News Briefs

From staff reports

Bum Chum Bazaar is Dec. 1

The Bum Chums, one of Sweet Briar’s tap clubs, will host its annual bazaar from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1 in Prothro Atrium and Josey Dining Room. The event will benefit the Bum Chum Scholarship.

This year’s event will have a “Winter Wonderland” theme and is being billed as a one-stop shop for all of your holiday purchases. There will be holiday music, including Christmas carols sung by the Sweet Tones, and candy canes and other festive accoutrements.

Vendors include, among others, Stella and Dot (jewelry), Carol Schofield (jewelry), Preppy Palooza (dog collars, leashes, key chains, headbands, etc.), Chocolates R Us, Pillow Mint (home accents), Class of 2012 (key chains, etc.), and Shay’s Unique Gifts (painted wine glasses and cups, flip flops, jewelry, handbags and accessories).

Admission is free and it is open to the public. Parking is available behind Protho Hall. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student by the Student Government Association. For more information, contact Alexis Hart at hart11@sbc.edu or (860) 967-2635.

Johnston’s Team Wins Briar Bowl

A team led by Sweet Briar College librarian Lisa Johnston won the Briar Bowl on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Le Bistro. At the semi-annual trivia contest, which is hosted by the Academic Resource Center, 15 teams representing a wide range of academic disciplines, including athletics, battled it out.

The first place team included Johnston and Sarah Strapp ’10, Courtney Hurt ’10, Kate Rose ’10 and Abby Johnston ’12. The second place team was led by visiting assistant professor of history John Ashbrook and assistant professor of English Tony Lilly’s team placed third.

Dean Jonathan Green emceed the competition.

SBC Harpists Play in ‘Harps of Gold’ Benefit Concert

Four members of the Sweet Briar Community performed Sunday, Nov. 1 in “Harps of Gold,” a benefit concert for the Wednesday Music Club, a Charlottesville group that funds scholarships for young musicians.

The concert featured Virginia Schweninger, harp instructor at SBC, and her ensemble, Harp Songs of the Blue Ridge, playing golden harps made in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The ensemble also includes Sweet Briar senior Caroline Rainey and Becky Edmondson, who works in the dean’s office.

Claire Wittman, the 15-year-old daughter of associate professor of theater Loretta Wittman, also performed. She sang “Ave Maria,” accompanied by a harpist.

According to Lynn Buck, wife of SBC Dean Jonathan Green, who attended the concert, it was a “full house.”

Art History Web Site Celebrates Birthday

Christopher Witcombe’s Art History Resources on the Web, the oldest and most visited art history Web site in the world, celebrated its 14th birthday on Saturday, Oct. 24.

According to Witcombe, a Google search for “art history” has ranked the Web site in first place for more than 10 years. The Web site receives more than 20,000 page views per day and more than seven million per year. Art History Resources was praised as one of the “Best of the Web” by Forbes magazine and has been the recipient of numerous awards.

Most recently, it was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities for inclusion on the NEH Web site, EDSITEment, as “one of the best online resources for education in the humanities.” It is listed on thousands of Web sites around the world and included in many published Internet and World Wide Web research and teaching reference guides and directories.