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NOTE: TIME CHANGE IN PEP RALLY November 10, 2000 JOURNALISTS: Here are story ideas and a list of selected Purdue events during the next two weeks. Purdue archeologists dig up lost cityLast summer faculty and student archeologists from Purdue and several other universities uncovered a "lost city" in southern Turkey as part of the Rough Cilicia Archeological Survey Project. Matthew Dillon, professor of classics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and member of the survey project, will unveil the group's findings in a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Stewart Center, Room 322. His lecture is titled, "Juliosebaste in Rough Cilicia: Discovery of a Lost City." The event is free and open to the public. The survey project began five years ago and receives funding from the National Science Foundation. The project has been particularly challenging for the team, in part, because looters are stealing artifacts from the site, which dates back to 900 B.C. CONTACT: Nicholas Rauh, director of the Rough Cilicia Archeological Survey and associate professor of history, (765) 494-4122, rauhn@purdue.edu Getting fired up!Spirit is growing among Purdue University students, who have planned a sheet contest and pep rally to support their football team at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, just before 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" meets the 'real world'Purdue Student Union Board will present two alumni from MTV's "The Real World," the show that paved the way for "Survivor," in a "Real World Reunion" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in Purdue Memorial Union's South Ballroom. Admission is $3 for Purdue students and $5 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased at the door. 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 baseball• Purdue 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 players' salaries rising faster than NASDAQ IPOs and the proliferation of other sports challenging baseball's national preeminence, never before has the front office been closer to home plate. 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 for interviews and photographs by contacting Tim Newton, Krannert School director of external relations and communications, at (765) 496-7271, tnewton@mgmt.purdue.edu. Purdue events celebrate inaugural International Education WeekPurdue University is sponsoring lectures and other activities for the inaugural International Education Week, which the U.S. Department of Education has designated to begin Monday (11/13). Events include: • An international education awareness program for children, organized by the Office of International Students and Scholars at 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Burnett Creek Elementary School. Activities include cricket, origami, and asian costume demonstrations. For more information call, Michael Brzezinski, director of International Students and Scholars, (765) 494-7084. • Friday, Nov. 17., noon. Paul Thompson: "GMO Update: Safety and Ethical Concerns in an International Context." The lecture will be in Whistler Hall of Agricultural Research, Room 116. Thompson is a distinguished Purdue professor of philosophy. For more information, call Lowell Harden, assistant director of International Programs in Agriculture, (765) 494-8460. • Friday, Nov. 17., 3:30 p.m. Mitoji Yabunaka: "An Overview of Development in Asia – Japan's Foreign Policy Stance." Yabunaka is Japan's counsel general in Chicago. Krannert Center, Room 124. For more information, call Tim Newton, director of external relations and communication, (765) 496-7271. Events• Friday, Nov. 17. 3:30 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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