Vol. 19, No. 24

March 16, 2000

Thursday, March 16 Special event: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Free events, Irish dancers, prizes, giveaways, balloons, food and more. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, noon. For information, call 831-1403. Seminar: “Coupled Inner Shelf/ Shoreline/Estuarine Response to Small Scale Holocene Sea Level Fluctuation OR Collapse of the North Carolina Outer Banks,” by Stanley Riggs, East Carolina University. 004 Penny Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2926. Workshop: “Cool Gardening,” with a master gardener. 7 p.m., Fischer Greenhouse. For information, call 831-8862. Lecture: “Surprises in the Greenhouse,” with Wallace S. Broecker, Columbia University. 101 Brown Lab, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2926. Performance: Philadelphia, Here I Come, staged reading, E-52 Student Theatre and English department. 127 Memorial Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-3220. Lecture: “Looking for the Antichrist: The Political Implications of Bible Prophecy Belief in Modern America,” with Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin. 125 Clayton Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8413. Performance: Live Bands Series: Urban Celtic, St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. Friday, March 17 Deadline for graduate students for completion of deferred examinations and incomplete work (grade I) from fall semester 1999 and Winter Session. Symposium: “The Tasteful Garden: Creatively Using Edible Plants,” presented by UD Longwood Graduate Program. Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pa., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. For information call, 831-2517. Seminar: “Molecular Engineering of Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts,” with Israel Wachs, Lehigh University. Department of Chemical Engineering Spring 2000 Seminar Series. 102/103 Colburn Laboratory, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-8056. Program: Lunch Bunch Gathering, Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 12:15 p.m. For information, call 831-2986. Seminar: “Direct Simulation of Particle Motion in Fluids,” with John B. McLaughlin, Clarkson University. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2000 Seminar Series. 114 Spencer Lab, 12:15 p.m. Call 831-2421. Lecture: “The Changing Role of the U.S. Attorney,” with Carl Schnee, U.S. attorney. The Law and You Lecture Series. 104 Gore Hall, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-1236. Seminar: “Developing the Nation’s Prevention Agenda, Healthy People 2010: Data Considerations,” with Richard J. Klein, Analysis, Epidemiology and Health Promotion. 236 Alison Hall, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-8976. Seminar: “Redox Speciation and Mobility of Arsenic in Geothermally Influenced Surface Waters: Implications for Water Quality in the Los Angeles Aqueduct System,” with Janet Hering, California Institute of Technology. Soil Science Seminar Series. 308 Gore Hall, 1:25 p.m. For further information, call 831-2531. Lecture: “Technology and Human Resources in the Trucking Industry,” with Michael W. Wickham, Roadway Express, Chaplin Tyler Lecture Series. Chaplin Tyler Atrium, MBNA America Hall, 1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2221. Seminar: “Numerical Upgrade of a Third Generation Ocean Wave Model,” with James M. Kaihatu, Naval Research Laboratory. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6531. Colloquium: “Different Notions of Convexity and Phase Transformations,” with Petr Plechac, Mathematical Sciences Department. 006 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2653. Colloquium: “Group 3 and Lanthanide Metallocenes as Catalysts for Selective Organic Synthesis,” with Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania. Spring 2000 Inorganic/Organic Seminar. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. Call 831-1247. Program: Shabbat Dinner, Chabad House, 208 Cheltenham Rd., 6 p.m. For information, call 455-1800. Film: Dogma, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission charged. For information, call UD1-HENS. Theatre: Good Bye, My Lady Love. Perkins Student Center Bacchus Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at the door. For information, call 831-8474. Music: Del-A-Capella, performed by all of the a capella groups of the University of Delaware. Mitchell Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. Admission charged. For information, call 292-0517. Film: Being John Malkovich, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission charged. For more information, call UD1-HENS. Saturday, March 18 Men’s and women’s outdoor track: Away at Navy Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Softball: Away at Temple Tournament (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Study/bus trip: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. New York City Ballet. For information or to enroll, call 831-3063. Workshop: “Cool Gardening,” with a master gardener. 