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OUTLOOK

A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK

FEBRUARY 25, 1991
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 18

Unveiling of Plans for Margaret Brent Memorial To Kick
Off Women's History Month

A reception to unveil plans for a
university memorial to one of the
most distinguished women in the
state's early history will be held
March 1 as the opening event of
Women's History Month.

Drawings and a model of the
proposed memorial amphitheater to
Margaret Brent, a poHtically active
landholder in 17th century
Maryland, will be on display at a
reception at 3:30 p.m. in the Multi-
purpose Room of the Language
House. Marion Weiss, assistant
professor of architecture, is the de-
signer of the memorial.

A team of College Park faculty
and staff members that includes
architects, planners and scholars is
working on the pianning committee
for the memorial planned for the
slope on the south side of the
Language House (formerly St.
Mary's Hall).

The March 1 event will also serve
as the kick-off for the project's
fundraising campaign. An es-
timated $200,000 in private funds is
needed for the project, according to
Virginia Beauchamp, retired associ-
ate professor of English and a
member of the memorial committee.
Beauchamp has been working on

the project for several years.

While no portraits of Brent exist,
she is perhaps the most visible
woman in Maryland's early history,
Beauchamp says.

Brent traveled to the colony in
1638 at the age of 37 and settled on
land in St. Mary's County that she
obtained from Cecilius Calvert, the
Second Lord Baltimore, according to
a fact sheet on Brent issued by the
Cooperative Extension Service.
Her holdings increased in 1642
when she acquired property from
her brother and emerged as one of
the major landholders in the colony.

In 1648, Brent appealed to the
colonial assembly for the right to
vote by virtue of her status as a
property holder. Although the re-
quest was denied, she is believed to
be the first woman in America to
petition for the right to vote.

Brent became an influential fig-
ure in governing the colony through
her close consultations with
Leonard Calvert, the colony's
governor. Before he died in 1647,
Calvert appointed her the sole ex-
ecutor of his estate. The alliance

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Campus Senate News
and Views

Fretz stresses importance of
upcoming elections

APAC Recommendations Go To
Strategic Planning Committee

3

Women in Science
and Technology

New report sees modest
gains

Gowen Overcomes

Performance-Related

Injury

To play in March 15
recital

5

Outlook Salutes University's
Black Student-Athletes

Honoring outstanding achievers /I
of the recent past \J

Women's History Month
Calendar Included in this
Issue

Listings of special observances f

throughout March /

During the past year, the univer-
sity has undertaken a process to
make some extraordinarily difficult
budget decisions as part of the
state's mandate to cut $20.5 million
from its current operating budget.
Next year's budget outlook is no
brighter, since that will carry a $25
million reduction to the base
budget.

How can the university manage
such massive cuts without compro-
mising the quality of its academic
programs? There is no simple an-
swer, says Vice President for Aca-
demic Affairs Bob Dorfman.

The provost plays a pivotal role
in the university's decision-making
process. An advisory group, the
Academic Planning Advisory Com-
mittee (APAC), whose membership
includes a faculty majority, current-
ly is making final decisions on re-
commendations it will present to
the provost, who in turn will
present his plan to the president
and the Strategic Planning Commit-
tee.

As to how the university intends to
handle the cuts, Dorfman says, "It's
simply too large a cut to cover just
by tightening our belts. We're going
to have to exercise extremely good
judgment if we are to retain the
quality we already have gained."

The Academic Affairs budget

alone, including all the colleges and
schools, comprises about two-
thirds, or 67 percent, of the total
campus operating budget. That
division has been asked to absorb
about 55 percent of next year's total
reductions.

But those numbers do not tell the
whole story since, while the uni-
versity spends about 75 percent of
its operating budget on salaries and
wages, Academic Affairs spends
closer to 90 percent on this item.
Another five percent of the
university's budget is dedicated to
such fixed cost items as fuel,
utilities, and servicing of debts, and
funding for such categories as tele-
phone bills and postage, leaving
little budgetary flexibility.

To guide the campus in setting
priorities and make the final com-
plex resource decisions, the presi-
dent created the Strategic Planning
Committee (SPC) and appointed
Dorfman as its chair. The committee
will examine plans submitted by
each vice president as well as
consulting with the divisions, the
deans and other campus groups and
individuals as part of the process of
developing a comprehensive plan to
cut 10 percent from next year's
operating budget.

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Governor Calls for
Moment of Silence

Governor William
Donald Schaefer has
designated Thursday,
Feb. 28 at 10:05 a.m.
as a time for the
citizens of the state of
Maryland to observe a
moment of silence for
the troops overseas. He
Is asking that people
pause to reflect on the
situation in the Persian
Gulf at that time.

UNIVERSITY

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Help Identify Student Leaders

Each year at the university's annual Awards Banquet, Omicron
Delta Kappa (ODK) recognizes those junior, seniors and graduate
students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership abiUHes in
five areas of campus activity: scholarship; athletics; service and
campus government; media; and the arts. ODK also honors the Top
Ten Freshmen and the Sophomore Leader of the Year. Your assis-
tance in identifying candidates is welcomed and appreciated. Appli-
cations are in the Student Affairs office, 2108 Mitchell; the deadline is
March 1 . Call 314-9606 for details.

Dorfman Outlines Budget Reallocation Process

corttiniieil from page I

"We should understand that this
process is not an issue of determin-
ing whether all the things the uni-
versity is doing are good. The real
issue is, we cannot continue to sup-
port all that we are doing now—and
if we must make choices, we must
decide what our highest priorities
are and which programs are the
most valuable to the university in
the long run," says Dorfman.
"Making such choices is never easy.
But there comes a time when we
arrive at a crossroads and these de-
cisions simply must be made. That
time has come."

To begin the process of deter-
mining academic priorities,
Dorfman first met with the Execu-
tive Committee of the Campus Sen-
ate. This group proposed a broad
set of principles useful in reviewing
each dean's plan for reallocation of
resources. These principles
included: making decisions based
on maintaining the balance among
teaching, research and public
service; continuing the university's
move toward increasing diversity;
and making careful, targeted cuts
based on quality, needs and
centrality rather than cutting across
the board. The primary message
conveyed by the committee was that
the university can continue to im-
prove only if it does not insist on
maintaining the status quo.

With these principles in mind,
Dorfman requested that each dean
work with faculty to develop a plan
that would reflect the college's
current budget cuts and show how
these cuts could be made perma-
nent. Even more difficult was a
charge to produce a second plan
that contained a cut that in some
cases was as much as twice as large
as the current one.

The deans have met with APAC
to discuss the college plans. On
March 4 the provost will forward
his recommendations, based on the
advice of APAC, to the president.

who will continue the process,

"1 want to emphasize that these
are not necessarily final decisions.
All of the recommendations will be
reviewed carefully in the broader
context of the entire institution.
Some will be accepted, some reject-
ed, and, no doubt, some will be
modified with a view to recognizing
that the campus' perspective is
different from that of an individual
college's. Our ultimate goal must be
to keep in mind the good of the
entire institution."

