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March 28, 1997
JOURNALISTS: Here are some newsworthy Purdue events during the next two weeks.
Engineers celebrate with week of activities
Purdue engineering students will have their cars and eat them, too, at an Edible Car
Contest from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, April 7, in the North Ballroom of the Purdue
Memorial Union. The contest, open to students in any engineering discipline, is one
of the events planned for Purdue's celebration of Engineers' Week, April 5-12. Cars in
the contest must be no longer than 12 inches and be made entirely of edible materials
(no gum allowed!). Cars must have at least three "wheels" and roll down a ramp. Cash
prizes will be awarded for the car that travels the farthest, the fastest car, the most
nutritious car and the most creative car. Other Engineers' Week events include a
photo scavenger hunt, a "Best Legs" contest, an egg drop, a pie-eating or throwing
contest, a dating game, and a banquet and ball. Fourth- and fifth-graders from Indianapolis
Public Schools will be on campus April 12 for a day of engineering-related activities,
such as logic puzzles, chromatography and DNA experiments. Events are sponsored by
various student engineering organizations. CONTACTS: Edible Car Contest, Palida Chay,
(765) 743-7970; other events, Purdue Engineering Student Council, (765) 496-2660,
or Amanda Siegfried, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-4709; e-mail, amanda_siegfried@purdue.edu
Events
Tuesday, April 1.
"A Midwest Summit on the Future of American Innovation." 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Adam's Mark
Hotel in Indianapolis. Co-sponsored by Purdue and the Washington-based Council on
Competitiveness. More than 300 corporate executives, university leaders, researchers,
members of Congress and senior government officials have been invited to chart a research
and development strategy to ensure America's continued leadership in innovation.
There will be a noon briefing for journalists. To arrange coverage or for a copy
of the agenda, contact Grady Jones, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2079,
e-mail, grady_jones@purdue.edu
Friday, April 4.
Press conference for participants in the Holocaust Remembrance Conference, to be
held April 5-6 (see event below). Among those at the press conference will be
Patrick Eddington, a
former CIA analyst who investigated the use of chemical weapons during the Gulf War and
is now suing the government for documents about the illnesses of war veterans. 2
p.m. Hillel Foundation 912 W. State St., West Lafayette. CONTACT: Rabbi Gedalyah
Engel, (765) 743-1716.
Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6.
The 16th annual Holocaust Remembrance Conference. This year's theme is Collective
Guilt and Individual Responsibility: Image and Reality. Sessions will be held from
1:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Sessions will
be on campus and at various locations around Greater Lafayette. Highlights will include a
talk on Gulf War Syndrome by a former CIA agent and the signing of a petition to
be sent to President Clinton pleading for sanctions against Nigeria in an effort
to restore its imprisoned president. Sponsored by the Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance
Committee in cooperation with several organizations. CONTACT: Rabbi Gedalyah Engel,
(765) 743-1716.
Saturday, April 5.
American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Race. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Indiana Beach,
Monticello. Part of the ASCE Great Lakes Regional Conference. Students from 17 colleges
in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin will have sprint and distance races with the canoes they have designed and built from concrete. Indiana colleges, in addition to
Purdue, that will participate are: Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort
Wayne
; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre
Haute
; Tri-State University, Angola
; University of Evansville
; University of Notre
Dame
; University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
; and Valparaiso
University. CONTACT: Scott Ivany, publicity director for ASCE, (765) 742-4794, e-mail,
ivany@ecn.purdue.edu
Saturday, April 5.
National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. 11:30 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. A Purdue
team and teams from six other colleges and universities across the country are challenged
to build a contraption that uses at least 20 steps to load a CD into a CD player
or computer and play it or run a program. CONTACTS: Daniel Colpi, contest chairman,
(765) 743-8135; e-mail, colpi@cernan.ecn.purdue.edu; Amanda Siegfried, (765) 494-4709;
e-mail, amanda_siegfried@purdue.edu
Sunday, April 6.
American Society of Civil Engineers Steel Bridge Competition. 7:15 a.m.-3 p.m. North
and South Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the ASCE Great Lakes Regional
Conference. Students from 17 colleges in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin will present
bridge structures they have built to be judged on their appearance, weight, speed/ease
of assembly, and deflection under load. Indiana colleges, in addition to Purdue,
that will participate are: Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort
Wayne
; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre
Haute
; Tri-State University, Angola
; University of Evansville
; University of Notre
Dame
; University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
; and Valparaiso
University. CONTACT: Scott Ivany, publicity director for ASCE, (765) 742-4794, e-mail,
ivany@ecn.purdue.edu
Friday, April 11.
World-renowned educator Dame Marie Clay, founder of the early intervention literacy
program Reading Recovery, will be available for media interviews from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. in Room 3202, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Clay, who lives
in New Zealand, will participate in Reading Recovery workshops and implementation institutes
on the Purdue campus through April 15. CONTACT: Maribeth Schmitt, director of Indiana
Reading Recovery, (765) 494-9750; e-mail, mschmitt@vm.cc.purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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