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The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff Weekly Newspaper

Volume 14 'Number 5 • September 28, 1999

Williams Talks Law,
page 2

Diversity Dialogue '99,
page 6

Impact of Welfare Reform on
Low-Income Citizens Examined

As states continue to
expand welfare reform initia-
tives, the African American
Leadership Program at the
University of Maryland has
received a $2.5 million grant
from the W K. Kellogg
Foundation to help arm local
community organizers in five
states with good data about
the real impact of reform ini-
tiatives on low-income citi-
zens.

The effort, organized and
directed by professor Ron
Walters, distinguished leader-
ship scholar at Maryland's
James MacGregor Burns
Academy of Leadership, will
team local advocacy groups

"Welfare reform affects
the poor and people of
color, but these groups
seldom have access to
the kind of information
needed to validate their
expressions of concern to
elected officials."

— Ron Walters

with scholars at nearby univer-
sities to analyze the effect of
existing health and welfare
policy, and to develop strate-
gies to influence policy
changes.

Dubbed the Scholar/
Practitioner Project, the effort
will operate in Mississippi,
Florida, New York, Wisconsin
and Washington state with
administrative coordination
based at the university. The
project is closely linked with
the Kellogg Foundation's
Devolution Initiative, which
was designed to empower citi-
zens to address issues arising
as a consequence of state and
local governments taking on
responsibility for health and
welfare programs.

"Welfare reform affects the
poor and people of color, but
these groups seldom have

access to the kind of informa-
tion needed to validate their
expressions of concern to
elected officials ," says Walters.
"This project endeavors to ser-
vice local reform initiatives to
improve the effectiveness of
efforts intended to enhance
the quality of life for low
income citizens.

"Good information has
been the key ingredient miss-
ing in grass roots efforts aimed
at influencing welfare reform
initiatives ."Walters adds. "This
project provides the expertise
to help local groups solve that
problem."

The Scholar/ Practitioner
Project is a three-year research
effort with projects
headed by a senior
scholar at each of
the five participat-
ing universities,
including the
University of
Washington, City
University of New
York Graduate
Center, Jackson
State University,
Florida A&M
University, Florida
International
University and the
University of
Wisconsin,
Milwaukee.

Researchers
from these univer-
sities came togeth-
er for the first time last week-
end with community organiz-
ers from the five states and
senior analysts from national
policy organizations. This
organizational and orientation
meeting, held in Washington,
D,C. provided the research
teams with an overview of the
existing status of welfare
reform and equipped them
with recommendations and
tools to effectively launch the
work with local advocacy
groups.

"We begin with a broad
look at what's happening with
welfare reform and then these
research teams will get
involved on the ground with
people who are being direcdy
impacted," says Walters.

Computerworld Rates Smith School Nations
Third Best Technology-Oriented MBA Program

The Robert H. Smith School of Business offers the nation's third best
technology-oriented MBA program, according to survey
results released by Computerworld magazine. The
ranking, published in the Sept. 27 issue
of the magazine, is based on responses
from recruiters and deans of business
schools nationwide.

"We are pleased that employers and
business school leaders recognize the
quality and value of our MBA programs,"
says Howard Frank, dean of the Smith
School of Business. "The school's strategy is
to join the ranks of the nation's elite business
schools by preparing graduates to compete
successfully in the new information-driven
economy."

Computerworld designed the survey to mea-
sure the quality of graduate level business degree
programs with a strong focus on information tech-
nology and that produce technology-sawy busi-
ness leaders, according to David Weldon, the maga-
zine's senior careers editor. As part of the 1999 sur-
vey, the magazine asked recruiters to list their top-10

picks based on the quality of MBA graduates they have hired and placed. In addition.
Computerworld asked deans to rank the top such programs based on scholarship, curriculum,
faculty and students.They considered programs offered by the nearly 50 AACSB (the
International Association for Management Education) -accredited business schools.

The Smith School of Business Infuses its academic concentrations with an understanding and
working knowledge of information technology. Among its technology-rich, cross-functional MBA
concentrations are electronic commerce, business telecommunications, logistics and supply

Continued on page 2

Looking at the First Look Fair

Hundreds of campus clubs, offices and organizations set up tables on McKeldln Mall last
week for the First Look Fair, an annual event which attracts faculty, staff and students.

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Smith School Is Rated
Nation's Third Best

continued from page 1

chain management, manage-
ment consulting, entrepreneur-
ship and financial engineering.
These programs are designed
to complement such in-depth
functional concentrations as
finance, marketing, global busi-
ness, accounting and informa-
tion systems.

The school offers its full-
time MBA program at the
University of Maryland, College
Park, and its evening MBA pro-
gram at Shady Grove in
Montgomery County and in
downtown Baltimore. The
evening MBA program will be
available in downtown
Washington, D.C., in fall 2000.

The Smith School of
Business is dedicated to pro-
ducing business managers who
can lead organizations in an
economy fueled by technology,
globalization and constant
change. Offering undergradu-
ate, master's and doctoral pro-
grams, the school provides in-
depth education in traditional
business disciplines integrated
with cross-functional programs.
In its most recent biennial sur- .

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vey of MBA programs, Business
Week magazine in 1998 ranked
the Smith School's overall pro-
gram 22nd nationwide, the
only MBA program in the
Baltimore- Washington region
ranked in the magazine's top
25. In its most recent ranking,
US. News & World Report earli-
er this year ranked the evening
MBA program 20th and the full-
time program 26th nationwide.
According to SUCCESS maga-
zine's most recent ranking of
MBA entrepreneurs hip curricu-
la, the Smith School's curricu-
lum placed third nationally.

In addition, the Smith
School has several centers that
provide services directly to the
corporate community. They
include the Center for
Knowledge and Information
Management, Dingman Center
for Entrepreneurship,
Executive Education, MBA
Consulting Program, Supply
Chain Management Center, and
the graduate and undergradu-
ate career management cen-
ters.

on Graduate
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Oct. 1 is the date for the
University of Maryland
Graduate School Fair taking
place in the Stamp Student
Union from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. An
important goal of the Graduate
School Fair Is to identify stu-
dents of great promise and
recruit them for graduate
study at College Park.

Sponsored jointly by the
Graduate School, the Office of
Undergraduate Studies, the
University Honors Program
and the Campus Wide
Recruitment Committee, the
annual fair attracts approxi-
mately 500 competitive juniors
and seniors from the campus
and from visiting institutions.

Registration is from 8 to
8:45 a.m. in the Colony
Ballroom. Starting at 9 a.m.,
participants will have the fol-
lowing three workshops
designed to prepare them for
the graduate admission
process: Preparing a
Competitive Graduate

Admission Application;
Financing Your Education; and
Strategies for Scoring High on
theGRE.GMAT.LSATand
MCAT.A luncheon panel, con-
sisting of currently enrolled,
happy and highly motivated
graduate students, will discuss
tips for succeeding and pros-
pering in graduate school.

