UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 26, Page 4
April 4, 1996
Up and coming
Broadcaster to speak on sports
ESPN2 sports broadcaster Jeannine Edwards will speak at 7:30
tonight in the auditorium of Pearson Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Edwards, a cohost and racing analyst, will discuss the world of
broadcasting and offer tips about breaking into the industry.
Sponsored by the UD chapter of the Public Relations Student
Society of America, the presentation is free and open to the public.
Soprano recital set in Loudis hall
Soprano Marie Robinson, with pianist Julie Nishimura, will
present a free faculty recital at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, in Loudis
Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
This concert was originally scheduled for Feb. 25.
Chess expert in contests April 13
Paul Powell, Delaware life master of chess, will challenge any
contenders in a 40-board Chess Exhibition on Saturday, April 13, in
front of Strawbridge & Clothier at Christiana Mall.
Sponsored by the University of Delaware Chess Club, the
exhibition will be held from noon-5 p.m..
In the exhibition, Powell can play up to 40 games at one time by
alternating between boards. He will be challenged by members of the
University Chess Club and also will play any walk-up contenders free
of charge.
Those participating in the exhibition will receive a free T-shirt
and have the chance to win prizes, such as gift certificates, pizza
coupons or a chess board.
For more information, contact Paul Gardner of the UD Chess Club
at 832-2464.
HTAC to present 'Guys and Dolls'
The Harrington Theatre Arts Company will present Guys and Dolls
this month in Wolf Hall auditorium.
The musical is set on the streets of New York, where everyone is
geared up for Nathan Detroit's dice game. Everyone except Adelaide,
Detroit's lady love, is excited. Meanwhile, Sky Masterson is up to his
old gambling tricks as he bets he can take a certain "Mission Doll" to
Havana. Will he? Will the gamblers have their dice game?
Audience members can find out at 8 p.m. on April 12, 13, 18 and
19 and at 2 p.m. on April 14, 20 and 21.
Tickets, available at the door, are $5.
For more information, contact Ben Cohen at 737-3591 or Becky
Pronovost at 837-6205.
Rock-a-thon for violence victim
Phi Sigma Sigma will hold its annual Rock-a-thon benefit on
Wednesday, April 10, at several locations.
During the 24-hour Rock-a-thon, 120 members of the sorority, five
at a time, will sit and rock in rocking chairs to benefit the National
Kidney Foundation and a scholarship fund in honor of the late Allison
Beth Schmidt, chapter president in 1991-92 who died as a result of
domestic violence.
Lauren Stein, current chapter president, said Ms. Schmidt was "a
devoted member and an ideal sister." The members of Phi Sigma Sigma
felt a great loss and hardship with Allison's untimely death.
"We feel, as a chapter, that this is the only way to honor her
memory and to give back at least some of what Allison had given to the
sisterhood. Our goal is to raise at least $10,000. We are hoping that
we can count on the support of students, faculty and the community to
make this year's Rock-a-thon a success," Stein said.
For information, call 369-1032 or 368-9475.
Peace is topic of April 10 program
The Baha'i communities of New Castle County will present Roger
Blaine in a talk on "Peace is Coming Soon (And I Can Prove It)" at 7
p.m., Wednesday, April 10, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student
Center.
For information, call Debra Darnell at 737-1819.
A cappella groups in performance
The D#Sharps#, the only all-female a cappella group at the
University, will perform and serve as host of the fifth annual Del A
Cappella concert at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 20, in Mitchell Hall.
Tickets are $3 for students and $6 for the general public.
Other UD a cappella organizations that will perform in this
spring concert are the Deltones and the Golden Blues, both coed
groups, and the Y-Chromes, an all-male chorus.
The D#Sharps#, now five years old, performs a wide variety of
music, ranging from folk to alternative to popular. The group has
traveled and performed from Maine to Florida. Members have spent their
last three spring breaks touring New Orleans and Florida, and they
have traveled to Richmond and Philadelphia to record. Last month, the
group performed at Oberlin College in Ohio.
