Vol. 19, No. 20

Feb. 17, 2000

Engineers plan activities to mark national celebration week National Engineers Week, from Feb.20-26, will be observed by the College of Engineering with several events on the UD campus. The week is held to raise public awareness of engineers and the work they do, and thousands of engineers across the country will sponsor engineering-related public activities. With the theme “Turning Ideas into Reality,” the week’s events at UD include: Monday, Feb. 21, an opening reception, from 9:30-10:30 a.m., in the front lobby of Colburn Laboratory, sponsored by the College of Engineering, for engineering faculty, students and staff; Wednesday, Feb. 23, the Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., in Mitchell Hall, sponsored by the College of Engineering, to induct students into the fellowship of engineers trained in science and technology, for engineering faculty and staff, graduating seniors and graduate students and their families; Thursday, Feb. 24, an Engineering and Technology Career Fair, from 1-5 p.m., in the Trabant University Center, sponsored by the Career Services Center, for students and alumni, to introduce engineering, science and technology students to employment and career opportunities in the high-tech workforce; Thursday, Feb. 24, the Year 2000 Engineers Week Celebration dinner, beginning with a 5:30 p.m. social hour, at the DuPont Country Club, sponsored by the Delaware Council of Engineering Societies, to celebrate the accomplishments of the professional engineers of Delaware, ticket information at 831-6315; and Saturday, Feb. 26, the TEAMS competition, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., in Smith and Kirkbride halls, sponsored by the College of Engineering and JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society), to introduce high school students to the world of engineering by applying math and science to real world problems. Participating in the week are the College of Engineering, the UD Council of Engineering Student Organizations, the Career Services Center, the Delaware Council of Engineering Societies and the JETS. For more information, call 831-2401. Sen. John Williams’ legacy is topic of Feb. 18 lecture Carol E. Hoffecker, Richards Professor of History, will present “John Williams: Watchdog of the Senate” on Friday, Feb. 18, as part of the University’s Land and Sea Lecture Series. The free, public lecture will take place at 10 a.m. in Lewes and again at 2 p.m. in Seaford. The talk in Lewes will be held at the Virden Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., on the UD Hugh R. Sharp Campus. The Seaford talk will be held in the auditorium of the Methodist Manor House, 1001 Middleford Rd. Hoffecker’s presentation will include an in-depth look at one of Delaware’s most revered political figures, the late U.S. Sen. John J. Williams. Hoffecker is considered a storehouse of knowledge on Delaware history, and she will share insights from her recent book on Sen. Williams. The Land and Sea Lecture Series is sponsored by the Office of Alumni and University Relations. For more information, call 855-1620 or 735-8200. Noted printmaker’s works in Recitation Hall exhibition Blasted Impulses and Beautiful Impossibilities” is the name of an exhibit of mixed media drawings and prints by Carmon Colangelo, now on free public display in the gallery of Recitation Hall. The works by the nationally recognized printmaker and director of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia are on display through Feb. 25 and can be seen from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Travels across the U.S., Europe and China have influenced Colangelo’s work. Recent works examine possible relationships within diverse realms of cultural, political and spiritual worlds. His working method builds upon multiple layers of lithographic and intaglio printing, watercolor, charcoal and graphite that are then impulsively erased and scraped away to reveal and conceal a palimpsest of images drawn from past and present sources. The dislocation of these image fragments makes any literal interpretation difficult. Viewers, instead, are invited to consider more imaginative possibilities that can occur when original meanings are obliterated and then reconstructed into new ways of seeing and thinking. For more information about the exhbition, please call 831-2244. Schedule a mammogram during van visit on Feb. 29 The Mammography of Delaware van will make a campus stop from 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 29, at the Student Services Building on Lovett Avenue. This is a convenient, private way to take care of an important regular screening needed to detect breast cancer. In most cases, the mammogram is essentially free, since it will be covered by health insurance. For those who are uninsured, there are state funds available to pay the cost. To make an appointment, call Mammography of Delaware at 1-800-654-0606. Be sure to have your physician’s name and number and your insurance information handy when you call. All UD employees who get a mammogram will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from the Taylors of Penny Hill Flower Shop. For further information about UD Employee Wellness Center programs, call 831-8388. Black Culture Center events continue during the semester The University of Delaware’s Center for Black Culture is sponsoring its annual African Consciousness Celebration with the theme “Committing to Our Community.” Several special events are planned during February. A showing of the third episode of the television series Eyes on the Prize, “No Easy Walk,” will be presented on Monday, Feb. 21, at a time and site to be announced. At 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 24, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, professor of history and African studies and director of the African Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, will speak on “Why Africa Matters: Globalization and African Development” in Room 125 Clayton Hall. His talk is cosponsored by African Studies Program, Caribbean Student Association, the Black Student Union and the Delaware African Student Association. Other events planned throughout the spring semester include: A talk by the Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, writer and professor, who will speak on “Battered Love or Healthy Relationships?” at 7 p.m., Thursday, March, 2 in the Trabant University Center theatre; A performance by the Caribbean Dance Company of the Virgin Islands at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 11, in Mitchell Hall, with tickets at $15 for the general public, $10 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $6 for students and children; The Louis Redding Diversity Lecture by Lawrence Otis Graham, attorney and author, who will speak on “Race, Class and Economics: Their Impact on Equality,” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, in the Multipurpose Room of Trabant University Center. The Redding Diversity Award will be presented at that time; The Center for Black Culture’s Faculty and Visitors Scholars Series, a film series followed by panel discussions from Feb 27-March 20, which will include “The Wonders of Africa,” narrated by Henry Louis Gates, Parts 1-3 will be presented from 3-5 p.m., Sundays, Feb. 27, March 5 and 12, in the Center for Black Culture, and a panel discussion will be held from 4-5 p.m, Tuesday, March 14; Conrad Pope will discuss “Minorities in Veterinary Medicine” from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, March 9, in the Center for Black Culture; and "Challenging Stereotypes: Slavery and the African American” will be presented by Dave Potter, from 4-5 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, in the Center for Black Culture. Tickets for events that require them can be purchased at all UD box offices. For more information on any of the events, contact the Center for Black Culture at 831-2991 or visit the center’s web site at <www.udel.edu/CBC/>. Free concerts scheduled Thursdays in the Scrounge Alive bands series begins Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Scrounge at the Perkins Student Center. These free performances are scheduled from 9 p.m.-midnight and are sponsored by Student Centers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dining Services will offer specials on these evenings. For more information, call 831-2428. Check out these live bands Feb. 17 Gingham Shmüz Feb. 24 Christina River Steel Band March 2 Mary Arden Collins March 9 No Solution March 16 Urban Celtic (St. Patrick’s Day celebration) April 6 Comet vs. Planet April 13 Phiz Ed April 20 Anadine April 27 Pilot Fish May 4 Bare Essentials Black Maria film fest to present rare films Feb. 29 A selection of films will be shown as part of the Black Maria Film and Video Festival at the University on Tuesday, Feb. 29. The free public films will be shown at 4:30 and 7 p.m. in Room 140 Smith Hall. Each screening will include a different selection of films. Films that will be screened are not typically available anywhere else. The festival has been touring museums, libraries, film societies, college and community institutions from coast to coast since 1981. The Black Maria Film and Video Festival was founded in recognition of Thomas Edison’s development of the motion picture. The Department of Art and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events are sponsoring the event. For more information, call 831-4105. High schools to compete in academic quiz March 18 The Academic Competition Club is hosting the second annual Blue Hen Invitational 2000 tournament for Delaware high schools at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, March 18, in Room 115 Purnell Hall. Last year’s tournament featured 12 teams from nine of the 20 invited Delaware high schools. This year all Delaware high schools have been invited, and more teams are expected. Similar to the Texaco Star Academic Challenge, the event will consist of a divisional round robin, followed by an exhibition “trash” round and then a play-off. Awards will be given to top teams and top scoring individuals. For more information about the tournament, visit its web site at <http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/acc/bhi> or contact tournament director David Balseiro by e-mail at <18059@udel.edu>. Movie series in Kirkbride on Wednesday evenings Out In The Reel World” is the title of a film series being sponsored by UD’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Community on Wednesday evenings during the spring semester. The films, which are free and open to the public, will be presented at 7 p.m. in Kirkbride Hall. The series includes Before Stonewall on March 1, Paris Is Burning on March 15, High Art on April 5 and Beautiful Thing on April 12. For more information, call 831-8703. Historian’s lecture to present evidence of racism Historian Kenneth W. Goings will use black collectibles to demonstrate patterns of racism in the U.S. at a lecture and slide show entitled “The Three Lives of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Moses: or, How the Darkies Got to Harvard” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, in 127 Memorial Hall. A workshop will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 24, in 205 Kirkbride Hall. Goings, a professor of history at the University of Memphis, uses slides of collectibles dating from the 1880s to the 1950s depicting African Americans in servile roles to show that collectibles