Volume 1, Number 18
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The University of Maryland College Park
February 2, 1987
News
Briefs
Regents to Meet
with UMCP Faculty
All members of the UMCP Faculty
have been invited to an informal
discus-sion meeting with members of
the Educational Policy Committee of
the UM Board of Regents. The
meeting, which will focus on
undergraduate education at UMCP,
will begin at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, in
the Colony Ballroom of the Stamp
Student Union. Sociology profe.s.sor
John Pease, who chairs the Campus
Senate ad hoc committee on
undergraduate education, will present
a brief summary of the process the
committee has followed and what it
is attempting to accomplish ,
Committees of the Board of
Regents will convene in the Stamp
Student Union at 10:20 a.m. The fijl!
board meeting is scheduled to com-
mence after the committee meetings
at \:Mr p.m.
For information concerning the
day's agenda c;ill Ann Moultrie, direc-
tor of media relations for Central Ad-
ministration, at 8^3-3739.
It's Black History Month
February is National Black History
NUintli, a time when special recogni-
tion is given to those black men and
women — the famous and the
obscure — who by their example and
accomplishments have made a signifi-
cant difference in many people's
lives. Outlook will mark the month
in several ways: first -person accounts
of black heroes, a comprehensive
calendar of special black hi.story
events and articles celebrating some
of the campus community's black
members,
Inside
Smead's Book.. 2
Drunk Driving 2
Campus Equity 3
Electronic Mailroom J
Calendar 4
Snow Emergency Info 4
Ubu-Roi 5
Arts Scholarship 5
Auryn Quartet. ..5
Black Heroes. 6
Black History Calendar,, 7
Equity Administrators,.., 8
Six- Year Program Will Focus
on Discovery of the Americas
This illustration of an astronomer was taken From the Madrid Codex, a Maya document written shortly tiefore
the Spanish Conquest. The study of pre-Columbian cultures will be the focus of the firat part of a six-year
academic series at tJMCP commemorating the StXlth anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America.
Celebration of the 500th anniversary
of Columbus' discovery of the
America will be early and academic
at UMCP.
The Department of Spanish and
Portuguese this fall will begin a six-
year program exploring the
significance of Columbus' discovery
of America in 1492. The department
will offer 31 special classes, organize
four sympo.sia and publish dozens of
academic papers as pan of the
initiative.
■'In Spain, in the United States, in
the entire Western Hemisphere,
preparations are being made for the
celebration of the Columbian
Quincentennial," says Saul
Sosnowski, chairman of the Spanish
and Portuguese Department.
"What we want to do is not only
a celebration but an analytical inter-
pretation about the meaning of the
discovery."
The department's Discovering the
Americas program will begin in the
fall semester of 1987. The project
will involve faculty members from at
least eight different academic depart-
ments at the College Park Campus
and guest scholars with an expertise
in S])anish and Latin American
culture.
The program is divided into three
two-year segments:
Prccolumbian Cultures, Africa in
America and Spain in America.
In the study of Precolumbian
cultures, courses will focus on the
native peoples that occupied the
Americas before the appearance of
Europeans. Students will learn about
continued on page 3
Higher Ed. Report Proposes
Changes for UMCP
The College Park Campus should em-
phasize research and graduate pro-
grams while reducing its number of
imdergraduate students, says a new
report on higher education in
Maryland.
The report, issued by the Gover-
nor's Commission on Excellence in
Higher Education, proposes extensive
chatiges in the planning, quality and
funding of colleges and universities
in Maryland. The 13 -member com-
mission, appointed by former Gov.
Harry Hughes, released its findings in
January after a year-long study.
One recommendation of particular
importance to UMCP is a plan to
diversify programs among the state's
colleges and universities. The com-
mission envisions a distinct role for
each .school in the state.
The College Park Campus would
become the ftjcal point for research
and graduate programs under the
plan. The commission recommends
cutting L'MCP's undergraduate
population by 20 percent over five
years. In addition, UMCP would be
the only school to start new doctoral
programs.
The reduction would be achieved
through a more selective admissions
process. In recent years, UMCP has
already experienced some reduction
of freshman enrollments and seen an
increase in average SAT scores.
Between the fall of 1980 and the fall
of 1986 the average SAT score in-
creased by 62 points to 1025,
No loss of funding for UMCP
should accompany the cuts, the
report says. The state would com-
pensate the loss of tuition by retain-
ing the handing associated with cur-
rent enrollment. The additional fun-
ding would be used for qualitative
improvements such as an increase in
faculty salaries.
In general, the report sees the
higher education system in Maryland
as having "considerable promise"
and featuring "excellent access." But
the commission sees impediments to
such goals as quality and effecdve
planning. Among the problems seen
by the commission are a lack of
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QunooK
February I, 1987
Catalog for Caesarea Exhibit
The story of Caesara Maritima will
stay on the bookshelves long after it
leaves the museum halls. W.W. Nor-
ton & Company will publish a
catalog of King Herod's Dream:
Caesarea on the Seas, a museum ex-
hibit of the ancient Israeli city. The
exhibit is scheduled to open in
December at the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. The UMCP Center for Mediter-
ranean Archaeology is one of the
lead organizers in the project. The
center last year received a $300,000
National Endowment for the
Humanities grant to assist with the
project.
Smead Book Tells of 1950s Lynching
"The whole idea is to present a
picture of the South on the eve of
the civil rights revolution," Smead
says.
"This (lynching) was the old way
of the South, more typical of life 30
years before."
The lynching, as viewed by
Smead, reflects a perverse attempt by
an insulated Southern community to
resist pressures threatening its tradi-
tional white supremacy.
The episode began on a February
night in 1959, when a white preg-
nant woman stalled in a car on a
road near Poplarville was raped. Con-
vincing circumstantial evidence
directed blame at Mack Charles
Parker, a local black,
Parker's conviction in Pearl River
County courts seemed certain. The
evidence was strong, and the all-
white jury was likely to be unsym-
pathetic to a black man accused of
raping a white woman.
However, some Pearl River County
residents feared Parker might slip to
freedom through a legal loophole.
Not long before, a U.S. Court of Ap-
peals had overturned the Mississippi
conviction of a black man, Richard
Gold.sby. accused of murdering a
white woman.
The court argued that Goldsby had
been tried unfairly because there had
John Smead
In Poplarv'ille, Miss., they remember
the lynching.
Up and down Main Street, people
in tfie southern Mississippi tow'n can
tell you about the night 28 years ago
when a mob broke into the Pearl
[liver County Jail, kidnapped and
shot an accused black rapist.
Howard Smead, an Afro-American
Studies lecturer, went down to
Poplarville to hear the tales of one of
the last lynchings in America. The
result is his book, Blood Justice: The
Lynching of Mack Charles Parker,
published last fall by the Oxford
University Press.
Lethal Drunk Drivers Untested,
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College Park Campus.
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Most drivers in fatal auto accidents
are never even tested for alcohol
abase, allowing many drunk drivers
to escape prosecution on that charge,
according to a new report co-
authored by Lawrence W. Sherman,
UMCP professor of criminal justice.
