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'Cinderella,' Snoopy musical set for family audiences
 Children of all ages can enjoy UD's 2000-2001 Family Performing Arts Series that features a wide variety of characters f rom the White Rabbit to Cinderella. Alexander will show children how to survive a bad day, while Snoopy!!! The Musical presents the antics of Charlie Brown, Lucy and friends that have delighted audiences for generations.
The series opens with the American Family Theater Broadway for Kids production of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29, in Mitchell Hall.
Other events in the series include:
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, presented by the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on Tour at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, in Mitchell Hall;
- The American Family Theatre Broadway for Kids production of Cinderella, along with her new friend Mortimer Mouse, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 25, in Mitchell Hall; and
- Snoopy!!! The Musical, at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 5, in Mitchell Hall.
Tickets for all performances are $10 for the general public, $8 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $6 for students and children. They are available at the Hartshorn box office from noon to 5 p.m., weekdays. Credit card orders are accepted by phone at 831-2204 or by fax at 831-4366. Tickets also may be obtained through Ticketmaster, where a convenience charge will apply, by calling 984-2000.
In addition to UD, the series is sponsored by Arby's Roast Beef and a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts.
Wide variety is hallmark of new Performing Arts Series
 Whether it's the classical sounds of the husband and wife duo, Double Exposure, the madrigal magic of the Scholars of London or the pulsating salsa rhythms of Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends, UD's 2000-2001 Performing Arts Series offers performances that should appeal to music lover s everywhere.
All performances are scheduled in Mitchell Hall, and workshops are scheduled in the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
This season of performances, by artists from both sides of the Atlantic, begins with the classical music sounds of violinist Thomas Bowes and pianist-composer Eleanor Albergea, otherwise known as Double Exposure, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7. The duo will offer a composing workshop at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6.
Also scheduled in the series are the
• Jump Rhythm Jazz Project at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3;
• Scholars of London at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 20;
• Voices of Love, featuring Randi J. Marrazzo, AS '71, artist soprano, accompanied by pianist Richard Raub, at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9;
• Concert Soloists of Philadelphia, at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 10; and
• Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends, at 8 p.m., Friday, April 6, with a workshop at 2:30 p.m., also on Friday, April 6.
Tickets for the Performing Arts Series are $15 for the general public, $10 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $6 for UD students and children.
Tickets for all performances are available at the Hartshorn box office, and may be purchased in person from noon to 5 p.m., weekdays.
Credit card orders may be placed by fax at 831-4366 or by phone at 831-2204.
Tickets may also be obtained through Ticketmaster, where a convenience charge will apply, by calling 984-2000.
The series is made possible by Barba & Reynolds Insurance Agency, Embassy Suites and a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts.
Olympic skaters to perform during gala ice exhibition
 Olympic champion skaters Oleg and Ludmila Protopopov will be featured in a special Gala Ice Skating Exhibition, scheduled at 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29, in the Rust Ice Arena.
Scheduled during the University's annual Homecoming weekend, the performance marks the Protopopovs' return to Delaware in their first campus appearance since 1989.
These world-renowned skaters are two-time Olympic champions, four-time World & European champions, four-time Professional World champions and six-time champions of Russia in pair figure skating.
Tickets for the exhibition are $15 for the general public, $10 for seniors and per person for groups of 10 or more and $8 for students and children and are on sale now at UD box offices and through Ticketmaster.
The Protopopovs, who trained and taught at UD in the summers of 1988 and 1989, are long-time friends of Ron Ludington, director of UD's Ice Skating Science Development Center. They met in 1960 when all competed at the Olympics in Squaw Valley.
After a successful amateur career that won them top awards around the world, the Protopopovs skated with the Leningrad Ice Ballet Company, but after years of artistic constraint in the company and political pressure, they won political asylum in Switzerland in 1979. For the next two years, they performed with the Ice Capades. Since then, they have performed in exhibitions around the world and, in the 1980s, produced a video of themselves performing 20 dances choreographed to classical music.
For more information, call UD1-HENS (831-4367).
Noontime music & lunch set in Bayard Sharp Hall
A series of noontime presentations–known as "Bach's Lunches"–will be presented this fall and in the spring semester to celebrate the restoration of Bayard Sharp Hall and the installation of the new pipe organ in the Jefferson Music Gallery there.
