UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 2
September 12, 1996
Calendar
Thursday, Sept. 12
Delta Sigma Theta sorority canned food drive: benefiting Emanuel
Dining Hall of Wilmington. Drop sites are Center for Black
Culture, Christiana Commons, all dining halls, Trabant University
Center and Student Services Building. For information, call 837-
8256.
MTV's Choose or Lose Bus: to encourage young people to retgister
to vote. In Front of Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Call
831-2791. Rain site, Gallery, Trabant University Center.
Presentation: "Campaign Watching," highlighting electronic
resources with a focus on the World Wide Web about the
presidential election, including local, state and congressional
races, with Ed Adams, UD. Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris
Library, 12:10-1 p.m. Brown-bag.
Career workshop: "Resume I." Raub Hall, 12:30 p.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
National Literacy Day reception/information table: Employee
Services Office, 51 East Main St., 2-5 p.m.
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 3 p.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
Performance: with Green Fields of America, an evening of Irish
music, song and step dancing, Performing Arts Series. Mitchell
Hall, 8 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: The Verge. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center,
8:30 p.m.; doors open, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Friday, Sept. 13
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown; continues next two days; see
policy on excused absence
Chemical engineering seminar: "The Role of Complex Fluids in
Ceramic Materials Processing," with Ilhan Aksay, Princeton
University. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Inorganic/organic chemistry seminar: "Inorganic Rings on Carbon
Chains: An Approach to Organic/Inorganic Polymers," with
Christopher W. Allen, University of Vermont. 214 Brown
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Opening reception: "New Works: First-Year Master of Fine Arts
Graduate Exhibition." Clayton Hall lobby, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Call 831-
8063.
Film: Beautiful Girls. Trabant University Center Theatre, 9 p.m.
and midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Concert: Archers of Loaf. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University
Center, 9 p.m. Admission charged.
Saturday, Sept. 14
Diversity workshop: "Welcoming and Appreciating Diversity." 206
Trabant University Center, 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. For information,
call 831-8735.
Men's soccer: Towson State. Delaware Soccer Field, behind
Delaware Stadium, 1 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
World Teamtennis: Delaware Smash with Martina Navratilova and the
Atlanta Thunder with Luke and Murphy Jensen. Bob Carpenter
Center, 7 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Film: Spy Hard. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 and 10 p.m.
Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Ice Breaker party/concert: featuring Monifa and Jay-Z.
Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 9:30 p.m. Tickets,
$15 for the public and $10 for UD students. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Sunday, Sept. 15
WVUD broadcast live: Newark Community Day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Newark Community Day: The Mall, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Rain date: Sept. 22)
World Teamtennis: Delaware Smash with Martina Navratilova and the
St. Louis Aces with Lisa Raymond. Bob Carpenter Center, 5 p.m.
For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Gospel Choir sign ups: Multipurpose Room C, Trabant University
Center, 6-8 p.m.
Zeta Phi Beta unity potluck dinner: Center for Black Culture,
6:30-9 p.m. Reservations required by Sept. 12. Call 837-1968.
International film: Land and Freedom (United Kingdom, 1996).
Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 16
Graduate degree application deadline for degrees to be conferred
in December 1996 to graduate office
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Call 831-8479.
Biochemistry seminar: "Modeling Unfolded Proteins and
Peptides: The Other Half of Protein Folding," with Trevor
Creamer, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 214 Brown Laboratory,
4 p.m.
Zeta Phi Beta relationship workshop: Center for Black Culture,
6:30-9 p.m. For information, call 837-1968.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon rush: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University
Center, 7-9 p.m. For information, call 266-0165.
Black American Studies/ African Studies lecture: "Development and
Crisis in Independent Black Africa: Some Current Explanations,"
with David Fieldhouse, Jesus College, Cambridge University. 005
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. Call 831-2897 or 831-2189.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
Deadline for completion of deferred exams and incomplete work
from spring 1996 and summer 1996 for undergraduates
Last day of late registration and free drop/add for fall 1996;
tuition and a $15 fee charged, and a grade of "W" recorded for
course withdrawal after this date.