The report, "Drunk Driving Tests
In Fatal Accidents," was published by
the Crime Control Institute, a
Washington, D.C, -based non-profit
policy research organization.
"The national statistics on the
number of traffic deaths due to
drunk driving are unreliable and
misleading," says Sherman, who is
al.so president of the Institute,
"They have lulled us into a false
belief that we always detect drunk
driving as a cau.se of fatal accidents.
The truth is that we are hardly even
trying," he says.
The report rect^mmends that
police and state legislatures act to in-
sure that all drivers are tested at the
scene of every fatal crash.
"In order to improve our national
efforts to prosecute and punish
drunk drivers involved in fatal ac-
cidents, and to deter drunk driving
generally, universal testing of drivers
in fatal accidents should be adopted
as soon as possible," the report
states.
The new report was prepared in
part by Ray R. Lewis of the Min-
nesota Criminal Justice System DWI
Task Force.
It also found that the national
statistics have greatly underestimated
the involvement of repeat offenders
in drunk driving deaths, because
prior offenses are counted for only
three years before the fatal accidents.
Minnesota records going back eight
years show five times as many repeat
offenders, or one-fourth of all drunk
drivers detected in fatal accidents.
"Over half of all drivers in fatal ac-
cidents survive," Sherman notes,
"and four-fifths of those are never
tested. National estimates (by the U.S.
Department of Transportation) based
solely on deceased drivers, in what
may well be an unrepresentative
group of .states, are highly ques-
tionable. Estimates based upon
assumptions about who is drinking,
rather than actual tests, are also
highly uncertain," he says.
The report recommends that states
enact laws requiring police to ad-
minister blood alcohol tests to all
drivers involved in accidents involv-
ing deaths or .serious injuries likely to
become fatal. It also calls on all
police officers to use their current
legal powers to the utmost to detect
drunk driving in fatal accidents, ■
—Tom Otwell
been no opportunity for blacks to
serve on his jury. Only registered
voters who paid a p<:)ll tax were eligi-
ble to serve on juries in Mississippi.
In Pear! River County, like the coun-
ty where Goldsby had been tried, no
blacks met the qualification for jury
duty.
Also, a serious breach of racial eti-
quette loomed at the trial. Parker's
mother had hired a black lawyer for
her son's defense. The idea of a
black man questioning a white
woman about a rape repelled local
whites.
Three nights before the scheduled
start of the trial a mob, led by an ex-
deputy sheriff and assisted by a jailer,
murdered Parker. Smead obsen.'ed
chillingly, "For the majority of
whites in Peart River County the lyn-
ching, apart from the carefully con-
cealed fears it generated, was a cause
for celebration, a rea.son to be proud.
A Southern town had been tested
and had reacted with a strength that
matched its outrage."
Harsh opinion froni the nation and
the world descended on the town.
Reporters from throughout the
United States traveled to Poplarville
to cover the story, Sixty FBI agents
investigated the case. Radio Moscow
cited the lynching as a condemnation
of American society.
The FBI compiled a detailed
.scenario of the crime, complete with
the identities of the lynch leaders.
But the men who had preempted
justice avoided responsibility for their
crimes.
The government could not win in-
dictments on federal charges. {The
murder was not within federal
jurisdiction.) No members of the
lynch mob ever stood trial, and one
leader was eventually elected sheriff
of the county.
Yet in a larger sense, the mob won
a Pyrrhic victory. As the civil rights
movement gained momentum in the
1960s, rural whites found it increas-
ingly difficult to get away with racial
violence. Smead calls the Parker kill-
ing, "the last — denatured —gasp of a
bygone era.. "
Smead 's telling of the Parker lyn-
ching is dramatic for an academic
volume. Justice department files con-
tained so much detail about the case
that Smead was able to reconstruct
vivid descriptions of events, he says.
The book has drawn attention
from the popular medi;i, especially in
the South where a number of
newspapers have reviewed the btjok.
(The Washington Post printed a
review in November.)
Smead, who earned his doctorate
in histtjry from UMCP, specializes in
Southern history. ■
-Brian Busek
QunxxM
February 1, 1987
Computer Literacy
in Accounting
The "big eight" public accounting
firm Coopers & Lybrand and UMCP
are partners in a program that i^ in-
tegrating computer technology into
college accounting curricula. UMCP
was selected by the Coopers &
Lybrand Foundation to take part in
the Foundation's five-year $8 million
grant program designed to assist U.S.
colleges and universities. The center-
piece of the Foundation's efforts
through 1987 is the Curriculum
Development Program designed to
encourage, facilitate and support
computer integration into accounting
curricula. Under the program the
College of Business and Management
receives C & L- developed software
for application in accounting courses,
training for members of the Accoun-
ting Dept. faculty on this software,
and a 120,000 grant for faculty
release time to work on integrating
computer applications into their
courses.
Part of the faculty-training segment
involves two faculty members' atten-
dance at C & L-sponsored seminars
in New York City. Klmberly Smith
and Martin Loeb attended the
seminar this spring.
Discovery of the Americas
continued from page 1
the cultures of tliose peoples and
how their societies changed after
Columbus' voyage. The series also
will explore how Europe was chang-
ed by the discovery.
The segment on Africa in America
will explore the lives of Africans
forced to come to the Americas. The
study will include classes on slavery
and racism.
The final segment. Spain in
America, will explore the impact of
Spanish colonization on the
Americas. The segment includes
classes on the Spanish conquest, the
Spanish-American War and Hispanics
in the United States.
During the last semester of each
segment, there will be a symposium
bringing together an international
group of scholars. The symposia will
be held in the spring semesters of
1989, 1991 and 1993. In addition,
there will be a symposium in the fall
of 1988 on Ruben Dario's Azui, one
of the most important works of Latin
American literature.
The Spanish and Portuguese
Department is also seeking to link its
program with related classes to be
held in other departments
throughout the next six years,
Sosnowski says. Departments in
which scholars have indicated an in-
terest in the project include art,
history, government and politics,
classics, agriculture, life sciences,
music and anthropology.
The project will include the active
participation of the Latin American
Studies Center, The center wilt coor-
dinate some of the Discovering
America activities, including research
and publication. In addition, the
center will continue with its series
on repression and reconstruction.
S{)snowski credits the strength of
the faculty in the Spanish and Por-
tuguese Department with making the
project possible.
"We have assembled a critical mass
of Latin American intellectuals. We're
among the top universities in the
United States for the study of Latin
American literature," he says.
Spanish and Portuguese faculty
members involved with the project
include Jorge Aguilar^Mora, Jose'
Emilio Pacheco, Efrain Kristal, Marta
Ana Diz, Tomas Floy Martinez,
Regina Igel, Michael Zappala and
Graciela Nemes. ■
— Brian Busek
Higher Education Report
cimdnued from page 1
distinctive missions, a deficiency in
system wide planning and insufficient
funding. To improve quality, the
commission would increase spending
to bring more good people to
campuses.