In the afternoon, students
will meet with UM Graduate
Program representatives for
specific information about
their intended area of study.
For more information on times
and room locations of these
activities visit The Graduate
Fair web site at www.admit.
umd. edu/-gradapp/fair.html.

The fair is open to all stu-
dents, however, students who
are of African American, Asian
American, Hispanic/Latino and
Native American heritage are
especially encouraged to
attend.

Three from Campus Named to CUSS

In the 1 995 session of the State Legislature, the General Assembly codified the Council of
University System Staff (CUSS) within the USM founding legislation. The council is the official orga-
nizational representative of all staff and serves as the advisory body to the chancellor and the Board
of Regents on matters affecting USM staff employees.

Carol Frier, College of Engineering, and Andrianna Stuart and Craig Newman, facilities manage-
ment, are elected members of the 1999-2000 council from the University of Maryland, College Park.
These CUSS members regularly attend meetings and activities, including monthly meetings at uni-
versity locations throughout the state. Staff are encouraged to contact Prler, Stuart or Newman with
any concerns they may, which CUSS may address at its meetings.

For more information about the Council of University System Staff, contact CUSS Chair Lawrence
Layer at 405-9353 or e-mail alauer@deans.umd.edu.

Law Professor, Women's Studies Scholar Patricia
Williams Leads off Distinguished Lecturer Series

Patricia Williams

Columbia University Law
Professor Patricia Williams addresses
"Obstacle Illusion" as the first speak-
er in the Graduate School's
Distinguished Lecturer Series,
Thursday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m. in Room
2203 Art-Sociology Building.
Williams, who teaches courses on
commercial law, contracts and
jurisprudence, has been a visiting
professor and scholar of women's
studies and law at several topflight
universities.

A columnist with The Nation,
Williams has published widely in
.both scholarly journals and the
press ( The New York Times, The
Village Voice, The New Yorker
among them) in the areas of race, gender and
law, and on other issues of legal theory and legal
writing. Her books include "The Alchemy of Race
and Rights: Diary of a Law Professor" (Harvard
University Press, 1991), "The Rooster's Egg"
(Harvard University Press
1995), "On Seeing a Color-Blind
Future: The Paradox of Race"
(Farrar, Strauss & Glroux,
1998). These imaginative, ener-
getic books, often with new
takes on old issues, deal with
issues of representation, and
critical theory, and challenge
America's reliance on hurtful
stereotypes and hysterical
rhetoric.

Williams maintains an active
speaking schedule and appears
frequently on programs like "All
Things Considered" and "Fresh
Air withTerri Gross" (NPR),
"The Lehrer Newshour" (PBS),
"The Today Show" (NBC), as
well as foreign radio and TV
programs. She has appeared in
a number of documentary
films, including "That Rush!",
which she wrote and narrated.

The great-great-granddaugh-
ter of a slave and a white
southern lawyer, Williams also
has engaged in social activism.
She joined Harvard University

professor Cornel West and other
prominent academics in calling for a
new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, the
Philadelphia radio journalist on
death row for a murder conviction.

A Boston native, Williams
received her bachelor's degree from
Wellesley College and her law
degree from Harvard. She has pub-
lished widely penning opinion
columns and writing books on sub-
jects that include healing the spirit
of the law.

Previously, she held faculty
appointments at the University of
Wisconsin School of Law, the City
University of New York Law School
at Queens College and Golden Gate
University School of Law.

Williams' talk is free and open to the public.
No tickets are needed for admission. For more
information, call 405-3082.

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Mote to Deliver State of
Campus Address

President Dan Mote will deliver the State of the Campus
Address at the next College Park Senate Meeting, Thursday,
Sept. 30 at 3:15 p.m. in Room 0200 Skinner Building. All mem-
bers of the university community are wel-
come to attend the meeting and hear
the president's message.

In addition to Mote's address,
the following items are included
on the meeting agenda: the
Senate PCC Committee Report
on M.A. and Ph.D. in Women's
Studies; the Senate PCC
Committee Report on Natural
Resource Sciences Graduate Studies
Proposal; the Senate Student Affairs

Committee Report on the University Student Drug & Alcohol
Policy; and the Senate Faculty Affairs Report on the Review of
the Faculty Appeals Process.

Please address any questions regarding the Senate meeting
to Teresa Moore at 405-5804 or via e-mail at
temoore@deans.umd.edu.

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Performing Blackness:
Voices of the Diaspora

Poets Assemble for Bombastic Exchange

According to Langston
Hughes, poets use words to
create highly individualized
wrappings for the segments of
life past and present.
Contemporary African
American poets will conjure
pictorial imagery of life in
"Performing Blackness: Voices
of the Diaspora" a jubilee of
readings and performances on
Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Multipurpose Room of
the Nyumburu Cultural Center.
The event is free and open to
the public.

"It is not every day that a
group of the world's most
acclaimed and promising poets
convene to read and share
some of their best works
depicting life, culture, feelings
and a new generation," says
Anthony Blasingame, graduate
assistant for the Committee on
Africa and the Americas in the
College of Arts and

"It is not every day that a
group off the world's most
acclaimed and promising
poets convene to read and
share some of their best
works depicting life, cul-
ture, feelings and a new
generation/'

— Anthony Blasingame

Humanities, sponsor of the
event.

Audiences at the University
of Maryland will experience
the radiance and learn from
some of the most gifted inter-
nationally acclaimed poets,
including Sonia Sanchez,
Cornelius Eady and Merle
Collins. Other readings will be
performed by local talents Jane
Alberdeston, Holly Bass, Jon
Frazier, Brandon Johnson,
Valerie Jean.Toni Asaote
Lightfoot and DJ Renegade.
Also, present and former
University of Maryland master
of fine arts students Teri Coss,
Hayes Davis, Tanya Shirley and
Kha Rabia Rayford will partici-
pate.

"'Performing Blackness:
Voices of the Diaspora' expos-
es the community and our
undergraduate students to pro-
fessional and emerging poets,"
says Blasingame. "Emphasis for
the event is on context and
style, rather than the modern

challenge of poetry as a perfor
mance art form."

Performance challenges are
explored once a month at the
Nyumburu Cultural Center,
when students gather in an
open "slam" to exhibit a poetic
genius that is the singular
attraction for artists of all
types.

Traditionally, a poetry slam
is like a lyrical boxing match
that rivals poets against other
poets in a bout. Typically, dur-
ing a competition, there will
be three teams of four poets as
well as an individual poet tak-
ing turns performing their
work. The teams can choose to
perform a group piece during
a member's slot, or that person
can perform alone. Poets who
perform alone have the oppor-
tunity to advance to the indi-
vidual finals even if their team
doesn't make it as a unit.
Consequently, strategy comes
into play when
team members
decide whose slot
will be sacrificed
for a group perfor-
mance that may
earn the entire
team points.

