News & Features

Mar 28, 2001

Lafayette’s Marquis Players Will Perform the Musical Chess to Benefit Hunger and Homelessness Causes March 30-April 1

Lafayette’s Marquis Players will perform the rock musical Chess, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, at 8 p.m. March…

Mar 27, 2001

Prize-Winning Lafayette Students and Alumni and Distinguished Guest poets Will Read Their Work During National Poetry Month in April

Lafayette’s celebration of National Poetry Month in April will feature readings by the winners of the annual Jean Corrie and MacKnight Black student poetry…

Mar 27, 2001

Lafayette’s Association of Black Collegians Will Hold Inaugural Student-Alumni Banquet March 31

Lafayette’s Association of Black Collegians (ABC) will hold its inaugural Student-Alumni Banquet at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in the Bergethon Room, Marquis…

Mar 26, 2001

David Gergen, Advisor to Presidents and Well-Known Commentator, Will Speak at Lafayette April 10

David Gergen, adviser to four U.S. presidents and well-known political commentator and author, will deliver an address entitled “Eyewitness to Power: The…

Mar 23, 2001

Lafayette’s Meyner Center Will Host Cypriot Counsel of the Republic for a Two-Month Program on Federalism Beginning April 1

Marina Spiliotopoulou, Counsel of the Republic in the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus, will be hosted for a two-month education…

Mar 21, 2001

Date Set for Discovery Channel Program Featuring Lafayette’s Bernard Fried

The Discovery Channel plans to feature Bernard Fried, Lafayette’s Gideon R. Jr. and Alice L. Kreider Professor Emeritus of Biology, one of the world’s…

Mar 21, 2001

Three Lafayette Students Will Play Key Roles in LVAIC Conference on Women’s Studies March 31

Three Lafayette students will play key roles in the seventh annual Undergraduate Conference in Women’s Studies from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, March…

Mar 20, 2001

Best Selling Author Bell Hooks Will Deliver Women’s History Month Keynote Speech at Lafayette March 27

Author, feminist, and cultural critic bell hooks will deliver the keynote speech for Women’s History Month at Lafayette on Tuesday, March 27. She will…

Mar 20, 2001

Lafayette Hosts Japanese Woodblock Prints Exhibit Through April 29, Along With Printing Demonstrations and Annual Dorian Lecture

A new exhibition entitled “Work, Pleasure, and Poetry: Japanese Woodblock Prints of the 18th and 19th Centuries” is on display in the gallery of Lafayette…

Mar 20, 2001

Lafayette’s “Ancient Faiths, Modern Voices” Festival Continues With a Performance by Steve Reich Ensemble April 4

Steve Reich Ensemble will perform “Different Trains,” “Drumming,” “New York Counterpoint,” “Nagoya Marimbas,” and other works at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April…