Persons will be able to order box lunches from the Blue and Gold Club or may bring their own lunches. Seating is limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
The presentations, scheduled from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesdays, from Oct. 11–Dec. 6, are free and open to the public.
The fall series features musicians from the Department of Music, performing on a range of instruments.
David Herman, UD professor of music and University organist, will open the series Oct. 11 with a program entitled, "The King of Instruments–Introducing the New Jefferson Pipe Organ."
On Oct. 18, soprano Nicole Clouser, director of the University Singers, with accompanist Betsy Kent, will perform songs by Bach, Brahms and Harbison.
Jennifer Barker, new UD music faculty member who graduated from the University of Glasgow in her native Scotland, will present a program of original Celtic music on Oct. 25.
Saxophonist Brian Ewing, with pianist Nicole Clouser, will present a program of music by Debussy, Creston and Hogenson on Nov. 1. Ewing is a UD senior, music education major from Newark.
On Nov. 8, David Bozenhard, a senior music major from Oxford, Pa., with performing experience on a wide variety of guitars, will bring some of his instruments and amplifiers to demonstrate how they are used in a variety of musical styles.
Pianist Julie Nishimura and actor Danny Peak will perform the Notebook for Betty-Sue Bach, a humorous work by that imaginary son of Johann Sebastian, P.D.Q. Bach, on Nov. 15.
On Nov. 29, the Taggart/Grycky Duo, with guitarist Christiaan Taggart and flutist Eileen Grycky, both members of UD's music faculty, will perform a variety of old and new works.
Concluding the fall series on Dec. 6 will be "Carols for the University," a program of seasonal music featuring the Jefferson Pipe Organ, with other instruments and voices, plus carol singing by the audience.
Persons wishing to order a box lunch from the Blue & Gold Club for $6.95 have a choice of two menus:
The Executive Lunch includes smoked turkey salad on croissant, lemon-herbed couscous salad, New York-style cheesecake or a fresh fruit salad and a choice of soda or bottled water.
The Vegetarian Executive Lunch includes three cheese with bean sprout and avocado on a tomato wrap, with lettuce, tomato and tarragon mayonnaise, lemon herbed couscous salad, a chocolate walnut brownie or fresh fruit salad and a choice of soda or bottled water.
Lunches must be ordered by 5 p.m. on the Monday before the event by calling 831-2582. The lunches will be delivered to Sharp Hall.
LGBT schedules free public screenings of fall film series
The Out of the Reel World Film Series, sponsored by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Community Office will offer free public screenings at 8 p.m., Tuesdays, in 037 Memorial Hall.
The fall schedule includes
• All Over Me, Oct. 10;
• All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre), Oct. 17;
• It's in the Water, Oct. 24 and
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Oct. 31.
For information, contact Tessa Bye, LGBT Community Office, at [tbye@udel.edu].
Native American art collection previewed in gallery show
Caribou Shaman, by Simona Scottie, from the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Collection
The University of Delaware recently acquired the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Native American Art Collection.
The Hermans, of Norfolk, Va., are veteran collectors of drawings by important American and European artists, some dating back to the 15th century. Almost 15 years ago, the Hermans also developed a strong interest in Inuit art, attracted by drawings that compellingly depicted a society on the verge of transition. Until recently, the Inuits were a semi-nomadic people who roamed from British Columbia to the Arctic Circle.
Although known as carvers of whalebone and soapstone, it was not until the late 1940s and early 1950s that the Inuits were introduced to the concept of drawing as a "make work" project of the Canadian government.
The first 28 drawings from the collection arrived on campus this spring. These works will be showcased in the exhibition, "The Story Teller's Hand: Inuit Drawings from the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Collection of Native American Art," which will run from Oct.19-Dec.18.
In connection with the exhibition, Judith Nasby, an Inuit art expert and director of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph, Ontario, will talk about the works in the Macdonald Stewart collection and the significance of the Herman Native American collection, from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19, in Room 101 Recitation Hall. A part of the Delaware Seminar Lecture Series, her talk is sponsored by the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture and the Department of Art History.
An opening reception will follow her lecture from 5-7 p.m. in the University Gallery.
