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February 12, 1999
JOURNALISTS: Here are two story ideas and some Purdue events during the next two weeks.
Book on famed sportswriter replays his times"How You Played the Game" is a new biography of legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice written by William Harper, a Purdue associate professor in health, kinesiology and leisure studies. Rice, who died in 1954, was the most widely syndicated sports writer in the United States with his column "The Sportlight." Among the memorable phrases and nicknames he coined during his 50-year career are the "Four Horsemen," "Manassa Mauler" and "It's not whether you won or lost but how you played the game." Harper traces his interest in Rice back to childhood. "Rice romanticized sports, he Goded-up athletes and overlooked their faults," he says. Many criticize Rice's style of reporting, but Harper says the journalist was consistent. "The sports he covered had similar problems to those of today," Harper says. However he suggests that Rice chose not to focus on cheating or unsportsmanlike conduct. "Even if he were covering today's sporting events, I think Rice would take the high road. His approach would be to write the good, not the bad." CONTACT: Harper, (765) 494-1518.
These Olympians get their kicks from scienceStudents from 19 Indiana schools will compete in 28 events Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Purdue Regional Tournament of the Science Olympiad. The competition will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and an awards presentation will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Room 200 of the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Purdue's program is one of nine regional competitions in Indiana. The winners in each event will advance to the statewide competition March 20 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Participants will come from Attica, Brownsburg, Carmel, Hammond, Highland, Indianapolis, Kentland, Lafayette, LaPorte, Mishawaka, Munster, Rochester, Whiting and Winamac. Scheduled competitions include a bottle rocket contest and Mission Possible -- students are challenged to design and build a Rube Goldberg-type device that uses up to five energy forms to accomplish a specific task. CONTACT: Isodore Julien, Department of Biological Sciences outreach coordinator, (765) 494-4983; e-mail, ijulien@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu
Events
Monday, Feb. 15.Alice Amsden of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks 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
Wednesday, Feb. 17.Shafeeq N. Ghabra, director of the Kuwait Information Office, Washington, D.C., talks about "The Iraq Crisis and American Foreign Policy" at 4:30 p.m. in Room G016, Krannert Building. Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies Program and Department of Political Science. CONTACTS: Frank Wilson, political science department head, (765) 494-4162; Sandor Goodhart, director of Jewish Studies, (765) 494-3720, e-mail, goodhart@purdue.edu
Friday, Feb. 19.Steven M. Schmidt, president, A.C. Nielsen-U.S., Schaumburg, Ill., talks about "Financially and Culturally Turning Around and Changing a Corporation" at the Krannert Executive Forum at 11:30 a.m. in the 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
Tuesday, Feb. 23.Robert T. Bakker, known as "Dr. Bob, the Dinosaur Guy," will make a free presentation especially for children featuring the drawing of dinosaurs at 7 p.m. in Elliott Hall of Music, followed by a free lecture for all ages at 7:30 p.m. Bakker, adjunct dinosaur curator of the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College in Wyoming, was a special consultant to the films "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World." Bakker also will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Von's Book Shop, 317 W. State St. CONTACT: Sue Stevens, Department of Convocations publicist, (765) 494-5045; e-mail, snstevens@convos.purdue.edu
Wednesday, Feb. 24.Robert L. Ringel, Purdue executive vice president for academic affairs, the Donald S. Powers Distinguished University Administrator, and professor of audiology, talks about "A Reminiscence of My Family's Polish Heritage" at the Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. CONTACTS: Sandor Goodhart, director of Jewish Studies, (765) 494-3720, e-mail, goodhart@purdue.edu, or Marilyn Fleeter, administrative assistant, (765) 494-7965; e-mail, mfleeter@sla.purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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