Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (1993)

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OUTLOOK

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

MAY 10, 1993
VOLUME 7, NUMBER 30

Odyssey of the Mind Arrives June 1 to 6

The university will experience the
enthusiasm of young inventors,
designers and storytellers during the
week of June 1 to b when an estimat-
ed 6,000 students (and their 8,000
coaches and supporters) arrive at
College Park for the 14th annua!
Odyssey of the Mind World Finals
Competition.

OM is an international, creative
problem-solving competition for stu-
dents in kindergarten through col-
lege. IBM is the corporate sponsor.
With the help of a coach, teams of
five to seven students solve such
problems as building special mechan-
ical cars and giving their own inter-
pretations of classical literature.

OM was founded in 1978 by Sam
Micklus, professor emeritus of Glass-
bo ro State College in New Jersey, to
foster the development of" creative
thinking and problem-solving skills

among young people in 28 New Jer-
sey schools. Since then, OM has
grown to include members from all
50 states, Australia, Canada, China,
Europe, Japan and Mexico.

"Having attended four previous
world finals, 1 know teams thai
advance to College Park will bring
some of the most creative young stu-
dents in the world to our campus,"
says Sue Warren, assistant director of
Campus Guest Services and chair of
the 1993 OM Odyssey Village Com-
mittee.

During the World Finals Competi-
tion, there will be socials, tours and
evening recreation activities so stu-
dents can relax and get acquainted.
There will be a "Maryland Room"
staffed by admissions representa-
tives, a press room, an "OMER
Mobile" to transport OM's raccoon
mascot and even an OM post office.

But by far the main
attraction, for students
and observers, is the cre-
ative problem-solving
competitions, which begin
on Thursday, June 3, and
run through Saturday,
June 5. The following is a
brief description of each
event and its campus loca-
tion.

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Old Man & The Sea

requires teams to create
and present a performance based on
Hemingway's classic. The perfor-
mance must include a parody or anal-
ogy of the team's interpretation of the
story and must not be longer than
eight minutes. Materials must cost
under $80 (Stamp Student Union).

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Opposition To Needle Exchange Programs May Hamper AIDS Prevention

Well-meaning svringe exchange
programs designed to combat AIDS
among injection drug users mav fail
unless certain historical and cultural
realities of this population are taken
into consideration, according to an
article to be published in the Journal
of Public Health Policy.

Stephen Thomas, director of the
university's Minority Health
Research Laboratory, and Sandra
Qui mi co-authored the article. "The
Burdens of Race and History on
Black Americans' Attitudes Toward
Needle Exchange Policy to Prevent
HIV Disease," asserts that many
African Americans may oppose nee-
dle exchange programs because of

mistrust of "white" medicine and
fears that AfDS was conceived as a
genocidal weapon targeted at them.
Such mistrust originated, in part,
from the notorious Tuskegee Study,
where 412 black men with syphilis
were not given treatment so that
researchers could study the natural
history of the disease.

This experience, combined with
other realities, has helped foster deep
mistrust of whites among many
African Americans.

"As we enter the last decade of the
twentieth century, the promise of
opportunity and equality, envisioned
by historic victories of the civil rights
movement, has failed to be realized
for many American Blacks," Thomas

points out. "The consequent anger
and despair, in the face of persistent
inequality, has produced a climate
conducive to the development of con-
spiracy theories about Whites and
government against Blacks."

One of these theories is that HIV is
a man-made virus intended as a form
of genocide against African Ameri-
cans. In a survey conducted by
Thomas and Quinn, 35 percent of 979
African American church congrega-
tion members in five cities reported
that thev believed AIDS is a form of
genocide against the Blacks.

Many other African Americans
believe that needle exchange pro-

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Ann Prentice Named New CLIS Dean

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Point of View

O mbi ids Officer Issues
1993 Annual Report.

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Ann Prentice, an expert on infor-
mation technology and management,
has been appointed as dean and pro-
fessor of the College of Library and
Information Services, effective July
19.

Prentice is currently associate vice
president for Information Resources
at the University of South Florida and
is responsible for the design and
management of the information
infrastructure of instruction and
research.

Prentice has "published extensive-
ly on a number of issues of informa-
tion technology and management,"
said Acting Provost Jacob Gold haber
in announcing the appointment.

"Her current research focuses on the
effects of technology on managing
such environments."

Prentice received her undergradu-
ate degree from the University of
Rochester (New York), the MLS from
SUNY at Albany, and the DLS from
Columbia University. In 1991, she
served as an at-large delegate to the
White House Conference on Library
Information Services.

She has also participated in the
American Bar Association Bill of '
Rights Conference, and the Women
in Higher Education Administration
Institute. She was the 1992 President
of the American Society for Informa-
tion Science.

Stephen Thomas

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Art Center Offers Summer Classes and Children's Art Camp

The Art Center, in the Stamp Student Union, will be offering summer classes
and a children's art camp this summer. Classes for adults and families include
painting, drawing, photography and ceramics. Divided into two sessions, the
first will run from June 7 to July 16, the second from July 19 to August 27. The
children's art camp will offer painting, sculpture, design, collage and puppet
making. There will be four sessions, beginning on June 14, June 21, Julv 5, and
Julv 19. Before and after camp childcare is available. For more information on
both programs, contact the Art Center at 314-2787.

Needle Exchange

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grams are designed to encourage
drug-abusing Blacks to continue their
drug use as a form of genocide.

In another sample of 209 congre-
gation members being trained as
AIDS educators, only 40 percent
reported needle exchange programs,

"Efforts to develop needle distri-
bution programs have been plagued
by political controversy, moral ques-
tions, and outraged charges of its
genocidal impact on poor Blacks,"
Thomas notes, "Many of the fears in
the Black community' are deeply root-
ed in attitudes and beliefs which erect
barriers to delivery of effective AIDS
risk reduction programs and erode

support of AIDS prevention policy."