Faculty members in the state's col-
leges and universities wt>uld receive
pay increases with raises totaling S3. 9
million for the University of
Maryland system.
The proposed increases wt^uld
move faculty salaries to the 75th
percentile of the corresponding ranks
of the AAUP salary schedules of
comparable institutions. Merit in-
crea.ses also would be available under
the program.
To attract distinguished faculty
members, the state would provide S3
million for an Fminent Scholars
Program.
More funds would be available for
.scholarships and work study pro-
grams to draw higher caliber students
into the system.
To improve planning, the commis-
sion recommends a more centralized
approach.
The report calls for the creation of
a new state commission to replace
the State Board of Higher Education.
The new commission would have
greater powers. Among its powers
would be revising academic pro-
grams, setting admission guidelines
and recommending funding levels for
each college and university in the
state.
The report places a heavy em-
phasis on refurbishing and renewing
aging phy.sical plants of the state s
colleges and univ-ersitics by devoting
a new fund to capital improvement
projects. It notes that the State Board
of Higher Education estimates it
would take S300 million to bring ex-
isting buildings to acceptable
standards.
To build all the facilities needed
would cost S657 million over the
next four years, it says. (At UMCP,
the space shortage is estimated at 13
percent— the equivalent of 21 Main
Administration Huildings.)
The report does not recommend a
specific amtjunt of funds for capital
improvements. How-ever, it calls for
streamlining the system for planning
and paying for construction.
In its summary, the report says
some recommendations mav be con-
troversial but that none are
revolutionary.
"(The commission seeks) a
dynamic and responsive system, one
which is an asset to the economic
growth of the state not by accident
but by design, and one which serves
the needs of the citizens who sup-
port it," concludes the report, ■
— Brian Busek
Equity Administrators Monitor Campus Hiring
Was H,L. Mencken right when he
said, "Injustice is relatively easy to
bear; what stings is justice?"
If so, the campus' 19 equity ad-
ministrators are in the business of en-
suring justice, particularly in instances
when fairness and objectivity in the
hiring of faculty or associate staff
might be found wanting.
The administrators form the Equity
Council which was organized in
1984 and is chaired by Ray Gillian,
assistant to Chancellor John B.
Slaughter. Charged with implemen-
ting the campus' affirmative action
plan approved in July, 1985, the
council's equity administrators repre-
sent each academic and ad-
ministrative unit. They are responsi-
ble for developing specific affirmative
action and desegregation plans for
their units as well as monitoring the
execution of these plans.
"The Equity Council's main job is
to develop activities that meet the
goal of making this a multi-racial,
multi-cultural, multi-generational cam-
pus," says Gillian, "But we're not in-
terested in just producing more
paperwork, more reports. We want
to change policies and practices that
obstruct justice."
In the past two years the council
has devoted itself to its first major ef-
fort, putting into place a campus pro-
cedure for the search and selection
of faculty and associate staff. The
plan was approved last January and
has been in operation since then,
"Before a faculty or associate staff
position can be filled, a unit must
follow a series of seven procedures
established by the council," explains
Gillian, "These include a thorough
search plan that shows the special ef-
forts a unit will take to identify
qualified women and minorities for
the position,"
The new search and hiring plan
also requires equity administrators to
monitor how well their unit's search
committees follow the procedures
outlined in the plan. At the start of
every search the equity ad-
ministrators meet with the commit-
tees to explain in detail the campus'
fair hiring policies. If at some point
they detect a deviation from those
policies, it is their responsibility to
inform deans or other unit heads of
this fact.
"There have been several occa-
sions in the past ten months when
an equity administrator has had to
step in and tell a unit head that a
particular search wasn't adhering to
affirmative action procedures,"
Gillian says. "And in these instances
the search has had to be stopped,"
In addition, the search committees
are required to present a detailed
report to the unit head and the
Chancellor explaining why the top
candidate was selected.
"This final report is important,"
says Gillian. "Not only does it let us
know exactly why a particular in-
dividual was hired, but it also shows
where women and minorities fall off
in the search process. If neither
women nor minorities make it past
the second or third levels, we want
to know why. We're very serious
about this."
In mid-October of 1986, hill-time
faculty numbered 1,965—634
women; 234 minorities. Full-time
staff numbered 3,385 — 1919 women;
868 minorities.
For more information about the
Equity Council, contact the equity
Ray Gllttan, Glial r of the Et|ulty Council
administator in your unit. Their
names and numbers are listed on
page eight. ■
-Mercy Hardie Coogan
3
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Fcbruar; 2, 1987
Early Childhood
Education Award
Early Childhood Education majors
can apply for the Ordwein Scholar-
ship, an annual cash award made to
a graduate or undergraduate minority
student with a high GPA. Nomina-
tions arc invited from faculty, stu-
dents or other individuals. Applica-
tions are available in Rm 2311. H.R.
Benjamin Bldg. Deadline is Feb. 1 1 .
Lafayette Slept Here
Canipus historian George Callcott has
just completed a set of essays that
describe the significance of those in-
dividuals whose nameplates appear
over the doors on the second floor
of the Rossborough Inn. The essays
will be framed and hung in the ap-
propriate room in the Inn. Callcott
discovered new information about
the Rossborough during the course
of his research, notably that the Inn
was built in 1804 and that Lafayette
really did spend a night there during
one of his visits to America.
February 2 — February 9
MONDAY
February 2
The Center on History and Philosophy of
Science will sponsor a colloquium on
Evolution and Cognition by Massimo
Piatellt-Palmerini (MIT) at 4:15 p.m. in
1117 Francis Scott Key Hall. For info call
X2850.'
Registration for Intramural Coed Basket-
ball and Racquetball Singles begins at
8:30 a.m. and continues through
February 10 in 1104 Reckord Armory.
Call X3124 for info.*
Bob Harrison (UMCP) will deliver an En-
tomology colloquium on "Pesticide
Residue Analysis by Enzyme Im-
munoassay: An Example Using
Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Maleic
Hydrazide" at 4:00 p.m. in 0200 Symons
Hall. Call X5875 for info.*
Math Colloquium: Henry King (UIVICP)
will lecture on "Morse Theory — Seeing a
Space from the Singularity of a Func-
tion," at 3:00 p.m. in 3206 Mathematics.
Call X2841 for info.*
The Depl. of Computer Science faculty
will deliver a series of 10-Minute
Madness Presentations from 3:30-5:30
p.m. in 2324 Computer and Space
Sciences Building. Call x2002 for info,*
Plasma Physics Seminar, title and
speaker to be announced, 1:30 p.m,,
1207 Energy Research Building. Call
X3511 for info,'
TV BSD AY
February J
The College of Education will host a
Conference on Mutticultural Education
from 8:30 a,m.-3;30 p.m. at Prince
George's Community College. Call x5291
to make reservations.*
Sylvia Cooke Martin (Library of Congress)
will speak about Genealogy and How to
Trace the Roots of Our Family,
Culture, or Race at a lecture sponsored
by the Dept. of Resident Life. The lecture
will be held at the Leonardtown Com-
munity Center from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Call
X6644 for info.*
The Black History Month Showcase Ex-
hibit will be on display through the end
of Febmary on the 2nd floor of the Ben-
jamin Building. Call x5467 for info.*
James E. Bayfield (Univ, of Pittsburgh)
will deliver a physics colloquium on Stret-
ched Atoms In Microwaves: Quantum
Nonlinear Dynamics In the Classically-
Chaotic Regime at 4:00 p,m, in 1410
Physics. Call x35l 1 for info, *
Something Wild, movie, 7:00 and 9:30
p.m,, Hoff Theatre, Call x2594 for info.