9 a.m., Fischer Greenhouse. For information, call 831-8862. Special event: Second Annual Blue Hen Invitational High School Tournament. Room 115 and second floor classrooms, Purnell Hall, 9 a.m. For information, call 328-4431. Study/bus trip: Tour of the Beneficial Insects Laboratory of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture, with Roger Fuester, UD, 9 a.m. Free admission, but reservations are needed. For information, call 369-4145. Men’s and women’s tennis: Away at Villanova, 11 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Lecture: “Formula for Success,” by Bobby Jindal, president of University of Louisiana system. Multipurpose Rooms A, B and C. Trabant University Center, 11 a.m. For information, call 831-0616. Baseball: LaSalle. Delaware Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s lacrosse: Butler. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For information, call UD1-HENS. Student: Exercise and Practice the Techniques of T’ai Chi. Perkins Student Center Gallery, 1 p.m. For information, call 324-9663. Special event: “Garden of Knowledge.” Information on majors in entomology, soil science, plant science, UD Botanic Gardens, master gardeners and ornamental short courses. Townsend Hall, 1 p.m. Free admission. Reservations requested. For information and reservations, call 831-2508. Women’s lacrosse: Richmond. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Film: Being John Malkovich, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission charged. For information, call UD1-HENS. Theatre: Good Bye, My Lady Love. Perkins Student Center Bacchus Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at the door. For information, call 831-8474. Program: Purim Swing Dance. Hillel Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Film: Dogma, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission charged. For information, call UD1-HENS. Sunday, March 19 Softball: Away at Temple Tournament (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Baseball: Away at LaSalle (double header), 11:30 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Bagel Brunch Hillel, Student Center, noon. For information, call 453-0479. Women’s lacrosse: Vermont. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For more information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Trip to Baltimore. Hillel Student Center, 1 p.m. $10 admission. For information, call 453-0479. Theatre: Good Bye, My Lady Love. Perkins Student Center Bacchus Theatre, 2 p.m. Tickets at the door. For information, call 831-8474. Concert: UD Student Concerto Winners Concert. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Reception: African-American Student of Distinction reception. John M. Clayton Hall, Laird Campus, 2-4 p.m. For information, call 831-8735. Ice skating: World Championship Send-off ice show. Rust Ice Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 5 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Meeting: Resident Student Association IHA Meeting. 209/211 Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2773. Film: The Stuntwoman (Ah Kam). Spring 2000 International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free admission. For information, call 831-4066. Monday, March 20 Program: Want A Job Teaching in September? More than 200 school district personnel will be available to interview candidates. Preregistration required. Trabant Center, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-8570. Program: Flashlight/Keychain Defense (Four hours; must have completed Basic RAD). 001 Mitchell Hall, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2224. Meeting: HOLA Group Weekly Meeting, Collins Room, Perkins Student Center, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 837-1526. Meeting: Pre-Law Student Association Meeting. 205 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 837-8966. Lecture: “Failures of Modern Feminism,” with Michelle Eaton, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute. Room 204 Kirkbride, 7 p.m. For information, call 286-0550. Panel discussion: “Parent Perspectives on Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death,” moderated by Madeline E. Lambrecht, UD. 217 Gore Hall, 7 p.m. Free admission. For information, call 225-1020. Reading: Irish short story readings by Mary Rose Callaghan, Mothers, Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter, Kitty O’Shea and The Last Summer. 103 Gore Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1974. Concert: Wind Ensemble, Robert Streckfuss director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Tuesday, March 21 Program: Want A Job Teaching in September? More than 200 school district personnel will be available to interview candidates. Preregistration required. Bob Carpenter Center, 8 a.m. For information, call 831-8570. Theatre: School House Rock Live. Mitchell Hall, 11 a.m. Admission charged. For information, call 831-2202. Workshop: “Wellman and the New Machines: Technology, Gender, and the Race to the North Pole,” with Mike Robinson, University of Wisconsin. History Brown Bag Workshop. