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Constructing the Past and the Future:
How Children Understand Time
For more than 25 years, Professor of Psychology William Friedman has been studying how people experience time--particularly how children develop their concept of time. In this essay, which based on his chapter in a forthcoming issue of the journal Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Friedman explores how children come to understand the past and the future. 
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| Renowned Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin Continues Artist Recital Series |
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| Oberlin College's Artist Recital Series will continue tomorrow with a performance by pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin at 8:00 p.m. in Finney Chapel. Renowned for his musicality, unique talent, and refined pianism, the French-Canadian pianist was called by the New York Times "a maverick champion of music that has been unfairly overlooked." The 2002-2003 season will also feature performances by violinist Hilary Hahn, the Prazak Quartet, The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by David Robertson with pianist Yefim Bronfman, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, violinist William Preucil, and the Vermeer String Quartet. |
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| Renowned Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Performs on Campus |
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| Oberlin College's Artist Recital Series will continue tonight with a performance by pianist Marc-André Hamelin at 8:00 p.m. in Finney Chapel. Renowned for his musicality, unique talent, and refined pianism, the French-Canadian pianist was called by the New York Times "a maverick champion of music that has been unfairly overlooked." The 2002-2003 season will also feature performances by violinist Hilary Hahn, the Prazak Quartet, The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by David Robertson with pianist Yefim Bronfman, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, violinist William Preucil, and the Vermeer String Quartet. |
| Living in an Ecovillage – For Credit |
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| Environmental educator Daniel Greenberg will present a free, public lecture tonight at 7:30 in Hallock Auditorium. Greenberg's lecture, "Learning about Sustainability while Living in an Ecovillage," draws heavily on his experience as founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization for sustainable lifestyles, Living Routes. Greenberg will talk about how students can receive college credit for semester, summer, and January-term internships in ecovillages around the world. |
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| Politics
Professor Looks at Human Rights Violations in Brazil Tourists to Brazil might be attracted by the sunny beaches, blue water, and exotic resorts, but for Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Ronald Ahnen, Brazil means something else. "Brazil has one of the most unequal societies on earth," says Ahnen. "Scholars often refer to it as Bel-India, meaning that 30 percent of people in this culture live like the people in Belgian cities, and 70 percent of the people live like the poorer classes of India. In this society, violence against the poorer classes--especially children who live on the streets--is rampant. I'm interested in finding out why."
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| Women's Cross Country Team Finishes Second at All-Ohio Championships |
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| The women's and men's
cross country teams traveled to Ohio Wesleyan University to run in
the annual All-Ohio Championships, an event that includes schools
from all divisions across the state of Ohio. The Yeowomen finished
in second place in Division III, scoring 117 points, 73 points behind
champion Baldwin-Wallace College. The squad finished 16 points ahead
of the nearest North Coast Athletic Conference competitor, Kenyon
College.
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| Conservatory Concert Dedicates New Steinway Piano |
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| The Oberlin Conservatory
of Music at Oberlin College will dedicate its new Hannan Hamburg Steinway
piano tonight at 8:00 during a free, public concert in Warner Concert
Hall. The piano, a gift from the family of William J. Hannan, Jr.
'64, adds to the Conservatory's already significant collection of
1,700 period and modern musical instruments. Tonight's concert will
feature seven members of the keyboard faculty performing works by
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, and Ravel. Members
of the Hannan family will be on hand as guests of honor.
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| Outing Club Helps Push Students Outdoors |
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| Since 1979, the Oberlin
College Outing Club (OCOC) has provided students with the means to
explore America by sponsoring hiking, camping, and backpacking trips.
These trips, to national parks in Ohio and points east, have taken
students through some of the most scenic areas of the country with
little more than a backpack full of supplies, a tent, a sleeping bag,
and some old-fashioned know-how. "The Outing Club is really a resource for students," OCOC co-chair Blake Wilder '03 says. "We want to help people who are interested in planning a trip--but who haven't necessarily had a ton of camping experience--figure out where to go and what to do when they get there." |
| Local Kids Create Halloween Picasso for Museum's Community Day |
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| Sara Hallberg, curator
of education at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), and a group
of student docents recently hosted a kid-friendly program at the AMAM
that revolves around the museum's collection of modern art. For three
Saturdays in a row, participants in the Kidzhibit program explored
paintings by Monet, Cross, Picasso, and Gorky, creating their own
interpretations of these works for the museum's Community Day Halloween
Celebration.
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