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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 20, Feb. 20, 1997
Calendar
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.
SLTV-49 film: Phenomenon, 4 and 10 p.m.
Women's appreciation reception: "Women Connecting Across
Cultures: The Power of Sisterhood," with Jean Nutter, city
of Wilmington. 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.
SLTV-49 film: The Frighteners, 12:05 a.m.
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. 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.
Linguistics lecture: "Linguistic Variation and Housing
Discrimination," with John Baugh, Stanford University. 007
Willard Hall Education Building, 1 p.m. For information,
call 831-6806 or 831-1642.
Museum studies seminar: "The Interview and Contract
Negotations." 201 Old College, 1:30-3:30 p.m. For
information, call 831-1251.
Environmental engineering research seminar: "Interactions
Between Organic Pollutants and Mineral and Organic
Surfaces: Environmental Implications," with Alba Torrents,
University of Maryland. 348 DuPont Hall, 2:30 p.m.
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 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, UD, and visiting a cappella
groups.. 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.
E-52 Student Theatre performance: The Lion in Winter.
Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public
and $4 for UD community. For information, call 366-1306.
Film: Independence Day. Trabant University Center Theatre, 9
p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Cosmopolitan Club: 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Mirage, 100 Elkton Rd.
Admission, free for members and $3 for non-members. For
information, call 837-8302.
Film: Brazil. Trabant University Center Theatre, midnight.
Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Saturay, Feb. 22
Theatre: Tuesday, presented by Professional Theatre Training
Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
E-52 Student Theatre performance: The Lion in Winter.
Pearson Hall Auditorium, 2 and 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the
public and $4 for UD community. For information, call 366-
1306.
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 at $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.
Film: Brazil. Trabant University Center Theatre, 8 p.m.
Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Film: Independence Day. Trabant University Center Theatre,
11 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Sunday, Feb. 23
Hillel Super Sunday bagel brunch: with attorney Stephen
Flatow as guest speaker, on terrorists attacks. Hillel
Student Center, 11 a.m. Cost, $5; free for Hillel students.
For tickets, call 453-0479.
Theatre: Tuesday, presented by Professional Theatre Training
Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management program: fifth
annual Metro CHRIE Regional Career Fair, hospitality
recruiters looking for graduates and summer employees
(internships). Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center,
noon-5 p.m. For information, call 831-6747.
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 information, call 831-2718.
Recital: soprano Melanie DeMent. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E.
du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For more 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.
Deadline for completion of deferred exams and incomplete
work for fall 1996 and 1997 Winter Session for
undergraduates
Blue Hen yearbook senior portrait sessions: Trabant
University Center, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 831-2428.
Open hearing: to discuss revisions to the University
guidelines for faculty promotion and tenure. 110 Memorial
Hall, 4-5:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2922.
Biochemistry seminar: "Protein-Lipid Interactions and
Structure of Membrane Proteins from FTIR Spectroscopy," with
Suren Tatulian, University of Virgnia Health Sciences
Center. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Shotokan Karate Club orientation: Activity Room, Carpenter
Sports Building, 7:30-9 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Blue Hen yearbook senior portrait sessions: Trabant
University Center, noon-8 p.m. For information, call 831-
2428.
Plant and soil sciences seminar: "Virus Sorption and
Transport in Porous Media," with Yan Jin, UD. 102 Fisher
Greenhouse Laboratory, noon.
History workshop: "Engineering the Self: Cultural
Implications of the Signal," with David Hochfelder, Case
Western Reserve University. 436 Ewing Hall, 12:30 p.m. Brown-
bag lunch. For information, call 831-2371.
Condensed matter seminar: "Dragging Electrons in
GaAs: Exploring Exchange and Correlation Effects in Electron
Systems," with Tom Gramila, Pennsylvania State University.
217 Sharp Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Center for Applied Coastal Research seminar: "Ocean
Acoustics: An Engineering Tool to Monitor the Ocean," with
Mohsen Badiey, UD. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Economics seminar: "What Happened at Highland Park?" with
Daniel Raff, University of Pennsylvania. 118 Purnell Hall,
3:30-5 p.m. For information, call 831-1907 or 831-2563.
Jewish studies lecture: "Jewish Memory in Space and
Time: The Invention of the Lower East Side," with Beth
Wenger, University of Pennsylvania. 204 Kirkbride Lecture
Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-3324.