According to Thomas, for AIDS
prevention programs to be effective
in the Black community, they will
have to be culturally competent,
i n v o I v e d i ve rse c o m m u n i t v m e m bers
(particularly church leaders), directly
address fears of genocide and trust,
directly address the issues of denial,
and embed AIDS in the larger context
of health status and health care issues
for the specific community.

"Public health professionals must
forge a direct link between the AIDS-
related health care needs of Black
Americans and the struggle for
national health care reform," Thomas
says. "The approach must be charac-
terized by the same vision, commit-

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Folk Tales has students create a per-
formance that includes a team-origi-
nated folk tale, one or more team
originated, legendary or mythical
characters and two or more quotes
from a given list. The time limit is
eight minutes and materials cannot
exceed S80 {Tydings Hall and Zoolo-
gy-Psychology Building).

Which End is Up? requires teams to
design and build a balsa wood struc-
ture to balance and support as much
weight as possible. One end must fit
a 6" x 6" x 1" block. The other must
fit inside a 4" x 4" x 1" space. Time
limit is eight minutes (Cole Field
blouse).

Pit Stop, a non-linguistic problem,
requires teams to design, build and
drive a vehicle powered by one or
two mechanical jack(s). It will travel

a course, make pit stops, travel in
reverse and it's physical features will
change. The time limit is eight min-
utes and materials cannot exceed
S100 (Reckord Armory).

Dinosaurs involves creation and pre-
sentation of a story about dinosaurs
that includes team-made dinosaurs,
one or more of which will perform
technical tasks. The time limit is
eight minutes and materials cannot
exceed $90 (UMUC Conference Cen-
ter and Tawes Theatre).

"Hosting an event of this magni-
tude will not be easv, but we believe
OM is the kind of program the uni-
versity wants to attract to the cam-
pus," says Warren. "The recruitment
potential as well as the economic
impact to the state and city— especial-
ly if the university becomes one of
several regional competition
sites — will be worth all the effort.

— John Fritz

Coping During OM

While the break between spring
and summer terms will mean fewer
people on campus during the
Odyssey of the Mind World Finals,
the presence of 14,000 visitors has
required some temporary changes to
university life.

OM has paid a fee so that parking
lots not gated or otherwise noted as
OM-restricted are available to all par-
ticipants. .All lots will be open to fac-
ulty and staff, too. From June 1-7,
meters will not be in operation and
parking tickets will not be issued
except for normal restrictions on fire
lanes, disabled parking spaces, ser-
vice vehicle spaces and parking on
pedestrian walkways and landscaped
areas.

Before the com peti lion, Campus
Parking will mail details of specific
OM lot assignments and restrictions
to all departmental parking coordina-
tors and faculty/ staff permit holders.

During the competition, Campus
Guest Services expects to fill every
available resident e room and will
even have to use local hotels for
accommodations.

OM participants will also be using
the dining halls as well as a tempo-
rary dining area set up in Parking
Garage 2. The only cash operation
dining service on campus will be in
the Stamp Student Union eateries.

Organizers also hope motorists
will drive carefully as there will be
many excited children on campus.

merit and vigilance which trans-
formed the civil rights movement
into a source of empowerment for
disadvantage people."

— Guy Stvplienson

NSF Fellowships Update

"Three Computer Science Under-
graduates Awarded NSF Fellow-
ships" (April 26) led some readers to
believe this was a complete list of
undergraduate recipients from the
university.

In fact, Kendra Foltz (nuclear engi-
neering), Eric Justh (electrical engi-
neering) and Thomas Meixner
(agronomy & history) all received
Graduate Research Fellowships,
according to the National Science
Foundation's list of 1943 first-vear
recipients.

Fu rt h e rm o re , co m p u t e r sc i e n ce
major David Baggett also graduated
with a major in linguistics.

OUTLOOK Will Publish
Twice During Summer

Although this is the last regular
issue of the semester, OUTLOOK
will return on June 14 and July 12
this summer. Deadlines for news
or calendar items are June 1 and
June 28, respectively.

Next week, a special edition,
"In the News," will review select
highlights of media coverage of
the university over the semester.

For more information about
OUTLOOK, call John Fritz at
405-4629.

OUTLOOK

OUTLOOK is (he weekly faculty- staff newspaper serving
the College Park campus community.

Kathryn Costello

Vice President for

Institutional Advancement

('tularin King

Director of Public Information

Judith Balr

Director o( Creative Services

John Fritz

Editor

Solly Granatsteln

Staff Writer

Laurie Gaines

Calendar Editor

Heather Davis

Editorial Interns

Stephen Sobek

John T. Consoll

Format Designer

Kerstln A. Neteler

Layout & Production

Al Danegger

Photography

Jennifer Grogan

Production Interns

Susan Heller

Robert Henke

Letters to the editor, story suggestions, campus infor-
mation & calendar items are welcome. Please submil
all material at least two weeks before the Monday of
publication. Send It to Editor OUTLOOK 2101 Turner
Building, through campus mail or to University of
Maryland, College Park. MD 20742. Our telephone
number is (301) 405-4621. Electronic marl address is
jlritz@umdadC.uind.edu Fax number is (301 1 314-9344.

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Fulbright Deadline is August 1

The 1994-95 deadline for Fulbright Scholar Program applications is August 1,
1993. The program includes more than 1 ,000 grants tor American academics to
do research and lecturing in 135 countries. To obtain application forms or fur-
ther information, call (202) 686-7877, or write the Council for International
Exchange of Scholars; 3007Tilden St., N.W., Suite 5M, Box CAMP, Washing-
ton, D.C., 20008-3009.

