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| Vol. 17, No. 3 | Sept. 18, 1997 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 3 | Sept. 18, 1997 |
Poet, novelist, English and Irish scholar Seamus Deane will visit the University on Thursday, Oct. 9, to read from his latest novel, Reading in the Dark. The free public reading is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Room 121 of Memorial Hall.
Deane's novel, which was nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize in England, is about a boy's childhood filled with fear and fantasy lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary, Grianan-the home of the warrior Fianna, the Field of the Disappeared and a house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is real, the city of Derry in the 1940s and '50s, immersed in political malevolence, family secrets and lethal intrigue.
Eddie, the narrator of the story, grows up within these two worlds sensing that they are connected until he learns the truth.
Deane, currently teaching at Notre Dame University, has published more than a dozen books, including Norton Anthology of Irish Literature, Selected Plays, Celtic Revivals and Selected Poems.
A reception will be held after the reading, sponsored by the Department of English. For more information, call 831-1974.
NATO & Poland focus of program
Jerzy Kozminski, Poland's ambassador to the U.S., will be the keynote speaker at a program to discuss NATO expansion and how it will affect the European nations and the United States.The presentation will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington.
A dinner, which begins at 6 p.m., and a short musical presentation are included in the evening's program.
Cost of the dinner is $50 per person. Tables of eight and 10 are available. The event is sponsored by the Polish American Community of Delaware and People for Poland. For reservations or additional information, call Stefan W. Skielnik at 655-2232.
Students to play football for funds
The brothers of Phi Simga Pi, coed national honor fraternity, will be sponsoring the second annual Hope Bowl, a coed flag football tournament to be held of Frazer Field on Saturday, Oct. 18, to benefit AIDS Delaware.An AIDS booth will be on site to educate participants and spectators. Funds will be raised by entry fees. All members of the University community are urged to donate to the cause through a booster program with a minimum pledge of $5. The names of all contributors will be listed in the program.
Donations should be sent to Phi Sigma Pi, through the Student Activities Office, 218 Trabant University Center. Checks should be made out to Phi Sigma Pi.
For information, contact Mary de Vry at 837-6225 or via e-mail at marey@udel.edu
Program about women on Oct. 1
Congratulations, You're a Woman! will be presented from 12:10-1:30 and 4:45-6:15 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Multipurpose Rooms B and C of the Trabant University Center.Based upon the lives of four women, ranging in age from 21 to 61, Congratulations explores all phases of a woman's life. The audience experiences what it means to be born female and follows the cast through puberty, sexuality, career choices, relationships and medical issues.
After the performance, a trained facilitator will lead audience members in a dialogue about the presentation.
The program is presented by Woman Theatre Inc., a nonprofit professional theatre company founded in 1992. WEAVE, the educational component of Woman Theatre Inc., has toured throughout the U.S. Other issues addressed include eating disorders, cultural diversity/race relations, dating/ domestic violence and women in poetry and plays.
Members of the audience may lunch to the noontime show. Beverages will be provided. Individuals needing to return to their offices may leave at 1 p.m.
To reserve a space for either program, please call 831-4620, or send an e-mail to Nancy.Soccorso@mvs.udel.edu by Sept. 24.
For more information, call 831-8063.
The program is sponsored by the Office of Women's Affairs, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Visiting Women Scholars Fund and the Performing Arts Series.