Women's History Month film: Ida B. Wells: A Passion for
Justice. 100 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. For information,
call 831-8474 or 831-8063.
Interfraternity Council rush expo: Rodney Room, Perkins
Student Center, 7-10 p.m. For information, call 831-2631.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Blue Hen yearbook senior portrait sessions: Trabant
University Center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For information, call 831-
2428.
Research on race, ethnicity and culture lecture: "In Search
of the Primitive: Race and Realism in Documentary Photograpy
During the Great Depression," with James Curtis, UD. 209-211
Trabant University Center, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For information,
call 831-8474.
Cellular and molecular biology seminar: "Potassium
Channels: From Gene Discovery to Drug Design," with
Jayashree Aiyar, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. 316C Wolf Hall, 4
p.m.; refreshments, 3:30 p.m.
Bartol Research Institute/ physics and astronomy
colloquium: "Photonic Bandgap Solitons," with Robert
Slusher, AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. 131 Sharp
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Analytical/physical chemistry seminar: "Lead Lab: Teaching
Instrumentation with One Analyte," with Alanah Fitch, Loyola
University of Chicago. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Film: Blazing Saddles, Films of the '70s series. Trabant
University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2428.
Poetry reading: with Gerald Stern. 203 Robinson Hall, 7 p.m.
For information, call 831-2361.
Concert: Brandywine Baroque. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $10 for the public
and free for students with I.D. For information, call 831-
2577.
Thursday, Feb. 27
Agriculture Career Day
Blue Hen yearbook senior portrait sessions: Trabant
University Center, noon-8 p.m. For information, call 831-
2428.
Electronic library lunch session: "RealAudio and
VDOLive: Real-time Audio and Video Over the Internet." Class
of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, 12:10-12:50 p.m. Open
to the University community. For information, call 831-2432.
Theatre: Oedipus Rex, presented by the Professional Theatre
Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Performing Arts Series performance: We Are Your Sisters, a
moving drama on slavery and the struggle for freedom.
Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Friday, Feb. 28
Last day for student recipients to sign Perkins/nursing loan
promissory notes for spring semester
Deadline for filing applications for graduate
assistantships, fellowships and traineeships; check with
department for earlier required deadlines
Blue Hen yearbook senior portrait sessions: Trabant
University Center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For information, call 831-
2428.
University Land and Sea lecture: "The Higher Civil Service
in the United States: Quest for Reform," with William W.
Boyer Jr. and Mark W. Huddleston, 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 or 735-8200 in Dover.
Organic/inorganic seminar: "Natural and Designed Roles for
Organometallics in Biology," with Charles Riordan, Kansas
State University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Men's basketball: America East preliminaries. Bob Carpenter
Center, 7 and 9 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Theatre: Oedipus Rex, presented by the Professional Theatre
Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Film: Get on the Bus. Trabant University Center, 9 p.m.
Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Student Union alternative dance: Club
814, Wilmington, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Admission, $3. For
information, call 831-8066.
Film: Do the Right Thing. Trabant University Center,
midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Saturday, March 1
Undergraduate admission application deadline for freshmen
and transfer students entering 1997-98 fall semester
Application deadline for National Student Exchange
Placements for 1997-98
Promotion recommendations due to provost
Men's basketball: America East quarterfinals. Bob Carpenter
Center, noon, 2, 7 and 9 p.m. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Delaware Women's Conference: Clayton Hall, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
For information or to register, call 761-8005.
Mediation skills training workshop: to help Newark
residents, University students and staff resolve disputes
before they escalate. Perkins Student Center, 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m. For information, call 831-2116 or 831-2648.
Theatre: Oedipus Rex, presented by the Professional Theatre
Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
1997 World Send-Off ice show: featuring UD world/Olympic
competitors. Blue Ice Arena, 5 p.m. For ticket information,
call UD1-HENS.
Concert: singer/songwriter Dar Williams. Mitchell Hall, 8
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Film: Do the Right Thing. Trabant University Center, 8 p.m.
Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Film: Get on the Bus. Trabant University Center, 11 p.m.
Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Sunday, March 2
Theatre: Oedipus Rex, presented by the Professional Theatre
Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
Men's basketball: America East quarterfinals. Bob Carpenter
Center, 1 and 3 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
1997 World Send-Off ice show: featuring UD world/Olympic
competitors. Blue Ice Arena, 5 p.m. For ticket information,
call UD1-HENS.
International film: Microcosmos. Trabant University Center
Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 737-8955.