Maurine Beasley to Receive Outstanding Woman Award

Maurine Beasley, professor of
Journalism, will receive the 1993 Out-
standing Woman Award from the
President's Commission on Women's
Affairs. The award will be presented
at a reception next fall.

A renowned teacher, historian and
former Washington Post reporter,
Beasley specializes in the history of
women and the media and women in
journalism education.

This year, Beasley was elected
president of the Association for
Education in journalism and Mass
Communication (AEJMC), the largest
organization of its kind.

She has authored and edited seven
books, including this year's Taking
Their Place: A Documentary History of
Women mid journalism. She has also
lectured widely, and conducted
a ward -winning research, notably on
Eleanor Roosevelt and the media.

"Maurine Beasley is truly a pio-
neer in our field academically and
professionally: one of the women
who broke barriers in journalism
before breaking them in academic
life, a pace-setter and great example
for others," wrote Journalism dean
Reese Cleghorn in nominating
Beasley for the award.

Beasley just collaborated with

Journalism assistant professor
(Catherine Mc Adams to study sexual
harassment of Washington women
journalists — a topic which, according
to Cleghorn, would have been unac-
ceptable until fairly recently.

Beasley's career has been pep-
pered with firsts. In addition to
being the first woman to be tenured in
Maryland's College of Journalism —
" formerly a male domain," says
Cleghorn — she created the first
Women's Studies/Journalism course
in 1975; is the first Maryland faculty
member (and one of the first women)
to he elected AEJMC president; and
last year was the first woman to
address the annual research forum at
the University of Tennessee.

While Beasley is still the onlv
female full professor in Journalism,
Cleghorn says she "paved the way"
for the five women who currently
hold associate and assistant profes-
sorships in that college.

On campus, Beasley served as the
College of Journalism representative
to the Campus Senate from 1988-90
and participated in the Transforma-
tion of the Curriculum Project in
1990.

She received bachelor's degrees in
history and journalism from the Uni-

Disability Achievement Award Winners

The President's Commission on
Disability I s s u es w i 1 1 honor Sue
Krueger, Ralph Bennett and John
King during the annual Disability
Achievement Awards ceremony on
May 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Mary-
land Room of Marie Mount Hall.

The commission established these
awards to recognize students and
employees for their outstanding
efforts to make College Park a more
accessible community for all students
and employees.

The staff award will go to Sue
Krueger, secretary in the Department
ot Kinesiology, who made a signifi-
cant investment of her own time to
ease the transition for a student with

disabilities in her department.

Ralph Bennett, professor in archi-
tecture, will receive the faculty award
for developing a workshop series in
the School of Architecture to insure
that all graduates understand accessi-
bility and accommodations issues.

John King, who died in January,
will be recognized posthumously for
his many contributions to the com-
mission and for his efforts to insure
that College Park libraries were
accessible for patrons with disabili-
ties.

The award ceremony and recep-
tion to follow are open to the campus
community.

versity of Missouri in 1958, then
went on to an M.S. in journalism at
Columbia University in 1963. Before
returning to academe with a teach-
ing job at Maryland in 1974, Beasley
worked as a journalist for 13 years,
including 10 vears at The Wasliiugron
Post.

While reporting for the Post,
Beasley studied at night for her
Ph.D., which she received in ameri-
can civilization from George Wash-
ington University in 1974. Her
dissertation was titled, "Pens and
Petticoats: The Story of the First
Washington Women Correspon-
dents."

"She is an example," says
Cleghorn, "of a woman who success-
fully made a mid-career shift and
Obtained tenure and promotion while
rearing an adopted special-needs
child."

— Solly Granatstein

Maurine Beasley

New Staff Senators

Newly elected staff senators from left to right are, 1st row: Jack Purves. Summer and
Special Programs (secretarial & clerical), Roberta Coates, Campus Programs (associ-
ate), Martha Best. Behavioral & Social Sciences (secretarial & clerical), Carleton
Jackson, Hornbake Library (associate staff-librarian): 2nd row: Craig Newman, Physical
Plant (skilled crafts), Larry Lauer, Undergraduate Studies (academic administrator),
Carol Prier, Engineering (secretarial & clerical) and Robert Mueck, Campus Police
(technical). Not pictured are John Van Brunt, Counseling Center (associate) and Gerl
Sclioll. Behavioral & Social Sciences (exempt classified). No nominations were
received for the service & maintenance staff senate seat.

Engineering Students Cause Global Expansion

On May 11, five engineering stu-
dents will be presenting a contraption
guaranteed to provide global expan-
sion.

The 1993 Coopers & Lybrand's
Collegiate Challenge wants engineer-
ing students to find the most imprac-
tical way to inflate a 16 inch globe.

The competition, held in conjunc-
tion with the Technology Network
Exchange, asks students to apply the
Rube Cold berg method of problem
solving to inflate the globe. Goldberg

is a cartoonist known for drawing
complex contraptions to accomplish
the most basic of tasks. The more
impractical, the better the design.

The projects are judged on the pre-
sentation of the design, its impracti-
cality, creativity in the use of
materials and structure, the complexi-
ty of the design, and its effectiveness
in in Hating the globe.

The winning team will receive a
$5,000 scholarship, to be divided
among the participants. Maryland's

engineers will be competing against
students from the University of Vir-
ginia, George Washington University,
and Howard University. Mechanical
engineering professor James Duncan
is advising the Maryland team.

The Challenge is an annual event
which accompanies the Technology
Network Exchange. Each year it is
held in a different city. This is the first
time it has been held in the Washing-
ton D.C. area.

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The Rossborough Festival

Karine Georgian

June

July

Box office ooens for phone and walk-up
sales

The St. Lawrence String Quartet per-
forms Schumann, Schubert and Haydn.
Tawes Recital Hall. 8:15 p.m. (limited

seatingl.

The National Shakespeare Company

performs The Comedy of Errors (trans-
ported to the golden age of Hollywood).
Tawes Theatre. 8:15 p.m.

