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March 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

  • 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. National Rube Goldberg contest with eight teams from colleges and universities across the country. 11:30 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Sponsored by Theta Tau Fraternity and Amoco.

  • **Tuesday, April 14. 67th Annual Literary Awards Banquet. 6:30-9 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Guest speaker: Author Richard Ford, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his 1996 novel "Independence Day." Tickets are $17 for adults, $12 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 at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the Krannert Building Auditorium.

  • **Tuesday, April 14. Golden Taps, a memorial service for students who have died in the past month. 10 p.m. Spitzer Court, Cary Quadrangle. Sponsored by Pendragon, the Cary Quad governing board.

  • **Saturday-Sunday, April 18-19. Spring Fest, sponsored by the Schools of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, and Consumer and Family Sciences. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Events include Bug Bowl, Horticulture Show, Boiler Brick Bowl, Boiler Barnyard, 35th Veterinary Medicine Open House, Wonderful World of Wood, Ways to Keep You and Your Food Safe, and Wildlife and You. A list of events and details is available on the Web at http://anr.ces.purdue.edu/anr/sfest/sfest98.html.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • **Thursday-Sunday, April 23-26. Gala Week -- Cruisin' Home to Purdue. The Purdue Alumni Association has organized reunions, entertainment and other activities for returning alumni. Registration and activities information will be available at Gala Week headquarters in Room 118, Purdue Memorial Union. The Gala Week office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25. The phone number is (765) 494-5175.

  • **Saturday, April 25. Grand Prix go-kart race. Kart track north of Ross-Ade Stadium. The final six spots on the 33-car starting grid will go to the top two finishers in each of three sprint races starting about 11 a.m. The events associated with the featured race, known as the "Greatest Spectacle in College Racing," are schedule to start about 1:15 p.m. Race-day events will require admission to the Grand Prix track. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $6 at the gate. Grand Prix Foundation members are selling advance tickets in Room 262 of the Purdue Memorial Union.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • 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 Black Cultural Center Spring Cultural Arts Series.

  • **Wednesday, April 15. Public reading from his works by author Richard Ford (part of 67th Annual Literary Awards). 7-9 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Ford won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1996 novel "Independence Day." His most recent book is "Women With Men," a collection of novellas.

  • 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.

  • **Saturday, April 18. University Sing. 2 p.m. North and South Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. About 120 students from 16 fraternities, sororities, residence halls and other living units are expected to participate in the 68th annual choral competition. The groups will be judged on musical presentation, costumes, choreography and visual impact. The Mother's Weekend event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board.

  • 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. Part of the Black Cultural Center Spring Cultural Arts Series.

  • **Tuesday, April 21. Varsity Band Twilight Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center.

  • **Wednesday-Saturday, April 22-25. The Grand Prix Carnival featuring Poor Jack's Amusements. Ross-Ade Stadium parking lot. Hours are 6-11 p.m. April 22 and 23; 5:30 p.m.-midnight April 24; and 11 a.m.-midnight April 25.

  • **Wednesday, April 22. Collegiate Band Twilight Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center.

  • **Thursday, April 23. 1812 Twilight Concert. 7 p.m. Slayter Center. The University Concert Band presents its traditional free concert, complete with fireworks.

  • **Friday, April 24. Purdue's jazz bands join for a free concert under the stars. 6 p.m. Slayter Center.

  • **Sunday, April 26. Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This free concert features the winner of the 1998 "Concerto Competition," a program designed to recognize outstanding Purdue instrumentalists.

  • **Sunday, April 26. Grand Prix concert. 3-6 p.m. Slayter Hill. Purdue Student Government is sponsoring this concert.

LECTURES

  • 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.

  • **Wednesday, April 22. The Other Promised Land: Jews in Contemporary Denmark. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Professor Andrew Buckser, Purdue Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

  • **Thursday, April 23. A Memory of Their Own: Second-Generation Writers of the Holocaust. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker: Ellen S. Fine, professor emerita of French, City University of New York. Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

  • **Friday, April 24. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Robert E. Gregory Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, London Fog Corp., Sykesville, Md. Topic to be announced.

  • **Monday, April 27. Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman of the New York Times will discuss the state of the Middle East today. This is the last of four lectures in the series, which this year had the theme of "U.S.-Israeli Relations: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel."

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

  • 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.

  • **Wednesday, April 8. Enhancing Student Learning at Purdue, a service-learning workshop. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Room 314, Stewart Center. Presentations by Purdue's EPICS Program coordinators, the Volunteer Bureau of Greater Lafayette and service-learning coordinators, faculty and students involved in specific service-learning courses at Michigan State and Indiana universities.

  • **Monday, April 13. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Women in Engineering Career Day for High School Juniors. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Registration is $10 for students and $10 for parents. Registration is limited to the first 250 students, and the deadline is April 6. CONTACT: Susan Umberger, (765) 494-7217; e-mail, stumberger@cea.purdue.edu

  • 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.

  • 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

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 23. 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 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; April 21, Californian Fusion.
    April 22, Indiana Regional; April 23, British.

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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