WEBPfESBAY
February 4
The Career Development Center and the
Office of Minority Student Education are
cosponsoring four workshops on Job
Search Strategies for Minorities, The
first workshop, "Selecting and Choosing
a Company," will be held from 1:30-3:30
p,m, in the Nonprint Media Services
Center, 4th floor, Hornbake Library, Call
x2813 or X4901 for info*
Mufti-CuKural Coffee Hour, sponsored
by the Office of International Education
Services, from 3:00-4:30 p,m, in 0205
Jimenez Hail, Call x3043 for info."
J, Baldwin (Ohio State Univ,) will speak
about Luminosity Effects in Quasar
Spectra at a colloquium hosted by the
Astronomy Dept, The colloquium is at
4:00 p,m, in 1113 Computer and Space
Sciences Building.
John Horvath (UfJtCP) will deliver a Math
Seminar on "Quasi-analyticity and
Weight Polynomial Approximation" at
4:00 p.m, in 1313 Mathematics. Call
X2841 for info.*
William Sedlacek, assistant director of the
UMCP Counseling Center, will talk about
Sources of Method Bias in Test Bias
Research from noon-1:00 p.m. in the
Counseling Center Testing Room,
Shoemaker Building. Call x2932 for info,*
Women's Basketball vs Rutgers, 5:30
p.m.. Cole Fieid House.*
Men's Basketball vs Clemson, 8:00 p.m,.
Cole Field House,
Something Wild, movie, 7:00 and 9:30
p.m., Hoff Theater. Call x2594 for info.
THURSDAY
February 5
UMCP Chancellor John Slaughter will be
the guest lecturer at a special physics
colloquium to celebrate Black History
Month, Dr. Slaughter will speak about
Black Americans In Science and
Engineering at 4:00 p,m, in 1410
Physics, Call x3511 for info,'
"The Job Market for Minorities," the se-
cond of four workshops on Job Search
Strategies for Minorities, will be held in
the Nonprint Media Services Center of
Hornbake Library from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
See the February 4 listing for more info,*
FRIDAY
February 6
We Are Family concert and poetry
reading featuring the University Gospel
Chorus and Youth Chorus, 8:00 p,m,.
Memorial Chapel. Call x3335 for info.*
The Fenner House, performance by the
UMCP Department of Dance, 7:00 p,m,,
Publick Playhouse, Landover, MD. Call
X4056 for info,*
DECLARED EMERGENCY CONDITIOHS
UNIVEBSITV OF MARYLAND
College Pack Campus
In the event of a tleclaretl emergency (severe weather. cMI
disorder, etc.) one of the following anrjourKemems will be
broadcast over area radio and TV stafions.
Cod* OtlEBN - The campus is open. All employees are
expected to report on time for ttieif normally schedjied
work shttls. Alt classes will start en time.
CQdm YELLOW- The campus Js opening two hours late:
the starting time is 10:00 a.m or 10:30 am. depending
on whether ttve normally sclieduted work shift begins at
B:CX) e.m or 8:30 am Employees are expected to report
to work but may be excused for up to the first two hours
of Ihelr wonK shitt with no chaige to leave. All classes
scheduled to start prior lo 10:00 a,m are cancelled.
Cod* ORANOe • All classes are canceled Employees
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History Dept. Lecture Series: Professor
Richard Cobb (Oxford Univ.) will speak
about "Maupassant as Historian" at 4:00
p.m, in 1117 Francis Scott Key Hall. Call
X2843 for info.'
Christoph J. Neugebauer (Purdue Univ.
and UMCP) will deliver a Math Collo-
quium on "Weighted Norm Inequalities
In Harmonic Analysis" at 3:00 p.m. in
3206 Mathematics. Call x2841 for info,*
Monty Python's Lite of Brian, midnight
movie, Hoff Theatre, Call x2594 for Info.
SATURDAY
February 7
UMCP faculty will conduct the fourth an-
nual Happy Birthday, Mozart concert at
8:00 p.m, in tlie Tawes Recital Hall. Call
x6669 for info.*
Black Student Leadership Conference,
8:30 a.m., Prince George's Room, Stamp
Student Union. Call x5605 to pre-
register. *
Women's Gymnastics vs UMBC, 7:00
p.m., Cole Field House.*
Monty Python's Life of Brian, midnight
movie, Hoff Theater. Call x2594 for info.
MONDAY
February 9
The Guameri String Quartet will hold an
open rehearsal at 7:00 p.m. in the Tawes
Recital Hall. Call x6669 for info."
Vice Chancellor's International Lecture:
James W, Cowan, director of international
affairs for the National Association of
State Universities and Land-Grant Col-
leges, will speal< about "The Crisis in
Foreign Affairs and Its Impact on Univer-
sity Programs" at noon in 21 18 South
Administration. Call x3008 for info.*
Racial Identity In the Counseling Pro-
cess, workshop and discussion led by
Janet Helms (UlvlCP), noon-2:00 p.m.,
Counseling Center Testing Room,
Shoemaker Hall. Call x4992 for info.*
John Carlson (The Center for Ar-
chaeoastronomy) will speak about The
Ancient Maya Culture: Clues from Paint
Tomb -12, Rio Azul, Guatemala at a
colloquium sponsored by the Center on
History and Philosophy of Science. The
colloquium starts at 4:15 p.m. in 1117
Francis Scott Key Hall. For info call
X2850. '
"Resume and SF-171 Tips," the third of
four workshops on Job Search
Strategies for Minorities, will be held
from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Nonprint
Media Services Center of Hornbake
Library. See the February 4 listing for
more info.*
J. David Altan (UMCP) will speak about
"Sexual Selection and Swarming
Behavior in Mayflies" at an Entomology
colloquium at 4:00 p.m. in 0200 Symons
Hall. Call X5875 for Info. '
The Dept. of Computer Science faculty
will deliver a series of 10-Minute
Madness Presentations from 3:30-5:30
p.m. in 2324 Computer and Space
Sciences Building. Call x2002 for info.*
" Free Admission
1/ you have an event you would like us
to include in the calendar, please sub-
mit it in tvniinf> at least ten working
days [>rmr to the week in which the
event (Kcurs.
Dance Dept. Will Offer Lab
The UMCP Department of Dance is
offering our youngsters a chance to
step out onto the dance floor. Regis-
tration is open for the Children's
Dance Lab, a movement/dance pro-
gram for children 4-13 years old.
