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Outlook

The UNrvERsrrv of Maryland Faculty and Staff Weekly Newspaper

Volume 14 'Number 6 • October 5, 1999

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16th Annual Faculty & Staff
Convocation, page 3

Maryland's Virtual
Time Capsule

A wave of
the future at the
University of
Maryland will
provide a new
way to look at the
past. The Office of
Internet

Commu nications
recently unveiled its
"Virtual Time
Capsule" website for
past and present stu-
dents, staff and faculty to store their campus experiences.

The site, which can be accessed via the university home-
page at www.umd.edu/dmecapsule, will accept submissions
until midnight of Dec. 31, 1999.

The idea was inspired by the University's Barracks Time
Capsule (recovered in 1912) and the Old Annapolis Hall
Time Capsule (dating back to 1923). Artifacts found in the
old capsules included a list of the artisans who built the
Barracks Building, Masonic medallions and medals, and a
business card that belonged to the chief engineer of
Annapolis Hall. The capsules provided a glimpse into cam-
pus' early history that campus officials hope to duplicate for
this century.

Organizers of the new Virtual Time Capsule will not have

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Arts and Humanities Featured
inside Outlook

Inside this week's edition of
Outlook you will find a four-page
tribute to the College of Arts and
Humanities. This pull-out section,
found on pages 5-8, is the second
in a series of publications focus-
ing on each college in the univer-
sity, which will run twice each
semester, featuring the colleges
in alphabetical order.

Conceived by Provost Greg
Geoffroy, the series of inserts is
a means of building university -wide
pride in academic activities. Many in the academic
community are not aware of the quality of students, faculty and
programs outside their own units. These publications serve to
raise that awareness throughout the university.

Like its fellow colleges on campus, the College of Arts and
Humanities boasts a wealth of exciting programs, departments,
faculty and students. Trying to capture that in four pages is under-
standably difficult. Instead, we have attempted to spotlight a few
of the activities that reflect and represent the outstanding people
and programs in the college, rather than to cover them all com-
prehensively

We hope you find this arts and humanities issue informative
and entertaining, but we also hope it will create a greater sense
of community in the entire university. Your comments and sugges-
dons for future issues are welcome.

We also wish to extend our thanks to Dean James Harris of the
College of Arts and Humanities for his interest and attention in
the development of this issue.

State of the Campus Address

President Mote Proposes Bold Five-Year Plan for Campus

When President Dan Mote stood before the
College Park Senate last week to deliver his state
of the campus address, he not only praised the
successes the campus witnessed during the past
year, but also looked ahead to the year 2004, the
target date for this university to implement and
achieve some major goals. Mote offered a bold
vision of what can be accomplished in the com-
ing five years.

Mote expressed his appreciation for this cam-
pus and its "enormous potential to impact the
state and even the world." Having served on the
Larsen Task Force, which looked at issues of gov-
ernance and funding in the University System of
Maryland, Mote said the experience clarified for
him the commitment of both the state and the
system to see the university fulfill its mandate to
become a pre-eminent public research university.

He also noted highlights such as the 10 per-
cent increase to the university's funding base for
FY2000 and the development and implementa-
tion of funding guidelines by the
Maryland Higher Education
Commission ensuring the
university will be mea-

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sured against funding
and performance lev-
els of peers Institu-
tions such as
Berkeley, UCLA,
North Carolina,
Michigan and
Illinois.

The establishment
of the University of
Maryland, College Park
Foundation also ranked
high on Mote's list of sue
cesses over the past year.
"For the first time, we will have
a foundation board that will be per-
sonally committed to the success of this cam-
pus," said Mote.

One initiative Mote proudly pointed to was
the creation of the Student Fee Advisory
Committee. Made up of undergraduate and grad-
uate students, faculty and College Park Senate
representatives, this committee will participate
in the review of mandatory student fees for
campus-wide and unit programs.

As for his priorities, Mote addressed the five-
year agenda he has been discussing with col-
leagues across campus.

Focusing efforts outward without devaluing
achievements internally, said Mote, is crucial for
the university at this time. On the path to
national eminence, he said, "We have to put
aside reticence in favor of presence. We need to
be in the thoughts of our colleagues across the
country — we must be involved with them on
the highest levels."

Mote referred to the three themes he set out
for his presidency: strengthen the culture of
excellence; enhance the educational experience;
and build the Maryland family.

Strengthening the culture of excellence, said

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Mote, means creating a culture where "faculty,
staff and students feel lifted by their relationship
with the university, feel pride in association with
their peers, and feel constantly compelled to
raise the standards by which we measure our-
selves ."While this culture comes from such
things as the quality of the university's students
and the effectiveness of its programs, Mote said
faculty are the key to the reputation, impact and
visibility of this university.

In order to raise the university's competitive
level across campus, said Mote, the university
must compete assertively with peers in the
recruitment of faculty and graduate students.
"This means charging search processes to bring
only the top candidates to us. It also means set-
ting high expectations of performance for the
faculty and students in every department," said
Mote.

Mote stressed the need for taking an active
role in placing doctoral graduates on the facul-
ties of top institutions. He also noted
the importance of increasing the
number of faculty who hold
membership In national
academies. Currently 22
faculty hold memberships
in these academies. That
number, said Mote,
should reach 50 by
2004.

Over the next five
years, said Mote, the
university must increase
the number of graduate
student applications 50
percent, as well as raise the
average GRE scores of admits
by at least 100 points. To help
recruit against its peers, said Mote,
the university will raise $30 million in
private funds for graduate fellowships. The uni-
versity also will increase its annual sponsored
research funding by 50 percent to $300 million
by 2004, he said.

By 2004, said Mote, the university will have at
least 100 faculty chairs and professorships. Only
46 are currently funded.

Mote also predicted the university will
achieve a ranking among the nation's top 15
public research universities, with at least 25
major programs ranked in the top 10 nationally.
"We are moving up faster than any other large
public university in the country, "Said Mote.
"Momentum is on our side."

With the rising quality of the university's stu-
dents over the last eight years, Mote said the
university will be continually challenged to
improve programs, course content and the cam-
pus environment. He noted six targets to
achieve an enhanced educational experience for
all students: expanding the resident campus
atmosphere for undergraduates by providing
more beds over the next five years (at least

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Open Enrollment Season Arrives
Bringing Big Changes

"It seems time for schools on every level to recognize the
prevalence and importance of the vast body of informal
learning all of us regularly engage in. In a society that prides
itself on social as well as political democracy, the standard
curriculum should embrace, without invidious distinction.
the rarer delights of high culture and good living as well as
the denser ones of daily routine and survival." — Morris
Freedman, professor emeritus of English, in an essay in
the July 14 edition of Education Week calling on educa-
tional institutions to help develop sophistication as well
as skills.

"It's like predicting a major earthquake — there are so many
variables. But perhaps removing some of those situational
variables - like easy access to weapons — could make the dif-
ference."— Jolin H. Laub, professor of criminology, in the
July edition o/'Clinical Psychiatry News in a story about
the challenges of identifying children who might develop
violent tendencies as they grow olden

"It used to be that when a child used bad language, every-
one assumed that their parents spoke that way at home. But
today, even children whose parents don't swear have easy
access to profanity — on prime time or even at the ballpark."
— Sheri Parks, associate dean of undergraduate studies,
in an Aug, 10 Washington Times story about proliferating
profanity in American lile,

"This tells us that many species, including us, are wired to
be social — but there's a lot of variation in that wiring. " — C.
Sue Carter, biology professor, in an Aug. 19 Chicago
Tribune story about new gene research that suggests affec-
tion may be a genetic trait.

"No matter how you count it - number of deaths, number of
new outbreaks of violence, or severity of the violence — the
evidence shows a steady downward trend in conflicts since
the early 1990s. Peacemaking is prevailing over war making."
— Ernest J. Wilson Dl and Ted Robert Gurr, of the Center
for International Development and Conflict Management,
in an Aug. 22 L. A. Times essay claiming that incidents of
interethnic and religious wars have decreased since 1990.

"Last semester, many of my students drifted in late, slumped
into chairs, made excuses to leave early and surrounded my
desk when papers were due, clearly distraught over the
looming deadline. 'I can't think of any problems,' one told
me. 'Nothing interests me.'" — Pamela Gerhardt, lecturer in
English, in an Aug. 22 Washington Post opinion piece
about her observations that today's college students are
more and more indifferent to the world around them.

"We'll aim it at the brightest part. It's a small bull's eye. The
most fun part is that we don't know what's going to hap-
pen.The potential for completely unexpected results is
high,"

— Astronomy Professor Michael AHearn, describing his
Deep Impact project, which will examine a comet's interi-
or by firing a copper "bullet "into It, for the September
issue o/TechGazette.

"It's the same phenomenon that used to result in sewers
and bridges. Academic science has now replaced the sewers
as the place where the money goes." — Robert Park, profes-
sor of physics, in an Aug. 20 New York Times story about
direct appropriations for university research.

The 1999 Open Enrollment
period, during which employ-
ees can add insurance coverage,
change insurance companies or
add dependents to their plans
for the year 2000 has begun,
and faculty and staff are seeing
some big changes being imple-
mented by the state. A new
enrollment method, discontin-
ued health plans and new den-
tal and vision coverage are just
some of the many changes.

To help employees make
sense of these changes, the
Personnel Services Benefits
Office is hosting a Benefits Health
Fair.The fair takes place Tuesday,
Oct. 5, in the Colony Ballroom of
Stamp Student Union, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Representatives from
the Personnel Services Benefits
Office, as well as all health insur-
ance vendors, will be in atten-
dance to answer questions.

If you prefer to get your
information off the web, the
state department of personnel
has a helpful website
(dop.state.md. us/em pbenefits/b
enefits.htm) that answers fre-
quently asked questions, fea-
tures tables noting biweekly
premiums for different types of
coverage, and relays other
important information.

One of the most significant
changes to this year's Open
Enrollment period is in the enroll-
ment method itself. Gone are the
days of the bubble forms requir-
ing fill-ins with a No. 2 pencil.
Instead, enrollment this year will
be conducted over the phone,

using a new Interactive
Telephone Voice Response
System. Unless you are a new
employee enrolling in a plan for
the first time, you are required to
use the 24-hour-a-day, seven-day s-
a-week telephone voice response
system.

