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| Vol. 18, No. 39 | Aug. 26, 1999 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 39 | Aug. 26, 1999 |
Vita Nova, the student-operated restaurant of the Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, will reopen for lunch Tuesday, Aug. 31, and for dinner Wednesday, Sept. 8, at its location on the second floor of the Trabant University Center.
The lunch buffet will be served from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday through Friday, for $9.99, including beverage and service charge.
A four-course, à la carte dinner, rated one of the best values in Delaware by Delaware Today magazine, will be served from Wednesday through Friday nights and will feature a newly revised menu.
For reservations, call 831-0500. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and FLEX are accepted.
For more information, visit the Vita Nova web site at <http:// www.udel.edu.HRIM/vitanova/index.html>.
Tony Bennett, the singer who has bridged the generations, capturing the hearts of the MTV generation, their parents and grandparents, will appear at the University of Delaware at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1, in the Bob Carpenter Center on the Newark campus.
Tickets, at $35 each, go on sale Tuesday, Aug. 31, at UD box offices in the Trabant University Center and the Bob Carpenter Center and at Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets will be available by phone, by calling Ticketmaster at 984-2000, where a convenience charge may be added.
Bennett, 73, is celebrating his 50th year in show business. Known as the singer's singer, Bennett was called, by the late Frank Sinatra, "the best singer in the business."
An eight-time Grammy Award-winner, he recently released The Playground, on the Columbia/Sony/Wonder/RPM music labels. The album, a family-oriented project, includes duets with Elmo, Kermit the Frog and Rosie O'Donnell.
Bennett also recently penned his autobiography, The Good Life, published by Pocket Books. The compelling account of the singer's personal and professional life begins with Bennett growing up in Astoria, Queens, and ends with his recent successes in the 1990s.
This December, the A&E Network will honor Bennett's 50th anniversary with a live special, Tony Bennett: An All-Star Tribute: Live by Request.
Over the past five years, Bennett has sold more than 3 million records worldwide; has had two albums, Perfectly Frank and Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged, certified gold; and has received lifetime achievement awards from countless organizations.
Bennett entered his fifth decade in popular music by releasing an album version of his highly acclaimed MTV Unplugged appearance, which won him 1995 Grammy Awards for album of the year and for best traditional pop vocal performance.
The MTV generation first took Bennett to heart during his appearance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the 1993 MTV Video Awards ceremony.
"Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap," The New York Times proclaimed, "he has demolished it. He has solidly connected with a younger crowd weaned on rock. And, there have been no compromises."
The son of a grocer and Italian-born immigrant, Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Queens in 1926.
"My scuffling years began to end in 1949," he says, "when I auditioned for a revue that Pearl Bailey was in at the old Greenwich Village Inn. Bob Hope heard me in the show and asked me to sing at the Paramount Theatre with him," Bennett recalls.
"A year later," Bennett says, "Mitch Miller auditioned me for Columbia Records. I sang 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams,' and it became my first hit. So, I started this crazy adventure that has lasted all these year. I had hits like 'Because of You,' 'Just in Time,' 'Stranger in Paradise' and 'Rags to Riches.' I became international in 1962 when I recorded 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco."'
For information on the Oct. 1 concert, call UD1-HENS. 
-Beth Thomas
Members of the University of Delaware community will be participating in the American Heart Association's Heart Walk on Sunday, Sept. 12, on the grounds of Wilmington's Winterthur Museum.
Registration and check-in start at 8 a.m. The walk begins at 9 a.m. and is over by 10:30 a.m. After the walk, a post party will be held featuring health screenings, music, an awards program and more.
Local companies will compete to provide walkers willing to gather sponsors and walk the scenic 3.1-mile course. Last year, UD was among the top 10 fundraisers.
The first 100 UD walkers who turn in their pledge envelopes before Sept. 8 with donations of $25 or more are eligible to receive a free special UD Heart Walk t-shirt. Wearing the shirts on Sept. 12 will help to identify UD walkers. If there are any extras, they can be purchased at $10 each. Contact Marianne Carter, Employee Wellness Center, at 831-1109 or send e-mail to <mcarter@udel.edu>
There will be quite a cackle in the Hen House this year as UD offers free entertainment for families for 90 minutes prior to the start of home football games. The Hen House is a bright blue and yellow tent at the northeast corner of Delaware Stadium.
Also, face painting, a moon bounce, arts and crafts and visits by everybody's favorite Blue Hen, YoUDee, and UD cheerleaders also are planned. Families also can host birthday parties for children in the Hen House for a fee.
Pokémon Pikachu, Teletubby Po and Sparkle the Clown will visit the Hen House on Thursday, Sept. 2.
On Sept. 18, visitors from Star Wars the Phantom Menance, will be in the Hen House. Rugrats fans will have a chance to meet their favorite characters on Oct. 2. On Oct. 16 Arthur the Aardvark, Blue from Blues Clues and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz visit the Hen House. The Hen House will host a Halloween party on Oct. 23 with special guests Horrible Hannah, Charlotte the Spider and Batman. The holiday season kicks off on Nov. 13 with visits from Santa and his elf and that red-nosed reindeer, Rudolph.
For more information on Hen House appearances or to hold a child's birthday party there, call the UD Sports Marketing Department at 831-8961.
Fun, food, socializing and orientation activities will welcome new students to UD this weekend, and parents also are invited to meetings throughout moving-in day on Saturday, Aug. 28.
