UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 26, Page 4
April 8, 1993
Up and coming

Display on race and women's suffrage
     "Voices of Suffrage: Race and the American Women's Suffrage Movement,"
a selection of research materials illustrating the intersection of the
abolitionist movement and the women's rights movement in the United States
during the latter part of the 19th century, is on display through April 23
in the first-floor exhibition area of the Hugh M. Morris Library.
     After decades of work within the abolitionist movement and close
association with advocates of black suffrage, black and white women began
to see the necessity of taking up their own cause. During the early stages
of the women's suffrage movement, abolitionists supported women's call for
universal suffrage.
     However, after the 14th Amendment was introduced, emphasizing as it
did male suffrage, a serious rift developed between the two movements. The
issue of black male vs. woman suffrage also divided the women's movement
into several factions and created a troubled legacy for women's movements
of the 20th century.
     Books, periodicals, government documents, manuscripts and microforms
available in the Morris Library make it possible to study in depth this
thorny political issue.

'Last Lecture Series' to open on April 12
     Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies this month will
present the 1993 "Last Lecture Series." "If this was to be your last
lecture ever, what would you say,..." is the theme of this annual series.
     This year's Monday night lecture schedule includes: April 12,
Christopher Largent and Denise Breton, Department of Philosophy,
"Philosophy and the Future of Humanity"; April 19, Kurt Burch, political
science and international relations, lecture topic to be announced; and
April 26, Mary Ruth Warner, women's studies, "If Trees Could Talk."
     All the talks will take place at 7 p.m. in 120 Memorial Hall and are
free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
     For more information, call Deborah Freedman at 837-8639, Deborah
Hillegass at 837-8647 or Amy Bowers at 837-6456.

Alumna author to read short stories
     University of Delaware alumna and recently published author Jane
McCafferty will read her short stories at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in
110 Memorial Hall.
     Sponsored by the University's Department of English, the event is free
and open to the public.
     McCafferty is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Award for short fiction.
Her first book, Director of the World, was recently published by the
University of Pittsburgh Press and has received critical acclaim. The New
York Times called it "beautifully conceived."

1993 'Great Debate' in student center
     The University of Delaware's annual "Great Debate," in which U.D.
students and Oxford University students join together to discuss important
issues, will take place at 8 p.m., Monday, April 12, in the Rodney Room of
the Perkins Student Center.
     With two students from Delaware and two from Oxford on each side of
the podium, the students will debate the correctness of political
correctness.
     Ted S. Evans, a 1992 debater, will act as presiding officer. Senior
Wendy Penc is coordinating the debate.
     Participants from the University include Jennifer Johnson, a junior
English major; Maureen Johnson, a senior English major; Scott LaBarge, a
senior philosophy and classics major; and Jason Smith, a junior English
education major. Oxford participants include Jeremy Green, Patricia Booker,
Tim Green and David Blair.
     Sponsored by the Student Program Association and Student Center
Programs, the debate is free and open to the public, although seating is
limited.

BiGLAD programs set from April 11-18
     The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Student Union will sponsor Bisexual Gay
Lesbian Awareness Days (BiGLAD) April 11-18.
     A potluck dinner, at 6 p.m., Sunday, April 11, will kick-off the
week's events. On Monday, April 12, a dance will be held at the Renaissance
Nightclub at 6th and Orange streets in Wilmington. Tuesday, April 13, a
workshop will be held at 7:30 p.m., in the Collins Room of the Perkins
Student Center, by lesbian activist Barbara Gittings entitled "Lavender
Leverage: How YOU Can Make a Difference." A bisexuality workshop will be
presented by Lorraine Hutchins and Elias Farajaje-Jones at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, April 14, also in the Collins Room.
     A lecture will be held at 7 p.m., on Friday, April 16, in Bacchus
Theatre, featuring Sgt. Miriam Ben Shalom who will speak on lesbians, gays
and bisexuals in the military. Also on Friday, the Village People will
perform at the Bob Carpenter Center. A one-woman play, Growing up Queer in
America will be performed at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 17, in Bacchus
Theatre. Tickets are $2 at the door. The week's events will culminate with
a safer sex workshop for lesbians, gays and bisexuals, to be held at 7:30
p.m., Sunday, April 18, in the Kirkwood and Blue and Gold Room of the
Perkins Student Center.

Limited number of Bryan Adams tickets
     A limited number of tickets remain for the Bryan Adams concert,
scheduled at 8 p.m., Sunday, April 18, in the Bob Carpenter Center. Tickets
are $10 for full-time undergraduates with I.D., $15 for others with
University I.D. and $20 for the general public. Tickets purchased the day
of the show will be $20.
     Student, faculty and staff tickets may be purchased only at the Bob
Carpenter Center box office. Tickets for the general public are available
at the box office and by phone through Ticketmaster at 984-2000 or (215)
336-2000.