There also have been signifi-
cant changes to the medical
plans. Most notably, as of Jan. 1 ,
2000, the United Healthcare and
NYL Care HMOs will not be
offered. Employees currently
enrolled in one of these plans
will need to select a new com-
pany.

Additionally, the state has dis-
continued the practice of
enrolling employees in the PPO
plans based upon the region in
which they live. Beginning with
this open enrollment, all
employees who want to sign up
for a PPO can select either the
MAMSI Eagle plan or the Blue
Cross/Blue Shield PPO regard-
less of where they live.

Dental coverage no longer
will be available through
employees HMO or POS med-
ical plans. In order to obtain or
continue dental coverage,
employees will have to enroll in
one of the separate dental pro-
grams being offered through
either Dental Benefit Providers
or United Concordia. The state
will subsidize the premium
costs for these programs by 50
percent, according to the bene-
fits office.

Vision benefits have been
improved with this open enroll-

ment. The state has discontinued
its separate vision care plan.
Instead, vision care coverage will
be provided as part of all med-
ical plans. Employees can expect
higher reimbursements.

Employees who take advan-
tage of the pre-tax flexible
spending accounts for child care
or health care will benefit from
new administration of those
accounts by Erisa. Claims now
may be processed weekly — and
can even be faxed to Erisa — and
direct deposit of reimbursement
checks is now available.

For employees who have
medical coverage under the
Freestate HMO, Blue Plus POS
and the Blue Cross/Blue Shield
PPO. these all will now be
known as Care First, as a result
of the merger between the Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of Maryland
and Blue Cross /Blue Shield of
the District of Columbia. The
NYL Care POS is now a part of
AETNA.

Under the UNUM Life
Insurance company of America,
the state of Maryland is offering
Long Term Care. Employees
must contact UNUM to enroll in
this program.

The Personnel Services
Office is encouraging employ-
ees to carefully read the materi-
al supplied to them regarding
the Open Enrollment period,
which continues through Oct.
26. Any questions should be
directed to the Benefits Office
at 405-5654.

Campus Police Hosts Citizens Academy

The first in a series of seven "Citizen Academy"
classes offered by Campus Police allowing stu-
dents, staff and faculty to learn about police work
up close begins tonight at 7 p.m.

The classes, which are free and take place
every Tuesday night from 7-9:30 p.m.. will cover a
wide range of subjects including criminal law; the
complaint process; search and seizure; drug iden
tification and investigation; Maryland traffic law;
DW1/DUI; firearms use and safety; and a host of
other topics. Those who complete six of the
seven sessions, which continues through Nov. 16,
will receive a certificate of achievement.

Campus Police officials say the program will
give citizens "a combination of dynamic, exciting
and fun learning experiences ranging from class-
room discussions with veteran police officers and
administrators, to engaging a criminal in an option-
al shoot-don* t shoot firearms simulation." The FATS
firearms simulation at Calvert Cliffs Training Range
allows participants to learn the rules of force by
testing their skills against computer-generated
assailants in a virtual neighborhood. The simula-
tion will take place Thursday, Oct. 28.

Campus Police stresses that the program will

be interactive, rather than just
lectures. Citizens will be able to
voice any concerns they have
about the department and ask any
questions they have about police work.

Participants will not only discuss various issues
with police, but also participate in hands-on train-
ing. "We explain what a controlled burn is, things
of that sort," says Chief Kenneth Krouse. During a
controlled burn, officials burn illegal substances
such as marijuana so resident assistants (RAs) can
identify the odor.

In addition, police ride alongs will be offered
as part of the program. Participants can go out in
a police patrol car and observe a day in the life of
police officers. "We're also coming up with a pro-
gram to teach people what we look for In solving
a crime," says Krouse.

"It's an idea to share information. We want peo-
ple to understand why the police do things. We
also want our officers to hear first-hand how their
actions impact the community.," Krouse says.

To enroll in the Citizen Academy, contact MPO
Carolyn Consoli at 405-0537.

— DAVID ABRAMS

Outlook

Outlook is the weekly faculty-staff newspaper serving the University of Maryland campus community. Brodie Remington, Vice President for University Relations;
Teresa Flannery, Executive Director of University Communications and Director of Marketing; George Cat heart, Executive Editor; Jennifer Hawes, Editor;
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October 5, 1999 Outlook 3

16th Annual

Faculty & Staff Convocation

The 1 6th annual Faculty
and Staff Convocation
will honor several
members of the campus com-
munity who share in the rich
tradition of service to the uni-
versity. The ceremony takes
place Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. in
Memorial Chapel. All members
of the university community
are invited to attend and a
reception in the chapel garden
follows the convocation.

At this year's celebration,
the 1999-2000 Distinguished
Scholar Teachers will be recog-
nized, along with
Distinguished University
Professors Millard Alexander,
Ira Berlin, James Gilbert,
Harriet Presser and Lawrence
Sherman, plus 49 newly named
emeriti faculty. In addition, five
university employees will
receive recognition for their
work when they're presented
with the President's
Distinguished Service Award,

Two new awards, created as
a gift to the university by for-
mer president William E.
Kirwan and his wife, Patricia
Harper Kirwan in 1998, will be
presented for the first time.
The Kirwan Undergraduate
Education Award will be given
to Ira Berlin and the Kirwan
Faculty Research and
Scholarship Prize will be
awarded to Millard Alexander.
History professor Ira Berlin
also receives the university's
highest honor, the President's
Medal.

President's Medal and the
Kirwan Undergraduate
Research Award

Ira Berlin

Distinguished University
Professor, Department of
History

Ira Berlin has always been
fascinated and moved by the
role of slavery in America's
past. "The complexity of this
subject," he says, "really gets
the intellectual juices flowing."

Berlin has been fortunate
enough to parlay this passion
into a rewarding — and much-
rewarded — academic career.
One of his most significant
achievements has been the
Freedmen and Southern
Society Project, called "the
most important editorial pro-
ject of its generation" by James
Harris, dean of the College of
Arts and Humanities. Since
1976, the project has compiled
letters written by slaves into a
voluminous print documentary
of the emancipation era; Berlin
served as its director from
1976-1991.

In 1998, the release of two
new publications — Many
Thousands Gone: The First
Two Centuries of Slavery in
Mainland North America, and
the book and audio set
Remembering Slavery:
African-Americans Talk About
Their Personal Experiences—
brought him international
recognition and honor. Many
Thousands Gone alone
received the Frederick
Bancroft Prize for Best Book in
American History, the
American Publishers
Association's prize for best
book in history, and the first
Frederick Douglass Book Prize.

During his 1992-94 tenure
as acting dean of
Undergraduate Studies, Ira
Berlin voiced a concern
regarding first-year students.
"Many of them did not seem
to have a clear idea of what
they wanted," he says. "They
didn't know how the universi-
ty's majors would match up
with their personal interests."
At the same time, Marylandv
itself was in the throes of a
transition, seeking to promote
its substantial size as a benefit
rather than a drawback.

It was Berlin who envi-
sioned and implemented initia-
tives that would address both
issues and, in his own words,
"make the big store small."
These programs — College Park
Scholars, First Year Focus,
Honors Humanities and the
Terrapin Reading Society—^
allow undergraduates to ^r
explore common interests
within the context of a small
college, while retaining the
advantages of a large universi-
ty: "They help to connect stu-
dents more directly with the
intellectual life of the campus,"
says Berlin.

The Kirwan Faculty
Research and Scholarship
Prize

Millard H. Alexander

Distinguished University
Professor, Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry

For nearly 50 years, scien-
tists have pondered the role of
electron motion in the chemi-
cal reaction F + H2 = HF + H
(fluorine + hydrogen = hydro-
gen fluoride). Specifically, they
wondered, what kind of
impact would the direction of
fluorine's spinning electrons
have on the element's reactivi-
ty with hydrogen? Because this
reaction is a prototype for
many of the elementary reac-
tions necessary for combus-
tion and propulsion, a better
understanding of F + H2 could

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result in the development of
more efficient engines and
launch vehicles.

Now, due to the continuing
research of Alexander, a defini-
tive answer to the question Is
within reach. During the past
three years, Alexander has col-
laborated with two noted
European theoreticians to
develop a software program
that uses sophisticated com-
puter modeling to mimic the
reaction of the atoms."With
this program," says Alexander,
"we can understand not only
the reaction itself, but what
would happen to the reaction
if fluorine's electrons pointed
in various directions."

Alexander, who holds a
bachelor's degree from
Harvard University and a Ph.D.
from the University de Paris-
Sud in Orsay, France, adds this
year's award to a long list of
achievements; these include a
1996-97 Distinguished Faculty
Research Award from
Maryland, a 1997 John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial
Fellowship and a 1997-98 Dr.
Lee Visiting Fellowship at
Christ Church, Oxford,
England, ' I

President's Distinguished
Service Award Recipients

Sacared Bodison
Clinical Director, University
Health Center

In her 1 1 years as clinical
director of the University
Health Center, Bodison has
served the campus community
in many multifaceted, invalu-
able roles: providing medical
services Co more than 42,000
students and employees, coor-
dinating the Sports Medicine
Services and assuming leader-
ship roles on various commit-
tees. But her unwavering con-
cern for the well-being of the
Maryland community is espe-
cially evident in her initiation
of the "Healthy Workers
Program" in 1997. The program
provides limited medical ser-
vices to employees who are
not covered by a university
medical plan; these services
include free diagnostic tests,
immunizations and referrals to
community medical centers
when necessary. Bodison is
also sensitive to the needs of
her Spanish-speaking patients,
and has participated in a
Spanish immersion program in
Costa Rica to enhance her
mastery of the language.

Kevin Brown

Assistant Director of
Landscape Services,
Department of Building and

Landscape Services

The more than 20.000 visi-
tors at Maryland Day had a
chance to see the beautiful set-
ting that we are fortunate to
enjoy every day. "Brown is very
much responsible for the
maintenance and tender care
that delivers such beauty, sea-
son upon season, year after
year," says William "Bud"
Thomas, Jr. , vice president for ■
Student Affairs and Maryland
Day chair.

