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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Vol it m e 16 • Number 6 • October 2 , 2 o t
University
Police Chief to
Lead State
Organization
After policing the streets
of Baltimore County, Uni-
versity of Maryland
Police Chief Ken Krouse
thought his responsibilities on a
college campus — though seri-
ous — would not be as demand-
ing. More than a decade of serv-
ice later, he realizes the error of
that first assumption.
PHOTO BY MONETTE AUSTIN BAILEY
Police Chief Ken Krouse looks for-
ward to his term as president of
the Maryland Chiefs of Police
Association, a group he relies on
and admires.
"I spent 12 years with the
department. We were dealing
with murders, hostages barri-
cades. I would be making deci-
sions about the whole opera-
tion. Half of the geographic area
was my jurisdiction," he said.
"But the complexity and
demands on my time has been
more difficult here."
Based in part on his ability to
handle this complex assign-
ment, the Maryland Chiefs of
Police Association elected
Krouse as its president. He will
be the public voice and handle
much of the business of the
460-member organization.
One of Krouse's main mis-
sions at the university has been
to help the police department
become a "community policing
agency." He wants city and cam-
pus residents to think of univer-
sity police officers as partners
with their fellow local officers.
"Crime doesn't really respect
jurisdictions. We had to develop
working partnerships," he said,
citing a cooperative drug task
force and internships for detec-
tives in die county homicide
unit as examples. He is proud of
the level of cooperation now in
place.
"He is one of our most
See KROUSE, page 6
Campus Community Works Hard to
Restore Order After Tornado Hits
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA MITCHEL
Cleanup crews were hard at work removing fallen trees from the president's residence on the
morning of Sept. 25. More on the disaster and the effort to restore order on page 7.
Open a Second Front in the War on Terrorism:
Curb the Injustices of Globalization
After forceful and
unsparing military
strikes, the United
States must open a second
front in the war on terror-
ism — attacking the social
conditions that allow terror-
ists to flourish, says Benjamin
R. Barber, a political scientist
who has just joined the uni-
versity faculty and author of
"Jihad Vs. McWorld: How
Globalism and Tribalism are
Reshaping the World." The
weapons used on this sec-
ond front will be political
and civic.
"Terrorism sprouts in the
dark, rich soil of globaliza-
tion," Barber says."When the
PHOTO BY MtKE GCM.DWATER
Benjamin R. Barber, professor of
Government and Politics, spoke
Monday Sept. 24 about economic
theories of combatting terrorism.
injustices and depredations
that are the side effects of
the global market economy
go unchecked, it creates a cli-
mate ^hat nourishes terror-
ists. Uhless we address these
social concerns, new terror-
ists will sprout where die old
ones have been uprooted."
The answer is to create a
more just form of globaliza-
tion. "If global markets run
amuck, we need to democra-
tize and contain them by
developing alternative global
institutions," he says.
Barber has a joint appoint-
ment as a professor of Gov-
See DEMOCRACY, page 6
Faculty, Staff
Should Abo
Seek Support,
Say Counselors
Those who work in the
Faculty Staff Assistance
Program couldn't say
how long individuals will be
distracted from work or have
trouble sleeping at night. But
they will say that there's no rea-
son to deal with the recent
tragedies alone.
"It's important not to be iso-
lated at this time," said Tom Rug-
gieri, die coordinator of FSAP
"That's what's going to help us
bounce back."
Ruggieri and Joan Bellsey, the
assistant coordinator of FSAP
want faculty and staff members
to know that Utey are here to
help. They are available for indi-
vidual and group sessions. They
are also open to facilitating
large group discussions for spe-
cific departments if requested
to do so. Both Ruggieri and
Bellsey say that talking about
what's going on and telling per-
sonal stories will help the most.
Ruggieri said that right now,
many people are going through
some form of acute stress. They
are having trouble sleeping,
concentrating and remember-
ing things. "We want people to
understand how universal that
is," Ruggieri said.
The five steps to dealing such
stress are optimism, flexibility,
resiliency, belief in a higher
power and having a support
FSAP is hosting group
discussion sessions for
all faculty and staff to
come and talk about what
they're going through. "Stay-
ing Resilient in Tough Times"
will be held in 0121 Campus
Recreation Center on Oct. 4,
11,16 and 24. The sessions
are held from 12-1 p.m.
Those who would like to
attend are welcome to bring
their lunch.
network. In group discussions,
people can share and find the
commonalities they have with
each other. What they're feeling
is probably similar to that of
dieir friends and co-workers
and they shouldn't feel guilty
about it, Ruggieri said.
If people aren't comfortable
in talking in groups, Ruggieri
and Bellsey are available for
individual appointments. Bellsey
said that sometimes people
don't feel safe because they
may have different political
See ASSISTANCE, page 5
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YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: OCTOBER 2-9
UESDAVV
October 2
8:45 a.m. -12 p.m., OIT
Shortcourse Training:lntro-
duction to HTML 4404 Com-
puter & Space Science. Intro-
duces HTML from simple text
files to richly formatted pages.
Proper use of graphics, sounds
and general practices will be
discussed. Upon completion,
participants will be able to
construct quality HTM1 docu-
ments. Prerequisite: familiarity
with the web and Netscape.
The fee is $40. For more infor-
mation or to register, visit
www.oit.umd.edu/sc, or con-
tact the OIT Training Services
Coordinator at 5-0443 or
oit-training@umail. umd . edu. *
9:30-11:30 a.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Corporate
Time — Client Based 4404
Computer & Space Science
Upon completion of this course
participants should be able to:
view personal calendars in
three formats; block periods of
time in their own calendars;
propose a meeting; create
repeating meetings; and set up
access rights for others to view
their calendars. Prerequisite: a
Corporate Time account. The
fee is $20. For more informa-
tion or to register, visit
www.oit.umd.edu/sc, or con-
tact the OIT Training Services
Coordinator at 5-0443 or oit-
training@umail . umd . edu . *
2-3 p.m.. What is VtfebCT?
4404 Computer & Space Sci-
ence. This brief overview of
webCT will survey the tools
and pedagogical potential of
this Web-based course manage-
ment tool. Sponsored by the
Institute for Instructional Tech-
nology, the class is free and
open to faculty, teaching assis-
tants and others who provide
training or instruction. Regis-
tration is required at www.oit.
umd.edu/ ITT/register, html. For
more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
oit-training® umail . umd . edu .
4 p.m.. Transitional Justice:
Distinguished Lecturer
Series Presents Jon Elster
2203 Art-Sociology. Details in
For Your Interest, page 8.
4 p.m.. Physics Colloquium:
Molecular Motors 1410
Physics. With Dean Astumian,
professor of Physics, University
of Maine. For more informa-
tion, call 5-5945.
