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| Vol. 18, No. 26 | April 15, 1999 |
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UD's annual Ag Day is celebrating its 25th anniversary from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., rain or shine, on Saturday, April 24, on the grounds surrounding Townsend and Worrilow halls and the farm on South College Avenue.
Planned and run by student organizations in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ag Day is free and open to the public.
The day offers something for everyone with educational displays, demonstrations and activities based on agriculture and the environment.
Children can hold a chick, ride a pony, pat a piglet and other animals at the farm animal petting zoo or take a wagon tour of the farm. 4-H will have an educational display just for youngsters.
Parents also can get a free car seat safety check, sponsored by the Delaware Safe Kids Coalition.
Home gardeners can stock up on vegetable and flower bedding plants or learn about garden pests and weeds at the Master Gardeners' booth.
In the Fischer Greenhouse, perennials will be for sale at the seventh annual UD Botanic Gardens Benefit Plant Sale.
This year, the sale will feature hypericums, ferns and illiciums and hard-to-find flowers, shrubs and trees.
For more information on Ag Day, call 831-1125.
The University of Delaware Opera Workshop will present two performances of Susannah, at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 24, and at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 25, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Tickets are $6 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens.
An American music drama by Carlisle Floyd, Susannah premiered at the New York City Opera in 1956 and is being presented in a new production at the Met this season. It is a retelling of the story of Susannah and the Elders, set in Polk County, Tenn., during the Depression when a young girl is falsely accused and ostracized by the community.
UD students Kathryn Prouty and Christine Kavanagh, both of Wilmington, will portray the title role of Susannah. Graduate student Jaeho Choi of Korea will sing the role of Sam, her brother, and junior Kevin Murphy of Long Island, N.Y., will portray the Rev. Olin Blitch.
Patrick Evans directs the production, with costumes by Marie Robinson and accompaniment by Julie Nishimura, all music. For ticket information, call 831-4012.
Keep kids' math skills up-to-date with mail order math
Parents nationwide can figure on keeping their fourth through eighth graders up to date on their math skills this summer thanks to the University's mail order math program, Solve It.
Beginning in June, UD will start mailing mathematical riddles to the homes of participating children throughout the United States. Responses are returned to UD, graded and sent back to participants with comments.
Research has long shown that children tend to lose some of their math ability over summer vacation months, William B. Moody, education, and developer of the Solve It program, said. Solve It, a nationally known program, is one way to combat that decline by keeping students active in math.
Solve It problems are witty, fun and designed for whole families to enjoy. One question, for example, asks students to find a product in their house and investigate the truth of its advertising claims. For example, the problem asks, how could the mythical Chip-Away Cookie Co. know for sure that its product has more chips per cookie than any other brand? Past problems have asked students to calculate how much water it would take to swamp their bedrooms or how to split the profits from the sale of Beanie Babies.
Each Solve It participant may choose problems from two difficulty levels. A specific UD staff member will follow each student's progress throughout the summer. At the end of the program, students completing all sets of problems receive a summary of their progress and a report on how well they performed, compared to other participants at the same grade level. Each child also receives a certificate of participation and a Solve It pin.
Cost of the program is $50 or $60, depending on the level of problems chosen. For more information, call the Solve it office at UD at 831-0790 or visit the Solve It web site at <http://www.udel.edu/educ/solveit/>.
The annual Geis Student Research Conference on Women will be held from 10 a.m-4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 29, in Room 209/211 of the Trabant University Center.
Each year, the program provides recognition to students involved in excellence in research. After a welcome by Liane Sorenson, women's affairs and Commission on the Status of Women, students will present papers, with a five-minute discussion following each 15-minute presentation.
The schedule includes:
Social issues
10:20 a.m., "Neutralizing Sex: Creating Image through Stigma," Michelle L. Meloy, sociology and criminal justice;
10:40 a.m., "The Role of Women in Society: A Theoretical Analysis of Durkheim and the Law of Twelve Tables," Nicole A. Vadino, sociology and criminal justice;
Humanities
11 a.m., "More than .Blood and Water: Locating Irish Women Writers Within the Irish Literary Tradition," Laura White, English; and
11:20 a.m., "The Chocolate Girl Defiled: Cocoa, Gender and Food Adulteration in 19th-Century Confections," David Satran, English.
