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News Releases (page 114)


March 12, 2008

Street Art

Ken Gonzales-Day, Associate Professor of Art and Art Department Chair at 61´«Ã½, has designed a mural for the L.A. County Administration Building. This administration building, the biggest art installation ever completed by the Civic Arts Program, houses the County departments with the largest concentration of social services.

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March 11, 2008

61´«Ã½ Receives Top Marks in Housing

61´«Ã½ received an A+ grade in Campus Housing from College Prowler, the largest publisher of college content in the United States. With only two percent of colleges being honored with an A+ grade in each category, 61´«Ã½ is among an elite group in the 2008 rankings.

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February 28, 2008

Alumna Abigail Stopper ‘07 Selected as Kennedy Center Intern

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. has selected Abigail Stopper ’07 for its prestigious internship program. She will serve as an intern in the development department as part of the Kennedy Center Institute for Arts Management until May 2008.

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February 21, 2008

Alumna Poet Lynne Thompson ’72 to Speak at Scripps

Poet Lynne Thompson, 61´«Ã½alumna class of ’72, will present her 2007 Perugia Press prize-winning work, Beg No Pardon, at noon on February 26 in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons, 61´«Ã½.

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February 15, 2008

“Ask For It” Author Sara Laschever to Speak at Scripps

Author Sara Laschever will speak about women and negotiation on Friday, February 22, at 12 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 61´«Ã½. Her lecture, “Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want,” will present the four-step negotiation guide detailed in her forthcoming book of the same name.

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February 14, 2008

Award-Winning Filmmaker and Author to Speak at Scripps

Noted multiracial advocate Kip Fulbeck will speak on identity and multiraciality on Wednesday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, 61´«Ã½ Performing Arts Center. In addition to his lecture, Fulbeck will also lead a hands-on student workshop entitled “What Are You,” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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February 7, 2008

Fighting Breast Cancer With Love

Dr. Susan M. Love, known worldwide as one of the founders of the breast cancer advocacy movement, will speak on eradicating the disease in Balch Auditorium at 61´«Ã½ on Thursday, February 7, as part of Malott Commons’ Voice and Vision Speaker Series.

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January 29, 2008

Dr. Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine Speaks at Scripps

Dr. Terrence Roberts will speak on “Evaluating the Dream: The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine” on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, 61´«Ã½ Performing Arts Center. The lecture is part of the 2008 Claremont Colleges’ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week.

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Acclaimed Male Soprano Makes West Coast Debut at Scripps

Acclaimed young New York male soprano Michael Maniaci will be the featured artist in Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble’s concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, at Balch Auditorium, 61´«Ã½, Claremont.

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61´«Ã½Humanities Institute Focuses On Biotechnology

This semester, the 61´«Ã½ Humanities Institute will focus on the issue of biotechnology as it relates to the future of human nature. From January through April, the Humanities Institute will offer a series of lectures and films exploring this topic.

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