Vol. 19, No. 28

May 4, 2000

Thursday, May 4 Colloquium: "Micropower to the People: Electricity, Equity and the Environment," with Seth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute. Contemporary Issues in Environmental and Energy Policy. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, noon. For information, call 831-1687. Seminar: Research Reviews-Performance (various speakers and topics). 106 Center for Composite Materials Science Lab, noon. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. in CMSL lobby. For information, call 831-1017. Lecture: "Virtual Safari," with Carol Rudisell, Electronic Library Lunch, Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, 12:10 p.m. For information, call 831-2432. Program: ITUE/PBL Lunch Bunch Gatherings, Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 12:15 p.m. For information, call 831-2986. Seminar: "Cosmic Magnetic Fields and the Sources of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays Observed in the Universe," with Peter L. Biermann, Max Planck Institute. Thursday Seminar, Bartol Conference Room 217 Sharp Lab, 2 p.m. Call 831-8111. Seminar: "Confucian Values and Implications of East Asian Modernity," with Tu Wei-ming, Divinity School of Harvard University. Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 3 p.m. Call 831-8413. Women's tennis: Bucknell. Delaware Field House Courts, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: "Monuments for a New Republic," with Damie Stillman, UD. Delaware Seminar in American Art, History, and Material Culture. Presentation 4:15-5:30 p.m. in the Rotunda, Winterthur Museum, Gardens and Library. Reception 5:30-7 p.m. at the museum. For information, call 831-2678. Meeting: Academic Competition Club, 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. Call 328-4431. Meeting: Campus Animal Rights Educators (CARE), Williamson Room, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. Call 837-3501. Special event: Third annual Jeffrey Springer Show, sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers. $2 admission. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. Call 837-1068. Special event: Greek Week: Swimming. Indoor Pool, Carpenter Sports Building, 7 p.m. For information, call 837-6059. Theatre: Marivaux's The Triumph of Love, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program, Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204. Meeting: Student Board Meeting. Hillel Student Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Music: Jazz Ensemble I, Jay Hildebrandt, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Dance: V-8 Semiformal, Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. $10 per ticket or $18 per couple. For information, call 234-6870. Performance: Bare Essentials. Live Bands Series, Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. Friday, May 5 Honors Day 2000; modified class schedule. Each college will present awards at separate ceremonies on the Newark campus. Call 831-2341. Special event: WVUD Rock and Shop. Live music by local bands, and shopping tables by local merchants. Harrington Beach, noon. Call 831-2701. Lecture: "The Violence Against Women Act," with Dan Atkins, Community Legal Aid; Jan R. Jurden, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor; and Susan Miller, UD. Legal Studies Friday Lecture Series: The Law and You, 104 Gore Hall, 12:20 p.m. Call 831-8231. Seminar: "Biogeochemical Indicators to Evaluate Nutrient Impacts in Wetlands," with Ramesh Reddy, University of Florida. Soil Science Seminar Series. 308 Gore Hall, 1:25 p.m. Call 831-2531. Seminar: "The Lower Tail Probability for Gaussian Processes," with Qi-Man Shao, University of Oregon. AGSTAT Seminar. 203 Ewing, 2:30 p.m. Call 831-2653. Seminar: Discrete Mathematics, 436 Ewing, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-2653. Seminar: "Super Anions and Super Acids," with Christopher Reed, UC-Riverside. Inorganic/ Organic Seminar Series. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Program: Shabbat Dinner, Chabad House, 208 Cheltenham Rd., 6 p.m. Call 455-1800. Special event: Greek Week: Airband. Carpenter Sports Building-Back Gym, 6 p.m. For information, call 837-6059. Program: Shabbat Dinner and Services, Hillel Student Center, 6:30 p.m. Call 453-0479. Film: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS. Meeting: Word of Life Campus Ministry Off Campus Home Group, 7:30 p.m. For directions, call 453-1183. Theatre: Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program, Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204. Special event: Annual NUR Shrine Circus featuring Hamid Circus Royale, Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Dance: Annual Spring Dance Concert, sponsored by the Dark Arts Performing Dance Company. Pearson Hall, 7:30 p.m. Admission: $3 UD students, $5 general public. For information, call 837-1521. Theatre: Equus, a play by Peter Shaffer. For mature audiences. E-52 Student Theatre. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. Admission charged. For information, call 837-8979. Film: Man on the Moon, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. Call UD1-HENS. Saturday, May 6 Men's and women's lacrosse: Away at America East Finals. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men's and women's outdoor track: Away at America East Championships at Northeastern. For information, call UD1-HENS. Study/bus trip: Giulio Cesare. New York City Ballet. For information, call 831-3063. Special event: Annual Nur Shrine Circus featuring Hamid Circus Royale, Bob Carpenter Center, 10 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Softball: Boston University (doubleheader). Delaware Softball Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For information, call UD1-HENS. Baseball: Away at Vermont (doubleheader), noon. For information, call UD1-HENS. Special event: Mallstock 2000: Gingham Schmuz, Green Eggs and Spam, The Pilfers, Crawdaddies. Face painting, balloon artist, moonbounce, student group tables and more. North Mall, noon. For information, call 831-2773. Special event: Greek Week: Greek Games Day. Harrington Beach, noon. For information, call 837-6059. Theatre: Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program, Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204. Special event: Annual NUR Shrine Circus featuring Hamid Circus Royale. Bob Carpenter Center, 2:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Dance: First annual International Night Dance, Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. $5 admission. For information, call 456-1896. Film: Man on the Moon, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission charged.Call UD1-HENS. Theatre: Marivaux's The Triumph of Love, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program, Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204. Special event: Annual NUR Shrine Circus Featuring Hamid Circus Royale. Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS. Music: Choral Union, David Kimock, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission charged. For information, call 831-2577. Theatre: Equus, a play by Peter Shaffer. For mature audiences. E-52 Student Theatre. Bacchus Theatre, 8 p.m. Admission charged. For information, call 837-8979. Performance: Y Chromes' Monster Jam. Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. Call 292-0517. Film: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission charged. For information, call UD1-HENS. Sunday, May 7 Women's rowing: Away at Mid-Atlantic Championship, Occoquan, Va. Call UD1-HENS. Softball: Boston University (doubleheader). Delaware Softball Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 11 a.m. Call UD1-HENS. Baseball: Away at Vermont (doubleheader), 11 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Bagel Brunch, Hillel Student Center, noon. For information, call 453-0479. Theatre: Marivaux's The Triumph of Love, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program, Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204. Special event: Annual NUR Shrine Circus featuring Hamid Circus Royale. Bob Carpenter Center, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Theatre: Wizard of Oz. Family Performing Arts Series, Mitchell Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8741. Music: University Orchestra, Hekun Wu, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Music: Vision Spring Concert. St Thomas Episcopal Church, 2:30 p.m. Call 837-8454. Special event: Annual NUR Shrine Circus featuring Hamid Circus Royale. Bob Carpenter Center, 5 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Yom Ha'atzmaut BBQ, Hillel Student Center, 5 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Film: Genesis. (France/Mali 1999) Spring 2000 International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free admission. For information, call 831-4066. Monday, May 8 Starr Scholarship application deadline for winter/spring study abroad 2001. For information, visit <www.udel.edu/ studyabroad/scholarships> Seminar: "Localization Operators on the Weyl-Heisenberg Group," with Man-Wah Wong, UD. Analysis Seminar. 436 Ewing, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2653. Seminar: Discrete Mathematics Seminar, 436 Ewing, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2653. Colloquium: "The Mechanism of Homologous Recombination," with Junghuei Chen, UD. 101 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Meeting: E-52 Student Theatre. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6014. Seminar: "Investigating the Irregularity Strength of Trees," with David Kravitz, UD. Senior Thesis defense for degree with distinction. 