Vol. 18, No. 22

March 4, 1999


THURSDAY, MARCH 4

Ice hockey: American Collegiate Hockey Association Championships. Ice Arenas, 10 a.m., 1 or 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Career services workshop: "Job Search Strategies for Nursing and Med Tech Majors." Raub Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Physics seminar: "HST Observations of Solar and Stellar Wind Interactions with the Local Interstellar Medium," with Brian Wood, Harvard University. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8111.

Geology seminar: "Holocene Sea Level Rise and Marsh Accretion Rates Along the Delaware Bay Coast," with Daria Nikitina, UD graduate student. 004 Penny Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8750.

Mathematical sciences seminar: "Large Deviation Probabilities for Martingales via Cramer's Method," with Erich Haeusler, University of Giessen. 209 Ewing Hall, 4 p.m.

Theatre: Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

FRIDAY, MARCH 5

Deadline for summer 1999 textbooks requests to bookstore

Agriculture Career Day: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 2-4 p.m. For information, call 831-2508.

Ice hockey: American Collegiate Hockey Association Championships. Ice Arenas, 10 a.m., 1 or 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Chemical engineering seminar: "NMR in Chemical Engineering: A Hammer Looking for Nail?," with Jeffrey Reimer, University of California at Berkeley. 102/103 Colburn Laboratory, 9 a.m.; coffee in 109 Colburn Laboratory, 8:45 a.m. For information, call 831-2543.

Entomology and applied ecology seminar: "Social Insects and Their Parasites," with Jay Evans, USDA Bee Research Laboratory. 208 Worrilow Hall, 11:15 a.m.

Legal studies lecture: "'Prosecuting High Profile Cases," with Ferris Wharton, State of Delaware Department of Justice, and Colm Connolly, U.S. Attorney's Office. 104 Gore Hall, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-8231 or 831-1236.

Soil science seminar: "Slouching Towards Surface Chemistry-A View From the Aqueous Phase," with W.H. Casey, University of California at Davis. 308 Gore Hall, 1:25-2:15 p.m. For information, call 831-2535.

Physics seminar: "A Flux Rope Interpretation of Three CMEs Observed by LASCO," with Brian Wood, Harvard University. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8111.

Mathematical sciences seminar: "A Unifying Construction of Difference Sets," with J.A. Davis, University or Richmond. 436 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Biological sciences seminar: "Quantitative Analysis of Cell Proliferation and Growth in Marine Fish Larvae Using the Activity of Mitotic Cyclin Dependent Kinases," with Leonard DiMichele, Texas A&M University. 316C Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6977.

Theatre: George Bernard Shaw's The Millionairess, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Film: Psycho. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: Pleasantville. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Special program/party: "Let's Talk About Sex," a safe sex pajama party, presented by the Dark Arts Performing Dance Company. Multipurpose Rooms B/C, Trabant University Center, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Admission, $5 for the public and $3 for UD students; $1 off if you wear pajamas. For information, call 837-8259.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6

Delaware Women's Conference: with keynote speaker author, award-winning lecturer and stand-up comedian Bertice B. Berry. Clayton Hall, Laird Campus, all day. To register or for information, call 761-8005.

Bus trip: New York City, open itinerary. Cost, $20 for UD full-time undergraduates and $25 for UD faculty, staff and others. Bus leaves Trabant University Center, 8 a.m.; leaves New York City, 8 p.m. Sign up in 217 Trabant University Center.

Men's basketball: America East Championship game, Hens vs. Drexel. Bob Carpenter Center, 11:30 a.m. Sold out.

Theatre: George Bernard Shaw's The Millionairess, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Auditions: Dark Arts Performing Dance Company. Activities Room, Carpenter Sports Building, 1-4 p.m. For information, send e-mail to <cbr@udel.edu> or <onejaz@udel.edu>.

Concert: 1999 Student Concerto Winners, featuring Cheri Astolfi, horn; Tomoko Azuma and Karen Garrett, marimba; and soprano Rebecca Siler, as soloists with the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert J. Streckfuss, UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Men's lacrosse: Hartford. Rullo Stadium, Nelson Athletic Complex, 2:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Exhibition closing reception: for the "Wearing Down Thin: Reconfigurations by Annet Couwenberg." Department of Art Gallery, 104 Recitation Hall, 4-5 p.m. For information, call 831-2244.

Ice hockey: American Collegiate Hockey Association Championships. Ice Arenas, 4 and 7 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: Pleasantville. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

WVUD rock concert: featuring Jets to Brazil, Antarctica, Swingline. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. Admission, $6 for the public and $5 for UD students with ID. For information, call 831-2701.

