ON CAMPUS: COFFEE HOUR, LEARNING TO LISTEN, MATHEMAGICIAN, GSAS SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM, NIGHT OWLS

Coffee Hour Returns. Under the stewardship of Avery Miller '05 and Laine Edwards '06, Coffee Hour is going strong this fall. Free infusions of caffeine, pastries and conversation will be offered to faculty, student, staff and friends in Thomas Great Hall each Friday this fall from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The second Coffee Hour of the season will be held tomorrow, Sept. 24.

Learning to Listen. Young musicians play and discuss the music of classical composers over afternoon tea at this series sponsored by the Bryn Mawr Office for the Arts. This Sunday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., the series continues with alto saxophonist Doug O'Connor and pianist Sonya Ovrutsky, who will introduce listeners to the little-known beauty of the classical saxophone with the music of Damase, Handel, Makris, Piazzola, Harbison and Paul Creston. The event is open to all members of the Bi-Co community, but because seating in Goodhart Music Room is limited, preregistration is required; call the Arts office at x5210.

Mathemagician to Speak. On Monday, Sept. 27, Harvey Mudd College Professor of mathematics Arthur Benjamin will present a mathematics Department Colloquium titled "Counting on Determinants." Benjamin, who has gained some celebrity as the author of Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius Without Really Trying, will demonstrate how determinants solve many interesting combinatorial problems. Determinants count nonintersecting lattice paths, spanning trees, and permutations with specified descent points. The lecture, open to all, will be held in Park 328 from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m.

At 8p.m., Benjamin will return to Park, but as a performer rather than a scholar. In Park 243, he will present "Mathemagic," a demonstration of lightning calculation and sleight of hand suitable for a general audience.

GSAS Science Poster Session. Emerging scientists of the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will share their work with the college community at the GSAS's Fourth Annual Graduate Symposium in Mathematics and the Sciences on Friday, Oct. 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Thomas Great Hall. Graduate students will present their work on posters and will be available throughout the afternoon to discuss their presentations with visitors to the session. At the end of the day, a prize for the best poster will be awarded by a group of invited judges from outside the College.

Night Owls Call. The venerable student a cappella group the Night Owls will offer its first concert of the 2003-04 academic year on Friday, Oct. 1, at 8:30 p.m. in Goodhart Music Room. The kickoff jam will also feature Haverford’s Humtones.

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