Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (1986)

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Volume 1, Number 3

The University of Maryland College Park

September 15, 1986

News
Briefs

Brown Named to Post

Gladys Brown has been appointed
acting director of the Office of
Human Relations by Chancellor
Slaughter, Brown, previously the
campus compliance officer in the Of-
fice of Human Relations and advisor
to the Thurgood Marshall Pre-Law
Society, succeeds Yolande Ford, who
directed the office from 1971 until
she was named an assistant to the
Chancellor in August. This year the
office will concentrate on developing
a training program for the new equi-
ty administrators created as a result
of the campus reorganization plan. A
new breakfast series is scheduled that
will provide a forum for discussion
on issues which affect cultural rela-
tionships and misunderstandings, says
Brown.

Camipus Senate To Meet

The election of the chair-elect and
the executive committee, a report
from the outgoing chairman, and
consideration of a revised plan of
organization of the campus com-
munity and the bylaws of the Col-
lege Park Senate head the list of
items of business for the first
meeting of the Campus Senate for
the 1986-1987 academic year. The
Senate will meet Thurs., Sept. 25
from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Rm 0126,
Reckord Armory. Future Senate
meetings are scheduled for Nov. 10,
Feb. 19 and April 20. For info, call
Mary Lou Obryhim, x 4549.

"Nightline" on Campus

At Outlook press time, the ABC net-
work news program "Nightline" with
Ted Koppel is scheduled to originate
live from UMCP's Tawes Theatre
Wed. Sept. 17 from 11:30 p.m. to
12:30 a.m. A second segment of the
program may air on Thurs., Sept 18.
The special "Viewpoint" program
will focus on the pressures facing
university students, athletes, faculty,
and coaches across the nation.
Chancellor Slaughter will appear on
both programs, which can be seen
locally on Channel 7.

Inside

Babuska Honored. *..2

Outstanding Woman 3

Calendar 4

Computer Composer, 5

Gift of Giving 6

Kathie Rodkey 7

New Faculty 8

FYI 8

Kirwan Reviews
Reorganization Actions

Vice Chancellor William E. Kirwan discusses academic reorganization.

It's been a busy summer for William
e; Kirwan. As of July 1, UMCP's five
academic divisions were abolished
and replaced by a new system of
colleges and schools.

Though this actually involved no
structural change to academic depart-
ments, colleges and schools or
degree programs, it did mean a
heavy workload for College Park's
chief academic officer. Some staff
had to be transferred and a few new
appointments made. A number of
key administrative decisions had to
be considered; important policies had
to be reviewed and revised, and
changes had to be initiated in the
bylaws and organization of such
bodies as the Campus Senate.

Much of this has already been ac-
complished. What remains to be
done is well along in the planning
stages, says Kirwan.

"The academic reorganization is an
administrative realignmen*:, and
already I see benefits resulting from
the changes," says the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs and
Provost. "One very important benefit
is that wath an administrative layer
removed, I now have direct contact
with the deans. This has had the
positive result of shortening the lines
of communication."

As part of the reorganization plan,
some important campus policies and
procedure documents required
substantial modification to bring
them in line with the current campus
structure. A number of interim
documents have been completed and
approved, says Kirwan.

The Campus Senate has approved
an interim set of policies and pro-
cedures for this academic year. It has
also begun to consider permanent
documents for policies in several key
continued on page 3-

Middle States Team To Visit

A review team from the Middle
States Association of Colleges and
Schools will visit the College Park
Campus Sept. 21-24 as part of the
cajmpus' ten year accreditation pro-
cess.

The campus has completed an in-
stitutional self-study over the past
two years and submitted a report to
the Middle States Review Team,
made up of faculty and ad-
ministrators from other academic in-
stitutions. Review Team members
will be talking with members of the
campus community including
students, faculty, and administrators
at UMCP, as well as President Toll
and the Board of Regents.

Their report will determine
whether the Middle States Association
will grant accreditation to the College
Park Campus,

Review Team members will arrive

to begin their evaluations of the cam-
pus Sunday afternoon, Sept, 21 and
will stay through Wednesday, Sept.
24.
The team of visitors is chaired by

C. Peter Magrath, president of the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Other team members include James

D. Anderson, associate dean and
chair of the Department of Library
and Information Studies at The State
University of New Jersey at Rutgers;
Sara Arthur, director of Student Life
at New York University; Blanche D.
Blank, professor of political science
at Yeshiva University; Wendell C.
Brase, vice chancellor of finance,
planning and administration at the
University of California Santa Cruz;
and Helen Gouldner, dean of the
College of Arts and Science at the
University of Delaware.

Additional team members are

Weldon E. Ihrig, vice president for
finance at Ohio State University; Ken-
neth M. King, vice provost for com-
puting at Cornell University; Tilden J.
LeMelle, Mercy College president;
Michael J. Mooney, deputy provost
and lecturer at Columbia University;
Frank G. Pogue, vice president for .
student affairs at the State University
of New York at Albany; Ernestine S.
Robinson, English department chair
at Hampton University.

The team also includes Rosemary
Schraer, executive vice chancellor of
the University of California, River-
side; Thomas Smith, associate vice
president for facilities at Ohio State
University; Donald R. Stoddard of
the Maryland State Board for Higher
Education; and Ron Turner of the
University of Missouri-Columbia. ■

September 15, 1986

New Database Available

University of Maryland researchers
now have access to a nucleotide and
amino acid sequencing database that
currently includes over 5 million
bases. The new database is especially
vaJuable to biotechnologists making
comparisons between known protein
sequences and protein sequences
under study.

Scientists can also use the database
to search for DNA and RNA se-

quences that they use to determine
evolutionary relationships between
genes.

The database was developed by
scientists working with The Universi-
ty of Maryland Sea Grant College and
the Center of Marine Biotechnology,
For information, contact Dave
Swartz, head of the Maryland Sea
Grant Computer facility, x5690.

UPDATES

Babuska Honored
With Conference

What kind of birthday present do
you give the mathematician who has
everything? Not a necktie or a new
calculator, but a research conference
on numerical solutions to engineering
problems.

That at least is the solution that
the Institute for Physical Science and
Technology and the UMCP Depart-
ment of Mathematics hit on to com-
memorate the 60th birthday of
mathematics professor Ivo Babuska.

Ivo Babuska

The conference, titled "The Impact
of Mathematical Analysis on the
Numerical Solution of Engineering
Problems," will take place Sept.
17-19 in the Mathematics Colloquium
Room, 3206 Math Building.

Most scientific and engineering
problems involve the numerical solu-
tion of partial differential equations as
a central step in their complete solu-
tion. The conference brings together

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mathematicians and engineers to
discuss solving these equations and
such related topics as iterative
methods, the solution of nonlinear
problems, and the numerical solution
of ordinary differential equations.
Babuska has devoted his life to stu-
dying such problems,

The conference is sponsored by
the National Science Foundation and
the Office of Naval Research in addi-
tion to IPST and the Mathematics
Department. There is no registration
fee for University faculty and
students. For additional information,
call the Mathematics Dept. at
454-3021. ■

Center Wins
DOD Grant

The UMCP Systems Research
Center was one of 70 academic in-
stitutions selected last summer in the
Department of Defense's technical
competition for the new University
Research Initiative, Subject to the
availability of FY 87 funds for the
URl, some SI 10 million is expected
to be awarded to the 70 institutions
for 86 research programs.

