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February 5, 1999
JOURNALISTS: Here's a story idea and some Purdue events during the next two weeks.
Rube Goldberg machines will tee up golf ballThe 17th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in Elliott Hall of Music. The competition honors the late cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who specialized in drawing whimsical machines with complex mechanisms to perform simple tasks. This year, teams of Purdue students are being asked to build the most complicated and effective machine to tee up a golf ball in 20 or more steps. The contest is sponsored by the Purdue chapter of Theta Tau and General Electric. Journalists will not be allowed on the stage with the machines during the competition, but they are welcome on stage before and after the contest. Purdue will provide video and photo pool coverage and direct audio and video feeds. An ISDN line is available for radio interviews. Video b-roll, photos and a news release will be available the afternoon of the event. Satellite assistance is available. CONTACT: Grady Jones, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2079; e-mail, grady_jones@purdue.edu
Events
Monday, Feb. 8.Marshall Goldman of Harvard University and Wellesley College will talk about "The Russian Political-Economic Crisis" at 4:30 p.m. in the Krannert Building Auditorium. This is the third of four presentations in the 1999 Sears Lecture Series about "The Political-Economic Crisis in Japan and Russia." Sponsored by the Department of Political Science. CONTACT: Frank Wilson, head of the Department of Political Science, (765) 494-4162
Monday, Feb. 8.Labor and anti-racism activist Charlene Mitchell will speak on "The Legacy of African-American Leadership for the Present and the Future" at 7 p.m. in Room 322, Stewart Center. This Black History Month lecture is sponsored by the African American Studies and Research Center and the Women's Studies Program. CONTACT: Rita Hillman, African American Studies, (765) 494-5681; e-mail, rhillman@sla.purdue.edu
Tuesday, Feb. 9.A retail career fair from 9 a.m. to noon in the South Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union will draw recruiters from 35 leading retail companies. The job fair is part of the 1999 Retail Management Career Conference. CONTACT: Sally Harmon, conference director, (765) 494-8317
Thursday, Feb. 11.Robert Reynolds, associate professor of nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, will talk about his research expedition to Mount Everest to study the effects of extreme altitude on energy nutrition and metabolism. The speech begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2280, Liberal Arts and Education Building. On Friday, Feb. 12, Reynolds will deliver the 1999 Avanelle Kirksey Lecture, "Prenatal Vitamin B-6 Deficiency and Poverty -- Is There a Link?" at 10:30 a.m. in Room 218, Stewart Center. CONTACT: Dawn Haan, Department of Foods and Nutrition, (765) 494-8231.
Friday, Feb. 12.Walter T. Conway Jr., vice president for emerging markets, Visa USA Inc., San Francisco, talks about "If It Were Easy, Anybody Could Do It -- Marketing Dispatches From the Front Line" at the Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Reporters are asked to refrain from asking questions, videotaping or taking photographs during the lecture, but all are allowed during the student question-and-answer sessions. CONTACT: Tamyra Gibson, director of public relations, School of Management, (765) 494-4392; e-mail, gibson@mgmt.purdue.edu
Friday, Feb. 12.Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Conference Center, Room 132. 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
Monday, Feb. 15.Alice Amsden of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will talk about "Reassessing the Role of the State in the Economy" at 4:30 p.m. in the Krannert Building Auditorium. This is the last of four presentations in the 1999 Sears Lecture Series about "The Political-Economic Crisis in Japan and Russia." Sponsored by the Department of Political Science. CONTACT: Frank Wilson, head of the Department of Political Science, (765) 494-4162
Wednesday, Feb. 17.David Moore, the Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics who has received both Purdue and national awards for teaching excellence, conducts a Conversation About Teaching at 3:30 p.m. in the East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. This presentation is sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs as part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series so that award-winning Purdue faculty members can share their creative approaches to teaching. CONTACT: George Van Scoyoc, associate executive vice president for academic affairs, (765) 494-0608, e-mail, gevanscoyoc@evpaa.purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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