Purdue Events Calendar

October 8, 1999 This calendar lists selected Purdue events 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 online calendar. Updated travel directions around road construction zones near campus are available on the Web.   EVENTS • Friday, Oct. 15. "Sweetest Day" rose sales by the Purdue Horticultural Society. 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. Stewart Center, under the mural. • Friday, Oct. 15. Fall Preview Days. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. High school seniors can get information about admissions requirements, academic programs, financial aid, student activities and residence hall living. They should check in at the Purdue Memorial Ballrooms. • Friday-Sunday, Oct. 15-17. Homecoming Weekend. Events for alumni include breakfasts and brunches, receptions and open houses, lunches and tailgate parties, all revolving around the football game against Big Ten rival Michigan State. Kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. For a full list of events on the World Wide Web. • Friday, Oct. 15. Welcome reception at the new Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. • Saturday, Oct. 16. Dedication of the new Black Cultural Center building at 1100 Third St. 10 a.m. Purdue President Steven Beering will be joined by Mamon Powers Jr., university trustee, Renee Thomas, BCC director, and Vivica Fairbanks-Henderson, president of the Purdue Black Alumni Organization. • Saturday, Oct. 16. Civil engineering sculpture dedication. 10:15 a.m. A steel sculpture that doubles as a teaching tool will be unveiled on the south side of the Civil Engineering Building. The sculpture displays various types of steel connections needed in structures such as buildings and bridges. • Saturday, Oct. 16. Guided tours of the new Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tours follow official building dedication ceremony. Student guides will conduct tours highlighting the African-inspired architectural elements. • Sunday, Oct. 17. "Now and Then: Facilitated Story Telling." 11 a.m. This Cultural Arts Series event at the Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St., allows students and the public to join in guided discussion groups exploring the evolution of the center since its inception in 1970. • Sunday, Oct. 17. Special Olympics. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Lambert Fieldhouse. Sponsored by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Kappa Tau. • Monday, Oct. 18. Women in Engineering Career Day for High School Seniors. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. East Foyer, Stewart Center. A day of informative programs for senior girls considering a career in engineering. Registration fee is $10 for students and $10 for parents or accompanying adults. Lunch is included. Registration deadline is Oct. 8. Participation is limited to the first 250 registrants. • Monday, Oct. 18. "Family Name" a film by Macky Alston. 7 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall. Alston will speak after the viewing about this award-winning film about his search for links between black and white families named Alston in North Carolina. • Friday-Saturday, Oct. 22-23. President's Council Annual Weekend, featuring a reunion of most of the 21 NASA astronauts who are Purdue alumni. The 19 living astronaut alumni will be honored Saturday at halftime during the Purdue vs. Penn State football game. • Thursday- Friday, Oct. 28-29. Fall Preview Days. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. High school seniors can get information about admissions requirements, academic programs, financial aid, student activities and residence hall living. They should check in at the Purdue Memorial Ballrooms. ** • Saturday, Oct. 30. Physics Fun Fest and Chemistry Show: The Science of Halloween. 9 a.m.-noon. The physics department will simultaneously present three 20-minute shows from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Physics Building: "Black Magic Mechanics" in Room 223; "Igor's Lightning Lair" in Room 114; and "Fire and Ice" in Room 112. At 11 a.m., ghastly ghosts, instant plastic and slime will be demystified during an hour-long chemistry show in Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. All demonstrations are designed to appeal to people of all ages and are free and open to the public. ** • Sunday, Nov. 7. 15th Annual Indiana Greek Leadership Conference. This event, sponsored by the Dean of Students Office, is expected to draw 1,000 Greek student leaders from throughout the Midwest. For registration information, contact Nona Schaler, conference coordinator, (800) 359-2968 ext. 92N or (765) 494-2756; fax: (765) 494-0567; njschaler@cea.purdue.edu ENTERTAINMENT • Wednesday, Oct. 13. International Sejong Soloists with Eugenia Zukerman, flute. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $23 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. • Friday, Oct. 15. Black Cultural Center Coffee House. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. The Jahari Dance Troupe, New Directional Players, Black Voices of Inspiration and Haraka Writers will perform "New Beginnings – An Evening of Celebration," in conjunction with the dedication of the new BCC building. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for the public at the door. • Friday, Oct. 15. "Camelot," the Broadway musical. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $16, $25 and $33 for the public; $15 and $18 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Part of the Convocations' Lively Arts Package. ** • Saturday, Oct. 16. Pre-game concert by "All-American" Marching Band and the Alumni Band. 12:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. After the homecoming football game against Michigan State (kickoff at 2:30 p.m.), the bands will present a concert at the Purdue Mall Fountain. • Saturday, Oct. 16. All-PMO Oktoberfest. 7 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Tickets are $25 per person. Reservations can be made at Purdue Musical Organizations, (765) 494-3941 or (800) 893-3041. A Homecoming Weekend event. • Saturday, Oct. 16. John Mellencamp concert. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Blues artist Susan Tedeschi will open for Mellencamp. Tickets (at $40) are sold out, but some may become available the week or day of the concert. Check with campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. A Homecoming Weekend event presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee. • Saturday, Oct. 16. Jazz Band and American Music Review free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. • Sunday, Oct. 17. Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. • Sunday, Oct. 17. PMO Bell Choir free concert. 6:30 p.m. First Reformed Church, 1718 N. 15th St., Lafayette. • Sunday, Oct. 17. Cinema Now: "Elizabeth." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. • Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 21-24. Purdue Studio Theatre presents "Baby With the Bathwater." 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, Creative Arts Building 3. (Sunday performance is at 2 p.m.) This play by Christopher Durang will be directed by Larry Sommers, assistant director in Purdue's Division of Recreational Sports. Tickets are $5 at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. • Friday, Oct. 22. Jazz Lab Band and Concert Jazz Band free concert. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. • Friday, Oct. 22. 8 p.m. "Don Giovanni," Western Opera Theatre. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $16, $22 and $30 for the public; $12 and $15 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Part of the Department of Convocations' Lively Arts Package. • Saturday, Oct. 23. Pre-game concert by "All-American" Marching Band. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free concert will begin 1 1/2 hours before kickoff of football game against Penn State. Post-game concert will be at the Purdue Mall Fountain. • Sunday, Oct. 24. PMO Express. 11 a.m. worship service. University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette. • Sunday, Oct. 24. Purdue Symphony Orchestra free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. • Wednesday, Oct. 27. Jewish Studies Fall Film Series: "Avalon." 7:30 p.m. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. ** • Friday, Oct. 29. "Ellington En Clave." 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Percussionist Ray Barretto, New World Vision and guitarist Kenny Burrell present a tribute to Duke Ellington emphasizing his Latin influences. Tickets are $25 for the public, $15 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations as part of the Jazz Set, the event will include the first pre-concert Jazz Cafe, a casual gathering for fans starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Sagamore Room at the Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Thursday, Nov. 4. University Choir Concert. 7 p.m. Connersville Middle School, Connersville, Ind. Tickets are $5. For information, call PMO at (765) 494-3941 or (800) 893-3041. ** • Thursday, Nov. 4. Awaddagin Pratt, piano. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $20 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Part of the Department of Convocations' Loeb Music Collection. ** • Friday, Nov. 5. Cinema Now: "Central Station." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. LECTURES • Tuesday, Oct. 12. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Lecture. 7:30 a.m. MCL Cafeteria. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50; speaker begins at 8 a.m. Kristy Curry, new coach of the Purdue women's basketball team, will discuss the team and its prospects for the season. • Wednesday, Oct. 13. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Ish Murarka, president of Ish Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., and former program manager at the Electric Power Research Institute. Topic: "Remediation of Utility Industry Sites." • Friday, Oct. 15. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Julie Wainwright , chief executive officer, Pets.com, San Francisco. Topic: "Frenetic, Manic, Chaotic (All Is Under Control, Really, It Is)." ** • Friday, Oct. 15. Lecture and slide presentation by industrial designer Mark Sanders, principal of MAS Design, London, England. 