The Systems Research Center pro-
posal, submitted to the Air Force Of-
fice of Scientific Research will focus
on control of complex multibody
spacecraft.

Principal investigator is electrical
engineering professor P.S.
KJrishnaprasad.

"We are pleased to receive this
recognition under the University
Research Initiative Program," he says.
"We welcome this opportunity to
embark on a challenging scientific
endeavor that brings together our
strengths in control theor)^ and
nonlinear mechanics."

Director of the SRC John Baras,
who will also serve as one of several
co-investigators says: "Maryland is
emerging as a national power in
systems engineering, and the hard
work that staff, faculty and students
is putting into the Center is starting
to bear great rewards for this univer-
sity. The state and the university
need to recognize the excellence that
exists here in systems engineering
and provide the necessaiy attention
and resources for these programs to
flourish to their fullest potential."

Krishnaprasad says the establish-
ment of an interdisciplinary center of
excellence focusing on the control of
complex multibody spacecraft is pro-
posed. The research program will
evolve around two state-of-the-art
labs, the Intelligent Servomechanisms
Laboratory and the Computer Aided
Design Laboratory. Part of the
research will be conducted at Stan-
ford University and the University of
California at Berkeley.

The UMCP professor says the pro-
gram will focus on basic research in
the modeling and precision control
of large multibody space platforms. ■

INFORUM Predicts
Taxpayers Will
Benefit From Tax
Reform

If the tax reform proposal passed
by the U.S. Senate Finance Commit-
tee is fully implemented by 1988, in-
dividual taxpayers in all income
brackets will benefit while corpora-
tions will invest less money in capital
equipment.

Those are the predictions of an
econometric study by the Interin-
dustry Forecasting Project at the
University of Maryland (INFORUM).

The INFORUM study authored by
research associate Stephen H. Pollock
shows that the tax reform proposal,
if enacted, will cut personal income
taxes by 5.5 percent in 1988.
However, the middle 50 percent of
taxpayers will receive a tax cut of
less than 4 percent.

"Our results show that the lower
20 percent of income earners will
receive a more than proportional tax
cut because of the increased personal
exemption amount, standard deduc-
tion, and earned income credit called
for by the proposal," the report said.
It added that 1988 taxpayers with
higher incomes will benefit more
than proportionally due to the
significantly lower tax rates. Those
with middle-level incomes will
benefit less since the reduced itemiz-
ed deductions and credits will tend
to offset the lower rates.

"While most individual taxpayers
will benefit from the proposal, we

found that it will not substantially
alter the distribution of Federal in-
come tax liability," Pollock said, "In
general, the new tax system will be
slightly less progressive for upper in-
comes, and more progressive in the
lower range, with many low income
families being dropped from the tax
rolls."

The INFORUM study also pro-
jected that the cost of capital will rise
by about 5 percent, if the tax pro-
posal is passed, depressing corporate
gross investment in capital equipment
by about two to three percent in the
long run. The repeal of the invest-
ment tax credit would raise capital
costs by about 12 percent for most
equipment, although the reduction of
the corporate tax rate to 33 percent
and the faster depreciation rates call-
ed for by the tax proposal temper
the overall rise in the cost of capital
to about 5 percent, according to the
study.

"We believe the disincentives for
corporate spending will be over-
shadowed by the stimulus to per-
sonal consumption derived from the
personal tax cuts," Pollock said.
"The overall effect will be a slight
stimulus to economic activity of
about one half of one percent of
GNP. The long run effects on the
size of the capital stock, and thus on
productivity, will be minimal."

INFORUM is a 20-year-old research
organization dedicated to
econometric forecasting and policy
analysis. Project director is Clopper
Almon, professor of economics at
UMCP. ■

Professor Cyril Ponnamperuma, director of the Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, was Invlled to speak
at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences during the week of June 16. After his address on "The Use of
Space Technology for the Benefit of Mankind," he was presented to His Holiness the Pope. This Is the
second time In two years Ponnamperuma has been Invited to address the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences.

QuiIiOOK

September 15, 1986

Local Mediation Center
Planned

UMCP and the City of College
Park have initiated plans to develop a
Mediation Center. The center is an
outgrowth of recommendations made
by the College Park Civility Commis-
sion. The center will provide media-
tion services for faculty, staff and
students of the University and
residents of the City of College Park,

Difring the summer, an advisory
committee of three University of-
ficials, four College Park residents,
and four UMCP students selected by
Chancellor Slaughter and Mayor Alvin
Kushner met to formulate plans for
the center. For additional informa-
tion, contact Melissa Henderson, Of-
fice of the Vice Chancellor for Stu-
dent Affairs at 454-2925.

continued from page 1.

areas. One important sec of interim
policies already in place include the
revised guidelines for academic ap-
pointments, promotion and tenure
review and appeals recently approv-
ed by the Board of Regents. (See
Outlook, Sept. 2 for details.)

Jn addition, earlier this year the
Campus Senate adopted interim
policies to deal with the
undergraduate student grievance pro-
cedure, academic dishonesty policy
statement, human relations code, and
faculty grievance procedure. The
changes it approved include the
following: for colleges which have
departments, the dean will now have
responsibilities formerly held by a
provost; where committees play a
role in a specific process, the dean
will establish committees using a pro-
cess similar to that used for forming
committees within the division which
housed the college formerly.

For colleges which contain no
departments, persons designated by
the vice chancellor for academic af-
fairs will take over some respon-
sibilities formerly held by the par-
ticular divisional provost, depending
on which policy is being considered.
For example, undergraduate student
grievances and dishonesty cases will
be handled by the dean of
undergraduate studies. On equity
issues, an asst. vice chancellor will be
responsible, and for faculty
grievances, the dean for graduate
studies and research will now assume
responsibility.

The reorganization also required
changes in the rules of the Campus
Senate, and over the past several
months an ad hoc committee has
worked on a new set of bylaws and
an organization plan for this govern-
ing body. These will be presented
for consideration at the next senate
meeting on Sept. 25.

Over the course of the summer,
another senate group under the
leadership of John Pease also began
to develop a new plan for
undergraduate education. Yet another
group has completed a modified
policy for student advising. Proposed
by the academic vice chancellor and
now approved by the senate, the
changes relate to advising students in
pre-major status of the five colleges
and two departments which have
selective admissions. The new pro-
cedures specify that students in this
category must also choose an alter-
native major and that their advising
will be handled by the particular ad-
vising office of the college in which
the student has chosen the alternative
major.