Oct. 9: Building
Community Day
Events designed in
response to recom-
mendations of the
Diversity Pane) and the
Coalition of the President's
Four Commissions (includ-
ing those on Women's
Issues, Disability Issues, Eth-
nic Minority Issues, and Les-
bian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Issues) to
encourage all members of
the campus community to
come together and celebrate
the richness and value of our
campus diversity.
Major Events
12:30 p.m. Talk and
book signing with Sher-
man Alexia Concert Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center
5 p.m. Song Talk with
Bern ice fteagon (of Sweet
Honey in the Rock) and
Toshi Reagan Concert Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center
For more information and
activities, visit www.inform.
umd.edu/buildit
6-9 p.m., Basic Computing
Technologies at Maryland
4404 Computer & Space Sci-
ence. Introduces network tech-
nologies such as using FTP to
transfer files between local and
host machines, reading and
posting on Usenet news-
groups, subscribing to public
newsgroups and sending
attachments using an e-mail
program such as Netscape. Pre-
requisite: a WAM account. The
cost is $10 for students; $20 for
faculty/staff; $25 for alumni.
For more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.*
7-9 p.m.. Live From Death
Row A discussion via satellite
with death row inmates con-
cerning police brutality. Spon-
sored by NAACP-UMCP Multi-
purpose Room, Nyumburu Cul-
tural Center. For more informa-
tion, caU 4-8326.
EDMESDAV
October 3
8 a.m. -8 p.m.. University
Libraries' Annual Used
Book Sale Small gym, Cole
Field House. First day of sale is
for the campus community
only, with identification. More
than 30,000 books on more
than 30 subjects including art,
economics, history, military
matters, women's studies, Jew-
ish studies, politics, textbooks
and more. Sale for the public
Oct. 4, 8 a.m.-8 p.m and Oct. 5,
8 a.m. -5 p.m. For more infor-
mation, contact Libraries' Gifts
Office at 5-9125 or visit
www.lib.umd.edu/CLMD/
Gift s/booksale . html .
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.. Fall Career
Fair Stamp Student Union.
First of two days (also Oct. 4).
University of Maryland students
and alumni are welcome at this
opportunity to review a "wide
variety of full-time and intern-
ship positions with 300
employers. Come prepared:
bring resumes and student I.D.
For more information, contact
Betsy Reed at (301) 314-7225
or breed@ds9.umd.edu, or visit
www.careerccnter.urnd.edu.
12-1 p.m.. Research and
DevelopmentPresentation:
Greenbelt CARES Youth
and Family Services Bureau
— A Model Community
Counseling Program 0114
Counseling Center, Shoemaker
Building. With Carol Levanthal,
LC.S.W.-C, director, Greenbelt
CARES Youth and Family Ser-
vices Bureau. All faculty, staff
and graduate students are invit-
ed. For more information, con-
tact Vivian Boyd, Counseling
Center director, at 4-7675.
12-1 p.m.. Weight Manage-
ment Series (Also Oct. 10, 17,
24 and 31). Center for Health
andWellbeing,0121 Campus
Recreation Center. A non-diet
approach to managing your
weight for a lifetime. Learn to
address the circumstances that
cause overeating and lack of
exercise; create strategies to
change these habits for life.
The Center for Health and
Wellbeing is a satellite office of
the University Health Center.
You do not have to be a mem-
ber of the CRC to attend pro-
grams. For more information,
call 4-1493 or email
treger@health.umd.edu.
12-1:30 p.m., Language
House International Cafe
Luncheon 0106 St. Mary's
Hall. This week's featured cui-
sine is Chinese. Cost: $4.95. For
more information, call Eileen
Timothy Kaht at 5^>996.
4-5 p.m., Astronomy Collo-
quium: Star-disk Locking in
Pre-matn Sequence Stars:
The Origin of Stellar Rota-
tion 2400 Computer & Space
Sciences. With Marc Pinson-
neault, Ohio State University.
Colloquia are usually preceded
by coffee and followed by an
informal reception (both in
room CSS 0254). Anyone inter-
ested in having lunch or talk-
ing with the speaker should
contact Chris Reynold, 5-2682
or coll-request@astro.umd.edu.
Please note that most parking
meters in Parking Garage 2
have been removed. Parking
for visitors is available in the
cashier-attended parking lot at
die intersection of Paint Branch
& Technology Drive (a 5-10
minute walk to the CSS bldg.).
HU R S DftV
8 a.m. -8 p.m.. University
Libraries' Annual Used
Book Sale Small gym. Cole
Field House. See Oct. 3 for
details.
10 a.m.-3 p.m.. Fall Career
Fair Stamp Student Union. See
Oct. 3 for details.
12-1 p.m., FSAP Forum:
Staying Resilient Through
Tough Times 0121 Campus
Recreation Center. See article
on page 1 for details.
4 p.m., CHPS Colloquium:
A Honeymoon Spent Caked
in Mud: George Gaylord
Simpson's 1938 Expedition
to Venezuela 1116 Institute
for Physical Science and Tech-
nology (IPST). With Joseph A.
Cain, University College, Lon-
don. Cosponsored by the Com-
mittee on the History and Phi-
losophy of Science, the College
of Arts and Humanities, and
IPST. For more information,
contact hp26@umail. umd.edu,
5-5691 or visit http://carnap.
umd.edu/chps/.
4-5 p.m.. Reconstructing
the Rise of Recent Coastal
Anoxia: Better Chemistry
Through History 1410
Physics. Leading off this year's
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Lecture Series is George Helz
of the Department of Chem-
istry and Biochemistry. The
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Lecture Series is given by facul-
ty members honored for their
outstanding accomplishments
in both scholarship and teach-
ing. In addition to Helz, this
year's honorees are Sara Via,
Peter Beicken, Raymond Mar-
tin, and Rabindra Mohapatra.
For more information, contact
Rhonda Malone at 5-2509 or
rmalone@deans. umd .edu .
October S
Field House. See Oct. 3 for
details.
8-10 p.m.. The Family
Ded ova/Vole ho k In Concert
Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. Free
Family Weekend performance
by faculty artists Larissa Dedo-
va and Mikhail Volchok with
daughters and students Anas-
tassia and Daria. For the School
of Music's complete October
concert calendar, visit www.
umd.edu/music/calendar. For
more information, call 5-ARTS
or visit www. claricesmithcen-
ter.umd.edu.
October 9
8:30 a.m. -4 p.m.. Diversity
Scholarship Showcase
Stamp Student Union, Details
in For Your Interest, page 8.
12 noon. Author Lecture
and Book Signing: Harvey
Meyerson Lecture Room D,
National Arcliives at College
Park, 8601 Adelphi Road. De-
tails in For Your Interest, p. 8.
3-4:30 p.m.. Community
Service-Learning Town
Meeting PG Room, Stamp Stu-
dent Union. Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.