"Unlike the-
atrical or musical
performances,"
says Blasingame,
"the poetry slam
is a pared-down
sparing because
the poets aren't
permitted to use
props, costumes
or music. Yet the
slams are able to
offer the audi-
ences the same
intensity."

Blasingame says he expects
"Performing Blackness: Voices
of the Diaspora" to attract a
very broad audience and he
hopes that many will be
inspired to explore their own
poetic voice in the monthly
slams.

The Committee on Africa
and the Americas promotes
the study and understanding
of Africa and the African dias-
pora from interdisciplinary
and multi disciplinary perspec-
tives, particularly those per-
taining to the humanities and
the social sciences.

For further information,
contact the Committee on
Africa and the Americas at 405-
6835.

OMSE's Mentors of the Year

Sharon Austin-Hassan and William Higgins were presented with the OMSE mentor
of the year awards last week.

At its annual open house and art show last
week, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student
Education (OMSE) honored William Higglns
and Sharon Austin-Hassan as mentors of the
year. Higgins Is associate dean of the College
of Life Sciences and Austin-Hassan is the assis-
tant director of client services in the Office
of Student Financial Aid.

OMSE's mentoring program began in 1989
as an effort to assist first-year students with
the transition to life at Maryland. Mentors are
chosen from faculty, staff, alumni or upper-
class students and paired with first-year stu-
dents on the basis of major, interest or ethnic
group.The program has enjoyed 10 years of
success and provided many students with
academic and social guidance.

The mentor of the year award is deter-
mined by nominations from fellow faculty

and staff members or the individual mentees.
Both Higgins and Austin-Hassan were gracious
in receiving their awards. They encouraged
students to continue to grow academically
and for new students to participate in the
mentor program.

In addition to the mentor awards, last
week's program welcomed new students and
staff to OMSE and featured work by Native
American artist Joyce South Johnston, also
known as Dream Walker. Awards were pre-
sented to several campus organizations that
assisted OMSE last summer with its phone-a-
thon, calling new students and welcoming
them to campus. Also, the office held a Book
Allowance Drawing, which awarded lucky
first-year students with money for the
University Book Center,

It Only Happens Once a Year

Join the University Libraries Oct. 6 through 8 in Preinkert Field House for the libraries'
annual used book sale. Over 15,000 books in more than 30 subject
areas will be featured, along with recordings and some
journals.

This year's sale is special because
Wednesday, Oct. 6 from 8 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. has been designated
Campus Community Courtesy Day.
Present your faculty, staff or student
ID and enjoy a day of browsing and
buying before the general public.

The sale continues Thursday, Oct. 7
from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Friday,
Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All pro-
ceeds benefit the University of Maryland
Libraries.

For further information, call 405-9 1 25
or e-mail csl71@umail.umd.edu

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Your Guide to University Events
September 28 - October 7

September 28

1 1 a,m.TERP Online Workshop.
3100 Hornbake Library. 4-7247 or
WWW.CareerCenter. umd . edu .

6-9 p.m. "Introduction to HTML,"
Registration required. Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg.
www.infbrm. umd.edu/PT.*

5 p.m. VICTORWeb Workshop." an
introduction to using VICTORWeb,
the Libraries' Web- based catalog
and online periodical databases.
4 133 McKeldln library. 5-9070.

September 29

I0a.m.TERP Online Workshop.
3100 Hornbake Library. 4-7247 or
www, CareerCenter.umd .edu.

Noon. "Sukkah on Hornbake Mall."
The rain date Is Sept. 30.
Hornbake.

Noon.'Psychoheresy; Decisive or
Divisive?" Kent Norman of the psy-
chology department will present a
talk and lead discussion on the
tide topk'.'4 1 1 J Hbriibaku Bldg.
5-479 1 . rg2@> umail.umd.edu.

Noon, Research & Development
Presentation: " Health Psychology
to Maximize the Wellness of Older
Adults." Robin Majewski, Baltimore
Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
0114 Counseling Center,
Shoemaker Bldg,

4 p.m. VICTORWeb Workshop." an
Introduction to using VICTORWeb,
the Libraries' Web-based catalog
and online periodical databases.
4133 McKeldin Library. 5 9070.

4-7 p.m. Career Center Grand
Opening Celebration. Free food,
grand prize drawing, fortune
tellers, handwriting analysts, photo
booth, tons of raffles, and much,
much more. 4-7247 or
WWW.CareerCenter. umd.edu

5:30 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps in Library Research." covers
learning how to define a research
topic, and emphasizes selecting
and searching databases to find
periodical articles and other mate-
rials 4 133 McKeldln Library
5-9070.

6-7:30 p.m. "Getting to Know Your
WAM Account," is designed to
introduce WAM account holders
to the concepts involved in using
their accounts.The class covers
receiving and sending email, delet-
ing mail, and participating in elec
Ironic discussion groups. Perfect
for those who have Just begun
using their WAM accounts. 3330
Computer and Space Sciences
Bldg. 5-2938 www. Inform.
umd.edu/PT.

September 30

2 p.m. VICTORWeb Workshop." an
introduction to using VICTORWeb,
the libraries' Webbased catalog and
online periodica] databases. 4133
McKeldin Library. 5-9070.

5p.m. Guarneri String Quartet, open
rehearsal. Ulrich Recital Hall.

4:30-7:30 p.m. "Introduction to Unix,"

Registration required. Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg.
www. [nform.umd . edu/PT*

9:30 p.m. "Numerical Analysis
Seminar," Zhlming Chen discusses
Unite element methods with match-
ing and non-matching meshes for
Maxwell equations with discontinu-
ous coefficients. 3206 Math Bldg.
5-5108orrhn@math.umd.edu.

October 1

1:30 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps in Library Research," covers
learning how to define a research
topic, and emphasizes selecting and
searching databases to find periodical
articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

8 p.m. Dance Performance: "BOB &
BOB." a program of dances choreo-
graphed by John Evans and Shane
O'Hara.The duo is known for its
humor and clear choreographic struc-
ture. Dorothy Madden Theater.
5-7847."

October 2

7 a.m. - 2 p.m. LSATTesting.
Susquehanna Bldg, Rooms 1 101 ,
1103.1105,1107,1111.1117,1119,
1120.1121,1123.2117.2119,2120.
2 1 2 1 , 2 1 22. Diane Adelstein, 4 7688,

7 a.m. - 2 p.m. LSATTesting. Francis
Scott Key Bldg., Rooms 0102. 0103,
0106.0116,0117.0119.0120,1117.
Diane Adelstein, 4-7688.

7 a.m.- 1 p.m. ANCC Testing. Jimenez
Hall, Rooms: 0220. 0105. 2206. Diane
Adelstein. 4-7688.

8 a.m. 1 p.m. REEFT Testing. 0200
Skinner Bldg. Diane Adelstein. 4-7688.

