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March 17, 2000 JOURNALISTS: Here are two story ideas and a list of selected Purdue events during the next two weeks. Road scholars beat a path to PurdueThis year's Purdue Road School, an annual conference that attracts more than 1,000 city and county highway officials and politicians from across the state, will explore issues ranging from environmental, economic and traffic safety matters to the future of high-speed trains in Indiana. The conference begins Tuesday, March 21, and continues through Wednesday, March 22. It is free and open to the public. A Road School brochure, in Adobe Acrobat format, is available on the World Wide Web. CONTACT: Karen Hatke, (765) 494-9310, kshatke@purdue.edu Computer science careers for young womenPurdue is doing its part to help reduce a national shortage of women in computer science. The fourth annual Women in Computer Science Career Day on Saturday, March 25, will attract up to 90 young women in their junior year of high school from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. The program lets the students see what computer science is all about and learn about career opportunities in the field. (Photo opportunities are possible during a computer workshop at 9:45 a.m. in Stewart Center.) CONTACT: Jean Jackson, (765) 494-6180, jackson@cs.purdue.edu Events• Thursday, March 23. Roundtable discussion by Purdue experts about genetically engineered foods in the global trading system. 2:30-4 p.m. Room 320, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Philip Paarlberg, associate professor of agricultural economics; Louis Sherman, biology department head; and Mary Lyn Stoll, doctoral candidate in philosophy, will participate in a discussion moderated by Paul Thompson, professor of philosophy. CONTACT: Thompson, (765) 494-4295, pault@herald.cc.purdue.edu • Thursday, March 23. The Ages of Agriculture: A Millennium Celebration. 6:15 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Cast members will be available for photos and interviews at a 2:30 p.m. rehearsal in Loeb Playhouse. This one-hour dramatic performance chronicling Hoosier agriculture is part of a series of cultural events statewide commemorating the millennial change. Judy O'Bannon, wife of Gov. Frank O'Bannon and chairwoman of Hoosier Millennium, and Victor L. Lechtenberg, Purdue's dean of agriculture, are co-hosts of the presentation, which is a collection of vignettes, each highlighting a different moment in time, from the beginning of Indiana agriculture a few hundred years ago to today's high-tech practices, and beyond. The cast includes Indiana agriculture leaders and Purdue ag professors and students. CONTACT: Steve Leer, Agricultural Communications Service news writer, (765) 494-8415, sleer@aes.purdue.edu • Friday, March 24. Indiana Lt. Gov. Joseph E. Kernan discusses "Indiana's Economy: The Big Picture" 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: Tim Newton, director of external relations, School of Management, (765) 496-7271, tnewton@mgmt.purdue.edu • Monday, March 27. William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and former national editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, talks about "Moral Dilemmas in the Global Economy" at 8 p.m. in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Part of the Sears Lecture Series. CONTACT: Mark Tilton, associate professor of political science, (765) 494-4176, tilton@polysci.purdue.edu • Tuesday, March 28. Indiana Court of Appeals oral argument. 1:30 p.m. Room 310, Stewart Center. The case involves a preliminary injunction from the Hancock County Circuit Court restraining a person from speaking on certain matters. Sponsored by the Department of Communications. Journalists who wish to bring cameras, microphones or tape recorders into the courtroom must request permission from the Indiana Court of Appeals at least 48 hours before the scheduled start of the oral argument. The request must specify the name and type of news organization, a contact name, phone and fax numbers. Send requests to Victoria Anderson, judicial assistant to Judge Margret G. Robb, (317) 233-3668, fax (317) 233-4627.
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