4 p.m., Physics Colloquium:
Probing The New Frontier
Of Materials With The Near-
Field Microwave Micro-
scope 1410 Physics. With
Steven Anlage, associate profes-
sor of physics, University of
Maryland. For more informa-
tion, call 5-5945.
8 a.m. -8 p.m., University
Libraries' Annual Used
Book Sale Small gym, Cole
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OUTLOOK
NEWS FROM THE CLARICE SMITH
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Music of Our Time:
A Discovery Series
A unique festival showcas-
ing contemporary music is
coming to the stage of the
Gildenhorn Recital Hall of
the Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center. Music of our
Time: A Discovery Series
begins on Saturday, Oct. 1 3
with the first of five concerts
to be presented throughout
the year. Jointly sponsored
by the center, the School of
Music and the Division of
Theory and Composition,
the festival will feature per-
Ohana and Daniel Teruggi.
On Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8
p.m., the final concert of the
fall semester will feature the
Newjuilliard Ensemble,
directed by Joel Sachs, to the
center. The ensemble is
composed of some of the
finest student performers at
the world-renowned J uilliard
School of Music. New works
by composers from Eastern
Europe and nations of the
former Soviet Union will be
featured in the concert.
The New Juilliard Ensemble will perform Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m.
formances of works com-
posed during the second
half of the 20th century,
along with several world
premiere performances.
The series begins with
two free concerts. On Oct.
13 at 8 p.m., the New Mil-
lennium Ensemble, one of
America's top contemporary
music ensembles, will pres-
ent a program that includes
Olivier Messiaen's chamber
masterpiece "Quatuor pour
la fin du temps," a previously
unperformed work by Mor-
ton Feldman and a premiere
by Scott Johnson. On Oct. 19
at 8 p.m. , the series contiri-
ueswith AncuzaAprodu
and Thierry Miroglio, a
piano/percussion duo spe-
cializing in the performance
of contemporary music by
European composers. They
will present a concert of
works by Enrico Correggia,
Kaija Saariaho, Betsy Jolas,
Hugues Dufourt, Maurice
For ticket information or to
request a season brochure,
contact the Ticket Office at
301 .405.AR.TS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Clarice Smith
Performing Arts
Onterat Maryland
Tickets for the Oct. 20
concert are $20. The festival
will continue in Spring 2002
with a computer music con-
ference entitled , " Electro-
Acoustic Music: The Contin-
uing Tradition of Music on
Tape," and the performance
of theWalsum Competition
winners by the piano trio
Opus 3, one of Washington's
most acclaimed chamber
music groups.
All in the Family
The Oedova Family wil
rm on Friday, Oct. 5 as part of Family Weekend at Maryland.
With eight hands
and one piano, life
at the Dedova
house is always full of beauti-
ful music. The family of four
have spent most of their lives
either learning, playing, or
teaching piano, so it seems
only fitting they perform a
family concert during Family
weekend at Maryland on Oct.
5 at 8 p.m.
Larissa Dedova, associate
professor in the School of
Music, husband Mikhail Vol-
chok, lecturer in the School of
Music, and daughters Anastas-
sia and Daria, students in the
School of Music, have been
playing together for decades.
For the first time in the
United States the family will
be performing a concert
together on two grand pianos
in the Concert Hall of the
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center.
"I am very excited," said
Larissa. "It is a fantastic oppor-
tunity to play this type of per-
formance in this type of hall,"
she added.The entire family is
looking forward to the con-
cert where both mother and
father will each play a piano
with a daughter on their
right. "We will have a very
dynamic program," said
Mikhail. "Everybody should
come. It's so unique to hear
four pianists at one time."
The program, which will
include Chopin, Liszt and
Raclimaninov, is free and
open to the public. For more
information, call (301) 405-
ARTS or visit www.clarice-
smitlicenter.umd.edu.
Adele Cabot Spends Summer with Shakespeare
Theatre Professor Learns New Ways to Teach
Adele Cabot, assistant
professor in the
Department of The-
atre, participated in the first
New Globe International Act-
ing Fellows Program this sum-
mer. She was one of 1 2 from
around the world selected to
attend.
The professional actors
used the time in Shake-
speare's famous Globe The-
atre to explore different cul-
tural approaches to shake-
speare, examine his language
and study Ills characters moti-
vations. To do this, the group
performed one of Shake-
speare's lesser known plays,
"Cymbelinc."
Instead of performing the
play traditionally from begin-
ning to end, the actors took
just a few scenes to perform,
using five completely differ-
ent rhetoric techniques. While
the lines the characters recit-
ed remained unchanged, the
acdon on stage was always
different.
"By changing what a char-
acter wanted, you could
change the outcome, so every
scene would be different
because the discovery of the
character was always differ-
ent " said Cabot, who por-
trayed the role of lacomo.
Another interesting element
of the scenes was the lack of
specific stage direction given
by the director.
"We would move on
impulse, using heightened
gestures in response to the
space of the theatre," she
added. Having never per-
formed in the Globe, the
experience took a litde
adjusting for Cabot. "The audi-
ence/actor relationship was
so different," she said. "The
1,500-seat wooden theatre
was almost like working in a
womb."
The fellowship was a great
opportunity for Cabot. She
was able to look at Shake-
speare through the eyes of
many different countries and
understand how the language
has evolved into the 21st cen-
tury. She intends to use that
knowledge in her profession-
al career as well here at Mary-
land, where she can teach her
students how to adapt Shake-
speare into the changing
times.
Exploring
Arts in
Education
The Performing Arts
Library of the Clarice
Smith Performing
Arts Center will be hosting
The Art of Partnership, an
opportunity to explore col-
laborations between
schools and communities
to enhance learning in
music, theatre, dance and
the visual arts, Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13.
The Charles Fowler Col-
loquium will feature four
nationally distinguished
speakers and moderated
discussions at the Inn and
Conference Center on Fri-
day. On Saturday, the cen-
ter will host a half-day
workshop for representa-
tives from schools and
organizations, arts adviso-
ry panels and communi-
ties, foundations and agen-
cies on how to foster,
improve and sustain for-
mal partnerships in arts
education.
The Art of Partnership
program will highlight
model Maryland arts part-
nerships in music, theatre,
dance and visual arts. For
updated information
please visit www.tib.umd.
edu/PAUFowler2001.html.
OCTOBER 2
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Pxtracurricular
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Mike Shay, shown above with dance partner Stacey Lipitz, started the university's Ballroom at Maryland club.
Shay and his wife Amy (below) met on the dance floor.
To hear Mike Shay tell it,
ballroom dancing is the
activity for just-left-of-
mainstream, uninhibited men.
"Really, I mean, for a guy to get
out there and dance?" he asks
rhetorically and with a hearty
laugh,"in front of people?"
