| The Columns Weekly - Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 |
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VITA Program Returns
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| Washington and Lee students are applying their accounting skills in the community as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. |
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Mock Con Math
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| Washington and Lee University’s 2024 Mock Convention political team has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to crunch the numbers for the latest presidential nominee prediction. |
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| Emotional Intelligence Presentation |
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| This Week's Scene on Campus |
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Kitty Lambrechts ’19 and Assistant Director of the Shepherd Program and Campus Kitchen Coordinator Ryan Brink ’18 at Campus Kitchen’s Souper Bowl in Evans Dining Hall.
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| Come Support the Generals! |
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A light week includes home games for both men's and women's basketball
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| Featured Social Media Site |
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Follow the wrestling team Instagram for plenty of news and information about the Generals.
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| A Special Offer Just for You! |
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Lunar New Year!
5-7 p.m. Science Center Great Hall
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Join PAACE in celebrating Lunar New Year with food and entertainment. Performances will include a traditional music performance by River City Taiko and a fashion show displaying students' cultural attire. This will be followed by dinner, riddles, prizes and red envelopes! The event is free and open to all.
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Concert Guild presents the Manhattan Chamber Players
8 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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The Manhattan Chamber Players is a chamber music collective of New York-based musicians who share the common aim of performing the greatest works in the chamber repertoire at the highest level.
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Piano Program Recital & Reception: The Seasons - Sounds of Nature
3-5 p.m. Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center
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This annual concert showcases W&L pianists in a matinee performance of piano literature inspired by nature. The program includes works by Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Price and Gershwin.
Livestream
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Law School Faculty Workshop
12-1 p.m. Law School Community Lounge
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Features Derek Black from the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law |
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Undergraduate Faculty Meeting
4-5:30 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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The undergraduate faculty meeting will be held on Feb. 12 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater. |
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Guest Speaker: Pablo Abufom - What can we learn from current Chilean politics?
5-6 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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Pablo Abufom, a Chilean philosopher and political activist, will deliver a lecture titled “What can we learn from current Chilean politics?” The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the university’s Department of History, Department of Politics, Latin American and Caribbean Studies program and Environmental Studies program.
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Music as Witness: A composer commemorates the Holocaust
4-5:15 p.m. Hillel 101
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Composer Gerald Cohen will visit campus to discuss and play music from three compositions that he has written related to the Holocaust.
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Public Lecture and Book Signing: Martin Baron
5 p.m. Stackhouse Theater
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Martin Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, will discuss his recent book, “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos and the Washington Post” (2023), followed by a book signing. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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The Unafraid Documentary Screening and Panel
5:30-7 p.m. Northen Auditorium
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The Unafraid is a documentary that follows the personal lives of three DACA students in Georgia, a state that has banned them from attending their top state universities and disqualifies them from receiving in-state tuition at any other public college. The screening will be followed by a panel with professors: Matthew Boaz and Hafsa Obou and alumnus Edwin Castellanos. |
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