Los Angeles: More than 30 alumni, parents, and friends came out to the California Institute of Technology to cheer on the Swarthmore women's basketball team as they took on Caltech on Jan. 6. Following the game players, coaches, and members of the LA Connection gathered for a reception planned by Jenny Rickard '86.
New York: The New York Connection gathered for its almost-annual Chinese banquet on Feb. 7 at the 20 Mott Street Restaurant. The event was organized by Penel Owens Adelmann '66.
Philadelphia: Members of the Connection came to campus when the Swarthmore College Chamber Orchestra featured alumni composers and performers in a concert of 20th-century American music in November. In February Mark Kenward '89 brought his solo adaptation of Melville's whaling novel Moby Dick to Swarthmore's campus. A reception with Mark fol- lowed the performance. Also in February Swarthmoreans attended a showing of Cold Fever, a film by James Stark '71. James met with alumni and parents at a reception following the film.
Seattle: On Jan. 27 the Seattle Connection toured two special exhibits at the Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. Following the tour everyone gathered at a local Thai restaurant for some casual conversation. Deb Read '87 coordinated the afternoon outing.
South Florida: South Florida alumni and parents spent part of Jan. 11 at the home of Mark Shapiro '88 getting to know some current Swarthmore students who were home for winter break. Also, an added feature to the Garnet Sages' annual visit to the Highland Park Club in Lake Wales, Fla., was a luncheon with Harry Gotwals, Swarthmore's vice president of alumni, development, and public relations.
Washington, D.C.: Chekhov's classic play Three Sisters was at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., in December, and area alumni, parents, and friends enjoyed a performance. After the play the group had the opportunity to meet and talk with cast members. Dorita Sewell '65 and Serge Seiden '85 organized the event.
Planned for the Philadelphia Connection some time in early April is a tour of the new Kohlberg Hall followed by a student panel on volunteerism.
Plan on a treat during Black Alumni Weekend, March 22 and 23, when the Swarthmore College Alumni Gospel Choir presents its 25th anniversary concert. Featured in the Saturday evening event will be new pieces, written for the choir and performed on its first recording, Hallelujah Amen. Also scheduled for the weekend is a performance featuring The Seventh Principle dance troupe with C. Kemal Nance '92 and a lecture by Martha Jackson-Jarvis during the opening reception of her multimedia installation "Boxes of Oshun" in the List Gallery. For more information on this event, call the Alumni Office at (610) 328-8412.
The event will be Friday through Sunday, March 29-31, at the scenic resort owned by Sam Ashelman '37. This year's theme is "Campaign Pro-mises/Hardball Politics."
Nackenoff is an authority on the rhetoric of U.S. politics-candidates' appeals to voters, their coded language, the symbols they invoke, and the ways that their messages rework American myths. She is studying the role of such issues as race, gender, and immigration in the '96 campaign, as well as the future of the major parties.
Greer consults with community-based organizations on aspects of development projects from planning to advocacy. He has a special interest in the consequences of elections for cities and suburbs, the decline of urban problems as issues in national elections, and the geography of presidential politics.
In addition to the discussion program, Coolfont offers hiking in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, golf, swimming, aerobics, great bird-watching, and live entertainment. Details on the Swarthmore Weekend are available from the Alumni Office, (610) 328-8402, fax (610) 328-7796, or e-mail alumni@swarthmore.edu.
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