Shay is one of those brave
individuals; for on many week-
end nights this plasma research
associate can be found waltzing
his six-foot frame across a
dance floor, head held high,
feet flying.
"IVe always loved dancing. I
went to all the high school
dances." As an undergraduate at
Grinnell College in Iowa, he
regularly took pari in the once-
a-semester waltz held by the
school. "Everyone gets dressed
up. It was fun."
It was where he got his first
taste of partner dancing. A few
ballroom dancing classes later,
^nd Shay was really hooked. He
went social dancing, as non-
competitive ballroom dancing
is called, while in Champaign,
111. spending time with his par-
ents after graduation. He even
entered a competition.
Shay came to the university
as a physics graduate student in
1993. He wanted to dance in
his free time.
"I looked at the SGA's list of
clubs; there was nothing. So in
my first year here, I didn't do a
lot.The next year I started a
ballroom club called Ballroom
at Maryland, BAM. It's still very
active," he says.
The club (www.ballroomat-
maryland.com) hosts dances,
workshops and competitions
open to anyone. They're on a
mission to combat stereotypes
that ballroom dancers are
stuffy exclusivists.
"The people are a lot of fun,
really easy going, especially at
the social [dancing] level. Peo
pie show up to our classes in
Ballroom at Maryland
will host a weekend of
activities Nov. 2-4 at
the Reckord Armory- There
will be a social dance on Fri-
day, a competition on Satur-
day and workshops on Sun-
day. For more information,
go to www. ball roomatmary-
land.com, A portion of the
proceeds from the event will
go to the September nth
Memorial Scholarship Fund,
which provides academic
assistance to students who
lost a parent or guardian in
that day's attacks.
Tevas and half of the people
show up without a partner."
Classes are offered by BAM
through the Art and Learning
Center in the Stamp Student
Union. Shay says 200 to 300
people per semester take the
ballroom courses. Club officers
also plan outings to local stu-
dios where attendees are
encouraged to dress casualty,
"but nice." Advance dancers
look out for the beginners and
one-hour lessons are offered
before each BAM-hosted dance.
Shay's full-time responsibili-
ties for the Institute for
Research in Electronics and
Applied Physics leave him less
time for his dancing, something
he regrets, especially now that
he's moved into more competi-
tive waters. He did make time
to compete in a United States
Amateur Ballroom Dancers
Association contest in Salt Lake
City last month, though. "It was
worth going the distance for,"
he explains. "I'm pretty hard-
core now."
His wife, Amy, shares his love
of dance, though not at this
level. It is how they met. Shay
competes with a his partner,
Stacey Liptz, another former
Maryland student.
Joy of movement aside, Shay
came to dancing for the social
aspects of the sport.The club
scene offers loud music and a
limited playlist, he says. Ball-
room dancers can groove to
traditional waltzes, the hustle,
swing and even die cha-cha.
"That song 'Lady Marmalade,'
that's out now? It's die perfect
cha-cha " Shay says.
This from a man who studies
math at a level most find dizzy-
ing. "Ball room dancing does
tend to attract a higher per-
centage of people who like sci-
ence than you would think.
There's that correlation
between mathematics and
music," he says. "But it tends to
be people who have no inhibi-
tions, who are willing to have a
good time."
Students Channel
Helplessness into
Scholarship Fund
Instead of being frozen
by fear or shock, two
university students have
found a long-term way
to help some of their peers
affected by the Sept. 1 1
tragedies.
Many students lost a parent
or guardian that day, reasoned
Dave Amdur, a sophomore let-
ters and sciences major, and
Jodie Campbell, a senior com-
munication major. Not only is
the loss personal, but finan-
cial as well, jeopardizing
many students' chances to fin-
ish school. So they began col-
lecting money for a scholar-
ship fund. For now, the
money is just for College Park
campus students. They would
The two taegan their quest
with President Dan Mote's
office and found their way in
front of Brodie Remington,
vice president for University
Relations and president of the
College Park Foundation, which
will distribute the funds.
"David and Jodie are articu-
late, talented and caring stu-
dents," he said. "They have
had creative ideas for promot-
ing the September 1 1 th Fund
and are energetically commit-
ted to helping students who
suffered a loss in the World
Trade Center and Pentagon
tragedies."
Campbell and Amdur have
been in a veritable whirlwind
of activity since receiving
PHOTO BY MONETTt AUSTIN BAILEY
Jodie Campbell, a senior communication major, and Dave Amdur, a
sophomore letters and sciences major, created a scholarship fund to
help students who may have lost guardians or parents in the Sept. 11
tragedies. Campbell lost a cousin in New York City,
like the scholarship to be
national eventually
"We raised $500 passing
out buckets," said Amdur, who
is from Teaneck, NJ. "I got
$300 just from my dorm, Cen-
tre vi He. And this is just sin-
gles, not big bills,"
Now managed by the Col-
lege Park Foundation, the Sep-
tember 1 1 th Memorial Schol-
arship Fund seems to have
tapped into the well-spring of
support being shown all over
campus.
"It just took off," said Camp-
bell, who is from MonticeUo,
N.Y
The two met during one of
the candlelight vigils held
Sept. 12. Amdur had gotten
up to speak, asking for help
with his scholarship idea.
Campbell, who had seven
family members in jeopardy
that day, also got up to say a
few words. She became over-
come with emotion and went
to sit at the back of the
crowd. Amdur joined her and
the two began talking about
what could be done.
"I don't feel so helpless
anymore," said Campbell, who
lost a cousin that worked in
one of the World Trade Cen-
ter towers. "It could've been
worse for me."
Remington's support; doing
guest spots on WHFS-FM and
WKYS-FM radio stations,
meeting with editors at The
Washington Post, speaking to
campus club leaders and
arranging future events. Local
merchants such as R.J. Bent-
ley's, Santa Fe Cafe and Cor-
nerstone have lent their sup-
port, said Amdur. Also, the two" :
wUl man rabies at the next
two home football games.
They tell their peers that
giving money will ease the
burden for fellow students
trying to stay in school, a
struggle many students can
relate to. It's the same type of
empathy both credit for the
outpouring of support.
"This hits so many people "
Campbell said.
For more information
on the September
1 1th Memorial Schol-
arship Fund, send e-mail to
septembeM Ithscholarship-
fund@hotmait.com. Contri-
butions should be sent to
Terry Miller, 2105B
Pocomoke Building. Or call
(301) 405-7760 to donate by
credit card.
OUTLOOK
Women's Studies
Database One of
First to Compile
Vast Resources
Name: Women's Studies
Database
URL: www.umd. edu/ws
University affiliation: Office
of Information Technology
Creator/editor: Joan Koren-
man and Janet McLeod. The
site is updated by a student
who posts information provid-
ed by professionals.
