Vol. 19, No. 19

Feb. 10, 2000

Thursday, Feb. 10 Seminar: “Star Formation Histories of Giant Central Cluster Galaxies,” with Brian R. McNamara, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 223 Gore Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2661. Women’s basketball: Away at Boston University, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Kappa Week 2K: Charity Kasino Knight, Multipurpose Rooms A-C, Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. $5 admission includes chips. Benefits Martha’s Carriage House. For information, call 837-8245. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Russell Hall D/E Main Lounge, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-3001. Student Program: Kesher Welcome Back Get Together, Hillel Student Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Men’s basketball: Boston University. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Racquetball Club, Hillel Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Friday, Feb. 11 Lecture: “Traditional Places of Worship in Rural Delaware,” with Bernard L. Herman. Land and Sea Lecture Series. Virden Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., Hugh R. Sharp Campus, Lewes, 10 a.m.; Methodist Manor House, 1001 Middleford Rd., Seaford, 2 p.m. For information, call 735-8200 or 855-1620. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Brown Hall Lounge, 3 p.m. Call 831-3001. Colloquium: “Electronic Effects on Oxygen and Nitrogen Atom Transfer Reactions,” with Seth Brown, Notre Dame. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Men’s indoor track: Delaware Invitational #5. Delaware Field House, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 5:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Shabbat Dinner, Chabad House, 208 Cheltenham Rd., 6 p.m. For information, call 455-1800. Ice hockey: Towson University (Delaware Hockey Night). Rust Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Lecture: “Commitment to our Community,” with Tavis Smiley, BET talk show host. Mitchell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Admission charged. For information, call 831-2991 Program: Kappa Week 2K: Tavis Smiley Lecture, Mitchell Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 837-8245. Performance: The Old Maid and the Thief, by UD Opera Workshop. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Saturday, Feb. 12 Women’s indoor track: Away at St. Valentine’s Invitational (Boston University–time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Women’s basketball: Away at Northeastern, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s lacrosse: Salisbury State (scrimmage). Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Ice hockey: Rutgers. Rust Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 4:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s basketball: Northeastern. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Music: Trio Arundel, with Timothy Clinch, Cynthia Carr and Julie Nishimura. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Program: Kappa Week 2K: Valentine’s Day Bash. Multipurpose Rooms A-C, Trabant University Center, 10 p.m. Admission charged. For additional information, call 837-8245. Sunday, Feb. 13 Program: Bagel Brunch, Hillel Student Center, noon. For information, call 453-0479. Performance: The Old Maid and the Thief, by UD Opera Workshop. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 3 p.m. Admission $6 adults, $3 students. For information, call 831-2577. Program: Kappa Week 2K: Kappa Week Church Service, Multipurpose Rooms A & B, Trabant University Center, 6 p.m. For information, call 837-8245. Performance: V-Day 2000: The Vagina Monologues, sponsored by the Harrington Theatre Arts Company and the Office of Residence Life. Suggested donation is $3. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 837-3219. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Christiana Commons Main Lounge, 10 p.m. For further information, call 831-3001. Monday, Feb. 14 Deadline for filing application for graduate degree to be conferred in May 2000. Seminar: “The Flexible Approach to Physics,” with Moria Hilton, University of Redding, UK. 109 Sharp Laboratory, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1843. Seminar: “Mechanistic and Structural Analysis of Protein Prenylation, a Target for the Design of Chemotherapeutic Agents,” with Mark Distefano, University of Minnesota. Biochemistry Seminar Series, 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Men’s basketball: Hartford. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Performance: V-Day 2000: The Vagina Monologues, sponsored by the Harrington Theatre Arts Company and the Office of Residence Life. Suggested donation is $3. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. For further information, call 837-3219. Tuesday, Feb. 15 Special event: “The Federal Bench: A Personal Perspective,” with Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez. Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-1236. Seminar: Center for Applied Coastal Research Seminar: “Simulations of Wave-Induced Currents Using a Time-Domain Boussinesq Model,” by Qin Chen, UD. 348 Dupont Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8531. Special event: Credit Union Annual Meeting, 130 General Services Building, 4-5 p.m. For information, call 831-2327. Seminar: “Laser Spectroscopy of Carbon Chain Molecules and the Search for Carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands,” with Christopher D. Ball, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 103 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2661. Program: “Basic RAD,” 001 Mitchell Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-2224. Program: “Want To Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Dickinson Hall C/D Main Lounge, 10 p.m. For information, call 831-3001. Wednesday, Feb. 16 Seminar: “Strange Fruit: the Dark Heart of Racism in the Works of Billie Holiday and Lillian Smith,” with McKay Jenkins, English. Race, Ethnicity and Culture Lecture Series. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Colloquium: “Gas Phase Ion Chemistry: Something Old, Something New,” with Burnaby Munson, UD. 101 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Colloquium: “Making Dictionaries of Indigenous Languages of the Americas,” with William Frawley, UD. Anthropology Alumni Colloquium Speaker Series. 