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March 20, 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

  • Wednesday, March 25. Astronauts or Astrobots? 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. A public forum on the topic of extended human exploration of space vs. extended robotic exploration of space. Presenting the case for astronauts will be Robert Zubrin, author of the book "The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must." Arguing for astrobots will be Louis Friedman, director of the Planetary Society. A panel of professors and people from the community, as well as audience members, will participate in a question and answer period. Sponsored by the Purdue chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

  • ** Friday, March 27. Eighth annual Indiana Collegiate Job Fair. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome, Indianapolis. Purdue seniors and alumni are invited to participate in this job fair, co-sponsored by Purdue and IU. Representatives from 130 employers will attend. Registration is $20 at the door.

  • ** Monday, March 30. Rookie practice begins for the April 25 Grand Prix go-kart race. 1-5 p.m. Kart track north of Ross-Ade Stadium.

  • Tuesday, March 31. School of Liberal Arts celebrates 25 years of the Learning Center. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. East Foyer, Stewart Center. The celebration will consist of a speaker on motivation and history, various booths and workshops with handouts and folders for students, and presentation of awards/certificates.

  • Saturday, April 4. Investing in Your Tomorrow. 8:30 a.m. Stewart Center, Room 214. A conference for all women students and faculty in Purdue's Schools of Science, Engineering and Technology. The day will be filled with motivational speeches and breakout sessions on a variety of topics. Sponsored by Women in Science and Women in Engineering programs.

  • Saturday, April 4. National Rube Goldberg contest. 11:30 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. National contest sponsored by Theta Tau Fraternity and Amoco. Student organizers maintain a World Wide Web page at http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~thetatau/RUBE/

  • ** Tuesday, April 14. 67th Annual Literary Awards Banquet. 6:30-9 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Guest speaker: Author Richard Ford of New Orleans. Tickets are $17 for adults, $11 for students, at the English Department office, Room 324, Heavilon Hall. A reception for high school winners and their parents or teachers will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the English Department Lounge (320 Heavilon Hall). Ford will give a free reading from his works from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the Krannert Building Auditorium.

  • ** Saturday, April 18. Expanding Your Horizons. 8 a.m. Purdue campus. A science and mathematics program for middle school girls. A variety of workshops are offered. Registration costs $15 and is due by April 3. CONTACT: Kay Conner, (765) 494-7128; e-mail, conner@chem.purdue.edu

  • ** Saturday, April 18. Pole qualification day for the April 25 Grand Prix go-kart race. Noon-6 p.m. Kart track north of Ross-Ade Stadium.

  • ** Saturday, April 18. Science Undergraduate Research Day. Student summary sessions will be 1-2 p.m. in Room 314, Stewart Center. Student posters will be on display 2-3:30 p.m. in Room 218, Stewart Center.

  • ** Saturday, April 18. University Sing. 2 p.m. North and South Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. Reception to follow competition. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board.

  • ** Monday-Tuesday, April 20-21. Qualifications for the April 25 Grand Prix go-kart race. 5:30-7 p.m. Kart track north of Ross-Ade Stadium.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • 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 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 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.

  • Thursday, April 2. 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, April 2. The Australian Chamber Orchestra with cellist Steven Isserlis. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $20 for the public, $14 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Loeb Music Collection Series.

  • Friday, April 3. Paquito D'Rivera and the United Nation Orchestra. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. D'Rivera is a 1997 Grammy winner. Tickets are $21 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. A Purdue Convocations' Jazz Set event.

  • Sunday, April 5. Windworks II. 2:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. The University Concert Band, the Collegiate Band and the Varsity Band present a free performance of traditional and contemporary concert band music.

  • Sunday, April 5. Black Voices of Inspiration Spring Concert. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Under the direction of artist-in-residence Marshall White, this Black Cultural Center performing arts ensemble will present an afternoon of uplifting and joyful music. Tickets are $5 for the public, $3 for students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

  • Wednesday, April 8. The Tibetan Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in India. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Nine Buddhist lamas from Tibet, robed in bright costumes, play traditional long horns, trumpets, drums and bells to promote world healing through ancient music, songs and dances. Tickets are $15 for the public and $10 for students at campus box office or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • Sunday, April 12. New Directional Players Spring Production. 3 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This free event is part of the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

  • ** Wednesday, April 15. Purdue Percussion Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Morton Community Center, West Lafayette. Free concert by the Purdue Latin Band, Percussion Ensemble, Marimba Band and Winter Drumline, directed by Visiting Professor Jeff Crowell.

  • ** Wednesday, April 15. The Cavani String Quartet, winner of the 1989 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $8 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • ** Thursday, April 16-Sunday, April 26. The Birthday Party -- Purdue Theatre. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets: $11 for the public; $7 for students and senior citizens at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933.

