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OUTLOOK
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK
SEPTEMBER 13, 1993
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2
Kick Off for Engineering Centennial Begins
September 17
In 1994, the College of Engineering
will be 100 years old. But the year-
long birthday party begins on
September 17, when the college hosts
a number of events to kick off the
Centennial Year of Celebration.
The entire university community
is invited to attend the Centennial
Picnic on Friday, September 17, from
1 to 4 p.m. on the Engineering Class-
room Building lawn. Join College of
Engineering faculty and students for
food, games and demonstrations of
recent student projects such as the
solar car, concrete canoe and walking
Centennial Events
In addition to the September 17
and 18 kickoff events, other
Centennial Year of Celebration
events include the following:
• 34th Annual Engineering Bull
Roast (October 3)
• Homecoming (October 1 6)
• A seminar on "Technology
and the Law" (November 4)
• A holiday concert and reception
(December 4)
• Commencement (Dec. 23)
• Engineers Week, where engi-
neering alumni, students and
faculty visit 100 elementary
and secondary schools in honor
of the college's centennial
(February 21-25)
• Outing to Camden Yards (April)
• 1934 and 1944 class reunions
(May 18-19)
• Commencement (Mav 19)
• Centennial symposium and
banquet (Mav 20).
Lectures and presentations will
take place through out the 1993-94
academic year. For more informa-
tion on any of the above activities,
call Pam Stone at 405-3854.
Family & Medical Leave
UMS Revises Policy
Campus Computing
Updates on What's New
Fall Arts Preview
Schedules. Previews, etc
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robot. Admission is free.
Later that same day, the college
will host the Centennial Celebration
from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Maryland Sci-
ence Center at Baltimore's Inner Har-
bor. In addition to free-reign of the
Science Center, the evening's enter-
tainment will include special presen-
tations of the IMAX film, "The Fires
of Kuwait," and a new video about
the college and its centennial. There
will also be a full buffet. A free,
round trip shuttle will depart campus
for Baltimore at 6 p.m., but space is
limited and advance reser-
vations are required.
Admission is $25 per per-
son; $12.50 for children
under 12.
On Saturday, September 18,
the college will sponsor a 4 p.m.
tailgate party at President and
Mrs. Kir wan' s Home, prior to
the 7 p.m. home football game
against West Virginia. Admis-
sion to the tailgate party is $15
per person; game tickets are $20 per
person.
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ENGINEERING
MARYLAND
ENGINEERS:
DESIGNING
TOMORROW
TODAY
University Licenses Voice Response
Software To AT&T
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The university's Office of Technol-
ogy Liaison recently negotiated a
licensing agreement with AT&T for
the CONNECT™ Family of Innova-
tive Voice Response applications
developed by the university.
The applications, developed by
Mark Katsouros, Jonathan Rood and
Sukij Yongpiyakul of the Department
of Communication Services, are
designed for use with AT&T's
CONVERSANT® Voice Information
System.
' The CONVERSANT system allows
callers to gain access to information
by pressing touch-tone keys or
through speech recognition. This type
of system is commonly used by busi-
nesses to provide information to con-
sumers, such as movie listings or
bank account balances.
Since most companies must cus-
tom design any voice processing soft-
ware, the CONNECT applications
will save AT&T's business customers
time and money by offering them
pre-packaged, easily implemented
software. Among the licensed appli-
cations are a security tool called
TM
FRED and an automated directory
TM
package called PAMELA .
When asked about the names,
Mark Katsouros, CONNECT's prima-
ry developer, said, "I wanted to
humanize the applications by giving
them human names to which people
can relate."
The FRaud Elimination Device
(FRED) monitors and records suspi-
cious or peculiar calling patterns,
then calls the users to warn that their
fraudulent efforts have been identi-
fied and strongly suggests that they
cease their activities immediately.
FRED also identifies users who are
having difficulty using the system
and notifies them with suggested
solutions or phone numbers to call
for assistance.
The People And Machine Elec-
tronic Locating Assistant (PAMELA)
serves as an automated directory sys-
tem by providing key telephone con-
tact information. Businesses can
utilize PAMELA in a number of
ways, including having a directory of
off-site personnel such as repair tech-
nicians or sales representatives.
PAMELA can also be used to store
the many phone numbers of employ-
ees — phone, facsimile, pager — in a
directory that can be accessed by key-
ing in the first few letters of the per-
son's last name.