A major exhibition of the entire collection is slated for 2003, in observance of the United Nations' "Decade of the World's Indigenous People" and the University Gallery's 25th anniversary.
When they first discovered Inuit art, the Hermans, with the expert guidance of the late Joe Murphy of the Inuit Art Gallery in Vancouver, began educating themselves about the lives of these native artists, and began acquiring works by masters like Irene Avaalaaqiaq and Jessie Oonark of Baker Lake and Pitseolak Ashoona of Cape Dorset.
The Hermans' Inuit drawings, which now number almost 200 and make up the majority of works in their Native American art collection, portray the Inuits' everyday lives and traditions over the span of three generations. There are scenes of their hunts, the wildlife in their environment, their rituals, myths and legends. Increasingly evident in the work collected in the 1990s is the emerging awareness and influence of modern life in the 20th century. These images share a unique artistic perspective and, as importantly, serve as critical anthropological documents that chronicle a quickly vanishing culture.
In seeking a permanent home for their collection, the Hermans were impressed by the recent establishment of UD's Center for American Material Cultural Studies, continuing a UD tradition of interdisciplinary studies, and the University Gallery's commitment to teaching students the standards and practices of the museum profession by using collections for hands-on way training.
It is the Hermans' intention for their collection to be used extensively by faculty in the development and delivery of curriculum to give UD students the opportunity to learn about Inuit culture through their art. The Hermans also support access to the collection by teachers and school children throughout the state.
Other programs associated with the exhibition include "Introducing the Inuit," a Children's Walk and Talk Art Workshop for ages 8 through 12, from 1-2:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18; and "Inuit Art in the Herman Collection," a brown bag lunch lecture by Bernard Herman, art history and director of the Center for American Material Culture Studies, at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 6.
For information, call the University Gallery at 831- 8242.
Earth Science Week Oct. 9-13
In observation of National Earth Science Week 2000, the Delaware Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Iron Hill Museum, is offering special group tours of the UD Delaware Geological Survey Building. Tours will be offered Monday through Friday, Oct. 9-13.
Groups are invited to tour the survey to see what geologists do and where they work and to learn about Delaware rocks and geology.
Tours last about 45 minutes, and visitors will receive a free Earth Science Week 2000 poster.
To schedule a tour, contact William Schenck at 831-8262 or send e-mail to [rockman@udel.edu].
For more information of Iron Hill Museum programs being offered during Earth Science Week 2000, contact Laura Lee at 368-5703 or send e-mail to [ironhill@magpage.com].
Earth Science Week 2000 activities also are listed at the DGS web site at [http://www. udel.edu/dgs]
Information technology subject of fall lecture series
A fall series on "Information Technology in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors" will focus on topics ranging from virtual government and county management to the dark side of information technology.
The free, public lectures will be held from 12:20-1:50 p.m., Mondays, through Nov. 27, in Room 106 of the Composites Center, unless otherwise noted.
The talks include:
- "Mitigating the Risk of Information Technology: Best Practices and Points of Failure for the Public Sector," presented by M. Maureen Brown from the School of Information and Technology and School of Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Oct. 9;
- "Virtual Government," presented by Genie M.L. Stowers, professor and director of the public administration program at San Francisco State University, Oct. 23, in Room 185 of Graham Hall;
- "County Management: Changing and Updating County Organizations," presented by James K. Hartmann, county administrator of Spartanburg County, S.C., Oct. 30;
- "Information Technology in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors," presented by Paul Ratnaraj, chief information officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia, Nov. 13; and
- "Dark Side of Information Technology," presented by Robert Warren, urban affairs and public policy at UD, Nov. 27.
For more information on the series, visit the web site at [www.udel.edu/suapp] or call 831-3264.
Walkowitz' drawings of Isadora Duncan on exhibit
 An exhibition, "Line Dance: Abraham Walkowitz' Drawings of Isadora Duncan," opens at the University Gallery on Oct. 19 and will run through Dec. 17.
The gallery's permanent holdings include nearly 1,500 drawings and other objects from the estate of Russian-born artist, Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965), given by New York art dealer Virginia Zabriskie in 1993. Of these, 400 drawings are of the great modern dancer Isadora Duncan.