Humanities
12:30 p.m., "The Gender and Culture of Revolution," Marissa Merrick, history;
12:50 p.m. "Through the Forest: An Examination of the Angel in the House," Stacy E. Rooke, English;
1:10 p.m., "Dangerous Beauty, A Film that Belittles Veronica Franco," Heather McMenamin, English;
1:30 p.m., "Jane Austen: Marriage and the Modern Feminist Discourse," Sarah E. Davis, English;
1:50 p.m., "'Love Itself Cannot Do More than Compete in Force and Truth': The Romantic Friendship of Shirley and Caroline in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley." Melissa Joarder, English;
2:10 p.m., "Nature and Woman's Space in Shirley." Theresa E. Fuller, English;
Social Issues
2:30 p.m., "Behind the Burqa: The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban," Brenda R. Mayrack, political science and international relations;
2:50 p.m., "Young Adult Romance and Horror Fiction: Big Business and Adolescent Girls," Melissa Joarder, women's studies;
3:10 p.m., "A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa Combining Medical, Psychological and Drug Therapies," Tara Bernardino, women's studies;
3:30 p.m., "Women's Roles in Sudan's Religions," Laura Stephens, religion; and
3:50 p.m., "Dying to Play?: The Prevalence of Eating Disorders Versus the Benefits of Young Women's Participation in Sports," Jessica Horvath, psychology.
At approximately 4:20 p.m., a reception will be held for presenters and members of the audience. At that time, the graduate and undergraduate winners will be announced.
The program is sponsored by the Office of Women's Affairs and the Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program, in cooperation with the Commission on the Status of Women and the Office of the President.
For additional information, call Emily Hayworth, women's studies, at 831-8474.
Paul Churchland, professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego, will give the 1999 David Norton Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, in Room 125 Clayton Hall. His topic will be "How the Brain Embodies Moral Knowledge: New Insights from Neural Network Theory." A reception in the lobby will follow the free, public lecture.
According to Churchland, almost every religious and philosophical moral tradition assumes that becoming a moral agent is a matter of accepting or internalizing a specific set of behavior-guiding rules. The issue then becomes, "What is the right set of rules?"
Recent models of brain function, however, indicate that moral character is acquired differently and moral knowledge is stored differently than tradition suggests. Churchland's lecture will explore the new neurocognitive perspective and its social consequences.
The author of Matter and Consciousness and The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain, Churchland also serves on the University of California's cognitive science faculty, science studies faculty and its Institute for Neural Computation. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and holds a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
The lecture is supported by the David Norton Memorial Fund honoring the late UD philosophy professor, the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, the Department of Philosophy and the Class of 1955 Ethics Endowment Fund.
For more information, call 831-6075.
The Beta Xi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the nursing honor society, will celebrate its 25th anniversary at UD with three days of activities this month. Beta Xi swore in its first UD inductee April 19, 1974.
This year, activities will begin April 18 when members will deliver food from a three-week food drive to the Emmanuel Dining Room in Wilmington and then serve lunch. On April 19, recent inductees to Beta Xi will be recognized during their classes, and celebrations will be held during department meetings on April 20.
Kathleen Schell, a member of the 25th anniversary committee, said, "The chapter is very active. Throughout the year, it provides research grants, scholarships and a mentoring service for undergraduates."
Each spring, Beta Xi sponsors an all-day conference for local nursing researchers during which they give presentations on their work and hold poster sessions, she added. Beta Xi also sponsors a winter dinner with a guest speaker who has done significant research relating to nursing.
Sigma Theta Tau International is committed to improving health care worldwide by encouraging excellence, scholarship and leadership in nursing. The society focuses on increasing the base of nursing knowledge through nursing research in health care delivery.
The UD chapter has approximately 500 active members. In order to be a member, nursing graduate students must have a 3.5 average, and undergraduates must have a 3.0 average by the end of their junior year and be in the top one-third of their class.