'This agreement builds on our
close relationship with the University
of Maryland at College Park to offer
the benefits of these innovative voice
response applications to all our cus-
tomers," said Barry Weinbaum, mar-
ket manager for AT&T voice
processing. "Our studies show that
businesses will benefit from applica-
tions such as a personnel locator, and
system diagnostic and monitoring
services to improve security, stream-
line operations, and boost customer
service."
The terms of the non -ex elusive
license include a 7-year option which
allows AT&T to evaluate for license
over 40 more CONNECT applications
currently developed by the Universi-
ty and any new applications devel-
oped during that period.
"We believe this is just the begin-
ning of our licensing relationship
with AT&T. The other CONNECT
applications have the potential to fit
well into AT&T's technology portfo-
lio for business services," said Car-
olyn Garrett, information sciences
technology manager for the Office of
Technology Liaison.
U N I V
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Dining Services Takes Over Dairy Sales Room
Regulars at the Dairy Salesroom in Turner may have noticed new faces behind
the ice cream counter. On August 30, Dining Services took over operation so
the Department of Animal Sciences staff could move into their new facility.
While the ice cream tastes the same. Dining Services has added some new
items. The Dairy Sales Room will also begin accepting TERRAPIN EXPRESS
cards. Comment cards are available at the register to provide suggestions.
Patrons may also call Dining Services at 314-8054 for more information.
FY '93 Campus Fund Raising Totals by Constituency
Alumni Giving Nearly
Doubles in FY '93
Facully/Slaff and Parents
$438,847
Compared to FY '92, campus
Older Non-Individual
Fund-raising activity showed dra-
$3,387,669 /
matic increases in FY '93. Overall
giving is up 57,670,452 or 42 per-
cent; cash gifts are up $5,753,531
Foundations ^t
or 43 percent. Also, overall alumni
$3,593,862 fl
giving is up $6,342,250 or 1 15 per-
"V 1 Alumni
-i^'M 1 $11,855,538
cent, and overall corporate giving
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is up SI, 3 13,230 or 35 percent.
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In five vears, total giving to the
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university has nearly doubled. In
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FY '93 total giving was $25,81 1,294
Corporations ^
$5,020,978
compared to $13,468,669 in FY '89.
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Non-Alumni
$1,514,400
UMS Revises Family and Medical Leave Policy
As a result of the 1993 Family and
Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Uni-
versity of Maryland System has
revised its policy regarding unpaid
leave for family and medical reasons.
Under the old UMS policv, estab-
lished in the late '80s, eligible
employees were granted 12 weeks of
unpaid family and medical leave,
according to Rythee Wilkes, assistant
director of Personnel Services. But the
old policy applied onlv to classified
and associate staff, and continued
health insurance for an eligible
employee, but at a higher cost to the
employee to cover the university's
share of health insurance coverage.
The new UMS policy, adopted at
the August Board of Regents' meet-
ing, reflects the sweeping protections
afforded under the FMLA. The 12
weeks unpaid leave apply to all uni-
versity employees and an employee's
health insurance coverage will be
continued at the same pre-leave rate.
The following is a summary of
rights under the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993:
FMLA requires covered employers
to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid,
job-protected leave to eligible
employees for certain family and
medical reasons. Employees are eligi-
ble if they have worked for a covered
employer for at least one year, and
for 1,040 hours during the previous
12 months, and if there are at least 50
employees working within 75 miles.
Reasons for taking leave: unpaid
leave must be granted for any of the
following reasons:
• To care for the employee's child
after birth, or placement for adoption
or foster care;
• To care for employee's spouse,
son or daughter, or parent, who has a
serious health condition; or
• For a serious health condition that
makes the employee unable to per-
form the employee's job.
At the employee's or employer's
option, certain kinds of paid leave
may be substituted for unpaid leave.
Advance Notice and Medical
Certification: the employee may be
required to provide advance leave
notice and medical certification. Tak-
ing of leave may be denied if require-
ments are not met.
• The employee ordinarily must
provide 30 days advance notice when
the leave is "foreseeable."
• An employer may require medi-
cal certification to support a request
for leave because of a serious health
condition, and may require second or
third opinions (at the employer's
expense) and a fitness-for-duty report
to return to work.
Job Benefits and Protection:
• For the duration of FMLA leave,
the employer must maintain the
employee's health coverage under
any "group health plan."