During the move-in on Aug. 28, free snacks and refreshments will be available from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Scrounge in the Perkins Student Center, in the Rodney Dining Hall lobby and in the Amber Lantern at Pencader Dining Hall. In the evening, an "Off-Campus Students in the Know" meeting will be held, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center, while on-campus students attend floor and residence hall meetings from 6-8 p.m.
Then it's off by free bus transportation to the Bob Carpenter Sports/ Convocation Center for "Saturday Night Live at the Bob," the first dance party of the year, from 9 p.m.-midnight, featuring wild video dance, free food, giveaways and more.
On Sunday, Aug. 29, religious open houses will be held by the Baptist Student Ministry, Catholic Campus Ministry, Chabad House, the Episcopal Campus Ministry at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hillel Student Center, the Lutheran Campus Ministry, the Presbyterian Campus Ministry and the United Methodist Campus Ministry (Wesley Foundation).
An Each One, Reach One orientation for new student mentees, sponsored by the Center for Black Culture, will be held from 2-5 p.m., in Multipurpose Rooms B and C of the Trabant University Center.
"Out at School" from 3-4 p.m., in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center, will welcome students, friends, families and allies to UD's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community.
Off-campus students are invited to a cook-out from 5-8 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center with food, music and games. Following a "Meet & Eat" dinner with resident assistants and floor mates at campus dining halls, on-campus students will have getting acquainted sessions in residence halls, called "Meet Them Now, Before You See Them in the Bathroom."
"Transfer, Exchange and Connect," from 4-5 p.m., in the Christiana Commons, will welcome transfer and foreign students living on campus.
"Out and About," from 8 p.m.-3 a.m., is filled with activities and programs across campus. The University Bookstore will be holding "Moonlight Madness," with special sales from 7-10 p.m. From 8 p.m.-midnight, the West Campus at Rodney and Harrington Beach and the Laird Campus will be holding special games and activities, ranging from basketball and volleyball to tie dying and sand art.
Students can enjoy mocktails and munchies while playing free games at the Hen Zone from 8 p.m.-2 a.m., while WVUD radio sponsors a dance in the Scrounge from 9 p.m.-midnight, both in the Perkins Student Center. Meantime, at the Trabant University Center, Adam Sandler's funniest films will be screened from 9 p.m.-3 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room, and Fright Fest, featuring Urban Legend, The Faculty and Jawbreaker will take over the movie theatre.
There also is an opportunity for free ice skating at the Fred Rust Ice Arena from 10 p.m.-midnight.
Monday, Aug. 30, begins with Academic Orientation, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the different colleges, followed by New Student Convocation, the opening academic ceremony of the year, at 11 a.m., at the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center, with lunch afterward on the concourse.
Each One, Reach One, sponsored by the Center for Black Culture, will hold a "Meet the Faculty" reception from noon-2 p.m., in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center, and a Latino Student Orientation will be held from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. in the Kirkwood Room of the Perkins Student Center.
Monday afternoon from 2-4:45 p.m. is filled with tours of the Morris Library and workshops for new students on topics ranging from improving time management skills to music opportunities for nonmajors.
Direct Loan entrance counseling will be held from 4-4:50 p.m. and from 5-5:50 p.m. in Mitchell Hall. Math placement tests for those who have not taken it will be given from 6-7 p.m. in Room 106 Ewing Hall.
Activities Night, featuring student clubs on campus, will be in the Trabant University Center from 7-9 p.m., and there will be activities in the residence halls from 9-11 p.m.
At 9:30 p.m. there will be a free showing of the film, She's All That at the Trabant movie theatre, and from 9:30 p.m.-midnight, there will be free entertainment in the Scrounge at the Perkins Student Center. The Cultural Planning Advisory Board will hold a welcome back dance, free to new students with a coupon, at the Perkins Student Center from 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m.
Reality sets in when classes begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
All My Money," a financial training workshop for social service workers, the faith community, teachers and others who work with audiences that need assistance in learning the basics of financial management, will be presented this fall in Newark.
Led by Maria Pippidis, Cooperative Extension, the two-day seminar will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursdays, Sept. 23 and 30, at the Extension Office, 910 South Chapel St.
The 14 hours of training will cover such varied topics as understanding learners, budgeting, consumer skills, handling credit problems and taking consumer action. Participants will learn how to run workshops that teach others to develop and maintain a budget and understand credit issues.
The cost for the workshop is $135, which includes all curriculum materials. Preregistration is necessary.
Persons with special needs should call at least a week in advance to make appropriate accommodations.
To register or for more information, call 831-COOP.
The University's popular FLY! (Foreign Languages for Youngsters) program will begin again in September for children in first through third grades.
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, classes will be held in 12 sessions, from 9:30-11 a.m. on Saturdays, Sept. 18, through Dec. 11, on the Newark campus. Tuition is $150, plus a $20 materials fee.
"When children learn to speak a foreign language at an early age, they have a better chance of becoming truly proficient and speaking that language with more native-like pronunciation," Katrien Christie, foreign languages and literatures and coordinator of the FLY! Program, said. "It has also been found that early learning of a second language can enhance a child's intellectual and mental development," she said.
For more information or to register a child, call 831-2183 or access the FLY! web page at <http://www.udel.edu/katrien/ fly.htm>.
