INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL(details below)
+ UMass/Amherst Majors Fair, Nov. 3
+ Spring Registration Appointments, Nov. 2
+ 5K Road Race for West MA Food Bank, Nov. 6
+ Take Back UMass Informational Meeting, Nov. 7
+ Longsword Demonstration, Nov. 7
+ Commonwealth College Community Day, Nov. 8
+ Speaker Series: Ghosts That Haunt Us, Nov. 10
+ The Great UMass Ski Sale, Nov. 18-20
+ Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Nov. 29
+ Writers Work with April Ossmann, Nov. 30
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UMASS/AMHERST MAJORS FAIR TONIGHT, NOVEMBER 3
The fair runs from 6:00 to 8:00pm in the Student Union Ballroom. Representatives from over 90 different departments will answer questions and provide literature on major requirements and opportunities. Refreshments served.

INDIVIDUAL SPRING REGISTRATION APPOINTMENTS ON SPIRE, NOVEMBER 2
Registration for Spring 2005 begins Wednesday, November 10. Starting November 2, use SPIRE to check when individual registration appointments begin and whether you will need to clear holds or obtain a Registration Approval Code(RAC) to be eligible to register. Note: holds are not automatically displayed when students log in to this version of SPIRE. Select "Personal Portfolio" and then "Holds" to check for holds.
Spring 2005 classes should be available through SPIRE's Class Search starting mid-day November 2. A pdf version of the Spring schedule will also then be available through the Registrar's website. Go to http://www.umass.edu/registrar/ and then pick "Registration & Schedules" at the left.

2nd ANNUAL TURKEY TROT 5K ROAD RACE, NOVEMBER 6
SHARE (Students Helping Area Reach-Out Efforts, an RSO, is sponsoring a benefit race/walk to raise money for the Western Mass Food Bank. The Western Mass Food Bank has a shortage emergency at this time, so we want to do whatever possible to help. Every $1 donated to the food bank can be used for $9 worth of food.
Registration for the race will be done at the Campus Center concourse the week of Nov 1-5 from 10AM-1PM; the suggested donation is $10. Registration will also take place the day of the event from 9-10AM. The race will begin at 10 am on Saturday, November 6, at the Student Union. Prizes and awards will be given to the first place runner in the female and male division. If you are interested and would like more information, email SHARE at share@stuaf.umass.edu.


TAKE BACK UMASS INFORMATIONAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 7
3:00-5:00pm, Malcolm X Cultural Center (in the Southwest residential area)
Are you curious about the state of current campus politics and organizing since the release of the SCERA photographs? If so, we invite you to join us for an informational and planning meeting this Sunday. At the end of the meeting, we will have tangible ways for you to become immediately involved in our efforts. Staff, students, faculty and community members are all welcome and encouraged to attend! For more information, contact: contact@takebackumass.umass.

LONGSWORD DEMONSTRATION, NOVEMBER 7
Sunday, November 7, 4:00-6:00PM, Totman 101
ARMS, the Association of Renaissance and Medieval Swordsmanship, invites the public to watch them practice with longswords on Sunday. Meetings are every Saturday and Sunday from 4:00-6:00 in Totman, and Tuesdays at 7:00 in the Campus Center. All are welcome to attend.

COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE COMMUNITY DAY, NOVEMBER 8
Come to workshops on a variety of Commonwealth College related topics and have fun too (karaoke and casino night will happen in the evening). To find out more and RSVP to the FREE dinner, please link to the following website:
www.comcol.umass.edu/c3. If you're interested in volunteering to help with this event, please contact Melissa Beesley at mbeesley@comcol.umass.edu.

COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE VISITING SPEAKER, NOVEMBER 10
GHOSTS THAT HAUNT US: A Performance and Discussion on Memory and Identity with Cornelius Eady
Wednesday, Nov 10, 5:00 p.m., Campus Center 904-908
A performance and discussion on memory and identity with African- American poet, dramatist, and professor Cornelius Eady, author of the much acclaimed "Brutal Imagination" and "The Gathering Of My Name." For more information:
http://www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/6778.php

THE GREAT UMASS SKI SALE, NOVEMBER 18 -20
We will have 5 million dollars worth of ski and board equipment at discounted prices! Bring your friends; bring your family (it is close to Christmas!). The sale will take place in the Student Union Ballroom. The hours are as follows: Thursday, Nov. 18, 11 am--8 pm; Friday, Nov. 19, 11 am--8 pm; Saturday, Nov. 20, 11 am--6 pm. Come and stop by for some great deals and giveaways!!!

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY LECTURE SERIES, NOVEMBER 29
Monday, November 29, 4:00
Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center
John J. McCarthy, Professor of Linguistics "Pahk Your Cah in Hahvahd Yahd:A Biography of the Boston Dialect"
What are the distinctive properties of this Eastern Massachusetts dialect, heard all over campus? Professor McCarthy, himself a speaker, will describe what is known about its history, geography, and demography, and test conclusions with data collected by students in Linguistics 101. He'll also use the famous r sound to show how speakers have a sophisticated, unconscious knowledge of linguistic structures and rules, and what this and other properties of the Boston accent reveal about how language is represented in the human mind.

WRITERS WORK with APRIL OSSMANN, NOVEMBER 30
Executive Director, Alice James Books
Tuesday, November 30, 4:00 p.m., ComCol Lounge, Goodell
WRITERS WORK hosts a rich array of professionals working in fields related to literary, book, and other arts, but distinct from academia. Showcasing the ways writers and other artists find careers in which to apply their skills, and the ways art lovers bring the arts into their lives, editors, publishers, librarians, booksellers, arts administrators and other professionals share how their careers and their love of literary and other arts intersect. Writers Work is a program of the Juniper Initiative and is made possible by support from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers, English Dept., Commonwealth College, UMass Arts Council and Alumni Association.