Vol. 19, No. 6Oct. 7, 1999

What's up and when

Thursday, Oct. 7

Lecture: "Loves Me Not," with Donna Tuites and Nancy Nutt, UD, Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Series. Collins Room, Perkins Student Center, noon-1 p.m. For information, call 831-2414.

Music program: Jimmie Davis, Lunchtime Concert Series. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 12:30-1:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Student program: J.O.B.S. Orientation. Raub Hall, 1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Seminar: "An Experimental Study of the Dynamics of Wave Blocking and Breaking on an Opposing Current," with Arun Chawla, UD. 112 Memorial Hall, 3:30-4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6531.

Student program: "Interview Preparation," Career Services workshop. Raub Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Seminar: "Stream Subsurface Exchange Processes: Implications and Progress," with Aaron Packman, Drexel University. 004 Penny Hall, 3:45 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8750.

Student program: Harrington Theatre Arts Company musical auditions. Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center, 6-10 p.m

Student program: Academic Competition Club meeting. 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. For information, call 328-4431.

Concert: Katari, Latin American folk group. Sharp Hall, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2802.

Field hockey: Away at St. Joseph's, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Student program: Commuter and Off-campus Organization movie night. AMC Movie Theatre, Newark Shopping Center, 7-10 p.m. For information, call 831-6412.

Film: Chasing Amy, Women's Film Series. 006 Kirkbride Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.

Student program: Mortar Board meeting. Perkins Student Center Gallery, 7:30-10 p.m. For information, call 837-8543.

Friday, Oct. 8

Fall break; classes suspended

Men's tennis: Away at Towson (tournament), time to be announced. Call UD1-HENS.

Seminar: "Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery," with Anastasia M. Khoury Christianson, Astra Zeneca, Delaware Biotechnology Institute Series.126 MBNA America Hall, 10-11 a.m.; refreshments, 9:30 a.m. For information, call 831-4888.

Student program: Blue Hen Yearbook general staff meeting. 305 Perkins Student Center, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-2628.

Women's soccer: Drexel. Delaware Mini-Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Men's soccer: Away at Hofstra, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: Never Been Kissed. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Admission, $2. Call UD1-HENS.

Ice skating: Public session. Rust Ice Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 8-10 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

FILM: Cruel Intentions. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. Admission, $2. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Saturday, Oct. 9

Women's rowing: Away at Navy Day Regatta, Philadelphia, Pa., time to be announced. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Men's tennis: Away at Towson (tournament), time to be announced. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Volleyball tournament: to benefit the Leukemia Society. Carpenter Sports Building, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For information, call 831-3220.:

Men's cross country: UD invitational #2. White Clay Creek State Park, 10:30 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Women's cross country: UD invitational #2. White Clay Creek State Park, 11:15 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Ice skating: Public session. Rust Ice Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1-3 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Volleyball: Hartford. Carpenter Sports Building, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Children's performance: American Family Theatre's Beauty and the Beast, Performing Arts Junior Series. Mitchell Hall, 2 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Film: Cruel Intentions. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Admission, $2. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Ice skating: Public session. Rust Ice Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 8-10 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: Never Been Kissed. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. Admission, $2. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Sunday, Oct. 10

Men's tennis: Away at Towson (tournament), time to be announced. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Volleyball tournament: to benefit the Leukemia Society. Carpenter Sports Building, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For information, call 831-3220.:

Volleyball: Northeastern. Carpenter Sports Building, 1 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Men's soccer: Drexel. Delaware Mini-Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Field hockey: Away at Vermont, noon. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Concert: A Centennial Retrospective, featuring hornist Cynthbia Carr and pianist Julie Nishumura, UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Student program: National Society of Pershing Rifles weekly meeting. 106 Mechanical Hall, 7 p.m. Call 837-8458.

Film: Gabbeh (France/Iran, 1996), International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-4066.

Student program: Circle K meeting. Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 894-1390.

Monday, Oct. 11

Student program: Golden Key National Honor Society information table on campus awareness. Kiosk A, Trabant University Center, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For informaton, call 837-3546.

Student program: "Resume I," career services workshop. Raub Hall, 12:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Student program: J.O.B.S. Orientation. Raub Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8479

General faculty meeting: 127 Memorial Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Faculty Senate meeting: 127 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m.

Seminar: "Paramagnetic NMR Studies of Protein Folding Intermediates," with Kara L. Bren, University of Rochester, Biochemistry Seminar Series. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2465.

Student program: Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Other Related Sciences meeting. 219 Trabant University, 6-7 p.m. Call 837-2360.

Program: Rape Aggression Defense class. 014 Mitchell Hall, 6-9 p.m. For information, call 831-2224.

Lecture: "Who's Really on First," with Dave Pallone, author of Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball. Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-1201.

Comedy: Jon Stewart Live. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Tuesday, Oct. 12

Student program: Golden Key National Honor Society information table on campus awareness. Kiosk A, Trabant University Center, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call 837-3546.

