Purdue Events Calendar

EDITORS: This calendar lists selected events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings have two asterisks (**).

All events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's on-line calendar at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

EVENTS

• Tuesday, Oct. 14. Golden Taps. 10 p.m. Spitzer Court, Cary Quadrangle. Monthly ceremony to honor members of the student body who have died during the past month.

• Thursday, Oct. 16. Wiley Hall presents a "Celebration of Life" in memory of resident counselor Jay Severson. 6-8 p.m. Wiley Hall, Intramural Drive. A year after Severson's death, the men of Wiley Hall will celebrate life with a live band; information tables from the Red Cross, the Crisis Center, Counseling and Psychological Services and the Boys and Girls Club; and prize drawings for attendees. Donations will be accepted for the Jay Severson Memorial Fund.

• Friday, Oct. 17. Selected Homecoming events:

  -- Libraries Special Collections/Amelia Earhart -- The Purdue Connection 1935-1937. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Room 279, Stewart Center.

  -- Old Heavilon Hall Clockworks Dedication. 4 p.m. Atrium, Materials and Electrical Engineering Building. The restored clockworks will go on permanent public display.

  -- Black Cultural Center/Purdue Black Alumni Reception. 6-9 p.m. Black Cultural Center, 315 University St.

• Saturday, Oct. 18. Homecoming. Schools and departments will have breakfasts, brunches, open houses and tailgate parties, including a Meredith Hall 45th anniversary open house and reception. After-game activities include a buffet in the Purdue Memorial Union's Sagamore Dining Room and a PMO/Purdue Alumni Association Oktoberfest Banquet in the Memorial Union Ballrooms (for reservations, call 1-800-893-3041 or 765-494-3945).

• Tuesday, Oct. 21. Peace Corps information session. 6:30 p.m. Room 128, Heavilon Hall.

• Thursday, Oct. 23. Work Abroad/International Internship Workshop. 7 p.m. Room 318, Stewart Center.

• Saturday, Oct. 25. "Chemistry of Fire" demonstrations. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Lecture demonstration director Paul Smith will perform experiments that are aimed at people of all ages.

** Saturday, Nov. 8. Physics FunFest. 10 a.m.-noon. Physics Building. Demonstrations for children and adults on various topics in physics. Four different 20-minute shows will run simultaneously in Rooms 112, 114, 203 and 223. Each show will be repeated four times. Show titles are "Fire and Ice," "Lots of Lightning," "Magic Mechanics" and "Color Carnival."

ENTERTAINMENT

• Thursday, Oct. 16. "Hiding Out." 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. A drama production subtitled "What You Do in the Dark Is Going to Come to Light" featuring h.t. McNair. It is about searching for love, security, purpose, acceptance and approval, all in the wrong places. This free show is part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, Oct. 17. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets for this musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber are $30, $23 and $18 for the public; $18 and $14 for Purdue students; and $7 for adults and $5 (K-12 students) for Family Circle seating in the second balcony, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Lively Arts Package.

** Saturday, Oct. 18. Pregame (Wisconsin) concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 11:30 a.m. Slayter Center. The concert also will feature the 1997 Alumni Marching Band.

• Saturday, Oct. 18. Counting Crows concert. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Purdue Student Concert Committee. Opening act: Dog's Eye View. Tickets are $22.50 at campus box offices, by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW, or at Ticketmaster locations.

• Sunday, Oct. 19. Bell Choir Concert. 11 a.m. University Church, West Lafayette.

• Sunday, Oct. 19. Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band Concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

• Wednesday, Oct. 22. Canadian Brass. 8 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets are sold out. Part of Purdue Convocations' Loeb Music Collection Series.

• Friday, Oct. 24. Cinema Now: "Big Night." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 1996 American film. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

** Friday, Oct. 24. American Music Review and Purdue Jazz Band Concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. (Date changed.)

• Friday, Oct. 24. BCC Coffee House. 8 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall. Theater and dance featuring the New Directional Players and the Jahari Dance Troupe, two of the Black Cultural Center's performing arts ensembles. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Saturday, Oct. 25. Jazz Bands Concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Purdue's Concert and Lab Jazz Bands, directed by Dr. Marion "Mo" Trout. This free concert features a varied selection of jazz music.

