Purdue Events Calendar

November 12, 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 ** • Tuesday, Nov. 30. Golden Taps to honor student who have died in the preceding month. 10 p.m. Spitzer Court, Cary Quadrangle. ** • Thursday, Dec. 2. Tree raising in the Purdue Memorial Union. Union staff will transport a live Christmas tree to the Great Hall of the Union about noon. The tree for the Great Hall has been donated by a community member every year since 1975. The tree is traditionally the largest indoor, natural tree in Indiana. ** • Sunday, Dec. 19. Fall Commencement. 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, issued free to all candidates receiving a degree, are necessary for admission. Morning ceremony is for Schools of Agriculture, Education, Liberal Arts, Management, Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Science. Afternoon ceremony is for Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences, Engineering, Technology, and Veterinary Medicine. ENTERTAINMENT • Friday, Nov. 19. Concert Jazz Band and Jazz Lab Band free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. • Saturday, Nov. 20. University Choir Concert with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Tickets in Section A are $18, $16, $10 and $8; prices for Section B are $16, $14, $8 and $6. Tickets are available from the Lafayette Symphony box office, (765) 742-6463. • Sunday, Nov. 21. PMO Varsity Glee Club. 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services. Clay United Methodist Church, South Bend, Ind. • Sunday, Nov. 21. Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. • Friday, Dec. 3. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. 7 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. • Friday, Dec. 3. Cultural Arts Festival sponsored by the Black Cultural Center. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Performances by the four BCC performing arts ensembles – the Jahari Dance Troupe, the Black Voices of Inspiration Choir, the New Directional Players and the Haraka Writers. Admission is $3 for students, $5 for the public, at the door. • Sunday, Dec. 5. "All-American" Marching Band marches in Lafayette Christmas Parade. 2 p.m. Downtown Lafayette. • Sunday, Dec. 5. Purdue Symphony Orchestra free concert. 7 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. ** • Tuesday, Dec. 7. Takacs Quartet. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $18 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. ** • Wednesday, Dec. 8. Jewish Studies Fall Film Series: "Crossing Delancey." 7:30 p.m. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. ** • Friday, Dec. 10. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series presents "Skin Deep." 7 p.m. The film chronicles the journey of a diverse and divided group of college students as they awkwardly confront each other's racial prejudices. Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. ** • Friday, Dec. 10. Cinema Now: "Life is Beautiful." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. ** • Friday, Dec. 10. American Music Review and Purdue Jazz Band free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. ** • Friday-Sunday, Dec. 10-12. 66th Annual PMO Christmas Show. Elliott Hall of Music. Shows will be at 8 p.m. Friday; noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $23, $18 and $12 for adults; $18, $14 and $12 for students. Order by phone from PMO at (765) 494-3941 or (800) 893-3041 or from campus box offices, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. LECTURES • Tuesday, Nov. 16. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Lecture. 7:30 a.m. MCL Cafeteria. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50; speaker begins at 8 a.m. Laverne Knodle, director of management information, will talk about Y2K preparations. • Tuesday, Nov. 16. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Joe Palmer, Purdue professor of English. Topic: "Diversifying Each Class: Texts, Discussion, Co-Texts." • Wednesday, Nov. 17. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Purdue chemistry Professor Michael Lipschutz. Topic: "Letters From the Past: The Holocaust." • Wednesday, Nov. 17. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Fred Pohland, professor of environmental engineering, University of Pittsburgh. Topic: "Technology Dissemination and Training." • Thursday, Nov. 18. Philosophy Colloquium Series. 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall. Speaker: Sally Haslanger of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Topic: "Theorizing Gender and Race: Does (Feminist) Method Make a Difference?" • Thursday, Nov. 18. "Culture and Technology: Moving African Communities Toward a Position of Strength for the Next Millennium." 6 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St. Esther Lwanga-Semakula, head of Agricultural Research Information Services in Uganda, and Grace Jackson-Brown, the librarian at Indiana University's Black Cultural Center, will speak as part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. • Thursday, Nov. 18. Jewish Studies Program Public Lecture. 7:30 p.m. Room 2280, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Speaker: Debra Renee Kaufman, professor of sociology and director of the Jewish Studies Program at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Topic: "Reconstructing Jewish Identity: Gender, Class, and Race Among 20- to 30-Year-Olds." Co-sponsored by the Purdue Departments of Sociology and of Child Development and Family Studies, and the Jewish Studies and Women's Studies programs. • Friday, Nov. 19. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: John R. Lord, president and chief executive officer, Carrier Corp., Farmington, Conn. Topic: "Accelerating Performance in the New Millennium." • Wednesday, Dec. 1. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 318, Stewart Center. Speaker: Bob Bloom, copy editor/movie critic, Lafayette Journal and Courier. Topic: "Who Knew? The 10 Greatest Jewish Movies of All Time." • Wednesday, Dec. 1. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Scott Cieniawski, environmental engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago. Topic: "Contaminated Sediments." • Thursday, Dec. 2. Jewish Studies Program Public Lecture. 1 p.m. Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St. Question-and-answer session about "The History and Current Status of Israeli/Palestinian Peace Accords" with David Roet, deputy consul general, Israeli Consulate, Chicago. • Friday, Dec. 3. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Kenneth K. Stuff, president and chief executive officer, Syndicate Systems Inc., Middlebury, Ind. Topic: "A Common-Sense Approach to Aid Your Career Advancement." ** • Wednesday, Dec. 8. Monsanto Colloquium: Remediation Engineering and Science. 4:30 p.m. Room 1252, Civil Engineering Building. Speaker: Dan M. Berkovitz, deputy assistant secretary, U.S. Department of Energy. Topic: "The Environmental Legacy of the Cold War: The Challenge of Cleaning up the Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex." EXHIBITS • Through Dec. 12. More German Art. Krannert Drawing Room, main floor, Krannert Building. Works from Purdue's permanent art collection represent current trends in contemporary German art. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. (Gallery closed Nov. 24-26 for Thanksgiving.) • Through 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. (Gallery closed Nov. 24-26 for Thanksgiving.) • Nov. 15-19. Exhibit of works by Roscoe Wilson, candidate for master of fine arts degree. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Nov. 29-Dec. 3. Exhibit of works by Monideepa Das, candidate for master of arts degree in visual communication design. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ** • Dec. 6-17. Exhibit of works by seniors in photography. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. SEMINARS ** • Monday, Nov. 15. Domestic Violence Workshop. 3-5 p.m. Multipurpose Room II, Black Cultural Center. The workshop, sponsored by the BCC and the Women of Vision Young Adult Club, which is part of the National Association of Colored Women's Club, will provide information about physical, mental, verbal, health and control abuse. • Wednesday, Nov. 17. "All Stressed Up for the Holidays." Noon. Room 314A Stewart Center. Part of the Learning Lunch Hour Series sponsored by the WorkLife Program in the Department of Personnel Services. OTHER ** • Through Dec. 9. 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: Nov. 16-18: Tuesday, Scandinavian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean. Nov. 23-25: Tuesday, Sicilian; Wednesday, Closed; Thursday, Closed. Nov. 30-Dec. 2: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Spanish; Thursday, Italian. Dec. 7-9: Tuesday, Gourmet; Wednesday, Gourmet; Thursday, Gourmet. • Wednesday, Nov. 24. First day of Thanksgiving vacation. Classes resume Nov. 29. • Thursday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov. 26. Thanksgiving holidays. University offices closed. 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