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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Volume 17 • Number 3 • Ftbruary ip, 2003

Putting It
All Together

Thornton Pours
Talents Into
Television Show

The idea: one journalist on
eacli show ■with a half-
hour conversation.
It was a vision that journalism
professor Lee Thornton wanted
to bring to UMTV and last
semester she did so, taping
eight episodes of "Front and
Center" featuring prominent

Lee Thornton

area journalists.

Although Thornton, who
holds the Richard Eaton Chair
in Broadcast Journalism, has
been at the university since
1 996, she said her first priority

See THORNTON, page 5

Culture, Friends and Learning

Hope Chinese School at College Park

PHOTO fly CYNTHIA MITCHEL

Janet He, a senior systems engineer witli UMEACS, worlts with her son, Andrew Hu, on his Chinese
homeworlc. The 7 -year-old attends Hope Chinese Schooi held in Jimenez HatI on Sundays.

On Sunday, the Juan
Ramon Jimenez
building buzzes
with activity as students take
language, dance, math and
drawing classes.

The Hope Chinese School
at College ParkCHCSCP)
offers ^lilies an opportuni-
ty to teach their children the
culture and traditions many
Chinese young people may
lose by being raised in the

United States. Since the
opening of the country's
doors Iti the 1980s, many
came to America universities
to pursue, further education-
al advances.

"Many came vrith their
children, but the cliildren
learned to speak En^sh, and
forgot Chinese," explains
Janet He, a senior systems
engineer vrith UMIACS and
the principal for Hope Chi-

nese School at College Park.
A group of students got
together in June 1993 and
established Hope Chinese
School in Auguest that year.
They started with ,^3 stu-
dents. "That fell, enrollment
went up to 96, mostly chil-
dren of miiversity students,
feculty and staff."

Ms. He said the imiversi-

See HOPE SCHOOL, page 7

School of Music Enjoy Sy
Often BestSy its Competition

K

a tie Nicely and Lois
Ash can usually tell
when the universi-
ty's moved up on a
prospective student's list of
schools. The moment comes
when the individual walks into
the front lobby of the Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center

"They look up and all aroimd
and their eyes get wide," says
Ash, assistant director of admis-
sions for the School of Music.

The school's applications
jumped from 356 in 1996 to
846 this year. Undergraduate
and graduate student enroll-
ment was up to 532 last year,
from 318 in 1996. Ash's posi-
tion was created in September
to help handle the latter
demand. Nicely, director of
admissions, says the increased
interest is due to a number of
factors; not the least of which
are the caliber of instructors
and the music's new home in

tlie center When Maryland
makes the list with other highly
regarded programs such as Bal-
timore's Peabody Institute or
even New York's femous JuU-
liard School, it is a reason to
toot one's own horn.

"[First] there's the liaculty
they're going to study with," says
Nicely. "Our faculty members are
renowned musiclatis in their
own right.' Prime examples of
the more than 100 instructors
Include Chris Gekker, who
plays the trumpet heard during
the recognizable opening score
of ABC's"Nighdine,"and saxp-
phonist Chris Vadala, director of
jazz studies. Vadala is consid-
ered one of the country's top
woodwind artists. Then there's
the adjunct fiiculty.

"The trombone section of
the National Symphony Orches-
tra serves as adjuncts," lists

See MUSIC, page 7

Going Mobile at Maryland:
Wirelesss Access Networks

No cords, cables, or data
lines are needed for university
computer users to access the
extensive data network at
Maryland. Since last summer,
the Office of Information
Technology has been deploy-
ing wireless data network
access throughout the cam-
pus.

No longer are users locked
into waiting for available com-
puters at labs. Faculty and
staff, as well as students, can
now check their e-mail on
their laptop while eating
lunch on Hombake Mall.

Through the wireless local
area network, coined Mobile
at Maryland CMAM), users will
have the functionality of tradi-
tional networks without the
physical constraints of wires.
MAM can help provide
increasingly mobile students
and faculty with easy and con-
sistent access to the Internet
and the university network

with maximum flexibility.

"Once you get used to it,
you don't want to use any-
thing else," said Leali Gold-
man, a network engineer, who
routinely surfs the Web
through her personal digital
assistant.

To access the network,
Goldman, who helped design
and deploy MAM, said univer-
sity computer users only need
to purchase a wireless card
and register the card at the
Office of Information Technol-
ogy (OIT). Prospective wire-
less users can either register
by calling the OIT Computer
Help Desk or on-line at the
MAM Web site. Wireless cards
can be found at any electron-
ics store like Best Buy or Cir-
cuit City, and they cost around
$100.

Many of the university's
buildings are equipped with

See WIRELESS, page 5

USM Board
of Regents
Names Interim
Chancellor

Nathan A. Chapman,
Jr, chairman of the
University System of
Maryland GJSM) Board of
Regents, announced the
appointment of Joseph E
Vivona as interim USM chan-
cellor effective May 1 .
Vivona, currently the USM's
vice chancellor for adminis-
tration and finance, will suc-
ceed Donald N. Langenbci^,
who will retire as chancellor
on April 30. Vivona will serve
as interim chancellor until
Langen berg's permanent suc-
cessor takes office.