** Sunday, Oct. 26. Purduettes perform at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services at Trinity United Methodist Church, 404 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

• Sunday, Oct. 26. Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

• Wednesday, Oct. 29. "One Monster After Another." 7 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Just in time for Halloween, Child's Play Touring Theatre will perform stories and poems written by children, including some created by schoolchildren from Greater Lafayette. Tickets are $11 for the public, $6 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

** Thursday, Oct. 30. University Choir. 7 p.m. Westminster Village, 2741 N. Salisbury St., West Lafayette.

• Friday, Oct. 31. "When We Were Kings -- The Untold Story of 'Rumble in the Jungle.'" 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The film, the 1997 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature Writer, is about the 1974 heavyweight championship boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. Admission is $2. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. This event is co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board.

** Sunday, Nov. 2. Purduettes perform at 11 a.m. worship service at University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette.

• Sunday, Nov. 2. Cellist Mark Kosower. 3 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets are $8 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Discovery Concerts Series featuring young performers.

** Thursday, Nov. 6. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Lunchtime concert features performances by Purdue instrumentalists. Bring your lunch or share in refreshments provided by Tau Beta Sigma.

** Thursday, Nov. 6. Purdue Black Voices of Inspiration concert. 8 p.m. Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. This free concert is part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

** Friday, Nov. 7. Pianist Chick Corea and vibes player Gary Burton. 8 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. A duet performance by a pair of Grammy winners. Tickets are $25 for the public, $15 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. A Purdue Convocations' Jazz Set event.

** Saturday, Nov. 8. Pregame concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 11:30 a.m. (Time is subject to change, but it will be 1-1/2 hours before the football game against Michigan State.) Slayter Center.

** Sunday, Nov. 9. Trinity Irish Dance Company. 3 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets to this performance of traditional Irish dance are $18 for the public, $12 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

LECTURES

• Tuesday, Oct. 14. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Series. Speaker: Tony Hawkins, interim vice president for student services. 7:30 a.m. Purdue Room, MCL Cafeteria, Wabash Village, West Lafayette. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50. For reservations, call 1-800-414-1541.

** Wednesday, Oct. 15. Singing Away the Hunger: Stories of a Life in Lesotho. South African author Mpho Nthunya talks about her life and her people. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Stone Cellar, Room B2, Stone Hall. Women's Studies Brown Bag Series. Co-sponsored by International Programs, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Black Cultural Center and Women's Resource Office.

• Wednesday, Oct. 15. Conversations About Teaching. Speaker: David G. Meyer, Purdue associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series.

• Thursday, Oct. 16. School of Agriculture Environmental Symposium. 1:30-3 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speakers present current environmental research being done at Purdue. Poster presentations will be 3:30-6 p.m. in Room 212, Stewart Center.

• Thursday, Oct. 16. Monsanto Lecture Series. Ray Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Interface Inc., which makes textiles and floor coverings and has been recognized worldwide for its efforts to tackle environmental issues. Anderson will discuss the need for a "second industrial revolution" to make businesses and industry more environmentally responsible. 7:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium.

• Friday, Oct. 17. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Anne Schowe, vice president systems software and engineering technologies, Sun Microsystems Computer Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Topic: "A Few Really Important Things I Didn't Learn in Kindergarten." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Tuesday, Oct. 21: "Post-Modernism and Structural Theories." 7:30-9 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Peter Blau, past president of the American Sociological Association and currently at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Reception will follow. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

• Wednesday, Oct. 22. Alleged Christological References in the Old Testament: Everything You Want to Know and Are Smart Enough Not to Ask. Speaker: Ephraim Fischback, professor of physics. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 204. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Friday, Oct. 24. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Roberta W. Gutman, vice president and director of global diversity, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill. Topic: "Diversity, a Weapon for U.S. Business." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Tuesday, Oct. 28. Gender Diplomacy. Speakers: Aaron Kipnis and Elizabeth Herron, co-directors of the Gender Relations Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif. 8:30-10 a.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Woman's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• Tuesday, Oct. 28. (Wo)men and Gender in International Relations 10 Years On: To Return as a Woman and Be Heard. Speaker: Marysia Zalewski, visiting scholar from University of Wales, United Kingdom. Noon. Stone Cellar (Room B-2 Stone Hall. Brown Bag Series sponsored by Women's Studies.