The vice chancellor has also
established new guidelines for the
distribution of Designated Research
Initiative Funds (DRIF) to colleges
and schools. Working with the Coun-
cil of Deans and APAC, Kirwan has
approved the following distribution
of these research funds which this
year total 14,816,752. Departments
will receive 33% ($1,589,528); The
Office of Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs 24% (11,156,020);
Colleges 24% ($1,156,020); Graduate

AgricuHure

Public Affairs

Studies and Research 17%
(5818,848); Library 1% (S48,l68);
and Undergraduate Studies 1 %
(48,168).

Schools and colleges will receive
their 24% total portion
—SI, 156,000 —in the following
amounts: Arts & Humanities, BSOS
and CMPS each 16%, (S184,963);
Agriculture, Education, Engineering,
and Life Sciences each 8%,
(S92,482); Business, Human Ecology
and PERH each 4%, ($46,241); Ar-
chitecture, Journalism, CLIS, and
Public Affairs each 2%, ($23,120).

Some staff appointments, transfers
and realignment of responsibilities
have also occurred as a result of the
July 1 reorganization. Five lines have
been reallocated to colleges to beef
up their administrative support staff,
and three new positions have been
assigned to the academic vice
chancellor's office. Architecture has
received 1.5 positions, Public Affairs,
1; Journalism, 1.5; and Business and
Management, I new staff member.
The remaining 4.42 lines have been
reallocated among other colleges and
schools.

Within Kirwan's office, the
reassignment of staff responsibilities
includes the following: Marie David-
son is now Asst. Vice Chancellor for
Administration; David Falk, Asst. Vice
Chancellor for Programs, Planning
and Facilities; and Richard Jaquith,
Asst. Vice Chancellor for Budget and
Personnel.

Also, as part of his office's expan-
sion, Kirwan has appointed Muriel
Sloan, former provost of the Division

of Human and Community
Resources, as an Asst. Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Sloan, who holds a joint Ph.D. in
Educational Psychology and Physical
Education, will now have respon-
sibility for overseeing campus im-
plementation of recommendations of
the Chancellor's Task Force on
School-University Cooperation. She
will serve as the office's represen-
tative on the Deans' Council and will
be campus representative to the area
University Consortium. In addition,
the UMCP Office of International Af
fairs will also report to Sloan.

A search is now underway to fill
two other positions, those of Asst.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Sup-
port Services and for Budget and
Personnel, says Kirwan, who also
points out that the Library and Com-
puter Science Center will continue to
report to him directly.

Two departments have also been
relocated. Geology has been moved
from Ag & Life Sciences to the Col-
lege of Computer, Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, and the Dept. of
Design to Aits & Humanities.

Accomplishing these changes re-
quired advice and decision-making
on a number of fronts. Assisted in
the efforts by Gerald Miller, Kirwan
spent considerable time this summer
conferring with various campus
leaders from the senate and other
groups and began to meet regularly
with the Council of Deans. This pro-
cess which will accelerate this fall has
opened up lines of communication,
he says. "Meeting with the Council

of Deans is a definite plus in the new
stmcture. Though this is a new body
which will take time to develop its
own operating style, the more direct
lines of communication now in place
are a distinct advantage for the cam-
pus."

Though the Deans' Council is
larger than the old Planning Council,
(which consisted of the five provosts
and vice chancellor), Kirwan says
that one advantage of the new group
is that "you get greater representa-
tion of viewpoints of various campus
constituencies and disciplines."

"One of my most important
responsibilities is to work with the
deans, and I'm arranging my
schedule so that my energies can go
into this interaction," he says.

On the other hand, Kirwan con-
cedes somewhat wistfully that the
downside of his new schedule is the
fact that he can't be as accessible to
meet with others who would like to
see him as he has been in the past.

But despite the constraints on his
calendar, he intends to take lime dur-
ing the academic year to meet with
the council or assembly of each col-
lege or school to review what has
taken place regarding the reorganiza-
tion thus far.

"The process has proceeded
smoothly," says the campus' top
academic officer. "It's important to
inform the campus community of
what has transpired so far and
discuss what is anticipated for the
future." ■

— Roz Hiebert

UMCP Salutes Outstanding Woman

The Chancellor's Commission on
Women's Affairs and the Office of
Academic Affairs will honor Sylvia
Stewart, Assistant to the Vice
Chancellor for Administrative Affairs,
on Mon., Sept., 22 at 3:15 p.m in the
Lecture Room of Marie Mount Hall.
Stewart was selected last spring as
UMCP's Outstanding Woman for
1986..

In addition to honoring Stewart at
the ceremony, Chancellor John B.
Slaughter and commission chair
Diana Jackson will take the oppor-
tunity to welcome new women
faculty to campus. There will also be
a special award commemorating Lec-
turer in Health Education Doris
Sands, another outstanding woman at

UMCP, who died last spring. A
reception will follow from 4 to 5
p.m. in Marie Mount Hall's Maryland
Room.

Stewart becomes the eleventh per-
son to receive the Commission's
Outstanding Woman Award. Before
her appointment to the vice
chancellor's office in 1983, she spent
seven years as Director of the Office
of Commuter Affairs. As head of that
office which bandies services to off-
campus students, she became a na-
tional leader among student services
professionals on a wide range of
topics conerning students' needs and
how they may be met. ■

Sylvia Stewart

September 15, 1986

University Club Seeks
Members

The Maryland University Club,
located in the historic Rossborough
Inn, reminds faculty, staff, ad-
ministrators, and aJumni that
membership in the Club is open to
all. This year the Rossborough serves
breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday
through Thursday and continues its
popular Friday buffet beginning at 10

a.m. This fall, when football games
are played in Byrd Stadium, the inn
will offer a 4:30 p.m. buffet. For
Club membership information, call
454-7896 or 3940, or stop at the Inn
for a personal lour. Members receive
discounts and special services and
programs throughout the year,

CALENDAR

September IS— 22

MONDAY

September 15

Bohr, Schrodinger and Einstein:
Reminiscences of the Early Days of
Quantum Physics, Colloquium Series
lecture by H.B.G. Gasimir {Philips
Research Lab), 4 p.m., 1412 Physics.
Call x7483for info.*

Stochastic Approximations Methods:
Theory and Applications, seminar by
Adam Shwartz {Techn ion-Israel Instit. of
Tech.), 9 a.m., 3164 Engr. Classroom
BIdg. Also held on Sept. 29. Call Armand
fVlakowski, x6868, for info.*

Intramural One-Pitch Softisail team
registration, 8:30 a.m.. 1104 Reckord Ar-
mory. Closing date is Sept. 18, 4:30 p.m.
Call X3124 for more info."

Writers Here and Now poetry reading by
Philip Levine, 3:30 p.m., Katherine Ann
Porter Room, third floor McKeldin
Library.*

Connections: The Architecture of Gott-
fried Boehm at The American Institute of
Architects Building, 1735 New York Ave.
NW. On view through Oct. 3. See
page 5. *

William Kapell Remembered, an exhibi-
tion of the great pianist's papers, diaries
and memorabilia, at the Music Library,
third floor Hornbake, through Oct.3l.
Library hours are Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-ll
p.m., Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. -5
p.m, and Sun. noon-11 p.m.*

New American Paperworks, exhibit at
the Art Gallery in the Art-Sociology
Building. Shovi/ on display until Oct. 12.
Gallery hours are Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. -4
p.m. (Wed. until 9 p.m.) and Sat. and
Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Call x2763 for info.'