Box office closed.

Lynn Harrell

Trie National Orchestral Institute with
conductor Marin Alsop plays Beethoven.
Strauss and Copland, Tawes Theatre.
8:15 p.m.

Acclaimed British pianist Jeremy
Menutiin will play Brahms, Beethoven.
Debussy and Schubert, Tawes Theatre,
8:15 p.m.

An evening of opera and song with
Nicholas Loren. Tawes Recital Hall i limit-
ed seating), 8:15 p.m.

Leonard Rose Cello Competition pre-
liminary rounds.

Singer, song-writer, activist John
McCutcheon. Tawes Theatre, 8:15 p.m.

Cellist Gary Hoffman and pianist
Menahem Pressler give a complete per-
formance of the Beethoven cello
sonatas, Tawes Theatre. 8:30 p.m.

Nicholas Loren

The National Orchestral Institute with
conductor Christopher Seaman plays

Rimsky-Korsakov and Brahms. Joseph
Meyerboff Symphony Hall. Baltimore.
6:15 p.m.

Cello recital featuring Ronald Leonard,
Arto Noras and Siegried Palm, Tawes
Theatre, 8:30 p.m.

Christopher Seaman

The university's Maryland
Summer Institute for the Cre-
ative and Performing Arts
{MSICPA) has announced the
creation of a title to incorporate
all of its diverse summer presen-
tations: "The Rossborough Festi-
val."

Since 1976, MSICPA programs have attracted
worldwide interest at festivals, congresses, work-
shops and exhibits designed to encourage the
careers of emerging international artists in many dis-
ciplines. MSICPA also sponsors and organizes a
public concert series each summer.

The festival is named after the Rossborough Inn,
a historic building on campus built by entrepreneur
Richard Ross in 1804. The logo is based on the Inn's
front door keystone made in London and dated
1798, depicting Silenus, a minor woodland deity and
companion of the Greek god of wine Dionysus.

The 1993 Rossborough Festival presents a mainly
classical chamber music series, a performance by the
National Shakespeare Company, three concerts by
the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, and
events associated with the First Ed ition of the Uni-
versity of Maryland Internationa] Leonard Rose
Cello Competition and Festival. For more informa-
tion, call (301) 405-6538,

Cello recital with Bernard Greenhouse,
Llius Claret and Karine Georgian, Tawes

Theatre.8:30 p.m.

Testimonial In memory of Leonard Rose,

with recital, film, reception and dinner.
For more information, call 405-6548.

Trio Kalichstein-Laredo- Robinson

i piano, violin and cellol. Tawes Theatre.
8:30 p.m.

Cello Competition final round. Box
office closed.

Cellist Lynn Harrell, accompanied by
pianist Wu Han, performs Ginastera.
Beethoven and Rachmanmov, Tawes
Theatre. 8:30 p.m.

John McCutcheon

OUTLOOK

MAY 10, 1493

CALENDAR

May 10-June 10

3 MONDAY

Masters of Fira Arts Thesis Exhibition.

works by Fall 1992 MFA graduates and
Spring 1993 MFA candidates, the Ah
Galiery, Exhibition runs through May
20. Call 5-2763 lor info.

Art Exhibit: "Spring Visions." featuring
works by lithographer Tadeusz Lapinski,
UMUC Conference. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily.
through July 18. Call 5-7154 for into.

Speech Communication Colloquium: "A

Feminist Perspective on Rhetoric: A
Reconcepluafiiation of Ethos." Sonja
Foss. Ohio State, noon. 0104 Skinner.
Call 5-6524 for info.

Math Student-Faculty Colloquium:

"How Do We Walk and Fish Swim? A
Case Study in Applied Mathematics
Modeling: Avis Cohen, 3 p.m., 3206
Math. Call 5-5021 for info.

Entomology Colloquium: "Lygus,
Lymantna and Leptinotarsa: Bringing a
Spacial Dimension to Insect
Populations and IPM Programs." Shelby
Reisher. Penn, Slate. 4 p.m.. O2O0
Symons. Call 5-3911 for info.

UMUC Center for Professional
Development Course: GRE Workshop,

May 10. 13. 17, 20. and 24(3
Mondays and 2 Thursdays), 6-9 p.m.,
UMUC Center of Adult Education. 1175.
Call 985-7195 for registration info.'

TUESDAY

Committee on Religion and Culture and
Committee on East Asian Studies
Lecture: "Tibetan Buddhism; A Cultural
History." Victoria Urubshurow, 4 p.m..
Rossboroogh Inn. Call 5-4304 for info.

WEDNESDAY

Counseling Center Research and
Development Meeting: "Critical

Incidents in While Racial identity
Developments," Jill Scarpellini. noon-1
p,m., 0106 Shoemaker. Call 4-7691
tor info.

THURSDAY

Returning Students' Workshop:

"Multiple Rotes." weekly discussion and
support group to help women manage a
variety of roles, 11 a.m. -noon, 2201
Shoemaker. Call 4-7693 for info.

FRIDAY

Institute for Systems Research
Seminar: "Some Recent Developments
on Eigenvalue Optimization,' Michael
Fan. Georgia Institute of Technology, 11
a.m.. 1112 A.V. Williams. Call 5-6634.

Piano Concert, Daniel Shapiro, finalist
of the 1992 UM International Piano

Competition performs Beethoven, 8
p.m.. UMUC Conference Center, Call
5-6538 for info.

SATURDAY

Concert Society at Maryland, Cleveland
Quartet, music by Dvorak. Beethoven,
and Rands. 8 p.m., UMUC Conference
Center AudiiDnum. Admission is 117
standard. 115.30 faculty and staff.
$14.50 seniors and $7 students. Call
403-4240 for info.'