"This process may be painful, but
it's the price the university pays for
an open system," says Dorfman. "I
feel that we have a sensible process
in place, and we will do our best to
protect the university and all of our
people to the greatest extent pos-
sible," says the provost.

Some principles upon which de-
cisions will be based include:

•Tenured faculty will not lose
their jobs. Even if a particular de-
gree program were eliminated, fac-
ulty would be transferred and con-
tinue to work in another program.

•Consideration will be given to
consolidating programs, but re-
sources can be reallocated without
people losing a job on campus.

•For non-tenured faculty, the
probability of promotion is less
clear for the moment. Tenure is not
guaranteed to everyone, but the
university has hired some out-
standing assistant professors and
will do everything possible to keep
them.

• If programmatic changes are
necessary, the university will follow
principles set in place several years
ago by APAC; that is, any program
slated for elimination would be
given an opportunity to make its
case, would be phased out as
gradually as possible, following
university procedures, and would
allow students a reasonable oppor-
tunity to finish their degree
programs.

"It is extremely difficult to have
to scale back the scope of some pro-

P.G. Delegates Seek Suggestions
About 40-Hour Work Week

To the editor:

We are writing to thank all the
members of the College Park cam-
pus community who are working
with us to block the State Depart-
ment of Personnel's plan to require
more than 1,700 UMCP employees
to work 23 extra days a year for no
additional pay. Without doubt, it
was the outpouring of opposition to
this unfair and counterproductive
proposal by so many classified
employees, their unions, super-
visors and others that persuaded
over sixty delegates to support our
legislative efforts to block it. And
persuaded the Governor, and thus
the Board of Regents, to suspend it
until at least July 1,1991.

We have won a reprieve from
precipitous adoption of an uncom-
pensated increase in working hours.
But the need to continue the fight
against it remains. One option is HB

897, a bill which would simply
block the Department of Personnel's
plan. Other possibilities include
phasing in longer hours with
proportional increases in salary.
We would appreciate hearing
your suggestions and concerns. You
can write to us at 210 Lowe House
Office Building, Annapolis, MD
21401. Your thoughts will be helpful
to us as the legislature considers
how to balance the budget without
imposing unfair burdens on the
dedicated and hardworking
employees at the university and
elsewhere.

Pauline H. Menes, Delegate
Tim Maloney, Delegate
Jim Rosapepe, Delegate

These delegates represent the 21st Dis-
trict, tvhich imi tides the College Park
campus, in the Maryland House of
Delegates.

grams," says Dorfman. "The chal-
lenge is to emerge from this process
with the best university that we can
possibly have. If we can learn to
make tough decisions and choices
that are not always palatable, then I
believe that the outcome will be a
stronger university. And that will
benefit us all."

Roz Hiebert

Academic Planning
Advisory Committee

Cordell Black (French and Ital.);
William Destler (Elec. Eng.); Alex
Dragt (Physics); Bruce Fretz
(Campus Senate); Jacob Goldhaber
(Graduate Dean); Robert Griffith
(Dean, A & Fl); Jerry Hage (Soci-
ology); Jean Hebeler (Special Ed.);
Norbert Hornstein (Linguistics);
Rudolph Lamone (Dean, B & M);
Frank Levy (Public Affairs);
Kathryn Mohrman (Dean, Under-
graduate Education); Arthur Popper
(Zoology); Joshua Rich (student);
Stephanie Stockman (graduate stu-
dent); Nancy Struna (Kinesiology);
Calhoun Winton (English).

Also, David Falk (Academic
Affairs); and J. Robert Dorfman
(Provost and Vice President,
Academic Affairs).

Strategic Planning Committee

Rosalind Berkowitz (undergrad-
uate student); Nancy Bockstael { Ag.
and Resource Economics); Kathryn
Costello (vice president, institution-
al advancement); J. Robert Dorfman,
chair ((vice president for academic
affairs and provost); Cynthia Hale
(director, administrative services);
Benjamin Molman (Journalism);
Norbert Hornstein (Linguistics);
Gerald Miller (Chemistry and
Biochem.); Ellin K. Sc hoi nick (Psy-
chology); Charles Sturtz (vice
president, administrative affairs);
William Thomas, Jr. (vice president,
student affairs).

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FEBRUARY 25

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Symposium on Second Language Learning Set

The Foreign Language Instruction Committee (FLIC) is organiz-
ing the First Annual University of Maryland Symposium on Second
Language Learning to be held in April 1991 on the College Park
campus. The one-day symposium is a cooperative venture between
the foreign language departments, the College of Education (Curric-
ulum and Instruction), the Maryland English Institute, Linguistics,
and the Language House. For more information, call Roberta Levine,
FLIC chair, at 56451 or Madeleine Hage, Training and Outreach
chair, at 54033.

News and Views from the
Campus Senate

by Bruce Fretz, chair

Heard on the campus walkways
and in the halls: "A major problem
in having the current Senate take a
greater role in the governance of the
university is that many departments
and units fail to make sure that their
best representatives are elected as
senators."

I have heard such a statement
quite often this past semester — if it
fits your department or constitu*
ency, then act now; elections are
coming. The Senate is taking on an
increasing ro!e in governance.

The Senate Executive Committee
recommended to the provost the
criteria to guide the fiscal retrench-
ment for this coming year. It also
appointed four of the seven mem-
bers of the Strategic Planning Com-
mittee which will be meeting with
the vice presidents and the presi-
dent to recommend campus-wide
budget reallocations. Under our
recently approved faculty grievance
procedures, all of the faculty sena-
tors serve as the grievance pane)
from which hearing panelists will
be chosen. Further, if current fiscal
realities lead to recommendations
for phasing out some programs, the
senate wilJ be required to review
such proposals.

obviously, there has never been
a time in the recent history of the
university when the election of out-
standing senators has been more
critical! These elections will deter-
mine those who will be serving in
ongoing consultation with both the
administration and the state legis-
lature as we weather these
austere times. Only those who have
been elected senators can be elect-
ed to the Senate Executive Com-
mittee or appointed as chairs of
Senate committees.

The coming elections recjuire
your carefu! consideration in yet
another way. Our recent annual
elections of senators have resulted
in a set of faculty senators that, in
demographic pattern, is notably
different in gender than the constit-
uency it represents. Of the current
110 faculty senators, IS percent are
women, whereas 28 percent of Col-
lege Park faculty are women.

Also, among faculty senators, the
percent of Asian- American and
African- American senators is even
lower than their five and four per-
cent constituencies respectively in
the faculty at large.

Among student and staff sena-
tors, the representation of women
and minorities approximately
equals or exceeds their proportions
in the campus community.

Faculty and staff senators are
elected for three year terms, stu-
dents for one year terms. Initiatives
must be made tww to ensure that
your department or unit will con-
sider the very best faculty, staff and
students who can represent the

diverse interest of our community.