205 Kirkbride, 4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2653. Meeting: HOLA Group, Collins Room, Perkins Student Center, 5:30 p.m. Call 837-1526. Special event: Lecture by Nikki Giovanni, presented by the Black Arts Festival. Mitchell Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. Admission charged. Call 831-2991. Lecture: "Ironied Out and the New Old Masterism," with Donald Kuspit, State University of New York at Stony Brook. 206 Kirkbride Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2244. Music: Percussion and Marimba Ensembles and Delaware Steel, Harvey Price, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577. Tuesday, May 9 Committee on Information Resource Planning and Management meeting. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Lecture: "Embodying the Silences: Physical Performance and Children of Holocaust Survivors," with Jennifer Levi, UD. 108 Memorial Hall, 12:30 p.m. Call 831-3324. Seminar: Ocean Engineering Seminar Series, with Peter Kearney, UD. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-6531. Program: Racquetball Club. Hillel Student Center, 7:45 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Music: Jazz Chamber Ensemble, Vernon James, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. duPont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Wednesday, May 10 Women's lacrosse: Away at NCAA 1st Round. For information, call UD1-HENS Seminar: Research Review-Processing Science (various titles and speakers), 106 Composites Center, noon. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. in the CMSL lobby. Call 831-1017. Lecture: "Class and Gender Matters: Lessons From the Harlem Renaissance," with Carole Marks, Black American Studies Program and Sociology. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Seminar: "The Redefined Cartilage Matrix: New Molecules and Models to Study Their Expression," with George R. Dodge, A.I. duPont Children's Hospital. Wednesday Seminar Series 316C Wolf Hall, 1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6977. Colloquium: Nicole Cornell, Meghan Howey and Cheryl Smith, anthropology majors at UD will present their senior theses. Anthropology Alumni Colloquium Series. 205 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-1855. Colloquium: "The Technologies of Chinese Ceramics," with Pamela Vandiver, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education. Charles P. Swann Distinguished Leadership Series, 104 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-8111. Meeting: SAGE. 227 Purnell Hall, 6 p.m. Call 454-9432. Baseball: Away at Delaware State (Frawley Stadium, Wilmington), 7 p.m. Call UD1-HENS. Lecture: "Untying the Knot-Discursive Heterosexism, the Defense of Marriage Act and the Right to Marry," by Samuel A. Chambers, St. Mary's College, Md. 103 Gore Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8703. Presentation: "One Heart," reading by Janet McCafferty. 127 Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2361. Seminar: "Understanding the Internet: Beginning the New Digital Millennium," with Keith E. Duncan, DCANet. Delaware Academy of Science annual Spring Meeting. 214 Brown Laboratory, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1247. Meeting: World of Life Wednesday Bible Study. 122 Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 894-1389. Music: Jazz Ensemble II, Tom Palmer, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Thursday, May 11 Special event: Turkish Day at UD. Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. For information, call 737-8368. Meeting: Campus Animal Rights Educators (CARE), Williamson Room, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 837-3501. Concert: Symphonic Band, Heidi Sarver, director. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Theatre: "Fourplay: A Night of One-Acts," by E-52 Student Theatre. Trabant University Center Theatre, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-6014. Friday, May 12 Spring Campus Interview Program ends. Men's and women's tennis: Away at NCAA Regionals. For information, call UD1-HENS. Softball: Away at America East Championships (Hofstra). For information, call UD1-HENS. Women's rowing: Away at Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia. For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: "Genetic and Engineering Analysis of the Bacterial Protein Folding Machinery," with George Georgiou, University of Texas (Austin). Department of Chemical Engineering Spring Seminar Series. 102/103 Colburn Laboratory, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-8056. Lecture: "The Jury System in Delaware," with Charles H. Toliver IV. Legal Studies Friday Lecture Series: The Law and You, 104 Gore Hall, 12:20 p.m. Call 831-8231. Seminar: "Fate and Transport of Viruses in Porous Media," with Yan Jin, UD. Soil Science Seminar Series, 308 Gore Hall, 1:25 p.m. For information, call 831-2531.