8 a.m. - 1 p.m. IFIECE Testing. 2102
Shoemaker Bldg. Diane Adelstein,
4-7688. '

9 a.m. - 3 p.m. "Open House for
Academically Talented Prospective
Students," for prospective students
who are high school seniors and con-
sidered prospective Invites to
University Honors or College Park
Scholars, and their families. Invitation
only.Tawes Bldg. 4-8385 or
um-pdmlt@uga.umd.edu.

Noon. Department of Communication
Research Colloquium Series: "Identity,
Influence and Ethnicity," Steve
Wilson, associate professor, communi-
cation studies. Northwestern
Uruversity.0200 Skinner Bldg. 5-6528.

Exciting things are hap-
pening inside the Beltway
this fall as the Concert
Society at Maryland kicks off
its 1999-2000 season. A resi-
dent program of the Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center,
the Concert Society features
chamber and early music,
world music and dance per-
formers of international repu-
tation. The season opens with
Bob & Bob Dance on Oct. 1
and 2,

For chamber music fans,
the season begins with the
Polish Chamber
Philharmonic, featuring
Simon Dent and Christopher
Taylor, winner of the 1990

season also will feature the
first North American tour by
The Clerks' Group (in a per-
formance sung from original
notation) .

Feeling like an internation-
al trip but can't afford one?
Drop by for WorldSong, a mul-
ticultural tour of global tradi-
tions, with an emphasis on
folk music for 1999-2000. This
season features performances
by BeauSoleil, considered to
be the finest Cajun band
around, Zap Mama with
Belgium-raised Marie Daulne,
Linda Tillery and the Cultural
Heritage Choir, and Irish fid-
dle champion Martin Hayes
and guitarist Dennis Cahill.

Polish Chamber
Philharmonic, with guest
artists Simon Dent, oboe and
Christopher Taylor, piano.
Saturday, Oct, 30
8 p.m., pre-concert discussion
at 6:30 p.m.

Featuring Strauss' great
Oboe Concerto and works by
Bach, Mozart and Gorecki.

BeauSoleil avec Michael
Doucet

AdVielle Que Pourra

Saturday, Nov. 6

8 p.m., pre-concert discussion

at 6:30 p.m.

Tawes Theatre

Trace die musical traditions

of the French-speaking

University of Maryland
William Kapell International
Piano Competition. To cele-
brate Richard Strauss' 50th
anniversary, Dent will per-
form the Strauss Oboe
Concerto,

One of the most significant
anniversaries in the music
world also will be celebrated
this year. The 300th anniver-
sary of the invention of the
piano will be marked with
performances by Pascal Roge\
Lilya Zilberstein, Ruth Laredo
and Andre Watts. A lecture-
demonstration on great
pianistic traditions also will
precede two of the perfor-
mances.

For exquisite early music
in a splendid atmosphere, the
Washington National
Cathedral will be the setting
for the Gabriel! Consort
recreating Morales' Requiem
Mass for the powerful
Renaissance ruler of the
Spanish Empire, Philip II.The

1 p.m. VICTORWeb Workshop." an
introduction to using VICTORWeb,
the Libraries' Web-based catalog and
online periodical databases. 4133
McKeldln Library. 5 9070.

10:30 p.m. "Feet Across Maryland."
Come dance in the streets for the
holiday of 'Simchat Torah.'The traffic
circle in front of Denton Hall.

11:30 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps in Library Research," covers
learning how to define a research
topic, and emphasizes selecting and
searching databases to find periodi-
cal articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5 9070.

To order tickets or receive
a season brochure, call 405-
7847. Unless otherwise noted,
all concerts take place at the
Inn and Conference Center,
University College.

Concert Society Fall 1999
Schedule of Events:

Bob & Bob Dance

Friday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct
2

8 p.m. Dorothy Madden
Dance Theater

Male duet performs contem-
porary dance works filled
with physicality and witty
movement

Zap Mama

Saturday, Oct. 30

8 p.m., pre-concert discussion

at 6:30 p.m.

Innovative vocal group

blends a wealth of folk and

popular musical traditions

from around the globe.

October 3

1-4 p.m. "Introduction to Photoshop,"

Registration required. Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg.
www. inform, umd , ed u/PT.*

October 4

3:30 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps In Library Research." covers
learning how to define a research
topic, and emphasizes selecting and
searching databases to find periodical
articles and other materials 4 1 33
McKeldin Library 5-9070,

5 p.m. VICTORWeb Workshop." an
introduction to using VICTORWeb,
the Libraries' Web- based catalog and
online periodical databases. 4133

Arcadians with new French
folk and Celtic music.

The Army Blues Jazz
Ensemble with Chris Vadala,
guest artist
Wednesday, Nov, 10
8 p.m.

The Army s premiere jazz
group pays tribute to the
sounds of Duke Ellington,
Count Basie, Glenn Miller
and more.

The Clerks' Group

Saturday, Nov. 20
8 p.m., pre-concert discussion
at 6:30 p.m.

A Renaissance program of
secular and sacred works by
Dufay Ockeghem and oth-
ers, sung from original nota-
tion.

McKeldln Library, 5-9070.

6-9 p.m. "Introduction to Microsoft
PowerPoint," Registration required.
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.
www. inform, umd . ed u/PT* *

October 5

5 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps in Library Research." covers
learning how to define a research
topic, and emphasizes selecting and
searching databases to find periodi-
cal articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

September 28, 1999 Outlook

October 6

Noon. Research & Development
Presentation: "Constructing the
Academic Village: The Consortium
on Race, Gender and Ethnicity."
Bonnie Thornton-Dill, Women's
Studies Depl. 0114 Counseling
Center. Shoemaker Bldg.

3 p.m.VICTORWeb Workshop," an
introduction to using VICTORWeb,
the Libraries' Web-based catalog and
online periodical databases. 4133
McKeldin Library. 5-9070.

4:30 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps in Library Research," covers
learning how to define a research
topic . and emphasizes selecting and
searching databases to And periodi-
cal articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

5:30 p.m.TSWE Testing. 0Z00
Skinner Bldg. Diane Adelsteln.
4-7688.

6-9 p.m. "Intermediate Microsoft
Excel," Registration required.
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.
www.inform.umd.edu/PT.''

Attend Diversity Dialogue '99

Interactive Town Hall Part of Clintons Campus Week of Dialogue

October 7

3:30 p.m. "Online Courses as
Effective Learning Environments:
The Importance of Collaborative
Methods." Roxanne Blitz and Murray
Turoff, New Jersey Institute of
Technology; Maryam Alavi, Smith
School of Business and Margaret
Chambers, University College, 2460
A.V.Williams Bldg.

4 p.m. Distinguished Lecture Series:
"Obstacle Illusion," Patricia Williams,
Columbia University School of Law.
2203 Art-Sociology Bldg.