Technology: Another World arts and
sciences exhibit, Parents Assn. Art
Gallery in the Stamp Student Union.
Show runs through Oct. 3; gallery hours,
Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m. -8 p.m. and Sun. noon-8
p.m.

TUESDAY

September 16
Eric Bentley in Concert, one-man show
by the UMCP Communication Arts and
Theatre professor, 8 p.m., Rudolph E.
Pugliese Theatre (formerly the Gallery
Theatre). Program continues through the
20th. A performance will also be held at
2 p.m. on Sept. 21. Tickets are $8.50 for
the general public and $7 for students
and senior citizens. Call x2201 for info.

Van der Waals Forces and Zero Point
Energy, physics colloquium by H.B.G.
Casimir (N.V. Philips Industries), 4 p.m.,
1410 physics.*

Women's Field Hockey vs Towson
State, 3:30 p.m., Denton Field.*

The Trip to Bountiful, movie, 7 p.m. &
9:30 p.m., Hoff Theatre. For info call
X2594.

WEDNESDAY

September 17

The Stellar Content of 30 Doradus,

astronomy colloquium by N. Walborn
(Space Telescope Science Inst.), 4 p.m.,
1113 Computer & Space Sciences BIdg.*

College Freshmen's Recall and Produc-
tion of Expository Texts, Counseling

Center R&D presentation by Wayne
Slater (EDCl), noon-1 p.m., testing room,
Shoemaker. *

First Look Fair, two-day annual event
providing information about the various
student organizations on campus, 1 1
a.m. — 4 p.m., McKeldin Library Mall.*

Annual Fall Craft Fair, two-day exhibit of
handcrafted works by local artists, 10
a.m.— 5 p.m., McKeldin Library Mall,*

Men's Soccer vs Loyola College, 3

p.m.'

The Trip to Bountiful, movie, see Sept.
16.

THURSDAY

September 18

Autograph Session. Eric Bentley
(Comm. Arts and Theatre) will introduce
and sign copies of his latest book, The
Pirandello Commentaries, 2 p.m., Univer-
sity Book Center, Stamp Student Union."

College of Education Alumni and Phi
Delta Kappa Supper Meeting, 6:30 p.m.,
Elkins Building, 3300 Metzerott Road,
Adelphi. Following the dinner will be a
presentation of the Phil Donahue show.
Is Anything Happening in the College of
Education? featuring Ray Anderson
(EDUC) as moderator. For reservations
and other info call the Office of Alumni
Programs, x2938.

New Faculty Orientation, 2:30-5 p.m.,
Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall. For
info call x4508.*

Relativity and Quasi Elastic Electron
Scattering from Nuclei, physics seminar
by Wallace Van Orden, 4:15 p.m., 1410
Physics. Call x3511 for info.*

Brazil, movie, 8 p.m. & 9 p.m., Hoff
Theatre. For info call x2594.

FRIDAY

September 19

Recent Research on Affective
Disorders in Children — Implications for
College Students, Lunch "n Learn Con-
ference by Donald McKnew (NIMH), 1-2
p.m., 3100E Health Center. For info call
X4925.'

Looking at Adult Transitions, Published
Women's Series lecture by Nancy
Schlossberg (EDCP). Lunch at noon and
lecture at 12:30 p.m., Rossborough Inn.
Call Sylvia Earl, x7896, for reservations.

Women's Field Hockey vs Virginia, 3:30

p.m., Denton Field.*

Labyrinth, midnight movie, Hoff Theatre.
For info call x2594.

Brazil, movie, see Sept. 18.

SATURDAY

September 20

CULTUREFEST 1986 a celebration of

black culture with music, dance, crafts

and food, noon-8 p.m., Hornbake Library

Mall. For info call x3582. Rain date Sept.

21.*

Black Holes and Quasars, astronomical

obsen/atory lecture by Tim Heckman
(ASTR), 8 p.m., UMCP observatory.*

St. Mary's and Calvert Counties Tour

led by Fred DeMarr, 8:30 a.m.,
Rossborough Inn. Scheduled stops in-
clude the Sotterley Plantation, the
Maritime Museum and churches of ar-
chitectural interest. Call Sylvia Earl at
X7896 to make reservations.

Young Alumni Club Fall Golf Outing,

12:30 p.m., UMCP golf course. Contact
Office of Alumni Affairs at 853-3743 for
info.

New Look Bull Roast, 27th annual roast
by the College of Engineering Alumni
Chapter, 1-5 p.m., front lawn of the
Engineering Classroom Building. Call the
Alumni Programs Office, x2938, for reser-
vations and info.

Firefighter Safety and Survival, two-day
short course, 8 a.m. -4:30 p.m., second
floor classroom, Maryland Fire and
Rescue Institute Training Academy on
the UMCP campus. For more info call
X2416.

Children's Dance Lab 10-week classes
for children ages 4-13, Studio EE on the
UMCP campus. Registration deadline is

SepL 12. For class times and fees, call
Susan Haigler de Robles, x4056 or
X4656.

Men's and Women's Cross Country
Quad-meet with Georgetown, George
Mason and Villanova, 10 a.m., UMCP
Golf Course.*

Labyrinth, midnight movie, see Sept. 19.

Brazil, movie, see Sept. 18.

SUNDAY

September 21

Brazil, movie. See Sept. 18.

MONDAY

September 22

Outstanding Woman Award Presenta-
tion and New Women Faculty Introduc-
tion and Reception by the Chancellor's
Commission on Women's Affairs, 3:15-5
p.m., Maryland Room, Marie Mount
Hall.*

The New Role of the JCC in AID: Ex-
periences in Education Policy and
Planning in Thailand, Vice Chancellor's
International lecture by Dick Hopkins (ED-
PA), noon-1 p.m., Maryland Room, Marie
Mount Hall.*

Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrodinger:
Complementary Physicists, a Collo-
quium Series lecture by Aage Petersen
(Yeshiva U.). 4 p.m., 1412 Physics.*

Asymptotic Methods in Stochastic
Systems, workshop featuring lectures by
top scientists in the field, 9 a.m. -6 p.m.,
3164 Engr. Classroom BIdg. Call Armand
Makowski, x6868, for info.*

* FREE ADMISSION

"Dance Theatre Works" by Merlam Rosen will be performed on Sept. 26 & 27 at 8 p.m. in the Hand
Chapel, Mt. Vernon College.