History/development: Start-
ed in 1992. The site was creat-
ed before there was even a
women's studies major at the
university. Its purpose was to
support those in Women's
Studies programs and to pro-
vide materials to those who
wished to start women's stud-
ies programs at their own uni-
versities and colleges.
Features: Covers topics such
as issues in the field, calls for
papers, conference listings,
funding opportunities,
announcements, employment,
film reviews and a reading
room with recommended
texts. Contains links upon links
upon links. If there is an area
related to the study of women,
it can most likely be found
here.
Audience: Those with an
interest in topics related to
women's studies. The site is
extremely popular with exter-
nal audiences. In August of this
year, there were 1 2 million hits
coming from outside of the
University of Maryland. It is
still a high traffic area for the
university with 4.5 million hits
in August coming from within
the university.
What makes it special:
Links, links and more links.
Tli ere are literally thousands of
links on this site. Several
search engines list it at the top
of resource lists. It is updated
daily so that the dates for con-
ferences and deadlines for fel-
lowships are current, lida
Larsen . Assistant Director for
Collegial Relations and Infor-
mation Services with OJT, said
that this, unlike other sites
which focus on literature or
technology, this site covers
several topic areas.
Gina Jones, coordinator of
Web services at OIT, said she
went to a women's studies
conference a few years ago
and several people told her
what a valuable resource the
site was for women's studies
classes.
"When the database was
begun in 1992 it was unique.
No one else was providing this
information online," Larsen
said. "Now there are other
wo mens studies and women
issues web sites, but the Uni-
versity's Women's Studies Data-
base still ranks very high with
its comprehensive index of
topics and links and with its
special collections/'
Creating Service-Oriented Citizens
Town Hall Meeting Extols Virtues of Service Learning
If you learn while young the mutual bene-
fits of community service, it will continue
to be a fulfilling part of your life, accord-
ing to two campus staff members who spend
many of their off-work hours as volunteers.
Paula Basile, organizational development
and training coordi-
nator with the uni-
versity's personnel
office, found one of
her current activities
through the Com-
muter Affairs and
Community Service
office fair last year.
Next Tuesday, the
office will host a Ser-
vice Learning Town
Meeting & Recep-
tion inviting the
campus to talk
about the impor-
tance of service
learning. In addition
to a poster session,
the event will
engage participants
in a dialogue about
the role and future
of service learning
at die university.
Basile is the volun-
teer coordinator for
Safe Passages, a
Prince George's
County program for
troubled youth that
provides an alterna-
tive to jail. Partici-
pants spend approx-
imately four hours
after school and
most of the day Saturday in a space donated
by the Ager Methodist Church in Hyattsville.
'There are counselors, peer counseling,
substance abuse counselors and a full-time
teacher," says Basile, to help with school
assignments. Students also go to cultural and
sporting events.
Helping others is something it seems Basile
has always done, she says, though it wasn't
called service learning when she was a Girl
Scout, or when she volunteered in college.
Marvin Pyles, assistant director of personnel
and Basile s supervisor, agrees that starting
early in life is the key.
"It gives you a mindset.'This is something
Marvin Pyles and Paula Basile make time in their lives
for helping others — because they benefit as well.
ervice Learning Town Meeting & Recep-
tion, 3-4:30 p.m., Oct. 9, Prince George's
Room, Stamp Student Union. Refresh-
ments will be served. For more information,
call{301)314-CARE.
that you do.' I believe in the high school com-
munity service requirement," he says, referring
to the hours many high school students have
to earn in order to graduate. Pyles, whose
altruistic tendencies also started as a Scout,
now coaches his two daughters' field hockey,
soccer and lacrosse
teams. He says it isn't
as important as the
work Basile does,
though she counters
that he's being too
modest.
"At the end of the
year, he holds a big
banquet, he creates
awards for all the
girls. He does diis all
himself, from his own
pocket," she says.
Pyles also teaches
sign language, works
with the focal PTA
and has coached
Special Olympics.
"I'd like to get back
to Special Olympics,
that's a lot of fun," he
says.
Basile and Pyles
are not alone in their
enthusiasm, they say,
it's the long-term
commitment part
many people find
difficult.
"It's very discour-
aging," says Basile.
"Our culture is very
supportive of [volun-
teering] , but every-
body's busy and
can't make that long-term commitment," adds
Pyles.
"It has to be something you're passionate
about," says Basile.
To help encourage young people to find a
place for themselves in service, both say they
tell students how volunteer work can
improve all sorts of skills. It also looks good
on a resume and exposes students to the rest
of the world.
"You have no idea how much you'll learn
about yourself," says Basile, who has also been
a mentor for a child for three years.
"It helps build confidence," says Pyles,
"when you can help somebody else."
PHOTO B>f MONETTE AUSTIN BAILED
Assistance: FSAP
Continued from page 1
views than that of their
colleagues and aren't
comfortable expressing
themselves. She said
they can come to FSAP
and have confidential
conversations and feel
supported.
Both counselors know
that people deal with
things differendy, mourn-
ing an immediate loss can
take more than a year, but
no one should be alone.
"We don't want people to
feel like there is no one
out there for them," Rug-
gieri said.
The FSAP has a bank of
more than 700 resources
around the community to
refer those who are look-
ing for extra help. There
is also the Emergency
Loan Fund for those fac-
ulty and staff members
who are in need of
money during tliis specif-
ic crisis. FSAP can loan up
to $ 1 ,000. Ruggieri said
he thought the shock of
Sept. 1 1 was finally begin-
ning to wear off. With
last week's tornado, peo-
ple still need help.
"This is on-going and
we need to take care of
each other and be
resilient," Ruggieri said.
For more information,
call FSAP at (301) 314-
8 1 70 or visit www.
inform.umd.edu/healtli/
fsap.
I I
Family Weekend
The University of Mary-
land plays host to par-
ents as they come to
campus to visit their students
and university faculty and staff
Friday, Oct. 5 through Sunday,
Oct. 7. Several events will take
place during the weekend,
including a football game and
dinner with faculty. The week-
end is sponsored by the univer-
sity and the University of Mary-
land Parents' Association. Par-
ents and families can experi-
ence the academics, culture and
sports available as part of
everyday fife on campus.
For more information, con-
tact the Parents' Association at
(301) 314-8429. Families must
register to attend. For informa-
tion on registration, call (301)
314-7884.
In Memoriam
Pioneer
Theoretical
Physicist and
Educator Dies
William M. MacDonald,
of Potomac, Md.,
University of Mary-
land professor emeritus widely
recognized for his contribu-
tions to theoretical physics
and to physics education, died
on Sept. 19 at Montgomery
Hospice's Casey House in
Rockville at age 73. He suf-
fered from Amyotrophic Later-
al Sclerosis, ALS.