MONDAY

Space Science Seminar: "Fly's Eye:
Past Present and Future," E. Loh. U. of
Utah, 4:30 p.m.. 1113 Computer and
Space Sciences. Call 5-4855 for info.

20th Century Ensemble Concert, 8
p.m., Tawes Recital Hall. CalS-5548
for info.

TUESDAY

Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur's Roundtable:
"Entrepreneur Success Stories: They
Did it Their Way. Part IV," 6-9 p.m.,
UMBC, $17.50 for faculty, staff, and
Students, Call (410) 455-2336 for
info.*

COMMENCEMENT

£l WEDNESDAY

7:30 p.m.

Agriculture: Memorial Chapel.

JM THURSDAY

9:30 a.m.

Cam pus -wide commencement. Cole
Student Activities Bidg.

11:30 a.m.

Philosophy: Skinner Bldg,

11:45 a.m.

Foreign Languages. Classics and

Linguistics: Tydings Hall.

12:00 noon

Art Studio, Dance, Design. History.
Jewish Studies. Russian Area Studies,
Music, Radio. Television and Film, and

Theatre: Tawes Theatre

American Studies, Speech and Public
Communication: Skinner Bldg,

Ad History: Art/Sociology Bldg.

English and Comparative Literature:
University College Conference Center.

12:30 p.m.

Architecture: Architecture auditorium

Business and Management: Cole
Student Activities Bidg

Education: Reckord Armory

General and Individual Studies: Stamp
Student Union Atrium

Health and Human Performance: Health
and Human Performance Bldg., Room
2240

Library and Information Services:
Zoology/Psychology Bldg., Room 1240

Life Sciences: Memorial Chapel

Public Affairs: Tyser Auditorium

2:30 p.m.

Behavioral and Social Sciences: Coie
Student Activities Bldg.

Computer, Mathematical, and Physical
Sciences: Memorial Chapel

Engineering: Reckord Armory

Journalism: Tawes Theatre

FRIDAY

Maryland Boy Choir Spring Concert. 8
p.m., Tawes Recital Hall. Call 5-5548
for into."

TUESDAY

Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
Seminar: "Affordable Benefit Plans:
Containing Health Care Costs."
6:30-9:30 p.m., Pooks Hill Marriott.
Bethesda. Fee is $20 for faculty, staff
and students. S35 for business school
alumni. $40 for others. Call 5-2151 for
info.*

JUNE

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Professional Concepts Exchange, con
ference for university employees. 8:30
a,m.-4 p.m.. Stamp Student Union. Call
4-8310 for info.

University of Maryland Chorus: Verdi's
Requiem, performed with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, con-
ducted by David Zinman. June 10 and
11, 8:15 p.m.. Meyerhoff Symphony
Hall, Baltimore. Tickets are S29, $24,
$14 standard admission. Call BSO tick-
et office for student and senior discount
tickets at (410) 783-8000,'

Representatives of AlliedSignal, Inc. and the General Electric Company joined
President William Kirwart and College of Engineering Dean George Dieter for
an April 19 luncheon. Held In conjunction with the university's Corporate
Stewardship program, the luncheon recognized two companies that have com-
bined to give in excess of $1 million to College Park over the past two
decades. Standing left to right are: Dieter, L.C. Kravitz, (AlliedSignal),
Kirwan, George Hairston (GE), Richard Liu (GE) and Patrick Keating
(AlliedSignal). Seated left to right are: Mimi O'Donnell (AlliedSignal), Lewis
Priven . (GE), John Flato (AlliedSignal) and Ralph Shifflet (AlliedSignal),

Summer Schedules

Unless otherwise noted, all recreation-
al activities listed below are free and
require a summer activity card. Sign-
ups and organ national meetings are
held m the Campus Recreation
Services Office. 1104 Reckord Armory.
For more information. C3ll 314-5454.
or for aerobics and water aerobics, call
314-7218.

Summer Aerobic Express Card.

August 26 summer aerobics end.

Golf

July 6-19 Tournament entries open
July 22 Tournament. Rain day, July 29,

General Information Racquetball

May 10 Reckord Armory Gym Closes,
9 p.m., until September, Call 4-7218
lor info.

May 19-June 7 Cole and Preinkert
Swimming Pools closed. Health and

Human Performance iHHPj facilities
interim schedule until June 4: Locker
rooms, handball, racquetball, squash
courts open M-F. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
weight lifting and fitness center M-F,
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

May 24 Summer activity cards can be
purchased with a picture ID and cur-
rent UMCP summer registration, or
UMCP/UMUC faculty/staff/ or alumni
card. Pool Only Cards are $8:
Summer Full Privilege Activity Cards
are $10.

May 31 HHP Building closed.

July 3-5 All recreation facilities are
closed.

July 21 Summer Session I registration
and activity cards no longer valid.
Summer Session II cards are required.

August 27 Last day of Recreation
Facilities summer schedule for HHP
Building and swimming pools.

June 7-16 Singles entries open.

July 26-30 Doubles entries open.

Softball

June 7-11 Summer Session I entries
open.

June 8. join /form team meeting for
Summer Session 1. 5:30 p.m.

June 14 Mandatory Summer Session I

team managers meeting.

July 19-23 Summer Session II entries
open.

July 20, join/form team meeting, 5:30
p.m.

July 26 Mandatory Summer Session II
team managers meeting.

Aerobics

May 24 Summer Aerobic Express
Cards go on sale for $10 with picture
ID and current summer registration.

June 7 Aerobics start in HHP Building.
Rm. 0102; $1 with a Summer Full
Privilege Activity Card, or free with a

Tennis

June 14-21 Tennis singles entries
open.

July 19-27 Doubles entries open.

Water Aerobics

May 24 Summer Water Aerobic
Express Cards go on sale for $10.