4-7 p.m.'AGNR Fall Bash," a cookout
hosted by agriculture faculty mem-
bers to welcome freshmen and
transfer students to the College.
Games, food, door prizes, music by
DJ and fun prizes for everyone who
attends. Animal Science and
Agricultural Engineering Complex
Courtyard. 5-7761.

4-7 p.m. "Intermediate HTML,"
Registration required. Computer &

Space Sciences Bldg.
www.lnform . um d . edu/PT.*

5 p.m. "The Basics and Beyond:
Steps in Library Research," covers
learning how to define a research
topic, and emphasizes selecting and
searching databases to find periodi-
cal articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

Calendar Guide

Calendar phone numbers listed as
4-xxxx or 5-xxxx stand for the
prefix 31+- or 405. Events are
free and open to the public unless
noted by an asterisk (*}. Calendar
informabon for Outlook is com-
piled from a combination of
infbrM's master calendar and sub-
missions to the Outlook office.
To reach the calendar editor, call
405-7615 or e-mail Outlook®
accmail. umd.edu.

Faculty, staff and students are encour-
aged to attend Diversity Dialogue '99, an
interactive town hall that is the corner-
stone event of the univer-
sity's second annual
Campus Week of Dialogue
(Oct. 4^). During the
town hall, Tuesday, Oct. 5,
from 3 to 5 p.m. in the
Grand Ballroom of Stamp
Student Union, students,
faculty and staff will be
invited to share opinions
and insights on their expe-
riences with diversity on
campus. A reception pre-
cedes the town hall, from College."

2 to 3 p.m. in the Prince George's Room
of Stamp Student Union.

As part of the dialogue, noted college
diversity scholar

As part of the dialogue,
noted college diversity schol-
ar Sylvia Hurtado will discuss
"Diversity and Learning: The
Importance of Interaction

with Diverse Peers in

Sylvia Hurtado will
discuss "Diversity and
Learning: The
Importance of
Interaction with
Diverse Peers in
College." Hurtado is
associate professor of
higher education at
the University of
Michigan's Center for
the Study of Higher
and Postsecondary

Education. Her research centers on under-
standing diverse college contexts for the
success of diverse college students. Her
current focus has been preparing college
students to achieve the intellectual, social
and democratic skills necessary to partici-
pate in a diverse democracy once they
graduate.

In June 1997, President Clinton
announced the creation of the President's
Initiative on Race, an effort to help build a
nation of people who respect their diver-
sity and embrace the values that unite
them. During University of Maryland's
Week of Dialogue, faculty and students are
encouraged to discuss diversity In the con-
text of their areas of study.

ity Training Circle Focuses on Conflict Mediation

Thirty members of the university com-
munity, including students, staff, faculty
and administrators, representing numerous
campus units participated in the Diversity
Training Circle's Training of Trainers (TOT/)
for Conflict Mediation last Sept. 17.

Hugh O'Doherty, director of the College
Park Scholars (CPS) Public Leadership
Program, facilitated the day-long training
sponsored by the Office of Human
Relations Programs. O'Doherty, a native of
Northern Ireland, has been involved for-
mally in facilitation work for 25 years.

His vast experience — he was the direc-
tor of the United States Ireland Public
Leadership Program and participated in
the Reconciliation Center in Ireland (a
center that tries to promote dialogue
between Nationalists and Unionists)—
proved very useful throughout the day.

"The goal of this training was to intro-
duce people to the theory and method of
mediation to give them a beginning sense
of what it would take to really learn these
skills — a foundation for future learning,"
says O'Doherty. "I think this training ses-
sion succeeded in that."

Training activities included an overview
of mediation, scenarios for negotiation and
mediation exercises, as well as a group
mediation session. Participants were given
different scenarios in which they role-
played and attempted to Implement the
mediation skills they learned throughout
the day. One major activity of the day,
facilitated by Amir Jahansir from College
Park Scholars, focused on group mediation
from two different perspectives.
O'Doherty says the training session lays
the "foundation" for learning effective con-
flict mediation skills in the future.

The participants felt the day-long ses-
sion gave them a good base for building
their mediation skills." [This program] was
a terrific introduction and I want more. I
would like to see a second session to build
on this one," says Lee Harper, Institute for
Systems Research.

"I learned listening is one of the hardest
things to do in the mediation process -
both parties really need to listen to each
other," says Rita Singer, a senior kinesiology
major.

Maria Vandergriff- Avery, family studies,
expressed similar sentiments. "This [train-
ing session] was really good. It was a good
start in terms of how to become an effec-
tive mediator. It gave us the opportunity
to 'get our feet wet.'"

In addition to introducing people to the
mediation process, this TOT has a signifi-
cant connection to the Peer Mediation
Program developed by
the Student
Intercultural Learning
Center (SILC) and to. a
course— BSOS 399:
"Facilitating Dialogue
on Race, Gender and
Ethnicity." After receiv-
ing this training, partic-
ipants can become
peer mediators in their
own units and, if inter-
ested, join the new
SILC Peer Mediation
Program, which pro-
vides students with the
opportunity to learn
and apply skills and
strategies for mediat-
ing and transforming
conflict. This program
is open to all students.
Other members of the
university community
have the opportunity
to act as advisers to
students in the Peer
Mediation Program.

If the TOT program sparked an interest,
students can also take mediation-related
classes from SILC such as BSOS 399. It is a
yearlong pilot program taught by
O'Doherty, Bridget Turner, assistant coordi-
nator of SILC, Tom Dunne, Director of the

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Center for Cooperation and Conflict
Management, and Lois Vietri, director, CPS
International Studies Program, This class Is
being offered as a collaborative effort by
SLLC, College Park Scholars and the
Academy of Leadership.

According to Turner, "The goal of this
course is to teach students how to facili-
tate dialogue on issues of race gender and
ethnicity. During the fall semester students
learn about the breadth and depth of
diverse communities, and receive training
in group facilitation, dialogue and conflict
management . The s e c ond half of* the » - ■ i
course gives students the'
opportunity to teach and
sharpen group facilitation
skills."

Overall, Mark Brimhall-
Vargas, acting assistant direc-
tor of OHRP and co-organiz-
er of this DTC TOT, believes
the training session was a
success. I'm extremely
pleased with the presenters
and participants in this TOT.
We're already planning for
the future," says Brimhall-
Vargas.

For more information
about the following pro-
grams, contact the designat-
ed people:

• Diversity Training Circle-
Mark Brimhall-Vargas at 405-
2840 or mb333@umail.
umd.edu;

* Peer Mediation Program
or BSOS 399 Bridget Turner
at 405-8190 or
bt38@umail.umd.edu or

Hugh O'Doherty at 405-0390 or hodoher-
ty@academy. umd.edu; and,
• SLLC-Paul Gorskl at 405-8192 or
pg92@umail.umd. edu.