• Upon return from FMLA leave,
most employees must be restored to
their original or equivalent positions
with equivalent pay, benefits, and
other employment terms.
• The use of FMLA leave cannot
result in the loss of any employment
benefit that accrued prior to the start
of an employee's leave.
Unlawful Acts by Employers:
FMLA makes it unlawful for any
employer to:
• Interfere with, restrain, or deny
the exercise of any right provided
under FMLA;
• Discharge or discriminate
against any person for opposing any
practice made unlawful by FMLA or
for involvement in any proceeding
under or relating to FMLA.
Enforcement:
• The U.S. Department of Labor is
authorized to investigate and resolve
complaints of violations,
• An eligible employee may bring
a civil action against an employer for
violations.
FMLA does not affect any Federal
or State law prohibiting discrimina-
tion, or supersede any State or local
law or collective bargaining agree-
ment which provides greater family
or medical leave rights.
For additional information, con-
tact the Employee Relations section
of the Personnel Services Depart-
ment at 405-5651, or the nearest
office of the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, listed in most telephone direc-
tories under U.S. Government,
Department of Labnr.
OUTLOOK
OUTLOOK is the weekly faculty-staff newspaper serving
the College Park campus community.
Kathryn Costello
Vice President for
Institutional Advancement
Roland King
Director of Public Information
Judith Bait
Director of University Publications
John Fritz
Acting Editor
Heather Davis
Editorial Interns
Stephen Sobek
John T. Con soil
Format Designer
Keratin A. Neteler
Layout & Production
Al Danegger
Photography
Jennifer Grogan
Production Interns
Wendy Henderson
Regan Gradet
Letters to the editor, story suggestions, campus infor-
mation & calendar items are welcome. Please submit
all material al 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 30742. Our telephone
numher is (301) 405-4621. Electronic mail address is
jfrttz@umdacc-umd.edu. Fax number is (301) 314-9344,
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SEPTEMBER 13
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Campus-wide Information System Grows and Changes
This semester, inforM (Informa-
tion for Maryland) is undergoing
great growth and change. The most
exciting development is the increas-
ing availability of classroom support
materials. Colleges, schools and
departments are providing specific
information about classes, including
syllabi, study guides, exam sched-
ules, assignments, and bibliogra-
phies, all of which can be placed
on-line.
in addition, inforM features a
comprehensive list of campus events,
graduation requirements, listings of
approved courses, policies and proce-
dures for faculty and staff, a con-
densed summary of the Chronicle of
Higher Education, Emporium comput-
er prices, and much more all via the
campus network and dial-up lines.
This summer, English Department
faculty member Theresa DiPaolo
blazed the "paperless classroom"
trail by providing the assignments,
exam procedures, study guides, and
syllabus for her "Baroque and
Augustan British Literature" class on
inforM. Many more departments and
colleges will be posting similar infor-
mation, allowing students to read it
any time they have access to a net-
worked computer.
Lending structure to this class-
room information is the Undergradu-
ate Catalog, now available
electronically. The catalog, which
describes graduation requirements,
advising, course descriptions, and
more, is broken into several subcate-
gories within the Academic Programs
directory under inforM's Educational
Resources menu. (The inforM direc-
tory structure is often many layers
deep, but the titles of its more than
1 2,000 files can be quickly scanned
for arbitrary keywords through the
Search Title feature.)
Other inforM features include:
• The most comprehensive and
timely events calendar on campus.
Included are educational, entertain-
ment, social, and sporting events. A
Master Calendar lists activities by
date, time, and location and provides
a brief description of the activity and
any costs that might be involved. It is
even possible to search the calendar
using keywords for a specific event.
• Easy access to other information
resources, like VICTOR {the UMS on-
line catalog), as well as other library
resources throughout the world.
• The SEATS program, from
which students and advisors can
review discipline requirements, look
at course materials for a particular
class, and then check SEATS to see if
a class is still open.
People can also transport them-
selves easily throughout the world
via "gophers pace" and find extraor-
dinary resources available for their
research or instructional activities.
Literally hundreds of other universi-
ties, colleges and other organizations
have information systems like
inforM, which can be used to access
them simply and quickly.
Users also have immediate access
to summaries of the Chronicle of Higli-
er Education or up to date weather
forecasts or the Fed cm I Register or the
Faculty/Staff Telephone book at
Michigan State University, even
though the information is housed at
other institutions.