For the past 23 years,
Brown has provided excep-
tional leadership to the devel-
opment and maintenance of
the campus grounds. His
efforts range from ensuring
that future generations have a
grand stand of trees on
McKeldin Mall, to clearing the
campus of dangerous ice and
snow. The care given in replac-
ing the floral M to mark the
changing seasons is but one
example of the areas that ben-
efit from the planting of more
than 50,000 annuals each year,

Regina Crawmer
Coordinator of Organization
Services, Union and Campus
Programs

Asked to describe Crawmer.
James Osteen, director of the
Stamp Student Union and
Campus Programs, responds:"A
big smile, an infectious laugh,
and a quick joke along with
great advice, help with univer-
sity red tape, personal support,
and comforting reassurance: All
of these things are what stu-
dents over the past 20 years
have come to expect from the
Student Government
Association Accounts Office."

As advisor to this office and
as coordinator of Organization
Services, Crawmer is responsi-
ble for student organization
registration, faculty and staff
advisor training, and coordinat-
ing training publications and
workshops to assist student
leaders in organizational devel-
opment. During the process of
allocating Student Activities
fees to the 120 student groups
on campus, it is Crawmer who
works overtime to ensure that
all group leaders have equal
opportunities to present — and
meet— their budgets.

Patricia S. Higgins
Director, Dining Services

The person responsible for
feeding the equivalent of a
small city each day must be a
saint. "I would say she is like a
Mother Teresa," says Jean
Bennett, who considers her
boss a friend and mentor, as
well. Her sentiments for
Higgins are echoed by others

who have come to know her,
professionally and personally,
over the course of Higgins' 38
years in the Department of
Dining Services, the past four
as director. But Higgins' con-
nection to Maryland goes back
further — it is also where the
registered dietician earned her
undergraduate degree.

As director of one of the
largest auxiliary units on cam-
pus, Higgins has made it one
of the premier college food
service operations in the coun-
try. "One would be hard
pressed to find a more innova-
tive operation, which year
after year receives high marks
from students, parents, staff
and faculty," says Patricia
Mielke. director of Resident
Life.

Known for her commitment
to diversity and outreach
efforts, Higgins was the first
university administrator to
develop job placement oppor-
tunities for developmentalty
disabled workers and has
worked to pilot a parolee work
program, notes Susan Bayly, uni-
versity general counsel.

Sylvia S. Stewart

Associate Vice President for
Administrative Affairs

Shuttle diplomacy is a
phrase that springs to mind in
describing Stewart. As director
of Commuter Affairs from
1976-83, she developed the
Shutde UM transit system,
"which quickly proved to be
one of the most effective and
efficient campus transit sys-
tems anywhere," says William .
"Bud"Thomas,Jr.Today.as asso-
ciate vice president for
Administrative Affairs, her
diplomacy and management
skills place her among the top
echelon of administrators.

In that position since 1992,
Stewart shares the leadership
and direction for units that are
involved in the day-to-day
underpinnings of this universi-
ty: from police to procure-
ment, administrative comput-
ing to construction, environ-
mental safety to resource plan-
ning, to name but a few.
Previously, she spent nearly 10
years in the division as assis-
tant vice president. Her broad
knowledge of the university
and its Interworkings have
made her a staple on numer-
ous high-level task forces and
committees. In 1986, Stewart
was named Woman of the Year
by the President's Commission
on Women's Affairs.

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maryland

Your Guide to University Events
October 5-14

October 5

9;30 a.m. ■ 5:30 p.m. Open
Enrollment Health Fair, sponsored
by Personnel Department. Colony
Ballroom, Stamp Student Union.

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mademoiselle
Health Fair, sponsored by SEE
Productions, Hornbake Mall

Noon. Research fe Development

Presentation: "Constructing the
Academic VillagerThe Consortium
on Race. Gender and Ethnicity."
Bonnie Thornton Dill, Women's
Studies Dept.0114 Counseling
Center. Shoemaker Bldg.

2-3 p.m. OMSE Pre-Lecture
Reception. Prince George's Room.
Stamp Student Union.

2-6 p.m. OMSE Lecture: Sylvia
Hurtado. Grand Ballroom Lounge,
Stamp Student Union.

3-5 p.m. Erasable Inc Meeting. 21 17
Jimenez Hall.

4-6:30 p.m. Iranian Student
Foundation Meeting. 0122 Jimenez
Hall

4-6 p.m. Organization of Arab
Student Weekly Meeting. 1122
Jimenez Hall.

5-8 p.m. Resume Writing &
Interview Skills, sponsored by the
Alumni Association. Prince
George's Room. Stamp Student

Union.

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
periodical articles and other mate-
rials 4133 McKeldin library

5-9070.

5-7 p.m. Society of Women
Engineers General Meeting. 1202
Engineering Bldg.

5-7 p.m. Campaign to End the
Death Weekly Meeting. 0202
Jimenez Hall.

5:30-7:30 p.m. lntervarsity
Christian Fellowship. 1 120 Jimenez
Hall.

5:30-7 p.m. Bahai Club Weekly
Meeting. 1117 Jimenez Hall.

6 8:30 p.m. ANGELS Weekly
Meeting. 3205 Jimenez Hall.

6-9 p.m. Potomac Valley Rescue
Group Weekly Meeting. 01 19
Armory.

6-10 p.m. Dance Practice, spon-
sored by Ballroom at Maryland.
0112 Armory Bldg.

6-7:30 p.m. Finance Community
Meeting, sponsored by Student

Government Association. Atrium,
Stamp Student Union.

6:30-9:30 CPA Review. 0130Tydings.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Chi Alpha Christian
Fellowship Weekly Meeting. 1 103
Jimenez Hall.

7-11 p.m. Maryland Medieval Merc.
Militia Meeting.OHOArmory.

7-9 p.m. Dance Afrlka Dance Practice.
Preinkert Gym

7:30-9 p.m. Yoga Classes, sponsored
by Art & Learning Center. 21 1 1 Stamp
Student Union.

7:30 p.m. Campus Crusade for Christ
Weekly Meeting, Maryland Room.

840 p.m. Keepers of the Word
Weekly Bible Study. 0122 Jimenez
Hall.

October 6

8 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. "It Only Happens
Once a Year," University Libraries'
three-day Used Book Sale Campus
Community Day with Identification.
Gymnasium, Preinkert Field House.
Cynthia Sorrell, 5-91 25 or
csl71@umall.umd.edu.

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Career Fair. Cole Field
House Main Floor

11 a.m. • 8 p.m. Voter Extravaganza,
sponsored by Hermandad De Sigma
Iota Alpha. Prince George's Room,
Stamp Student Union.

Noon. MOCB Fall 1999 Seminar
Series: "Molecular and Genetic
Analysis of Tobamovirus-Host
Interactions," Chris Dardick MOCB
Ph.D. candidate. 1208 Biology
Psychology Bldg. 5-8422 or
LP101@umaU.umd.edu

3-5 p.m. Marching Band Rehearsal,
sponsored by University of MD
Bands. Chapel Field.

3 p.m.VICTORWeb Workshop." an
introduction to using VlCTORWeb,
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 find periodical
articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

5-8 p.m. Praise Band Practice, spon-
sored by Korean Campus Ministry.
01 03 Armory.

5:30 p.m.TSWE Testing. 0200 Skinner
Bldg. Diane Adelstetn, 4-7688.

5:45-10 p.m. Swing Classes, spon-
sored by Art 6 Learning Center. 2111
Stamp Student Union.

Love Conquers All
in Spiced Up
Caribbean Musical

University Theatre at t he University
of Maryland will open Its 1999-2000
season with the musical "Once on
This Island" Oct. 14-23.
Performances will be held in Tawes
Theatre Oct. 14-16 and 21-23 at 8
p.m. as well as Oct, 17 at 2 p.m.
Based on the novel "My Love, My
Love," by Rosa Guy, "Once on
This Island" features music by
Stephen Flaherty, with book
and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.

"Once on This Island" is a
romantic tale of a rich boy
from the city and a peasant
girl who saves the boy
from certain death. The
Tony-nominated musical,
a Caribbean retelling of
the Hans Christian
Andersen fable "The
Little Mermaid,"
enjoyed a successful
run on Broadway in
the early '90s before
becoming a region-
al favorite.

"Ail the energy,
the excitement, the vitality,
the sensuality of people of this litde
Caribbean island just come bursting from the
stage," says Scot Reese, director of "Once on
This Island." "This show Is just like spring
break, like taking a vacation, in the month of
October."

"But 'Once on This bland' also reminds us
that, despite hardship, despite adversity, true
love conquers all," adds Reese. "It's kind of
like 'Romeo and Juliet' spiced up with the
music and dancing of the Caribbean."

Sign interpretation is available Oct. 23 at 8
p.m. Audio description is available Oct, 1 7 at
2p.m., and an infrared listening system Is avail
able at all performances. Tawes Theatre is
accessible to people with disabilities.

Tickets are $14
standard admission and $10
for students and senior citizens. Special group
discount rates are also available for groups of
ten or more. Tickets are available through
mail order now or by phone charge beginning
Oct. 7.

For reservations or additional Information,
call the University Theatre Box Office at (301)
405-2201 (V/TTY) weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. or visit the University Theatre web site at
www. inf orM .umd . edu/THET/plays .

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

6:30 p.m. Terrapin Ski and
Snowboard Weekly Meeting 0131
Armory.

6:30*30 p.m. A Talk on Gun
Control by National Rifle
Association Spokesperson Glen
Caroline. Grand Ballroom Lounge.
Stamp Student Union.

7-8:30 p.m. Habitat for Humanity
Weekly Meeting. 2 1 23 Jimenez.

7:30p,m. University Community Band.
This ensemble offers both students
and community members the oppor-
tunity to continue to play or learn
new instruments. Performances on
campus and in surrounding venues
occur throughout the year. Emphasis
is placed not only on topnotch per-
formance, but also on camaraderie
and fellowship. It is open to all players
who are seriously interested in mak-
ing music. 1 102 Tawes Bldg. 5-5542,

mb287@umalt.umd.edu or

www.umd.edu/bands/

October 7

8 a.m. ■ 6:30 p.m. "It Only Happens
Once a Year," University Libraries'
three-day Used Book Sale Campus
Community Day with identification.
Gymnasium, Preinkert Field House.
Cynthia Sorrell, 5-9125 or
csl71@umall.umd,edu.

