Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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September 22, 2000 EDITORS: 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, Sept. 26. 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hospitality and Tourism Management Career Day 2000. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. More than 50 companies in the hospitality industry will attend. ** • Thursday, Sept. 28. 7 p.m. Lecture by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. Elliott Hall of Music. Morrison will be the guest of Purdue Dean of Libraries Emily Mobley to celebrate Purdue Libraries' 125th anniversary. The author will lecture and answer questions from the audience. General admission seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 6 p.m. ** • Saturday, Sept. 30. 8:45 a.m. Purdue Theatre High School Workshop Day. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. High-school students can participate in a series of workshops presented by the faculty and staff of the Purdue Theatre Division. • Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 4 and 5. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sports Illustrated Campus Fest. Memorial Mall. Purdue Student Government is sponsoring this event. Rain date is Oct. 6. ** • Saturday, Oct. 14. Chemistry Show: Fire and Ice. 10 a.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Purdue chemists will illustrate the chemical properties of fire and ice during a one-hour show open to the public. ENTERTAINMENT • Wednesday, Sept. 26 through Sunday, Oct. 1. Purdue Theatre presents "Bus Stop" by William Inge. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Shows at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: General public $11 and $13, students and seniors $7 and $9. • Friday, Sept. 29. 8 p.m. Randy Travis in concert at the Elliott Hall of Music. A presentation of Purdue Convocations. All tickets $30. • Sunday, Oct. 1. 3 p.m. The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A part of the Loeb Music Collection presented by Purdue Convocations. All tickets $24. • Sunday, Oct. 1. 2:30 p.m. Purdue Symphonic and Fall Concert Bands performance at the Long Center, 111 N. 6th, Lafayette. • Wednesday, Oct. 11. 7:30 p.m. Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet with Jon Nakamatsu on piano. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A woodwind quintet of impeccable musicianship with a Van Cliburn gold medal-winning pianist. A part of the Loeb Music Collection presented by Purdue Convocations. All tickets $19. • Wednesday, Oct. 11. 7:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Film Series. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. "Liberty Heights," directed by Barry Levinson. This drama is Levinson's third film in a trilogy which began with "Diner" and "Avalon." The film is about growing up in Baltimore while dealing with racism and anti-Semitism. ** • Saturday, Oct. 14. 8 p.m. Veriovka Ukrainian National Music & Dance Co. Elliott Hall of Music. A colorful celebration of Ukrainian culture. A part of the Patron's Choice Series presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets $23, $19 and $14. ** • Friday, Oct. 20. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: BCC Coffee House. Co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board, the BCC's student performing arts ensembles – the Jahari Dance Troupe, the New Directional Players and the Haraka Writers – will entertain guests at Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for the public. LECTURES • Monday, Sept. 25. Hospitality and Tourism Management department Career Day 2000 Distinguished Speakers. 10:30 a.m. Stephen G. Michaelides, president, Words Ink.; 1:30 p.m. Robert Slater, chairman of the board, American Hotel & Motel Association. Room 218, Stewart Center. **• Tuesday, Sept. 26. 9:30 a.m. Hospitality and Tourism Management department Career Day. A panel discussion of industry representatives. Room 218, Stewart Center. • Tuesday, Sept. 26. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Eric Weber, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Ga., will speak in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building, as part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. • Thursday, Sept. 28. 4:30 p.m. Philosophy Colloquium Series. Room 219, University Hall. "Moral Necessity in Leibnitz." Speaker: Robert Adams, Yale University. • Friday, Sept. 29. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. William E. Leftwich III: "Diversity, Equal Opportunity, Race Relations: Department of Defense Connecting with the President's Initiative on Race." Leftwich is deputy assistant secretary of defense for equal opportunity, U.S. Department of Defense. • Tuesday, Oct. 3. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Patricia Cline, Golder Associates, will speak on endocrine disrupter chemicals in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building, as part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. ** • Tuesday, Oct. 3. Noon. Women's Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series. Room 128, Agriculture Administration Building. Speaker: Professor Patsy Schweikart, Purdue Department of English and Women's Studies. Topic: "Sexual Harrassment in the Context of a Gender-Egalitarian Culture: The Example of the Philippines." • Friday, Oct. 6. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Steven A. Webster: "The Past and Present ... A Career in the Energy Business." Webster is vice chairman of the board of R & B Falcon Corp. in Houston. ** • Friday, Oct. 13. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Sheila W. Wellington: "Leadership Redefined: Progress and Prospects of Women in Business." Wellington is president of Catalyst, a New York-based nonprofit research and advisory organization that works with business to advance women. ** • Tuesday, Oct. 17. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Pedro Alvarez of the University of Iowa will speak on combining phytoremediation and bioremediation in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. ** • Friday, Oct. 20. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Thomas D. Weldon: The Innovation Factory, "It's a Good Thing That Entrepreneurs Are Lousy at Math." Weldon is co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Novoste Corp., a Norcross, Ga.-based company involved in the field of vascular brachytherapy, the use of intervascular radiation to reduce the incidence of the renarrowing of an angioplasty-treated artery. EXHIBITS • Through Oct. 1. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Don Dailey Industrial Design." Ralph G. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. Industrial design and products by this influential consumer designer. • Through Oct. 7. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Normal Editions Workshop." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Contemporary print-making selections from publishing facility at Illinois State University. • Through Oct. 7. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Beneath the Surface." Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center. Large-scale paintings by West Lafayette artist and educator Fusun Gulen. ** • Oct. 16 through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Keeping Tradition Alive: The Political and Social Prints of Carlos Cortez." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Graphic print images of social and cultural content. ** • Oct. 16 through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Modernists of Mexico." Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center. ** • Oct. 16 through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Thesis Exhibitions." Ralph G. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. SEMINARS ** • Wednesday, Sept. 27. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. "Substance Abuse Workshop." Black Cultural Center, 1101 Third St., West Lafayette. The event is sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., the Black Cultural Center and the Minority Health Coalition of Tippecanoe County. Presenters are Alcoholic Anonymous, Smoke Free Indiana and the Crisis Center. • Wednesday, Oct. 4. 12:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Noon Series. Room 320, Stewart Center. Professor Victor Raskin, Department of English, will speak on "The Origins of Yiddish." • Friday, Oct. 6. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Entrepreneurs' Forum." Sponsored by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Room 214-B, Stewart Center. "The PerSeptive Biosystems Story" by Fred Regnier, Purdue professor of chemistry and founder of PerSeptive Biosystems Inc. ** • Wednesday, Oct. 18. 12:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Noon Series. Room 313, Stewart Center. Professor Daniel Gottlieb, Department of Mathematics, will speak on "Mathematics and the Jewish People." OTHER • Saturday, Oct. 7. October Break begins. Classes resume Wednesday, Oct. 11. ** • Through Oct. 19. International Dinner Series sponsored by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. John Purdue Room in Stone Hall. Purdue seniors plan, organize and serve a four-course meal with appetizer, salad, choice of three entrees and two desserts. Reservations required. Call (765) 494-6845. Cost: $10 - $15. Coming up:Sept. 26-28: Tuesday, Scandinavian; Wednesday, Southwestern; Thursday, French. Oct. 3-5: Tuesday, Sicilian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean. Oct. 17-19: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Gourmet; Thursday, Gourmet Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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