A number of the resources on
inforM are made available through
the cooperative efforts of several
groups at College Park, such as the
Computer Science Center, the
Administrative Computer Center,
campus libraries, the Office of Stu-
dent Affairs, and faculty and staff.
The information providers are very
interested in making available infor-
mation that will be useful to the cam-
pus. Feedback and suggestions on
what to include on inforM can be sent
via electronic mail to inform-
ed itor@inform.umd.edu. Requests to
be an information provider can also
be submitted to this address.
Free access to inforM is available
for faculty, students, and staff from
Workstations at Maryland (WAM)
labs, OWLs (Open Workstation
Labs), the office, dormitory, or class-
room. Anyone from off campus —
whether across the street or around
the world- — can also access most of
the information found on inforM.
IriforM
In f o rma tion for Maryland
How to Get inforM
To access inforM from any net-
worked computer, telnet to:
inform.umd.edu {do not include a
period after edu).
You will be prompted for your
terminal type; a list of possibilities
can be requested by typing a
question mark (?). For users of
Office Vision, the system can be
accessed by simply typing inform
at the command Line.
To keep up to date with the lat-
est additions to inforM, you can
subscribe to the INFO-L UST-
SERV list by sending electronic
mail to: Hstserv@umdd.umd.edu
(do not include a period after
edu). On the first and only line of
your mail message, type: sub-
scribe info-1 your first name your
last name (do not include a period
after your last name).
This summer there was an average of
42,000 user contacts per month on
inforM.
If users have any trouble making a
connection, they should contact the
CSC Consulting Service at 405-1500;
problems connecting to inforM from
Office Vision should be directed to
the Administrative Computer Center
Help Desk at 405-7763.
— Deborah Mateik,
manager of inforM
Towards the Paperless Office
Three new administrative uses of
electronic information services are
helping to reduce paper work and
improve communication.
• Academic Resource System
(ARS) is an electronic appointment
and reappointment system for facul-
ty, instructors /lecturers, and associ-
ate staff. Developed by the
Administrative Computer Center and
Personnel Services, ARS operates on
the university mainframe and
includes such information as an
appointee's title, salary, course load
and visa requirements.
ARS has a built-in routing system
through the approval chain that noti-
fies hiring officials when their action
is required on an appointment.
Chemistry is the first unit to use ARS,
which will be phased into operation
this academic year.
• Office of Research Administra-
tion and Advancement (ORAA) has
developed a system that will speed
the flow of information on contract
and grant awards back to colleges
and departments. The ORAA system
tracks all contract and grant informa-
tion as proposals leave campus,
which helps report success and fail-
ures to colleges, departments and
principle investigators.
• Financial Accounting System
(FAS) email is designed to distribute
financial statements to colleges and
departments electronically. The
Administrative Computer Center has
worked with the Colleges of Engi-
neering and Computer, Mathematical
and Physical Sciences to design
reports that help these units in their
day-to-day management.
SEPTEMBER
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University Works with P.G. Summer Youth Program
For the second year in a row, the university worked with the Private Industry Council
(PIC) of Prince George's County to provide summer jobs for youth. According to Wally
King, a personnel officer in Personnel Services, 75 P.G. county high school students, ages
14 to 18, worked as support staff in several campus departments this summer. Last sum-
mer, 30 students worked on campus through the program. In addition to providing teens
with jobs and helping campus units, some students got a chance to take college classes
through the university's Academic Achievement Program. "The kids were great to work
with," says King, who helped match students with job sites on campus. "Some who
might never have considered going to college got a glimpse of what it could be like."
CHEMCONF Could Revolutionize Academic Conferencing
Thanks to electronic mail and an
enterprising chemistry professor,
more than 450 chemists from 33
countries attended the "Applications
of Technology in Teaching Chem-
istry" conference this summer by
simply turning on their computers.
Instead of a hefty registration
check, researchers merely sent a
"subscribe CHEMCONF" message to
a conference email address set up by
chemistry Professor Thomas O'Haver
and sponsored by the American
Chemical Society Division of Chemi-
cal Education. In exchange, they were
automatically registered for the con-
ference which began on June 14 and
concluded in mid-August.
