Purdue Events Calendar

February 27, 1998

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

• Saturday, March 14. Math Counts state competition. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Stewart Center. Math Counts is a nonprofit program that aims to foster interest and competency in mathematics in seventh- and eighth-grade students.

• Saturday-Sunday, March 21-22. Holocaust Remembrance Conference. Various on- and off-campus locations. All sessions are free and open to the public. Participants include: Mel Mermelstein, a California businessman and survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps who sued the Institute for Historical Review (which denied the truth of the Holocaust) and won; Richard H. Weisberg, professor of constitutional law at the Cardozo School of Law in New York and author of "Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France"; and Charlotte Guthmann Opfermann, survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto, playwright and teacher. For a schedule of events, contact Rabbi Gedalyah Engel, conference coordinator, (765) 743-1716.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Thursday, March 5. 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.

• Sunday, March 15. Clint Black with Trace Adkins and The Kinleys. 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $23.50 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

• Wednesday, March 18. Cirque Eloize. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This show provides the acrobatics, comedy and spectacle of the Big Top. Tickets are $18 for the public, $14 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

• Friday, March 20. The Daughter of the Regiment. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. The New York City Opera National Company production of this opera by Donizetti. Tickets are $28, $23 and $18 for the public, $18 and $14 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Purdue Convocations' Lively Arts Package.

• Sunday, March 22. Cinema Now: Cold Comfort Farm. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Set in England of the 1930s, this film tells the story of a sophisticated woman who dramatically changes the lives of each of her unmannerly relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

** Thursday, March 26. B-Tree. 7 p.m. Room 210, Stewart Center. The Black Cultural Center welcomes special guest poet B-Tree for a free performance. Part of the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

** Friday, March 27. Haraka Fest '98. 8 p.m. East Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. A free evening of original poetry from the Haraka Writers, one of the Black Cultural Center's four performing arts ensemble. Part of the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

** Friday, March 27. Bye Bye Birdie. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets for this musical comedy are $30, $23 and $18 for the public, $18 and $14 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

** Sunday, March 29. Free concert by Purdue Jazz Bands. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

LECTURES

• Tuesday, March 3. Teaching, Learning and Technology: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Stephen C. Ehrman, consultant, speaker and author of "Adult Learning in a New Technological Era," delivers the keynote address in the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series.

• Wednesday, March 4. Introducing Young Students to the Holocaust Through Literature. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Speakers: Associate Professor Lynn R. Nelson, director of the James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship, Purdue School of Education; Trudy Nelson, third-grade teacher at Mayflower Mill Elementary School, Lafayette; and Priya Mathew-Johnson and Tabatha Lisinicchia, graduate students, Purdue School of Education. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Thursday, March 5. The Revival of Judaism in France: Spinoza's Ethics and Contemporary French Thinking. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Lecture by Professor Douglas Collins, French and Italian Studies, University of Washington. Part of Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

• Thursday, March 5. Sister Power: It's Time for Women of Color to Take Charge. 7 p.m. Room 206, Stewart Center. Speaker: Educator and author Patricia Reid-Merritt. Part of the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, March 6. Electricity Generation in Private Markets: Why Colombia. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building auditorium. Speaker: Barbara J. Fagan, vice president and Latin American and Caribbean asset manager, Amoco Power Resources Corp., Houston. Krannert Executive Forum.

• Thursday, March 19. Inner Work: A Discipline of Leadership. 10-11:30 a.m. Room 210, Stewart Center. Speaker: Katherine Tyler Scott, executive director of Trustee Leadership Development in Indianapolis. Woman's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• Thursday, March 19. Immortality: The Views of Kant and Some Others. 4:30 p.m. Room 210 University Building. Speaker: Rolf George from the University of Waterloo. Purdue Philosophy Colloquium Series.

• Thursday, March 19. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: How and Why a Protestant Community Saved Thousands of Jews in Occupied France. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker: Professor Patrick Henry, Department of French, Whitman College. Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

• Friday, March 20. Entrepreneur + Trust + Success. 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: Terry L. Van Der Aa, president and chief executive officer, ATC/Vancom Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. Krannert Executive Forum.

** Tuesday, March 24. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Olivia Bennett Wood, Purdue associate professor of foods and nutrition.

** Wednesday, March 25. How to Solve the Palestinian-Israeli Equation: A Recipe. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Eythan Weg, Department of Psychology, Indiana University. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

** Friday, March 27. Getting Back to Basics: Simple but Effective Organizational, Managerial and Operational Processes. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building auditorium. Speaker: Marc C. Hansen, president, Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems, King of Prussia, Pa. Krannert Executive Forum.

WORKSHOPS

** Tuesday and Thursday, March 10 and 12. Estate and Business Transfer Planning Seminar. 7-9:30 p.m. each night. Tippecanoe County office of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, 3150 Sagamore Parkway S. This seminar by Gerald Harrison, Extension economist and professor of agricultural economics, is for farm families, small business owners, landowners and professionals assisting with estate and business transferring. Preregistration required by March 6 along with a $15 fee per individual and $5 per spouse. Registration forms available at the Tippecanoe County Extension office, (765) 494-8170.

Thursday, March 19. Researching the Black Experience in Cyberspace. 9 a.m., noon, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. BCC library, 315 University St. Four, free, hour-long workshops where participants will learn about searching on the World Wide Web. Registration is required. Part of the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series. CONTACT: Renee Thomas, BCC director, (765) 494-3091; e-mail, rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu

CONFERENCES

** Saturday, March 28. Third Annual Midwest Leadership Conference. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Stewart Center. Interactive workshops will explore issues, innovations and training methods in the field of leadership education. Registration is $50, and includes refreshments, lunch, parking and welcoming reception on Friday, March 27. Sponsored by the Department of Organizational Leadership. Contact Bill Krug, (765) 494-5614; e-mail, egkrug@tech.purdue.edu

MEETINGS

• Monday, March 23. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

** Friday, March 27. Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

EXHIBITS

(NOTE: Purdue Galleries are closed during sprin g break, March 7-15.)

** March 2-18. Weavings by Jim Wills. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125, Lilly Hall of Life Sciences.

** March 19-20. Women's INterVentions in Science, Art and Technology. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125, Lilly Hall of Life Sciences.

• Through March 22. Haitian Art Exhibit: paintings and other art forms from the Waterloo (Iowa) Museum of Art. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Exhibit co-sponsored by the Black Cultural Center, Purdue Galleries and the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art.

• Through March 22. Vjacheslav Khomutov paintings and drawings, an exhibit from St. Petersburg, Russia. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Khomutov will give a brown bag talk at noon Feb. 12.

• Through March 22. "A Print Retrospective," an exhibit by Reynold Weidenaar. Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

OTHER

• Saturday, March 7. Spring break begins. 12:15 p.m. Classes resume March 16.

** Through March 26. 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: March 3, Californian Fusion; March 4, Indiana Regional; March 5, British. March 10-12, Closed for spring break. March 17, Irish; March 18, German; March 19, Mexican. March 24, Cajun; March 25, Southwestern; March 26, Polynesian.

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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