Vol. 20, No. 5 |
Nov. 2, 2000 |
Basketball tickets on sale for season, individual games
A limited number of bench seat tickets for men's games will be available for all games. The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children in these seating areas. Seats remain for season ticket packages for UD women's games, but there are no season tickets left for the men's games. Contact the season ticket office at 831-2257 to purchase UD basketball season tickets. The office, located in Delaware Field House, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Only football and basketball season ticket holders are able to purchase individual game tickets by phone through the season ticket office. All others must use the Bob Carpenter Center or Trabant University box offices or Ticketmaster. The Delaware men will open the exhibition season vs. the Nantucket Nectars Naturals at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3, while the UD women open against Asker, Norway, at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5. The regular season home schedules begin Nov. 20 when the UD men host Delaware State at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 1 when the Blue Hen women host Hartford at 7 p.m. The Delaware men's team will appear in the 2000 Preseason National Invitation Tournament against Temple University on Nov. 13 in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tickets for this event went on sale earlier this week and are very limited. Visit the season ticket office in the Delaware Field House to check on availability. Jump Rhythm Jazz on stage in Mitchell Hall Friday night
Founded by Bill Siegenfeld, the Chicago-based troupe of rhythmically explosive dancer-singer-actors honors the tradition of classic jazz dancing made famous by song-and-dance legends like Fred Astaire and the Nicholas Brothers. Moving in joyous, high-energy bursts of musical rhythm to the syncopated sounds of swinging jazz, the blues and Latin jazz, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project continues the tradition of sharing joy through rhythm. A recipient of the Ruth Page Choreography Award and the Gold Leo for Jazz Choreography, Siegenfeld has described his efforts at choreography as an attempt to convert the human body into a musical instrument that reflects the various rhythms laid down by jazz masters like Ellington, Monk and Gershwin. He has choreographed for Joffrey II, Ballet Pacifica, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, JazzCool, a company from the Netherlands, and has been honored with the best choreography award from the Chicago Dance Coalition. The Jump Rhythm Jazz Project is committed to educational outreach programs, using the Jump Rhythm Jazz Technique to teach children and adults of all ages, abilities and backgrounds the thrill of singing and dancing in a community of fellow rhythm makers. Tickets for the performance 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 in the Performing Arts Series are available at the Hartshorn box office. Call 831-2204 or stop by in person, from noon to 5 p.m., weekdays. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster at (302) 984-2000, where a convenience charge will apply. The series is made possible by Barba & Reynolds Insurance. Pulitzer-winning author to discuss book, hold signing Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, will talk about his new book and sign copies at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6, in the gallery on the first floor of the Perkins Student Center. He will answer questions about writing the DiMaggio biography, which was excerpted recently in Newsweek, and about his other works. He also is the author of What it Takes: The Way to the White House, an account of the 1988 presidential campaign. Cramer also will discuss this year's presidential campaign with students in a course on the American presidency taught by Joseph Pika, political science and international relations, and Ralph Begleiter, Distinguished Journalist in Residence. In 1979, as a foreign correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Cramer won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from the Middle East. For more information, call 831-8993. Election Day library hours
Library hours are available by calling 831-BOOK and can be found on the library web page at [http://www.udel.edu]. East Coast wrestlers set to appear in Battle at The Bob
The Battle at The Bob will feature champion and tag-team title matches and guest appearances of such World Wrestling Federation (WWF) television personalities as Kevin Kelly and Michel Cole, plus former WWF superstar Capt. Lou Albano. ECWA has monthly events at St. Matthew's Church on Maryland Ave. outside Wilmington and has helped propel local wrestlers into national wrestling organizations. Tickets, ranging from $13-$18, are available at the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant University Center box offices. For more information call Jim Kettner at 325-1592 or visit the web site at [www.ecwa prowrestling.com]. Choralfest 2000 to feature top high school vocalists
This is UD's fourth annual choral festival, which brings in 50-60 high school vocal students to rehearse and perform with the members of the UD Chorale, directed by Paul Head. The high school students– representing school districts throughout Delaware–spend the weekend in residence at UD and experience firsthand what a university choral program is like. The UD Chorale is a select group of 50 vocal students. During the past decade, the ensemble has performed at New York's Lincoln Center, at the White House and on tour in Czechoslavakia. The theme of the Nov. 19 concert is "Poets and Peasants"– music inspired by the world's great poets and by peasant folksongs. The program includes Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Full Fathom Five from Three Shakespeare Songs, Zdenek Lukas' Magna Est Vis Veritatis based on Cicero, French songs by Poulenc and songs based on Eastern European folksongs. Admission is $6 for adults and $for 3 students. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at University box offices. Call UD1-HENS for box office information. For details on the performance, call 831- 2577. LGBT film series continues
During December, the films will be Trick, Dec. 5; and Everything Relative, Dec. 12. For more information, call Tessa Bye at 831-8703 or send e-mail to [tbye@ udel.edu]. Sign up for Smoke-Out help