Before the conference, participants
submitted and received papers for
peer review. During the conference,
they accessed computer-generated
plots, scanned instrument chart
recordings, and even digitized color
photos of students working in a lab;
participated in lengthy discussions of
selected papers; received feedback on
their own comments; downloaded
software; and evaluated the confer-
ence. After CHEMCONF, they
received an electronic transcript
(more than 150,000 pages) of all the
proceedings, which two publishers
have inquired about publishing on a
CD-ROM disk.
Participants gave the conference
rave reviews for its accessibility and
quality of discussion.
"Since I am deaf.. .this
is the first conference
in which I have been
able to participate fully
and not feel disadvan-
taged in any way,"
wrote one participant.
"Do you have any
idea how much it
would mean to a jour-
nalist like myself if I
could always attend a
scientific meeting and
immediately have a transcript of the
proceedings?" wrote Stu Borman,
who first profiled CHEMCONF in the
February 1993 Chemical & Engineering
Neiv$. "This is the first time I've had
such a resource available to me in
real time, so to speak."
"Great conference.... Only problem
is 1 can't skip out to go site-seeing,"
quipped one researcher.
O'Haver says CHEMCONF high-
lights included a paper from a Rus-
sian group at Moscow State
University, which "had the prettiest
color graphics," and a paper from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln that
"generated so much interest that the
discussion spilled over into the week-
end."
Several non-chemists also partici-
pated in the conference because they
were interested in the format for their
own organizations, according to
Thomas O'Haver
O'Haver. Also, a paper on CHEM-
CONF's potential for academic con-
ferencing is being considered for the
American Educational Research
Association's April 1994 meetings in
New Orleans.
"Clearly the concept of an elec-
tronic conference could be applied to
any academic discipline," says
O'Haver, who is already planning the
International Chemonietrics Society's
1994 conference. "An electronic con-
ference uniquely combines the writ-
ten word of print journalism with the
interactive discussion of conventional
conferences. It would be especially
valuable where scholars wish to keep
up with rapidly developing new
ideas and to participate in a creative
dialogue on these ideas with other
scholars around the world. It really is
a new way to communicate."
— John Fritz
Laser Printer Cost Recovery Program in Place This Fall
In order to fund improvements
and provide uninterrupted print ser-
vice, a fee will be charged for all
printing that takes place in Worksta-
tions at Maryland (VVAM) labs, in
most departmental Open Worksta-
tion Labs (OWLs), and on the high-
speed PostScript printer (LPS40)
located in the Computer Science
Center.
While funding for computing has
been reduced over the past several
years, the cost of paper and printing
supplies has risen dramatically.
Paper waste as well as non-university
users of computer services have also
contributed to these high costs.
As a result, students, the primary
users of new, open workstation labs,
have been inconvenienced by long
queues waiting for printed output
Several committees that provide
advice or set policy for computing on
campus, including the Committee on
Academic Computing Policy (CACP),
recommended the implementation of
a laser print cost recovery program.
As part of this program, everyone
planning to print in open workstation
labs will need authorization to do so.
Also, to offset the cost of laser print
supplies and equipment replace-
ments, the Campus Finance Commit-
tee has authorized a ten cents per
page charge.
To create and fund print autho-
rization, all WAM labs and most
OWLs will implement a three- fold
charging process. First, students {and
faculty and staff with personal print-
ing needs) must open and deposit
funds into a Terrapin Express
account, which is available through
Dining Services.
Second, authorization to print will
be established by presenting a Uni-
versity of Maryland I.D. and creating
a unique printing password at the
Computer Science Center.
Finally, print authorization will be
activated by transferring funds from
the Terrapin Express account to the
print system which will be debited
for each printing transaction. Soft-
ware accessible from machines in the
open labs will enable users to per-
form fund transfers and to review
their funding status at any time. Bad
copy refunds will be credited to the
user. Documentation on these proce-
dures will be available in each open
lab and the CSC Information Tech-
nology Library.
Faculty and staff can also be
authorized to print using a depart-
mental FAS number. A request for an
authorization code and password
will come from departmental busi-
ness offices that will also approve the
use of a specific FAS number and
funding limit for the year. The FAS
account will then be debited on a
monthly basis.
Charging will begin on September
30; however, the campus community
is encouraged to set up print autho-
rization as soon as possible so there
will be no break in laser print service
once charging begins.
Questions about the laser print
cost recovery program should be
directed to the Computer Science
Center Consulting Lab at 405-1500 in
CSC room 3326.
