Vol. 19, No. 24

March 16, 2000

‘Kaleidoscope 2000’ musical to feature campus talent Kaleidoscope 2000, a musical fun-filled musical evening of entertainment to benefit the Wellness Community, will feature a number of talented members of the University of Delaware community. This year’s show will be presented at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 18, at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington. Members of the UD community associated with the event include the UD Jazz Ensemble, Y-Chromes, D #Sharps#, Clowns for Medicine and alumnus Peter Clark. Rick Cunningham, PTTP, is on the planning committee. The Wellness Community, at 11 West 10th St., Suite 1107, in Wilmington, is the only organization in the region dedicated to helping people handle the emotional components of cancer. It focuses on family members and loved ones as well as the cancer victim. For additional information, call 656-8410. Tickets to Kaleidoscope 2000 are $25 per person. For ticket information, call 1-800-37-GRAND. Conservative leader to talk on ‘Failures of Feminism’ Michelle Easton, founder and president of the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, will present a free, public talk on “The Failures of Feminism” at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 20, in Room 204 of Kirkbride Hall. Easton is know for her conservative views on the women’s movement and her 12 years of service in the U.S. Department of Education under Presidents Reagan and Bush. She travels and speaks frequently on issues facing conservative women. Easton’s UD appearance is sponsored by the Young Americans for Freedom and the Young America’s Foundation. For information, call 286-0550 or send e-mail to <UDYAF@ cs.com>. Air Force leader to open Women of Excellence series Sheila E. Widnall, the first woman to head the U.S. Air Force, will be the featured speaker for the first annual Women of Excellence lecture and reception planned at UD. Her free, public talk, “MIT: A Place for Women, A Work in Progress” will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, in Clayton Hall. A reception will follow. Now the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, Widnall, an engineer, cochaired the Department of Defense Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination and was inducted into the Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame in 1996. She was invited to be the first lecturer in the series because she is considered an example of “women’s advancement to leadership roles in the fields of science and technology,” according to a member of the UD Commission on the Status of Women. The talk is cosponsored by the offices of the Vice President for Administration and Women’s Affairs and the Visiting Women Scholars Fund. For more information, call 831-4620. Campus minister discusses sexual, spiritual identities Graham van Keuren of UD’s Presbyterian Campus Ministry, will speak about “Translating Between Sexual Identity and Spiritual Identity” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, in 103 Gore Hall. His free public talk is sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Community at UD. For more information, call 831-8703. Israeli ensemble to present concert with jazz faculty Jazzworks: The UD Jazz Project, will present a free concert at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 5, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. The concert will feature UD faculty with Israeli guest artists SheshBesh. The concert will highlight the similarities and contrasts in the improvisational traditions of American jazz and Middle Eastern folk music. SheshBesh is an ensemble of four musicians from Israel, where the tradition of Western classical music at its highest level meets Oriental classical and folk music in its various forms. SheshBesh plays music based on traditional Middle Eastern and Oriental folk melodies and songs, ranging from Morocco to Tadzhkistan, arranged by a group of Israeli composers with ethnic and classical backgrounds. SheshBesh’s flutist is Yossi Arnheim, who is principal flutist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and who also maintains an international concert and recording career as a soloist. Prize-winning percussionist Tomer Yariv plays marimba and percussion. Soloist on the oud is Yair Dalal, a major figure in Israel’s ethnic music scene. Double bassist Amir Massarik has a special interest in the fusion of classical, jazz and ethnic music. Jazz musicians on the UD faculty include Vernon James and Wendell Hobbs, saxophones; Harvey Price, mallets; Doug Mapp, bass; Mike Arenson, piano; and Tom Palmer drums. This concert is made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts and by funding from the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events. For information, call 831-2577. Noted Irish writer reads from her works March 20 Mary Rose Callahan, one of Ireland’s most important writers, will present a free public reading of some of her short stories at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 20, in 103 Gore Hall. Born in North Dublin, the novelist, playwright and biographer lived in Newark for almost 20 years with her late husband, Robert Hogan, who was a member of UD’s English faculty. She now resides in Ireland. Her many books include Mothers, Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter, Kitty O’Shea and The Last Summer. Her short stories have appeared in the Journal of Irish Literature, the Irish Times, U Magazine and Shenandoah. A staged reading of her play, A House for Fools, was performed at UD in 1995. Call 831-2361. Student groups to offer entertaining programs Two student groups are planning free, public programs in the coming week. Members of E-52 Student Theatre and the Department of English will present a staged reading of Philadelphia Here I Come at 7 tonight, March 16, in 127 Memorial Hall. For more information, call 831-3220. Del-A-Cappella, an annual combined concert by all of the a cappella singing groups at UD, will be held at 8 p.m., Friday, March 17, in Mitchell Hall. Tickets, at $5 for students and $7 for adults, will be available at the door. For additional information, contact the D #Sharps# at 837-3787. Learn about web resources at library lunch programs The University Library