Film: Psycho. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

SUNDAY, MARCH 7

Delaware Fishing Show: Bob Carpenter Center. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

African-American Students of Distinction reception: Clayton Hall, 2-4 p.m.

Film: The Mirror (Iran 1997), International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-4066.

MONDAY, MARCH 8

Mechanical engineering seminar: "Analysis of Particulate Matter in Ice Crystals," with Sheryl H. Ehrman, University of Maryland. 114 Spencer Laboratory, 12:15 p.m. For information, call 831-4464.

J.O.B.S. Orientation: Raub Hall, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Biochemistry seminar: "Structure and Mechanism of Peptidyl Amidating Monoxygenase: Pathway for Electron Transfer," with Mario Amzel, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2465.

English lecture: "Notes on Poetics Regarding Nathaniel Mackey's Song of the Andoumboulou," with Brent Edwards, Rutgers University. 102 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1974.

Concert: Percussion and Marimba ensembles and Delaware Steel, with Harvey Price, UD, directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

Committee on Information Resource Planning and Management meeting: Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Baseball: Rider. Delaware Diamond, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Economics seminar: "Distributive Class Politics and the Political Geography of Interwar Europe," with John Roemer, U.C.Davis and the Russell Sage Foundation. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1916 or 831-2564.

Softball: Goldey Beacom (exhibition). Delaware Field, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For information, call
UD1-HENS.

Black Maria Film and Video Festival: 100 Wolf Hall, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2244.

Continuing education studytrip: to see the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Franz Welser-Most and soprano Sylvia McNair. Bus leaves Clayton Hall, Laird Campus, 6 p.m., and Wilmington Campus, 2700 Pennsylvania Ave., 6:30 p.m.; return to Delaware approximately 11 p.m. Cost, $40 for amphitheatre and $50 for family circle. To register, call 831-1171.

Film: 50 Years of Silence, Women's History/Women's Lives Series. 204 Kirkbride Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8474 or 831-8063.

Lecture: "Black Politics in Delaware: At the Crossroads to the 21st Century," with Wilmington Mayor James Sills; James Baker, Wilmington City Council president; Dennis Williams, state representative; Penrose Hollins, County Council; Stephanie Boulden and Norman Oliver, Wilmington City Council. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8580.

Concert: violinist David Myford, cellist Charles Forbes and pianist Michael Steinberg. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Comedy program: Jim Norton presents his New York-style stand-up comedy. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10

Plant science seminar: "Life in Industry--the View of a Fungal Cell Biologist," with Richard Howard, DuPont Co. 103 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, 11:30 a.m. For information, call 831-2531.

Lecture: "Pierre S. du Pont and African-American Education in Delaware," with Roger Horowitz, Hagley Museum, Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture Series. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.

Inorganic/organic chemistry seminar: "An Allenic Pauson-Khand Type Cycloaddition and Its Application to the Synthesis of Anticancer Compounds," with Kar Brummond, West Virginia University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2465.

Film: Chasing Amy. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Coffeehouse concert: Mary Arden Collins, as part of Women's History Month. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-8063.

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

Business and economics breakfast lecture: "Financial Engineering and the Future of the Insurance Industry," with Robert D. Graham, General Reinsurance Corp. Goodstay Center, 2600 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, 7:30-9 a.m. Cost, $25. For information, call
831-8839.

J.O.B.S. Orientation: Raub Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Physics seminar: "Wave Heating of Solar Corona," with Steven Cranmer, Harvard Center for Astronomy. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8111.

Baseball: Villanova. Delaware Diamond, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

"Best Friends" Game: How well do you know your best friend?, with music and refreshments. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 6:30-9:30 p.m. For information, call 837-8283.

Poetry reading: Part of Women's History Month. Brown Residence Hall Lounge, 7:30-10 p.m. For information, call 454-7802.

Theatre: Bertolt Brecht's
The Threepenny Opera
, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For additional information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

WVUD Radiothon '99

Longwood Graduate Program symposium: "Posies in Prose, Violets in Verse: A Celebration of Garden Writing." Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pa., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration, $80 for AHA members and $66 for UD students. To register or for information, call 831-2517.

Chemical engineering lecture: "Chemical Engineering of the Microdefects in Silicon Crystals," with Robert Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 9 a.m.

Entomology and applied ecology seminar: "The Contributions of Time and Eggs to the Cost of Reproduction in Insects," with Jay Rosenheim, University of California. 208 Worrilow Hall, 11:15 a.m.

Legal studies lecture: "Law and Politics: Views from a U.S. Senator's Office and a Governor's Office," with Claire DeMatteis, legal counsel for U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden, and Richard Mroz, legal counsel for New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, The Law and You Series. 104 Gore Hall, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For more information, call 831-8231 or 831-1236.