Children may be registered by con-
tacting Susan Haigler de Robles in
the dance department (454-4056
or 454-4656). Children may also be
registered in person 10 a.m. -3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb, 7, in Studio AA on the
College Park Campus. Classes will
begin Saturday, Feb. 14.
Guarneri's First 1987 UMCP
Performance
The Guarneri String Quartet will
make its first UMCP appearance of
1987 with an open rehearsal at 7
p.m. Mon., Feb. 9, in Tawes Recital
Hall. The open rehearsal setting is in-
formal, with the players frequently
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.February 2, 1987
directing comments to the audience
as they practice. The group will play
selections by Haydn and Beethoven.
The quartet features UMCP faculty
members Michael Tree, viola; David
Soyer, cello; John Dalley, violin, and
Arnold Steinhardt, violin.
AT 3fARYLANn
University Theatre WiU Perform * 'Riotous" Comedy
(Uo-t) Paul Campbell as Boraure, Rick Abbotts as Pa UBU, and Halle Sch«cter as Ma UBU In a scene from the play King Ubu.
Students Compete for Theater Scholarships
Talented high school seniors today
will try to act and sing their way to
a free ride thrcmgh UMCP.
The Department of Communica-
tion Arts and Theatre is holding its
annual competition for five Creative
and Performing Arts Scholarships.
The scholarship winners will receive
full in-state tuition during their four
years at UMCP.
Thirty-five students are expected to
audition for the scholarships begin-
ning at 6 p.m. in Tawes Theatre, The
program will begin with technical
theater students presenting examples
of their work.
At 7 p.m. performers will take the
stage. Each applicant will have three
minutes to present an audition that
includes singing and a monologue.
The winners of the scholarships
will be announced shortly after the
performances. In addition to the
theater scholarships, the College of
Arts and Humanities will award 10
other Creative and Perfortning Arts
scholarships.
Seven scholarships will go to
music students; dance and studio art
students will receive the other three.
The students in those fields had audi-
tioned previously. Award winners
should be named this week.
The College has offered the
scholarships for the past six years.
High school and community college
students are eligible for the scholar-
ships with most of the awards going
to Maryland high school students.
More than 300 students apply
annually.
"Through this program we attract
some of the best kids in the state in
the performing arts to come here."
Jon Boone, assistant dean of Arts and
Humanities, savs, ■
Quartet Trades Concerts for Training
UMCP will receive payment-in-kind
from the Auryn Quartet, a German
string quartet that is studying this
year with the Guarneri String
Quartet.
In exchange for the opportunity to
learn from the four UMCP faculty
members in the Guarneri, the West
German musicians will present four
free concerts on campus.
The Auryn Quartet's performances
at College Park are:
— A special Valentine's Day concert 8
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in Tawes
Recital Hall, featuring selections from
DeBussy, Schubert and Mozart;
—12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18,
in the music librjry on the third
floor of Horn bake Library, featuring
selections by UMCP facutly member
Larry Moss and Hayden;
— 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in
room 14 10 of the Physics Building,
featuring selections by Beethoven
and Hayden;
— 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 1 1 , in
room 2324 of the Building for Com-
puter and Space Sciences, featuring
selections by Beethoven and Bartok.
The players in the group are: Mat-
thias Lingenfeider, violin; Jens Opper-
man, violin; Stuart Eaton, viola; and
Andreas Arndt, cello. The four men
originally met each other as members
of the Young German Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra
of the European Community.
Together for five years, the group
has been dividing its time during the
1986-87 school year between its
work at UMCP and a world tour.
They received favorable notice after ■
recent concerts in the Washington,
D.C. area,
A Washington Post review says,
"Just when you get complacent and
think you've heard it all before, a
new group comes to town and
blows you away A lot of today's
ensembles play as idiomatically and
as imaginatively, but few do it as
beautifully." ■
Pray the University Theatre opening
of King Ubu goes more gently than
the play's Paris debut,
Alfred Jarry's radical, raunchy com-
edy first played Dec. 10, 1896. Ac-
cording to one account, "As soon as
Gemier, who played Ubu, had ut-
tered the opening line, 'Merdre!' the
storm broke loose. It was 15 minutes
before silence could be reestablished,
and the demonstrations for and
against continued throughout the
evening." The play lasted two nights.
UMCP performances of the play
are scheduled at 8 p.m. Feb. 10-14
and Feb, 17-21 and 2 p.m. Feb. 15
and 22 in the Rudolph E. Pugliese
Theatre.
But be assured that modern au-
diences are not so prone to riot over
King Ubu. Indeed, despite its ignoble
debut, some scholars consider King
Ubu an artistic landmark that
foreshadowed the surrealism move-
ment of the 20th Century.
Moreover, director Charlotte
MacArthur is committed to tempering
the playwright's effort to shock
theatergoers.
"Jarr>' wanted literally to outrage
his audience; I don't want to slap
our audience in the face," MacAr-
thur, an associate professor, .says.
King Ubi) tells the stor\' of a
brutish militar)' leader in the Polish
kingdom. Ubu arranges the assassina-
tion of the existing king and grabs
the throne. Excessive taxes and in-
discriminate murder are his chief
policies. Vulgarity, cowardice and
betrayal are his leadership quafities.
Aside from the loathsomeness of
the protagonist, the play shocked
Paris audiences because it was a
radical departure from standard
dramatic practices,
At the time Jarry wrote King Ubu,
dramatists were striving to make their
productions as much an imitation of
real life as possible. Jarry rejected
naturalism and mined old styles such
as puppet theater for inspiration. In
Jarry's theatrical world, a set change
from a palace to a forest was no
more elaborate than trotting a person
across stage with a sign reading
"forest."
MacArthur is making an effort to
prepare her audience for Ubu's
world of unreality. She has made her
Ubu the leader of a carnival troupe;
the Polish strife comes during one of
Ubu's nightmares.
Bizarre sights and events will greet
theater-goers. The theater entrance
will have a fun hou.se motif,
costumes will be a mishmash chosen
by each actor according to individual
taste, and the czar of Russia will have
three heads.
"It's a lot of llin— the audience
will have an enormously good time,"
she says.
For ticket information call
454-2201. ■
— Brian Busek
5
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February 2, 1987
Campus Giving Grows
The College Park Campus raised
nearly $139,000—83,000 more than
the previous year— for the annual
United Charity Campaign conducted
last fall. The School of Public Affairs
took top honors with 1 00 percent
participation in the charity drive. The
Office of Student Affairs was second
with 90 percent of its staff con-
tributing. The overall participation
rate for UMCP was 40 percent.
In a raffle held at the conclusion
of the campaign, Lorene Hanna {Ex-
periential Learning Programs) and
Tina Marie West (Undergrad. Admis-
sions) each won an Escape Weekend
for Two at the Bethesda Marriott
Hotel while Yvonne McMuUan
(Counseling) was named winner of
the Sunday Brunch for Two at the
Greenbelt Hilton.
