ON CAMPUS: ASK THE PRESIDENT, STUDENT ACTIVITIES SPONSORS BAND, SCHRAM COLLABORATOR SPEAKS ON WELFARE REFORM

Go Ahead, Ask. At President Nancy J. Vickers' next Community Update on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 10 a.m. in Thomas Great Hall, the topics of conversation will be chosen by the community. Vickers has asked interested community members to submit topics and questions that interest them by tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 21. Questions may be submitted by e-mail (nvickers@brynmawr.edu) or a phone call to the President's Office at x5156.

At the request of several community members, the President's Office has decided to schedule a second session for an evening hour; details will be announced soon.

Cordalene to Rock Aelwyd. Cordalene is "poised to blow up big," says the Philadelphia Weekly's Liz Spikol, thanks to its "peppery, full-throttle rock 'n' roll that has smart-guy airplay appeal." Bi-Co students will have a chance to see this up-and-coming Philly band with special guest This Radiant Boy on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 9 to 11:45 p.m. at Aelwyd on Cambrian Row.

Welfare Reform and Policy Feedback. University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Professor of Political Science Joe Soss will give a talk titled "The Promise of a Public Transformed: Welfare Reform and Policy Feedback" on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research's Katherine Lower Lounge. Soss is the author of Unwanted Claims: The Politics of Participation in the U.S. Welfare System and co-editor, with the Visiting Professor of Social Work and Social Research Sandy Schram, of Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform. His talk is sponsored by the Center for Ethnicities, Communities and Social Policy and the GSSWSR.

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