Denison Provost Brad Bateman appears on WOSU-AM radio in Columbus as an expert on the current financial crisis. Hosted by Fred Andrle at 11 a.m. Friday, the program “Open Line” describes its topic as, “Financial Bailout - Following a vote by Congress on bailout legislation for the financial industry, the consequences for Wall Street and Main Street, with Denison University Economist and Provost Bradley Bateman and Ohio State University Fisher College of Business Finance Professor Emeritus Stephen Buser.”

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Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, both noteworthy scholars and political commentators, will present a conversation as part of the Mary Elizabeth Babcock Lectureship at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, in Denison University’s Herrick Hall. The two Washington insiders will share their insights on the upcoming presidential election, addressing both the conservative and liberal point of view in a program titled “Two Sides: One Election. Perspectives on the 2008 Election.” The event is free and open to the public.

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Fiction writer and journalist Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan will read from her recently published novel, “Love Marriage,” as part of the Beck Visiting Writer program at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, in the Barney-Davis Hall Board Room. The event is free and open to the public. A 2007 graduate from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Ganeshananthan was a writer and reporter for a number of publications, including The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. She is currently vice president of the South Asian Journalists Association and a member of the graduate board of The Harvard Crimson. She will serve this fall as a writer-in-residence at Skidmore College. This event is sponsored by the Beck Lecture Series, established in 1962 by Gordon C. Beck in memory of his wife, Harriet Ewens Beck, of the Denison class of 1910. The series brings established writers to the Denison campus. Harriet E. Beck held a lifelong interest in creative writing.

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The Denison Theatre will open its 78th season with “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” written by actor and screenwriter Steve Martin. This fanciful comedy will be presented at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, and Tuesday through Saturday, Oct. 7-11, in Ace Morgan Theatre. “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” presents a fictitious meeting in October 1904 between Albert Einstein (age 25) and Pablo Picasso (age 23) in the Lapin Agile, a cabaret/bar and haven for artists, musicians, poets and philosophers in the Montmartre section of Paris. This encounter occurs just one year before Einstein presents the special theory of relativity in March 1905 and three years before Picasso revolutionizes art in 1907 with his new aesthetic reflected in “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.”

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Language students know the anxiety and satisfaction of putting classroom learning into practice with a native speaker. It feels like a great leap, but then a parachute opens as the skills and vocabulary learned over time start to materialize and provide support. With a partner in conversation, new vocabulary and conjugation develop naturally, and in the context of its native country and culture, a second language comes to life.

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Imagine a classical chamber orchestra — not a typical one, but one comprised entirely of young, award-winning, black and Latino musicians. Denison University’s Vail Series will bring just such a group, the acclaimed Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, to the Swasey Chapel stage at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10. Performing with them will be the Harlem Quartet. The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble of the top alumni of the national Sphinx Competition, which features talented, young, black and Latino string players from around the country competing for prizes, scholarships and orchestral engagements. The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra earned rave reviews from The New York Times in December 2004 for its debut at Carnegie Hall. They returned to Carnegie Hall in 2006 and 2007 to sold-out audiences. The Harlem Quartet, comprised of four First-Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition, made its Carnegie Hall debut in the fall of 2006.

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John Davidson, the smiling, dimpled star of Denison Summer Theatre during his undergraduate years at Denison (1959 to 1963) and leading man on TV, stage and film thereafter, can now add playwright to his list of accomplishments. During Homecoming Week, Davidson and three fellow Denison graduates will participate in the premiere performance of his play, “Father/Son and Holy Ghost,” at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the Ace Morgan Theatre. Other performances of Davidson’s autobiographical and provocative play are set for 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Oct. 16-18) and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19. Admission is free but reservations can be made at 740-587-6527 and are advised. Jonathan Reynolds ’65, a playwright, will direct the production.

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During its regularly scheduled spring meetings on April 18 and 19, 2008, Denison University's Board of Trustees approved plans for three important construction projects: a major overhaul of Ebaugh Laboratories, the college's chemistry and biochemistry facility for teaching and research; improved athletics and recreation facilities, including a new 50-meter natatorium, as well as expanded fitness and locker room spaces; and the renovation of Chamberlin Lodge to become an apartment-style housing unit for approximately 50 upperclass students.

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