—JAMIE FEEHERY-SIMMONS

6 Outlook September 28. 1999

Up to the Task, On Target and Under Par

William 'Bud' Thomas Succeeds as Student Affairs Leader and Golfer

There's a new addition
to the wall lined with
awards in William
"Bud "Thomas's office in
Mitchell Building. It's the pres-
tigious Fred Turner award for
outstanding service, awarded
annually by the National
Association of Student
Personnel Administrators.
Other citations note his
leading role behind various
programs and initiatives on
campus, including the club-
house at the golf course and
the recreation center. But ask
the vice president of student
affairs what he's really proud
of, and he is quick to reply it's
his department, which he has
handpicked over the 26 years
he's been here.

"The important thing I do is
to ensure that the people I
hire to run our programs at
the director level are good
people," says Thomas, 67, a man
with interests as diverse as
writing poetry, playing golf and
reading 19th century spy nov-
els in his leisure time. "I am
very proud that we found the

got his master's degree, then
joined the public school sys-
tem as a teacher, A year later
he had to make a career
choice once again — this time
between a job offer for the
post of principal and another
at the University of Tenn, to
run a huge dormitory.

The latter because "it fasci-
nated me. It was a new job and
the only people who had run
residence halls during that
time, in the '60s, were middle-
aged widows, and they (the
administration) wanted some-
body who could manage it as
well as be house mother.Thus
began his career as university
administrator.

After stints at Michigan
State University and the
University of Northern
Colorado, he came to
Maryland. It was, he recalls,
toward the end of the "revolu-
tionary years": between 1968
and 1972. The otherwise brief-
spoken Thomas becomes more
voluble as he speaks of those
exciting times.

"Campuses all over the

"He is loyal to the institution, to the
president and to his staff. He is an
extraordinary leader."

— Dru Bagwell, assistant vice president

for student affairs

right people who have stayed
with us and made a career
here."

The tall, white-haired
Thomas has been at the uni-
versity full-time since 1972,
when he joined as director of
residential life, before taking
charge of student affairs a year
later. Born and raised in
Knoxvi He, Tennessee, he
attended the University of
Tennessee as an undergradu-
ate. He then spent five years as
an officer in the army before
deciding that his true calling
lay in education.

Thomas returned to the
University of Tennessee and

country were pretty volatile at
the time because of the con
cern for the Vietnam war, the
civil rights movement and the
general awakening of the baby-
boomers. Lots of things were
happening that gave our soci-
ety nervous tweaks, and many
of these changes were happen-
ing on college campuses."

Including Maryland. Thomas
recalls student movements led
by others students as well as
"travelling revolutionaries"
who looked for ways to make
the system stop. "They'd block
Route 1 and the governor
would send troops in." He
recalls the troops coming to

campus three times.

The turbulent times, howev-
er, led to a gradual change for
the better at the slow-moving
institutions universities tend to
be. Universities were forced to
take another look at their rules
and regulations, including early
curfews for women students
and dating. "They slowly began
to realize some of the rules
were not good, some of the
restrictions were not push
able."

At Maryland, in the mid-
'80s, "one of the things that
happened pretty quickly was
we rewrote our code of con-
duct and put a different twist
to it. It became more reason-
able and more clear what it
was for," he says. The code, he
says, became a national model
for other schools.

The school shuttle and ren-
ovations on residence halls
also were started during this
period. Among other things,
the university revised Its
approach to campus activities,
and health service operations
were expanded dramatically.

While Thomas doesn't claim
any personal credit for these
changes, his colleagues are
quick to point out that he's
been instrumental in making
them happen. Says Dru
Bagwell, assistant vice president
for student affairs, "Bud Thomas
has been instrumental in raising
the status of Maryland's depart-
ment of student affairs. When
he came here in the '70s, it was
known as the black pit. Over
the years he's been here, he's
built student affairs into one of
the two or three most respect-
ed departments of its kind in
the country."

Bagwell has known Thomas
for 32 years, since they were
colleagues at the University of
Tennessee. He describes
Thomas as "a visionary. He's
extremely bright "As a person,
he finds Thomas "extremely
giving and supportive."

Bagwell, who calls Thomas
"well-written," also touches
upon one of the administra-
tor's little-known facets — "He's
a poet," says Bagwell.

"I do wrestle with words
sometimes," admits Thomas
with an embarrassed laugh. "I
have written poetry... some of
it for fun, some memorializing
people."

He quickly points out he
wouldn't call himself a poet,
however. "Perhaps you should

William "Bud" Thomas

put that word in quotes if you
use it to describe me," he says
with a laugh. "I couldn't prove
it."

He is better known around
campus for his other hobby —
golf. "If I had to pick some-
thing that occupies the most
of my time, it would be read-
ing and golf." He started play-
ing golf late in life, he says, "at
about 34." He plays mostly for
fun, he says, adding, "I am not
good enough to compete." But
he was on the winning team of
the student affairs golf tourna-
ment the year it started.

When it comes to his other
hobby, reading, his taste is
eclectic. "I read a whole bunch
of things," he says. "There are
two or three sets of adventure
stories that deal with the
English during 1790 to about
1825." He also reads spy novels
and La Carre is one of his
favorite authors.

Thomas also likes to relax
by watching musical perfor-
mances and the theater with
his family. He has been married
for 36 years now and his wife,
Betsy, is a folk artist. His son,
William, after graduating from
Michigan, earned his master's
degree in history at
Maryland— a few years after
convincing his sister, Marcia,

that it wasn't "cool to go to
your dad's college"Thomas
says with a laugh.

His life has been a full one,
and so it continues to be.
Consequently, there is little
time to think about his own
plans for the future. "I don't
think about retirement a lot —
though I am eligible and have
considered it — because the
days are busy," he says.

In student affairs work, he
points out, "it is not unusual
for a person like myself to stay
in a single position for long.
Most of us do not aspire to
become president. Our role is
building an organization and
contributing to its groove that
makes the place work."

He wraps up by saying: "It is
more likely that people in my
line of work stay put due to a
commitment to that institu-
tion." And Thomas's commit-
ment to Maryland is well
known. As his friend Bagwell
points out, "He is loyal to the
institution, to the president
and to his staff. He is an extra-
ordinary leader."

— VAISHALI HONAWAR

NOTABLE

Lawrence Lesser

Charles Butterworth, professor in the
department of government & politics, has
been awarded a Senior Scholar Fulbright
Grant to the Friedrlch-Alexander University
of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, for the peri-
od Oct. 15, 1999 March 15, 2000,
Butterworth 's research project in Germany,
"Religion's Importance to Political We II-
Being, the Philosophical Perspective," is an
examination of the famous trilogy by Ibn
Rushd or Averroes, the 1 2th century Arab-
Spanish philosopher best known for his
numerous commentaries on Aristotle.