Lecture: "Advancing the Geosciences: Do We Thrive or Just Survive," with Charles Groat, U.S. Geological Survey, Conference Room, Delaware Geological Sciences Building, 10:30 a.m.

Workshop: "Old Historiographies in Young Turk's Clothing: Three African Lives and the Fate of Social History," with Timothy Burke, Swarthmore College, Technology, Society and Culture Series. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2371.

Student program: "Jobs in Business for Non-Business Majors," Career Services workshop. Raub Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Lecture: "Maternal Child Health Issues Today and Tomorrow," a public forum with Karla Damus, nurse and epidemiologist, nationally recognized for her expertise in perinatal health and evaluation of community based perinatal programs and series. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 6-8 p.m.

Program: Rape Aggression Defense class. 001 Mitchell Hall, 6-9 p.m. Call 831-2224.

Student program: College Democrats weekly meeting. Blue and Gold Room, Perkins Student Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 454-7802.

Theatre: Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and The American Dream, staged play readings presented by the Afterdinner Reader's Theatre. Chapel Street Theater, 7 p.m. Call 731-4682.

Music: Coffeehouse, open mike. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Concert: Wind Ensemble, with Robert Streckfuss, UD, directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Student program: Amnesty International meeting. Blue and Gold Room, Perkins Student Center, 8:30-10 p.m. For information, call 837-8655.

Wednesday, Oct. 13

General University research proposals due

Lecture: "Geology, Dams and Waters of the Delaware." With Robert Jordan, state geologist and Delaware Geological Survey, Conference Room, Delaware Geological Survey Building, 8 a.m. For information, call 831-8262.

Student program: Golden Key National Honor Society information table on campus awareness. Kiosk A, Trabant University Center, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call 837-3546.

Lecture: "From Slipping A 'Mickey' to Getting 'Roofed': The Modernization of 'Date-Rape' Drugs," with Christine Saum, UD, Research on Women Series. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-6597.

Seminar: "Better Mass Spectrometry through Chemistry," with John Allison, Michigan State University, Physical/Analytical Chemisty Series. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. Call 831-2465.

Colloquium: "Issues on Chiral Symmestry Breaking," with Terry Leung, UD, physics and astronomy/Bartol Research Institute. 104 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-8111.

Student program: J.O.B.S. orientation. Raub Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Student program: Delaware Consumer Interest Council meeting. Third Floor Lobby, Alison Hall, 5:30-6:30 p.m. For information, call 452-0893.

Student program: Equestrian Team meeting. Collins Room, Perkins Student Center, 5:45 p.m. Call 364-0322.

Student program: Student Acting for Gender Equality Meeting. Blue and Gold Room, Perkins Student Center, 6 p.m. For information, call 762-8301.

Student program: National Society of Collegiate Scholars initiation ceremony.128 Clayton Hall, 6-8 p.m. Call 369-0287.

Program: Rape Aggression Defense class. 014 Mitchell Hall, 6-9 p.m. Call 831-2224.

Field Hockey: West Chester. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: The Nutty Professor. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Student program: Word of Life Campus Ministry meeting. 320 Gore Hall, 8-10 p.m. For information, call 837-8566.

Thursday, Oct. 14

Lecture: "Recognizing Paleosols," with Gregory Retallack, University of Oregon, Conference Room, Delaware Geological Survey Building, 8 a.m. Call 831-8262.

Lecture: "Factors in Soil Formation," with Gregory Retallack, University of Oregon, Conference Room, Delaware Geological Survey Building, 9:45 a.m. Call 831-8262.

Music program: Mary Arden Collins, Lunchtime Concert Series. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 12:30-1:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Lecture: "Worlds Greatest Midlife Crisis: the Permian-Triassic Extinctions on Land in Antarctica," with Gregory Retallack, University of Oregon, 004 Penny Hall, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-8262.

Student program: Harrington Theatre Arts Company musical auditions. Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center, 6 p.m.

Program: Rape Aggression Defense class. 001 Mitchell Hall, 6-9 p.m. Call 831-2224.

Student program: Academic Competition Club meeting. 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Call 328-4431.

Film: Freeway, Women's Film Series. 006 Kirkbride Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.

Lecture: "The Writer and National Politics in Africa," with Lupenga Mphande, Ohio State University. 125 Clayton Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 15

Homecoming Weekend

Promotion recommendations due

Deadline for spring 2000 textbook requests due

Center for Teaching Effectiveness instructional improvement grant proposals due

Golf: Away at Lehigh (invitational), time to be announced. Call UD1-HENS.

Men's and women's cross country: Away at ECAC's (New York, N.Y.), time to be announced. Call UD1-HENS.

Seminar: "Thermodynamically Stable Dispersions: Lamellar Liquid Crystals," with Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY at Buffalo, chemical engineering series. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 10 a.m.; coffee in 103 Colburn Laboratory, 9:45 a.m. For information, call 831-8056.