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| Vol. 17, No. 10 | Nov. 6, 1997 |

Business and Economics breakfast lecture: Arsht Hall, 2700 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, 7:30-9 a.m. Cost, $25. Call 831-8839.
Program: with Burly Bear. Trabant University Center Terrace, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Education colloquium: "Optimal Computerized Assembly of Achievement Tests," with Wim J. van der Linden, Law School Admission Council and University of Twente. 207 Willard Hall Education Building, 1 p.m.
Geology seminar: "Using Precambrian Strewn Fields to Piece Together," with Bruce Simonson, Oberlin College. 101 Penny Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8750.
Delaware seminar: "Traditional Art in Modern Bangladesh," with Henry Glassie, Indiana University. 101 Recitation Hall, 4-5:30 p.m.; reception in Old College Lobby, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2678.
Master Gardener workshop: "Perennials" (Session II). Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, 7-9 p.m. To register or for information, call 831-2506.
Performance: Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels, Performing Arts Series. Bob Carpenter Center, 8 p.m. Call 831-2204.
Concert: Gingham Shmuz. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 8:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Environmental engineering research seminar: Topic to be announced, with G. W. Luther III, UD. 348 DuPont Hall, 2 p.m. Call 831-2442.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Density and Regression Estimation for Random Fields," with Lanh Tran, Indiana University at Bloomington. 536 Ewing Hall, 2 p.m.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Perfectly Matched Sponge Layers as ABCs for the Numerical Solution of Maxwell's Equations in Rectangular, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates," with Peter Petropoulos, Southern Methodist University. 436 Ewing Hall, 2 p.m.
Mechanical engineering seminar: "Can the Practicing Engineer Afford to Ignore Nonlinear Behavior?" with A.H. Nayfeh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 114 Spencer Laboratory, 2 p.m.; coffee in Spencer Lobby, 1:45 p.m. Call 831-2421.
Chemical engineering seminar: Topic to be announced, with Gregory Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Biological sciences seminar: "Experimental Population Genetic Studies of Clinal Life History Variation," with Joseph Bernardo, Drexel University. 316C Wolf Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-4297.
Biochemistry seminar: "Molecular Division of Two Similar Proteins, a-Lactalbumin and Lysozyme: Divergence of Structurally Similar But Functionally Different Proteins," with Soma Kumar, Georgetown University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Dance program: "The Legacy Begins," featuring African, Carribean, modern and jazz dance with the Dark Arts Performing Dance Company. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $3 for students. For information, call 837-1367.
Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun, presented by Khulumani Theatre, a UD student theatre club. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $3 for students. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Ice hockey: Arizona State. Gold Ice Arena, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for adults and $3 for students with UD ID and children 12 and under. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Film: Contact. Trabant University Center Theatre, 8 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Program: MTV's The Real World Reunion Tour, featuring Joe Patane, Sara Becker and Mike Lambert from the Miami episodes of MTV's most popular show. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 9 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Live. Bob Carpenter Center, 9 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENs.
Film: Hercules. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10:30 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Parents Day
Volleyball: Drexel. Carpenter Sports Building, time to be announced. Call UD1-HENS.
Parents Day welcome reception: Deans and administrators on hand to meet with families and answer questions. Daugherty Hall, Trabant University Center, 9 a.m.
Computer demonstration: Presentations on graduate education, career resources at UD and study abroad programs. Trabant University Center, 10-11 a.m.
Blue Hen football: Connecticut, with pre-game and half-time shows featuring the U.S. Army Parachute Team, "Golden Knights." Delaware Stadium, Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
MBNA America Hall open house: Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, 4-6 p.m.
Center for Black Culture open house: 192 South College Ave., 4-6 p.m.
Ice show: featuring world champion figure skaters. Rust Ice Arena, 4:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Songfest 1997, featuring UD Chorale and University Singers, with UD's student a cappella groups. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 4:30 and 9 p.m. Admission, $10 for adults and $5 for students. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: The Bobs, a cappella ensemble, Performing Arts Series. Mitchell Hall, 4:30 and 9 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Ice hockey: Lehigh University. Rust Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Admission, $5 for adults and $3 for students with UD ID and children 12 and under. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Dance program: "The Legacy Begins," featuring African, Carribean, modern and jazz dance with the Dark Arts Performing Dance Company. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $3 for students. For information, call 837-1367.
Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun, presented by Khulumani Theatre, a UD student theatre club. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $3 for students. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Film: Hercules. Trabant University Center Theatre, 8 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Film: Contact. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10:30 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Volleyball: Hofstra. Carpenter Sports Building, time to be announced.Call UD1-HENS.
Women's basketball: Mibex-Iliriia (exhibition). Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: "Julie and Friends: Remembering Marcia," an evening of chamber music honoring the memory of music department's friend Marcia Fragner-Clark, featuring pianist Julie Nishimura, with Cynthia Carr, horn; Patrick Evans, baritone; and others, UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 3 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Deadline for receipt of doctoral dissertations and executive position papers for degrees to be conferred in December 1997
Late registration and change of registration begins via UDPHONE and SIS/PLUS for Winter Session 1998
Biological sciences seminar: "The Molecular Basis of Sperm Capacitation and the Zona Pellucida-Induced Acrosome Reaction," with Gregory S. Kopf, University of Pennsylvania. 316C Wolf Hall, 1 p.m.; refreshments, 12:30 p.m.
Children's book fair: Education Resource Center, 12 Willard Hall Education Building, 2-8:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6308.