  • ** Friday, April 17. American Music Review and Variety Band Concert. 8 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

  • ** Friday, April 17. Cinema Now: Shall We Dance. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This is the tale of a middle-aged married business man who becomes a waltz king. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

  • ** Sunday, April 19. Purdue Symphony Orchestra concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

  • ** Sunday, April 19. Jahari Dance Troupe Spring Revue. 3 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. A free revue organized by artist-in-residence Vonda Brooks. Part of the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

LECTURES

  • Monday, March 23. Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Professor Alonzo Hamby of Ohio University will address the circumstances and political atmosphere surrounding President Harry S Truman's 1948 recognition of the state of Israel.

  • 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. Haggadot: Old, New, and Different. An Illustrated Lecture. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Professor Edward H. Simon, Purdue Department of Biological Sciences. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

  • Wednesday, March 25. Dinosaurs Among the Ivy: Gender and Ageism in the University. 12:30 p.m. Stone Cellar (Room B-2), Stone Hall. Speaker: Kathleen Sernak, assistant professor of multicultural education, Purdue Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Women's Studies Program Brown Bag 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.

  • Friday, March 27. Feeling, Knowing, and Memory: A Clinical and Psychophysiological Perspective. 3:30 p.m. Room 277, Peirce Hall. Lecture by Purdue Professor Scott Vrana of the Department of Psychological Sciences. Department of Psychological Sciences colloquium.

  • Monday, March 30. Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Professor Mark Tessler of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee will discuss U.S.-Israel relations in the 1967-1977 decade, from the start of the June War through the election of Likud. The theme of the four-part lecture series is "U.S.-Israeli Relations: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel."

  • Tuesday, March 31. Mediating Campus Conflict. 10-11:30 a.m. Room 314, Stewart Center. Speaker: Becky Herrnstein, director of the Purdue Women's Resource Office. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

  • Thursday, April 2. The Jewish Technocrat: Harold Loeb. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Professor Howard Segal, Bird & Bird Professor of History, University of Maine. Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

  • Friday, April 3. Re-engineering a 130-Year-Old Company. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Allen M. Nixon, president and chief executive officer, The Torrington Co., Torrington, Conn. Krannert Executive Forum.

  • Tuesday, April 7. Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Professor Burton I. Kaufman of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will examine the role of President Jimmy Carter and the United States in the Camp David Accords. The theme of the four-part 1998 lecture series is "U.S.-Israeli Relations: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel."

  • Wednesday, April 8. Philip Roth's Ambiguous Pastoral. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Derek Royal, Ph.D. student, Purdue Department of English. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

  • Friday, April 10. Start-Up Management. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Ronald R. Smith, president and chief executive officer, Blue Grass Cellular Inc., Elizabethtown, Ky. Krannert Executive Forum.

  • Monday, April 13. Building Trusting Relationships. 10-11:30 a.m. Room 314, Stewart Center. Speaker: Janet Ayres, Purdue professor of agricultural economics and Cooperative Extension Service program leader for community development. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

  • ** Thursday, April 16. What Intersubjective Mental States Are Not. 4:30 p.m. Room 210, University Building. Speaker: Walter Edelberg from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Purdue Philosophy Colloquium Series.

  • ** Friday, April 17. Creating Value From a Distressed Industry. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Steven A. Webster, president and chief executive officer, R&B Falcon Corp., Houston. Krannert Executive Forum.

WORKSHOPS

  • ** Thursday, April 16. Searching for the On-line Goldmine: Making Money and Growing Your Business on the Internet, a videotape seminar. Noon-2 p.m. Room 268, Potter Engineering Building. Cost is $5 per person. Registration deadline is April 1. To register, call Marsha Nance, Office of Continuing Engineering Education, (765) 494-7018.

CONFERENCES

  • Tuesday-Wednesday, March 24-25. 1998 Purdue Road School. Stewart Center. Annual highway conference for local, county and state highway officials. All sessions free and open to the public, but attendees should register in Stewart Center at 8 a.m. the first day. CONTACT: Kumares Sinha, professor of transportation and infrastructure systems engineering, (765) 494-2211; e-mail, sinha@ecn.purdue.edu. Some highlights:
    -- Tuesday: U.S. Rep. Ed Pease talks about the reauthorization of the highway bill; a talk on current and future federal highway programs.
    -- Wednesday: a discussion of Indiana's national achievement award for best highway project in the United States, a stretch of I-65 through downtown Indianapolis ; an overview of Indiana's "brownfields" program, the state's efforts to clean lands that have been lightly polluted.

  • Saturday, March 28. Third Annual Midwest Leadership Conference. 8:30 a.m.-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

  • March 30-May 3. Faculty Focus. Annual exhibition featuring work in a variety of media by members of Purdue's art and design faculty. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

  • March 30-May 3. Issues and Answers: Sue Buck and Mary LaPorte. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

OTHER

  • ** Through April 16. 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 24, Cajun; March 25, Southwestern; March 26, Polynesian.
    March 31, Italian; April 1, Spanish; April 2, Greek.
    April 7, Mediterranean; April 8, Sicilian; April 9, French.
    April 14, South East Asian; April 15, Caribbean; April 16, Russian.

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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