"I'm an ex-smoker myself and know how difficult it can be to stop so we came up with this approach to offer as much support as possible one-on-one," Carter said. "If someone stops for 24 hours, it becomes easier to continue not smoking. We're not putting pressure on anyone but if you're thinking of stopping, we are emphathetic, here for you and will help you. "Although it's not easy to give up smoking, it is very rewarding, as this group of former smokers can testify," she said. Volunteers include Joe Brady, business and economics, accounting; Dorothy Carroll and Clyde Moneyhun, English; Earl Davis, Information Technologies/ Network and System Services; Marge Hadden, continuing education; Elizabeth Lieux and Leslie Murin, nutrition and dietetics; and Michael Pepper, Air Force ROTC. Employees interested in quitting for the Great American Smoke-Out can register by calling 831-8388 by Nov. 14 or registering on line at [www.udel.edu/wellness]. Participants will receive a "quit kit" and will be paired with a support person for that day. Business college to present educational testing head Kurt M. Landgraf, president and CEO of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., and former CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, will deliver the next talk in UD's Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series. Landgraf's address, "Business as a Social Institution," will begin at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3, in Room 125 MBNA America Hall. Landgraf joined DuPont in 1980 and held numerous positions in the pharmaceuticals division. He also was executive vice president and chief operation officer of DuPont and chairman of DuPont Europe. Landgraf previously served as associate director of marketing for the Educational Testing Service and has been an instructor in economics, sociology and labor relations in various colleges throughout the United States. A 1992 graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, he earned master's degrees in economics from Pennsylvania State University, administration from Rutgers and sociology from Western Michigan University, and he received his bachelor's degree in economics/business administration from Wagner College. He holds two honorary degrees. The Executive Leadership Series is dedicated to Chap and Elizabeth Tyler's commitment to education and their determination to help young people achieve success in the business world. The talk is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. The series is sponsored by the College of Business and Economics. For more information, call 831-2221. on seating. For more information, call 369-8686. Scholar-author to speak on saints and modern heroes Giles Constable, professor of history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton since 1985, will speak on "Medieval Saints and Modern Heroes," at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 16, in Room 125 Clayton Hall. Part of the Department of History Alumni Lecture Series, the free, public lecture will be followed by a reception. A distinguished scholar of medieval history and culture, Constable served as Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University until 1977 and director of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., from 1977-1984. Constable also is the author and editor of many articles and books, including Monastic Tithes from Their Origins to the 12th Century; The Letters of Peter the Venerable; Religious Life and Thought, 11th and 12th Centuries; Monks, Hermits and Crusaders in Medieval Europe; Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought; Culture and Spirituality in Medieval Europe; and The Reformation of the 12th Century. A graduate of Harvard University in 1950, Constable received his doctorate there in 1957. Among his awards, Constable has received the Charles Homer Haskins Medal of the Medieval Academy of America and honorary doctorates from Georgetown University and the Sorbonne. The talk is sponsored by the history department, with gifts from alumni and by the University Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events. For more information, call Donna Ries at 831-8413 or send e-mail to [dries@udel.edu]. Call now for glaucoma test
The program is sponsored by the University Employee Wellness Center in conjunction with Delaware Eye Surgeons, P.A., and the cost is $5 Wellness Dollars. For information or an appointment, call 831-8388. Concert series will feature rare instuments Intermusica," the third concert in a series of a chamber music programs, will be presented at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Directed by Cynthia Carr, music, the free concerts feature music from the Baroque period through the modern era, and spotlight chamber music for unusual instrumental combinations. Music by Beethoven, Klughart, Poulenc and Paul Bowles will be featured at the Nov. 15 program. For information, call 831-2577. Coffeehouse scheduled in Russell Lounge
For information, call Kevin Ruderman, University Honors Program, at 831-8753. Bowling night to help epilepsy
The cost is $8 per ticket or free with $25 in pledges. The fee includes two games, shoes, pizza and soda. The Epilepsy Foundation is a statewide, voluntary, nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for those with epilepsy, which affects approximately 10,000 Delawareans. For information, call 324-4455. |
Tickets are on sale for UD's 2000-2001 men's and women's home basketball games at the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant Center box offices. Tickets also are available through TicketMaster by phone at 984-2000 or on line at [www.ticketmaster.com]. A service charge applies to all Ticketmaster orders.
The Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, an international touring company celebrating the musically expressive nature of true jazz dancing, will perform at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3, in Mitchell Hall. The program is part of UD's 2000-2001 Performing Arts Series.
On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, the Morris Library and Special Collections and Exhibition Gallery will be open regular hours, from 8 a.m.-midnight, but not all service points will be staffed.
The Battle at The Bob, sponsored by the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), a pro-wrestling entertainment company, will be held Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Bob Carpenter Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the event starting at 7 p.m.
The University of Delaware Department of Mu sic will sponsor "Choralfest 2000" at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 19, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
The LGBT Community O ffice Film Series: Out in the Reel World offers free public screening of films at 8 p.m., Tuesdays, in 037 Memorial Hall. Scheduled in November are Edge of 17, Nov. 11; Show Me Love, Nov. 21; and Bedrooms and Hallways, Nov. 28.
Ex-smokers who have "b een there, done that"–kicked the habit and know firsthand how difficult it can be to give up smoking–have volunteered to help others during the Great American Smoke-Out, Thursday, Nov. 16, according to Marianne Carter, wellness.
University employees may schedule a 10-minute glaucoma test between 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 17, in 206 Trabant University Center.
Students living in Russell Residence Halls will present a talent show during a coffeehou se from 8-10 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 12, in the Russell A/B Lounge. The University community is invited to this annual event, which is sponsored by the Russell Fellows and University Honors Center. Refreshments will be served.
A Cosmic Bowling Party to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware will be held from 12:30-3:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, in the Brunswick Blue Hen Lanes at the Newark Shopping Center. The event is open to the public.