My second topic for this column
is a report on the ongoing discus-
sions between representatives of the
Senate Executive Committee and
the Executive Committee of the
Athletic Council. The primary pur-
pose of these discussion is to ex-
plore how the athletic program
affects the entire campus commun-
ity as well as student athletes. Dur-
ing the first two meetings, consid-
erable time has been devoted to
learning about 1 ) the role of the
Athletic Council in the athletic de*
partment programs and 2) the ad-
vising and support services provid-
ed for student athletes.

Our next meetings will focus on
how the athletic program affects
non-athletes from a variety of per-
spectives, e.g., fiscal, academic, use
of facilities, activity schedules and
so forth, if there are particular
questions you would like to see
addressed in our discussions, please
send me a note in the campus mail:
c/o Campus Senate, Reckord Ar-
mory 104 A.

In the coming months, the Senate
and its committees will be coping
with many difficult issues. For the
April meeting, we expect to have
the final recommendations for
shared governance at the depart-
ment, college and university levels.
At the May meeting, our response

to the president's suggested revi-
sion to the appointment, promotion
and tenure policies will be debated.
In the meantime, committees are
preparing recommendations on re-
tirement policies, merit-pay policies,
use of the SAT in admissions, stan-
dards and accountability for advis-
ing, and reviewing the Linowes
report for parts it can recommend to
the General Assembly for restoring
some fiscal resources to higher
education.

Any suggestions or concerns you
would like considered regarding
any of those topics should be sent to
the Senate office; they will be for-
warded promptly to the appropriate
committee chair.

High School Computer Scientists
Match Wits at Programming Contest

Nearly 140 students from 20
Maryland high schools were on the
College Park campus last Saturday
to take part in the Department of
Computer Science's first computer
science programming contest.

During the four-hour compe-
tition, student teams solved com-
plex mathematical problems using
Pascal, the programming language
selected for the contest. The event
was developed in response to a re-
quest from Governor William
Donald Schaefer calling for new
partnerships between the univer-
sity, industry and the public
schools.

"This contest was a unique op-
portunity to bring together some of
Maryland's most talented students,"
says Satish K, Tripathi, professor
and department chair, "We are
excited to have had the opportunity
to establish a relationship with these
young people and encourage them
to pursue careers in computer
science,"

IBM Corporation's Federal Sector
Division in Gaithersburg, the
event's primary corporate sponsor.

provided hardware and software as
well as much of the technical sup-
port needed for the contest.

Electronic Data Systems,
Herndon, Virginia, the Department
of Computer Science, and the Vir-
ginia-based Computer Sciences
Corporation all provided cash
awards to the winning schools. In
addition, each school received a
copy of Borland Pascal 6.0 software.

Among the high schools entering
teams were: Bethesda -Chevy Chase,
Montgomery Blair, Richard
Montgomery, Rockville, Seneca
Valley, Springbrook, and Thomas S,
Wootton, Others included: Winston
Churchill, Frederick Douglass,
Laurel, Loyola, Mt. Hebron,
Northern Garrett County, Northern,
Oakland Mills, and Oxon Hill, as
well as St, Vincent Pallotti, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Sherwood, and Towson.

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Apple's Disability Solutions Manager to Speak

The Computer Science Center's 1991 CSC Spring Lecture Series
will feature Alan Brightman, manager of Apple Computer, Inc.'s
Worldwide Disability Solutions Group, Friday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m.
in Room T of Hornbake Library's Non- Print Media room. Brightman
will discuss how technology is changing what it means to have a
disability — both from the point of view of the person with the dis-
ability and how he or she is viewed by the rest of the world. The
lecture is co-sponsored by the President's Commission on Disability
Issues and Disabled Student Services. A sign language interpreter
will be available on request. For details, contact Gail Miller at 405-
2950 or call 314-7683 TDD.

Women in Science and Technology:

Report Reviews Trends in Degrees for Women

This is the second part of the series
that began last week on the prog-
ress of women on the College Park
campus. This special report. Wom-
en Students in Selected Non tradi-
tional Fields: Degree Attaimnent in
Natural Sciences and Engineering,
was written by Stephen Brush .

Beginning in the 1960s, women
entered traditionally male fields in
increasing numbers. The role of
higher education in this trend can
be seen in figures for degrees
granted, especially in the natural
sciences and engineering. But, after
rising steadily through the 1970s
and early 1980s, the number of de-
grees awarded to women in these
fields seems to have reached a pla-
teau. Bachelor's degrees have actu-
ally declined in the last two or three
years, and there are indications that
master's and doctorates will also
drop.

These national patterns are re-
flected in degree statistics for Col-
lege Park, although because of in-
adequacies in the data base and
small numbers in several categories,
it is difficult to draw definite con-
clusions from the local statistics
alone. The accompanying graphs
were prepared for the Commission
on Women's Affairs by the Univer-
sity of Maryland Systems, Office of
Academic Affairs, Planning and
Accountability. Data for the period
before 1981 were supplied by the
Maryland Higher Education Com-
mission. The data have been assem-
bled for departments now included
in three university colleges: Com-
puter, Mathematical and Physical
Sciences (CMPS); Engineering
(ENG) and Life Sciences (LISC).
Note that LISC includes chemistry.

Fig, 1 shows the overall pattern
of bachelor's degrees awarded to
women in the natural sciences and
engineering at College Park during
the 1970s and 1980s. The most re-
markable change was in ENG,
where a program designed to re-
cruit young women from high
schools during the period 1975-1983
seems to have played a major role in
boosting the number of B.S. degrees
through 1988. That program was
suspended due to lack of funding,
but has been revived this year.

The numbers of degrees awarded
by CMPS declined somewhat in the
late 1970s, possibly because of a
switch from mathematics (which
accounted for a large proportion of
CMPS degrees in the early 1970s)
into engineering or other fields. The

revival in the 1 980s was due primar-
ily to the popularity of computer
science.

The rise (in the mid-1970s) and fall
(in the early 1980s) of LISC degrees
is primarily due to similar changes
in zoology, microbiology, biochem-
istry and chemistry. Recent years
have seen a sharp rise in general
biology degrees.

Figs. 2-4 compare bachelor's de-
grees awarded to men and women
in the three colleges during the
1980s. In CMPS, where the numbers
rose gradually during the decade
for both sexes, the percentage of
degrees awarded to women in-
creased only slightlv (19 percent in
1981, 33 percent in 1989). In ENG,
doubting the number of women's
B.S. degrees meant doubling their
percentage of the total (nine percent
to 18 percent) since there was no
general increase in the number of
degrees awarded to men. The
restriction of entry into engineering
programs starting in the mid-1980s
seems to have had a greater effect
on men than on women (Fig. 3). In
LISC, a significant drop in the
number of men receiving degrees
meant that women actually got a
majority of LISC degrees at the end
of the decade {52 percent in 1989),
up from 41 percent in 1981 despite
no major increase in absolute
numbers.