June 7 Water aerobics start. Preinkert
Pool: $1 with a Summer Full Privilege
Activity Card, or free with Water
Aerobics Express Card.

August 26 Water aerobics ends.

SWIMMING HOURS

Preinkert: Lap Swim. M-Th. 7-9 a.m.:

Cole: Lap Swim. M-F, 11 a.m to 1
p.m. and 3-6 p.m.. Sat & Sun 2-5
p.m.. Family Swim, M-F, 6-8 p.m., Sat
& Sun., 5-7 p.m.

HHP HOURS

Basketball: M-F, 11 a.m, to 1 p.m..
5-10 p.m.

Equipment C heck-Out, Racquetball,
Handball. Squash: M-F, 5-10 p.m.

Fitness Center: M-F, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

i 12-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. reserved for
faculty/ staff only)

Welgrrtliftlrtg; M-F. 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Library Hours

HornbaKe; M-Th 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.. Fn
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Sat 12 p.m. to 5
p.m.. Sun 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.;
McKeldln: M-Th 8 a.m. lo 10 p.m.. Fri
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Sat 10 a.m. to
6p.m., Sun 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.: Art:
M-Th 9 a.m, to 5 p.m.. Fri 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.. Sat 1 p.m, to 5 p.m., Sun
closed; EPSL: M-Th 8 a.m. to 11
p.m., Fri 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m.. Sun 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.;
White. M-Th 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri 8
a.m. to 8 p.m.. Sal 10 a.m to 8 p.m,.
Sun 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Architecture:
M.W.F9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tu.Th 9 a.m.
to 7 p.m.. Sat and Sun dosed.

Exceptions to the Above Schedule

On May 20, 21, 24 28. June 1-4 and
August 30 and 31, library hours are as
follows; Hombake. Art. Architecture, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.: McKeldin Is open 8
a.m. to 5 p.m; EPSL, White, 8 a.m. to
6 p.m

All Libraries are closed:

May 22, 23. 29. 30. 31; June 5.6:

July 4.5; August 28. 29.

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Student Community Service Leaders Needed

Community Service Programs is seeking students to lead its You Can Make a
Difference program, to begin this summer. Students will be paid to coordinate
student volunteer efforts in the community. Faculty are asked to assist by
informing anv students who might be interested. For more information or for
an application, call Barbara Jacoby at 314-5274.

Teachers Rewarded For Their Influence on Students

Kevin Keegan

Look hack at the years of vour
education, all the wav from kinder-
garten through college. Who were
those special teachers that turned
vour life around, made you excited
about learning, or were just good
friends?

Have you ever wanted to thank
them?

For the fourth
year in a row,
graduating seniors
from each college
are getting their
chance to thank
the teachers who
have influenced
them.

Sponsored bv
the Center for

/Teaching Excel-
^^ lence, "Celebrating

Teachers" began
four years ago. Jim
Greenberg, the
center's project
coordinator, creat-
ed it to recognize
the important roles
that teachers plav in students' lives.

Each year, the center asks the dean
of each college to nominate graduat-
ing seniors who are top students or
scholars. The students are then asked
to choose two teachers who have
made a difference in their lives, one
from the university and one from
their pie-university experiences.

From the first reception in 199(1,
Greenberg knew that he was onto
something.

"The power of these students
turned out to be something that was

terrific," Greenberg savs. "One year.
President Kir wan opened the pro-
gram, and wasn't planning to stay
very long. But after hearing some of
the students, he staved the entire two
hours."

Kevin Keegan, a journalism teach-
er at Rockville High School and the
only high school teacher to be nomi-
nated all four years, felt the same
magic.

"These were kids who were their
own best teachers," Keegan savs.
"We just happened to have influ-
enced them."

Basil Eldadah, a senior Zoology
major who nominated Keegan this
year, savs that he chose him because
of the example that Keegan set for his
students.

"Kevin would always be at work
early when 1 came in every morning,"
Eldadah says. "I don't think a minute
of his life has gone bv that he's not
doing something constructive,"

From the university, Eldadah
chose his mentor in the Department
of Zoology, professor 1 lerbert Levi-
ran. Impressed with Levi tan's com-
mitment to education, Eldadah has
been working with the professor to
create a computer program to be
used in zoology classrooms.

"He didn't think that laboratory
experience was like working from a
cookbook," Eldadah says. "I le always
believed that there should be more
thought involved."

"It's been interesting to hear his
point of view as a student," Levitan
says, "I can contrast it with my point
of view as a faculty member and see
how our approaches differ."

Sergey Brin, who is graduating
from the College of Computer, Math-
ematical, and Physical Sciences, knew
right away whom he would nomi-
nate: Patricia Bars ha v, teacher and
principal of Paint Branch Montessori
Elementary School in Ad el phi, who
taught Brin for three years after he
arrived from the Soviet Union at the
age of five.

It's not surprising, then, that Brin
says, "she's the one who stands out
the most in mv mind." He believes
that it was the Montessori method,
which emphasizes self-education,
that helped him learn American cul-
ture.

Liam Gasarch, associate professor
of Computer Science and Brin's uni-
versity nominee, continued to chal-
lenge his mind when he reached
college.

"He really makes learning interest-
ing," Brin says. "And he definitely
prevents you from falling asleep."

Gasarch tries to keep his office
door open to bright students such as
Brin.

"When I was in college and was
bored, I wished that the professor
would have been there for me."
Gasarch says.

Since winning a national "Bright
Idea Award" from the Professional
and Organizational Development
Network last year, Greenberg
believes that "Celebrating Teachers"
is here to stay.

"These kids, who are so successful,
are recognizing you for your efforts
as a teacher," Keegan says. "And
that's whv it works."