The theme for this year's New Arc Academy is using physical, biological and information systems to solve problems. Students in grades 4 through 7 will explore microscopic and macroscopic habitats, assemble and program robots, use the Internet as a research tool and create and publish a web page.
The academy will meet from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, July 19-30, in Willard Hall Education Building. Cost is $395, and qualified applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Call T. Pledgie at 831-8162 for information or visit the web site at <http://www. udel.edu/educ/naa>.
Ferris Webster, marine studies, will give a lecture on "The Science of El Niño and La Niña" at a luncheon from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, at the Hotel du Pont. The cost for the event is $10 per person. For reservations for the lunch and lecture, call 831-2841 or send e-mail to <MarineCom@udel.edu>.
Extremes of a naturally occurring climate cycle, El Niño is the expansion of the warm sea-surface temperature in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, while La Niña is characterized by cooler than normal sea-surface temperature in the central Pacific Ocean.
Webster will review the processes by which they develop, show some of their impacts, present a summary of El Niño's effects in 1997 and 1998 and update what is occurring with La Niña. He also will discuss the effects in this region and show some local forecasts for the months ahead.
Much of Webster's research has focused on the ocean's role in climate change. He and his team of scientists and computer specialists have been involved in managing the data gathered worldwide by oceanographers for the World Ocean Circulation Experiment and other climate-research initiatives. Webster established the Data Information Unit at Lewes to manage the data and information generated by scientists from more than 30 nations, with an international directory available on the World Wide Web. He also chairs the International Council for Science's Panel on World Data Centers.
Danny Eason and the Abundant Life Choir will headline the University's annual Gospelrama, scheduled at 5 p.m., Sunday, April 25, in Mitchell Hall. The concert is part of the 1999 Black Arts Festival. Cost is $5 for students and $7 for the general public.
Eason was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up in the heart of Brownsville. Under his directorship, the junior choir of Brownsville Community Baptist Church won the 1991 McDonald Gospel Fest at Carnegie Hall. In 1992, he started the Brooklyn Youth Community Choir as an avenue to get young people off the streets and into something positive.
In 1993, he changed the name to Abundant Life Youth Crusade Ministry to reflect his desire to expand his music ministry to meet more of the needs of young people in Brooklyn. The choir, with more than 100 members, has traveled extensively across the U.S. and Canada and performed in such unlikely places as Rikers Island prison, at hospitals and schools.
Eason has received numerous awards for his ministry to youth, has written songs for several recording artists and has made numerous appearances on television and radio.
Jeni Varnadeau and the University of Delaware Gospel Choir also will perform at the Gospelrama. For more information, call the Center for Black Culture at 831-2991.
Edgar S. Woolard Jr., former chairman of the board of the DuPont Co., will deliver the next talk in the University of Delaware's Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series. Woolard's address, "Develop All Your Skills," will begin at 1:30 p.m., Friday, April 23, in the Chaplin Tyler Atrium of MBNA America Hall.
A new University of Delaware faculty position–the Woolard Chair of Corporate Governance, supported by a $1 million endowment honoring Woolard–was recently established at UD.
The new chair will allow the University to play an important role with other leading academic institutions in the study and implementation of efficient economic forms of organization. The faculty position--made possible by the generosity of several corporations and several of Woolard's friends--honors his high ideals, ethical management and integrity in business.
Woolard served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of the DuPont Co. from 1987 to 1995. He then continued as chairman for two additional years. Woolard joined DuPont in 1957 as an industrial engineer at the Kinston, N.C., plant. He became chairman and chief executive officer in April 1989. Woolard received a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering and an honorary doctoral degree from North Carolina State University.
He is a director of CITIGROUP Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., is a member of the Business Council and a member of the boards of Winterthur Museum, the Christiana Care Corp., and the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia and the North Carolina Textile Foundation Inc. He also is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Bretton Woods Committee.
His UD appearance is sponsored by the College of Business and Economics, with support from the Chaplin Tyler Endowment Fund. For more information, call 831-2221
The Professional Theatre Training Program's last series of three plays for the spring 1999 season includes the hilarity of Harvey, the psychological drama of A Doll's House and the merriment of Twelfth Night. Tickets for all productions, presented in repertory, range from $12 to $15 for the general public. All performances are held in Hartshorn Hall.
