First-Year Program Common Events 1994-1995

Fall Semester Welcoming picnic Meet the faculty evening Thunder Bay Ensemble production, Wild Ancestors Outing to Purgatory Chasm Production, The Phantom of the Opera, Wang Center Ice cream social Apple picking in Boylston, MA Production, The Woman Warrior, Huntington Theatre Company The Bulgarian Women's Choir Film, What's Eating Gilbert Grape Discussion, "The Many Colors of Racism" Tom Martin's lecture on Plato's Apology Trip to New York art museums Jothi Rhagavan concert Discussion led by Alice Laffey, ``The Sporting Woman: Insights from Her Past'' Victoria Swigert's presentation on date rape FYP reunion ice cream social Parents Weekend reception Production, The Who's Tommy, Wang Center Tai Chi demonstration Indian pot luck dinner Town meeting with President Reedy Production, Pterodactyls, Huntington Theatre Company Balinese Dance/MIT Gamelan Orchestra Trip to Faneuil Hall FYP retreat weekend Spring Semester Student-led discussion on Brothers and Keepers Lecture, John Edgar Wideman (author of common text, Brothers and Keepers) Trip to see film, Hoop Dreams Student-led discussion on diversity Concert, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Mechanics Hall) Lecture, Tim O'Brien (author of shared text, The Things They Carried) Film, Hamburger Hill Film, Schindler's List Weekend trip to Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. Concert, Amaryllis String Quartet Film, Weapons of the Spirit, and discussion FYP banquet