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October 2, 1998
JOURNALISTS: Here's a story idea and Purdue events during the next two weeks.
National School Lunch Week Oct. 12 - 16Remember grade-school days when lunch meant stewed tomatoes, spinach and a protein-based substance? Not so anymore. Ray Kavanaugh, head of Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management, is researching ways to provide students nutritious meals full of foods they like. Kavanaugh, working with a school corporation in Charlotte County, Fla., has created a program called "Champs." Lunch rooms feature a sports decor and private vendors supply pizza, hamburgers, fruit and other food selected by students. Key to the program is finding ways to meet the national school lunch nutrition guidelines and still provide food that students will eat. Using the leverage of the school corporation's buying power, "Champs" has worked with vendors to develop a vegetable based pizza that meets the guidelines and pleases students. A fruit juice company has provided a new brand of orange juice that has been fortified with calcium. Other companies are looking at non-traditional ways of enhancing their products to meet the school's guidelines. "Champs" is presently being evaluated to see if the concept can be transferred to other school corporations. CONTACT: Ray Kavanaugh, Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management, (765) 494-4643.
Events
Tuesday, Oct. 6.Eighth Annual Identity & Community Week mini-conference, sponsored by African-American Studies and Research Center. Noon-4:30 p.m. Black Cultural Center. Theme is "The Black Male -- Image, Issues and Influence." Presentations:
-- Noon, "African-Americans
as Athletes," Terry Williams, graduate student in history. CONTACT: Leonard Harris, director of the African-American Studies and Research Center, (765) 494-5680.
Tuesday, Oct. 6.Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Gerald Krockover, Purdue professor of earth and atmospheric science education. Sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs as part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series. CONTACT: George Van Scoyoc, associate executive vice president for academic affairs, (765) 494-0608, e-mail, gevanscoyoc@evpaa.purdue.edu
Friday, Oct. 9.Patrick J. Early, president, Somerset Financial Services, Indianapolis, speaks about "The Economic Impact of Professional Sports" at the Krannert Executive Forum at 11:30 a.m. in the Krannert Building Auditorium. Reporters are welcome, but are asked to refrain from asking questions during the lecture. Videotaping and taking photographs are not allowed during the lecture, but are allowed during the student question-and-answer sessions. Interviews with Early can be prearranged. CONTACT: Tamyra Gibson, director of public relations, Krannert Graduate School of Management, (765) 494-4392; e-mail, gibson@mgmt.purdue.edu
Wednesday, Oct. 14.Maulana Karenga, the creator of the African-American cultural holiday Kwanzaa, lectures about "Embracing the Good and Pursuing the Possible" at 7 p.m. in Room 206, Stewart Center. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. CONTACT: BCC Director Renee Thomas, (765) 494-3091; e-mail, rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 17.Aviation Spectacular, the Department of Aviation Technology's annual open house. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Purdue Airport. Part of the Purdue Aviation Celebration, it will include two air shows, educational displays and aircraft on exhibit. CONTACT: Dale Oderman, Department of Aviation Technology, (765) 494-9567.
Saturday, Oct. 17.Physics FunFest. 10 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Show will include demonstrations of gravitation, light, sonic lenses, waves in sight and sound and a chain that can climb walls. Show also will feature the Flying Bernoulli Brothers, physics teachers from Ohio who have performed across the country. CONTACT: Dennis Harp, physics outreach coordinator, (765) 494-0740; e-mail, harp@physics.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 17.Chemistry Show "The Color of Chemistry." 11 a.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Show will include a wide range of color-producing reactions, including reactions that oscillate between colors and some that also produce light. All children will receive a take-home chemistry kit. CONTACT: Paul Smith, director of chemistry lecture demonstrations, (765) 494-5307; e-mail, smith@admin.chem.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 17.Slide show and lecture by illustrator Javako Steptoe. 1:30 p.m. Black Cultural Center multipurpose room. Steptoe uses an award-winning multimedia technique to illustrate the works of dozens of poets. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. CONTACT: BCC Director Renee Thomas, (765) 494-3091; e-mail, rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu
Sunday, Oct. 18.Purdue Aviation Celebration welcoming ceremony for pilot Linda Finch. 3 p.m., Purdue Airport. Finch, who recreated Amelia Earhart's around-the-world flight with World Flight 1997, will land her vintage Lockheed Electra 10E, which is similar to Earhart's aircraft, and will be welcomed by Purdue President Steven C. Beering and other dignitaries in a ceremony that will resemble what might have taken place six decades earlier had Earhart safely returned to Purdue after her global flight. Earhart was a Purdue women's career counselor at the time of her flight and disappearance in 1937. Keynote remarks by Dorothy Cochrane, curator, Aeronautics Department, National Air and Space Museum, on "Amelia Remembered 61 Years Later." A campus reception for Finch will be at 7:30 p.m. at Earhart Hall. CONTACT: Greg Zawisza, Office of University Relations, (765) 494-2086; e-mail, greg_zawisza@purdue.edu
Monday, Oct. 19.Purdue Aviation Celebration career symposium. 5:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Five women executives from aerospace companies share experiences and career tips, moderated by pilot Linda Finch, who in 1997 re-created Amelia Earhart's around-the-world flight. Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney, manufacturer of aircraft engines and space propulsion. CONTACT: Greg Zawisza, Office of University Relations, (765) 494-2086; e-mail, greg_zawisza@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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