9-4 p.m. National Depression
Screening Day, sponsored by
Counseling C enter. Tortuga A and
Tortuga B, Stamp Student Union.

1 a.m. - 3 p.m. Career Fair, spon-
sored by the Career Center. Main
Floor, Cole Field House.

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Fire Protection
Engineering Career Day. Prince
George's Room, Grand Ballroom
Lounge, Stamp Student Union.

3-5 p.m. Erasable Inc Meeting. 21 17
Jimenez Hall.

3-6 p.m. Muslim Women of Maryland
Weekly Meeting. 31 18 Jimenez Hall.

3:30 p.m. "Online Courses as
Effective Learning Environments:
The Importance of Collaborative
Methods." Roxanne Hiltz 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 of
Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Gaines, 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,"

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MITH Mixes Arts with Technology

There's something happening on the
second floor of McKeldin Library that will
revolutionize the way the humanities are
taught and studied on campus and in
Maryland high schools.

In two large rooms overlooking gradu-
ate reserves, the Maryland Institute for
Technology in the Humanities is being set
up. A joint venture of the College of Arts
and Humanities, the libraries and the
Office of Information Technology, MITH is
a community of scholars, interdisciplinary
institute, and electronic space devoted
to explore ways to use new technolo-
gies in university research and teaching.

"MITH will make technology less
mysterious," says director Martha Nell
Smith, adding that to make people aware
of this resource, "we will go to every
department in the college and talk about
MITH."

As part of MITH's goals, faculty in the
College of Arts and Humanities will be
encouraged to incorporate more digital
resoures In their classrooms. This will
expose students to a large number of doc
uments and data, facilitating better study
and research opportunities. "We hope to
bring research and training together," says
Smith, an English professor.

In 2000, MITH will sponsor, coordinate,

and collaborate on a number of digital
projects from faculty members and gradu-
ate students in the College of Arts and
Humanities.

MITH will thus be an intellectual hub
for both students and faculty. Smith says.

MITH has been partially funded by a
$410,000 challenge grant from the

National Endowment for the Humanities,
which requires the university to raise
another $1.6 million for the institute in
the near future.

In August, the only evidence of this
vast resource was a stack of computers in
boxes lined up against one wall of its

future home. But MTTH should be up and
working by mid-October, Smith says.

MITH's first class is being offered this
fall on 19th century English literature.
Smith hopes more classes will be intro-
duced in the next few semesters.

Initially, the staff of MITH will com-
prise Smith, two graduate assistants and
two resident fellows who will join in
spring 2000. While one of the fellows, Jo
Paoletti, is from the department of
American studies, the other, Katie King, is
from the department of women's studies.

The facility in McKeldin will include
office space, study facilities for the fel-
lows, training areas, a conference
room/computer studio, and advanced
computer technology.

Emphasis will be on community out-
reach and service. Smith says. "We will
facilitate outreach to high schools and
create intellectual collaborations for high
schools and universities."

One of MITH's goals Is to bring sec-
ondary and post-secondary education
together in more imaginative ways, she
says.

While this is a new project, faculty in
the College of Arts and Humanities have

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■

Free at Last:

Documenting the History of Slavery and the Emancipation

For nearly two centuries, slavery has
been our country's dirty little secret, a
closeted embarrassment that everyone
knew about, but no one wanted to dis-
cuss.

In recent years that has all changed, in
part due to academicians and historians
researching and peeling back the layers of
abandon. Of late, many in society are
crowding around to make a more in-
depth assessment. With distress and dis-
may, the secrets are unfolding.

In an era when affirmative action is
under attack, and projections from the
Bureau of Census at the Department of
Commerce is forecasting drastic shifts
among the nation's ethnic populations in
the new millennium, many are turning to
an examination of the roots of the
African-American experience.

Much of the discovery is coming from
researchers participating in the University
of Maryland's Freedman and Southern
Society Project, which was established to

capture the essence of the 1861 to
1867 social revolution in the United
States by depicting the drama of eman-
cipation in the words of the partici-
pants - liberated slaves and defeated
slaveholders, soldiers and civilians,
common folk and the elite.
Northerners and Southerners in the era
of the American Civil War.

Since 1976, researchers involved
with the project, drawing upon the
rich resources of the National Archives
of the United States, have pored over
millions of documents, selecting some
50,000 for further evaluation as they
continue the process of transcribing,
organizing and annotating the manu-
scripts to explain how black people tra-
versed the bloody ground from slavery to
freedom between the beginning of the
American Civil War in 1861 and the
beginning of Radical Reconstruction in
1867. According to Leslie Rowland, direc-
tor of the Freedman and Southern Society

Project in the department of history, the
documents vividly speak for themselves.
Placed in the context of the Civil War
and Reconstruction with aid of original
essays, the documents uncovered by the

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UN I VE RS ITY OF

MARYLAND

i

^tamrfm. ,b, Dean Understanding the Hews and Whys

of Language Acquistion

The College of Arts and Humanities stands at the very center
of what constitutes a great university. As one of the colleges
which comprises the arts and sciences, the college is dedicated
to cutting edge research by excellent faculty who take pride in
producing graduates capable of thinking, analyzing and articulat-
ing their thoughts clearly and persuasively.

Arts and Humanities is genuinely diverse— both in terms of
our student body as well as in the broad range of fields of study,
ranging from linguistics and philosophy to humanities and litera-
ture", in languages and culture as well as in performing and plas-
tic arts. From brain imaging labs to fntercultural communication,
creative writing to enthnomusicology, and to many more, the
323 tenure track faculty In Arts and Humanities strive to make
this university a genuinely great institution of higher education.

As dean I take pride in the engagement of our faculty;
engagement not merely in the discourse of their disciplines and
In their research, but engagement in involving their students at
all levels meaningfully in their work. Examples of this engage-
ment abound and many are either highlighted in this issue or
featured in earlier issues of Outlook.

This engagement is one of the reasons Arts and Humanities
has enjoyed such success in winning awards for teaching and in
receiving so many awards to support improvement of teaching.
It is reflected in this college's stance at the forefront of those
using technology in both teaching and research. We recently
received a major challenge grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities to establish an Institute for Technology in the
Humanities. We also became part of a pilot project (TekJCam,
featured in the Sept. 14 issue of Outfooty, because it will help
our students get jobs in the exploding field of computer-related
activities by showing they are remarkably well qualified.

This year more students than ever have chosen to major in
Arts and Humanities (the number of entering students is up 18
percent) .They have earned higher SATs (1150-1330) and GPAs
(3.64), and they are preparing themselves for a complex world
by obtaining an excellent broad-based education in arts, culture
and humanities that includes preparation in other areas from
business to computer science through the Citation program pio-
neered by this college.

The College of Arts and Humanities is growing in the best
possible way — in the high quality of faculty and students alike. I
am pleased with the achievements of the past few years and
genuinely excited at the prospects of the coming years.

James Harris

Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities

Yiddish Book Collection
Preserves Jewish Culture

The University of Maryland's Yiddish library
not only educates and provides a resource for
students, but also serves as a time capsule for
Jewish culture, according to Bernard
Cooperman, associate professor in the depart-
ment of Jewish studies. Yiddish was the language
of the Jewish culture from Central and Eastern
Europe for nearly 1 ,000 years. Due to moderniza-
tion as well as the Holocaust, the language has all
but disappeared, except for traditionally religious
Jewish communities in parts of New York and
Israel. Over the years, many important Yiddish lit-
erary works have been lost, but the discovery
and restoration of these texts by Cooperman and
others, is among the things that make the univer-
sity's Yiddish collection so unique.

The university's interest in preserving a
Yiddish collection began in the early '90s with a
grant from the Joseph and Rebecca Meyefhoff
Foundation, which allowed the university to pur-
chase literature from the National Jewish Book
Center in Amherst, Mass. Since then, other addi-
tions include donations from University of
Pennsylvania, and the personal library of S.L.
Shnelderman, famous journalist and author. Rare

v

At the Center for Young Children, linguistics graduate students
Gualmini. right, engage three-and-a-half year old Aurora Cratn In a
gauge language acquisition processes.

"No, I amn't," says the tod-
dler who's told he's misbehav-
es -$ -

ing.

"Me want to go," says the
two-year-old eager to join in a
trip to the store.

Anyone who's ever had a
conversation with a pre-
schooler is familiar with these
classic grammatical mistakes.
But what's cute and common
among youngsters also makes

treasures, such
as a book auto-
graphed by
artist Marc

Chagal and a collection of yizkor books, memori-
als of Jewish communities, are also located in the
library.

Students and faculty have access to all these
resources, including works on film, through the
Jewish studies department. In the future, the
department plans to add more than 5,000 books
on microfiche to the collection. Cooperman and
others hope the library will continue to grow as
a cultural resource for generations to come.

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for interesting research in the
department of linguistics.

What's more, a brand new
"brain imaging" lab slated to
open in the next few weeks
will only enhance the research
already taking place.

"Between the age of 12
months and three years," says
Stephen Crain, department
chair, "children master an
extremely complex set of
words."The hows and whys of
that language acquisition is
what linguistics researchers
want to understand.

"We believe, ultimately, lan-
guage is a biologically-
based, specialized faculty,"
says Crain. The linguistics
department, he says, brings
researchers from different
skills — biology, psychology,
computational analysis — to
study this faculty.

In Marie Mount Hall, rooms
filled with colorful puppets
and computers are the labs in
which faculty and graduate

Lulsa Meroni and Andrew
storytelling activity designed to

students work. With the assis-
tance of a hand-held fuzzy frog
prince or friendly wizard, the
researchers engage children in
storytelling activities. A familiar
tale is told with some interest-
ing twists (mistakes) meant to
elicit correct responses from
the children. Such games help
the researchers understand
how the children, or, more
importantly, their brains
process word meanings, for
example, and their place in the
tale.