Figs, 5 and 6 (Not included in this
printing. Ed.] provide more detailed
breakdowns by race and ethnicity of
bachelor's degrees awarded to wo-
men. They show a substantial in-
crease in the number of Asians over
the decade, and a smaller but
significant increase in the number of
African Americans in ENG and
LISC.

The last two figures compare the
numbers of women and men earn-
ing advanced degrees. Here the
picture is less encouraging; no real
growth in the number of women
receiving master's and doctoral de-
grees, during a period when the
number of men getting those de-
grees has been increasing. Thus the
percentage of master's degrees to
women has actually dropped by 28
percent in 1981 to 20 percent in
1989, while the percentage of doc-
toral degrees has remained abut the
same (18 percent in both 1981 and
1989). Our modest success in re-
cruitment of women into under-
graduate engineering and natural
science majors has not been
matched by corresponding progress
at the graduate level.

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Fig. 8

Total

Docloral Degrees
for CMPS, ENG. and LISC

120
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College of Computer, Math, & Ptiys. Sci,

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100
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Numbar at Degrees

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College of Engineering

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Stephen Brush is a professor in the Department of
History and the Institute for Physical Sciences and
Technology.

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Doing Business in Central and Eastern Europe

The Michael Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and the
Suburban Maryland Technology Council will present an evening
session on "Doing Business in Central and Eastern Europe" Tuesday,
March 5 at the Pooks Hill Marriott in Bethesda beginning at 6:30
p.m. Charles O, Heller, Dingman Center director, wLU moderate a
panel that includes Irena Zikova, Second Secretary, the Embassy of
the Czech and Slovak Federated RepubUc, Ferenc Furulyas, Minister
for Economic and Commercial Affairs, the Embassy of Hungary,
Kathryn Lindquist, an international trade specialist with the Mary-
land Department of International Trade, and Philip F. Zeidman, a
partner with EastEuropeLaw and Brownstein, Zeidman and
Schomer.

Long Way Back to the Stage
for University Pianist

Pianist Bradford Gowen's prep-
arations for his performance March
15 with cellist David Soyer as part
of the Artists Benefit Scholarship
Series have been the most demand-
ing of his career.

It's not that the repertoire^ —
sonatas by Mendelssohn, Chopin
and Frank Bridge — is unusually
difficult for the veteran of 35 years
on the concert stage. Go wen, pro-
fessor of music and head of the
piano division, is facing a more
fundamental challenge: he is re-
tearning to play the piano.

The concert, 8 p.m. Friday,
March 15 in Tawes Recital Hall, will
be his most extensive performance
since developing a performance-
related injury more than five years
ago.

In 1985, Gowen began exper-
iencing severe pains in his right
hand. The condition halted Gowen's
routine of daily practice and forced
him into a long process of research
and reflection to determine whether
and how he could play again.

For five years, as the pain per-
sisted, Gowen consulted doctors,
fellow musicians and available
literature on the subject of perfor-
mance-related injuries.

In searching for a cause of and a
solution to his problem, he found
that many fellow musicians have
experienced similar problems to
some degree — in a survey by the
Internationa! Conference of

Symphony and Opera Musicians, f 6
percent of the musicians responding
reported at least one medical prob-
lem that severely affected perfor-
mance. Unfortunately, solutions to
serious condihons are as scarce as
problems are plentiful.

"A player in this situation is an
explorer in a wilderness," Gowen
wrote in a recent article on the sub-
ject.

Although the symptoms of per-
formance-related injuries are often
easy to describe, a prescription of
treatment that allows a performer to
resume intensive work at a key-
board is often, as in Gowen's case,
elusive. Two musicians may exhibit
identical symptoms but the cure for
one might do nothing for the other,
Gowen says.

"I was evaluated and treated by
chiropractors, an osteopath, neurol-
ogists, a kinesiologist, hand special-
ists, physical therapists, an acu-
puncturist and a biofeedback tech-
nician. ..Among those involved were
some famous individuals and prom-
inent institutions, but well-known
or not, there is no doubt that I had
some of the best helpers available.
The level of care and sensitivity was
often high; the amount of funda-
mental disagreement among experts
was sometimes dramatic. That none
of the help I received was fully
effective shows just how complex
the problem is," he wrote.

In making his way back to the

Bradford Gowen

stage, Gowen has worked through a
complicated process, literally re-
learning to play his instrument. He
has adapted his playing technique
and practice habits in ways de-
signed to keep the injury in check.

While unwelcome, the experi-
ence has been instructive to the
pianist.

"I have found this unexpectedly
exciting," Gowen wrote. "To believe
that there is a way, even though it is
unmapped, to know within myself
that the path exists even though it is
not yet seen — this is exhilarating. It
puts one on the cutting edge of
faith, of growth, of music medicine,
and of recovery. That being so, the
long, tiring journey cannot be re-
gretted."

Brian Busek

University IhedXre's Major Barbara to Open March 7

Major Barbara, George Bernard
Shaw's classic drama about a Sal-
vation Army worker who defies her
father, a munitions maker, will open
University Theatre's spring season.

Performances of the play are 8
p.m. March 7-9 and 14-16 and 2 p.m.
March 10 in Tawes Theatre.

Also in March, a University
Theatre production originally pre-
sented last fall will be revived for a
regional theatrical competition in
New York State.

Major Barbara will be staged by
guest director James Petosa, a
drama faculty member at Catholic
University and producing director
for Olney Theatre.

Petosa finds the play, written
early in the 20th century, relevant to
current events,

"We can't ignore what we know
today about the larger evils of war
buildup. As long as we continue to
produce weapons of mass destruc-
tion, we will feel seduced and com-
pelled to use them," he says.

Several other guest artists are
also working on the production.
James Kronzer, who recently de-
signed the sets for Unchanging Love
at Studio Theater, is the the scene
designer. Marjorie Slaiman, super-
vising costumiere at Arena Stage, is
overseeing the work of MFA stu-

dent Mireille Key on costumes for
the production.

The lighHng and technical direc-
tion for the production will be done
by two faculty members. Helen
Flayes Award-winner Daniel
McLean Wagner is the light design-
er and David Kriebs is the technical
director.

For ticket information call 405-
2201.

In addition. University Theatre

will revive its production of
Lanford Wilson's Rimers of Eldritch
for the American College Theatre
festival regional competition that
will be held March 2 in Albany,
New York.

The play, which focuses on the
residents of a deteriorating Mid-
western town, examines the mores
of an archetypal small community
and the actions of the righteous
town elders.

Guarneri String Quartet Takes Open
Rehearsal to Baltimore

The delights of attending an
open rehearsal of the Guarneri
String Quartet are well-known to
members of the College Park com-
munity. Indeed, an enthusiastic
cadre of 'groupies' is generally
found at the free event held each
month during most of the academic
year, when the four come to teach at
College Park.