In 1967 he initiated the uni-
versity's Theoretical Nuclear
Physics Research Group, and
guided it in his characteristical-
ly democratic style to its pres-
ent national prominence. In
1 975-76 he wrote the Physics
Department's Plan of Organiza-
tion, which became the model
for the governance plans of
several departments and col-
leges of the university.
He was an early advocate of
supercomputer centers in sup-
port of scientific research, and
served on the National Science
Foundation (NSF) committee
whose 1 980 recommendations
led to the establishment of
four national supercomputer
centers. He served as NSF pro-
gram manager for Theoretical
Physics, assistant to the direc-
tor of the University of Mary-
land Computer Science Center
for Supe (computing by Cam-
pus Faculty and as director of
Physics Computing Services.
MacDonald was born in
Salem, Ohio, and graduated
summa cum laude from the
University of Pittsburgh. He
earned his doctorate from
Princeton University under the
guidance of Eugene P.Wigner,
Nobelist. He carried out early
research at the Los Alamos Sci-
entific Laboratory, Princeton i
Project Matte rhorn, Nuclear
Development Associates and
the Lawrence Berkeley Radia-
tion Laboratory, Berkeley, and
served as Visiting Lecturer at
the University of Wisconsin. He
joined the University of Mary-
land in 1956.
His first marriage to Barbara
Blakeley ended in divorce. He
is survived by his wife of 36
years, Rosemary, and by their
two sons, Colin R. MacDonald
of Arlington, Va. and Ian M.
MacDonald of Stanford, Calif.,
and by four children from his
first marriage: Pamela L. Heinze
of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.;
Jeffrey D. MacDonald of
Brandywine, Md.; Melinda L.
Hartnett ofWoodbridge.Va.;
and Todd D. MacDonald of
LaPlata,Md..and his brother,
Robert B. MacDonald of
Sea brook, Texas .
OCTOBER 2, 2001
Inaugural Event Kicks off Retirees Association
Guests enjoy lunch and each other's company at the University of Maryland Retirees Assocation
Inaugural Lucheon, held at the Golf Course last month.
Several dozen individuals came out to the help the new University of Maryland
Retirees Association celebrate the group's creation. Sponsored by the Center
on Aging in partnership with the Alumni Association and the University
Relations, the association allows retired faculty and staff to remain connected to the
university through activities and on-going access to resources.
Events and privileges include a luncheon and lecture series, concerts and other
performances at the Clarice Smith Peforming Arts Center, a directory of Maryland
retirees and a resource guide. For more information about the association, call (301)
405-2469 or send e-mail to rt9@umail.umd.edu.
Democracy Collaborative:
Weaving a Global Tapestry of Democracy
Continued from page 1
eminent and Politics (BSOS)
and the Maryland School of
Public Affairs. He is the Kekst
Professor of Civil Society and
the University System of
Maryland Elkins Professor. He
actively participates in the
university's expanding
Democracy Collaborative, an
international consortium of
more than 20 of the world's
leading academic centers and
citizen engagement organiza-
tions. The collaborative will
conduct research and train
organizations to build the
foundations of democracy in
their communities.
"The Democracy Collabora-
Uve's ongoing work may also
be considered a serious
response to terrorism,'* Barber
says. "We want to help weave
the strands of global civil
society into a more effective
force Like a patchwork quilt,
it can help smother the
flames of terrorism."
The collaborative is a com-
ponent of the university's Civil
Society Initiative. Organized
by BSOS in 1999, it also
includes a prominent lecmre
series and CTVICUS, the resi-
dential living-learning program
for undergraduates that focus-
ing on issues of citizenship
and community-building.
"Our goal in these initia-
tives is to advance the idea of
the engaged university," says
BSOS dean Irwin Goldstein.
"The central idea that the
mission of higher education
ought to be one of building
democracy and strengthening
community is an idea whose
time has come. And Barber
will provide significant lead-
ership in this endeavor. I'm
personally delighted to wel-
come him here."
Susan C. Schwab, dean of
the School of Public Affairs,
says, "The collaborative's com-
munity-building focus will be
the catalyst for the kind of
intellectual community that
many faculty working in polit-
ical science, ethics and public
policy throughout the univer-
sity have sought for many
years."
Barber comes to Maryland
from Rutgers University,
where for the past 1 2 years he
has served as director of the
Walt Whitman Center for the
Culture and Politics of Democ-
racy and where he also held
the Walt Whitman Chair of
Political Science
Among Barber's 14 books is
the 1995 international best-
seller "Jihad Vs. McWorld," in
which he argues that the
globalization of economics
and culture has weakened
democratic institutions, creat-
ed injustices and triggered
worldwide fundamentalist
reactions inside and outside
of Islam. His latest, "The Truth
of Power: Intellectual Affairs
in the Clinton White House,"
details his six years as an
informal adviser to the presi-
dent. He argues that while
intellectuals had a place at
the policy-making table in the
Clinton administration, they
had only limited influence.
For example, in one chapter
that he calls "Clinton Vs. Jihad
Vs. McWorld," Barber says the
president understood the
need to offset the excesses of
globalization, though this
concern did not translate into
policy action.
Barber has consulted wide-
ly with European leaders,
including German President
Roman Herzog. He recently
was named by the French
government a Chevalier dans
1'Ordre des Palmes Acade-
miques.ii Knight in the Order
of Academic Laurels. His
other honors include Guggen-
heim and Fulbright Fellow-
ships and the Berlin Prize of
the American Academy of
Berlin.
An Anniversary in Triplicate
Three founding mem-
bers of die Depart-
ment of Computer
Science celebrated 30
years of service recently. Ashok
Agrawala .Victor Basili and Mar-
vin Zelkowitz played a central
role in defining the depart-
ment's undergraduate educa-
tion curriculum.
Agrawala came to the univer-
sity after completing his doc-
torate at Harvard and working
collaborators the Outstanding
Invention of 2000 for "Pinpoint
Technology: Locating and Syn-
chronizing Mobile Wireless
Nodes."
Basili and Zelkowitz are
among the nation's top
researchers in software engi-
neering research. Together,
they established the Fraun-
hofer Center — Maryland for
Experimental Software Design.
Basili joined the university after
Professors ll-rl Ashok Agrawala, Victor Basili and Marvin Zelkowitz
recently celebrated 30 years with the university's Department of Compu-
ter Science. Basili actually has actually been on the campus 31 years.
in industry at Honeywell. He is
internationally recognized for
his research on operating sys-
tems and computer networks.
He was instrumental in per-
suading Fujitsu of America to
establish a research laboratory
in College Park and to become
a founding partner of the
recently formed Maryland
Information and Network
Dynamics Lab. The university
recognized Agrawala s recent
contributions to computer sci-
ence by awarding him and his
receiving his doctorate at the
University of Texas at Austin
and Zelkowitz after earning his
doctorate from Cornell Univer-
sity. Basili is the executive
director of the Fraunhofer Cen-
ter, which was founded as a
quasi-private applied research
organization in January 1 998. It
is the leading competence cen-
ter for applied research and
technology transfer in experi-
mental software engineering.