But the new brain imaging
lab will take the research fur-
ther. Currently, brain imaging
research is conducted primari-
ly on adults, but Crain says
they hope to expand the
research to include children.

With one method of brain
imaging, a device resembling a
baseball cap covered with
electrodes will be worn by the
children to monitor the activi-
ty in the brain as the children
process information,

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Studying Culture Through
Virtual Greenbelt

Greenbett may be a few
minutes from College Park, but
it's also a couple of mouse
clicks away, too, thanks to
American studies' Virtual
Greenbelt project.

An ongoing endeavor, Virtual
Greenbelt is an online collabo-
rative resource by faculty, stu-
dents and the Greenbelt com-
munity. It's directed by associ-
ate professors Jo Paoletti and
Mary Sies and features research
contributions by students in
American studies courses.
Additional contributors to
the project are Virginia
Jenkins, Jason Schlauch,
David Silver, Psyche
Williams, Joan Zenzen and
SandorVegh.

The Virtual Greenbelt
Web site www.otal.umd.
edu/~vg/ contains a
wealth of images, inter-
views and materials relat-
ed to Greenbelt-one of
three "green towns" buitt
during President Franklin
D. Roosevelt's administration.

A planned community
designed to harbor Depression-
era displaced workers and their
families, Greenbelt began as a
community of more than 500
town homes, five detached
homes and 306 apartments,
along with a school, town cen-
ter, parks, playgrounds and a
23-acre lake. Greenbelt's coop-
erative spirit and its neighbors

pulling together for self-gover-
nance and self-maintenance
make the city unique among
others.

A museum of material cul-
ture, Virtual Greenbelt provides
a glimpse of domestic life dur-
ing that time. "The site offers a
rich body of primary resources
for classes studying 20th centu-
ry domestic life and progres-
sive urban planning ideas, and
provides publicity and educa-
tion outreach for the real

The Virtual Greenbelt Web
site www.otal.umd. edu/-vgs/
contains a wealth of images,
Interviews and materials
related to Greenbelt-one of
three "green towns" built
during President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's administration.

Greenbelt community," says
Sies. Virtual Greenbelt also
offers the chance for students
to have hands-on experience in
research, and presenting those
ideas to the public.

This year, the city of
Greenbelt celebrates its 50th
anniversary and Virtual
Greenbelt Initiative created a
slide show that's viewable on
the site.

Consortium on Race,
Gender and Ethnicity

The Consortium on Race,
Gender and Ethnicity was the
product of nearly two years of
brainstorming that came to
fruition July 1,1998, when it
was recognized by the univer-
sity. The College of Behavioral
and Social Sciences, the
Graduate School and the
College of Arts and Humanities
were all contributors in the
formation of the consortium,
however, it is officially a part of
the College of Arts and
Humanities.

The consortium primarily
exists to promote and finance
multidisciplinary research on
all issues concerning race, gen-
der and ethnicity. The consor-
tium communicates these find-
ings on a campus level, as well
as a national and international
levels. Through its various pro-
jects, the consortium hopes to
promote an atmosphere at the
university that advocates schol-
arship, fosters communication

and academic growth as well
as collaborative research.

To achieve its goals, the con-
sortium works with groups
such as the African- American
Studies Program, the American
Studies department, the Asian
American Studies Project, the
Center on Population , Gender
and Social Inequality, the
Diversity Initiative Faculty
Relations Committee, the
Women's Studies Department
and the President's
Commission on Ethnic
Minority Issues.

Recently, the consortium
received a grant from the Ford
Foundation in collaboration
with the Afro-American Studies
Program and the Curriculum
Transformation Project and the
Women's Studies department.
This unique opportunity will
allow each program to direct
separate but related projects
on topics concerning race, gen-
der and ethnicity.

Un the ^Arts

It Is the creative and performing arts that constitute a major portion of the College of Arts
and Humanities offerings and outreach activities. Faculty and students In the School of
Music and the departments of dance and theatre collectively produce more than
300 performances a year. And The Art Gallery attracts over 5,000
visitors annually to notable exhibitions and faculty shows.

The college boasts voice and opera faculty who perform on the
stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, theatre faculty who
direct Washington, D.C. and national productions,
dance faculty who attract major dancers and
dance troupes to campus, and art faculty whose work is
world renowned. That great tradition continues as
exemplified, In part, by such noted artists as the
Guarneri String Quartet, the university's resi-
dent string quartet whose members currently

are mentoring and guiding a new ensemble, The Coolidge Quartet, for a
new generation.

One of the greatest jewels in the college's crown Is the Clarice Smith Center for the
Performing Arts (photo below), which, when open In 2001 will house the departments of dance
and theatre and the School of Music. The 318,000-square foot facility, currently under con-
struction on the north side of campus, will be a stunning home for the arts.

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MITH Mixes Arts with Technology

continued from page 1

been putting up Web sites devoted to specialized
subjects since the mid-' 90s, some of which will
now move under MITH. Smith herself has created
the Dickinson Digital Archives, a hypermedia edi-
tion of poet Emily Dickinson's works. Other Web
sites set up by faculty include Romantic Circles, a
Web site on romantic literature and culture (see
sidebar), and the Freedman and Southern Society
Project where recorded oral histories from slaves
can be found. (See story, page 1 .)

MITH, however, will go beyond informing. It
will also provide training, fellowships, colloquia,
polyseminars, conferences, curriculum develop-
ment and student mentoring.

In collaboration with the faculty fellows,
MITH will sponsor an annual poly seminar that
will evolve into discussions on critical issues like
electronic discourse, social construction of
knowledge, credibility of evidence and organiza-
tion of information on the Internet.

MITH's activities, including research, develop-
ment projects, and instruction enhanced by digi-
tal technology, will be showcased at an annual
international conference that will include ple-
nary sessions, demonstrations, workshops, ses-
sions on pedagogy and hands-on training ses-
sion.

In 2000, 12 humanities teachers from Prince
George's County high schools will be chosen for
one-year fellowships at MITH.

Already, MTTH is making its presence felt even
outside the university and the country Last
month, MITH sent a team of experts to the
University of London for a conference on digital
resources in the humanities.

"We [were] given a whole session for our pre-
sentation, which is unprecedented," says Smith
excitedly.

And the title of the session? "Making MITH a
Reality."

For more information on MTTH, visit the Web
site www.mith.umd.edu.

The 19th Century in the 21st : Romantic Literature goes Hi-tech

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Running a Web site on romantic
literature can be unpredictably
rewarding as Neil Fraistat found
this out a few months ago when he
got an e-mail from a schoolteacher
in a town neighboring Kosovo dur-
ing the fighting there.

She had been forced to teach
additional subjects, including litera-
ture, because the school system
had broken down,

■ says Fraistat.
But then she came
across the Romantic

f Circles Web site,
hosted and pub-
lished by the
University of
Maryland. "She wrote
to us to say how
important it had

been in helping her get together a
class." says Fraistat, English profes-
sor and lead editor of the Web site.

He never saved that e-mail, main-
ly because his mailbox overflows
with queries and observations both
from people within the university
and across the world. The Web site
gets between 40,000 and 50,000
hits a month, Fraistat says, produc-
ing a long list of the countries that
access the site most frequently
There's japan. Hong Kong, Brazil,
the. Philippines and India, among
others.

Romantic Circles was first set up
in J 996 as an experimental Web
site for the study of Lord Byron,

Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, John
Keats and their contemporaries. It
has been growing rapidly since.
Today students and scholars of
romantic literature can find here
electronic editions of scholarly
work, discussion groups on roman-
tic literature, manuscripts like Mary
Shelley's "The Last Man," and pieces
of history like a letter written by
John Keats.

Fraistat calls it a
"meta-resource" — a site
composed of many differ-
ent sites. While it was on
several servers when it
was started, the site has
since moved to a single .
server.

Last January, the
university became the
"publisher" of the Web site, after
Fraistat expressed concerns over
who might be held liable in case of
lawsuits of copyright infringement,
defamation, etc. The university is
usually not responsible for any of
the Web sites it hosts on its servers.

"This is a refereed space,"
Friastat says, emphasizing that
Romantic Circles is not to be con-
fused with other Web sites on liter
ature where anyone can put up
anything. "AH the material that goes
into it is carefully selected by schol-
ars on the subjects.The Web site
has an advisory board of the best
international romanticists, he adds.
The Web site was selected by

the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEHJ.the MCI
Foundation, and the Council for
Great City Schools as one of the 2 1
best sites on the Internet for educa-
tion in the humanities. It serves as a
model for other universities, says
Fraistat,

The NEH gave the Web site a
grant to develop a project to bene-
fit schools. Called Romantic Circles
High School, it will feature a virtual
school where students and teach-
ers will be able to enter and walk
through cyber classrooms filled
with information on 19th century
British romantic literature.

Three other projects are under
way. One is a partnership with
Brown University's Women Writers'
Project for the production of com-
plexly marked up electronic edi-
tions of the texts of women writ-
ers. Another is an ongoing partner-
ship with Cambridge University
Press for expanding the Web site.
The third is a gallery project with
the University of Virginia where
famous paintings and information
about them will be posted on the
Web site.

The Web site now also has a
more powerful search engine,
Fraistat says. In the future, any
resource added to the Web site will
show up right away, he adds.

You can visit the Romantic
Circles Web site at
www.rc.umd.edu.

.„

Documenting the History of
Slavery and the Emancipation

Women's Studies Earns Ph.D. Granting Status

continued from page 1
project's editors are presented
in Freedom: A Documentary
History of Emancipation, 1861
- 1867. A total of nine volumes
of Freedom are planned for the
project; four are currently in
print and the fifth is forthconv
ing.

"Freedom has shaped a new
popular understanding of eman-
cipation in the United States,"
says Rowland. "Its manuscripts
and interpretations have helped
historians rewrite the history of
the Civil War era and the
African- American experience."

Museum exhibits, textbooks
and television documentaries
have employed the documents
and interpretations found in
Freedom. Ken Burns, creator
of the acclaimed PBS series,
"The Civil War," has said that
"reinterpreting the meaning of

the Civil War for general audi-
ences would not be possible
without the pioneering schol-
arship of the Freedom and
Southern Society Project."