The first two
parts of the trilo-
gy — the Decisive
Treatise and its
preface. On God's
Knowledge of
Particulars — has
long been known
to non-Arabic
speakers, but the
final part, The
Book of
Uncovering the
Sign-posts about
the Beliefs of the
Religious
Community, gen-
erally has been
ignored. In it,

Averroes critiques the different schools of
law In Islam as he seeks to show how
jurisprudence and theology are to be incor-
porated into a coherent political framework.

Butterworth also has been appointed a
visiting professor at the Institut du Monde
Arabe for April and May 2000. The appoint-
ment calls for him to deliver a series of six
public lectures, titled "Des Origlnes de la
Philosophic Politique en Islam" (On the
Origins of Political Philosophy in Islam),

C. E. Da hi, assistant professor and
undergraduate program coordinator, depart-
ment of animal and avian sciences, received
the 1999Agway Inc., Young Scientist Award.
The award was presented to Dahl last June
during the awards ceremony of the 94th
Annual Meeting of the American Dairy
Science Association.

Dahl received the award for his research
to Improve the efficiency of livestock pro-
duction via manipulation of the neuroen- .
docrine system. Dahl's research at the uni-
versity has focused on the galactopoietic
effect of long-day photoperiods and the asso-
ciation of photoperiod with insulin-like
growth factor- 1 (IGF- 1). He was the first to
report that a hormone galactopoietic in cat-
tle, namely IGF-1 , was increased by long
days, Dahl and his students have since deter-
mined short-day melatonin patterns depress
IGF-1 in cattle and long days can be com-
bined with bovine somatotropin to achieve

additive effects on milk yield.

This work has direct impact on the dairy
industry and has been the subject of four
popular press articles within the past year
and revived interest in the use of photoperi-
od as a management tool in lactating cows.

Art department Professor Claudia
DeMonte received a $5,000 grant from the
Anchorage Foundation of Texas.

Lawrence Lesser, a faculty member at
the Robert H. Smith School of Business, is
the author of Business, Public
Policy and Society, a new text-
book published by Harcourt
College Publishers. Lesser, who
teaches business-government
relations and business ethics,
also is co-founder of the Smith
School's "Washington Week"
program, which enables gradu-
ate business students to learn
how public policy is formulat-
ed.

Previously, Lesser worked
for more than 1 2 years on
Capitol Hill, where he served
as legislative director for
senior members of the U.S.
Senate and House of
Representatives, and as a staff
member of the House Committee on
Appropriations.

Art department Professor Tadeues
Lapinskl had one-person exhibitions at the
District Museums of Nowysacz and Zyradow
Poland. He also has been named a member
of the Board of Directors of the American
Institute of Polish Culture.

Andrew Wolvin, professor, department
of communication, has been identified as
one of the 100 top-ranked active researchers
in communication in a study of the status of
research productivity in the field published
in the June issue of Communication
Monographs.

In honor of William Mayer, distin-
guished alumnus and former dean of the
Smith School, the school's Terrapin Fund has
been renamed the Mayer Fund. The Terrapin
Fund, an MBA student-managed investment
portfolio, was founded by Mayer and origi-
nally endowed with a generous gift of
$250,000. The fund provides MBA students
hands-on experience in equity analysis, trad-
ing strategies and portfolio management. In
addition, the fund increases the marketability
of Smith finance MBAs in industries such as
equity research, investment banking, com-
mercial banking and corporate finance. As of
last June, the fund had grown to almost
$850,000.

Allen Schick Recognized
through 1999 Merriam Award

Allen Schick

Allen Schick is
the recipient of the
1999 Charles E.
Merriam Award,
given biennially to
a person whose
published work
and career repre-
sents a significant
contribution to the
art of government
through the appli-
cation of social sci-
ence research.
Schick, professor in
the School of
Public Affairs, was
honored by the
American Political
Science Association
for his lifelong con-
tributions to the
practice of gov-
ernment through
social science
research.

"Allen Schick, whose schol-
arship on budgeting and public
management has shaped the
practice of government around
the globe, is richly deserving of
this award," said the Merriam
award committee.

Judged by conventional
standards, said the committee,
Schick has been a creative and
prolific scholar for 35 years.
His more than a dozen books
include "Budget Innovation in
the States, Congress and
Money," "The Capacity to
Budget," and "The Federal
Budget: Politics, Policy,
Process "He holds records for
the most articles published in
Public Administration Review
(13) and for the most times
recognized for the best article
published in that journal (4).
He has won significant book
(Brownlow and Hardeman)
and career (Waldo and
Wildavsky) awards as well as a
Guggenheim Fellowship,

Schick's scholarly work has
ranged across substantive
domains and geographical
areas. He has studied budgeting
institutions and practices, exec-
utive and legislative, at the
state and national level in the
United States and in industrial-
ized democracies and develop-
ing countries around the
world. He has done highly orig-
inal work on the historical
development of lawmaking and
legislative form in the United
States, including health care
entitlements and the recent
development of omnibus legis-
lation. He has analyzed the pol-
itics of bureaucratic reform in
the United States and the
spread of new models of pub-

lic management throughout
the industrialized world,

"But Schick's social science-
based contributions to the art
of government go well beyond
this impressive scholarly
record," says the committee, In
addition to his academic
appointments at Tufts and,
since 1981, the University of
Maryland, he spent a decade as
a senior specialist at the
Congressional Research Service
and has been affiliated with
three Washington think tanks.

Schick also has directed
major studies of expenditure
control and public manage-
ment for the OECD and the
World Bank, and was commis-
sioned by the Crown to evalu-
ate New Zealand's innovative
and far-reaching government
reforms. These latter activities
and the publications that
flowed from them, have made
him a legendary figure in the
worlds of public management
scholarship and practice
around the globe.

Schick also played a critical
role in helping Congress write
the Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974. He has
counseled numerous members
of Congress and their staffs on
issues of budgetary control. He
has advised ministers and
senior civil servants in scores
of countries. "He is a brilliant
lecturer who has educated and
entertained thousands of grate
ful participants in his public
and academic seminars," said
the committee.

8 Outlook September 28. 1999

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TAP Talk

The campus business incubator, the
Technology Advancement Program
(TAP), hosts a series for its member
companies called the TAP Executive
Club Monthly Speaker Series.
"Obtaining a Business Loan" is the topic
of discussion for the Thursday, Sept. 30
meeting, which takes place from noon
to 1 p.m., Room 11 03, Technology
Advancement Building.

Faculty members who are consider-
ing starting a technology-based compa-
ny and would like to attend on Sept. 30
or receive further information about
the incubator should contact TAP
Director Edward Sybert at 314-7806 or
email to es49@umail.umd.edu.

Purchasing Serials

The Libraries received sufficient
new budget money to support the
expenditure of $275,000 for new acqui-
sitions. Every department can expect to
be supported by a modest allocation
for new serials and a separate alloca-
tion for additional monographs. Each
department has an assigned librarian
who will work with them to develop a
short list of journal requests and who
will have the ultimate responsibility for
finalizing orders and managing assigned
subject funds. Departmental liaisons are
listed at www.lib.umd.edu/
UMCP/CLMD/cmdstaff.html. Please
contact your liaison to make a recom-
mendation.