The exhibition will include an estimated 100 works on paper–many of which have never before been exhibited. Representing many media– including pencil, pastel, watercolor, charcoal, ink and oil studies–these drawings and studies demonstrate Walkowitz' thoughts on the very foundations of modernism. He realized that linear and formal expression was not limited to abstraction, but to the ways line could define emotion as well as structure.
This exhibition will evaluate Walkowitz as an interpreter of the new American modernism. The Isadora drawings manifest this expression, but, in their own right, open a dialog to viewers about modernism in dance and the struggles apparent in communicating this movement in the early 20th century to the mostly puritanical American audiences.
In conjunction with the exhibition, numerous interpretive programs have been developed. Highlighted will be Janaea Rose Lyn, of Elkton, Md., a third generation Duncan dancer and historian, who will present a slide/lecture presentation of her archival collection entitled "The Legacy of Isadora" at the Trabant University Center Theatre on Oct. 21. A reception will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the lecture that will conclude at 9 p.m.
She also will perform on Nov. 19 as guest artist with the University Gallery's collaborating partner, the Mid-Atlantic Ballet of Newark, in a program of Duncan repertoire, which features the majestic Andante Con Moto from Shubert's Symphony No. 9 and Brahms' Waltz Op. 39 #15.
Children's workshops are being designed that will explain the concepts behind modern art and dance. Children will tour the exhibition and then have the opportunity to use the tools of Walkowitz–pastel, pencil, ink and watercolor–to think about Walkowitz' expressive line that articulated, physically, his expression of American modernism.
Films related to Isadora Duncan, special guided tours, a teachers' workshop and other adult programming also are planned to enhance the visitors' experiences, including:
- A Delaware Teachers Center Workshop on "Abstract Kinetic Connections–Planning a University Gallery Fieldtrip" from 4-7 p.m.,Tuesday, Oct. 24;
- A brown-bag lunch lecture and tour of the exhibition with curator Jan Broske, entitled, "Treading a Thin Line: Walkowitz and Duncan as Avatars of Modernism," at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 31;
- A kinetic art workshop for children, ages 7-10, entitled "Dancing Lines" from 2-3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 11;
- A film screening of The Loves of Isadora, starring Vanessa Redgrave, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Trabant University Center Theatre;
- "Isadora Dances," with performances by Janaea Rose Lyn and the Mid-Atlantic Ballet, at a time to be announced, Sunday, Nov. 19;
- A story and activity workshop for children, entitled "Between the Lines," for ages 4-8, from 2-3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2;
- A brown-bag lecture, entitled, "Saving a Place in Line: Art Conservation Issues and Walkowitz," with Winterthur art conservation faculty and students, at noon, Tuesday, Dec. 5.
For details, call 831-8242 or visit [www.museums.udel.edu].
Trio of events scheduled during Bowles' exhibition
Virginia Spencer Carr, authorized biographer of Paul Bowles, will present a free lecture entitled "Until Soon, I Hope–Paul Bowles," from 4:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room in the Morris Library. The event is being held in conjunction with the exhibition entitled "Paul Bowles, 1910-1999," which is on view in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery in the library.
Refreshments will follow in the Library Commons. To request a printed invitation, call 831-2231.
The Department of Music will present a free program on "Bowles the Musician" at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 13, in Bayard Sharp Hall, in conjunction with the current exhibition on view through Dec. 15.
Better known as a literary figure, Bowles also was a prolific composer, who worked during an exciting period for music and the arts, and his friendships with writers, artists and musicians spanned three continents.
The Oct. 13 program will feature songs and instrumental chamber music by Bowles interspersed with narrations about his life and times.
Featured performers include baritone Patrick Evans; pianist Julie Nishimura; flutist Adrienne Harding; guitarist Christiaan Taggart; oboist Carrie Aboulafia; and clarinetist Kate Lupson.
The narrations are written by Jon Conrad and Elaine Brenchley and will be delivered by J. Michael Foster. For information, call 831-2577.
On Sunday, Oct. 15, The Sheltering Sky, the 1990 film version of Bowles' novel, will be show at 7:30 p.m., in the Trabant University Center Theatre. The screening is free and open to the public.
Women's leadership series programs on Wednesdays
Topics that range from women in business, politics and health care to women and the arts and the law will be examined in a series of free public lectures scheduled from 7-8:30 p.m., Wednesdays, from Oct. 11-Nov. 8, in Room 104 Gore Hall.
