Purdue Events Calendar

October 15, 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 • 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, Oct. 22. Book signing by former NASA astronaut Gene Cernan. 8:30-10:30 a.m. Room 118, Purdue Memorial Union. Copies of his autobiography, "The Last Man on the Moon," will be available for purchase at the event. • Friday-Saturday, Oct. 22-23. President's Council Annual Weekend, featuring a reunion of 18 of the 21 NASA astronauts who are Purdue alumni. The astronauts 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 ** • Tuesday, Nov. 9. CFS Central Indiana Boiler Mixer: "Safe Food for Your Body: Should We Follow Mark McGwire's Example?" 5-7 p.m. Universal Flavors, Indianapolis. Associate Professor Charles Santerre will discuss performance-enhancing dietary supplements and efforts under way at Purdue to educate adolescent athletes, coaches, trainers and parents through the Internet. CFS alumni Chris Schlegel, senior food technologist at Beatrice Foods, and Beth Cox Schlegel, food consultant, will share what the food industry is doing to ensure your food is safe. Tours of Universal Flavors will be available. Tickets are $15; for reservations, contact the School of Consumer and Family Sciences, (765) 494-7890 or (800) 535-7303, cfsalums@cfs.purdue.edu. ** • Wednesday, Nov. 10. High-Tech Job Fair for Indiana Companies. 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Open to students and graduates from the Schools of Agriculture, Engineering, Management, Science, and Technology. Recruiters will be from small and medium-sized Indiana companies. ENTERTAINMENT • 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 (time to be announced). 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 for the Performing Arts, 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. ** • Saturday, Nov. 6. 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 Wisconsin (time to be announced). Post-game concert will be at the Purdue Mall Fountain. ** • Wednesday, Nov. 10. Jewish Studies Fall Film Series: "Schindler's List." 7:30 p.m. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. ** • Wednesday, Nov. 10. Purdue Theatre sneak preview of "The Gut Girls." 7:30 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4.50 at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. ** • Thursday, Nov. 11-Sunday, Nov. 21. Purdue Theatre presents "The Gut Girls" by Sarah Daniel. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Directed by Kristine Holtvedt, associate professor of visual and performing arts. No performance Monday, Nov. 15. Schedule includes a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Nov. 14, in addition to the show at 8 p.m. that day. Tickets: $11 for the public, $7 for students and senior citizens, at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. ** • Friday, Nov. 12. Comics Mark Nizer and Dan Horn. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Part of the Purdue Student Concert Committee Comedy Series. Tickets are $13 at campus box offices. Charge by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. ** • Sunday, Nov. 14. Ensemble Galilei with theater artist/clown Bob Berky. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Classical and Celtic music played on authentic instruments, with a little zaniness thrown in. Tickets are $16 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. A Convocations Patron's Choice Event. LECTURES • Wednesday, Oct. 20. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Hillel Foundation, 912 State Lt. (NOTE: Location changed from 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." ** • Tuesday, Nov. 2. Jewish Studies Program Public Lecture. 8-10 p.m. Room 2280, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Speaker: Jens Michelsen, journalist and oral history researcher, Hamburg, Germany. Topic: "Renewal Under Hitler's Shadow? Jewish Life in Today's Germany." Co-sponsored by the Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Political Science. • 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." ** • Wednesday, Nov. 10. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Claire Cote, research scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Organizations in Townville, Australia. Topic: "Contaminant Transport Down Under." **• Wednesday, Nov. 10. "Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African-Americans." Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 7 p.m. Speaker: Farai Chideya, former ABC news correspondent, writer for MTV news and CNN political analyst. Part of the Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. ** • Friday, Nov. 12. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Arden S. Bucher, partner, Management Consulting Services for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Indianapolis. Topic: "Going Global – A Consulting Company's Perspective." EXHIBITS ** • Oct. 22-Dec. 12. Frederic Remington posthumous castings. Stewart Center Gallery (West Lobby). A collection of 17 bronze sculptures cast from original Remington molds after his death. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Opening reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in Room 310, Stewart Center. CONFERENCES ** • Friday, Nov. 5. Symposium on Aging and Nutrition. 8:30 a.m. Formal Dining Room, Hillenbrand Hall. Presentations include "Calorie Intake, Oxidative Stress, and Aging" by Richard Weindruch, University of Wisconsin; "20-20 Vision for an Aging Society" by Ken Ferraro, Purdue Department of Sociology; and "In Search of the Determinants of Mammalian Aging and Cancer Risk" by David Waters, Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine. SEMINARS • 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. ** • Wednesday, Nov. 10. "The Science of Play for Overworked Professionals." Noon. Room 307 Stewart Center. Part of the Learning Lunch Hour Series sponsored by the WorkLife Program in the Department of Personnel Services. 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. ** • Friday, Nov. 12. Board of Trustees. Time to be announced. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Monday, Nov. 15. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Purdue President Steven C. Beering, scheduled to retire on June 30, 2000, will reflect on his tenure since 1983 and will address issues of importance to the university at the annual Faculty Convocation. OTHER ** • Through Nov. 11. 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. 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. Nov. 9-11: Tuesday, Middle Eastern; Wednesday, Southwestern; Thursday, French. 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