205 Kirkbride Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1857. Lecture: “Orientalism, Ethnicity, and the Origins of Medieval Book Illumination,” with Lawrence Nees. Room 202 Old College, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8415. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Smyth Hall Main Lounge, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-3001. Film: The Celluloid Closet, LGBT Film Series, Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8703. Thursday, Feb. 17 Music: Jazzworks: the UD Jazz Project, with Harvey Price, Vernon James, Wendell Hobbs, Doug Mapp, Tom Palmer, and Michael Arenson. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Program: FYSH Meeting, Hillel Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Pencader Commons III Lounge, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-3001. Friday, Feb. 18 Men’s swimming: at America East Championships at UD. Carpenter Sports Building, (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Women’s swimming: at America East Championships at UD. Carpenter Sports Building, (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Lecture: “John Williams: Watchdog of the Senate,” with with Carol E. Hoffecker. Land and Sea Lecture Series. Virden Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., Hugh R. Sharp Campus, Lewes, 10 a.m.; Methodist Manor House, 1001 Middleford Rd., Seaford, 2 p.m. for information call 735-8200 or 855-1620. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Harrington Hall D/E Main Lounge, noon. For information, call 831-3001. Program: “Want to Be A Resident Assistant?” RA Information Session. Center for Black Culture Lounge, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-3001. Colloquium: “Discovery of Minimal Peptides for Asymmetric Catalysis and Organic Synthesis,” with Scott Miller, Boston College. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Ice hockey: Life University. Gold Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Shabbat Dinner and Services, Hillel Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Saturday, Feb. 19 Men’s and women’s swimming: at America East Championships at UD. Carpenter Sports Building, (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s and women’s indoor track: Away at America East Championship at Boston University, (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Women’s basketball: Towson. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Ice hockey: Life University. Gold Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 4:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s basketball: Away at Towson, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Concert: Ensemble Galilei, Performing Arts Series, Mitchell Hall, 7 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Welcome Back Ice Cream Social Hillel, Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Special event: COCO’s Singled-Out. Perkins Student Center Scrounge. $1 admission. For information, call 831-6412. Sunday, Feb. 20 Men’s and women’s swimming: at America East Championships at UD. Carpenter Sports Building, (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Bagel Brunch, Hillel Student Center, noon. For information, call 453-0479. Men’s lacrosse: Yale (exhibition). Fred P. Rullo Stadium, Dave Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Ice hockey: Mercyhurst. Gold Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 4:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Monday, Feb. 21 Last day to register or to add courses. After this date tuition and a $15 processing fee will be charged for change of registration; students withdrawing from courses will receive a grade of “W” on permanent record. Deadline for undergraduate students to complete deferred examinations and incomplete work (grade I) from fall semester 1999 and Winter Session 2000. Seminar: “Initiation of Bacteriophage T4 DNA Replication From R-Loops and D-Loops,” with Kenneth Kreuzer, Duke University Medical Center. Biochemistry Seminar Series, 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Special event: Student Center Squares, Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-0456. Lecture: “The Impact of Sexual Abuse on its Victims and Their Future Relationships,” presented by the Office of Women’s Affairs. Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8065. Music: Taggart-Grycky Duo, with Guest Artists David Myford and Hekun Wu. Bayard Sharp Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Program: Racquetball Club, Hillel Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Tuesday, Feb. 22 Special event: Second Annual Housing Fair. Multipurpose Rooms B/C, Trabant University Center, 11 a.m. For information, call 831-1737. Seminar: “The Quest for Quantum Degeneracy in an Optically Trapped Gas of Fermions,” with Samir Bali, Duke University. 104 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2661. Program: “Basic RAD,” 001 Mitchell Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-2224. Film: Hearts and Hands and With Fingers of Love. Annual Women’s History Month Film Series. Room 204 Kirkbride Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Music: Venetian Carnival String Recital, with David Myford. Bayard Sharp Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Wednesday, Feb. 23 Seminar: “Cultural Research on Hispanic Women,” with Larry Purnell, UD. Race, Ethnicity and Culture Lecture Series. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Seminar: “How Neurons Regulate Intracellular Calcium: Show Me the Calcium!” with Brian Andrews, National Institutes of Health. 316C Wolf Hall, 1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2282. Student Program: Service Learning Connection, Clinical Studies. Multipurpose Room A/B/C, Trabant University Center, 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 831-3562. Lecture: “The Three Lives of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose; or How the Darkies Got to Harvard,” with Kenneth Going, University of Memphis. 103 Gore Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2991. Thursday, Feb. 24 Men’s and women’s swimming: Away at ECAC Championships at Sewell, N.J., (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Baseball: Away at Furman at Conway, S.C., 12 noon. For information call UD1-HENS. Women’s basketball: Hartford. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s basketball: Away at Vermont, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.