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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES Notes
Faculty Club features autumn special The Harvard Faculty Club is serving locally harvested products such as line-caught tuna and diver shellfish, wild Maine blueberries, beach plums, and wild mushrooms. "A Taste of the Wild" will be available every evening through Oct. 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. Reservations can be made on the Web at http://www.hfc.harvard.edu or call (617) 495-5758. Faculty, Staff Assistance Program offers counseling, other services The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) is Harvard’s employee assistance program. A professional staff of licensed clinical social workers offers free evaluation and referral assistance in the following areas: family and marital issues, drug and alcohol problems, emotional or job stress, child and elder care issues, and financial and legal counseling. Information shared with FSAP is strictly confidential. For information, visit the Website at http://www.fsap.harvard.edu or call 495-HELP.Flower sales to benefit children The student group, Harvard Students of Operation Smile, are sponsoring a new fundraiser which will begin this Friday, Oct. 15. A flower cart will be set up in Loker Commons from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Friday and every Friday thereafter, offering for sale a variety of fresh flowers. All proceeds will benefit children around the world who need facial reconstructive surgery. CfA hosts observatory nights for adults and children The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) hosts free public programs at the CfA’s Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St. The third Thursday of every month throughout the year, a nontechnical lecture and telescopic observing (weather permitting) is offered. On Oct. 21, Harvey Tananbaum, associate director of the CfA, will present the lecture "Early Results from Chandra: NASA’s ‘Great’ New X-ray Observatory." The program begins at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets or reserva tions are necessary. For more information, call (617) 495-7461. On Friday, Oct. 29, the CfA will host a special program, "Dirty Snowballs and Roaring Lions: An Evening About Comets and Meteors," to be presented by Tania Ruiz of JuniorNet for children ages 6 through 12 (adults welcome, too). The program will be given twice, at 7 p.m. and again at 8:15 p.m., and will be followed by a brief tour of the observatory and telescopic observing, weather permitting. Admission to Children’s Night is free, but advanced tickets are required. To obtain tickets, call (617) 495-7461.
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