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:15 p.m. Call 831-2371. Softball: Away at Bucknell (double header), 2:30 p.m. For more information, call UD1-HENS. Baseball: Connecticut. Delaware Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men’s and women’s tennis: LaSalle. Delaware Field House, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: “Delaware’s Proposed Center for Innovative Bridge Engineering: Opportunities for Multidisciplinary Research,” with Michael J. Chajes, UD. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m. For additional information, call 831-6531. Program: Flashlight/Keychain Defense (Four hours; must have completed Basic RAD). 001 Mitchell Hall, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2224. Film: Righteous Babes, 14th Annual Women’s Film Series. 204 Kirkbride Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Lecture: “MIT: A Place for Women, A Work in Progress,” with Sheila E. Widnall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Clayton Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2835. Workshop: Gardening Workshop: “Perfect Perennials,” conducted by New Castle County master gardeners. Fischer Greenhouse, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-COOP. Lecture: How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life, with Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, UD. Multipurpose Room B, Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2394. Theatre: School House Rock Live. Mitchell Hall, 7 p.m. Admission charged. Call 831-2202. Music: Local Band Night. SCPAB Tuesday Coffeehouse Series. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 7:30 p.m. Concert: Jazz Ensemble II, Tom Palmer Director; Jazz Chamber Ensemble, Vernon James director. Loudis Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577. Wednesday, March 22 Program: Want A Job Teaching in September? More than 200 school district personnel will be available to interview candidates. Preregistration required. Bob Carpenter Center, 8 a.m. For information, call 831-8570. Lecture: “The Women’s Movement in Korea,” with Marian Palley, UD. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m. Call 831-8474. Seminar: “Cell Adhesion Molecules in Health and Diseases: Potential Therapeutic and Diagnostic Implications,” with Shaker A. Mousa, DuPont Pharmaceuticals. Wednesday Seminar Series. 316C Wolf Hall, 1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6977. Baseball: Connecticut. Delaware Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Women’s lacrosse: Towson. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 4 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Meeting: SAGE Meeting. 227 Purnell Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 454-9432. Program: “Translating Between Sexual Identity and Spiritual Identity,” with Graham van Keuren, UD Presbyterian Campus Ministry. 103 Gore Hall, 7 p.m. Call 831-8703. Meeting: Bible Study every Wednesday. 122 Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. Call 894-1389. Thursday, March 23 Special event: Statewide Science Fair Competition, Clayton Hall, Laird Campus, 9:45 a.m. For information, call 645-4200. Men’s tennis: Away at West Chester, 3 p.m. Call UD1-HENS. Baseball: Away at Temple, 3 p.m. Call UD1-HENS. Lecture and book signing: Two UD English department authors: Ben Yagoda, About Town: The New Yorker & The World It Made; and McKay Jenkins, White Death: Tragedy & Heroism in an Avalanche Zone. 127 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m. Call 831-3078. Music: Salsa Concert, with Luis Damon performing live. Multipurpose Rooms A and B, Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. Call 837-1526. Workshop: “Organic Vegetable Gardening,” New Castle County master gardeners. Fischer Greenhouse, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-COOP. Program: Racquetball Club. Hillel Student Center, 7:45 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Comedy: Comedian David Spade. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS. Friday, March 24 Freshman mid-term marking period ends. Spring recess begins after last scheduled class. Residence halls close at 7 p.m. Seminar: Jack A. Gerster Memorial Lecture: “Biotechnology - The New Chemistry for the 21st Century,” with James Meyer, DuPont Co. Department of Chemical Engineering Spring 2000 Seminar Series. 102/103 Colburn Laboratory, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-8056. Lecture: “A Public Sector Law Career,” with Mary McDonough, state of Delaware. The Law and You Lecture Series. 104 Gore Hall, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-1236.