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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 18, Feb. 6, 1997
Calendar
Thursday, Feb. 6
English lecture: "Medieval Poetry and Complicity," with Paul
Strohm, Indiana University at Bloomington. 110 Memorial Hall,
3:30-5 p.m. For information, call 831-2361.
National Student Exchange information session: Admissions
Annex, 188 Orchard Rd., 2-2:45 p.m. For information, call 831-
6331.
Poetry reading: with internally acclaimed poet Eavan Boland.
Friday, Feb. 7
Last day of Winter Session classes
University-wide course approval challenge period ends.
Applications for full- or half-year sabbaticals due to
department chairpersons (due 12 months before leave period).
English workshop: "The Clothes Have No Emperor: Usurpation
and the Problem of Lancastrian Legitimacy," with Paul Strohm,
Indiana University at Bloomington. 124 Memorial Hall, 9:45-11
a.m. For information, call 831-2361.
University Land and Sea lecture: "Slavery and Freedom in
Delaware, 1639-1865," with William H. Williams, UD. Virden
Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, 10 a.m.; Methodist Manor House,
1001 Middleford Rd., Seaford, 2 p.m. For information, call 855-
1620, Georgetown, and 735-8200, Dover.
Chemical engineering seminar: "Creating New Biocatalysts by
Enzyme Evolution," with Frances H. Arnold, California Institute
of Technology. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.; refreshments,
2:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2061.
Men's indoor track and field: Delaware State/Howard/
Lincoln/West Chester/Alumni. Delaware Field House, 5:30 p.m. For
ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Women's basketball: Hartford. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m.
For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Winter Session final exams; grades due in registrar's office
72 hours after final exam
Students leaving after Winter Session must check out of
residence halls by 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 9
Room changes period for students on campus during Winter
Session, 8-10 a.m.
Residence hall check-in for new and returning students, 2-9
p.m.
Women's basketball: Vermont. Bob Carpenter Center, 1 p.m.
Call UD1-HENS.
SLTV film: Phenomenon, 8 p.m.
SLTV film: A Time to Kill, 10 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 10
Residence hall check-in for returning students, 2-9 p.m.
Dean's UDRF proposals due to research office
New Student Orientation Phase II: 141A Trabant University
Center, 3-5 p.m.
Registration for intramural sports begins.
Faculty Senate meeting: 110 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m.
SLTV film: Tin Cup, 4 and 10 p.m.
Khulumani Theatre Troupe meeting: 118 Sharp Hall, 6 p.m.
Call 837-3660.
SLTV film: Groundhog Day, midnight
Thuesday, Feb. 11
Spring semester classes begin, 8 a.m.
SLTV film: Pretty Woman, 4 and 10 p.m.
Reception: for the ceramics show. Department of Art Gallery,
Recitation Hall, 5-6:30 p.m. Call 831-2244.
Community and Family Service Club meeting: Alumni Room,
Alison Hall, 6:30 p.m. Call 737-1231 or 266-0406.
Latter-Day Saint Student Association program: "Standing Your
Ground," with WCAU-TV's sports broadcaster Vai Sikahema.
Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 7:30 p.m. Call 737-
7831 or 266-0322.
SLTV film: Matilda, midnight.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Campus Interview Program begins.
National Student Exchange information session: Admissions
Annex, 188 Orchard Rd., 3:30-4:15 p.m. For information, call 831-
6331.
Biological sciences seminar: "Thioredoxin: Its Cytokine-Like
Derivatives and the Effects of These Substances on Leukocyte
Development and HIV Expression," with David Silberstein, Zeneca
Pharmaceuticals. 316C Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30
p.m.
SLTV film: A Time to Kill, 4 and 10 p.m.
Play reading: Noel Coward's Hay Fever. Chapel Street
Theatre, Newark, 8:30 p.m. For information, call 731-4368.
SLTV film: Joe's Apartment, midnight.
Thursday, Feb. 13
Business and economics breakfast seminar: "The U.S.
Economy: 1997 and Beyond," with Charles Reeder, Charles Reeder
Associates. Arsht Hall, Wilmington, 7:30-9 a.m. Cost, $25; $21
for UD alumni. For information, call 831-8839.
SLTV film: Fled, 12:20 p.m.
Biological sciences seminar: "Current Studies into the
Mechanism of Action of Linopirdine-A Neurotransmitter Release
Enchancer and Potential Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutic," with
Barry Brown, DuPont Co. 316C Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments,
3:30 p.m.
SLTV film: The Frighteners, 4 and 10 p.m.
Khulumani Theatre Troupe auditions: for musical Spunk. 221
Smith Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 837-3660.
Men's basketball: Maine. Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30 p.m. For
ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Harrington Theatre Arts Company performance: Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple (female version). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $4
for students. For information, call 837-1767.
Friday, Feb. 14
Registration for intramural sports ends.
Performing Arts Series composers workshop: with Lowell
Lieberman. Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2:30 p.m.
University Land and Sea lecture: "The Failure of U.S. Tax
Policy: Revenue and Politics," with Sheldon D. Pollack, UD.
Virden Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, 10 a.m.; Methodist Manor
House, 1001 Middleford Rd., Seaford, 2 p.m. For more information,
call 855-1620 in Georgetown or 735-8200 in Dover.
Organic/inorganic seminar: "Metal Mediated Oxidations of
Organic Compounds: Radical and Electrophilic Pathways," with
James Mayer, University of Washington. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4
p.m.
Khulumani Theatre Troupe models meeting/final
tryouts: Multipurpose Room C, Trabant University Center, 6:30
p.m. For information, call 837-3660.