Editors and associates of the
project are also involved in an
effort to revise pre^ollegiate
curricula. Freedom has been
used by the DeWitt
Wallace/Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship
Foundation, the College Board,
the National Endowment for
the Humanities and local
school districts to improve sec-
ondary-school teaching.

The Freedom and Southern
Society project is supported by
the University of Maryland and
by grants from the National
Historical Publications and
Records Commission and the
National Endowment for the
Humanities

Ever since the early 1 970s
the University of Maryland had
been a leader in the area of
women's studies. At its concep-
tion, the women's studies
department offered only three
courses. Today, the department
offers an undergraduate
degree, undergraduate cer-
tificate, a graduate certificate
and 50 courses that span
several departments and pro-
grams on campus.
Continuing with this reputa-
tion of leadership and schol-
arship, the University of
Maryland's women's studies
department will now be
offering a Ph.D. program.

The addition of a Ph.D.
program marks the advance-
ment of the field of women's
studies, and offering such a
program would take the uni-
versity's program to the next
level, says Claire Moses, profes-
sor and department chair. Only

six other universities in the
United States offer a women's
studies Ph.D. program. The
University of Maryland will be
the first public research institu-
tion on the East Coast to offer
the program and the only

Today* the department
offers an undergraduate
degree, undergraduate cer-
tificate, a graduate
certificate and 50 courses
that span several depart-
ments and programs on
campus.

opportunity in Maryland for
women's studies scholars
obtain a Ph.D.

The program will strive to

advance research and scholar-
ship as well as continuing lead-
ership in the area of diversity.
Although based in the College
of Arts and Humanities, the pro-
gram seeks to promote the
importance of its inter-discipli
nary strengths. Women's stud-
ies is a cross-campus program
with affiliated faculty housed
In 25 departments from Afro-
American Studies to Zoology.
Graduates of the program can
pursue further careers in
higher learning, research,
women's rights or media.
The women's studies depart-
ment at the University of
Maryland is second-to-none,
Moses said. In further com-
ments, she added that the
department has always been
a leader in the field, and will
continue to do so with the
Ph.D. program.

Callt$ ejufrts 6 s Zfumamiits

October 5. 1999 Outlook 9

Registration required. Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg.
www.inform . umd . 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

5-7 p.m. Maryland Model United
Nations Weekly Meeting. 0103
Jimenez Hall.

5-6:30 p.m. Lesbian, Gay. Bisexual
Alliance Weekly Meeting. 1 120
Jimenez Hall.

5-10:30 p.m. Agape Campus Ministry
Weekly Meeting. 01 10 Armory.

5:30 9:30 p.m. Korean Campus
Ministry Worship Service. 0135
Armory,

6-10 p.m. American Style Dance
Classes, sponsored by Art &
Learning Center. 2111 Stamp
Student Union,

6:30 p.m. CPA Review/Teaching,
sponsored by Executive Programs.
0I3OTydings Hall,

7-10 p.m. "Salsa of the Roots."
Amphitheater, Nyumburu Center.

October 8

8 a.m. - 3 p.m. "It Only Happens
Once a Year," University Libraries'
three-day Used Book Sale Campus
Community Day with identification.
Gymnasium, Preinkert Field House.
Cynthia Sorrel!, 5-9125 or
cs 1 7 1 (■ ' i m i a i I .umd . edu.

8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bone Marrow Donor
Reg. Drive, sponsored by Lambda
Upsilon Lambda. Tortuga Room,
Stamp Student Union.

Noon. Muslim Prayer Meeting. 21 1 1
Stamp Student Union.

Noon - 2 p.m. Weekends at Maryland
Concert Series. Amphitheater,
Nyumburu Cultural Center.

7:30-9:30 p.m. School of Music:
"Postcard from Morocco," Ulrlch
Recital Hall. 5 5570."

7:30*30 p.m.Shabbat Dinner fea
turing Chinese Cuisine. Chabad
Jewish Student Center, 7403
Hopkins Ave.

8 p.m.Mehregan Celebration, spon-
sored by the Iranian Student
Foundation. Colony Ballroom, Stamp

Student Union,

Calendar Guide

Calendar phone numbers listed as
4-wooe or 5-xxxx stand for the
prefix 314- or 405. Events are
free and open to the public unless
noted by an asterisk (*). Calendar
Information for Outlook is com-
piled from a combination of
InforM's master calendar and sub-
missions to the Outlook office.
To reach the calendar editor, call
405-7615 or e-mail Outlook® 1
accmall. umd.edu.

October 9

8 a.m.- 1 p.m. VCAT Testing. 0102.
0103, 0106, 01 17 Francis Scott Key
Bldg. Diane Adelstein, psychometrist.
4-7688

8 a.m. Maryland Parliamentary Debate
Tournament. Multiple Rooms, Jimenez
Hall.

8:30 a.m. Leadership Conference.
Atrium. Art-Sociology Bldg.

10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sexual Harassment
Training, sponsored by Human
Relations. Maryland Room, Marie
Mount Hall.

1 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.

5 9 p.m. Materials & Nuclear
Engineering presents the C. Raymond
Knight Award Banquet. Atrium, Stamp
Student Union.

8 p.m. Social Ballroom Dance, spon-
sored by Ballroom at Maryland.
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student
Union.

8p.m. Resident Life Event: Ice Cream
Social, Grand Ballroom Lounge, Stamp
Student Union.

8 p.m. SEE Productions presents
comedian Jon Stewart. Ritchie
Coliseum.'*

8:30 p.m., "Adult Health and
Development." 2111 Stamp Student
Union

October 10

3-6 p.m. School of Music: "Postcard
from Morocco," Uirich Recital Hall.

October 11

9 a.m. - 3 p.m. "Visit Maryland Day."
Open house for prospective students
who are high school seniors or trans-
fer students, and their families.
Imitation only. Stamp Student Union.
4-8385, um-ad mlt@uga.umd . edu .

6-8 p.m. "Navigating the WebCT
Environment." is for students who are
enrolled in courses at the University
of Maryland, which have integrated
WebCT into the class environment. In
it students will learn to navigate
course content, participate In bulletin
boards and chat rooms and develop
presentation materials in group pro-
ject space. 4404 Computer & Space
Sciences Bldg. 5-2938,
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu or
www.inform.umd.edu/PT.*

October 12

3:30 p.m.VICTORWeb Workshop," an
introduction to using VlCTORWeb. the
Libraries' Web- based catalog and
online periodical databases. 4133
McKeldin Library. 5-9070.

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 periodical articles
and other materials 4133 McKeldin
Library 5-9070.

6-9 p.m. "Introduction to Microsoft
Excel ."Introduces spreadsheet basics

of how to: enter values and text, cre-
ate formulas, understand cell

addressing In absolute and reladve
modes, use pre-bullt functions, link
between data, autosave work, cus-
tomize printing and more. 4404
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.
5-2938, cwpost^umdS. umd.edu or
www. inform.umd.ed u/PT. *

October 13

Noon. Research and Development
Seminar Series: "Race, Culture and
Counseling," Janet Helms, psycholo-
gy professor. 0114 Shoemaker Bldg.

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 periodi-
cal articles and other materials 4133
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

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

6:30 p.m. "Introduction to HTML,"
introduces the Hypertext Markup
Language used to create web pages
on the World Wide Web. Concepts
covered include how to: Format text,
create lists, links and anchors,
upload pages, and add inline images.
4404 Computer & Space Sciences
Bldg. 5-2938.

cwpost@umd5.umd.edu or
www. inform . u md . ed u/PT*

7 p.m. Writers Here & Now Series:
MFA faculty reading by Merle Collins
and Joyce Kornblatt. Special Events
Room. McKeldin Library.

7:30- 10:30 p.m. School of Music:
"Postcard from Morocco," Uirich
Recital Hall. M570.*

7:30p.m. University Community
Band. This ensemble offers both stu-
dents and community members the
opportunity to continue to play or
learn new instruments.
Performances on campus and in sur-
rounding venues occur throughout
the year. Emphasis is placed not only
on top-notch performance, but also
on camaraderie and fellowship. It is
open to all players who are seriously
Interested in making music. 1 102
Tawes Bldg. 5-5542,
mb287@umail.umd.edu or
www, umd , ed u/bands/

October 14

3:30 p.m. Lecture Series: "The
Internet and Civil Society," Peter
Levine and Robert Wachbroit from
the School of Public Affairs. 1 107 Van
Munching Hall.

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 periodi-
cal articles and other materials 41 33
McKeldin Library 5-9070.

4:30 p.m. VlCTORWeb Workshop," an
introduction to using VlCTORWeb,
the Libraries' Web-based catalog and
online periodical databases. 4 133
McKeldin Library. 5-9070.

8 p.m. University Theatre: "Once on
This Island," a new musical book by
Lynn Ahrens music by Stephen
Flaherty based upon the novel "My
Love, My Love" by Rosa Guy. Tawes
Bldg. 5 2201 or
www. inforM ,umd . edu/THET/ptays.

Daily Show Host Here

Comedian Jon Stewart, cur-
rent anchor for Comedy
Central's "The Daily Show,"
comes to Ritchie Coliseum Oct.
10. Doors open at 7:30 and
Stewart begins his performance
at 8 p.m,

Stewart began hosting "The
Daily Show" last January and the
show's ratings are at an all-time
high. He also has been busy
with the movie industry, appear-
ing most recendy in last sum-
mer's "Big Daddy" featuring
Adam Sandler. Later this year,
Stewart can be seen in "Almost

Romantic" with Janeane Garofalo and "The Adventures of Tom
Thumb and Thumbelina" in which Stewart's voice is used.

Tickets for Stewart's performance are $10 for students at the
campus ticket office. Others may purchase tickets for $15 at any
Ticket Master location. Stewart's appearance is courtesy of
Student Entertainment Events and the Jewish Student Union.

Jon Stewart

School of Music Shows its Pluck

The School of Music show-
cases its new concert grand
harp on Thursday, Oct 7 at 8
p.m. for the first time Rebecca
Smith (harp), Gerald Fischbach
(violin) , David Salness (violin),
Evelyn Elsing (cello), April Stace,
Ching-Ju Cheng, Elizabeth
Schubert, Ashley Browning and
Anastasia Pike, among others,
will perform in the Uirich
Recital Hall of the Tawes Fine
Arts Building.

