UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 19, Page 4
February 8, 1996
Up and coming

Photographer to speak on works
     San Francisco artist Howard Schatz, whose large-format
photographs of the homeless are currently on display at the University
Gallery, will give a tour of the exhibit at the gallery from 3:30-5:30
p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15.
     Schatz originally also was scheduled to give a slide presentation
at 7:30 p.m. that evening at Border's Bookstore in Newark, but that
event has been canceled since Border's is closed for repair.
     The exhibit, "Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times,"
closes at the University Gallery on Feb. 16.
     Admission to the gallery is free, but visitors are requested to
donate nonperishable foods and personal grooming items, which will be
collected at the door to benefit Emmaus House, a local shelter. An
exhibition catalog also is on sale, with all proceeds going to benefit
Comic Relief, an organization that assists the homeless.
     Schatz' visit is made possible, in part, by the Delaware Division
of the Arts, a state agency committed to enhancing and supporting the
arts in Delaware.
     For further information, call 831-8242 (voice), 831-4330 (fax),
or 831-4552 (TDD).


Seminar set on disability issues
     The UD University Affiliated Program for Families and
Developmental Disabilities (UDUAP) and the state Division of Mental
Retardation (DMR) will be repeatedly offering a six-hour seminar for
support staff, supervisors, school personnel, individuals with
disabilities or their families twice a month from February through
May.
     Known as New Visions, the seminar provides an introduction to
developmental disabilities and the history of treatment. It also
includes a survey of issues surrounding the rights of persons with
disabilities.
     The program uses active training techniques to present basic
concepts and to promote discussion about current problems and future
directions in the support of individuals with disabilities.
     Cost is $10 for the general public, and it is free for DMR
employees.
     The seminar, which runs from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., will be offered on
Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Dover Public Library; Wednesday, March 13,
at the Delaware Fire School in Dover; Friday, March 15, at the
Delaware Heart Association in Newark; Wednesday, April 24, at a Dover
location to be determined; Friday, April 26, at the Delaware Heart
Association in Newark; Wednesday, May 15, at a Dover location to be
determined; and Friday, May 17, at the Delaware Heart Association in
Newark.
     For information, call UDUAP at 831-6974, TDD 831-4689.


Bayard Rustin is focus of lecture
     "Black, Red and Lavender: Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights and
American Homophobia" is the topic of a free public lecture by John
D'Emilio, director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy
Institute, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 16, at the Martin Luther King
Community in Ray Street Residence Hall C.
     D'Emilio's talk on the late civil rights leader is part of the
Lavender Scholars Lecture Series. The Lavender Scholars is a group of
lesbian and gay male faculty, staff and graduate students at UD.
     D'Emilio, who also is professor of history at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, is currently working on a book entitled
Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in
America.
     His other books include Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History,
Politics and the University; Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The
Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-70; and
Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, which he
coauthored.
     The program has been partially funded by a grant from the
Delaware Humanities Forum, in cooperation with the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
     For information, call 831-8703.


Volunteer Fair is scheduled Feb. 21
     Students of all majors, student organizations, service clubs,
sororities and fraternities are invited to the Volunteer Fair, from
3:30-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the Education Resource Center
and the lobby of the Willard Hall Education Building.
     Twenty organizations have been invited to attend, hand out
information and answer questions about volunteer activities.
     The fair is sponsored by the Center for Intercultural Teacher
Education and the Office of Clinical Studies.


Environment is theme of lecture
     "Global Climate Change and the U.S. Public" is the title of a
lecture by Willett Kempton, affiliated with the University's colleges
of Marine Studies and of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, scheduled
for Monday, Feb. 12, in Lewes and Seaford.
     Part of the annual University by the Land and Sea Lecture Series,
the Lewes lecture will begin at 10 a.m. in Room 104 of Cannon
Laboratory on the University's Hugh R. Sharp Campus, and the Seaford
lecture is scheduled at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Methodist
Manor House.
     Kempton, an assistant professor of marine studies and a senior
policy scientist in the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy,
will be discussing various topics on global climate change and its
environmental impact on Delaware and the world.
     For more information, call 855-1620 in Georgetown or 735-8200.


PC on the campus is topic to talk
     "Political Correctness: The New Gangsterism on Campus" is the
topic of presentation by Eugene D. Genovese, a Marxist historian from
the Georgia University system, scheduled at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb.
14, in 100 Kirkbride Hall.
     The speaker maintains that liberal professors and administrators
are trying to impose an ideology and to shut down dissent.
     The free public event is sponsored by the Delaware Association of
Scholars and Black American Studies Program.
     For information, call 831-6883.


ATC conference  in Clayton Hall
     Delaware's Council on Science and Technology is holding a
conference for proposers on establishing new Advanced Technology
Centers (ATC) from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Room 125 of
Clayton Hall. The conference will provide an overview of the ATC
program and answer questions.
     In addition, an informal partnerships conference will be held
from 8:30-10:30 a.m, Friday, Feb. 16, in Room 101B of Clayton Hall to
facilitate statewide networking of representatives from the academic
community with private organizations to explore ways of working
together on technology, development and transfer.
     The council has $3 million in grant funds this year to establish
ATC. Partners may include Delaware business, academic institutions and
not-for-profit organizations. Non-state matching resources are
required, and proposals are due to the Delaware Economic Development
Office by 4:30 p.m., April 15. Awards will be announced in June.
     UD Provost Mel Schiavelli joined colleagues from Delaware State
University and Delaware Technical and Community College to work with
the council to create the partnerships program.
     To register or for a copy of the Request for Proposal, contact
Susan Rhoades at 739-4271.


Marley Bash in BCC on Saturday
     The Bob Marley Birthday Bash and Cultural Expo, sponsored by
Wilmington World Music Inc. of Salem, N.J., will be held from noon-11
p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Bob Carpenter Center.
     The event will feature arts, crafts, fashion, music, dance and
food.
     Proceeds will promote cultural diversity through music and the
arts and help establish the Robert Nesta Marley scholarship fund, to
be awarded to a Wilmington High School student who excels in music
and/or art in 1996.
     Tickets are $12 for students with ID, $15 in advance for the
general public or $18 at the door. Children under 10 will be admitted
free.
     Tickets are at the Bob Carpenter Center and Perkins Student
Center box offices or at Ticketmaster  outlets.