Performing Arts Series concert: flute and harp duo Sparx.
Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Harrington Theatre Arts Company performance: Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple (female version). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $4
for students. For ticket information, call 837-1767.
Ice hockey: Towson State. Gold Ice Arena, 8 p.m. Admission,
$4 for the public and $2 for students. For more information, call
831-2718.
Saturday, Feb. 15
Performing Arts Series Junior Series film: Mary Poppins.
Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 a.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Harrington Theatre Arts Company performance: Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple (female version). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 2 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $4
for students. For information, call 837-1767.
Bus trip: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at
the St. James Theatre, New York City. Bus leaves Trabant
University Center, 8 a.m.; leaves New York City, 8 p.m. Cost, $55
for the public and UD faculty and staff and $50 for full-time
undergraduates.
Men's basketball: New Hampshire. Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Sunday, Feb. 16
International film: Bound (U.S.A., 1996). Trabant University
Center Theatre, 7 p.m. For more information, call 831-2361.
Monday, Feb. 17
Deadline for graduate degree applications for May 1997
degree conferral to graduate office
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Spring semester final exams requests due to scheduling
office
UDARF luncheon/discussion: 207 Trabant University Center,
11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. For information, call 731-4218.
Ray Street open house: learn more about the special interest
communities. Ray C lounge, 7 p.m. For more information, call 831-
4311.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
City of Newark/DUSC information session: to discuss city
services and regulations of interest to off-campus students.
Trabant University Center Theatre, 2, 4 and 7 p.m. Call 831-1296
or 366-7020.
Service Learning Connection Fair: Trabant University Center,
3:30-5 p.m. For more information, call 831-3649.
Entomology and applied ecology seminar: "Molecular Phylogeny
of the Major Arthropod Groups with Special Reference to
Centipedes (Chipoda)," with Jeffrey Schulz, University of
Maryland. 102 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Delta Sigma Theta best friends game: Christiana Towers
Commons, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8256.
Thursday, Feb. 20
Spring semester second installment deadline
Biological sciences seminar: "Problem-Based
Learning: Getting Students to Think in the Classroom," with
Sheella Mierson, UD. 316C Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30
p.m.
Women's Appreciation reception: "Women Connecting Across
Cultures: The Power of Sisterhood." Multipurpose Room A, Trabant
University Center, 4:30-6:30 p.m. To register, call 831-8741.
World Cinema III film: Burn! (1969, in English). 529 Lecture
Hall, Georgetown Higher Education Building, 7 p.m. For
information, call 831-6779.
Theatre: Tuesday, presented by Professional Theatre Training
Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Friday, Feb. 21
Deadline to complete fall 1997 course schedules in SIS+
University Land and Sea lecture: "Americana Crafted: Jehu
Camper, Delaware Whittler," with Robert D. Bethke, UD. Virden
Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, 10 a.m.; Methodist Manor House,
1001 Middleford Rd., Seaford, 2 p.m. For information, call 855-
1620 in Georgetown, and 735-8200 in Dover.
Counseling colloquium: "The Job Market Outlook and Job-
Seeking Strategies," with John Bishop and Marianne Greene, UD.
215 Willard Hall Education Building, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Museum studies seminar: "The Interview and Contract
Negotiations." 201 Old College, 1:30-3:30 p.m. For information,
call 831-1251.
Organic/inorganic seminar: "Heteropolymer Folding: Proteins
and Beyond," with Samuel H. Gellman, University of
Wisconsin/Madison. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Ice hockey: Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
Gold Ice Arena, 5 and 8 p.m. Admission, $4 for the public and $2
for students. For information, call 831-2718.
Theatre: Tuesday, presented by Professional Theatre Training
Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Special program: An Evening with Langston and Martin,
featuring actors Danny Glover and Felix Justice. Multipurpose
Room, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. For ticket information,
call UD1-HENS.
Concert: featuring Y-Chromes, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Princeton
Footnotes, UPenn Counterparts, Columbia Uptown Vocal, Maryland
Treble Makers and Johns Hopkins Vocal Chords. Mitchell Hall, 8
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Harrington Theatre Arts Company performance: Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple (female version). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $4
for students. For information, call 837-1767.
Saturday, Feb. 22
Theatre: Tuesday, presented by Professional Theatre Training
Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Ice hockey: Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
Gold Ice Arena, 5 and 8 p.m. Admission, $4 for the public and $2
for students. For information, call 831-2718.
Concert: Christian music artists Cindy Morgan and Brent
Bourgeois. Mitchell Hall, 7 p.m. Tickets, at $14 for the public;
$8 for students and groups; reserved seats are $12 in advance;
and $22 for Golden Circle, are available at The Salty Fisherman
bookstore, St. Thomas' Episcopal Church or by calling 1-800-521-
0290 (credit card orders only). For information, call 368-4647.
Harrington Theatre Arts Company performance: Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple (female version). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $4
for students. For information, call 837-1767.
Sunday, Feb. 23
Theatre: Tuesday, presented by Professional Theatre Training
Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Recital: organist David Herman. Longwood Gardens, Pa., 2:30
p.m. Admission charged. Call 610-388-6741.
Ice hockey: Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
Gold Ice Arena, 5 and 8 p.m. Admission, $4 for the public and $2
for students. For ticket information, call 831-2718.
Recital: soprano Melanie DeMent. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E.
du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.
Monday, Feb. 24
Last day of late registration and free drop/add for spring
semester; tuition and a $15 fee are charged and a grade of "W"
recorded for course withdrawal after this date.