— Deborah Mateik
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Stains Named Artistic Director of Concert Society
Public radio broadcaster Valerie Stains has been named the new artistic direc-
tor for the Concert Society at Maryland. Stains succeeds Eva Hornyak, who
retired after eighteen years as the founding director. Stains says she "would
like to expand the public awareness of the Concert Society as a major musical
presence in the Washington-Baltimore area." Stains will come to the campus
from the Dumbarton Oaks Friends of Music concerts, where she served as
music advisor and concert coordinator.
Fuegi Wins Danish Film Award
John Fuegi, a professor of compar-
ative literature, was a member of the
Flare Productions team that recently
received the Danish "TV Oscar 1993"
for best film. The seven-member team
received the award for its one-hour
documentary, "Red Ruth: That Dead-
ly Longing."
The film is based on the life of
Ruth Berlau, an actress, director, jour-
nalist, and novelist whose life crossed
that of the German playwright Bertolt
Brecht. Fuegi appears in "Red Ruth"
and did much of the research on
which the film is based. Fuegi, who
has written or edited 17 books on the
Brecht circle, was part of the first
international production team to ever
receive the top film prize in
Danish TV.
Performing Arts Center
Throughout this year, OUT-
LOOK will report on the status of
the new Maryland Center for the
Performing Arts, especially the
invitational architectural design
competition. Look for updates
and previews in future issues.
Fall Arts Schedule
The Art Gallery, Concert Society and
University Theatre fall schedules are as
fallows:
Art Gailer)!
Crosscurrents '93: Linda Bills and
Kristine Yuki Aono, Sept. 8-Oct.l7,
features the work of two Maryland
sculptors. Gallery talk with the
artists, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. Gallery
hours: Monday through Friday,
noon-4 p.m. Wednesday evenings
until 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 1-
5 p.m.
Anonymity and Identity, Nov. 3-
Dec. 23, features images of the body
by five artists working in photogra-
phy and video. Opening: Nov. 3,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Two related lectures are offered in
conjunction with the exhibit. "Con-
structing the Body: A Conversation
Between Dorit Cypris (catalogue
essayist), and Josephine Withers (pro-
fessor, department of art history and
archaeology), Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., in the
Gallery;
"Framing the Body Questions: An
Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion,"
Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., 2309 Art/
Sociology Bldg.
Concert Society at
Maryland
Chamber Music Series
Takacs Quartet, Oct. 23, music by
Mozart, Smetena, and Bright Sheng.
Mosaic, Oct. 30, contemporary music
by Elliot Carter and George Crumb,
also works by Martinu, Stark, Moe,
and Piazolla.
The Chamber Music Society of Lin-
coln Center, Nov. 11, joined by guest
artists Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Carmit
Zori, and Tabea Zimmerman, perfor-
mances of Mozart, Brahms, and
Prokofiev.
Kiev Chamber Orchestra, Nov. 27,
conducted by Roman Kaufman,
music by Handel, Silvestrov,
Prokofiev, and Schnittke.
Miami String Quartet, Dec. 5, works
by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Lee
Fiyla.
Olde Musicke Series
Jefferson Chamber Players, Oct. 17,
music from Thomas Jefferson's
library, including music by Haydn,
Viva id i, Rameau, and Boccherini.
Kuijken Trio, Nov. 6, Baroque music
by Couperin, Rameau, Leclair, Tele-
mann, Muethel, and Bach.
WorldSong Series
Dimi Mint Abba, Oct. 1, music and
dance of Mauritania.*
Abida Parveen and her six-member
ensemble, Oct. 8, traditional Sufi
music blending classical ragas with
Pakistani folk styles*
Meral Ugurlu, Oct. 22, Middle East-
ern classical music*
Nusrat Fateli Ali Khan and 12-mem-
ber ensemble, Dec. 10.
*Performance preceded by seminar
moderated by Carol Robertson, eihnomu-
skologist and author. Call the Concert
Society at Maryland at 403-4240 for
more information.
University Theatre
Romeo and Juliet by William Shake-
speare, Sept. 30 -Oct. 3, performed by
National Players, the university's
touring company. Sept. 30-Oct 2 at 8
p.m.; Oct. 3 at 2 p.m., Tawes Theatre.
1984 by George Orwell, Oct. 7-10,
performed by National Players. Oct.