This week you can share the
pleasure of an open Guarneri re-
hearsal with your friends in Balti-
more as well. On Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 27 at 8 p.m., the quartet and

guest oboist Sara Watkins, another
adjunct member of the music de-
partment, will take the rehearsal to
the spacious elegance of the Walters
Gallery in Baltimore.

The artists will be reading
through two Mozart gems, the Dis-
sonant Quartet in C major K. 465
and the Oboe Quartet in F major K.
370.

No tickets are needed for the
performance — and the price is still
right: free. Call the concert office for
details at 405-5548. Tell your
friends.

FEBRUARY 25

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' Cycle Mania' Hits Campus

Campus Recreation Services (CRS) is sponsoring a spring Bike-
a-thon that encourages you to work out on a stationary or regular
bicycle. To participate, you cycle at least 30 minutes a day, three
times a week at your convenience and report your mileage to CRS.
Those who have logged 75 miles by March 20 will receive water
bottles and qualify for the "Tour de Terp" in April. Everyone reach-
ing 100 miles by March 31 will be awarded T-shirts. Entries close
Friday, March 8 for this free program. Call 314-7218 for more infor-
mation.

Roberta Coates: Spreading Her Wings

Rot>erta Coates

Within the past year many
changes have occurred at College
Park. Until recently, both McKeldin
and Hombake malls were hidden
under mountain-sized piles of face-
lift dirt and debris. But just as de-
struction can sometimes preface
reconstruction, Roberta Coates,
Campus Activities Associate Direc-
tor, believes struggles can some-
times precede success.

She equates her philosophy to
the transformation of a caterpillar to
a butterfly and has several butterfly
pictures on her Stamp Union office
wall to remind her of this
philosophy.

"I really beUeve in the metamor-
phosis of the butterfly," says Coates,
"because [ came from a poor family
and 1 remember struggling. But now
that I have a good job and have
made good friends, I believe you
have to struggle before you can
succeed. In the end you turn out to
be a well-rounded person."

Coates graduated in 1971 from
Maryland State College, which is
now the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore. After receiving her
social science undergraduate de-
gree, she pursued a master's in
counseling and shident personnel at
College Park.

She was hired initially as a
housing department resident direc-
tor. Before leaving that position, the
Resident Housing Association
named a typing center in Elkton
dormitory after her.

"They [the association] were try-
ing hard to get a typing center," she
says. "They had to cut through a lot
of red tape, and when it was finally
established, the association
president said it would be called the
'Roberta Coates Typing Center.'"

In 1979 she left Resident Life to
pursue a more fulfilling position in
Campus Activities. Just recently, she
was promoted from assistant
director to associate director, which
has a few added responsibilities
including overseeing the office in
the director's absence, and handling
some budget and staff training.

"After being in housing for eight
years, 1 wanted something differ-
ent," she says. "You get more expo-
sure here, and this office deals with
the whole campus. Housing just
deals with students in housing.

"What 1 like about [my position]
is that I know a lot of students; but 1
wish there weren't so many
meetings. Maryland is so large you
have to have meetings."

In addition to her position in

Campus Activities, Coates is
president of the Black Faculty and
Staff Asst)ciation.

Coates says she is used to doing
at least three things at a time and
that her work day usually exceeds
the normal required hours. But in
spite of her busy schedule, she finds
quality time to spend with her
family.

"My family is number one," says
Coates who is married and has two
children. "That's my source of ener-
gy. I'm also taking care of my three-
year-old niece because my sister-in-
law is in Saudi Arabia."

Coates hopes the university will
someday have a master calendar so
students and faculty will be aware
of all sponsored events. She also
hopes February will not be the only
month achievements of blacks are
recognized.

But even with all her aspirations
and responsibilities, Coates does not
let success cloud her judgment. A
plaque on her office shelf states: "It's
nice to be important but it's more
important to be nice."

"You can be important today and
be nothing tomorrow," she says,
glancing at the wooden plaque. "I
care an awful lot, I really do."

Patricia Gny

Outlook Salutes Outstanding Black
Student-Athletes

Desmond Armstrong

Vicky Bullett

Last week the Department of
Intercollegiate Athletics recognized
in the Dianioridback a number of
College Park's outstanding black
student-athletes. To celebrate Black
History Month, Outlook joins the
Diamoudbiick in paying tribute to
some of our notable scholar-athletes
of the recent past.

Desmond Armstrong, Soccer 1983-
86; All-American; Olympian; profes-
sional soccer player; current mem-
ber of World Cup team

Vicky Bullett, Basketball 1986-89;
Kodak All-American; Olympic Gold
Medalist; Maryland's all-time
leading scorer and rebounder

Len Elmore, Basketball 1972-74;
All-American; 10- year NBA career;
Harvard Law School graduate; tele-
vision analyst for ACC Basketball
Network and CBS Sports

Paula Cirven, Track and Field 1977-
80; first black female to receive an
athletic scholarship at Maryland;
ACC High Jump champion

Bill Goodman, Track and Field
1972-75; ACC Long Jump and Triple
Jump Champion; vice president of
ODK; current head coach at College
Park

Gordon Hawkins, Baseball 1979-82;
Starting pitcher; currently an opera
singer; .was lead singer at Wolf
Trap; has sung with the New York
Metropolitan Opera

Robyn James, Field Hockev 1983-
86; All-ACC; member ODK; recip-
ient of first Marie James Award for
outstanding conference student-ath-
lete; following medical school,
maintaining medical residency in
San Diego

Bill Jones, Basketball 1966-68; first
black basketball player in the ACC;
former head coach at UMBC; cur-
rently employed by Martin Marietta

Renaldo Nehemiah, Track and
Field 1977-79; ACC and NCAA
champion; two-time All-American;
world record holder in 110 high
hurdles; former NFL player

Kenny Roy, Football 1973-76; All-
ACC defensive back; started on '76
Cotton Bowi team that finished 11-1;
currently district manager for Xerox
Corporation

William Skinner, Track and Field
1984-87; All-American; received
Maryland Ring for the outstanding
senior student-athlete from the state
of Maryland; former Prince
George's County Citizen of the Year

Buck Williams, Basketball 1979-81;
ACC Rookie of the Year; All ACC;
Olympian; after going to NBA, re-
turned to Maryland to complete his
degree

Paula Girven
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FEBRUARY 25, 1991

omen 's History Month

University of Maryland at College Park

TUESDAY

Spanish and Portuguese Infor-
mal Seminar, featuring guest
speaker Sylvia Winler, prolessor
of Spanish and Portuguese lan-
guages and African American
stuflfes, Stanford U.. noon, 221 5
Jimenez. Call 405-6441 for info.

March 1991

Library Display: "Women in

Development,' through March,
Hornbal(e Library Lobby. Call 405-
91 17 for Info.

