First-Year Program Common Events 1995-1996

Fall Semester Welcoming picnic Welcoming picnic Meet the faculty evening Lecture, Lucy Grealy (author of shared text, Autobiography of a Face) Lucy Grealy poetry workshops InTOXICating, Eco-Cabaret production FYP retreat weekend Lecture, Elizabeth Swinton, Curator of Asian Art, Worcester Art Museum Trip to the Asian collection, Museum of Fine Arts Allan Palmer, presentation of Japanese tea ceremony Dorm discussion on alcohol and drugs Holocaust Memorial concert, Brooks Concert Hall Production, Translations, Fenwick Theatre, and post-show discussion The Antigone Event (debate/game show) Film, Antigone Ice cream social Spring Semester Ice cream social Bob Moses, lecture on racism Presentation on labor activism by Steve Michon '91 and Thom Cincotta '93 Dorm discussion on sexual behavior Film, Skin Deep, and discussion on racism Presentation by Women's Studies concentrators on their capstone projects Town meeting on space and place at Holy Cross Weekend trip to Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. Lecture by Christopher Merrill (author of common text, The Old Bridge) Production, The Conquistadors, Fenwick Theatre, and post-show discussion FYP banquet