Harvey
Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his companion, a six-foot-one-and-a-half-inch invisible rabbit named Harvey. As the pair becomes an embarrassment for Elwood's sister Veta, she endeavors to have her brother committed to the Chumley sanatorium. Hilarity results when signals are switched and Veta is committed in Elwood's stead. A wacky team of psychiatrists, attendants and concerned citizens attempt to disprove the rabbit's existence, only to find themselves charmed by the bunny in the end.
Most performances are sold out and are scheduled at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 20; Wednesday, April 21; Sunday, April 25; Saturday, May 1; and Friday, May 7. A 12:30 p.m. matinee is scheduled for Sunday, April 25.
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen's brilliant psychological and social drama examines the tenuous nature of domestic relationships and the potential illusions of equality. Sheltered Nora Helmer forges a check in order to help her sick husband. Threatened with blackmail, she confesses her crime and is profoundly disturbed when her husband turns on her. Nora realizes that an abyss has opened; she has never been a true companion in the marriage, only a fragile doll.
Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23; Saturday, April 24; and Wednesday, May 5. Matinee performances are scheduled at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 24; Sunday, May 2; and Saturday, May 8.
Twelfth Night
A merry group of pranksters and shipwrecked twins encounter miscalculated love affairs, mistaken identities and one particularly pompous and melancholy manservant in one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies. Festivity and folly follow Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch and company as Viola, dressed as a young boy named Cesario, is sent by Duke Orsino to woo Countess Olivia, who in turn falls in love with Cesario, creating an amusing and confusing triangle of complications.
Evening performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28; Thursday, April 29; Friday, April 30; Thursday, May 6; and Saturday, May 8. A 12:30 p.m. matinee is scheduled on Saturday, May 1.
For tickets or more information, call the Hartshorn Hall box office at 831-2204.
The Student Conference on Legal Studies will be held from 1-4 p.m., today, in the Collins Room of the Perkins Student Center. The conference, sponsored by the Legal Studies Program, is open to the University community and the public.
After an introduction by Valerie Hans, Legal Studies Program, at 1 p.m., the following students will present papers on law and criminal justice, beginning at 1:10 p.m.:
Sommer Ross, "The Criminalization of AIDS";
Jaime Dorsey, "Obstacles Women Encounter in the Police Department";
Jill Harper, "Community Notification Laws: Constructive or Destructive?"; and
Michelle Blanton, "Thomas Capano Case Study."
These presentations will be followed by papers on law and social justice, beginning at 2:10 p.m. given by the following students:
Joann Ellen Kingsley, "U.S. Foreign Policy and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia";
Bob Ehemann, "Dedham Water Co. vs. Cumberland Farms Dairy";
Keith M. Horner, "Dolan vs. Jones"; and
Bruno Galante, "Clinton vs. Jones."
A reception for participants and the audience will begin at 3:10 p.m., and awards will be presented for the best papers.
For further information, telephone Nancy Quillen at 831-1236 or send e-mail to <quillen @udel.edu>, or telephone Hans at 831-8231 or send e-mail to <vhans@udel.edu>.
The Cosmopolitan Club will sponsor an International Night on Saturday, April 17. The evening, which celebrates international students on the campus, begins with dinner at 7 p.m., followed by entertainment. The event will take place in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center. Tickets for the dinner and the show are $10 for Cosmopolitan Club members and $15 for the general public. Tickets for the show only are $5.
For more information, call 837-2695.
The Harrington Theatre Arts Company will present Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods this month. Performances will be held in Pearson Hall auditorium, at 8 p.m., April 16, 17, 18, 22, 23 and 24. There also is a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 18. Tickets are $5 for students, UD staff or senior citizens and $7 for the general public.
For more information, call 456-1091.
U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle will speak on higher education issues at 7 p.m., Monday, April 19, in the lounge of Russell Residence Hall. His talk, about education issues facing Congress, will include a question-and-answer session. For more information, call 831-1201.