Parents' Association Gallery
Exhibition; "A Woman's
Collection: Textiles in the Lives of
f 91 h-Century Women," featuring
coverlets, quilts, samplers, sewing
implements, and fiistorical
documents. Mar. 1-Apr, 17, the
Parents' Association Art Gallery.
Call Nancy Meyer at 314-ARTS
for info.

FRIDAY

Women's History Month
Inaugural Reception: 'Margaret
Brent (c. 160f-1671); A Feminist
Before Her Time," presented by
the President's Commission on
Women's Affairs. 3:30-5 p.m.,
multipurpose room of St. Mary's
Hall. Call 7?? (or info.

WEDNESDAY

SATURDAY

Women's Leadership Retreat:

"Ways Women Lead, presented
by ttie Committee on
Lindergraduate Women's
Leadership," 9:30 a.m. -4 p.m.,
Honors classrooms. Hornbake
Library. Call Terry Zacker al 314-
7174 (or info.

Bfack Women's Council Panel
Discussion: 'Celebrating Our
History: Calling on Our Ancestors
and Affirming the Present while
Taking Responsibility of Our Fu-
ture," noon-1 p.m., Nyumburu
Cultural Center. Call Jennifer
Jackson at 405-5620 lor into.

Celebration for Mary Helen
Washington, featuring book sign-
ing and reading from Memofy of
Km. presented by Germanic and
Slavic Language and Literature,
and the Women's Studies Pro-
gram, 4-6 p.m,, multipurpose
room. St. Mary's HalL Call Jevera
Temsky at 405-6878 for info.

Spanish and Portuguese Guest
Lecture: 'The Caslte al Mina
Which I have Seen: Africa, Co-
lumbus, and Realm Beyond Rea-
son," Sylvia Winter, professor of
Spanish and Portuguese languag-
es and African American studies,
Stanford U,, 4:30 p.m.. multipur-
pose room, St. Mary's Hall. Call
405-6441 lor info.

FRIDAY

Women's Studies Program An-
nual Research Forum: "Currents
of Change: Feminist Research,
1991,' coffee served 3:30 p.m.,
programs 4-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.,
21 ID Adult Education Center.
Dinner available at cost from
6:15-7:15 p.m.. Regents' Room.
Call 405-6877 for info.

University Theatre Production:
Major Barbara by George Bernard
Shaw, 8 p.m., Tawes Theatre, $8
($6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 for ticket info.'

WEDNESDAY

SATURDAY

Unfverslly Theatre Production:

Major Barbara by George Bernard
Shaw, B p.m.. Tawes Theatre, $8
(J6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 lor ticket info.*

Women's Center Film and Dis-
cussion: "Miss Universe in Peru,"
the juxtaposilion of the 1 982 Pag-
eant in Peru with the realities of
Peruvian women's lives, noon-1
p.m. (bring a brown-bag lunch).
0109 Hornbake Library. Call the
Women's Center at 314-8462 for
info.

Tfieatre Performance: "Domestic
Snakes,' a movement perfor-
mance written and performed by
Karen Abromaitis, Mar. 13, 14 at
8 p.m.; Mar. 15, 16at9pm„
Puglifte Theatre, $8 standard
admission; $6 students and se-
niors. Call 405-2201 for tickets
and info.'

SATURDAY

Unlversily Theatre Production;

Major Bamara by George Bernard
Shaw, B p.m., Tawes Theatre, $8
($6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 for ticket info,*

MONDAY

Zoology Presentations on
Women in Science: During the
week of March 1 8-22 individual
instructors throughout Ihe zooiony
department will present materiat
on the role of women in sdence
. as it relates to their own courses.
Call Sue Carfer at 405-6940 lor
info.

SUNDAY

University Theatre Production;
Major Barbara by George Bernard
Shaw, 2 p.m., Tawes Tneatre, $8
($6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 for ticket info.'

THURSDAY

College of Business and Man-
agement Reception for Campus
office Support Staff: Annual
event helo in honor of women
classilied office support staff cam-
us-wide. 9:30-11 a.m., 3100

?!

MONDAY

MONDAY

Women's Center Film and
discussion; "A State of Danger."
Palestinian women and the Israeli
military, noon-1 p.m. (bring a
brown-bag lunch), 0109 Kornbake
Library, Call the Women's Center
al 314-8462 for info.

THURSDAY

Committee on Women of Color
Lecture: 'Listening to Women's
Voices: Celebrating Our Diversi-
ty," selected readings, reftections,
and expressions, noon-2 p.m,,
Alrium. Art/Soc. Call Mary Coth-
ran at 405-561 5 for info.

University Theaire Production;
Major Barbara by George Bernard

Shaw, 8 p.m., Tawes Theatre, S8
(J6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 for ticket info."

Women Faculty Writers Fiction
Reading: Readings by Joyce
Kombaitt, Susan lleonardl, Sibbie
O'Suilivan and Kim Roberts, 3
p.m., 0124 Taliaferro, Call Kim
Roberts at 314-3873 or (202) 723-
7141 for info.

"ydinos. Call Rosemary Wainscoti
af 405-2308 for info.

Art Department Lecture: Claudia
DeMonte will lecture on her art,
12:30 p.m., 1309 Art/Soc. (West
Gallery). Call Elva Eilertson at
405-1445 for into.

University Theatre Production;
Major Barbara by George Bernard
Shaw, 8 p.m.. Tawes Theatre, 58
($6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 for ticket Info.*

TUESDAY

Cooperative Education for
Women Discussion: "Coopera-
tive Education: A Key to Career
Success for Women, former co-
op students will discuss how co-
operative education helped them
with professional contacts, job
preparation and career enhance-
ment, 7 p.m., 4205 Hornbake.
Call Traci Martin al 405-3956 tor
info.

TUESDAY

College of Engineering Lecture:
"Impact of Women on the Stability
of the Engineering Profession in
IheU.S., LiliaAbron,p resident
and founder of PEER Consul-
tants, an environmental and sani-
tary enpineering firm, 2 p.m.,
Judith Resnik Lecture Hall (EGR-
12021. Call Marilyn Berman at
405-3871 for info.

FRIDAY

Women's Center Film Showing;

'The Goddess Remembered," An
historical film on the changes of
women-centered religions and
power to patriarchal institutions;
The Burning Times." A study of
the European Witch Burnings,
time and location to be an-
nounced. Call the Women's Cen-
ter at 314-8462 for info.

University Theatre Production:
Mapr Barbara by George Bernard
Shaw, 8 p.m., Tawes Tneatre, $8
($6 students, seniors). Call 405-
2201 for ticket info.'

WEDNESDAY

Women's Center Film and Dis-
cussion: "Hairpiece; A Film for
Nappy-Headeo People," Animate<)
satire and lively discussion on the
question of sell-image and soci-
ety's standards of beauty, noon-1
g,m, (bring a brown-bag lunch),
109 Hornbake Library. Call the
Women's Center at 314-8462 for
info,

YET TO COME

University Theatre Production:
Top Girls, by Caryl Churchill, April
9-21. Pugliese Theatre. Call 405-
2201 for ticket info,*

'Admission is charged (or this
special even/, A!t others are free.