Career workshop: "Resume I." Raub Hall, 1 p.m. Call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "Getting the Most Out of a Job Fair." Raub Hall,
2:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Call 831-8479.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority symposium: Center for Black Culture, 6:30-
9 p.m. For information, call 888-9179.
Comedy night: Comedy Cabaret Inc. Trabant University Center
Theatre, 8:30 p.m.; door opens, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-
HENS.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon rush: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University
Center, 9-11 p.m. For information, call 266-0165.
Wednesday, Sept. 18
Career workshop: "Getting the Most Out of a Job Fair." Raub Hall,
11 a.m. Call 831-8479.
Research on Women lecture: "More Than Just a Pack of Dirty
Trash," with Jan Davidson, UD. 007 Willard Hall Education
Building, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.
Career workshop: "Service Learning Connection." Trabant
University Center, Multipurpose Room C, 3-5 p.m. Comments by Del.
Gov. Thomas R. Carper at 4 p.m. Call 831-1641.
Men's soccer: Temple. Delaware Soccer Field, behind Delaware
Stadium, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Career workshop: "Interview Preparation." Raub Hall, 5 p.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 6 p.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority womanhood seminar: Center for Black
Culture, 6:30-9 p.m. For information, call 888-9179.
World Teamtennis: Delaware Smash and the Springfield Lasers with
Zina Garrison Jackson. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 11 a.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "Interview Preparation." Raub Hall, 12:30 p.m.
For information, call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "Resumania." Raub Hall, 2-4 p.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
Black Student Union meeting: to discuss fall '96 agenda and the
election of recording secretary and freshman class
representative. 219 Trabant University Center, 6-7:30 p.m. For
information, call 831-2801.
Talk and question/answer session: with Dr. Ruth and Ben Yagoda,
UD, followed by a book signing of their new book, The Value of
Family: A Blueprint for the 21st Century. Multipurpose Room A,
Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2637.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority splash party: Carpenter Sports Building
pool area, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. For admission cost and other
information, call 888-9179.
Friday, Sept. 20
Fall 1996 second installment payment deadline
Deadline for Winter Session 1997 textbooks requests to bookstore
Ticket sales end at noon for a Sept. 21 Student Center trip to
New York City. Sign up in Room 218 Trabant University Center.
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 1:30 p.m.
Call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "Getting the Most Out of a Job Fair." Raub Hall,
2 p.m. Call 831-8479.
Chemical engineering seminar: "Are Solid Superacid Catalysts
Really That Super?," with Robert Davis, University of Virginia.
102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Museum studies lecture: "Outcome-Based Evaluation for Museums,"
with Stephen E. Weil, Smithsonian Institution. 202 Old College, 3
p.m.
Field hockey: New Hampshire. Delaware Field, off Chestnut Hill
Road, 4 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Chemistry and biochemistry colloquium: "The Design and Synthesis
of Novel Non-Peptide Peptidomimetics," with Amos B. Smith III,
University of Pennsylvania. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority barbecue: Rodney Courtyard or Christiana
Tower tennis courts, 4-7 p.m. Cost, $2 a plate. For information,
call 888-9179.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority Greek songfest: Rodney Courtyard or
Christiana Towers tennis courts, 7-9 p.m. Call 888-9179.
World Teamtennis: Delaware Smash and the New York OTBzz with
Aaron Krickstein. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For information,
call UD1-HENS.
Film: Eddie. Trabant University Center Theatre, 9 p.m. and
midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Saturday, Sept. 21
Bus trip: to New York City, open itinerary. Bus leaves Trabant
University Center, 8 a.m. Cost $25 for UD faculty and staff with
ID and $20 for UD full-time undergraduates with ID. Sign up in
Room 218 Trabant University Center by Sept. 20.
Men's and women's cross country: Delaware Invitational. White
Clay Creek State Park, 11:15 a.m. Call UD1-HENS.
WVUD broadcast live: Blue Hen football, 12:45 p.m.