will offer four, 40-minute brown-bag presentations that highlight electronic resources available on the Internet. All free public sessions are scheduled from 12:10-12:50 p.m. in the Morris Library Class of 1941 Lecture Room. No reservations are needed, and participants are encouraged to bring lunch. The sessions are “Weddings on the Web,” Thursday, April 6–This presentation is designed to help participants plan a wedding. From bridal registries to honeymoon package deals and everything in between, learn how to find it on the web. People can’t get married on the web (yet), but they can do a lot of the legwork with their fingers. Come see how with host Nicholas Chiarkas, Reference Department. “Where to Find Health Information on the Web,” Tuesday, April 11–Many people turn to the Internet for information about their own health or that of a loved one when they become ill. Hosted by Sandra Millard, Library Public Services, this presentation will focus on selected health web sites that have been evaluated in a variety of national publications and found to be some of the best available online. “The Customer IS Always Right: Your Guide to Consumer Rights and Reports on the Internet,” Thursday, April 27–This presentation is for those who are frustrated with a store’s service or worried about which Internet stores actually offer the best security, goods and prices. Web pages of consumer rights organizations, government commerce codes and web watchdogs are available to the savvy consumer. This seminar will be hosted by Shelly Burns, Media Services Department. “Virtual Safari,” Thursday, May 4–Participants will explore ways in which the Internet can help plan and prepare for an African safari. The session will feature web sites useful for immunization and visa information, travel advisories and hotel and plane reservations. Cultural information on language, foods and music of East Africa will be highlighted. The presentation, hosted by Carol Rudisell, Reference Department, also will include information on game parks and other tourist attractions. Call 831-2432 or visit <http:// www2.lib.udel.edu/usered/ elunch/topic.htm>. Roadway Express CEO to present Tyler Lecture Friday Michael W. Wickham, UD alumnus and chairman and chief executive officer of Roadway Express, will give a lecture on “Technology and Human Resources in the Trucking Industry” at 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 17, in the Chaplin Tyler Atrium, MBNA America Hall. Upon graduation from UD in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in business adminstration, Wickham began his career with Roadway Express in South Kearney, N.J. Through his career he rose to become terminal manager, district manager, division vice president and executive vice president. The free public lecture is part of the Tyler Lecture Series sponsored by the College of Business and Economics. For more information, call 831-2221. Prof to discuss her book ‘How Babies Talk’ March 21 Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education, will deliver an alumni lecture at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, in Multipurpose Room B, Trabant University Center. A book signing and reception will be held after the free public talk. In the lecture, Golinkoff, will discuss How Babies Talk: The Magic & Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life, a book she coauthored with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University. The book attracted widespread attention when it was published last year and Golinkoff discussed its findings in various media, including interviews on Good Morning America and National Public Radio. A question-and-answer period will follow the lecture. The reception, sponsored by the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy for alumni, will begin at 8 p.m. Copies of How Babies Talk will be available for purchase during the reception, and Golinkoff will autograph copies. Golinkoff is the director of the Infant Language Project at UD and holds joint appointments in the departments of linguistics and psychology. Please call in advance for seating, call 831-2394. Math, science symposium will spotlight state’s best Students from across the state will compete in the Delaware Science, Mathematics and Technology Symposium, to be held 9:45 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday, March 23, in Clayton Hall. In addition, there will be oral presentations by five finalists in the Delaware Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The symposium is part of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force Junior Science and Humanities Symposia series and winners in the local contest will be eligible to compete on the national level in April in Washington, D.C. The 136 students from Cape Henlopen, Concord, St. Mark’s, Smyrna and Woodbridge high schools and the Charter School of Wilmington will be judged on oral and paper and poster presentations that show the results of their investigations in science, math and technology. Prizes include cash awards, scholarships and the opportunity to compete in the nationals. For information, call 645-4200. Young college president to share formula for success Bobby Jindal, the 28-year-old president of the eight-college University of Louisiana system, will present a free public talk on his formula for success at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 18, in Multipurpose Rooms A, B and C of the Trabant University Center. At age 27, Jindal was appointed interim president of the University of Louisiana system and a year later his position was made permanent. Born Piyush Jindal, this “whiz kid” graduated from high school at age 16 and Brown University at 19 with a dual degree in biology and public policy. At age 24, he was appointed secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals and, at age 26, executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. He earned a perfect score on his law school entrance exam, but turned down offers to Harvard and Yale universities in favor of a Rhodes Scholarship. After completing his studies at Oxford, his starting salary was more than $150,000 a year working for the high-powered consulting firm of McKinsey & Co. The program is sponsored by the UD student centers. For information, call UD1-HENS.