QunjooK

September 15, 1986

UM Sponsors Math Competition

The deadline for high school
students to register for the UMCP-
sponsored Eighth Annual Mathematics
Competition is Sept. 26. High school
students in Maryland and D.C. are in-
vited to compete in the two-part test
series scheduled for October and
December, says competition chair-
man John Horvath (Math). Winners
may receive up to $1,000 in scholar-

ship aid to attend any UM campus.
Last year's competition drew more
than 2,000 students from some 100
schools. Competition winner John
Overdeck of Columbia's Wilde Lake
High School also won first prize at
the International Mathematical Olym-
piad in Warsaw, Poland. For more
info, call 454-3762 or 454-3021.

ARTS AT MARYLANn

Composing, Conducting, Creating
All By Computer

"Eight little chairs ready for eight
little musicians," associate professor
of music Mark Wilson calls his 8-bit
Fairlight C.M.L, a synthesizer he uses
to study and teach music composi-
tion and theory at UMCP.

"The computer lets you do
everything in music. You can be the
composer, orchestra, conductor and
instrument-maker — all at once,"
Wilson says.

People have been using computers
to create and modify music almost
since the machines were created,
Wilson notes. Only recently,
however, has electronic music
become such a hot item in academic
circles,

"The application of computers to
'serious,' ie., non-popular music is a
new thing, relatively speaking," he
says, and one that has encountered
surprisingly little resistance from the
normally staid academic community.

Wilson's computer set-up in Tawes
Fine Arts Building relies on a com-
plicated process called 'digitizing' —
converting sounds to a numerical
record and reproducing those sounds
by replaying the numerical sequence.
By playing around with the
numerical sequence, Wilson can alter
the sounds radically or almost im-
perceptibly, achieving sounds difficult
to create or even imagine without
the aid of electronics.

His Fairlight computer came equip-
ped with thousands of pre-
programmed natural sounds, ranging
from dogs barking to birds singing to
harp and piano music to the sound
of mixing bowls being beaten with a
wooden spatula, But if Wilson Finds
he needs sounds to work with that
aren't already on a computer disk, he
needs only to record the sound he
wants and feed it into the computer
to be digitized — and he can

reproduce the sound with the
Fairlight.

The fun doesn't end there, though,
He can mix the sounds together,
hybridize them as it were, and create
entirely new sounds. Or he can
change the pitch, time length or any
of a number of other variables in the
sound.

"The computer gives you endless
possibilities for creating and modify-
ing sounds and studying how they
affect compositions," he says.

One of the few complaints Wilson
has heard about electronic music is
that it's somehow dehumanized. He
disagrees.

"It's no more dehumanized than a
piano, and in fact may be even more
human than a piano could ever be.
In many ways, you're much closer to
the music you create by computer
than you are to sounds you create
with a piano — in a piano, more
mechanics interfere with your music.
The computer lets you control
everything, with little or no
remoteness from the music," he says.

Aside from the control the com-
puter gives him in composing,
Wilson points out another big advan-
tage of his computer music
laboratory: student recruitment.

"The computer is extremely seduc-
tive to students," he says, and many
use his computer equipment regular-
ly. "It attracts students like a magnet.
As a recruiting tool for our depart-
ment, it's probably second only to
financial aid,"

Wilson adds that he receives calls
at least daily from potential students
interested in working with him.

Wilson's interest in electronic
music is shared by other music facul-
ty with otherwise diverse musical
interests — professor Larry Moss,
associate professor Tom Delio and

Fest Features Black Culture Mix

Black students with roots in dif-
ferent parts of the world will mingle
in a cultural celebration.
CULTUREFEST 1986 brings together
blacks of American, African and
Caribbean backgrounds for an after-
noon and evening of music, food,
dance, crafts and fashions. The
celebration, organized by the Black
Student Union, runs from noon to 8
p.m. Sept. 20 on the Hornbake
Library mall.

Booths operated by black student
organizations will be set up on the
mall. The layout will resemble a
village market and feature food, crafts
and fashions.

Performers and speakers will work
from a stage erected in front of the
Zoology-Psychology Building. Per-
formers scheduled for the event in-
clude: Odadaa!, a drumming and

dance company from Ghana; Upris-
ing, a reggae band; Shades of
Harlem, a modern dance group;
storyteller Linda Goss; blues artists
Bowling Green John Cephas and Har-
monica Phil Wiggins; Afri Produc-
tions, a dramatic group; the Trinidad
and Tabago Steel Band; the Mudra
Caribe Dance Group; the UMCP
Gospel Choir; artisan Barnett
Williams; and Memory of African
Culture with Djimo Kouyate.

Event sponsors include the Black
Student Union, Student Entertain-
ment Enterprises, the Nyumburu
Cultural Center and the UMCP music
department.

Organizers have set Sept, 21 as the
rain date for the event. ■

assistant professor Robert Gibson.

"The four of us are very interested
in computer music," Wilson says,
noting that the Washington, D.C.
area is poor in electronic music.

"With one more step up in equip-
ment we could be the regional
leaders in electronic music," outshin-
ing even the prestigious Peabody

Conservatory, Wilson says.

That next step is for the music
department to add a 1 6-bit computer
to augment the existing 8-bit
machine. Wilson is optimistic that
funding will be forthcoming.

"That one step will put us in the
music limelight for good," he says. ■

— Rick Borchelt

School of Architecture
Co-Sponsors Boehm Exhibit

Pictured above fs Zueblin House, a corporate headquarters building designed by Gotlfrled Boehm, win-
ner of the 19B6 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The School of Architecture and the
American Institute of Architects will
co-sponsor an exhibit of drawings
and sketches by Gottfried Boehm
through October 3 at the AIA
Building, 1735 New York Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C.

More than 50 works by Boehm, a
native of West Germany and reci-
pient of the 1986 Pritzker Architec-
ture Prize, will be shown in the ex-
hibit Connections: The Architecture
of Gottfried Boehm.

Boehm describes his work in
terms of "connections," taking into
account the interaction between ar-
chitecture and the urban context, as
well as between the form, material
and color of a building and its
physical and cultural environment.

A catalog and exhibition poster
will be available for sale at the AIA
Building. Gallery hours at the AIA
Building are weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., and on weekends from 1 to
4 p.m. ■

QunooK

September 15, 1986

First Look on the Mall

Everyone is invited to attend the
First Look Fair on the Mall, Sept. 17
and 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
Orientation Office has packed the fair
with entertaining and enlightening
features designed to familiarize
students, staff and faculty with the

many services and activities available
on campus. Included among the
fair's offerings will be: the Health
Center Carnival, Stamp Union Big
Top, Athletic Avenue, a craft fair,
and a general information and con-
versation corner.

CLOSE UP,

Pauline Seidenspinner and The Gift of Giving

Painting of Mrs. A. H. Seidenspinner by J. Sciiueler

Pauline Robey Seidenspinner's
earliest memory of UMCP is of the
Great Fire of November 29, 1912, A
youngster living in nearby Berwyn at
the time, she remembers seeing the
flajnes and smelling the smoke as the
brand new administration and
auditorium buildings turned to ashes,
"We had gone past the college
earlier in the day," she recalls. "The
new buildings were decorated, and
important people were already begin-
ning to arrive for a Thanksgiving
bail."