4 p.m. Room 1144, Civil Engineering Building. Co-sponsored by the Art and Design Department at Purdue, Columbia College in Chicago and the Industrial Designers Society of America. • Wednesday, Oct. 20. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Heavilon Hall. Speaker: Purdue history Professor Gordon Mork. Topic: "Reforming the Oberammergau Passion Play." • Wednesday, Oct. 20. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Chia Chen, professor of geology at National Central University, Taiwan. Topic: "Soil and Groundwater Contamination in Taiwan: An Overview." • Wednesday, Oct. 20. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. 7 p.m. Room 214, Stewart Center. Speaker: Theophile Obenga, the chair of the Department of Black Studies at San Francisco State University and co-founder of the Association for Nubian Kemetic Heritage. Topic: "African Masks: Their Aesthetics and Philosophy." • Thursday, Oct. 21. Philosophy Colloquium Series. 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall. Speaker: Larry Hickman of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Topic: "Under the Hood With Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action: (What's Broken and How to Fix It)." ** • Thursday, Oct. 21. Eva Goble Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m. East and West faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Walter Conti, a former chairman of the National Restaurant Association and the Culinary Institute of America. Reception at 6:15 p.m., immediately after lecture. Both events are free, but registration is requested at (765) 494-7890. • Friday, Oct. 22. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Scott A. Jones, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Escient Inc., Carmel, Ind. Topic: "Convergence of the Internet With Home Entertainment." • Tuesday, Oct. 26. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Sandra Abell, Purdue professor of curriculum and instruction. Topic: "Digging Beneath the Surface: How Do We Know if Our Students Are Learning?" • Wednesday, Oct. 27. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Lt. Col. Ed Heyse, an environmental engineer at the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Topic: "Air Force Sites: Cleanup Technology Selection." • Friday, Oct. 29. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Lee Runk, president, Forming Technologies MascoTech Inc., Taylor, Mich. Topic: "What They Don't Teach You at Krannert." ** • Wednesday, Nov. 3. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 214 B, Stewart Center. Speaker: Purdue economics Professor George Horwich. Topic: "Memoirs of a Red Diaper Baby." ** • Wednesday, Nov. 3. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Lee Newman, professor at the University of Washington. Topic: "Phytoremediation." ** • Friday, Nov. 5. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Steven R. Gailar, group director, venture projects, Sentron Medical Inc., Cincinnati. Topic: "Investing Venture Capital in Early Stage Medical Technologies." MEETINGS • Monday, Oct. 25. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Arthur Hansen will talk about the challenges he faced as Purdue president from 1971 to 1982 and some of the qualities a Purdue president should have. President Steven C. Beering is scheduled to retire June 30, 2000. SEMINARS • Wednesday, Oct. 13. "Spend Yourself Rich." Noon. Room 307, Stewart Center. Part of the Learning Lunch Hour Series sponsored by the WorkLife Program in the Department of Personnel Services. • Wednesday, Oct. 20. "Who's Caring for the Kids?" Noon. Room 103, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the Learning Lunch Hour Series sponsored by the WorkLife Program in the Department of Personnel Services. • Wednesday, Oct. 27. "Walk Your Way to Wellness." Noon. Room 256, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the Learning Lunch Hour Series sponsored by the WorkLife Program in the Department of Personnel Services. ** • Monday, Nov. 1. Diversity Dialogues. Noon, Room B2, Stone Hall. The series, co-sponsored by the Purdue Bahai Club and the Purdue Diversity Resource Office, will feature guided discussions between two people with a specific thing in common and a specific difference. Today: An Asian-American man and an Asian-American woman. ** • Wednesday, Nov. 3. "The Oscar-Meyer Generation." Noon. Room 318 Stewart Center. Part of the Learning Lunch Hour Series sponsored by the WorkLife Program in the Department of Personnel Services. OTHER ** • Through Nov. 4. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. Coming up: Oct. 12-14: Tuesday, Closed; Wednesday, Spanish; Thursday, Italian. Oct. 19-21: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Gourmet; Thursday, Gourmet. Oct. 26-28: Tuesday, Gourmet; Wednesday, Greek; Thursday, Cajun. Nov. 2-4: Tuesday, New England; Wednesday, British; Thursday, German. • Wednesday, Oct. 13. Classes resume after October break. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page