• Wednesday, Oct. 29. The Assassination of the Black Male Image. 7 p.m. Room 206, Stewart Center. Earl Hutchinson, author and lecturer, makes this presentation. Some of Hutchinson's work is available in the BCC library. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, Oct. 31. Krannert Executive Forum. Alberto Sanchez Palazuelos, chairman and chief executive officer, Albright & Wilson Troy Grupo Industrial, Col. Polanco, Mexico. Topic: "AW Troy -- A Case of Converting a Government-Owned Chemical Complex Into a Private, World-Class, Global Company." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Friday, Oct. 31. Herbert Newby McCoy Lecture. Gregory Martin, associate professor of agronomy and winner of the 1997 Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Research, will talk on "Recognition and Signal Transduction in Plant Disease Resistance." 3:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

** Friday, Oct. 31. Astronaut and Purdue alumnus Greg Harbaugh will give a public talk on his experiences in the space program, including his flight to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. 8-9 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the Purdue Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Purdue Engineering Student Council.

** Saturday, Nov. 1. Louis Martin Sears Symposium. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Memorial Union. Four scholars discuss "Transatlantic Revolutionary Traditions, 1688-1824." Speakers and times: Lois G. Schwoerer, the Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History at George Washington University, 9 a.m.; John M. Murrin, professor of history at Princeton University and president-elect of the Society of Historians of the Early Republic, 10 a.m.; William Sewell, who holds the Mac Palevsky Professor of Political Science chair at the University of Chicago, 1 p.m.; and Eric Van Young, professor of history at the University of California at San Diego and associate director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, 2 p.m. A roundtable discussion will begin at 4 p.m.

** Wednesday, Nov. 5. Doing Jewish Oral History: Reflections on the Impact of the Holocaust on Purdue's Survivors. Speakers: Joseph Haberer, professor emeritus of political science, and W. Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt, associate professor of history. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 204. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

** Thursday, Nov. 6. Reconstructing the Subject of Human Rights. Speaker: Cheryl Hughes of Wabash College. 4:30 p.m. Room 1222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Philosophy Colloquium Series.

** Thursday, Nov. 6. The Iron Paradox: Assessing Risks and Benefits. Speaker: Elaine R. Monsen, professor of nutrition and adjunct professor of medicine, University of Washington. 8 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 218. Eva Goble Lecture Series in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences. Reception from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. also in Stewart Center, Room 218.

** Friday, Nov. 7. Krannert Executive Forum. Marshall O. Larsen, executive vice president, The BFGoodrich Co., and president and chief operating officer, BFGoodrich Aerospace, Akron, Ohio. Topic: "Turning Around a Company." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

MEETINGS

• Monday, Oct. 20. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

** Friday, Nov. 7. Board of Trustees meeting. Time to be announced. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

EXHIBITS

• Through Nov. 2. "Voices of Color." Union Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. This exhibit includes work in a variety of media by artists from wide-ranging multicultural backgrounds -- Asian-American, Native American, African-American, Latin American and Canadian. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

• Through Nov. 9. "Chi-Jen Fang: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper." Krannert Drawing Room. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

• Through Nov. 9. "A West of an Imagination, A Place of the Spirit." Stewart Center Gallery. Peter Smith, former art education professor at Purdue, has painted the West of his imagination, as well as his interpretation of the Biblical Jacob and his 12 sons. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

• Oct. 20-Nov. 23. "Students in Art Education." Beelke Gallery, Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2. This exhibit features recent work by student members of the National Art Education Association. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

OTHER

** Through Nov. 6. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. Coming up:

Oct. 14, Closed; Oct. 15, Scandinavian; Oct. 16, Closed.
Oct. 21, German; Oct. 22, Mediterranean; Oct. 23, Italian.
Oct. 28, Southwestern; Oct. 29, South Pacific; Oct. 30, Mexican.
Nov. 4, Californian; Nov. 5, Cajun; Nov. 6, Greek.

• Wednesday, Oct. 15. Classes resume from Octoberbreak.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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