Vol. 19, No. 27 |
April 13, 2000 |
Ag Day celebration to offer family fun and plant sale
Organized by student groups and their advisers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ag Day is celebrating its 26th year. Held rain or shine, the event is free and open to the public with free parking. Families can visit educational displays and demonstrations related to natural resources and agriculture. Children may hold a chick, pet baby animals, see a sheep shearing, take a pony ride, catch a wagon tour of the farm or learn how to care for horses and riding equipment. Visitors may ask gardening questions at the Master Gardeners' booth, visit the 4-H and other student exhibits and purchase vegetable and flower bedding plants at the annuals plant sale. They also may visit the UD Botanical Gardens plant sale, featuring hard-to-find perennial plants, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Fischer Greenhouse. For more information, call 831-1125. Nas, hip-hop's 'poet laureate,' to perform April 28 at The BobNas, known as hip-hop's premier poet laureate, will appear in concert at 8 p.m., Friday, April 28, at The Bob.
Tickets are on sale at UD box offices located at the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant University Center. They also are available at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 994-2000 or on the web at [www.ticketmaster.com]. Critically lauded for intricate poetic verses detailing street dynamics and ghetto travails, 25-year-old Nasir Jones restored an intricate lyricism to hip hop in 1994 with his instant classic debut illmatic. Two years later his Nas Escobar persona trail-blazed the Mafioso trend in hip-hop culture, balancing material excess with knowledge of self on It Was Written. The 12 tracks on I Am, his third album, blended the various styles of the global hip-hop nation with his own prophetic poetics. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and first week sales were in excess of 470,000 copies. His latest release Nastradamus is described as "a full-length analysis of the state-of-the-culture on the brink of the third millennium." Hailing from the Queensbridge Projects in New York City, Nas got his start as an emcee on Main Source. His UD appearance is part of the annual spring Black Arts Festival. For more information, call 831-2991. Federal Reserve official to present Hutchinson LectureEdward G. Boehne, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will deliver the annual Hutchinson Lecture at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, in 115 Purnell Hall. His talk, "Financial Modernization: Vastly Different or Fundamentally the Same?" is free and open to the public. Boehne took office in 1981, as the eighth chief executive of the Third District Federal Reserve Bank, which covers the state of Delaware, nine counties in southern New Jersey and 48 counties in the eastern two-thirds of Pennsylvania. A native of Evansville, Ind., Boehne joined the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank in 1968 as an economist and has served in a number of positions, including vice president and director of research beginning in 1971 and senior vice president in 1973. Before becoming president, he had wide ranging responsibilities in supervision and regulation, the discount window, monetary policy, economic research, consumer affairs and bank and public relations. Boehne received his undergraduate and graduate education at Indiana University, earning graduate degrees in economics. He has taught at Indiana, Temple and Bradley universities. While teaching economics at Indiana, he received the Lieber Award for Outstanding Teaching. He was elected to the Indiana University Academy of Alumni Fellows in 1982. Boehne is active in community affairs, including service as a director of the Urban League of Philadelphia, University City Science Center, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Greater Philadelphia Economic Development Coalition, Global Interdependence Center, Ben Franklin Technology Center, Baldwin School, Joint Council on Economic Education, Thomas Jefferson University, and Pennsylvania Hospital, where he chairs the board of managers. He received the Governor's Citation in 1978 for outstanding service to the citizens of Pennsylvania, the Stephen Girard Award in 1987 and an honorary doctor of laws degree from Widener University in 1989. The Hutchinson Lecture Series was established to honor the career of Harry Hutchinson, professor emeritus in the UD Department of Economics, by presenting an annual talk by a well-known speaker on the topic of financial institutions. The presentation is sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Financial Institutions Research and Education Center at UD. For more information on this year's lecture, call 831-2563. Former Marine leader to promote leadership, values
During his 35 years of military service, Krulak has had leadership experience in command and administrative positions, including deputy director of the White House Military Office, commander of Marine Forces Pacific and 31st commandant of the Marine Corps. He is interested in supporting leadership education at UD, and students are encouraged to attend the program. For information about the program, call 831-8714. Inspirational author to present Truth Lecture