Individual faculty are welcome to
make recommendations of new titles at
any time, but recommendations made
before Oct. 1 will receive first consider-
ation.

A New Address

The Department of Environmental
Safety (DES) has moved to the
Chesapeake Budding. DES's new mail-
ing address is 31 15 Chesapeake
Building (338) , University of Maryland;
College Park. Md, 20742-3 133. The
phone numbers have remained the
same.

Any questions about this move
should be directed to Gretchen Sacra at
405-3961.

Cell Phone Days

The Office of Information
Technology has arranged for cellular
telephone vendors to be available to
demonstrate, answer questions and
sign-up University of Maryland faculty,
staff and students with special rates
available to the university community.
The vendors are available Tuesday. Oct.
19, and Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m., in Room 0106 Patuxent
Building. ContactTom Heacock 405-
4409 or theacock@mercury.umd.edu
with any questions.

Maryland Room Reservations

The College Park Senate Office is no
longer scheduling the Maryland Room
In Marie Mount Hall. To reserve the
room, please call 405-5252 or come to
the Office of the Senior Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Provost in
Room 1119 Main Administration.

Sherry Agpaoa will answer any ques-
tions you may have about use of the
room. Sherry's e-mail address is

research at little or no cost to their
departments as the McNair Program
will provide a stipend for the students.
Nomination letters are due Oct. 29.
For further information call Nthakoana
Peko at 4054749 or send email to
np 5 @umail . umd.edu.

New Tutoring Times

Effective Oct. 1 , walk-in tutoring for
IT readiness skills takes place in Room
0121 Main Administration Building on
the following days and times:
Mondays: 8:30 a.m.-noon
Thursdays: 1 p.m. -4:30 p.m.
Fridays: 8:30 a.m.-noon
The facility is staffed to provide
access to the CREN Computer Based
Training CD-ROM and one-on-one assis-
tance in using the CD-ROM training.
Assistance is provided for the following
software: Windows 98 operating sys-

Hear the Strings of the Guarneri Quartet

The Guarneri String Quartet will hold an open rehearsal on Thursday, Sept.
30, 5 p.m. in the Ulrich Recital Hall.The quartet will read through String Quartet
No. 2, Op. 10 by Kodaly, String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 by Schumann and
String Quartet in G Major, K. 387 by Mozart.

Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. For additional informa-
tion, call 405-5556 or e-mail to concerts@deans.umd.edu.

sherry @deans . umd.edu.

Atomic Clock Time

For those of you who have access to
the University of Maryland's Campus
Cable System, the clock display on
channel 35 has been restored. The time
is updated over the internet from the
Naval Observatory's Atomic Clock and
is extremely accurate.

Thanks to Clint Bucco
(cbl61@umail.umd.edu) in the College
of Journalism

for restoring accurate time to the uni-
versity community.

McNair Nominations

The Ronald E. McNair Program is
recruiting students and faculty for acad-
emic year 1 999-2000. Faculty may nom-
inate students who are interested in
research and intend to attend graduate
school. Nominees must meet the fol-
lowing criteria: G PA of 3.0 or above;
low income/first generation college stu-
dent; African American, Hispanic or
Native American.

Nominators either must be willing
to serve as research mentor or suggest
a mentor for their nominee. This is an
excellent opportunity for faculty to
engage undergraduate students in

tern, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word
and web browser usage. There is not a
fee to use the walk-in hours.

For more information about the
walk-in tutoring, contact Bridget
Battaglini, coordinator at 405-1101.

Career Series Kick-off

The Career Center kicks off its
Career Series Thursday, Sept. 30, from
1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Southeast
Lobby of Stamp Student Union and out-
side South Campus Dining Hall. This is
a campus-wide initiative offering pro-
grams that help students with their
career plans and connect them with
employers from numerous fields.
Highlights of the series include disci-
pline-related panel discussions, resume
clinics, an internship series, career and
employment workshops, career expos
and

fairs, networking events, and a Senior
Survival Series (co-sponsored with the
University of Maryland Alumni
Association) .

For a complete listing of Career
Series activities, refer to the "What's
Happening Now!" section of the Career
Center's web site (www.
CareerCenter.umd.edu) , Faculty and

staff bringing these events to the atten-
tion of colleagues and students is
appreciated.

Influence and Ethnicity

Steve Wilson discusses "Identity,
Influence and Ethnicity" at the commu-
nication department's Oct. 1 research
colloquium, from noon to 1 p.m., in
Room 0200 Skinner Building. Wilson is
associate professor of communication
studies at Northwestern University. All
are welcome,

For additional information call Linda
Aldoory at 405 6528, or e-mail her at:
laldoory@wam.umd.edu.

Facts about Meningitis

Following a story on meningococcal
meningitis that aired on "20/20" two
weeks ago, there has been a lot of con-
cern regarding this bacterial disease.
The incidence is 1:100.000, and at the
University of Maryland, College Park
there have been 9 to 10 cases of this
disease over the last 20 years.

A recent study, consisting of a
review of only 14 college students over
five years showed college students were
no more likely to get this disease than
anyone else. For dorm students there
was a slight increase of 3:100,000 over
that of those who are commuters. This
disease is uncommon, particularly given
that 10 percent of the population nor-
mally carries this bacteria in their
throats with no consequence.

A vaccine, called menomune, is
available for this bacteria. It covers four
out of five of the main strains of the
bacteria, but does not cover strain B, a
common strain in the United States. The
vaccine is safe and lasts three years.

The cost of the vaccine at the
University Health Center is $68.
Insurance may or may not cover the
cost. MAMSI student health insurance
does cover it.

For further information call the
Health Center at 314-8120.

Peruvian Voices

The Latin American Studies Center
invites you to the seminar "Quechua
Indigenous Voices from Peru"
Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. in
St. Mary's Hall Multipurpose Room. The
seminar features Carmelo Achangaray
Puma, Guadalupe Holgado Huarancca,
Aurelio Carmona Cruz and Nazario
Turpo Condori.

Puma, the first indigenous mayor of
Pisac, is renowned for his struggle for
Quechua rights in defense of communi-
ty land and the environment.
Huarancca is an expert on the oral his-
tory, beliefs and organization of the
Pisac community, where she and
Achangary are promoting the founda-
tion of a local museum. Cruz is an
anthropologist specializing in the reli-
gion and indigenous beliefs of the
Cusco region, including the practice of
ethnoastronomy and alternative medi
cine. Condori is a Quechua shaman and
the guardian of Ausangate, a mountain
sacred to the inca people.

All four speakers currently are in the
Washington area to participate in the
groundbreaking ceremony of the
Smithsonian National Museum of the
American Indian. For more information
call 405-8235.