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Karen Armstrong,
a well-known commentator on religious affairs and the author of
A History of God, will speak as this year’s distinguished
speaker in the humanities.
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Official fall
figures confirmed that this has been a year of records in admission
and enrollment. With the number of applications hitting an all-time
high, the College was able to lower its acceptance rate to 66
percent and matriculate a class with the highest academic profile
in College history.
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Lisa Maurer,
who has nearly two decades of experience as a sexuality educator,
began her duties on October 8 as the College’s first coordinator
of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) education outreach
and services.
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Gary Farmer
--- who played an Indian called Nobody in the cult classic Dead
Man and whose latest acting credit is The Score with
Robert De Niro --- will share his experiences as an actor and
film producer in a talk on Monday, November 26.
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The Ithaca
College Opera Workshop will add a new twist to the classic work
on Sunday, December 2, under the direction of assistant professor
of opera and musical theater Patrick Hansen.
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The Native
American Cultural Club and the Office of Multicultural Affairs
are sponsoring a screening of the 1998 film Smoke Signals.
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The group
will perform an early quartet by Beethoven, Webern’s Six Bagatelles
and Langsamer Satz, and the premiere of Sally Lamb’s Revival
for String Quartet, which was commissioned for the ensemble
by local arts patron Percy Browning.
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The Rite
of Spring along with three other works by Igor Stravinsky
will come to life in a free concert by the Ithaca College Symphony
and Chamber Orchestras under the baton of Grant Cooper.
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A recital
by Ithaca College School of Music faculty trumpeter Frank Campos,
"Trumpet Music Old and New," will be offered on Thursday, November
29.
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The Ithaca
College Athletic Hall of Fame admitted 11 new members at its annual
induction ceremony.
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President
Peggy R. Williams and associate director of the Annual Fund Lynne
Pierce joined members of the class of 2001 in dedicating the class
gift.
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Editor: Keith Davis
Writers: Erik Kibelsbeck, Dave Maley
Publisher: Office of Public Information
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