Born in Oxford, England, Guest and his family have lived in Sewickley, Pa., since 1964. He has presented lectures to more than 2 million people in the U.S. and abroad. He is the founder of the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation and the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry. The program is sponsored by the Church and Campus Connection and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Guest also will speak about "The Price of Leadership" at the sixth annual Leadership Breakfast for faculty, staff and student leaders at 8 a.m., Thursday, April 20, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant Univesity Center. To register, send e-mail to [bouler@udel.edu]. For more information, call 368-5050. UD symposium to look at Africa's media image
Sponsored by the Delaware African Students Association (DASA), the event is free and open to the public. Panelists, who will discuss Africa's media image, include Pamela D'Angelo, an independent journalist; Ralph Begleiter, UD's Distinguished Journalist in Residence; Paul Nussbaum, foreign correspondent with the Philadelphia Inquirer; Peloentle Kebaswele, a representative of the Botswana Embassy; and Adams Oloo, a political science Fulbright Scholar. Keith Richburg of The Washington Post, author of the controversial book, Out of America, also may attend. For more information call 266-7756. British author to discuss witchcraft in literature
His talk will draw on research he had done with coauthor Gareth Roberts on the North Berwick witch hunt from 1590-92 for a forthcoming edition of the texts from the event. A pamphlet about the witch hunt, News from Scotland, was probably used in Macbeth. Normand will discuss some ways in which evidence of witchcraft is subject to shaping and reshaping as it moves from history to witchcraft records, such as examinations and confessions, and from there to literary forms. He also will talk about the relation of history and literature. Normand has a master's degree from Edinburgh University and a doctorate from the University of Leicester, and his research is in English Renaissance drama and culture. He has published numerous essays, including some on witchcraft and magic in relation to literature, and is currently researching cultural relations before and after 1603 when James became king of Scotland and England. The lecture is sponsored by the English department and is free and open to the public. For additional inforamtion, call 831-1974. Abuse prevention focus of weekend state conferenceCreating Safe Harbors' will be the focus of the Delaware 2000 Prevention Forum, sponsored by the state of Delaware's Office of Prevention and Early Intervention, Division of Family Services. The event is scheduled Monday and Tuesday, April 17-18, at Ruddertowne, Dewey Beach. The cost is $50. Kenneth R. Ginsburg, assistant professor pediatrics at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will be the Monday keynote speaker. He practices social adolescent medicine and will speak on ÒCreating Safe Harbors for Adolescents.' Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti of Delaware's Family Court will be Tuesday's keynote speaker. His topic will be ÒCreating Harbors of Refuge: Preventing Violence by and Against Girls and Women.' Several mini-plenaries and laboratories will be offered related to family issues. Among the presenters are Terry Schooley, Center for Community Development and Family Policy, who will speak on KIDS COUNT in Delaware, which she directs; and Danilo Yanich, urban affairs and public policy at UD, who will speak on ÒCrime, Violence and TV News: What Do We Really See?' For further information on the forum and a complete program, call the Office of Prevention and Early Intervention at 892-4500. Star-studded 'Royal' Circus to offer aerial, animal acts
Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 5; 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 6; and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sunday, May 7. In addition, Nur Shrine will host almost 4,000 school children, including those with special needs, and adults at a 10 a.m. performance, May 5. Tickets are $15 for reserved seats and $12 and $10 for general admission and are available at the Bob Carpenter Center box office, all TicketMaster locations, the Nur Shrine Center at 198 South DuPont Highway, New Castle, or by calling 328-6100. Student conference to focus on legal studies
Featuring the students' best work on law and legal issues as determined by a legal studies faculty committee, the categories are: Law and Trials, Debate: Is the Violence Against Women Act Unconstitutional?, Legal Issues in Prison and Civil and Administrative Law Issues. Awards will be given for the best papers at the 4 p.m. reception. For further information, contact Nancy Quillen at 831-1236 or by e-mail to [quillen@ udel.edu] or program director Valerie Hans at 831-8231 or by e-mail to [vhans@udel.edu]. Children's tea, story time benefits Wesley Foundation
Refreshments, including desserts, will be served, and there will be story telling and a magic show. Children are invited to come dressed for a Victorian tea party, and miniature tea sets will be awarded to children in the best Victorian costumes. For information and reservations, call Linda Russell, English, at 831-1974 or send e-mail to [lrussell@udel.edu]. The Harrington Theatre Arts Company will perform Evita, at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15 and Friday-Saturday, April 21 and 22, in Pearson Hall auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for general public. There also is a matinee at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 16. For more information, check the web site at [http://copland. udel.edu/stu-org/htac]. 'Real World' film series set