— Stephen Sobek

Faculty Receive Outstanding Service to the Schools Award

On Way 4, the President's Commission on School/University Cooperation Programs honored five faculty members with
the second annual Outstanding Service to the Schools Award. Joined by President Kirwan, the recipients from left to
right are George Eley, Jr., Curriculum & Instruction, Richard Berg, Physics, Linda Gambrell, Curriculum & Instruction,
Charles Christian, Geography and Francine Hultgren, Education Policy, Planning and Administration.

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Ombuds Officer 1993 Annual Report

Joel Cohen

(Joel Colii'U, professor of mathematics.,
has served as Ombuds Officer since
September 1991 )

The principal job of the ombuds
officer is to attempt to settle
grievances in a mediation stage, that
is, before they reach the formal
grievance hearing. From that point of
view, I have been generally success-
ful. Of the 100+ cases that have been
brought to me, none has yet gone to
the formal hearing, although there
are some ongoing, which may yet
prove too intractable to settle short of
formal proceedings.

Perhaps the most important point
of the ombuds office is that everyone
knows that there is someplace to
turn. That one's voice can be heard.
Sometimes this bv itself is enough to
make a grievant feel better, even
while the process of actually resolv-
ing the problem is continuing.

The job continues to be a bus v one.
I spend about 15-20 hours a week on
work related indirectly to the office.
Since the time of mv last report, 1
have been involved in one way or
another with about 65 cases, although
a few of these had started earlier. That
is quite a number of cases, and they
represent a variety of different types.

One of the areas that is not griev-
able through the ombuds office con-
cerns promotions. As vou mav know,
there is a whole separate appeals pro-
cess for the Appointment, Promotion
and Tenure (APT) procedures. In the
last two vears, however, we have
been literally between procedures.
The Campus Senate passed the new
APT document, and President Kir-
wan signed it and sent it to the chan-
cellor on June 4, 1991 . With a few
changes- — almost none that make any
substantive difference 1 — the chancel-
lor finally signed the procedures on
March 26, 1993! Thev will take effect

for the upcoming promotions.

Both Provost Dorfman and Acting
Provost Goldhaber asked the campus
to act in the spirit of the new propos-
als, This was entirely fair, especially
since the chancellor was expected to
sign from one moment to the next.
No one anticipated a two year inter-
im period. Unfortunately, it led to
some confusion as to which proce-
dures were in effect at which levels.
Because of this and despite the fact
that the grievance procedures are
complete! v disjoint from the APT
procedures, I was frequently consult-
ed, and with the cooperation of Jack
Goldhaber and Bob Munn was able
to be an informal conduit for proce-
dural information.

The next most common problem 1
dealt with concerned salaries, espe-
cially the fairness with which they
were apportioned. I am hopeful that
the new more democratic faculty
salary policy will help alleviate this to
some extent, although I am afraid
that there are some natural tensions
that will always remain. There are
inequities coming from differences in
seniority: people who arrived in cer-
tain eras had large raises at certain
flush times, while similar persons
arriving a few years earlier or later,
doing great work during the very
lean times— such as those we have
faced the last few years — find them-
selves at an extreme disadvantage.

It is hard to remedy inequities at a
time when we are strapped for funds,
but there must be a commitment to
trv. One of the few instances in which
funds could be produced is for
matching outside offers, actual or
anticipated. That remains one of the
most difficult and thorniest issues on
campus. We must continue to strive
for excellence during hard times. We
do not want to lose some of our most
valuable colleagues, yet there may be
nothing more disheartening to a
group of hardworking, productive
faculty members than to see an equal-
ly hardworking, productive col-
league, perhaps more well-known (or
perhaps not) receiving a giant raise,
when there is almost no money for
anyone else.

I am not advocating that we stop
meeting offers. The job of this report
is to highlight the problems facing
the faculty. ! do not think that there
are easv solutions to this one. Some
inequities are unavoidable, but some
mav be avoided. 1 urge all chairs and
deans to think very carefully about
the full effect of their decisions on the
campus community as a whole.

Perhaps the most unusual case,

however, occurred when the presi-
dent of a statewide agricultural asso-
ciation called on me to aid with a
mite problem! The University of
Maryland had cut back on its
research in that area, and he had
come to me for help. This problem
involves more than just our campus. I
have given it a lot of attention, but I
don't know if 1 can resolve this one.

The grievance procedure is really
the Faculty Grievance Procedure. My
official duties are to cover specific
problems brought to me by faculty
onlv. Because of the title of the office,
hcuvever, many students and staff
come to me for help. Because of the
informal nature of most of my work,
it generally seems not too out of line
for me to offer some help.

About 25 percent of those who
have come to me were students —
mostly graduate students — and about
15 percent were staff of various types.
Because of this and because some-
times it is just easier to work around
the system, it might be a good idea to
consider some way in the future that
this could be systematized. It mighl
be best to have a trial period first,
working through the existing struc-
ture, before actually proposing legis-
lation. Despite all the cases I have
been involved with, I am afraid that
there may be many people who do
not yet know about the office. It has
seemed to me that most of the
grievants did not know about the
process in advance, and only after
talking to lots of colleagues did some-
one just happen to mention the
grievance procedure and I he media-
tion process of the ombuds office. 1
urge all faculty members, especially
department chairs and campus sena-
tors, to make sure that everyone in
their department is aware of the
ombuds office.

I can act as a conduit of informa-
tion, allowing people who often can-
not talk to each other to communicate.
In some cases, the person wants to
remain anonymous and just find out
some information. In other cases, the
grievant feels timid about approach-
ing a chair or dean directly. Of
course, confidentiality is always
maintained.

This year again has been so suc-
cessful because of the attitude of vir-
tually everyone involved, because of
the cooperation and especially the
advice 1 received from faculty mem-
bers, chairs, deans, from the provost's
office and the president's office. I
want to thank all those who have
made my job so much easier.