7- 9 at 8 p.m.; Oct. 10 at 2 p.m., Tawes
Theatre.
Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil
Simon, Nov. 11-20. Nov. 11-13 and
18-20 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.,
Tawes Theatre.
The Beaux' Stratagem by George
Fahrquhar, Nov. 30-Dec. 12. Nov. 30-
Dec. 5 and Dec. 7-11 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 5
and 12 at 2 p.m, Pugliese Theatre.
University to Host Britten Festival, Nov. 19-22
To honor the life and work of com-
poser Benjamin Britten (1913-1976),
the Department of Music will host a
Britten Birthday Festival from
November 19 to 22. Jim McDonald,
professor of music, is the festival's
artistic director.
According to McDonald, Britten,
who was born on November 22, St.
Cecilia's Day (the patron saint of
music), wrote many operas and much
vocal music set to major poets of the
past and present — one of his early co-
workers who had a great influence on
him was W.H. Auden.
Britten operas are set to librettos
based on such famous literary works
as Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream, Melville's Billy Budd
and Henry James' Turn of the Screiu.
The Britten Birthday Festival at
College Park will begin on November
19 with a perfo nuance of his opera
The Turn of the Screw, and will con-
clude on St, Cecilia's Day, November
22, with a birthday concert featuring
a new composition by Lawrence
Moss of the music department facul-
ty. Humphrey Carpenter, author of
the new, official biography of Britten,
will be the featured guest.
There will also be a Young Schol-
ar's Symposium and a Young Artist's
Concert featuring university students.
Finally, a special course, "Ben-
jamin Britten: literature and music,"
is being offered this semester. The
course is being taught jointly by
seven members of the music faculty
and several members of other
departments.
For ticket information, call at
405-5548
George Orwell's
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Lieutenant John Brandt (seated on
bicycle) is surrounded by a friendly
crowd during the Third Annual
Lunchtlme Picnic for New Students
held on September 3.
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Presidential Visit
WJien President Clinton came to the university to attend the National Service
forum on August 31, many people wondered whether a sitting president had ever
visited the campus before. We put the question to Lauren Brown, curator of Uni-
versity Archives. His response:
According to our records, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the last sitting
president to visit the campus (during his second administration). Kennedy
came when he was a U.S. Senator; Johnson came as vice president.
Interestingly enough. President Wood row Wilson is known to have
enjoyed motoring out of the District — in order to view our baseball team
from the sidelines (life as U.S. President must have been more relaxed in
those days).
— Lauren Brown
Archives
Obituary:
Laurence Heilprin
Laurence Heilprin, professor
emeritus in the College of Library
and Information Services, died on
July 22 at the age of 87.
After earning a B.S. in Economics
and an M.A. in Physics from the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D.
in Physics from Harvard University,
Heilprin began his career teaching
math and Physics at Northeastern
University. Subsequently, he was a
physicist at the National Bureau of
Standards and a systems analyst for
several organizations. He was
appointed Professor in CLIS in 1967
and granted emeritus status upon his
retirement in 1976.
Heilprin remained active in pro-
fessional societies and continued to
publish works on information sci-
ence. "He was a member of that small
group who defined the field of infor-
mation science and whose thinking
continues to refine its parameters,"
said CLIS Dean Ann Prentice.
A memorial service was held at
the Memorial Chapel on August 10.
The family has designated the
College of Library and Information
Services as the recipient of memorial
gifts.
September 13-22
MEM MONDAY
WSM TUESDAY
E3 THURSDAY
University of Maryland Football vs.
West Virginia, 7 p.m., Byrd Stadium.
Call 4-7070 for info. September 19
Student-Athlete Convocation, 7 p.m.,
Adult Education Center. Call 4-7020 for
info.
Art Exhibit: Crosscurrents '93: Linda
Deep Water Exercise Classes Begin:
Free Aerobics Class: 56 p.m. Reckord
Bills and Kristine Aono, through Oct. 17,
Preinkert Pool. Call 4-7218 for schedule.
Armory Gym. Call 4-7218 for info.
University Of Maryland Women's
The Art Gallery. Art/Sociology Bldg, Call
or info.*
Soccer, vs. Wright State, 1 p.m., Denton
El TUESDAY
5-2763 for more info.
Peer Computer Training: MacWrite,
Field. Call 4-7034 for info.