All films are free and open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m., Wednesdays, in 204 Kirkbride Hall. The series includes The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love on April 19; Different for Girls on Wednesday, April 26; and RelaxÉIt's Just Sex on Wednesday, May 17. For more information, call 831-8703 or send e-mail to [lgbtoffice@udel.edu]. Disney info session set on summer workWalt Disney World College Program recruiters will be on campus this spring to conduct interviews for students interested in summer work at the amusement resort. Anyone interested must attend the information session at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 19, in Room 120 Smith Hall. For more information, visit the web site at [www. wdwcollegeprogram.com]. Ticket price correction for Gershwin showThe wrong ticket prices for Gershwin by Request, to be presented at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 15, in Mitchell Hall, were printed in last week's UpDate. The correct prices are $10 for UD faculty, staff and alumni and senior citizens, $6 for students and children and $15 for the general public. For more information about tickets and the performance, call 831-2204. 'Evita' on Pearson stageThe Harrington Theatre Arts Company will perform Evita, at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15 and Friday-Saturday, April 21 and 22, in Pearson Hall auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for general public. There also is a matinee at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 16. For more information, check the web site at [http://copland. udel.edu/stu-org/htac]. E-52 to stage readings of script-writing awardees
Judging for the awards was done by Michael Hollinger, whose script Red Herring was performed this spring at the Arden Theater in Philadelphia. Hollinger will be on hand at Rainbow Records to congratulate the four students winners of this year's awards. The first- and second-place scripts will be given a staged reading by E-52 Theatre immediately after the awarding of prizes. Rainbow Books and Music has previously hosted the annual student literary event. Admission to the event, now in its third year, is free and open to the public. Spring art exhibitions set throughout the campusSeveral art exhibitions are open to the public this spring. They include the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions in the Main Gallery of the University Gallery, located in Old College. The exhibit runs through May 1. The University Gallery is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is closed on Mondays and University holidays. For information, call 831-8242. The "Not-Yet-Famous Artists Revealed," featuring selected works in the annual undergraduate exhibition, will be on display in the University Gallery from April 12-23. An opening reception will be held from from 4:30-7:30 p.m., Friday, April 14, in the University Gallery. The Department of Art's Spring Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibitions will be presented in various buildings on campus from May 5-7, May 12-14 and May 19-21. For specific information, call 831-2244. |
Ag Day 2000 will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, April 29, on the grounds around Townsend and W orrilow halls and the University Farm.
Tickets purchased in advance are $20 for UD students, faculty and staff (limit four), $22.50 for all other students (limit four) and $27.50 for the general public. Tickets purchased on the day of the show will cost $30 for the general public and $25 for all students and UD faculty and staff.
As part of its efforts to promote leadership education on campus, the Department of Consumer Studies is sponsoring a presentation by Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC (Ret.), who currently is senior vice chairman and chief administration officer at MBNA America Bank, N.A. He will discuss "Leadership: Integrity and Values" at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 26, in Mitchell Hall.
John Guest, a well -known speaker and author of 10 books, will present a program about "Evidence for the Resurrection" at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 19, in Mitchell Hall as part of the spring 2000 Inquiry for Truth Lecture Series.
A symposium on Africa and the media, featuring noted journalists, will be held at 5 p.m., today, April 13, in the Trabant University Center Theatre.
History, Witchcraft, Macbeth' is the topic of a talk by Lawrence Normand of Middlesex University in London, from 3:30- 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, in 318 Gore Hall.
Nur Shrine is presenting the Hamid C ircus Royal a star- studded bill with trapeze and aerial acts, wild animals and elephants, clowns, horse and dog acts and a circus band from May 5-7 at The Bob.
The Student Conference on Legal Studies, sponsored by the Legal Studies Program, will be held from 1:30-4:30 p.m., Friday, April 14, in Room 125, MBNA America Hall. The event is open to the public.
A Children's Tea a nd Victorian Story Time to benefit the Wesley Foundation at the University is being held from noon-1:30 p.m., Saturday, April 29, in the Heritage Hall of the Newark United Methodist Church, 69 West Main St. The cost for children and adults is $10.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bis exual and Transgender Community Office is sponsoring the Out of the Real World film series.
The winners of th e Rainbow Script Writing Competition will be announced at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 20, at Rainbow Books on Main Street.