Around 10:30 that evening as the
guests were moving toward the ban-
quet tables, someone armounced that
the buildings' outside rafters were
afire. Despite efforts of the Hyatts-
ville fire department and local
residents, the crowd watched not on-
ly the two new buiJdings crash to
ruins, but also every dormitory
room, half the classrooms and offices
and most of the records of the Col-
lege Park Campus turn to ashes.

"Of course, the college was
rebuilt, but at the time my whole
family was saddened by what the fire
had done," says Mrs. Seidenspinner.
"However, in just a few years' time
much of the rebuilding had been ac-
complished. I remember shortly after
the disaster that 1 took one of my

pet Rhode Island roosters that was
ailing to the poultry department for
help. Nothing could be done to save
the poor bird, but the professors
were very kind to me."

It has been 74 years since Mrs.
Seidenspinner's first encounter with
UMCP, In the intervening period, she
not only has become one of Prince
George's County's most respected
businesswomen, but also has remain-
ed a steadfast supporter of the Col-
lege Park Campus.

Pauline Robey met her future hus-
band, Arthur Seidenspinner, at
church. He was a member of her
Sunday School Class and, like her,
wanted to launch a successful
business career. Well before they
were married, the two decided to
establish careers in real estate and in-
surance together. They opened a
small office several miles up the
"pike" (Route One was called the
"Baltimore Pike" in those days) in
Riverdale,

"I can't remember the exact date,
but it was probably in the mid-
thirties when we purchased the farm
land that we developed into College
Heights and College Heights Estates,"
she recalls. "We weren't wealthy by
any means and had to borrow a con-
siderable amount of money to buy

the land. But we were both very
hard workers and put all our efforts
into making the project work."

And work it did. College Heights
and College Heights Estates, both ad-
jacent to University Park and
bordered on the east by Route One,
on the west by Adelphi Road and on
the north by the University, are two
of Prince George's county's most af-
fluent subdivisions. Many impressive
homes occupy large lots, and huge
oaks, willows, and pines proliferate
along the meandering streets.

College Heights eventually joined
forces with University Park, while
residents of the Estates section chose
to remain unincorporated and
therefore dependent upon the county
for all services.

The Estates' original lots were
parceled out by Seidenspinner Realty,
which required buyers to agree to
certain guidelines regarding the size
and design of the homes they would
build. The first home was completed
in the early 1940s, says Mrs,
Seidenspinner.

"My husband put the 'for sale' sign
out front as soon as the house was
ready, and when it didn't sell in two
or three days' time, he decided he
liked it too much anyway, and we
moved in ourselves," she recalls.

At the same time that the
Seidenspinner Realty and Insurance
Company was developing the Estates
into one of the area's most desirable
residential communities, the in-
dustrious husband and wife team
found time in their busy lives to sup-
port a wide assortment of worthy
causes. And in keeping with their
love of sports, they attended nearly
every Terps home football and
basketball game.

"My husband was an avid sports
enthusiast. He was a real fan of the
Washington Senators and of the
University's teams," says Mrs.
Seidenspinner. "And 1 was too. Even
now, and I'm 91 years old, I still
make it to football games when 1
can."

Consequently, over the years the
Seidenspinners have been generous
donors to the athletic department,
and in particular, have contributed to
the UM band fund.

Another of the family's major in-
terests has been directed toward sup-
port of the campus' Christian com-
munity. After acquiring the "old
Curley Byrd house" (it was once
owned by Harry Clifton "Curley"
Byrd, former UMCP coach, Universi-
ty of Maryland president and state
poliucian after whom Byrd Stadium
is named), the Seidenspinners
donated the house located in the
Calvert Hills section of College Park
to the Christian Fellowship Founda-
tion. Today it is used for prayer
meetings and as a residence for
young married couples dedicated to
a Christian lifestyle.

Harry Hasslinger, a longtime friend
of the Seidenspinners says, "Pauline
always believed, and still does, that

being a Christian meant much more
than going to church once a week, I
personally know of many times
when she gave of both her money
and her time to help needy students
at Maryland. She was especially
known for lowering the rates on
apartments rented by students who
were unable to afford full
payment — and without the students
ever knowing about it,"

Mrs. Seidenspinner's gift to the
University Memorial Chapel is
another example of her generosity
over the years. In 1982 she gave
184,500 for the restoration of the
chapel's 30-year old organ that had
long been in need of major repair
work, Eadier, she had presented
University of Maryland President
John Toll with an elegant grandfather
clock that had been in the old
Curley Byrd home. The clock now
stands in the President's office in the
Central Administration Building.

"Pauline is a giver. She gives her
time as well as her money and she
gives them both liberally," says W.
Carroll Beatty, another friend of
many years and the family's lawyer,
"I'm not free to specify exactly
where her contributions go, but suf
fice to say, she gives so much to
charity that she doesn't have to pay
income taxes. This year, in fact, she
got a refund from the government."

Pauline Robey Seidenspinner will
be 92 next year. Her husband died
almost 14 years ago, but she still
lives at their original home in College
Heights Estates. There the walls
covered by printed wall paper put
up decades ago but once again in
vogue seem ready to sag from the
weight of the numerous plaques and
framed testimonials presented to her
from grateful groups and institutions:
The University of Maryland Athletic
Department, the Terrapin Club,
Leland Memorial Hospital, the Prince
George's County Chamber of Com-
merce, the Republican Women's
Club, Campus Crusade for Christ,
and many others.

For well over 50 years, the name
Seidenspinner has been synonymous
with integrity and smart business
acumen throughout northern Prince
George's County. From the board
room of Sovran Bank to the monthly
meetings of the Riverdale Women's
Club and the Chapel on the UMCP
Campus, Arthur and Pauline
Seidenspinner are remembered as in-
dustrious and talented professionals
as well as extraordinarily kind and
generous individuals. ■

— Mercy Hardie Coogan

stress Amid the Stacks

Stressed? Fed up with people taking
advantage of your good nature? Pro-
fessionals in Library Science can learn
to cope with these and other pro-
blems by attending an Assertiveness
and Stress Management Workshop of-
fered by the campus CLIS Alumni
Chapter. The sixth annual alumni day
scheduled for Sept. 26 features
workshop leader Becky Schreiber, a
consultant and training specialist. For
reservations and additional details,
contact Esther Herman at x2590
before Sept. 18.

Grad Students Reorganize

The first meeting of the newJy
reorganized Graduate Student
Association (GSA) is slated for Wed.,
Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in 0112 Reckord
Armory, notes GSA member Birgit
Ebert. GSA bills itself as a graduate
student advocacy group dedicated to
providing a forum for discussing grad
student concerns and scheduling
social opportunities for students to
share ideas. For further information
on GSA membership and meetings,
call Julie Watson at x6066.

OUILOGK

September 15, 1986

Tlie Latest on Leave

Did you know that as of July 1,
1986, classified employees are allow-
ed to carry over 45 days of annual
leave from one calendar year to the
next? Previously, the maximum leave
accumulation permitted was 35.
Leave in excess of 45 days will be
lost as of each Dec. 31.