Writers Here and Now, Jose Emilio
59 p.m., 3332 Computer Science
Peer Computer Training: Networked
Art Center Fall Classes Registration:
Pacheco, 3:30 p.m.. Maryland Room,
Center. Cost: 15. Call 52941 for info.*
Peer Computer Training: Quattro Pro, 1
Resources, Part 1. 59 p.m., 4352
now underway. The Art Center. Call 4-
Marie Mount Hall. Call 5382Q for info.
4 p.m., 3330 Computer Science Center,
Computer Science Center. Cost: $5. Call
2787 for info.*
Physics Colloquium: "The Origin of
W5M FRIDAY
Cost: $5. Call 52941 for info.*
52941 for info,*
Water Aerobics Classes Begin:
Preinkert Pool. Call 4-5454 for schedule
Cosmic Rays: A Proposal to Explain
Particle Energies, Spectrum and
Mental Health Service Lunch N' Learn
University of Maryland Men's Soccer,
ra. N.C. State, 3 p.m., Denton Field. Call
WZM WEDNESDAY
or info.*
Chemical Composition," Peter Biermann,
Seminar: "Post Traumatic Syndrome:
4-7005 for info.
Max Planck Institute. Germany, 4 p.m.,
Diagnosis and Treatment," Dr. Sally
First Look Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m..
Office of Mufti-Ethnic Student
1410 Physics. Call 54855 for info.
Winston, 1-2 p.m.. 3100E Health
McKeldin Mall. Cail 4-7167 for info.
Education Open House and Student Art
Center. Call 43106 for info.
WSM MONDAY
Show, 1:304 p.m.. Suite 1101,
Free Aerobics Class: 56 p.m., Reckord
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting. 4:30-
Hombake Library. Call 55616 for info.
Armory Gym. Call 4-7218 for info.
Engineering Centennial Kick-off Picnic,
Aerobics Classes Begin: Offered 7 days
6:30 p.m„ 2107 Health Center. Call
14 p.m.. Engineering Lawn. Call 4-7174
a week, in Preinkert Gym and North Gym.
(301) 7751076 for info.
Campus Senate Meeting, 3: 30-
Peer Computer Training: Intro to NeXT,
for info.
120 for semester, $1 each session,
6:30 p.m„ 0200 Skinner Building.
59 p.m., 4352 Computer Science
schedules available at 1104 Reckord
University of Maryland Volleyball,
Call 55805 for info.
Center. Cost: $5. Cain 5-2941 for info.*
Unity Picnic, (rain date), 4-7 p.m.,
LaPlata Beach. Call 4-7174 for info.
Armory. Call 4-5454 for info.*
vs. James Madison, 5 p.m.. Cole Field
House. Call 4-7009 for info.
University of Maryland Women's
Soccer, us. Lasalle, 4 p.m., Denton
Field Call 4 703-1 for info
IS WEDNESDAY
El SATURDAY
President's Commission on Women's
Affairs Meeting, Noon-2 p.m., Maryland
Room, Marie Mount Hall. Call 4S090 for
Peer Computer Training: Intro to UNIX.
59 p.m., 4352 Computer Science
Meteorology Seminar: Is There an
nfo.
Center. Cost: $5. Call 5-2941 for more
Peer Computer Training:
Atlantic Nino?" James Carton. 3:30
Creative Dance Lab: Department of
info.*
WordPerfect, 6-9 p.m., 3330 Computer
p.m., 2114 Computer and Space
Dance, 10 a.m. -2 p.m., Dance Building.
Science Center. Cost: $5. Call 52941
for info.*
University of Maryland Volleyball, vs.
Science. Call 55392 for info.
Call 57038 for info.
Overeaters Anonymous Meeting,
4:30-6:30 p.m., 2107 Health Center.
Engineering Centennial Kiekoff
Weekend. Tailgate Picnic, A p.m.,
Calendar Guide
UMBC. 7 p,m., Cole Field House. Call 4-
Call (301) 7751076 for info.
President Ktrwan's home. $15 per per-
7009 for info.
son. Call 53854 to info,'
Calendar phone numbers listed as 4-xxxx
)r 5-wxx Stand for the prefix 314- or 405
Free Aerobics Class: 56 p.m., ReckorO
respectively. Events are free and open to the public unless noted by an asterisk (*].
Armor* Gym. Cail 4-7218 for info.
For more information, call 4054628.
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