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November 3, 2000 JOURNALISTS: Here are story ideas and a list of selected Purdue events during the next two weeks. 21 guns salute veteransThe Purdue Student Union Board will give a 21-gun salute as part of a Veteran's Day celebration on 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at the Purdue Memorial Union. Bob Mindrum, Memorial Union director, will place a wreath on the cross in the Great Hall to honor veterans. CONTACT: Sherry Heck, graduate advisor, PSUB, (765) 494-8976, hecks@purdue.edu; or Heather Owen, program advisor, PSUB, (765) 494-8909, owenh@purdue.edu Getting fired up!Spirit is growing among Purdue University students, who have planned a sheet decorating contest and pep rally at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, to support their football team before the Old Oaken Bucket game. At least seven student organizations are involved. This is the second rally this year, following several years without any. What's behind it? You can get the story behind the story of this drive to build spirit from Brenda Shea, chief of staff, Purdue Student Government, 495-9392, bshea@purdue.edu or Alicia Schulhof, president of the Purdue Foundation Student Board, 743-3802. 'The Real World' comes to PurduePurdue Student Union Board will present two alumni from MTV's "The Real World," 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom. Rachel Campos-Duffy of 1994's San Francisco season and Colin Mortensen of 1999's Hawaiian season will discuss conflict resolution, diversity, living responsibly and about life on MTV's television program. The event will feature a question and answer session. Campos-Duffy and Mortensen will be available for interviews when they are on campus although interviews must be scheduled at least three days in advance. CONTACT: Heather Owen, program advisor, PSUB, (765) 494-8909, owenh@purdue.edu The business of baseballPurdue alumnus Chuck G. Armstrong, president and chief executive officer of the Seattle Mariners, will talk about the baseball business at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 17, at the Krannert Auditorium. With rising player salaries and the proliferation of other sports challenging baseball's national preeminence, never before has the front office been closer to home plate. The Mariners made the post-season playoffs this year after losing Ken Griffey Jr., among baseball's best players, in a trade. The title of Armstrong's talk is "How Purdue Prepared Me to Run a Major League Baseball Team." Because the primary purpose of the lectures is educational, there are no photographs or videotaping permitted during the presentations. Journalists wishing to cover individual presentations can arrange to interview and photograph lecturers by contacting Tim Newton, Krannert School director of external relations and communications, at (765) 496-7271, tnewton@mgmt.purdue.edu. Events• Friday, Nov. 3. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Entrepreneurs' Forum. Room 310, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Monthly, hour-long seminar invites faculty, staff, students and other interested individuals to network and learn more about how to start a company. Speakers are entrepreneurs, investors or consultants who work with new business ventures, primarily in Purdue Research Park's business incubator system. Featured speaker will be Teri Willey, vice president, ARCH Development Partners, LLC. Topic: "Starting Companies Based on University Innovations in Science and Teaching." CONTACT: Maureen Schmidt Ward, (765) 494-2610; msward@purdue.edu • Wednesday, Nov. 8. 7 p.m. "Success Runs in Our Race." Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. A lecture on networking by George Fraser, author of the bestseller "Success Runs in Our Race: The Complete Guide to Effective Networking in the African-American Community." CONTACT: Renee Thomas, Black Cultural Center director, (765) 494-3091; rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu • Friday, Nov. 17. 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Nobel Prize winning mathematician and economist John Nash will deliver a talk entitled, "Equilibrium in Bargaining Games." Nash won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994 on the basis of this doctoral thesis at Princeton University. The thesis, which he submitted in 1950, was lauded for breaking new ground in game theory. He went on to make considerable contributions while he was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. CONTACT: Marsha Lowery, (765) 494-4449.
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