COLLEGE PAMK PEOPLE

A Symbol for
Campus Secretaries

1

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: KATHIE RODKEY

Kathie Rodkey doesn't stand on
ceremony. For example, when asked
what she does at the University, she
says simply that she's a secretary,
Only after considerabJe probing does
she admit that, in fact, she is an ex-
ecutive administrative aide to the
vice president of general administra-
tion at Central Administration.

"Look," she says frankly, "I started
out as a part-time clerk-typist in the
horticulture department in 1965, and
1 gradually worked my way up
through the ranks. I'm no more im-
portant now with my present title
than I was as a clerk typist."

Rodkey has become something of
a symbol to many office worl^ers on

campus. For one thing, she has
"made it" to the pinnacle of her pro-
fession. For another, she cares a great
deal about the community of
secretaries of which she is a part. She
spends much of her free time
counseling office workers who come
to her distressed over their inability
to successfully mesh their careers and
personal lives.

"One of the biggest problems fac-
ing secretaries is that they see neither
their office work nor their work at
home as prestigious," she says. "And
I understand, because once upon a
time 1 felt the same way. However,
we're the only ones who can really
do something about this problem.
We can't expect the administration,
the state or our husbands and
children to make us feel good about
ourselves."

Last spring, Rodkey was the
keynote speaker at the Personnel
Practices Conference. It was the first
time that a speaker was drawn from
the ranks of office worl<ers, and her
message was straight from the heart,

"I tried to convey to my friends
and co-workers that we are our own
best friends — and worst enemies,"
she says. "We have to support one
another, develop an 'old girl net-
work,' in order to survive. I believe
that women need each other's sup-
port, as much if not more, than they
need male support."

One of Rodkey's recurring themes
is the juggling act many women must
perform with office, children, hus-
band, time for oneself, and care of
the home. Her advice is to let one of
those drop, so to speak.

"Something has to give, and I say
the first thing to ease up on is

housework," she explains. "Many of
the women I talk to on a one-to-one
basis are perfectionists who want
their homes to look perfect all the
time. My point to them is that most
husbands and children attach very lit-
tle, if any, value to a clean house. It's
much more important to spend time
on yourself and with your family."

Another serious predicament she
addresses is the one faced by many
office workers who are frustrated
because they are doing a job that
they feel is menial, dead-ended and
undervalued.

"I grant you that the dead-end fac-
tor in the secretarial step program is
a problem," she concedes. "But
there are other positions within the
state system to which individuals can
move. Sometimes these require extra
training or a degree, but if a person
feels trapped, it's time to change the
situation."

Rodkey's generous supply of ad-
vice to office workers comes from a
most reliable source — her own ex-
perience. The mother of two
teenagers and two college age
students, she knows both the highs
and the lows of being a full-time
secretary and a mother and wife.
What makes her such an outstanding
spokeswoman on the topic is her
ability to stand back ajid objectively
appraise what is and what could be
in her own life and often in the lives
of others. In addition, she has a gift
for articulating her observations and
solutions to problems in a manner
that is sincere, uncomplicated and
down-to-earth. ■

— Mercy Hardie Coogan

Behind The Scenes

"Fire the cannon Mr, Smee!"
bellowed Captain Hook, hoping to
once and for all put an end to the
pesky Peter Pan.

Hook's cannon — if we are to
believe Walt Disney — looked quite
like the pair "guarding" the entrance
to the Armory and recently received
the attentions of Physical Plant
painter Ron O'Dell. "This cannon
was cast in 1864," explained O'Dell
as he stripped off many layers of
paint coating one of the huge pieces
of artillery in preparation for apply-
ing a new preservative finish. "The
matching gun on the other side of
the walk still has a cannon ball lodg-
ed in its bore,.."

Plant maintenance employees Billy-
Graves and John Warner supplied
the pickin' and the singing' at
Physical Plant's management
workshop held at the Environmental
Education Center in Rockville this
summer. Dining Services catered a
lobster barbecue with all the trim-
mings for the 45 participants, mostly
supervisors, who attended workshops
on a variety of topics, including the
importance of team effort...

For the past seven years Irene
Hensel has been the secretary, the
first secretary she is quick to remind

those who ask, of the Center for
Minorities in Engineering. "I take this
job very seriously," she says. "I real-
ly try to get to know each of the
students at the center." Last year
Hensel was made an honorary
member of the Black Engineers
Society. "I'm very proud of that..."

No doubt about it, David Vogts is
a very important man on campus —
especially during the summer
months. Vogts is the supervisor of
the air conditioning and refrigeration
shop responsible for all major A/C
repairs on campus. He and John C.
Miller, along with the rest of the
A/C staff, are credited with doing ex-
ceptional work keeping campus
buildings cool during the hazy, hot
and humid days of summer...

Among their other responsibilities,
Dick White of the Grounds Division
and Rocky Lopes of the Physical
Plant's director's office, chair and co-
chair the department's Safety Com-
mittee. The committee meets month-
ly in an effort to identify specific
safety hazards and to establish
policies that will prevent accidents.
In a recent notice, the committee
reminded employees that the depart-
ment's warehouse issues safety masks
and ear plugs — both of which can

protect individuals from a variety of
injuries...
And finally, for Linda Kubany,

personal secretary to football Coach
Bobby Ross, there is no off season.
"I've worked in the football office
for 17 years under four coaches, four
chancellors and four athletic direc-
tors," she says. "And believe me,
there is never a slack period. We go
from the actual playing season, to the
recruiting season, to spring ball, to
clinics for high school coaches, and
back again to the playing season.
And I love it. I even married a Terp
defensive/offensive lineman who
played here starting in 1971." The
best part of her job, she says, is the
ongoing contact she has with team
alumni. Each year the department
hosts an alumni gathering which
brings back ex-team members from
all over, "I also like winning," she
adds, "There's nothing like being
part of our program during a win-
ning season." ■

Ron O'Dell ' l •**' -^H li' 4,1 'UrT i

if t .h-Ah, riMtiul -I'M

QUTLOOK

September 19, 1986

A Special "Open House'*

The Department of Special Education
is holding an "Open House" for new
and prospective undergraduates on
Fri., Sept. 19, from 1-4 p.m. in Rm
2119 Benjamin Bldg. All students in-
terested in learning about the depart-
ment's specialty areas, intensive field
experiences, and selective admissions
process are encouraged to attend.

Boxed In

Postal boxes of varying sizes are now
available for rent by UMCP staff,
students, departments and affiliated
organizations. Rates range between
$\2 and S50 depending on size and
length of rental. For details, visit the
Campus Post Office on the east side
of Route One at Campus Drive.

Winners and Losers

Members of the Physics Dept. all-
male Softball team defeated the B-
School Bombers to become champs
of the Summer Session 1 league, and
then went on to capture the Summer
Session II title as well. In co-ed com-
petition, Resident Life edged Com-
puter Science, and University ColJege
claimed victory over "Loose Connec-
tions."

