This Holy Day is the patronal feast of American Catholics. It commemorates that Mary was kept from the sin of Adam from her conception to become "Theotokos," "God Bearer," as decreed by the Council of Ephesus in 431.

Readings: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38

Active Minds and the Lafayette Counseling Center are co-sponsoring an event to help students relax and recharge while studying for finals. Students can get free massages, make their own stress balls, color, play with play-dough, and participate in other stress relieving activities. Free food and drink will also be available.

The Grossman Gallery, in the Williams Visual Arts Building, is one block from the Delaware River and sits directly over the Bushkill Creek. Both bodies of water have overflowed their banks in recent years. Knee Deep and Risin', created by Jim Toia and Noah Vawter, is a multimedia installation of video and audio feeds from both waterways. Infrared sensors, triggered by visitors' moving the exhibition screens, activate live and recorded video and audio, simulating flood events from fresh perspectives. Knee Deep and Risin' is an interdisciplinary project by Lafayette College's Department of Computer Science, Department of Art, Grossman Gallery, Community Based Teaching Program, and the Lehigh Valley Performing Arts High School.