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September 2

Start of Classes

  7 University Holiday - no classes
  13

The Annual CC105 Fruit Drop. CAS rear parking lot at 1 PM; all CC105 students must attend.

Second Annual All-Core Welcome Reception. All Core students and faculty, as well as juniors and seniors who have finished their Core classes, are invited to join us for a pizza feast at 1:30 PM in the GSU Back Court. Featuring a performance by the Fish Worship Blues Band.

  21

College Night at the Boston Museum of Science
Free admission for college students with ID.

  22

Core Film Series presents: Midnight Cowboy. We'll be considering this film in relation to Gilgamesh, and the way both the film and the text deal with themes of friendship, grief, civilizing forces, the city etc. Come at 6 for dinner, and at 6:30 for the film. In CAS room 315.

  23 "Philosophical Insight, Emotion and Popular Fiction: The Case of Sunset Boulevard ," a presentation by Noel Carroll, Department of Philosophy, The Graduate Center-City University of New York. Respondent: Leland Monk, Boston University Department of English. 5 pm, in the Photonics Center Colloquium Room, 8 Saint Mary's Street, ninth floor. Presented by the Institute for Philosophy and Religion.
  24 General meeting for Calliope Project, the Core theater troupe. 7 PM in CAS 233. Email calliope.bu@gmail.com for information.
  26 Core Softball at West Campus (Ashford Street field, pending the weather). 1-3 PM, pizza will be provided. Sign up beforehand in the Core office -- if possible, we'll play students vs. faculty!
  29

CC105 exam review session, 7-9 PM in COM 101.

CC101 Tour of the Harvard Semitic Museum with Prof. Hamill. Students will meet in the Core office at 4:30 and then travel to Cambridge. Light dinner afterward. Sign-up beforehand in the Core office.

October 7 CC101 Tour of the Harvard Semitic Museum with Prof. Hamill. Students will meet in the Core office at 3PM and then travel to Cambridge. Light dinner afterward. Sign-up beforehand in the Core office.
  10 Core in the City: Harbor Islands Trip , 9 AM - 2 PM. Please sign-up beforehand in the Core office, as space is limited.
  12 University Holiday - no classes
  13

Monday Class Schedule

AUDITIONS for William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, a production of the Core theater troupe Calliope. Time and location TBA.

The Howard Gottlieb Archives present a talk by Prof. Christopher Ricks: "What is the Difference Between Research and Plagiarism?"
7 PM, Richards-Roosevelt Room, Mugar Library. Free admission for the BU community. [flier]

  14

AUDITIONS for William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, a production of the Core theater troupe Calliope. Time and location TBA.

Science Tutors: Meeting and pizza dinner, 6-7 in the Core conference room.

  21 MFA tour for CC101 students with Prof. Nelson. Please sign up beforehand in the Core office. Meet at the south "Fenway" entrance, at 7 PM, and don't forget your ID.
  22

MFA tour for CC201 students with Frederick Ilchman. Limited to 25 people -- please sign up beforehand in the Core office. Meet at the south "Fenway" entrance, at 6 PM, and don't forget your ID.

MFA tour for CC101 students with Prof. Lockwood. Please sign up beforehand in the Core office. Meet at the south "Fenway" entrance, at 7 PM, and don't forget your ID.

  24

EnCore Alumni Weekend Reception
4:30-6 PM in CAS 119

Core Amazing Race! To start at 10 AM in the Core office.

  26

Core Film Series presents: Don Quixote with John Lithgow. Come at 6 for dinner, and at 6:30 for the film. In CAS room B-36.

  27

MFA tour for CC101 students led by Prof. Hamill. Meet at Core office at 5 PM, or meet up with the group at the Fenway entrance at 5:30 PM.

  28 MFA tour for CC101 students led by Prof. Wood. Meet at Core office at 4 PM. Don't forget your ID!
November 3 CC105 exam review session, 7-9 PM in STO B-50.
  4 MFA tour for CC101 students led by Prof. Hamill. Meet at Core office at 5 PM, or meet up with the group at the Fenway entrance at 4:30 PM.
  5

The Howard Gottlieb Archives present a talk by Prof. Christopher Ricks: "What is the Difference Between Poetry and Prose?" 7 PM, Richards-Roosevelt Room, Mugar Library. Free admission for the BU community. [flier]

  7 MFA tour for CC101 students led by Prof. Cirulli. Meet at Core office at 11 AM.
  12

The Core Film Series presents Hamlet in CAS room 313, 6 PM. Join us for the full 4-hour film! Refreshments will be served during intermission.

  14 MFA tour for CC101 students led by Prof. Cirulli. Meet at Core office at 11 AM.
  16

CC105 students are invited to view the Leonid meteor shower on the roof of CAS, 525 Comm Ave., 6th floor. Prof. Jackson will have the Observatory open for viewing from 11:00 to 2:00.

  17 Planetarium show at the Museum of Science. CC105 students must attend one of the two scheduled presentations. 6-7:30 PM.
  18 Planetarium show at the Museum of Science. CC105 students must attend one of the two scheduled presentations. 6-7:30 PM.
  25 Fall Recess begins
  25 Fall Recess begins
  29 Fall Recess ends - classes resume
  30 "J. S. Bach and the Divine Idea." A piano recital by James Johnson, 7-9 PM in the The Castle. Join us afterward for refreshments.
December 1 "Get Thee To a Bunnery!" bake sale, to support the Core theatre troupe, Calliope. 9 AM to noon, in the Tsai Center lobby.
  2

Core Film Series presents: Time Bandits. We'll be considering this film represents ancient Greece, and deals with the themes of space, time, and journey. Come at 6 for dinner, and at 6:30 for the film. In CAS room B-18A.

  11 Last Day of Classes
  16

CC101 Final Exam: 9:00 to 11 AM, Tsai Auditorium

CC201 Final Exam: 12:30 to 2:30 PM, CAS 522

  17 CC105 Final Exam: 9:00 to 11 AM, Tsai Auditorium
  19 CC203 Final Exam: 9:00 to 11 AM, CAS room 522
  21 Last Day of Final Exams
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