Purdue Best Bets
October 31, 1997
JOURNALISTS: Here is a news story idea and a list of Purdue events during the next
two weeks.
Flexibility the key ingredient in this cookbook
Just in time for holiday cooking, "Fast and Flexible: Low Cost Recipes for a Family
or Fifty" provides creative food preparation ideas for those with limited budgets
and supplies. "This cookbook is very flexible not only in the variety of foods that
can be substituted into recipes, but also in the variety of people that can use it," explains
Willie Burgess, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service specialist in foods and nutrition.
Although intended for emergency feeding programs, the recipes could help many, including low-income families, busy parents and college students. In the case of the
recipe for Ham and Potato Chowder, suggested substitutions include hash browns for
potatoes and sweet peppers instead of carrots. Each of the 34 recipes contains a
version for 50 people and a family-size version. The cookbook costs $5 and may be ordered
at the Extension offices in all Indiana counties. CONTACT: Burgess, (765) 494-8186;
e-mail, willie@cfs.purdue.edu
Events
Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Lecture by David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and historian.
Title: "America: The Challenge to Be Authentic in an Age of Excessive Popular Culture."
7:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Halberstam, who won a Pulitzer for his
Vietnam reporting, is the author of several best-selling books, including a critically
acclaimed trilogy on power in America, "The Best and the Brightest," "The Powers
That Be" and "The Reckoning." His other books include "The Fifties" and two books
about baseball, "October 1964" and "Summer of '49." CONTACT: Jeff Langford, Purdue Convocations
publicist, (765) 494-9712; e-mail, jilangford@convos.purdue.edu
Friday, Nov. 7.
Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial
Union. President Steven C. Beering and members of the Purdue Board of Trustees will
be available in Purdue Memorial Union Room 256 immediately following the meeting
to answer questions from journalists. CONTACTS: Jeanne V. Norberg, director, Purdue
News Service, (765) 494-2084; e-mail, jeanne_norberg@purdue.edu,
or Joseph L. Bennett, vice president for University Relations, (765) 494-2082; e-mail, joe_bennett@purdue.edu
Saturday, Nov. 8.
Physics FunFest. 10 a.m.-noon. Physics Building. Demonstrations for children and
adults of all ages 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." Area high school students and their physics teachers -- Roy Applegate from
Harrison and Stan Polstra from Jefferson -- will join Purdue physics students and
faculty in giving the demonstrations. CONTACT: Steve Durbin, Department of Physics, (765)
494-6426; e-mail, durbin@physics.purdue.edu
Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 9-11.
Old Masters. Twelve leaders in various professional fields will share their experiences
and observations with Purdue students in classroom settings and informal meetings.
A public reception is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in Hillenbrand Hall.
CONTACTS: Anne McEvoy, Old Masters publicity co-chair, (765) 496-2223;
or Linda Ewing, associate dean of students, (765) 494-1252; e-mail, lhewing@odos.purdue.edu
Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 16-18.
AIDS Memorial Quilt Display. 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
Memorial Union Ballrooms. Nine-hundred and four of the 3x6-foot panels from The Names
Project AIDS Quilt will be on display. Organizers of the display have especially
requested panels commemorating Indiana AIDS victims Ryan White and Amy Sloan. Sponsored by
the Purdue Quilt Coalition, (765) 494-8908; e-mail, quilt@pmu.purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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