Celebrating Black Heroes
Outlook's Mercy Coogan
asked a random sampling of
UMCP employees to identify
one of their black heroes. The
indivtdual acknowledged
could be a famous black hero
or a person known only to a
fortunate few. In the first of
a two-part series, the results
of that survey appear below.
The second part will be
featured at month's end.
Alvin .Mayes, Instructor
Dance Dept.
"Sara Yarborough was one of the
first black dancers to successfully
cross the ballet and modern dance
color lines. She was a principal
dancer in the 1970s for both the
Alvin Ailcy and Joffry ballet com-
panies. Her artistry^ — including overt
articulation, dramatic expression and
musicality — were as sensitive as a
clear bell. During the i970s she did
master classes in dance across the
country, inspiring many black
dancers. The result is a cornucopia
of incredibly gifted black dancers
who are filling the ranks of all the
dance companies that look beyond
the color barrier,"
Diana Ryder Jack.son
Assistant to the Dean,
BSOS
Dr. Georgia Atkins Ryder, my
mother, recently retired as dean of
the School of Arts and Letters at Nor-
folk State University in Virginia after
serving in various faculty and ad-
ministrative capacities within that in-
stitution for 38 years. Her tenure at
Norfolk State, an historically black in-
stitution, in spite of numerous offers
from larger and/or better known in-
stitutions, reflects one of the
characteristics which I most admire
in her — her commitment to the pro-
vision of quality education for blacks
and other minorities in this country,
a commitment which 1 share,,, My
mother's life has inspired mc to
value commitment, involvement,
perse\'e ranee, high personal standards
and, last but not least, a sense of
humor!"
J, Robert Dorfman, Acting Dean,
MPSE
■',,Jotin Coltrane w-as, in my opi-
nion, one of the greatest American
musicians. The development of his
music has been an enormous source
of pleasure for me as it ha,s been for
many other lovers of great American
music. Although he died tragically at
an early age, his gift of music is ac-
cessible to everyone..,! collect and
listen to his music with enormous
enthusiasm."
Joyce A, Joyce, Associate Professor
English Dept,
■'Dr. John Slaughter has proven
himself to be a leader who can coast
on the tide of recognition and then
ride the waves of adversity. When he
became chancellor, many were proud
of him and wanted him to thrive as
leader of UMCP, and many others
waited for the time when he would
stumble on his face. That time has
not come yet, and I do not believe it
will,,, His governance of UMCP, the
campus' and the public's reaction to
that governance, suggest that he is a
symbol of America. For at the same
time that America since 1776 has
boasted of her freedoms, she has
never really released the bonds of
oppression and all their entrapmcnts.
I admire and respect Dr, Slaughter
for the strength and malleability he
has demonstrated as leader of all the
migrant workers who labor in the
UMCP mine field."
Josephine Withers, Associate
Professor
Art History- Dept.
"Faith Ringgold is a remarkable
woman. An artist who grew up and
still lives in Harlem, she has been
willing to 'hang in there' in terms of
her art, expressing both black culture
and feminism. I know^ how tough
balancing those two things can be
for many black women. Perhaps one
of her greatest accomplishments is
that she makes black culture accessi-
ble to all of us. She has never suc-
cumbed to the temptation to create
'white art',,. Her work is regularly
shown in good museums all over the
countrj' and will be on display in a
New- York show in Februar\',"
Valerie Russell, Desk Supervisor
Horn bake Library
"Paul Robeson was a 'man of con-
science.' A multi-talented brother, his
singing talent bordered on pure
genius. But he stayed .socially and
politically conscious, even when he
was blacklisted (couldn't get work in
U.S.A.), and his passport was revoked
{so he couldn't work abroad), I ad-
mire his ability to withstand the
overt and subtle pressures to com-
promise his ideals and beliefs,,, he
continued to live his life and use his
singing in unwavering pursuit of
dignity and respect for all people,
especially his fellow black
Americans."
Traci Moody, Student 'Worker
Institutional Advancement
"James O. 'Williams, director of the
Nyumburu Cultural Center, taught
me to appreciate my culture. He
showed me a world of art, music
and literature that I had never been
expensed to before. Through Mr.
Williams, I learned how important
my ancestors arc to the person 1 call
Traci."
Isaac Moore, Housekeeper
Cole Field House
""Vou know who I look up to? A.
Philip Randolph. He was a labor
leader, the founder <if the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
a champion of the little people. He
and his co-workers were porters on
railroads, and 1 guess they felt that
they were being abused and kicked
around because they were black and
just porters. So ihey organized. It
wasn't money they were after, it was
dignity. I've been working for a
long, long time and many of my jobs
have been menial. I know what it's
like not to get much recognition or
respect, but like A, Philip Randolph I
never let it keej) nie down. He did a
great thing for many people —
especially black people, 1 admire him
so."
Elwood Gross, SuiKrintendent
Physical Plant E>ept.
"Two people stand out as real
heroes to me. The first is Harry M,
Braxton, my uncle. He was my in-
spiration, my guide, my main sup-
port when 1 was younger. He en-
couraged and assisted me~-gavc me
money, even — .so that I would realize
my potential. He pushed me to study
industrial education. Without him I
don't think i would have accomplish-
ed half as much as I have... my other
hero, my 'big' hero, is Dr. Martin
Luther King. Why? As far as I'm
concerned, what he did with his life
has made the difference for all black
people today. He's like a god-person
to me"
(XlLOGK
February 2, 1987
People from Maryland's Past
Charles Benedict Calvert of Riverdale
was a descendent of tfie Lords
Baltimore, the son of a wealthy
Maryland planter and an aristocratic
Belgian mother. In 1856 he led the
effort to establish the Maryland
Agricultural College (for the educa-
tion of "gentlemen farmers") which
would one day become UMCP, On
August 24, 1858, Calvert's birthday,
he laid the cornerstone for the col-
lege's main building and delivered an
address to the assembled guests. "We
will have," he proclaimed, "the best
Institution in the world!"
This February, Take the Plunge!
Experience Black History Month
p'tiesday^^ebg^i^^^^^^^^^^^M Monday, Febrtiaty
Conference on Multicultural
Education, 9 a.m., P.O. Community
College. Sp<3nsored by the College of
Education, the conference will
discuss what teachers can do to in-
clude each child in the learning pro-
cess. Admission is free. For info call
454-5291.
Free Genealogy Lecture and
Discussion, 6 p.m., Leonardtown
Community Center. Sylvia Cooke,
chief of staff training and develop-
ment at the Library of Congress will
speak. For info call 454-6644.
Black History Month Showcase
Exhibit will be on display for the
entire month on the 2nd floor of the
Benjamin Bldg. In addition, a
bibliography of materials related to
black history will be available in
room 2230 (Curriculum Laboratory),
For info call 454-5467.
;eS**V, Pebrmty 4
Job Search Strategies for
Minorities, 1:30-3-30 p.m.. Non-
print Media Center, Hornbake
Library. This workshop is designed
to assist minority students in looking
for co-op positions, internships, sum-
mer, part-time, and full-time jobs. Ad-
mission is free. For info call
454-2813 or 454-4901.
