University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 20, Feb. 20, 1997

                             Up and coming
                                   
                   Run for Bruce to be held March 22
  The 15th annual 5K Run for Bruce, is scheduled to begin
at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 22. The annual race through
Newark, organized by Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, is one of the
largest of its kind in the region.
  Beneficiary is the Delaware office of Make-A-Wish
Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc.
  For an entry form and additional information, call Karen
Kayatta at 658-9474.
                                   
                    Bowling for Kids is fundraiser
  Bowl for KIDS' Sake, a major fund-raising effort by Big
Brothers/Big Sisters of Delaware, will be held Saturday,
April 12, in New Castle and Sussex counties and on Sunday,
April 13, in Kent County.
  Teams of five to six players solicit sponsors, who raise
money by getting pledges on a cents-per-point basis. To
register a group, call Big Brothers/Big Sisters in New
Castle County at 998-3577, in Kent County at 674-2486 and in
Sussex County at 856-2918.
                                   
                      Great Debate auditions set
  The annual Great Debate- involving British visitors from
the Oxford Union Society and UD students-will be held
Wednesday, April 9.
  Auditions will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
  This year's theme is "This House Believes that True Love
Waits," and the debate is sponsored by the Student Center
Program Advisory Board.
  For information, call 831-8192.
  
                   'Oedipus Rex' on Hartshorn stage
  Oedipus Rex, the classic Greek tale of prophecy and fate,
blindness and sight, will be presented by the Professional
Theatre Training Program (PTTP) Feb. 27-28 and March 1-2.
All performances will be in Hartshorn Hall.
  This dynamic and powerful tale, the archetypal Greek
tragedy, finds Oedipus, King of Thebes, with a murder
mystery on his hands. As he seeks to find the murderer of
Laius, Oedipus and family make a horrific discovery from
their past that relentlessly affects their future.
  Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.
27, Friday, Feb. 28, Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2.
Matinee performances are scheduled at 12:30 p.m. on
Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2.
  Ticket prices for the general public are $13 for Thursday
evening, $14 for Friday and Saturday evenings and $11 for
matinees and Sunday evening. Discounted prices are available
for students, senior citizens and UD faculty and staff.
  For information, call UD1-HENS.
  
                     Ceramics show now on display
  Five UD alumni, all working artists in the ceramics
medium, have their works on display through Feb. 28 in the
Department of Art gallery on the first floor of Recitation
Hall.
  The participants represent the diversity of ideas and
form that is intrinsic to the ceramics medium-from
utilitarian, functional pottery to large-scale ceramic
sculpture. These former students of Victor Spinski, head of
the ceramics area, reflect in their work the commitment,
professionalism and artistic invention that characterizes
Spinski's work and teaching.
  Artists in the show are Rob Sieminski, Delaware '76;
Donna Usher, Delaware '79; Jody Hoffman, Delaware '83; Jeff
Chapp, Delaware '88; and Mia Muratori, Delaware '96.
  For gallery hours and more information, call the
Department of Art at 831-2244.
  
                   History prof. to present program
  Beth Wenger, Jewish history, will discuss "Jewish Memory
in Space and Time: The Invention of the Lower East Side,"
from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday  Feb. 25, in Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
  Her book, New York Jews and the Great Depressions:
Uncertain Promise, was published by Yale University Press in
1996. She also is the author of several articles about
American Jewish culture and women's history. She is the co-
curator of an exhibition entitled "Holy Land: American
Jewish Encounters with the Land of Israel in the Century
before Statehood," scheduled to open at the Philadelphia
National Museum of American Jewish History in January 1998.
  Her lecture focuses on the Lower East Side of New York
City, from its beginnings to its emergence as a tourist
attraction and shopping center and an arena for Jewish
nostalgia.
  For information, call the Center for Jewish Studies at
831-3324.