He is also a past chairman of
the department.
Krouse: Assumes New Role
Continued front page 1
dynamic members," said Morris
Lewis, a retired Prince George's
County police chief and execu-
tive director of the association.
"He will probably take this
organization a step or two
higher than it already is."
Krouse, who has been with
the university since 1 989, was
to be sworn in on Sept. 1 2 dur-
ing the association's annual
conference in Ocean City, Md.
However, the previous day's
tragic attacks cut short the
event, sending officers running
back to their districts. A new
date for the ceremony has not
been set, though Lewis said it
may be mid-October. Krouse is
already acting in his new role.
Members can work their
way through the organization's
executive board structure and
serve on various committees.
Krouse has served on the legisla-
tive, awards and public affairs
committees. He said putting his
name on the ballot followed
his decision to become more
involved in the association.
"They're the ones 1 turn to if
I need help," he said. "I've found
it to be a wonderful organiza-
tion."
When asked about handling
his responsibilities as police
chief and association president,
Krouse said being in the police
business means learning to jug-
gle various responsibilities to
fit whatever time is available-
He also said it would be impos-
sible without strong support
from family and co-workers.
"If you don't have good peo-
ple in your organization, it
won't work. I'm satisfied that
we have excellent j>eople here.
I didn't just get here. There are
a lot of people in my career
who helped me. Neil Behan
was the toughest boss, but fair.
He came to Baltimore County
from New York City. I owe a lot
of praise to him.
"My family has been so
strong," he continued."! have
four children, my wife, Linda,
practically raised them single-
handedly during 1 7 years of
shift work. I'm so pleased they
turned out so well."
OUTLOOK
Campus Community Works Hard to Restore Order
Under a bright blue sky,
workers with heavy
equipment, saws and
their hands began clearing the
debris from last week's torna-
do. It could be weeks before
all of the rubble is cleared, say
officials.
The twister caused exten-
sive damage in the Denton
Community and to cars in Lot
2, It also claimed the lives of
two students, 23-year-old
Colleen Marlatt and her sister,
20-year-old Erin Marlatt.
Twenty-five students were
treated for minor injuries and
released. A few thousand
were moved from the dorms.
However, all students in the
Denton Community were
allowed back into their rooms
around midnight on Tuesday.
Off the 704 students in Uni-
versity Courtyard who were
displaced due to damage to
their buidlings, approximately
half moved back in during the
weekend. It will be a couple
of weeks before all students
can return.
The former construction
trailers beside the Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center
were destroyed. They had
been housing the Maryland
Fire and Rescue Institute
(MFRT) while their headquar-
ters were being renovated, F.
Patrick Marlatt, deputy direc-
tor of MFRI and father to the
sisters, was injured. Seven staff
members of MFRI needed co
be rescued by odier local fire
and rescue teams.
Nearby, President Dan
Mote's residence was dam-
aged by a large tree and
across University Boulevard,
I'HOTOS BY C¥NT>!IA MITCHEL
All that remains of the Maryland
Fire and Rescue Institute sits in
the foreground (above and right).
the tennis bubble was
destroyed.
Despite minor damage to
Clarice, the center still
planned to hold its dedication
gala Saturday night.
A University of Maryland
Tornado Victims Fund will
provide relief for members of
the university community
who were affected by the
September 24 tornado, Basic-
details of this fund still need
to be worked out. Donations
cannot be accepted naming
specific individuals as benefi-
ciaries.The fund, however,
will be geared to helping
those suffering the greatest
harm and who are most in
need. Anyone wisliing to
make a contribution should
write a check to the "Universi-
ty of Maryland College Park
Foundation" and indicate Tor-
nado Victims Fund on the
memo line. Send gifts to: Uni-
versity of Maryland College
Park Foundation, c/o Terry
Miller, Room 2103, Pocomoke
Building, College Park, MD
20742.
Gary Swift, a sophomore living in Ellicott Hall, removes speakers from
the remains of his vehicle. When asked how he'll manage without a
car, he replied, "Hope insurance covers it and look for a new one, I
guess." Swift was one of many students to spend the night of Sept. 24
at a friend's house, as his dorm was initially evacuated.
In Lot 2, behind the Center for Young Children and the Denton
Community, many students' vehicles were damaged or completely
destroyed. Above, two students comfort their friend as she confronts
the damage to her car, while a photographer (left) takes Polaroid snap-
shots for insurance purposes.
Though Easton Hall suffered some structural damage, residents were
able to return to the dorm around midnight the night of the storm.
Before tow trucks arrived, cars were piled one atop the other in Lot 2.
The damage to vehicles was in many cases catastrophic.
Missing the
Comfort of
the Everyday
Editor's note: This column, written
by Outlook graduate assistant
Laura Lee, attempts to explain
botv last month's unsettling
events have affected her defini-
tion of normal
There is talk about getting back
to normal: going back to work,
going back to school and continu-
ing widi the daily order of our
lives. But if there has been a pat-
tern to tills semester, it has been
anything but norma).
\ called my brother last Monday
night on my way home from cam-
pus. I was idle for most of the two
hours it took me to get to from
College Park to Greenbelt and
wanted to talk to someone. He did-
n't answer, so I left a lengthy mes-
sage: "Clay, there was a tornado.
Can you believe that? Of course
you can..."
A student died over Labor Day
weekend. People developed theo-
ries on what happened, but the
fact remains that the death is still
unexplained. A week later, we were
frozen by watching the destruction
of the World Trade Center towers
and the Pentagon. The country
mourned and asked questions —
most of which do not have answers.
And, last Monday, as I sat in class on
the second floor of Woods Hall,
someone came to tetl us to go
downstairs, A tornado had been
spotted miles away from campus.
We dare to ask our selves, What
next? As though if we knew, we
could prepare and get in the right
mind frame for the inevitable.We
don't know anything except that
tomorrow will come. What it
brings, we'll just have to find out.
To say we have been distracted
is an understatement. The daily
order of our lives have been dis-
rupted as die happenings of our
personal lives continue. For me, it
is the absence of a daily order, an
established routine, that makes get-
ting back to normal so difficult.
It's hard to remember what nor-
mal is.
Campus
Catering
Update
During Monday's tornado,
the University of Mary-
land Catering kitchen
and offices were severely dam-
aged and they were forced to
vacate their facility. While they
rebuild, Catering will be able to
meet tN> needs of all campus
events, but request our flexibili-
ty and patience, as certain serv-
ices and menus may need to be
altered until they are once again
fully up and running.