^ursday, February 5
Black Americans in Science and
Engineering, a lecture at 4 p.m. by
Chancellor John Slaughter, Rm.
I4l0-l4l2, Physics Building. Admis-
sion is free. For info call 454-3503.
Job Search Strategies for
Minorities (described in Feb. 4 en-
try'), 2-4 p.m.. Non-print Media
Center, Hornbake Library.
^4ay, February 6
We Are Family, 8 p.m.. University
Chapel. This is a black history pro-
gram featuring the University's
Gospel Chorus, the Youth Chorus
and a poetry reading. Admission is
free. For info call 454-3335.
The Fenner House, 7 p.m., P.G.
Publick Playhouse. This is a perfor-
mance by the UMCP Dept. of Dance,
Admission is S2. For info call
454-4056.
^turday, February
Black Student Leadership Con-
ference, 8 30 a.m.- 4 p,m,, Prince
Georges Rm., Stamp Student Union.
The conference will include twr)
general sessions and concurrent
workshops on such topics as "Mak-
ing UMCP Work For You" and
"Women as Leaders," The con-
ference is free, but pre-registration is
required. Call 454-5605,
Racial Identity in the Counseling
Process, Noon-2 p,m.. Counseling
Center, Shoemaker Hall, This is a
workshop presented by A.ssoc, Pro-
fessor of Psychology Janet E, Helms.
For info call 454-4992,
Job Search Strategies for
Minorities (see Feb. 4 entry), 2-4
p,m,. Non-print Media Center, Horn-
bake Library.
Tuesday, Febhiary 10
Ethiopian Jews in Israel —
Personal Experiences, 6:45 p.m.,
Hillel Jewish Student Center. This is a
lecture by Dr. Menachem Kellner,
professor of Jewish Thought at Haifa
University. Admission is free. For in-
fo caU 422-6200,
Free Film Festival, 7 p,m. and 9
p.m., each residence hall community.
The festival will Feature popular films
related to black history. Call Residen-
tial Programs and Services for film
titles, 454-5811.
pTerf oeatey, February^j
Harry J. Elam Lecture, Noon, Rm,
3125, South Campus Dining Hall,
Flam's lecture will highlight black
theatre from I.angston Hughes' Mulat-
to to Chiirles Fuller's A Soldier's Play.
Students from the Black Drama
Workshop will be performing scenes
from selective plays. Admission is
free. For info call 454-6796 or
454-2202
'Thursday, February 12
Job Search Strategies for
Minorities (see Feb. 4 entry), 2-4
p.m.. Non-print Media Center, Horn-
bake Library,
l^aftjt^rfgy. Feffruarv 14
Black Alumni Reception for
Coach Bob Wade, 6 p.m., Atrium,
Stamp Student Union, Admission is
S5 for alumni and $3 for students.
This event will also recognize Afro-
American student scholars. For info
call 454-2938,
k
rindn^ R^hru^rv M
Absalom Jones: the First Black
American Episcopal Priest, 10
a,m. service. West Chapel. Sponsored
by the Episcopal Campus Ministry,
the Sunday morning worship will be
a celebration of Jones' life and work.
P
'onday, February 16
Wallace Terry Lecture, 7 p.m ,
Rm. 1240, Zoo. -Psych Building. The
author of Bloods: An Oral History of
the Victnitm War by Black Veterans
will present a slide show based on
his best seller. The presentation will
be followed by a question and
answer period. Admission is free. For
info call 454-5605.
NAACP Presents Dick Gregory,
7:30 p.m., Grand BalFroom, Stamp
Student Union. Gregory will speak
about the problems affecting Afro-
Americans today. A reception will
follow. Admission is free. For info
call 454-5916.
Minority Student Job Fair, 9 a.m..
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student
Union. Sixty companies will be
represented. For info call 454-2813.
Dr. Bartholomew Landry, Lec-
ture on Contributions of Black
Leaders in American History,
6:30 p.m., first floor lounge of
LaPlata Hail, Admission is free. For
info call 454-5811,
Apartheid in South Africa: The
View of a South African Rabbi
and a Black Dutch Reform
Church Minister, 6:45 p,m., Hillel
Jewish Student Center, This is a
di.scussion by Rabbi Ben Isaccson
and Rev, Zachariah Ezekial
Mukgoebo, Admission is free. For in-
fo call 422-6200,
Jhursday, February Jf^^
State's Attorney for P.G. County
Alexander Williams, 2 p.m,,
Nyumburu Center. This is a talk on
black political advancements in
Maryland, Admission is free. For info
call 454-4707.
Coach Bob Wade and Former
Student Athletes, 11 a.m., Tortuga
Room, Stamp Student Union. Discus-
sion will focus on the myths and
realities of being part of a campus
athletic team, with particular em-
phasis on being a black athlete at a
university. Admission is free. For info
call 454-4124 or 4707.
Tuesdayj February 24
An Evening of Blues and Talent
Show, 7 p.m., Elkton Hail Recreation
Room. Otis Williams, director of
Nyumburu Cultural Center, will speak
on the history of the blues. John
Cephas, b!ues guitarist/vocalist, will
also perform and a talent show open
to the campus community will close
the evening. To participate in the
talent show call 454-6820. For info
call 454-5811.
Special Black History Month Din-
ner, all campus dining halls. Dining
Services will prepare a special dinner
in honor of Black History' Month.
Cost is S6.25 for students not on the
meat plan. For info call 454-2904.
Friday, February .
African Art Lecture, 7 p.m., Rm.
2203, Art-Soc, Building, Dr, Ekpo
Eyo will .speak and present a slide
presentation on African art. Admis-
sion is free. For info call 454-3431,
NAACP Fashion Show, 730 p m.,
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student
Union. For info call 454-5916,
QiniiOGK
Fcbmary 2, 1987
Helping Farmers
in the Land of the Pharoahs
The University's International
Development Management Center has
been chosen to direct one compo-
nent of a six-year agricultural
research project in Eg>'pt. A pan of
the Office of International Programs
housed within the College of
Agriculture and the College of Life
Sciences, IDMC will serve as
technical coordinator of the
agriculturai research management
component of Egypt's National
Agricultural Research Project, The
project is a S200 million collaborative
effort by both public and private sec-
tor agencies in the United States to
improve Egyptian agriculture. Marcus
In^e, Director of IDMC, will lead
UMCP's efforts on the project.
Ho'warth Elected
to Honors Council
John L. Howarth, professor of
physics and director of the campus
General Honors Program, has been
elected vice president of the National
Collegiate Honors Council, He will
succeed automatically to the
presidency of the council, w^hich has
a membership of 500 institutions,
next year, Howarth will be the
third member of the UMCP com-
munity to serve as council president,
a record no other college or universi-
ty- has achieved, John Portz, director
of the General Honors Program from
1966 until his retirement in 1978,
was council vice president in
1970-71 and president the following
year, Andrew De Rocco, a professor
of physics in the Institute for
Physical Science and Technology and
now president of Denison University
in Granville, Ohio, served as vice
president of the council in 1976-77
and its president in 1977-78.
