7 at 7 p.m. in the Peace & Justice Center
in the basement of Sullivan Hall. All
previous members are urged to attend
and any new members are strongly
welcomed.
Wellness Walk
At 8 a.m. on Oct. 11, you can fight
drunk drivi ing simply by taking a walk.
Entry fee is $2 for adults and $1 for
children under 12. Proceeds go directly
to local chapters of S.A.D.D., Students
Against Driving Drunk.
Walkers will meet at The Bryn Mawr
Trust Company in Bryn Maw:
For more information, call 526. 2384.
Spiderwoman
Amnesty International of Villanova
University. will be showing the ac-
claimed film “The Kiss of the Spider-
woman” on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in The
Center for Peace and Justice Education.
The film stars Raul Julia and Academy
Award winner William Hurt. Admission
is free.
Marketing/
Communications
Internships
The Red Cross is offering two in-
ternships in the Marketing and Com
munications Department of its South.
eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, located
in Center City, Philadelphia. For more
information, contact Susan Snyder,
Assistant Director, Marketing and Com-
munications, American Red Cross, at
299-4041.
Coordinator: Kristin Switala