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November 17, 2006

Lecture: Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance
Jeffrey Pontiff will be the guest speaker at this week's Finance Seminar Series. He will be speaking about his paper "Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance"
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 1:30 am
Isenberg School of Management 112
The War at Home: Students Agaisnt Occupation
Hear a Student Panel on why you should oppose the Occupations of Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. Safia Albaiti (Member of the Muslim Student Association*) Amy Kent (Intern for Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Recently returned from a FFIPP organized trip to the Occupied Territories) Sarah Matari (Palestine Solidarity activist, Smith College) Elvis Mendez (President of the Umass Student Government Association) Mike Noujaim (Member of the Lebanese Student Association) Charles Peterson (Assaulted by a Security Officer at a counter-recruitment demonstration and member of the International Socialist Organization)
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 6:30 am
Campus Center 162-175
The Great American Smoke Out Information Table
This Health Education Table on tobacco use promotes awareness and supports knowledge on this important issue
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 10:00 am
Franklin Dining Commons
Tracking with Maritime Application: An Overview
Dr. Les Servi will deliver this lecture as part of the Fall 2006 Operations Research / Management Science Seminar series.
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 11:00 am
Isenberg School of Management SOM 112
Jewish First Years - Jewshi
Hang out with other Jewish First Year students. Learn how to roll your own kosher sushi as a quick snack.
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 3:00 pm
Hillel House
Hip Hop Mecca
A gathering to bridge college students and community youth through hip hop.
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 6:30 pm
El Marcado
Open Mic Night
Student Union Craft Center to host "Open Mic Night" featuring spoken word, poetry, acoustic music and performance art.
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 7:00 pm
Student Union Craft Center
Transgender Film Festival: Transgender Teens
The story of two MTF teenagers: one has the support of her family and the other is forced to fend for herself on the streets.
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 7:00 pm
Media Education Foundation
Something Every Friday: You, Me and Dupree
Carl Peterson finds that three’s a crowd when he and his new wife start their life together by letting his best friend Dupree crash on their couch after he gets fired.
Fri Nov 17, 2006, 9:00 pm
Student Union Cape Cod Lounge
Exhibition: God and Country
Large-scale socially motivated paintings by Canadians Matt Bahen and Scott Sawtell.
Thu Sep 21 to Sun Dec 3, 2006
Hampden Gallery
Los Amigos: A Social Club
UMass Amherst's Boltwood Project offers young adults with developmental disabilities one-to-one companionship with a UMass student.
Tue Sep 26 to Tue Dec 5, 2006
Bangs Center
"Landscape Tropologies," An Exhibition of Photographs
The exhibition features the work of six photographers for whom the depiction of landscape represents an extremely important component of their physical experience in the world.
Tue Oct 10 to Sun Nov 19, 2006
Herter Art Gallery
Exhibit: Bookplates from Central and Eastern Europe
The UMass Amherst Library hosts an exhibit including bookplates from Central and Eastern Europe from the collection of Halina and Robert Rothstein.
Sun Oct 15 to Thu Nov 30, 2006
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois Lower Level
Exhibit: Charlotte Hill O'Neal
This former Black Panther left the U.S. over thirty years ago to live and work in Tanzania.
Tue Oct 24 to Tue Nov 21, 2006
Augusta Savage Gallery
Week Against the Occupations
The UMass Anti-War Coalition, Palestine Action Coalition and Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace have organized a week of educational events as part of the Week Against the Occupations. The UMass Anti-War Coalition, Palestine Action Coalition and Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace have organized a week of educational events as part of the Week Against the Occupations.
Mon Nov 13 to Fri Nov 17, 2006
Campus Center