UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 23, Page 4
March 10, 1994
Up and coming

Tele-technology forum March 18
     "Tele-Technology: Building and Using the Information Superhighway" is
the focus of a Delaware Policy Forum, scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Friday, March 18, in Clayton Hall.
     The event is sponsored by the Delaware Public Administration
Institute, a division of the University's College of Urban Affairs and
Public Policy. Those interested in attending should register by March 11 by
calling the institute at 831-8971. Cost is $35 per person.
     The forum will feature four nationally known experts: John Carey,
director of Greystone Communications; Jeffrey Chester, executive director,
Center of Media Education; Fred Dawson, manager, Dawson Communications; and
Edward Salmon, member and former chair of the New Jersey Board of
Regulatory Commissioners.
     Key issues to be discussed include access to the information
superhighway, types of services available through the information
superhighway, convergence in the telecommunications industry and state
regulation of telecommunications.
     Other events will include panel discussions, and the forum will
conclude with an open discussion on what course of action Delaware needs to
consider with regard to the information superhighway.

Shirley Chisholm to speak March 23
     Former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm will discuss "African-American
Women: Unbought and Unbossed" on Wednesday, March 23, as the concluding
program in the University of Delaware's "African Consciousness Celebration
'94: U.N.I.T.Y. (Understanding Now Inspires Tomorrow's Youth)."
     The free public talk will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Rodney Room of
the Perkins Student Center. This program is co-sponsored with the Black
Student Union and Lambda Delta Lambda sorority.
     Chisholm grew up in Brooklyn, where she entered politics in the early
1950s. She rose from local clubhouse worker to New York state assemblywoman
to become in 1968 the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
     In 1972, Chisholm made history again by seriously campaigning for the
Democratic Party nomination for president, becoming the first black woman
to seek the office.
     The author of two books, Unbought and Unbossed, her autobiography, and
The Good Fight, the story of her 1972 presidential bid, Chisholm was
graduated cum laude from Brooklyn College and holds a master's degree and a
professional diploma in educational supervision from Columbia University.
She has received honorary doctorates from 31 institutions.
     For information, call the Center for Black Culture at 831-2991.

BOSNIAID benefit in Kirkbride Hall
     BOSNIAID, a special benefit for humanitarian aid, will be held at 7:30
p.m., Wednesday, March 16, in Room 004 of the Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
     The event will feature a short film and talks by Alma Musanovic,
adviser to the Bosnian embassy, and Joyce Galaski, founder of Jews Against
Genocide in Bosnia.
     Donations for humanitarian relief will be collected at the door.
     The event is sponsored by Hillel, the Department of Political Science
and International Relations, Students Against Racism and Discrimination,
College Democrats, Students for Awareness, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Gamma
Sigma Sigma.
     For more information, call Hillel at 453-0479.

Spanish literature is discussion focus
     Distinguished scholar and educator Barbara Mujica will present a
lecture March 17 on Spanish American literature at the University. Her
talk, on "Renaissance Roots of the Boom? You've Got to Be Kidding!," is
scheduled at 4 p.m. in 206 Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
     Mujica, professor of Spanish at Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C., is the author or co-author of the recent books, Texto y vida:
Introduccion a la literatura hispanoamericana, Et in Arcadia Ego: Essays on
Death in the Pastoral Novel and Antologia de literatura espanola.
     She also has published several scholarly articles, book reviews and
textbooks, as well as articles on Hispanic authors and culture in The New
York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald and the Houston
Chronicle. She has won the E.L. Doctorow International Fiction Contest and
the Sigma Delta Pi Orden de los Descubridores Award. The New York Times
named her article "Bilingualism's Goal" one of the best 50 op-ed pieces of
the decade in  1990.

Plant symposium set at Longwood
     The University's Longwood Graduate Program will host a one-day
symposium entitled, "Just Add Water-The Essential Garden Element," from 9
a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday, March 25, in the ballroom at Longwood Gardens.
     The symposium will focus on water in the garden and related details to
consider when integrating water features into the landscape.
     Four nationally recognized speakers will be featured. Jim Lawrie,
manager of Waterford Gardens, will explore the evolution of water in the
landscape; Joseph Tomocik, aquatic horticulturist at the Denver Botanic
Garden, will present promising plants for water gardens; Claire Kahn,
director of design at WET Design, will explain how water displays are
created through a synthesis of innovative design and technological
exploration; and Stephen Meyer, professor of political science at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will discuss essential elements for
creating and maintaining artificial ponds and streams. Kahn's participation
is co-sponsored by the University's Visiting Womens Scholar Fund.
     Cost is $65, which includes admission to the symposium, demonstrations
by Longwood Garden's staff, water garden displays and a three-day pass to
Longwood Gardens for Friday-Sunday, March 25-27. Lunch will be available at
the Terrace Restaurant for an additional $5.95. Registration deadline is
March 18. To register, call 831-2517.

Elderly Brothers in benefit concert
     The Elderly Brothers-English professors Jerry Beasley and Tom
Calhoun-will present their third annual farewell concert at 7:30 p.m.,
Friday, April 15, in Newark Hall. The concert will be a two-hour show of
classic rock'n'roll from the 1950s and early 1960s and other oldies, with
topical songs and special musical features. The Elderly Brothers will be
accompanied by their band, the Younger Set. The Golden Blues, a University
student a capella group, also will make an appearance and sing pop
favorites.
     This year's event will be a benefit performance for Emmaus House, a
shelter in Newark for homeless families.
     Advertising space is available in the concert program, with a top
price of $50 for a full page. In addition, individuals may become concert
patrons for $10. There will be no advance ticket sales. Tickets are $8, $6
for students and seniors.
     For more information, call (410) 398-7940.

Newark Symphony concert March 13
     The Newark Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at 7:30 p.m.,
Sunday, March 13, in the Loudis Recital Hall in the Amy E. du Pont Music
Building.
     The program will feature Beethoven's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage;
Haydn's Te deum for Maria Therese, performed by Jubilieren and the Delaware
Choral Society with Peter McCarthy as director; Saint-Saens' Morceau de
Concert with Cheri Astolfi, youth soloist competition winner on the horn;
and Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14.
     Cost is $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors and students.
     For more information, call 656-5863.