Lafayette has been selected to offer a Tournees Festival for the second consecutive year. Funded through a grant from the French Cultural Services (FACE), the festival is part of an initiative to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses across the US. This year's selection of films includes an array of genres from documentaries to dramas, co-productions that represent the Francophone world, as well as films by directors ranging from unique new voices to established figures.

A short discussion will follow each screening. For the full list of dates and places, go to: http://sites.lafayette.edu/tourneesfilmfest/2009-schedule/

An exhibition marking the 150th anniversary, on November 24, of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species," is comprised of three related sections. In "A Habit of Deciding Influence" are 18 photographs of Darwin’s pigeon specimens at the Natural History of London/Tring. Darwin took up the study of domesticated pigeons in 1855 and his observations of artificial selection in pigeon breeding was invaluable to his understanding of the way species change in natural environments. 2)"Coop" is a mixed-media installation based on Darwin’s five-sided pigeon coop. 3)"Frameworks of Absence: The Extinct Birds of John James Audubon” includes 10 altered prints from “Birds of America.”

In Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry finds a book marked mysteriously, "This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince," which helps him excel at Potions class and teaches him a few dark and dangerous ones along the way. Meanwhile, Harry is taking private lessons with Dumbledore in order to find out about Voldemort's past so they can find out what might his only weakness.

SHOWTIMES:
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
7:00PM & 10:00PM

Lafayette College's First Annual "Haters Step Back" Event, presented by one of the campus' newest organization - Precision Step Team, is expected to be one of the best events of the Fall. With the cut-throat and competitive nature of this event, we expect for all contestants to bring their A-game; and, since schools from all over the Lehigh Valley will participate, competition WILL be fierce.

Come join us in inter-collegiate fun, amazing entertainment, and a FREE after party)!!!

[Proceeds will go toward an arts-based scholarship for an Easton Area High School Student.]

***$3 in Advance for Lafayette Students/Faculty/Staff with Lafayette ID (otherwise $5)***

Come visit our campus for our Fall Open House! Prospective students and their families are invited to tour the campus, attend a panel session with students and faculty, eat in our dining halls, and learn about various opportunities at Lafayette College.

Registration available the admissions website.

The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Lafayette’s student-led a cappella vocal groups (Cadence, Chorduroys, Quintessence, Soulfege) welcome guest ensembles from other schools in the seventh annual celebration of song to benefit Friends of Lafayette Music and the Daniel P. O’Neil ‘06 Memorial Fund. Presented by the Lafayette College Arts Society.