Vol. 18, No. 2Sept. 10, 1998

Faculty member exhibits artwork

Works by René Marquez, new faculty member in drawing in the Department of Art, are on display through Sept. 18 in the Department of Art Gallery, Room 102 Recitation Hall. Marquez' works are on view from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and the exhibition is free and open to the public.

"Marquez is interested in appropriating materials related to history and travel in his mixed-media books and paintings, which comment on the intricacies of Filipino American identity," Edwin Tangonan Ramoran, exhibition coordinator, wrote in an essay for a previous exhibition at the Bron Museum of the Arts this spring.

Prior to joining UD, Marquez was a visiting artist at the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa, and he has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Haverford College. He holds an MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of arts degree in Asian studies from Cornell University.

Images from the exhibition can be seen on the Department of Art's home page at <http://Seurat.art.udel. edu/Art/Faculty/rene/renenfs98/rjmarquez.html>.

For more information on the exhibition, contact the Department of Art at 831-2244.

Original play set in Trabant Center

The Commission on the Status of Women will present A Matter of Respect: Situations and Solutions in the Workplace from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Multipurpose Rooms A and B of the Trabant University Center.

Written and directed by award-winning writer Richard Gaw, Housing Assignment Services, this interactive workshop features performances by UD staff members.

All members of the University community are encouraged to attend. Reservations are requested by Sept. 18 and can be made by calling the Office of Women's Affairs reservation line at 831-4620 or by sending e-mail to <Nancy.Soccorso@ mvs.udel.edu>.

Participants may bring a lunch; beverages and dessert will be provided.

For additional information, call 831-8063.

'Phantom' trip to Philly Oct. 25

A bus trip to Philadelphia to see The Phantom of the Opera at the Forrest Theatre is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 25. The bus will leave the Trabant University Center at 3 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. show.

The bus will leave Forrest Theatre right after the performance for return to UD.

The package price for bus and ticket is $50 for full-time undergraduates and $60 for others.

Tickets will be on sale through noon Friday, Oct. 23, in Room 217 Trabant University Center. Guests are permitted, but the number of seats in this theatre package is limited.

Philosopher will open lecture series

Alvin Plantinga, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will be the featured speaker for the opening session of the Inquiry of Truth fall 1998 lecture series at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Trabant University Center Theatre.

A leader in the Christian Reformed Church, Time magazine recently called Plantinga "one of the leading philosophers of religion in the world." His free, public presentation is entitled "Why is Naturalism Irrational?" and questions from the audience will be welcomed.

In addition to the Thursday evening program, Plantinga will present a program entitled "The Challenge of Your Studies" for Christian faculty and graduate students from 1-2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 18, in the Collins Room of the Perkins Student Center.

At 3 p.m. that afternoon in Room 104 Gore Hall, he will present a program on "Naturalism Defeated" as part of the Department of Philosophy Colloquium series, and the talk is open to all.

The Inquiry for Truth Lecture Series is an attempt by Christians to encourage a serious search for truth and to encourage thinking by examining the assumptions of world views.

The first lecture in the annual fall series is sponsored by the Church and Campus Connection and the Department of Philosophy.

Center schedules annual 'Weekend'

The Center for Black Culture is sponsoring an Icebreaker Weekend at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, in Mitchell Hall, featuring comedians Joe Clair, JB Smoove, Rob Stapleton and Will from HBO's Def Comedy Jam. An After-Party will follow in the Trabant University Center.

Tickets for UD students are $10 for the show and party if purchased in advance and $10 for the show only at the door.

Tickets for the general public are $15 for the show and party if purchased in advance.

Show-only tickets are $15 at the door. All party-only tickets are $5 at the door.

For more information, call UD1-HENS (831-4367).

The Center for Black Culture also is sponsoring its annual Block

Party at 3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 11, on Harrington Beach. The event continues until dusk and will incude a moonbounce, bungee joust, a step show, carnival games, vendors and food.

For more information, call the Center for Black Culture at 831-2991.