The group will play a move-
ment of the Beethoven "Harp
Quartet, Op. 74," Hindemith's
"Harp Sonata," Handel's "Harp
Concerto" and works by
Salzedo and Dudley.

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

Wonderful Woodwinds

The University of Maryland
Symphonic Wind Ensemble,
under the direction of John E.
Wakefield, presents a concert
Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in the
Colony Ballroom of Stamp
Student Union. The perfor-
mance will highlight some of
the special music written for
woodwind instruments in this
century.

Featured artists include
soprano Millicent Scarlett, win-
ner of the Washington Region
Metropolitan Opera
Competition, and trumpeter
Chris Gekker, member of the

American Brass Quintet.

The group will perform the
"Konigsmarsch" of Richard
Straus, "Um Mitternacht'* of
Gustav Mahler, "Suite Francaise
"of Francis Poulenc, Emplems
of Aaron Copland. "George
Washington Bridge" of William
Schuman, "Sonata for Trumpet"
of Kent Kennan, and
Hammersmith of Gustav Hoist.

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

10 Outlook October 5, 1999

Diversity: It's Your Future

October Focus on Diversity

All Month

September 15-Oetober 15
National Hispanic Heritage Month Book
Sale. The University Book Center (UBC)
will be offering a 20 percent discount on
all Hispanic related titles in stock (exclud-
ing textbooks). Contact UBC. 4-7770.

"October 5

3-5 p.m. "Diversity and Learning -The
Importance of Interaction with Diverse
Peers in College." Presented by Sylvia
Hurtado, a nationally recognized scholar
whose work centers on understanding
what issues impact the success of diverse
college students. Hurtado 's presentation
will be given during the University of
Maryland's second Campus Week of
Dialogue. Grand Ballroom Lounge, Stamp
Student Union. Contact Jean Fleckenstein
Reuter, 5-4622 or jreuter@accmail.
umd.edu

October 7

7-10p.m."The Roots of Salsa."The origins
of Salsa music/dance will be displayed by
showcasing its influ-
ences from African per-
cussion to European
instruments. The com-
ing together of these
distinct cultural worlds
has created one of the
most popular and fun
dances in the world. A
highlight will be a fea-
tured performance by
the Ed Ortiz Band.
Nyumburu
Amipitheatre (Rain
location: Multipurpose
Room). Call 30 1-982-
6438 for more informa-
tion.

October 8

3:30 p.m. Local
Americanists lecture
series. Gayle Wald,
George Washington
University, will speak
about "Her 'Proper'

Place: Race, Visibility and Domesticity in
Pinky." *Note:The film "Pinky" will be
available for viewing on Oct. 7, 4 p.m.,
1117 Susquehanna Hall in preparation for
the discussion. 1119 Susquehanna Hall.
Call Africa and the Americas, 5-7856 or the
Department of American Studies, 5-1354.

October 11

National Coming Out Day. Watch the
Diamondback for the "Out List" and
"Allies List." Also, check out the informa-
tion tables in front of Stamp Student
Union.

AT l/MCP

MOVING
T0WARP

COMMUNITY

7 p.m. "True Colors: A
Rainbow of Minorities."
The focus of "True Colors"
is to gather members of
the campus community to
share views about being a
member of a minority
group through artistic
expression. All forms of art
with a minority theme are
encouraged and will be
celebrated at this event.
Artwork will be displayed in the The Art
Gallery from through Nov. 4. Sponsored by
the Latino Student Union and co-spon-
sored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Alliance and Graduate
Lambda Coalition, The Art Gallery and
Prince George's Room, Stamp Student
Union. Contact John Adornato, 5-1 183 or
adornato@wam.umd.edu

October 11

7 p.m. "Afro-Latino Presence in U.S. Popular
Culture. "Afro-Latino rhythms and musi-
cians have influenced jazz, pop and world
music. Enjoy this concert
performance by an Afro-
Latino band and stay for a
panel discussion.
Sponsored by the National
Portrait Gallery, Hispanic
Heritage Month Planning
Committee, and the
Smithsonian Office of
Education. National Portrait
Gallery, Great Hall. For free
reservations, call 202-357-
2920, est 2.

Did you know that the 1963 march on

Washington was organized by Bayard

Rustln — a black, gay man?

October 12

4:30p.m,"Same Sex
Couples and Public Policy."
A round table discussion
with Lee Badgett, Paula
Ettelbrick, Liz Seaton and
Hector Vargas. 106 Francis
Scott Key Hall. Contact
Luke Jensen, 5-8721 or
Ije nse n@ deans, umd.edu.
Check out www.umd.edu/
Igbt

10:30 a.m. -noon. Diversity Initiative
Steering Committee Meeting. New mem-
bers are always welcome. Family Studies
Conference Room. Contact the Office of
Human Relations Programs, 5-2838 or
diversity@umail.umd.edu

October 14-16,17,
and October 21-23

"Once on This Island." Is true love tri-
umphant? Witness the enduring strength
of the human heart in this rousing

Caribbean carnival of song and dance . . .
and just a sprinkle of magic! Cost is $14
standard admission; $10 senior citizens,
students and standard groups; $7 senior
citizen and student groups. Tawes Theatre.
Contact Box Office, 5-2201.

October 20

6:30p.m. (Reception) , Prince George's
Room, Stamp Student Union &
Oct. 21 -22, 9:30a.m.-6: 15p.m. (Panels),
Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural
Center Interdisciplinary Symposium:
"Reexamining Race and Ethnicity for the
21st Century," The symposium consists of
1 1 multi disciplinary panel presentations
by campus faculty and graduate students
engaged in scholarly research on topics
related to Africa, the African Diaspora and
Africans in the Americas. Free and open to
the public. Contact the Committee on
Africa and the Americas, 5-6835.

October 28

5:30-7:30p.m. "Building a Moral Society."
Professor Elie Wiesel will discuss this topic
as part of the College of Education, ED PA,
Center for Education Policy and
Leadership Continuing Colloquium Series.
Arrangements for Wiesel made through
the B'nai B'rith Lecture Bureau. Free
admission by ticket only, which will be
available prior to the event. Information
about ticket distribution to be announced.
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union.
Contact Dr. Steven Selden, 5-3566 or
ss22@umail.umd.edu

*To see the full version of the October
"Focus on Diversity" Calendar go to our
"Student Link to the Diversity Initiative" at
www.inform.umd.edu/Diversity/Initiative

To place your event in November's "Focus
on Diversity" calendar, e-mail information
to Jamie Feehery-Simmons at jfl 56@
umail.umd.edu or fax 4-9992 no later than
Oct. 18. If you have any questions, please
call 5-2562.

Calendar brought to you by the Diversity
Initiative.

Virtual Time
Capsule

continued from page 1

to worry about losing the con-
tents to weather, age or fire, as
it will be stored as digital infor-
mation. The data will be
"buried" in the university com-
puter system, to be viewed
every five years. The site will
change after Dec. 31 from the
current page, with historical
images and a submission form,
to a countdown meter that will
let visitors know when they
can get a peek at the archived
information.

The site has received numer-
ous responses from current and
former students documenting
winter sledding on dining hall
trays, frolicking in the water
fountain on hot afternoons, and
kicking back at the on-campus
bars that used to pack in stu-
dents after class. Other
responses have ranged from the
provocative to the obscene.

Dining Services Manager
Larry Donnelly recounted a par-
ticularly spooky story about the
Rossborough Inn for the cap-
sule. Several years ago, while
renovating the Inn with other
staff members and his wife,
Donnelly thought he saw a
ghost. "I'd better stop drinking
beer at night," he remembered
thinking.

"A few weeks later, we heard
a big crash come from the front
room by the fireplace," says
Donnelly. "The waiter came
running out of the room, visibly
shaken. He had seen the same
woman I had seen earlier, down
to the color of her outfit exact
ly as I had seen her. I had not
discussed seeing her before.

"I was there in 1981 and I
haven't been there since," says
Donnelly.

Linda Martin, director of
internet communications,
hopes more faculty and staff
will submit their stories for a
more complete picture of cam-
pus.

—DAVID ABRAMS

October 5. 1999

State of the

Campus

Address

continued from page 1

2,000 on or near campus);
introducing 1 "value-add ed "
programs like CIVICUS, the liv-
ing-learning program created
by the College of Behavioral
and Social Sciences; reaching a
full-time student graduation
rate of more than 80 percent;
raising $25 million for need-
based scholarships; creating an
incentive scholarship program,
raising private funds for schol-
arships directed to students in
the state's most troubled high
schools; and strengthening the
university's commitment to a
safe and welcoming campus.

Mote called his third theme
of building the Maryland family
"the key to our future in many
ways.This family, he said, con-
sists of alumni and donors, leg-
islators, business leaders, opin-
ion setters, state policy makers,
educators, employers and tax-
payers as well as the faculty,
students and staff. Mote said he
wants all of these family mem-
bers to feel pride in the
University of Maryland, and to
feel ownership of the Bold
Vision* Bright Future
Campaign,

Mote's five-year goals for the
Maryland family include
increasing the number of alum-
ni who are actively involved
with the university by 40 per-
cent to over 35,000; drawing
50,000 people to the Maryland
Day open house, the first of
which was held last spring and
attracted 20,000; and to double
the number of annual donors
to this campus, with annual
gifts from all sources exceed-
ing $125 million.

"Our goals are vigorous and
will require the qualities from
all of us that we have used to
characterize ourselves: hard
working, forward-looking,
ambitious, creative, principled,
confident," said Mote. "We
could not find a better team
than ourselves to move us for-
ward."

To read the full text of
President Mote's state of the
campus address, visit the web-
site:

www.umd . edu /Pres/speec h-
es/state99.html.

New Exhibit Highlights Role of Women at Maryland

May Day Queen is shown above with her court in the early 1920s. The May Day tradition was begun by Adele Stamp who
served as dean of women from 1922-1960.