1am afraid that
there may be
many people who
do not yet know
about the office. . .
I can act as a con-
duit of information,
allowing people
who often cannot
talk to each other to
communicate.

Editor's Note: We welcome contributions to the Point of View page, though the opinions expressed do not necessarily
reflect OUTLOOK'S point of view. Members of the campus community are encouraged to submit opinion pieces of
1,000 words or less to: OUTLOOK, Point of View, 2101 Turner Bldg.

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Campus Recreation Services invites till members of the campus community to
take part in a lunch time Fun Walk in celebration of National Employee Health
and Fitness Day on May 19. To register, present a picture ID and a UMCP ID
card in front of Reckord Armory between 11:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. The course
is a predicted-time walk and will be approximately two miles long. Prizes will
be awarded to men and women in each of four age groups who come closest to
their predicted time, and other prizes will be awarded through random draw-
ing. For more information, call 314-7218.

Kudos to...

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From time to time, OUTLOOK runs
(his section calling attention to the
accomplishments, awards and
achievements of College Park facul-
ty, staff and students. Kudos to.. .is
compiled from memos, letters, phone
calls, and departmental newsletters.
We'd like to hear from you. Send
information, and a black & white
photo, if possible, to OUTLOOK,
attn: Kudos, 2nd floor, Turner
Building.

Charlotte Aldridge, language center,
who was appointed Associate Pro-
gram Chair for the 1994 international
convention of the Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages.

Sharon Austin-Hassan, student aid,
who was elected Chairperson for the
Delaware, District of the Columbia,
and Maryland Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators for the
1994-1995 academic year.

Derrick Cobey, engineering under-
graduate, who was named a winner
of GE's Student Intern Contributions
Award Program. He received a cer-
tificate of achievement and a $500
cash award.

John Consoli and Christopher Paul,

University Publications, who each
received Gold Medal awards in the
1993 Council for Advancement and
Support of Education Recognition
Program. Paul's award was for the
planning and execution of the 1992
Annual Financial Report. Consoli's
award was for his "Superconductivi-
ty Booklet." Each was chosen from a
group of more than 200 entries.

Victor Granatstein, lab for plasma
research, and Millard Alexander,
chemistry, who were selected as
recipients of the 1993 Sigma Xi Con-
tribution to Science Award.

Aletha Hendrkkson, English, who
recently published Writing for
Accountants, a textbook devoted to
the rhetoric of accountancy.

Ronald O'Lenry

Seppo Iso-Ahola, kinesiology, who
won the Allen V. Sapora Research
Award from the University of Illi-
nois, Champaign-Urbana.

Kari J u use la, music, who won the
1993 Vienna International Competi-
tion for Composers, He was awarded
a $10,000 grant to expand an existing
short opera, and is currently one of
four finalists competing for the
$70,000 first prize grant, which
includes a Vienna premiere of the fin-
ished opera.

Rabindra Mohapatra, physics, who
presented a talk at the Workshop on
Future Directions in Particle and
Nuclear Physics at Multi-GeV
Had run Facilities, held at Brookhaven
National Laboratory.

Ronald O'Leary, theatre, who was
recently nominated for a Helen
Hayes Award in Theatre as outstand-
ing director of a musical. The produc-
tion. Closer Than Ever, was nominated
as outstanding musical, and three
performers were nominated for out-
standing performances.

Ricardo Nochetto, mathematics, who
was awarded the International
Giovanni Sacchi Landriani Prize for
1993 by the Instituto Lombard o, in
Milan, Italy. The award recognizes
outstanding contributions to the field
of numerical methods for partial dif-
ferential equations.

Nancy Shapiro, English, who co-
authored Scenarios for Tea ch ing Writ-
ing: Contexts for Discussion ami
Reflective Practice, which was just
released by the National Council of
Teachers of English.

John Toll, physics, who gave an
address titled "Review of the Search
of the Most Fundamental Particles
and Interactions" at the annual meet-
ing of the American Association of
Physics Teachers and the American
Physical Society.

Andrew Wolvin, and Carolyn Coak-
ley, speech communication, who

received the International Listening
Association 1993 Research Award.

Sally Promey, art history and
archaeology, whose book, Spiritual
Spectacles: Vision and huage in Mki-
Niiieteeutli-Century Sliakerisin, was
recently published.

The Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences recently
announced the recipients of the 1993 Faculty and Staff
Excellence Awards. The winner of the 1993 Dean Gordon
M. Cairns Award, for distinguished creative work and
teaching in Agriculture, is Scott Angle, of the agronomy
department, pictured above with Dean Paul Mazzocchi
and President William Kirwan. The other awardees are:
Classified Staff, College of Agriculture: Deborah Arm-
strong, agronomy; Classified Staff, College of Life Sci-
ences: Lois Reid, zoology, and Margot Swanson,
chemistry and biochemistry; Extension: Paul Steiner,
botany; Junior Faculty: Richard Payne, zoology;
Research: Robert Chambers, agricultural and resource
economics; Service: Earlene Armstrong, entomology;
and Teaching/ Advising: Bretton Kent, zoology.

Africa and Africa in the Americas has announced 15
grant awards to faculty and graduate students for sup-
port for research and scholarly activities on Africa and
the African diaspora. The faculty awardees are: from
Afro-American Studies, Sharon Harley, Marilyn Lash-
ley, Rhonda Williams, and Francille Rusan Wilson;
English, Barry Lee Pearson and Gladys Marie Fry; Gov-
ernment and Politics, Linda Faye Williams; Office of
Multi-Ethnic Student Education, Jennifer Jackson and
Franklin Westbrook; and Theatre, Carmen Coustaut.
Graduate student winners are: from Anthropology,
Sonia Wauters; English, Christine Gray and Norisha
Crawford; History, Cynthia Kennedy-Haflett and Mary
Beth Corrigan; and Radio, Television and Film, Frances
Gate ward.

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