Catering thanks the campus
for its understanding and sup-
port. For more information, con-
tact Lisa Davis at (301} 314-8031
or ldavis@dining.umd.edu.
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Diversity Scholarship
Showcase
The Center For Teaching Excel-
lence (CTE), in partnership
with a number of campus
organizations, has organized
the Diversity Scholarship
Showcase, whose purpose is
twofold. First, it is to build stu-
dent-faculty dialogue on issues
related to diversity in educa-
tion. Second, it is to highlight
the tremendous quality of stu-
dents' papers, projects, per-
formances and other creative
work which students produce
in their courses and other
learning experiences.
The conference is spon-
sored by Associate Provost for
Diversity and Equity, College of
Arts and Humanities, College
of Education Diversity Com-
mittee, CORE, Curriculum
Transformation Project, Mary-
land Institute for Technology
in the Humanities (MITH),
Office Human Relations Pro-
grams, President's Commission
on Women's Issues (PCWT),
Department of Spanish and
Portuguese and Consortium on
Race, Gender & Ethnicity.
The event will take place on
Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 8:30 a.m.-
4 p.m. in Stamp Student Union.
For more information, contact
Inayet Sahin at 5-9980 or
is32@umail.umd.edu.
Nature's Army: Lecture
and Book Signing at the
National Archives
The National Archives at Col-
lege Park will host an author
lecture and book signing with
Harvey Meyerson on Tuesday,
Oct. 9 at 12 p.m.
Meyerson returns to discuss
his book "Nature's Army: When
Soldiers Fought forYosemite."
Few people know that the
park's first stewards were
drawn from the Army From
1890 until the establishment of
the National Park Service in
1916, these soldiers proved to
be extremely competent and
farsighted wilderness man-
agers. So great was the Army's
influence that the National
Park Service embraced the
Army model as its own, right
down to the uniforms still
worn today.
The event is free and open
to the public and will take
place in Lecture Room D at the
National Archives at College
Park, 8601 Adelptu Road. Park-
ing is free, though patrons are
advised to arrive early. For more
information and to make reser-
vations, call (202) 208-7345.
of Fall
available
The full Fall 2001 edition of
the ITforUM, the information
technology newsletter for the
University of Maryland, is now
available at www.oit.umd.edu/
ITforUM .The print edition
wUl be in university mailboxes
this week.
Included is a message from
Cars, and lives, were turned upside-down and inside-out by the tornado
that struck campus on the evening of Monday, Sept. 24. On the round pin
above, just below the fuzzy dice, is emblazoned the word HOPE.
Vice President and CIO Don
Riley and discussions of impor-
tant topics such as the new
directory service, adaptive
technology, mobile data net-
work services, virus issues, dig-
ital image collections, new-
media lab launch in Journal-
ism, PHR-BPR, copyright law
and electronic information
access, meta-statistics, LAN
services, WebCT upgrade and
establishment of a new Univer-
sity Technology Coordinating
Committee.
For more information, con-
tact Lida Larsen at (301) 405-
2936 or itforum@umail.umd.
edu, or visit www.oit.umd.edu.
Transitional Justice:
Distinguished Lecturer
Series Presents Jon
Elster
Jon Elster, a Robert K. Merton
Professor of the Social Sciences
at Columbia University, will
present a lecture entitled
"Transitional Justice" on
Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. in
2203 Art-Sociology Building.
Elster's lecture will explore
the international transition to
democracy, "from the fell of the
Athenian oligarchies in the
fifth century B.C. to the recent
transitions in Eastern Europe,
SouthAfrica and Latin America."
Elster has written a number
of widely translated books and
numerous articles which have
drawn on multiple disciplines,
including economics and psy-
chology, to explain political
behavior. He has explained
political actions by studying
the way individuals make
choices and how groups of
individuals interact, going
beyond traditional examina-
tions of behavior by social
class and political category. His
work has been translated into
eight languages. His current
research projects focus on the
politics of transition: constitu-
tion-making and transitional
justice. He also teaches cours-
es on the history of political
thought (Tocqueville and
Marx), on rational-choice theo-
ry and on theories of distribu-
tive justice.
Before teaching at Columbia
University, Elster taught in
Paris, Oslo and Chicago. His
publications include "Local Jus-
tice" (1992), "Political Psychol-
ogy" (1993),"Alchemies of the
Mind " (1 999) and "Ulysses
Unbound" (2000),
Community Police
Academy — Session 4
The Department of Public
Safety will be sponsoring its
fourth session of the highly
acclaimed Community Police
Academy starting on Oct. 10.
This eight-week interactive
course is designed to intro-
duce the community to vari-
ous aspects and demands of
1 law enforcement today, and
allows for mutual discussion of
current issues. It is open to all
current faculty, staff and stu-
dents 18 years or older. Space
is limited due to the use of
role-playing and demonstra-
tions, and there is an optional
Saturday course on emergency
driving and firearms safety (with
a shoot-don't shoot exercise).
The training will be held
from 7-10 p.m. in 2141 Patap-
sco Building. For more infor-
mation, contact Sgt. Christo-
pher Jagoe at (301) 405-0539
or cjagoe@umpd.umd.edu, or
visit www.umpd.umd.edu.
Community Service-
Learning Town Meeting
Faculty, staff, students and com-
munity partners are invited to
celebrate curricular and co-
curricular service initiatives in
the diverse communities with-
in and beyond campus. In addi-
tion to a poster session, this
town meeting will engage par-
ticipants in a dialogue about
the role of service-learning at
die university.
The meeting will be held on
Oct. 9 from 3^:30p.m. in the
Prince George's Room, Stamp
Student Union. Refreshments
will be served. For more infor-
mation, contact Megan Coop-
erman at (301) 405-0741 or
msussman® accmail.umd.edu,
or visit www.umd.edu/csp.
Fall 2001 Guide for
Academic Administra-
tors Now Available
Copies of the Fall 2001
Guide for Academic Adminis-
trators are now available.The
Guide contains an updated
directory of deans, chairs and
academic directors, as well as
information on whom to call
for what, college organization-
al charts and more. Academic
administrators and their assis-
tants who have not already
received a copy may obtain
one from their dean, chair or
director.
For more information, con-
tact Rhonda Malone at (301)
405-2509 or rmalone ©deans.
umd.edu.
University
Come join the University of
Maryland Community Band.
This ensemble, an outreach
program of the School of
Music and University Band
department, is open to adult
players, alumni, faculty, staff
and all other members of the
community who enjoy making
music. Those interested are
invited to come to rehearsal
to participate.
Rehearsals are held every
Tuesday night, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
in the Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center, School of
Music, room 1230. No audition
required. For more informa-
tion, contact the Band Depart-
ment at (301) 405-5542 or
umbands@umail.umd.edu. Or
visit www, umd.edu/music/
ensembles/bands/index.html.
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