All telephone tistings are In Area
301 unless otherwise noted

Brent Memorial to be Unveiled

innttiitH'cl fiiiii! pdj'e J

with Calvert placed Brent at the
center of Maryland politics during a
period when other colonists were
opposing Calvert rule. As part of
the fallout from the controversy,
Brent's original patron, the Second
Lord Baltimore, disinherited her
and in 1649 she and a sister left
Maryland to establish a plantation
in Virginia. She died in 1671.

In becoming a home to a memo-
riai for Brent, the university would
resurrect a name that once held a
prominent place in the center of the
campus.

The building that now houses the
Language House was named for
Brent when it was first dedicated in
1932, The first women's dormitory
at the university, the building was
renamed St, Mary's Hall in the
1950s when all the university's
residence halls were given the
names of counties and towns in the
state. The building became the Lan-
guage House last fall after a four-
year renovation project to convert
the building into an academically-
based residence hall.

The memorial planning commit-
tee includes Beauchamp, Weiss,
David Fogle (architecture), Frank
Cohn (engineering and architectural
services), Dennis Nola (physical
plants, grounds division), Josephine
Withers (art history) and Cheryl
HiJIer (career development).

Brian Busek A model of the planned Margaret Br«nt Memorial designed by Marion Weiss, assistant professor of architecture.

FEBRUARY 25

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' Firm and Shape' Exercise Sessions Begin

Campus Recreation Services (CRS) is now holding noontime
"Firm and Shape" Exercise Sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays from 12:05 to 12:50 p.m. in the Reckord Armory gym. The
45-minute workout to music will include a light aerobic warm-up
followed by 30 minutes of muscle toning exercises. Available to all
faculty, staff and students, the exercises cost $1 each session at the
door, or you can use an Aerobic Express ID, which is good for all
CRS aerobics sessions. For more information call 314-7218. Now is
the time to get into shape: bathing suit season isn't that far away!

The Guameri String Quartet will perform selections from Mozart at the Walters Gallery in Baltimore, Wednesday, Feb. 27
at 8 p.m. Ttiere is no admission charge for the concert. Call the music department at 405-5546 For info.

FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 6

MONDAY

Art Exhibition, three concurrent
exhibitions (eatuhng New Deal
Images, Contemporary Prints trom
the Private Collection, and The
Andy Warhol Athlete Series. to-
day-March 15, The Art Gallery,
Call 5-2763 for info.

Geology Seminar: 'Testing an
Explosives-Laden Aquifier. Uma-
tilla Army Depot. Oregon." Mark
McBride, Dames and Moore.
Bethesda, it am. 0105
Hombake Library. Call 5-2783 lor
info.

Black Faculty and Staff Asso-
ciation Seminar: "Personal and

Financial Planning," L. Patrick
flu Hedge. Rutledge and Associ-
ates. noan-2 p.m.. Maryland
floom, Marie Mount. Call 4-7225
tor info.

Campus Recreation Services
Noonlime Exercise Session,
12:05 p.m.-12:50 p.m., today-April
26 [M,W,F), Reckord Armory. Call
5-7218 for info.

Horticulture Seminar: 'Use of
MolecLilar Genetics and RFLP
Happing for Crop Improvement in
BluetJerries," Lisa Rowland, US-
DA, ARS, Beltsville, i p.m.. 0128
Holzapfel. Call 5-4336 for info.

Entomology Colloquium: "New-
er Chemistry Compatible with [PM
in Cotton," Julius Menn, USDA-
AHS, 4 p.m., 0200 Symons. Call
5-3912 for into.

German (ecture: 'Johann
Gottfried Herder, der poeiische
Philosoph, Oder; Wie kann ein
irrational (St Aufklarer sein?," Hans
Adier. U. of Wisconsin at Madi-
son, 4 p.m.. multipurpose room.
St. Mary's Hall. Call 5-4107 tor
info.

Computer Science Colloquium:
"Dataflow Architecture Advances:
The Monsoon Project.' An/ind,
MFT. 4 p.m., 0111 Classroom
BIdg. Call S-2661 for info.

Space Science Seminar:

"Charge- Sign Dependent Solar
Moduiatior) of 1 -10 GV Cosmic
Rays,' Evelyn Tuska, Barlol Re-
search Institute, 4:30 p.m., 1 1 13
Computer and Space Sciences.
Call 5-4829 for info.

Science, Technology, and Soci-
ety Program Lecture; "Repro-
ductive Technologies and Repro-
ductive Choice,' Ruth Schwartz
Cowan. State U. of New Vork at
Sfony Brook, 4:30 p.m., 2309
Art/Soc. Call 5-5271 for info.

TUESDAY

* College of Journalism Panel
Discussion: "Blacks in Journal-
ism: Facing the Challenges of the
1990s." 7:30 p.m.. N^umbunj
Cultural Center. Call 5-2398 for
inlo,

Guarnerl String Quartet Open
Rehearsal, 8 p.m.. Walters Gal-
lery (Baltimore). Call 5-5548 for

info.

* Radio, Television, and Pllin
Department Seminar: "Minority
Broadcasters: A New Chapter," 9
a.m -5 p.m.. Volunteer Firemen's
Room. Adult Education Center,
Call 5-6261 tor info.

Israel Committe Lecture: "Re-
cent Developments in Soviet

Jewry," Mordechal AHshuler,
Hebrew U.. Jerusalem. 3 p.m.,
0102 Francis Scott Key, Call 5-
4268 for info.

Physics Colloquium: "Laser
Cooling and the Coldest Atoms

Ever," Wtlliam Phillips. National
institute for Standards and Tech-
nology, 4 p.m., 1410 Physics, tea
recepton, 3:30 p.m. Call 5-5953
for info.

Movie: Avalon, 7:15 and 9:45
p.m.. Hoff Theater. Call 4-HOFF
for into.'

* Gay and Lesbian Student
Union Fijm/Dlscussion: Tongues
Untied. Ron Simmons, Howard
U.,8p.m„2309Art/Soc. Call4-
8467 for info.

THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY

Counseling Center Research
and Development Meeting: "The

Effects of Ihe Vietnam Era on the
Conduct of the Persian Gulf War,"
Lois Vietri, Government and Poli-
tics, noon-1 p.m.. 0106-01U
Shoemaker. Call 4-7677 for info.

Center for Global Change Col-
loquium, Alan Teramura. Botany.
noon-1 :30 p.m. (bring lunch),
1 137 Stamp Student Union. Call
80-4165 tor info.

Movie: Avalon, 4:45, 7:15, and
9:45p,m., Hoff Theater, Call 4-
HOFF for info,*

Architecture Lecture: "Computer
Applications in Architecture,"
William Mrtchell, Harvard U.. 7:30
p.m.. Auditorium, Architecture
BIdg. Call 5-6284 for into.