Blue Hen football: West Chester. Delaware Stadium, 1 p.m. For
tickets, call UD1-HENS.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority information meeting: Warner Hall lobby, 4-
6 p.m. For information, call 888-9179.
Kappa Delta Rho 3-on-3 basketball tournament: Prizes and all
participants receive free T-shirt. Carpenter Sports Building, 5
p.m.-midnight. Cost, $5 per team. Registration required by Sept.
19. For information, call 837-1037.
Film: Striptease. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 and 10
p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Sunday, Sept. 22
Yom Kippur begins at sundown; continues following day; see policy
on excused absence
Field hockey: Maine. Delaware Field, off Chestnut Hill Road,
noon. Call UD1-HENS.
Men's soccer: LaSalle. Delaware Soccer Field, behind Delaware
Stadium, 1 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Recital: Organist David Herman, UD. Newark United Methodist
Church, 69 East Main St., 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.
Gospel Choir sign ups: Multipurpose Room C, Trabant University
Center, 6-8 p.m.
International film: Chungking Express (Hong Kong, 1996). Trabant
University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 23
Career workshop: "Getting the Most Out of a Job Fair." Raub Hall,
1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.
Anthropology lecture: "If Man Evolved from Monkeys, Why Are There
Still Monkeys? Creation and Evolution on the Front Lines," with
Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education. 115 Purnell
Hall, 2:30 p.m.
Field hockey: Lafayette. Delaware Field, off Chestnut Hill Road,
3:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Biochemistry seminar: "Role of a Novel Phospholipase A2 in
Turnover of Lung Surfactant Phospholipid," with Aron B. Fisher,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 214 Brown
Laboratorty, 4 p.m.
World Teamtennis: Delaware Smash and the Sacramento Capitals with
Patrick McEnroe. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Precision skating team open practice: Interested qualified
skaters are invited to join the team. Gold Ice Arena, 8:45 p.m.
For information, call 453-1079.
Tuesday, Sept. 24
Career minority reception: 206 Pencader Dining Hall, 11 a.m.-
noon. For information, call 831-8479.
Job Jamboree: Clayton Hall, 1-4 p.m. For information, call 831-
8479.
Women's tennis: West Chester. Delaware Field House tennis courts,
3:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
World Teamtennis: Delaware Smash and the Kansas City Explorers,
with John McEnroe. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For tickets, call
UD1-HENS.
Career workshop: "Successful Interviewing Techniques." 120 Smith
Hall, 7-9 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.
WVUD interest meeting: learn how to get involved. Trabant
University Center Theatre, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2701.
Concert: percussionist Harvey Price, UD, with pianists Linda
Henderson and Don Glanden. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont
Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon rush: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University
Center, 9-11 p.m. For information, call 266-0165.
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Career workshop: "Job Search for Agriculture Majors." 116
Townsend Hall, noon-1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.
Research on Women lecture: "Welfare Reform: Where Are We
Heading?," with Saul Hoffman, UD. 007 Willard Hall Education
Building, 12:10-1:10 p.m. For information, call (302) 831-8474.
Library orientation for faculty: Class of 1941 Lecture Room,
Morris Library, 3 p.m. Reservations suggested. For information,
call 831-2231.
Men's soccer: UMBC. Delaware Soccer Field, behind Delaware
Stadium, 3:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Career workshop: "Liberal Arts Power." 110 Memorial Hall, 4-6
p.m. Call 831-8479.
Career workshop: "J.O.B.S. Orientation." Raub Hall, 6 p.m. For
information, call 831-8479.
Women's volleyball: Villanova. Carpenter Sports Building, 7 p.m.
Call UD1-HENS.
World Teamtennis: featuring the Springfield Lasers with Zina
Garrison Jackson. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Career workshop: "From Senior to Engineer." 140 DuPont Hall, 7-9
p.m. For information, call 831-8479.
Thursday, Sept. 26
Presentation: "Health Information Online," highlighting
interesting electronic resources, with a focus on the World Wide
Web about information on cancer, chronic disease and wellness,
with Sandra Millard, UD. Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris
Library, 12:10-1 p.m. Brown-bag luncheon.