About the Symposium

The College of the Holy Cross will host a scholarly panel titled "Tsunami Symposium: Making Sense of the Asian Devastation" on Jan. 27, along with other events concerning the tsunami that devastated parts of Asia and east Africa.

The scholarly panel will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Mary Chapel in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, and will feature presentations by experts in the region.

Following the symposium, there will be a 45-minute interfaith prayer service in Mary Chapel. At 8 p.m. an All-Bach recital dedicated to the victims of the earthquake and the tsunami titled "The Partitas of J.S. Bach" at the Brooks Concert Hall will be performed by Sarah Grunstein, assistant professor in the music department at Holy Cross.

All the above events are open free of charge to the public.

Members of the student body will be holding a "Sundown to Sundown Fast" beginning at sundown on Jan. 27 until sundown on Jan. 28. The fast, open to all members of the College community, will provide an opportunity for the College to be in solidarity with the people of South Asia who are hungry for so many things - food, clean water, housing, livelihoods, and, of course, loved ones who were lost. Money otherwise spent on food or coffee will be donated to the Holy Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. All the money raised for the fund will be evenly distributed among Oxfam, Catholic Relief Services and Save the Children.