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Monday
Green Candidate Talk
Pat LaMarche, Green Independent candidate for governor, will be speaking in DPC 100 at 7 p.m. about current issues in the gubernatorial campaign and will take questions from the audience.
Tuesday
Canadian Consul General
“The New Face of Canada’s Conservative Government,” by Canadian Consul General Neil LeBlanc, will be held at the Alfond Arena at noon. Luncheon will be provided. Contact Amy Morin at 581-4220 to R.S.V.P. Part of Canada Week.
Trick or Treat
The General Student Senate will be giving out candy to any interested (and costumed) trick-or-treaters during their Halloween meeting between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of Memorial Union.
Wednesday
Study Abroad Fair
A Study Abroad Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the ground floor of Memorial Union. Representatives of many study abroad programs, including off-campus sponsors and campus-based programs, will be present.
Graduate Lectures
Alice R. Stewart Graduate Lectures will present the following talks: “Canada in the ‘Historical Atlas of Maine’” by Stephen Hornsby; “The 1820 Joseph Treat Survey on the Saint John River;” “Maps, Maliseet Homeland and Petitions in the Disputed Territory” by Micah Pawling; and “Acadian Novels’ Many Languages” by Lise Pelletier. The event begins at noon in the Coe Room, Memorial Union.
Philosophy Lecture
Phi Sigma Tau will present Anna Lannsrom, professor of philosophy at Stonehill College, who will give a lecture titled “Responding to Terror: An Aristotelian Approach,” starting at 5 p.m. in the Totman Lounge, Memorial Union.
La Dia De Los Muertos
The Mexican holiday La Dia De Los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) will be celebrated in the Hudson Museum from 10 a.m. to noon. Altars will be set up and traditional refreshments will be served.
Governor Debate
A debate between gubernatorial candidates Pat LaMarche, Barbara Merril, Phillip Morris NaPier, Chandler Woodcock and incumbent John Baldacci, hosted by MPBN’s Fred Bever, will be held at 8 p.m. in the MCA, Hutchins Concert Hall.
Tuesday
Venezuela Lecture
The Socialist-Marxist Studies Series presents Georges Kabache, a University of Maine student from Venezuela, who will give a lecture titled “From the Fourth to the Fifth Republic: Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela” in the Bangor Room of Memorial Union starting at 12:30 p.m.
Philosophy Colloquium Series
The Philosophy Colloquium Series presents “Myth and Education in Republic 3: Tradition and Subversion in the Purified City” by professor Patricia Fagan of the University of Windsor, starting at 4 p.m. in the Levinson Room of the Maples.
Poetry Reading
The New Writing Series will present a poetry reading from Christina Milletti and Dimitri Anastasopolous at 4:30 p.m. in the Soderberg Auditorium.
Book Signing
Robert Klose, associate professor of biological sciences at University College in Bangor and author of the new book “Small Worlds” will be discussing the essays in the book and signing copies at 5 p.m. in the Totman Lounge, Memorial Union.
Submitting information
Submissions for The Maine Campus Community Calendar are free and can be sent on FirstClass to Brian Sylvester or dropped off in The Maine Campus office located in the basement of Memorial Union. Please include all the important information about your event. Deadlines for submissions are 9 a.m. Sunday for Monday publication and 9 a.m. Wednesday for Thursday publication.
