Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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September 29, 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 • 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, 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. ** • Friday, Oct. 27. 8 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. "Make a Joyful Noise" is the theme as the Campbell Brothers and their wailing, singing, shouting steel guitar sound get together with the powerful gospel vocals of the Mighty Clouds of Joy. Co-sponsored by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $18 for students, $24 for the public. LECTURES • 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." ** • Thursday, Oct. 5. 7:30 p.m. Focus on Teaching Lecture Series kick-off and Teaching Academy induction. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Keynote speaker: Purdue President Martin C. Jischke. • 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. William E. Bindley: "How 2+2 Equals 6 ... A Case Study." Bindley is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Bindley Western Industries Inc., the Fortune 500 wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals, health and beauty aids with corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. ** • Monday, Oct. 16. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Diversity Workshop co-sponsored by the Diversity Resource Office and Personnel Services. Stewart Center, Room 302. At 10:30 a.m., Milton Bennett, a diversity consultant and co-founder of the Intercultural Communication Institute in Oregon, will speak about "Intercultural Competence: Building a Climate of Respect for Diversity" followed by a day-long workshop. To register by the Oct. 11 deadline, call (765) 494-7307. • 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. ** • Tuesday, Oct. 24. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. Stewart Center, Room 314. Activist, scholar, author and Million-Man March speaker Oba T'Shaka lectures on "Applying African Philosophy to Today's African-American Reality." T'Shaka served as chair of the Black Studies Department at San Francisco State University for 12 years. He is the author of several books including "Return to the African Mother Principle of Male & Female Equity" and "The Art of Leadership." **• Tuesday, Oct. 24. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Ron Falta of Clemson University will speak on non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) mobilization systems in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. ** • Wednesday, Oct. 25. 12:30 p.m. Women's Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series. Room B2, Stone Cellar. Cindy Svajgr, director of the Greater Lafayette YWCA, will talk about "The YWCA at Work in the World: Globally, Nationally and Locally." ** • Friday, Oct. 27. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Howard L. Lance: "Repositioning into the New Economy." Lance is the executive vice president of Emerson Electric Co., the 128,000 employee, St. Louis-based manufacturer of motors, compressors and electronic controls for industrial and consumer markets. EXHIBITS • 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, 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. 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. 26. 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:Oct. 3-5: Tuesday, Sicilian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean. Oct. 17-19: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Gourmet; Thursday, Gourmet Oct. 24-26: Tuesday, Gourmet; Wednesday, Greek; Thursday, Cajun Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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