Physical/analytical chemistry seminar: "What Skills a Physical Chemist Learns in Graduate School Needed to Run An Environmental Laboratory," with Jon Kauffman, Lancaster Laboratories. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Master Gardener workshop: "Composting." Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, 7-9 p.m. Call 831-2506.
Children's book fair: Education Resource Center, 12 Willard Hall Education Building, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6308.
UD Association of Retired Faculty informal luncheon/ discussion: 207 Trabant University Center, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Electronic library lecture/ demonstration: "Slippin' into Darkness: An Excursion into African-American Cyberspace," with Carol Rudisell, UD. Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, 12:10-12:50 p.m. For information, call 831-2432.
Research on alcohol lecture: "Sociodemographic Patterns and Treatment Effectiveness," with Mandel Much, sociologist, Aquila Center. Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Call 831-3204.
History workshop: "Policing the Soviet Frontier: Crime and Social Disorder in Western Siberia During the 1930s," with David Shearer, UD. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:30 p.m. Brown-bag lunch. Call 831-2371.
Committee on Information Resource Planning and Management meeting: Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Commuter and off-campus city seminar: Interested in moving off campus and becoming a "preferred tenant"? Trabant University Center Theatre, 3 p.m. Call 831-2428.
Economics seminar: "Funding Social Security," with Larry Seidman and Ken Lewis, UD. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30-5 p.m. Call 831-1907 or 831-2563.
Art reception: "Annual Department of Art Faculty Exhibition." University Gallery, Old College, 4:30-6:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8242.
Fiction reading: with Theodore Weesner, novelist and short story writer. 110 Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. Call 831-2361.
Jewish studies lecture: "The Role of the Supreme Court of Israel in a Legal System Without a Constitution," with Judge Amnon Straschnov, District Court of Tel Aviv. 005 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-3324.
Program: The Fight Against Breast Cancer. Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 837-3653.
Comedy program: Comedy Cabaret. Hen Zone, Perkins Student Center, 8:30 p.m.; doors open, 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Delaware Brass. UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Children's book fair: Education Resource Center, 12 Willard Hall Education Building, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6308.
Plant and soil sciences seminar: "Applications of Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding," with Julie Vogel, DuPont Ag Products. 102 Fisher Greenhouse Laboratory, noon.
Research on Women lecture: "Caring for the Wounded and Dying: World War I British Volunteer Nurses," with Katharine Carter Kerrane, UD. 209/211 Trabant University Center, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.
Physics and astronomy/Bartol Research Institute colloquium: "Scraping the Bottom for Dark Matter," with David Besson, University of Kansas. 131 Sharp Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Chemistry and biochemistry colloquium: "Non-Heme Iron and the Biological Oxidation of Methane," with Stephen Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 101 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Graduate student colloquium: "Theorizing Difference for the 21st Century," with Claudia Smith. 120 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m.
Volleyball: Towson. Carpenter Sports Building, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Commuter and off-campus city seminar: Interested in moving off campus and becoming a "preferred tenant"? Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m. Call 831-2428.
Concert: Jeffrey Kirschen, third horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra. UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Mid-Atlantic Worksite Wellness Conference: "Back to the Future-Worksite Health Promotion-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." Clayton Hall, 8:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m. To register, call 831-3474 or send e-mail to Ann.Harvey@mvs.udel.edu. For information, call 369-4111.
Children's book fair: Education Resource Center, 12 Willard Hall Education Building, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6308.
Foreign languages and literatures reception: for undergraduate majors and minors. Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center, 4-6 p.m.
Concert: The Vibe. Hen Zone, Perkins Student Center, 8:30 p.m.; doors open, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
General University research proposals due to research office
Children's book fair: Education Resource Center, 12 Willard Hall Education Building, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6308.
Americana Arts and Craft Show: Bob Carpenter Center, noon-7 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Center for Teaching Effectiveness workshop: "Evaluating Teaching Performance: When Will We Ever Learn to Use What We Know," with Thomas Angelo, University of Miami, and Peter Seldin, Pace University. Studio A, 311 Pearson Hall, 12:30-3 p.m. Call 831-2027.
Mathematical sciences seminar: Topic to be announced, with M. Zuhair Nashed, UD. 536 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Enumeration of Affine Designs," with Vladimir D. Tonchev, Michigan Technological University. 436 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Biological sciences seminar: "Beetle Dispersal in Different Landscapes," with Ann Herzig, Bryn Mawr College. 316C Wolf Hall, 4 p.m. Call 831-4297.
Biochemistry seminar: "Structure and Function of Catalytic Zinc Sites in Carbonic Anhydrase and Protein Fanesyl Transferase," with Carol Fierke, Duke University Medical Center. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Ice hockey: Rhode Island. Rust Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Admission, $5 for adults and $3 for students with UD ID and children 12 and under. Call UD1-HENS.
Organization meetings
HOLA: 5 p.m., Thursdays. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center. For information, call 831-0710.
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Student Union: 6:30 p.m., Sundays, through Dec. 7. Collins Room, Perkins Student Center. For information, send e-mail to alpha@udel.edu.
Pre-law Student Association: 4 p.m., Thursdays, through Dec. 4. 006 Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
Society of Automotive Engineers: 6 p.m., Mondays, through Dec. 15. 103 Spencer Laboratory. For information, call 837-6341.
Warriors for Christ Campus Ministries: 6:30 p.m., Fridays, 219 Trabant University Center. For information, call 837-1032.