For more information on the concert, contact Lynne Lojeski at 837-
6216. For information on the D#Sharps#, contact Lauren Ryan at 837-
8525.
ACLU program on genetic technology
"The Impact of Genetic Technology on Civil Liberties" is the
topic of a one-day seminar on Friday, April 19, at the Widener
University School of Law in Wilmington.
The program is being presented by the American Civil Liberties
Foundation of Delaware, the Health Law Institute of Widener University
and the UD.
General registration is $75 and cost for students is $20.
For more information, call 654-3966.
Alien life is debate topic in Perkins
A debating team of students from the Oxford University Union in
England will join forces with student debaters from the University of
Delaware to argue both sides of the question: "Have you ever wondered
whether intelligent alien life has visited the planet Earth?"
Two UD students and two Oxford students will make up each side of
the free public debate, which will be held at 8 p.m., Thursday, April
11, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center. The debate also
will be broadcast live on the University's radio station, WVUD ( 91.3
FM).
British debate style is different from American style, and this
debate will incorporate an Americanized version of the British.
Debaters from UD include William Werde of Newark, a junior
majoring in English education; Justin Jones of New Castle, a freshman
history major; Jennifer Timko of Newark, a senior English major; and
Jason Keeley of Pine Hill, N.J., a junior biochemistry major. All were
selected for the debate by a faculty and student panel.
The debate is sponsored by the Student Center Programs Advisory
Board, the University Honors Program, the Department of English and
the Office of International Programs and Special Sessions.
For more information, call 831-1296.
W.D. Snodgrass to read recent poems
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.D. Snodgrass, UD Distinguished
Professor Emeritus in Creative Writing and Contemporary Poetry, will
read selections from The Fuehrer Bunker: The Complete Cycle, his
recently completed collection, at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 18, in Room
006 of Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
The reading is free and open to the public.
Snodgrass' books of poetry include Each In His Season, 1993; The
Death of Cock Robin, 1989, which includes corresponding paintings by
DeLoss McGraw; Remains, 1970, written under the pseudonym S.S.
Gardons; and Heart's Needle, 1959, for which he won the Pulitzer
Prize.
Snodgrass also has held Guggenheim and Academy of American Poets
fellowships, was presented the Bicentennial Medal from the College of
William and Mary, received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from
Allegheny College and received a Colloquium of Translators of Romania
Literature award for Five Folk Ballads in 1991.
For more information, contact the Department of English at 831-
1974.
E-52 players in Bacchus Theatre
E-52 Student Theatre will present Le Liaisons Dangereuses or
Dangerous Liaisons, by Christopher Hampton at 8 p.m. on April 5, 6,
10, 12, 13 and 14 in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student
Center, located on Academy Street in Newark.
Admission is $4.
For more information, call 837-8932.
Chamber music in Newark church
An Evening of Chamber Music will be presented at 8 p.m.,
Saturday, April 13, at the Newark United Methodist Church, 69 East
Main St. Small ensembles from the Newark Symphony Orchestra and the
Delaware County Symphony will perform.
The program will include Bartok's Violin Duos, Mozart's
Divertimento for Six Wind Instruments and Shostakovich's Quintet in G
Minor for Piano and Strings.
Tickets at the door are $6 for general admission and $4 for
students and seniors. For further information, call 369-34566.
Library Associates' dinner April 18
The UD Library Associates will hold its annual dinner on
Thursday, April 18, at Arsht Hall on the Wilmington campus. The event
is open to the public by reservation and features a presentation by
author and broadcast correspondent Roger A. Caras, president of the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
His program, "140 Centuries of Indebtedness," will focus on the
selection and care of pets and the preservation of wildlife and
wilderness areas.
The cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m., with the dinner and
program starting at 7 p.m. The author will sign copies of his book,
The Cats of Thistle Hill, which will be available for purchase in
hardcover.
Tickets are $65 for non-members and $50 for members. Reservations
are encouraged by April 11.
For information, call 831-2231.