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April 2, 1999 JOURNALISTS: Here's a story idea and some Purdue events during the next two weeks.
Rube duffers will tee up in national contestThe 11th annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10, in Elliott Hall of Music at Purdue University. Teams of students from Purdue, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.; Oakland University, Rochester, Mich.; the University of Texas at Austin; and the University of Toledo in Ohio will compete with machines that use at least 20 steps to tee up a golf ball. Each machine must run, be reset and run again in nine minutes. Points are deducted if students have to assist the machine once it's started. The teams also will be judged on the creative use of materials and use of related themes. In addition to cash prizes for the top three teams, a "People's Choice" award will be given to the team whose machine gets the most votes from audience members. 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. There will be a 15-minute satellite feed of highlights from the contest, including an interview with a member of the winning team, a running of the winning machine, awards presentation, audience shots, etc. The feed will begin at 4:30 p.m. EDT (3:30 p.m. EST [Indianapolis time]).The coordinates are:
SBS 5, Transponder 10 horizontal
CONTACT: Grady Jones, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2079, grady_jones@purdue.edu
Events
Friday, April 9.Rear Adm. David S. Belz, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-SEA), Washington, D.C., talks about "Drug Trafficking: A Transnational Threat for the New Millennium" 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. Interviews with Belz can be prearranged through Tamyra Gibson, director of public relations, School of Management, (765) 494-4392, gibson@mgmt.purdue.edu
Wednesday, April 14.Louis Rene Beres, Purdue professor of political science, discusses "Switzerland and the Holocaust" at the Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. CONTACT: Sandor Goodhart, director of Jewish Studies, (765) 494-3720, goodhart@purdue.edu
Thursday, April 15.Irish poet Eavan Boland, whose 10 books of poetry include "In a Time of Violence" and "Outside History," is the keynote speaker at the Literary Awards Banquet. 7-9 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. She also will read from her works at 4 p.m. Friday, March 16, in Room 218, Stewart Center. CONTACT: Thomas H. Ohlgren, professor of English, (765) 494-3740
Saturday-Sunday, April 17-18.Spring Fest. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ag campus south of State Street. Spring Fest is held on Mothers Weekend and offers nearly 100 free events, activities, demonstrations and seminars such as cricket spitting, cow milking and turkey calling. Attractions include the ninth annual Bug Bowl, the 86th annual Horticulture Show, the 36th veterinary medicine open house and the Boiler Barnyard. Events are sponsored by the Schools of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Consumer and Family Sciences, and Science. CONTACT: Dana Neary, (765) 494-9113; dn@aes.purdue.edu
Saturday-Sunday, April 17-18.The Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference convenes at 1:30 p.m. each day at the Class of 1950 Lecture Hall, then continues throughout the day. The theme is "Reawakening Trust -- Rebirth of Hope." News release and schedule on the web. CONTACT: Rabbi Gedalyah Engel, conference coordinator, (765) 743-1716.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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