FOCVi

Ne^w Faculty Join Campus Ranks

Nearly 80 new faculty members
have joined the UMCP teaching and
research ranks this fall.

Those new to College Park this
year wiJl join their colleagues for an
orientation to the campus Thurs.,
Sept 18. The meeting, which will
cover undergraduate education,
graduate studies and research, the
arts at Maryland, the campus Com-
puter Science Center, student affairs,
academic irregularities, promotion
and tenure, and the UM libraries, will
be held in the Maryland Room, Marie
Mount Hall from 2:30 to 5 p.m..

Chancellor Slaughter will provide a
general campus overview, and Vice
Chancellor for Academ.ic Affairs and
Provost William KJrwan will in-
troduce deans of the academic units
to new UMCP faculty members.

Among the newcomers are:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE—
Adel Shiromohammadi (Ag. Eng.),
Bruce James (Agrc), Safeid Hamed
(Hort.);

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
HUMANITIES— Douglas Boyd,
Timothy Edgar, Robert Gaines,
Michael Patrick Herbert, Jim KJumpp,
DaJton Lancaster, Gina Marchetti,
Judith Milhous, Annie Milton, and
Laura Stowe (all Comm. Arts and
Theatre); Michael Collier and Maitha
Nell Smith (Eng,); John E. Joseph,
Giuseppe Falvo, Stefania Amodeo,
and Ingrid Heyndels (French and
Italian), and Maria D. Lekic (Germanic
and Slavic). Donald M. G. Sutherland
(History); Ruth Lozner (Housing and
Design); Jean-Roger Vergnaud and
Maria-Luisa Zubizajreia (Linguistics);

T. Clark Saunders (Music); and Katie
King (Women's Studies).
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE—

Sombat Thiratrakoolchai (Arch.).
COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES— Samuel L.
Myers, Jr. (Afro-American Studies);
Alaka Wall (Anth.), Denise C. Gott-
fredson (Crim.); Michael Haliassos
(Econ.); Samuel N. Goward (Geog.);
Roger H. Davidson (Gov. and Pol);
Paul Hanges (Psch.); William W. Falk
(Soc.) and Wook Chang (Urban
Studies).

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND
MANAGEMENT— Eric Chieh Chang,
Anil K. Gupta, Carl A. Scheraga, and
Debra L. Stephens (Bus, and Mngt.),
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION—
Marylu K. McEwen (Ed. Counseling
and Per. Svcs.); Anna O. Graeber,
Joseph S. Krajcik, and Juli P. Sanford
(Ed. Curr, and Instr.); Kenneth Usiak
(EDIT); Kathleen Gradel, Joan Ann
Lieber, and Debra Newbert (Special
Ed.).

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING—
Roberto Cell and Anthony J. Vizzini
(Aerospace); Odd A. Asbjornsen,
Manfred Wuttig, and Keshava P.
Halemane (Chem. and Nuc); Mark A.
Shayman and Ertugrul Berkcan
(Elec); James G. Quintiere (Fire Pro-
tect.); Holger T. Sommer, Lung-Wen
Tsai, and David Bigio (Mech.).
COLLEGE OF HUMAN
ECOLOGY — Horacio Soberon-Ferrer
and Clarita Anderson (Text, and Con,
Econ.);

COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM—
Kevin Keenan and Judith Paterson;
COLLEGE OF LIBRARY AND

vice Chancelk»' for Administratfve Affaire Charles Slurtz (center) accepts the NACUBO award from Joe F.
Evans (teft), NACUBO president, and Tom James (right), chair of the NACUBO selection committee.

UMCP Wins NACUBO Award

UiVICP has won a Cost Reduction
Incentive Award from the National
Assn. of College and University
Business Officers (NACUBO) and the
United States Steel Foundation, Inc.
for its development of the campus
Electronic Mail Room.
The facility allows UMCP to send
and receive messages worldwide in a
matter of minutes.

"In this electronic day and age, it's
time to provide new ways to move
information quickly," notes Jonathan
Rood, director of communication ser-
vices who, along with Assistant Vice
Chancellor for Administration John
Bielec, helped develop the facility.
He estimates the service saves the
university 523,000 annually. ■

INFORMATION SERVICES— Delia

Newman;

COLLEGE OF LIFE SCIENCES—

John Watson and Shain-dow Kung

(Botany).

COLLEGE OF COMPUTER,

MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL

SCIENCES — John Aloimonos, Scott

D. Carson, Leo Mark, Brigette

Plateau, James M. Purtilo, H. Dieter
Rombach, and Timoleon Sellis
(Comp. Sci.); Jose Fernandez, William
Goldman and Harland Glaz (Math.),
and James Carton (Meteorology), and
COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCA
TION, RECREATION AND
HEALTH— Stephen Thomas and
Robert Gold (Health Ed.), ■

MorrUl Quad Gets Facelift

Pnor to this fall, there was litUe
chance that MlorriJl Quad would be
mistaken for the garden spot of the
campus. Among other things, the
boxy area suffered from serious wear
and tear caused by soil erosion and
an overload of foot and vehicle
traffic.

This is no longer the case,
however, and those who study and
work in one of the five buildings
fronting the quad— Shoemaker,
LeFrak, Taliaferro, Tydings and
Morrill — have certainly noticed the
positive transformation that has taken
place there in recent months. Now
gracious red brick columns form an
entrance to the quad from Chapel
Drive. New walkways, lush green sod
and shrubbery, benches, and soon-to-
be-added picnic tables, have con-
verted what was once a decidedly
unlovely spot into an attractive open
space that enhances the entire cam-
pus landscape.

In late 1984, Morrill Quad became
one of the targets of the beautifica-
rion campaign inspired by Chancellor
Slaughter's objective to improve the
quality of life on campus. At that
time, Dennis Nola, a landscape ar-
chitect and construction inspector
with the grounds department, met
with representatives from each of the
buildings facing the quad to learn the
extent of traffic, including delivery
trucks and pedestrians, normal to the
area.

"We begin each of our landscaping
projects this way," Nola explains.
"It's very helpful to meet with the
people involved so that we under-
stand their needs and benefit from
their input."

The quad's new look is a blend of
aesthetics and utility that cost
5136,000. And while much of the
work was done by outside contrac-
tors, UMCP masons were responsible
for the polishing touches, such as
brick inlays and other intricate work.

m

Morrill Quadrant Physical Plant worker Thomas
Marshall lays sod.

"We're extremely proud of the
work done on the quad," says Nola.
"It took a great deal of planning and
time, but the end results are well
worth the effort." ■

Dance Scholarships Offered

The UMCP Department of Dance
will offer a limited number of
tuition-paid (in-state equivalent) four-
year scholarships to incoming
students. Auditions for male and
female dancers will be held Sunday,
Dec. 7, on the College Park campus.
Students applying for the scholar-

ships must also apply separately to
the University for admission.
Deadline for admission application is
Dec. 1 and for audition application,
Nov. 22. For info, contact Meriam
Rosen, Scholarship Chairperson,
Dept. of Dance, 454-4056. ■

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