The important and interesting role women have played in
the history of the University of Maryland is the focus of a new
exhibit currently on display in the Maryland Room on the third
floor of McKeldin Library,

Tided "From Domestic Arts to Astronauts," the exhibit high-
lights the activities and achievements of a number of promi-
nent women with ties to the university, from the matriculation
of the first full-time coeds in 1916 to
the present time. Women featured
include:

• Connie Chung, a 1968 alumna and
freshman queen on campus who
has made her mark in television
news broadcasting,

• Adele Stamp, Dean of Women at
University of Maryland from 1922-
60,

• Irene Knox, a member of the
1 932 American Olympic team who
competed in the field of rifle shoot-
ing; she is a member of the UM
Athletic Hall of Fame,

• Mary Shorb, long-time faculty
member and discoverer of Vitamin
B12, Elizabeth Hook, first female
four-year University of Maryland
graduate, in 1920,

• Charlotte Vaux, first two-year UM
graduate, in 1918,

• Vicky Bullett, a 1 990 alumna and a
member of the Charlotte Sting in
the Women's National Basketball
Association,

• Mary Stallings Coleman, first
female justice on the Michigan
Supreme Court, an alumna and a
member of the Alumni Hall of Fame,

• Judith Resnick, astronaut who per-
ished in the Challenger explosion,
recipient of a Ph.D in Electrical
Engineering from University of
Maryland,

• Elaine Johnson, first black female student to attend the univer-
sity, in the '50s,

• Eugenie Clark, professor emerita known as the Shark Lady for

Irene Knox, one of the sharpshooters from the uni-
versity's women's rifle team, went on to compete in
the 1932 Olympics.

her encyclopedic knowledge of sharks and

• Henrietta Spiegel, at age 85 one of the oldest students to

receive a bachelors degree from University of Maryland.

The exhibit also focuses on events and issues important to
the lives of University of Maryland women. Several images in
the display depict the elaborate May Day ceremonies held annu-
ally on campus from 1923 to 1961. May Day was an opportuni-
ty for the junior class women to
honor the seniors and featured the
tapping of new members of the
Mortarboard honorary society.
Proms and other formal
dances are represented in the exhib-
it by a gold bracelet, cigarette case,
cosmetic compact, beaded hand
bags, and a variety of dance cards
dating back to the late 1920s and
early 30s. Issues addressed in the
display include restrictions on
behavior and dress style that women
were forced to follow, increasing the
participation of women in engi-
neering programs, and the establish-
ment of the present-day President's
Commission on Women's Issues.

The final case in the exhibit is
devoted to the evolution of
women's athletics on campus, from
a gym suit of the 1920s to images of
the five-time NCAA champion
women's lacrosse team. Also covered
here is the impact of Title IX, pro-
hibiting discrimination on the basis
of sex in education programs receiv-
ing federal funding, on the universi

"From Domestic Arts to
Astronauts" will be on display
though February 2000; it is open to
the public Monday through Friday in
the Maryland Room, third floor,
McKeldin Library, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The display was pre-
pared by graduate students Jennifer Evans and Adina Wachman
with guidance from University Archivist Anne Turkos 405-9060.

12 Outlook October 5, 1999

Michigan, will give a presentation on
"Diversity and Learning — The
Importance of Interaction with Diverse
Peers in College." A reception (all Facul-
ty, staff, students are invited) precedes
the town hail, from 2 to 3 p.m. in
Prince George's Room, Stamp Student
Union.

These events are sponsored by the
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student
Education, For more information, con-
tact Mary Cothran at 405-5617.

Help Earthquake Victims

In the wake of the recent earth-
quakes that have devastated Taiwan,
the Community Service Programs
office is offering the following list of
organizations accepting donations to
help the victims:

CCBA-Taiwan Relief Fund, Chinese
Consolidated Benevolent Association,
803 H St. NW Washington, DC 20001

CCACC/Earthquake Fund, Chinese
Culture and Community Service
Center, PO. Box 346190, Bethesda, MD
20827

Taiwan Benevolent Association of
Washington, D.C., P.O. Box 4822,
Washington, DC 2Q008

Tzu Chi Taiwan Earthquake Fund,
Buddhist Compassion Relief, Tzu Chi
Foundation, 9423 Lost Trail Way,
Potomac, MD 20854

For more information or suggestions
of other organizations, contact
Community Service Programs at 31 4-
CARE, 1195 Stamp Student Union,
www.umd.edu/CSP

Struggles with Identity

Charles TiUy, Buttenwieser Professor
of Social Science at Columbia
University, will present a lecture titled
"Collective Struggles with, about and
for Identities" Friday, Oct. 8 in Room
2203 Art -Sociology Bldg.The lecture
begins at 2 p.m. and is followed by a
reception. Faculty, staff and students
are invited.

The lecture is the first Morris
Rosenberg Forum, organized to honor
the former faculty member whom
some call one of sociology's most
heaviry cited and authoritative schol-
ars. For more information call the soci-
ology department at 405-6392.

AAUW Award Nominations

AAUW is now accepting nomina-
tions for two awards: Emerging Scholar
Award for an untenured woman schol-
ar working on women's issues (the
honorarium is $5,000) and
Distinguished Senior Scholar Award.for
outstanding research, college/universi-
ty teaching, publications and a positive
impact on women in her profession
and community (the honorarium is
$1,000).

The deadline for these awards Is
Feb. 10, 2000. For further information,
call Nicky Sudik at 202-728-7631 or
sudikn@aauw.org.

Mini-Center Studies

The Mini-Center for Teaching
Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society in the department of American
studies will continue to provide a

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Postcard from Morocco

The Maryland Opera Studio will open its tenth anniversary season with
Postcard from Morocco, by Dominick Argento. The performance, directed by
Leon Major, takes place Friday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. in Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes
Fine Arts Building. It will feature members of the University of Maryland
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert McCoy.

Premiering in October 1971 at the Cedar Village Theatre in Minneapolis,
Postcard was Argento's first opera mounted in Europe. It remains his most
often performed opera today.

The set, designed by Helen Hayes nominee Dan Conway, and costumes by
Helen Huang, will mark the first ever collaborative venture between the
Studio and the University's department of theatre.

Tickets are $16 for general admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $10 for
students. For tickets and information, call 405-7847. Additional performances
will be Oct. 10 at 3 p.m., and Oct. 13 and 15 at 7:30 p.m.

series of workshops, lectures and pre-
sentations. Its coordinator is available
to faculty and graduate teaching assis-
tants for consultations on the online
aspects of their teaching.

If you are interested in sharing your
pedagogical experience or have an
idea for workshops or presentations,
please contact the mini-center. For
schedule of events and related online
teaching resources visit:
otal . umd . edu/amst/mini-center/

Town Hall Talk

Diversity Dialogue '99 on Tuesday,
Oct. 5, is a town hall that will be the
cornerstone event of University of
Maryland's second annual Campus
Week of Dialogue. During the town
hall, taking place horn 3 to 5 p.m. in
the Grand Ballroom Lounge, Stamp
Student Union, students and faculty
will be invited to share opinions and
insights on their experiences with
diversity on campus.

Sylvia Hurtado, a noted college
diversity scholar from the University of

Hitchhiker's Harmony

The first Distinguished Scholar-
Teacher Lecture of the year will be
presented by John Benedetto from the
department of mathematics, Benedetto
discusses "A Hitchhiker's Guide to
Harmonic Analysis" Friday, Oct, 8, from
4-5 p.m. in Room 1400 Marie Mount
Hall.

The Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Program, sponsored by the Office of
Academic Affairs, honors faculty mem-
bers who have demonstrated notable
success in both scholarship and teach-
ing. This year's honorees are Jordan
Goodman, Steve Graham, Linda Mabbs,
Arthur Popper and Frederick Suppe.

Governor's Training Conference

The Governor's Annual Awards and
Employee Recognition Training
Conference will be held at the
Baltimore Convention Center Nov. 23,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The theme of this
year's conference is "The Challenge of
Change in the New Millennium."

At this conference, Gov. Glendening
will recognize State agencies and indi-
viduals who have provided exceptional
service. In addition, conference partici-
pants will be given the opportunity to
participate in various workshops and
seminars throughout the day.

Interested employees should register
by Oct. 15. Additional conference infor-
mation and registration forms are avail-
able in the personnel department and
may be obtained by calling 405-5651.
The registration fee is $30 per person.

Online Discussion

Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff,
New Jersey Institute of Technology dis-
cuss "Online Courses as Effective
Learning Environments:The
Importance of Collaborative Methods,"
Thursday, Oct. 7 in Room 2460 A.V
Williams Building. Fellow discussants
Include Maryam Alavi, Robert H. Smith
School of Business, and Margaret
Chambers, University College.

The 3:30 p.m. lecture is part of a
series designed to create an interdisci-
plinary community at the University of
Maryland focused on the Internet and
its impact on society. Refreshments
will be available.

For more information about the
Series contact Janet Sumida
(sumida@cs.umd.edu) or Kathy
Bumpass (kbumpass@cs.umd.edu) or
see the

webpage: www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/f99-
lectures.html.

McNair Achievement Program

Faculty interested in nominating a
student for the Ronald E. McNair Post
Baccalaureate Achievement Program
are invited to encourage their nomi-
nees to attend one of two information
sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 6 to be
held in Room 31 05 J.M, Patterson
Building. Following are the times of
the sessions:

Session 1 6-7 p.m.

Session 2 7:15-8:15 p.m.

For further information or applica-
tion materials, call 405-4749.To con-
firm attendance, email Wallace
Southerland at wsouther@wam.
umd.edu.

Web Development Training

The Office of Information
Technology Web Designer and
Developer Program (for faculty, staff
and students) takes place Oct. 26, 27
and 28, and Nov. 2 and 3 (five days),
from 9 a.m. -4 p.m. each day, in Room
4404 Computer and Space Sciences
Building. Fee schedule, program agenda
and registration information can be
found at: www.aits.umd.edu/
WebDeveloper.

This program is a mix of skills train-
ing (HTML and Adobe Photoshop) ,
interactive lecture (web site planning,
copyright and ADA issues, design tech-
niques, usability testing) , and mentored
workshops. It targets those in a posi-
tion to support the web presence of
campus departments or programs, and
those who simply wish to enhance
their web development skills.

Questions about course content can
be directed to oit-
training@umail.umd.edu.