Each talk in the "Women's Leadership in the 21st Century" series will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Scheduled are:
- * "Women and Business," presented by Sue Towers, director of corporate communications for Hercules and former business editor of The News Journal, Oct. 11;
- "Women and Politics," presented by Kathryn Whitmire, former mayor of Houston and senior fellow at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, Oct. 18;
- "Women and Health Care," presented by Zeda Fran Rosenberg, senior fellow and scientific director of the HIV Prevention Trials Network, Family Health International, Arlington, Va., Oct. 25;
- "Women and Law," presented by Beverly McQuery Smith, professor of law, Touro Law Center, Huntington, N.Y., and immediate past president of the National Bar Association, Nov. 1; and
- "Women and Art," presented by Diane Brandt Stillman, director emeritus of education and public policy, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, and past curator of education and the downtown gallery, Delaware Art Museum, Nov. 8.
This series also is being offered as a credit course in women's studies. For more information, call 831-8474.
Actor Wilson Cruz to speak Oct. 11 in Trabant Center
Actor Wilson Cruz' career has soared since he played a troubled, gay teenager in the TV drama My So Called Life. He currently stars as Victor, the Salingers' new nanny, in Party of Five, the critically acclaimed one-hour drama on the Fox TV network. Additionally, he has appeared in Ally McBeal, the Broadway musical Rent, four films and a new science fiction thriller, Supernova, to be released in January.
Cruz will speak at UD at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center.
In his talk, "My So-Called Lifestyle," he will discuss his work with gay teenagers who have been thrown out of or run away from their homes. The talk is free and open to the public and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Cruz' appearance is in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month and National Coming-Out Day and is cosponsored by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Student Union (LGBSU) and the Hispanic Organization for Latin Americans (HOLA).
For more information, call 831-8703.
Nutrition lectures scheduled
A series of free, public nutrition lectures are scheduled from 12:10-1:10 p.m. on Fridays in Room 236 of Alison Hall.
The topics and speakers include:
Oct. 6 –Ellen Feingold, M.D., du Pont Children's Hospital, speaking on "Treatment of Eating Disorders";
Oct. 20–Donna Paulhamus, M.S., R.D., The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, speaking on "Nutrition Status and Progression of CF Pulmonary Disease";
Nov. 3–Paul C. Beatty, Office of Research and Methodology, National Center for Health Statistics, speaking on "Repertoire on Questionnaire Design";
Nov. 17–Susan M. Strasser, history, UD, speaking on "Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash"; and
Dec. 1–Mary Ann McLane, medical technology, UD, speaking on "Snakes, Heart Disease and Cancer."
For more information on the series call, 831-8976.
HTAC adds performances of fall play
The Harrington Theatre Arts Company has added additional performances of its production of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. The play will be presented at 8 p.m., tonight and Friday, Oct. 5 and 6, in the Bacchus Theater in the Perkins Student Center. A 2 p.m. matinee also is scheduled on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the same location.
Tickets for the play are $5 for the public and $3 for students and senior citizens.
For more information, call 837-8143.
Academic bowl contest set
Forget about Jeopardy and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. If you want to hear contestants come up with the right answers to really tough questions, check out Baby Hen 2000: The Incubator For Years to Come, a college academic team competition to be held from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, in Room 115 and the second floor classrooms of Purnell Hall.
Sponsored by the Academic Competition Club at UD, the competition will include Duke, George Washington, Rutgers and Villanova universities, Swarthmore College and the University of Maryland.
The tournament is open to the public, but contestants are limited to college freshman and sophomores. Questions, provided by National Academic Quiz Tournaments, will cover topics ranging from science, literature and history to pop culture.
UD's Academic Competition Club will be back on campus for the College Bowl Intramural Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 19. For more information check out the Academic Competition Club web site at [http://copeland.udel. edu/stu-org/baby].
Sexual assault awareness events planned across campus
A pair of performances by a national touring company will highlight the activities during Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW), scheduled Oct. 10-18, at the University. Activities range from art and films to programs on self-defense and personal healing. Participants also will be able to attend sessions on a variety of topics that focus on issues of sexual harassment, international trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, dating violence and abusive relationships.