Dean Scannell to Serve on
NCATE Board of Examiners
Dale Scannell, Dean of the College of
Education, has been nominated by
the American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education to a three- year
term with the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education's
new Board of Examiners.
"I am very pleased to be identified
as part of the first group of trainees
for the NCATE Board of Examiners,''
says Scannell.
As one of onh' 46 members
chosen from a nationwide pool of
educators, practitioners and
policymakers, Scannell, along with
four other board members, will visit
at least one educational institution
each semester to evaluate its profes-
sional education program.
Before assuming their new respon-
sibilties, the Board's nominees will
receive a week of training in
Gainsville, Florida at the beginning of
next year.
In an effort to set and maintain
uniform national standards in profes-
sional education, during the past
three years, NCATE has conducted
an extensive review^ of its policies
and procedures including streamlin-
ing the current Board of Examiners.
"We will have a challenge in using
a new system and apph'ing new stan-
dards, which are intended to ensure
quality control in professional educa-
don programs," says Scannell.
Semi Annual Dues
for UM Club
Membership in the Mar^iand Univer-
sity Club in the historic Rossborough
Inn is open to ail faculty, staff, ad-
ministrators and alumni. Half yearly
dues went into effect the first of this
month. Membership director Sylvia
Earl reminds potential members that
membership entitles thetn to dis-
counts and special Club functions.
The Club will hold its first Friday
Buffet Dinner at 6 p.m., Feb. 6. The
cost is 51295, For membership in-
formation call 454-7896 weekdays
between 9 a,m and noon.
New Head
for Real Estate Efforts
Frank Collins, economic develop-
ment coordinator for Howard Coun-
ty for nearly eight years, has been
appointed A.sst. Vice President for
University Relations at The University
of Maryland and Vice President for
Real Estate of the UM Foundation,
the University's non-profit fund-
raising arm. He will serve as the
Foundation's principal representative
in various enterprise activities ranging
from the UM Science and
Technology Center in Bowie to en-
couraging gifts of property to UM,
Collins holds a law degree from UM
and a bachelor's degree in
philosophy from Loyola College.
TES Engineer Honored for Aid
Frank Modcracki, manager of the
Western Regional Office of the UM
Technology' Extension Service (TES),
was honored recently by the
Maryland Industrial Development
Assn. for his award- winning
assistance to a Washington County
firm. He was cited for his profes-
sional aid to the manufacturer of
thennoplastic extrusions in providing
plant layout and sizing that saved the
company a half million dollars or
$500,000. That assistance also won
for TES the third place award in the
Projcct-of-the-'Vear competition spon-
sored by the National Association of
Management and Technical Assistance
Centers,
Award for Commuter Service
The campus Office of Commuter Af-
fairs is now accepting nominations
and applications for its 1987 Award
for Outstanding Service to Commuter
Students, Completed applications
must be received by the Office no
later than Wed., Feb. 25, For infor-
mation, call 454-5274,
Math Texts in Fourth Edition
UMCP mathematics professors David
C, Lay and David I, Schneider, and
adjunct professor Larry J. Goldstein,
are co-authors of Brief Calculus and
Its Applications and Calculus and Its
Applications, the fourth editions of
which have just been published by
Prentice- Hall, The two volumes and
two others also authored by the
UMCP professors comprise the col-
lection of texts called Mathematics
and Its Applications intended for
freshman and sophomore college and
university mathematics courses.
Kotz Honored
by Chinese Alma Mater
Samuel Kotz, professor of statistics in
the College of Business and Manage-
ment since 1979, has been honored
as Advisor Professor by the Harbin
Institute of Technology in Harbin,
China, Kotz, who was born in Har-
bin, attended the Institute from 1947
to 1949 where he studied electrical
engineering. In a letter to Kotz, the
Institute's president Yang Shiqin said
the honor was "in recognitkjn of
your distinguished services to
scholarship and society and your
warmhearted concern for your
motherschool. The advisor professor
is a dtie we confer to .scientists who
are making contributions to science
and technology in the world," In
1982, under the aaspices of the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, Kotz
delivered a dozen lectures at Chinese
scientific institutions and universities
including Harbin,
New Book on Poetic Order
Neil Fraistat (English) is the editor of
a new book dealing with the order
of works in volumes of poetry.
Fraistat is among a school of critics
that examines the significance of the
arrangement of poems. In Tiie Poem
and the Book: Interpreting Collec-
tions of Romantic Poetry, Fraistat
brings together the work of 13
scholars for discussions about the
order and arrangement of poetr\'
volumes.
Psychology Awards
Robert A. Brown (Ps\'chology) has
won the American Psychological
Association Division 3 1 1 986 award
for outstanding contributions to the
development of psychology in the
states. He is married to Sue Brown,
the executive director of the
Maryland State Psychological Associa-
tion, who received the APA Division
3 1 award for outstanding ac-
complishments as an executive of a
state or provincial psychological
association.
Campus Equity Administrators
■ ■ ■ x4707
Tbe following are the names, ad-
dresses and telephone numbers of
the Cantpus Equity Administrators.
■ ■ ■
Dr. Amel Anderson
College of Life Sciences
Symons Hall x5981
Dr. Marilyn R. Berman
College of Engineering
1131 L Engineering Bidg. x4048
Mr, Eugene Briti
College of Agriculture
1221 Symons Hall x5743
Ms. Gladys Brown
Human Relations Program
07 Hombake Library
Dr. Judy Brown
College of Business and Management
3410 Tydings Hall x2406
Dr. Kent Cartwright
College of Arts and Humanities
Francis Scott Key Hall x6797
Dr. Caroline B. Cody
College of Education
Benjamin Buldling x20l4
Mr. William D. Cunningham
College of Library
and information Services
41 lie Hornbake Library x2376
Ms. Maitland Dade
Institutional Advancement
2101 Turner Laboratory x4l98
Dr. Marie Davidson
Academic Affairs
1119 Main Administration x2052
Ms. Sharon Fries
Student Affairs
2108 No, Administration x2925
Dr. Effie Hacklander
College of Human Ecology
llOOC Marie Mount HaU x5387
Ms. Diana R. Jackson
College of Behavioral and Social
Sciences
2141 Tydings Hall x5272
Dr. Frank Morris
School of Public Affairs
Morrill Hall x6l93
Ms. Lynette Overby
College of Physical Education,
Recreation and Health
2314 PERH Building x3096
Mr. Stephen F. Sachs
School of Architecture
1205 Architecmre Bldg. x4n4
Ms, Kathryn Theus
College of Journalism
2105 Journalism Bldg, x2228
Dr. James M. Wallace
College of Computer, Mathematical
and Physical Sciences
Mathematics Building x4906
Mr. Larry Waters
Administrative Affairs Office
Main Administration x2731