MCLA Course Includes Trip to Italy

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NORTH ADAMS – The next informational meeting for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ spring 2008 travel course to Italy will be held Saturday, Sept. 15, at 3 p.m. in Bowman Hall Room 202. All are welcome. "The Culture of Italy" is open to MCLA students, staff, faculty and community members who enroll in the travel course. The nine-day trip – which includes visits to Rome, Vatican City, Florence and Venice – will be led by MCLA modern languages professor Graziana Ramsden, a native of Italy. Ramsden also will teach the course designed to familiarize students with the past as well as the present aspects of Italian culture - history, art, socioeconomics and politics. Guided tours will include art museums and venues, as well as historical sites. In addition, insights into Italian culture will be provided by visiting relevant sites such as mask-making shops and glass-blowing factories in Venice. For more information, contact Ramsden at (413) 662-5399.
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SteepleCats Shut Out on Road

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Four Vermont pitchers combined to strike out 11 and allow four hits Tuesday as the Mountaineers beat the North Adams SteepleCats, 11-0, in New England Collegiate Baseball League action.
 
Evan Meier, Bobby Stang, Tonny Woodie and Chris Diaz each had a hit for the SteepleCats, who used five pitchers in the loss.
 
North Adams (0-2) comes home Tuesday to host the Mystic Schooners at 6:30 p.m. at Joe Wolfe Field.
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