The following seminars, discussions, workshops, programs and activities are scheduled during this annual event.
Continuing programs
The Clothesline Project, in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, will offer a display of T-shirts, designed by survivors of sexual assault. The Delaware Clothesline Project is designed to increase awareness of the effects of violence and celebrates survivors' strength and courage to overcome the past. The room will be open to visitors 30 minutes before all programs scheduled to occur in Multipurpose Room A. On Oct 12, from 6-8 p.m., participants are invited to make their own shirts in 209/211Trabant University Center, and materials will be provided.
A special resource booth will be open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at Kiosk B, Trabant University Center, Oct. 10-12, and from 7 a.m.-midnight, in the Concourse of the Perkins Student Center.
Special events
During a discussion of "Sexual Harassment: Know Your Rights," from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, Liane Sorenson, women's affairs, will describe what types of behaviors constitute sexual harassment, what resources are available to take action or file a complaint, and how to respond in a supportive way to those who are victims. This program will be repeated Oct. 16.
The presentation of Four Hearts Changing will be performed from 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, by Equalogy-PlayRights. This professional national touring educational theatre group is dedicated to expanding awareness and promoting social change around the issues of equality using theatrical techniques and presentations to explore a possible abusive relationship.
One Night, an original interactive theatre program, presents a powerful story about rape among friends from 9-10:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center.
"International Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation" is the topic of a program from 12:20-1:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center. Between 3 and 4 million women and girls are trafficked across international borders for sexual exploitation and are kept in slave-like conditions every year. Andrea Bertone, University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics, will explore the reasons and implications of the rise in this transnational crime, as well as the growing efforts at the local, state and international levels to prevent it.
In recognition of National Coming Out Day, this critically acclaimed film Boys Don't Cry will be screened at 11 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Trabant University Center Theatre. This production details a true story about a transgender youth who dared to be different.
Dating violence and abusive relationships involve much more than physical violence. In "What's Love Got to Do With It?" Donna Tuites, Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, and Nancy Nutt, Wellspring will discuss the types of abuse and the warning signs and potential risks of an abusive relationship. The program is scheduled from noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 12, in Rooms 209/211 Trabant University Center.
Take Back the Night
The Take Back the Night March will be held at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 12. The event begins in front of Old College and ends at Trabant University Center. Students Acting for Gender Equality (SAGE) will lead the annual march, held to raise awareness about sexual violence and to assert the right to be safe on campus and in the community. Visit the SAGE web site at [http://copland.udel.edu/ stu-org/sage] for more information on the march and the sign-making session.
After the "Take Back the Night March," at approximately 10 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 12, Students Acting for Gender Equality (SAGE) will host "Speak Out" on sexual assault in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center. This event allows an opportunity to share personal experiences about sexual violence and support others' struggles. Survivors and supporters are welcome to speak. Members of Sexual Offense Support (SOS), Rape Crisis CONTACT Services and the Center for Counseling and Student Development will be on hand to give support, understanding and comfort.
Additional events
Additional events during Sexual Assault Awareness Week:
- "Domestic Violence Discussion" from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Monday, Oct. 9, in the Center for Black Culture;
- "Rape Aggression Defense Demonstration (RAD)" from noon-1:15 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Rooms 209/211 Trabant University Center;
- "Issues in Healing" a session to address common responses to sexual trauma and the healing, from 7-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Rooms 209/211 Trabant University Center;
- Campus Lighting Check, beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Hullihen Circle, will check lighting across the campus;
- Campus Phone Check, the semiannual check of about 100 campus phones, beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 21, Hullihen Circle;
- A program on "Dating Abuse" from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20, in Room 120 Smith Hall; and
- "Kristin's Story," a presentation by the mother of a student who committed suicide after being raped, from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, in the Multipurpose Rooms, Trabant University Center.
All programs and events are free and open to the public. For information, call 831-8063. To request disability accommodations, call 831-4552 at least 10 business days in advance of the program or event.
For updates, see the Office of Women's Affairs web site at [www.udel.edu/OWA/upcoming.html].
'Midnight Mania' celebration set for hoop fans, players
 Want to shoot some hoops with new UD men's basketball head coach David Henderson and meet Blue Hen women's head coach Tina Martin while enjoying the sounds of a popular local band at the same time?
