Daily Dispatch: Thursday, September 10, 2009

MANCHESTER: A GOOD PLACE TO GO TO COLLEGE -- LUAU NIGHT -- FAMILY WEEKEND SHOW AUDITIONS

By GREGORY W. WALLACE
dispatchesfromcampus.com

Good Thursday morning. The world survived 09/09/09, and today is 09/10/09.

Tonight is LUAU NIGHT at the Coffee Shop, sponsored by Campus Activities Board. Save a $1 off smoothies!

Auditions are tonight for the FAMILY WEEKEND SHOW, 6 pm - 10 pm in Dana. Everyone (really, with surprisingly few exceptions) who auditions gets a part.

MANCHESTER EARNS HIGH MARKS FOR COLLEGE ATMOSPHERE -- Dan Touhy for the Union Leader: ‘The Queen City is one of America's best college cities, according to a new report. The American Institute for Economic Research ranks Manchester 16th out of 124 small metropolitan areas, coming in just ahead of Portland, Maine. . . . The "College Destination Index" focuses on the Manchester region, a geographic area that stretches into southern and eastern New Hampshire. It measures the number of college students per 1,000 residents, academic research and development expenditures per 100,000 residents, and the number of people with college degrees. It also included cost of living, earning potential, and the number of cultural and entertainment venues.’

COLLEGE ANNOUNCES FALL EXHIBIT -- ‘The Alva de Mars Megan Chapel Art Center at Saint Anselm College will open its exhibition season this month with A Figural Presence, which will feature drawings, paintings and sculptures of the human figure. The show opens Thursday, Sept. 24, with a gallery reception from 4 to 7 p.m., and will run through Wednesday, Nov. 25. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. A Figural Presence embarks upon a new way of learning at the Chapel Art Center, with selections of significant contemporary American figurative works of art. Funded in part by a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the exhibition also will involve discussions about the art with curators and artists, as well as a commissioned musical performance and a commissioned poetry reading.’ Full announcement.

THURSDAY WEATHER -- This morning gets a chilly, upper 40s start, peaking at 70 with sunny skies. Overnight, temps drop back to the 40s.