Art Department Minorities and
Women Lecture, George Smith,
Sculptor, 12;30p.m., 1309 Art/
Soc, Call 5-1442 tor into,

Danish Lecture: "Danish Agricul-
ture," Erik Kindt Andersen, Royal
Danish Embassy, 12:30-1:45
p.m., 2122 Jimenez, Call 5-4091
for info.

Academic Affairs Gulf Crisis
Seminar, featuring panel discus-
sion on aspects of Arab culture.
12:30 -2 p,m (bring lunch),
Maryland Room, Marie Mount
Hall, Call 5-2844 for into.

Graduate Student Government
Meeting, 3 p.m., 1143 Stamp
Student Union. Call 5-5788 for

info.

Meteorology Seminar: 'Biomass
Burning in the Tropics." Yoram
Kaufman. USRA at NASA/GSFC,
3:30 p.m., 2114 Computer and
Space Sciences, reception at 3
p.m. Call 5-5392 for info.

History and Philosophy of Sci-
ence Colloquium: 'Why Physics
is a Poor Model tor Physics,"
Sandra Harding, U. of Delaware.
4 p.m., 2283 Zoo/Psych. Call 5-
5691 for info.

Reliability Engineertng Seminar;
"The Concept of Variation and its
Impact on Quality," Morgan Hall,
GM Baltimore Assembly PlanL
5:15-6:15 p.m. 21 15 Chemical
and Nuclear Engineering BIdg.
Call 5-3887 or 5-3883 tor info.
Movie; Pacific Heights, 7:1 5 and
9:45 p.m., Hoff Theater. Call 4-
HOFF for into •

FRIDAY

Women's History Month
Speech Communication Collo-

quium: "Communicatton Proces-
ses in Initial Sexual Encounters."
Timoth/ Edgar, Speech Com-
munication, noon, 0147 Tawes.
Call 5-6524 for into.

Mental Health Lunch 'n Learn:

'Grief Counseling." Arnold
Medvene, Counseling Center, 1-2
p.m., 3100E Health Center. Call
4-81 06 tor into.

Movie: Pacific Heights, 7:15 and
9:45 p.m., Hoff Theater. Call 4-
HOFF tor into."

University of Maryland Sym-
phony Orchestra Concert,
William Hudson, conductor. 8
p.m., Tawes Recital Hall,

SATURDAY

Movie: Pacific Heights, 7;15 and
9:45 p.m., Hoff Theater. Call 4-
HOFF for info,"

SUNDAY

Wanderlust: "Nationalist China:
Taiwan," Ed Lark, 3 p,m,, Hoff
Theatre. Call 4-HOFF for into."

MONDAY

Campus Recreation Services
"Cycle Mania" and Team
Racquetball: sign up today. 1104
Reckord Armory, Call 4-7218 for
info,

Psycliology Distinguished
Speakers Lecture: "An Invest-
ment Theory of Creativity," Robert
Slernt)ef9, Yale U., 4 p.m., 1250
Zoo/Psych, Call 5-5867 tor info.

Horticulture Seminar; "Pesticide
Issues: Science, the Public, and
Regulatory Response." Nancy N,
Ragsdale, Agriculture Experiment
Station, 4 p.m.. 0128 Holzapfol.
Call 5-4336 for into.

Seminar in Ecology, Evolution,
and Behavior: "Insect Herbivory
and Vegetal iona! Dynamics,"
Valerie Brown, Imperial College at
Silwood Park, 4 p,m„ 0200
Symons, Call 5-391 2 tor into.

Space Science Seminar: Jim
Burch, Southwest Research Insti-
tute. 4:30 p.m., 1113 Computer
and Space Sciences. Call 5-4829
for info.

Computer Science, Philo-
sophy Cognitive Science, and
Institute for Advanced Comput-
er Studies Joint Colloquium;

"The Symbol Grounding Problem
and Categorical Perception,"
Stephen Hamad, Psychology,
Princeton U., 4:30 p,m,, Class-
room BIdg., refreshments 4 p.m..
1152A.V. Williams BIdg. Dr.
Harnad will be on campus March
5 lo meet with interested individ-
uals. Call 405-5710 for info.
Wanderlust: "Nationalist China;
Taiwan," Ed Lark. B p.m.. Hoff
Theatre. Call 4-HOFF for info.*

TUESDAY

Personnel Services Pre-Retire-
ment Seminar, today and tomor-
row, 9 a.m, -4 p.m.. Prince
Georges Room. Stamp Student
Union, Call 5-5648 for info.'

Seminar in Ecology, Evolution,
and Behavior: "Plani Herbivore
Interacttons." Valerie Brown, Im-
perial College, UK, 2:30 p.m.,
2312 Symons. Call 5-6884 for
info.

Writers Here and Now Reading,

Henri Cole, poel, 3:30 p.m..
Maryland Room, Marie Mount,
Call 5-3820 tor info.

Physics Colloquium: 'Possibili-
ties for Bose Condensation ol

Posilronium," Philip Platzman,
ATST Labs, 4 p.m., 1410 Physics,
tea reception, 3:30 p.m. Call 5-
5953 for info.

Spring Dance Pertormance, im-
provisalions Unlimited, featuring
new work by Ping Chong, today-
March 9, 8 p.m., Studio/theater.
Call 5-3190.*

WEDNESDAY

Molecular and Cell Biology
Seminar: "Control ol Globin Gene
Expression and Erythropoiesis,"
Frank Constantini, Columbia U.,
12:05 p.m., 1208 Zoo/Psych. Call
5-6991 for into.

Center (or Teactting Excellence
CORE Faculty Workshop, 3-5
p.m., Maryland Room, Marie
Mounl. Call 5-561 1 tor into.

Graduate School Distinguished
Lecturer; "Oaiwinizing with a
Vengeance," Richard Oawkins.
Zoology. Oxford U., 3:30 p.m.,
2203 Arl'Soc, wine and cheese
reception tollowing. Call 5-4258
for info.

Foreign Policy Fellows Semi-
nar; "Perspectives on Asian Eco-
nomic Reform and Development,"
3:30 p.m.. student tounge. Morrill
Hall, refreshments served. Call 5-
6330 for info.

Architecture Lecture, David
Chi Ids, Skid mo re. Owings, and
Merrill, NY, 8 p.m.. Architecture
Auditorium. Call 5-6284 for info.

Twentieth Century Ensemble
Concert, 8 p.m,, Tawes Recital
Hall. Call 5-5548 for info,

UPCOMING EVENT
MONDAY

Conference: "Quality Improve-
ment for Higher Education," in-
cluding luncheon address by
David Kearns, chairman. Xerox
Corp., 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Stamp
Student Union. Those interested
should contact the President's
office for reservations, which must
be made by March 6, Participant
registration is S20, Call the
President's office, 405-5803 for
info."

' Admission charge lor this event

All others are Iree.

* Black History Monttj event

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