Check out "Midnight Mania," on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Bob Carpenter Center, when fans of all ages will get a chance to kick off their shoes, get out on the hardwood and mingle with UD's basketball coaching staff.
Doors open at 10:30 p.m., with Mudsplash Bullfrog, a popular club scene band, providing the evening's musical entertainment.
Just before midnight, the UD Cheerleading Team will take over the floor and help fans give a rousing welcome to the players on the 2000-2001 Blue Hen men's and women's teams.
The men's team will participate in a slam dunk contest, and both the men's and women's team will hold an inner-squad scrimmage.
At the helm of the men's team is coach David Henderson, 36, who comes to UD from Duke University, where he served on the staff of Blue Devils' head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
The Blue Hen men's assistant coaches are Billy Martin, Josh Oppenheimer and Tyrone Perry.
The team, which posted a 24-8 record last season, will host exhibition games with the Nantucket Nectars Naturals on Nov. 3 and the Australian All-Stars on Nov. 8 at The Bob before playing in the pre-season NIT First Round at Temple on Nov. 18.
The men's regular season begins Nov. 20 at The Bob, when the cross-state rivalry resumes between the Blue Hens and the Hornets of Delaware State University.
The Blue Hen women's basketball team will play the Hornets at The Bob on Nov. 21, after starting its regular season at Monmouth on Nov. 18. ?
Pre-season activity for the Blue Hen women's team includes a Foreign Team exhibition on Nov. 5 at The Bob and a Nov. 18 first-round appearance at the NIT Tournament at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
The Blue Hen women are coming off a 21-8 season that saw them reach the semifinals of the America East Tournament after posting a third-place conference finish.
In her fifth season at UD, Tina Martin heads a coaching staff that includes associate head coach Jeanine Radice, and assistant coaches Jada Pierce and Christine Koren.
With three returning starters including a pair of 1,000-point scorers, the Blue Hen women's basketball team is poised to make a run at the conference title and bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Midnight Mania is free and open to the public. For more information, call 831-8961.
Urban renewal efforts focus of Morris Library exhibition
Bringing Downtown Back: Contemporary Urban Renewal Efforts," an exhibition that focuses on urban renewal efforts in the United States, is on view through Dec. 17 in the Information Room of the Morris Library.
Materials included in the exhibition examine issues such as economic development, historic preservation, the use of public space, transportation issues and brownfield development. Other items on view address the often disparate desires and needs of local, corporate and governmental interests.
Among the issues addressed are the revitalized residential neighborhoods in traditional rustbelt cities, such as Pittsburgh and Cleveland, that were abandoned or neglected for decades but have seen a renaissance in recent years.
Other areas of interest include the revitalization of public space, development of new bicycle paths and walking trails, cleaning up of desolate parks and development of new parks and of festival spaces and entertainment centers.
Examples of New Urbanism–a movement that supports urban revitalization by building high-density, yet holistic housing–also are on display.
The exhibition, which includes books, journal articles, films and online resources, can be seen during regular library hours. For more information, call 831-2231 or visit the library online at [http://www.lib. udel.edu].
Changes in fall film series
Due to distribution conflicts, the films The Perfect Storm and Loser will not be shown as scheduled on Oct 20-21.?
The revised schedule for the Fall 2000 SCPAB Series is Friday, Oct. 20, Gladiator (7:30 p.m.) and Usual Suspects (10 p.m.); and Saturday, Oct. 21, Usual Suspects (7:30 p.m.) and Gladiator (10 p.m.).
Ticket prices are $2. For additional information, call 831-1296.
Help needed for Smoke-out
Each year, millions of Americans have kicked the smoking habit by participating in the Great American Smoke-out.
In preparation for this year's Great American Smoke-out on Thursday, Nov. 16, the Wellness Center is asking former smokers to serve as volunteer coaches in helping coworkers to become tobacco-free.
The volunteer coaching program will team up former smokers with UD employees who pledge to quit on the day of the Great American Smoke-out. Support can include making a phone call, sending an e-mail message or any approach that allows former smokers to share what helped them to become successful nonsmokers.
To volunteer to help make the Great American Smoke-out a success, call 831-8388 or send e-mail to [wellness@udel.edu] to sign up as a volunteer coach.
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