reinforced a new racist ideology that began emerging after Reconstruction by showing that African Americans were “different and inferior.” These collectibles, such as advertising cards, postcards, housewares, toys, games and household decorations, were part of everyday life depicting blacks in a derogatory fashion. Because of that, according to Goings, even after the abolition of slavery, they helped perpetuate and reinforce a stereotype of blacks as servile and inferior. Goings received his Ph.D. in history from Princeton University and has written three books on African- American history, including Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping. He won the Outstanding Book Award on the Subject of Human Rights in 1990 and 1994. The Goings lecture is part of the 1999-2000 Visiting Distinguished Minority Scholar Lecture Series, cosponsored by the College of Arts and Science, the University Office of Affirmative Action and Multicultural Programs, the Center for Black Culture, the Black American Studies Program, Women’s Interdisciplinary Studies Program and the departments of English, Art History, History and Sociology. For more information on the lecture, call 831-2361. –Barbara Garrison Jewish studies series to offer wide range of topics Lectures on Jewish thought and culture are being offered as a one-credit course this semester in Jewish studies, and the sessions also are free and open to the public. The lectures are being held from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Tuesdays, in 108 Memorial Hall. The schedule includes these topics and speakers on the following dates: David Silver, philosophy, will discuss the question “Are Today’s Germans Responsible for the Holocaust?” on Feb. 22; Vivian Klaff, Jewish Studies Program, will discuss “The Jewish Identity Crisis in America” on Feb. 29; Gillian Steinberg, English, will talk about “Avram Goldfaden and the Myth of the Shtetl” on March 7; Elisa Diller, human resources, education and public policy, will examine “The Search for the Sacred: Women’s Journeys Towards Holiness and Wholeness Within Judaism” on March 14; Rela Geffen, Department of Sociology at Gratz College in Philadelphia, will explore stereotypes in the Jewish community in her talk entitled “Why Don’t Jewish Men and Women Like Each Other” on April 4; Eliezer Sneiderman, Chabad, will talk about the “Kabbalah and Chassidus: The Popularization of Jewish Mysticism” on April 11; Preston Becker, linguistics, will examine “Hebrew Speakers Learning English: Pronouns That They Can’t Get Rid Of Them” on April 18; Yaron Siach-Bar, Delaware Education Research and Development Center, will give “A Current View on Israeli Youth and the Hebrew/Jewish Identity Question” on April 25; Robert Denemark, political science and international relations, will discuss “The Political Economy of Anti-Jewish Violence in Early Modern Europe” on May 2; Jennifer Levi, English, will talk about “Embodying the Silences: Physical Performance and Children of Holocaust Survivors” on May 9; and Daniel Satlow, Congregation Beth Shalom, will lecture on “The Symphony of Theophany: What Really Happened at Sinai” on May 16. Each session will include time for questions and discussion. For more information, call 831-3324 or send e-mail to <cjs@udel.edu>. –Barbara Garrison Daffodil Days fight cancer Daffodil Days, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will take place the week of March 13-19. UD football coach Tubby Raymond is the honorary chairperson of the event, which supports research and various programs and services for cancer patients and for the public. Orders should be placed by March 6 to ensure delivery. Bunches of 10 daffodils are $6; a half case of 25 bunches is $125; and a full case of 50 bunches is $250. A single pot of mini daffodils is $8.50, a box of 15 pots is $125 and two boxes of 30 pots are $250. Daffodils can be picked up at various sites in New Castle County. In Newark, flowers may be picked up from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Newark Free Library, 750 Library Ave. Volunteers will deliver orders of a half case of bunches or one box of pots. Call the American Cancer Society at 324-4227. Check your cholesterol level February is Heart Month and the Employee Wellness Center will be hosting a cholesterol screening from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday, Feb. 28, in 125 Memorial Hall. Heart disease is this country’s leading cause of death for both men and women. Having high cholesterol is a risk factor for having a heart attack. The test takes no more than 10 minutes and involves a finger stick. Results are available immediately and include total cholesterol and HDL (good cholesterol) levels. Cost is $10 Wellness Dollars and a $5 copay. Preregistration is required; call 831-8388. Mardi Gras auction March 4 The University of Delaware’s Women’s Club (UDWC) will hold a Mardi Gras party from 7-11 p.m., Saturday, March 4, in Kent Dining Hall, to raise funds for its Continuing Education Scholarship, a fund to support women returning to college. The party will feature an hors d’oeuvre buffet, dancing and both silent and live auctions. Donations, which are tax deductible, are being solicited for the auction, from items to creative services, such as a summer evening cruise on a private boat or a special afternoon of golf. The event is open to the public. Tickets, at $20 per person, will be available through March 1. To make a donation, purchase tickets or get more information, call Michele Michelon at 837-1907. study through the McNair Scholars Program. Details on all of these programs will be available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 25, at Kiosk A in the Trabant University Food Court. For more information, call 831-8923.