"Joe Vivona is an invalu-
able member of the USM
management team and has
earned the respect of the
regents, the presidents, and
state leaders in Annapolis,"
said Chapman. "We are fortu-
nate to have someone with
his experience and abUity to
lead the system during this
transition period."

"I'm delighted at the
opportunity to serve the sys-
tem as interim chancellor,"
said Vivona."! look forward
Eo working with my col-
leagues in this new role. With
their help, the USM will con-
tinue on the course set by
Don Langenbeig."

Vivona stated that he
would not be a candidate for
the position of chancellor,
which is the subject of a
nationwide search.A search
and screening committee is
reviewing candidates for the
position and will forward
three to five names to the
full board for its considera-
tion. The board has indicated
that a new chancellor should
be in place by Sept. 1, the
beginning of the new aca-
demic year.

Vivona, 50, was appointed
vice chancellor for adminis-
tration and finance in 1996
after having served as the
chief financial officer of the
U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE). Prior to his DOE serv-
ice,Vivona was the deputy
budget director and deputy
comptroller for the state of
New Jersey. He was also a
vice chancellor at the City
Utiiversity of New York, and
an assistant commissioner for
the New Jersey Department
of Human Services.

Vivona earned his bache-
lor's degree from St. John's
umversity and did his gradu-
ate woric at New York Univer-

See CHANCELLOR, page 7

PEBHUARY 19, 2002

dateline
maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: FEBRUARY 19-27

february 19

12:30-1:45 p.m., Works-In-
Prog ress Series: Founda-
tions for Music in 15th-
Centurv Ghent With Barbara
Haggh-Huglo, School of Music.
Taliaferro Hall, Room 0135.
Contact Karen Nebon at
5-6830 or knl5@uniaU.umd.
edu, or visit www.inform.umd.
edu/crbs/calendar.

7 p.m., Chinese Film Series:
Eat Drink Man Woman Ba.sC'
ment.St. Mary's HaU, Directed
by Ang Lee; this film is subti-
ded in English. The screening
is free and light refreshments
will be served. For more infor-
mation, visit www.inform.umd.
cdu/igca.

7:30 p.m.. Problem Child

Kogod Studio Theatre, Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
A comedy of razor-edged humor
Contains adult themes and lan-
guage. Tickets are $ 1 3. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd.edu.*

rEDNESDAV

february 20

9:30-11:30 a.m.. Depart-
ment of Environmental
Safety Laboratory Safety
Orientation 4103 Chesapeake
Bldg. The training is offered to
assure regulatory compliance.
Space is limited. Contact
Jcanette Cartronat 5-2131 or
jcartron@accmail.umd.edu to
reserve a seat.

11 a.m. -12 p.m.. The State,
Conflict Resolution, and
Democratic Rule in Latin
America Multipurpose Room,
St. Mary's Hall. The Latin Ameri-
can Studies Center and the
Department of Sociology spon-
sor a presentation by Fernando
Lopez-Alves, research fellow at
the Center of International
Studies at Princeton University
and associate professor of
Political Science at the Univer-
sity of California at Santa Bar-
bara. For more information,
contact Tanya Huntington at 5-
8933 or al68@umail.umd.edu.

2:15-4:15 p.m.. Mentor &
Mentee Training Workshop

421 or Hombake Ubrary.With
David James, dean of Degree/
Extenstion Centers and Special
Programs, Prince George's
Community College and Presi-

WG N3VG 3

Winner!

Forty-six members of
t)ie campus tommuni-
ty responded to !ast
week's mystery photo con-
test. Most guessed corcectly;
the windows of the Reckord
Armory reflected on its floor.
A few guessed Preinkert
Gym. Some went into great
detail, even giving approxi-
mate time of day. One
guessed correctly, but refer-
enced "the photo in the Dia-
mondback," Alas, only one
could be drawn to claim the
prtie.

Deirdre Francis, assistant
to the dean for the Office of
i Contmuing and Extended
Education, come on down to
the Turner Building and
claim your free double-scoop
ice cream cone! Call Monette
A. Bailey at (301) 405-4629 to
set up a time.

Look for another photo in
next week's issue of Outlook.

dent of the National Mentoring
Association. For more informa-
tion, call Dottie Bass at 5-5618.

3:30-5 p.m.. Lecture by the
Brazilian Ambassador Multi-
purpose Room, St, Marys HaU.
The Brazilian Ambassador, His
Excellency Rubens A. Barbosa,
will speak on "Brazil and the
U.S. in an Interdependent
World:WTO,FrAA,and Bilater-
al Relations." A question-and-
answer session will follow. For
more information, contact
Lucie Covey at 5-8535 or
LC144@iimail.iimd.edu.

7:30 p.m.. Problem Child

Kogod Studio Theatre, Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
See Feb. 19.*

8 p.m., Electro-Acoustic
Music: The Continuing
Tradition of Music on Tape

Gildenhorn Recital Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. See page 3-

8 p.m.. University of Mary-
land Symphony Orchestra

Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center Buck-
ner's 5tli Symphony paired
with the worid premiere of
"From Dawn to Dawn" by fac-
ulty composer Lawrence Moss.
James Ross conducts. Call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter imid . edu .

february 21

11:30 a.m.. Art Department
Lecture Series West Gallery,
Art-Sociology Buildir^.John
Beardsley, Curator and authori-
ty on outsider art, will speak
on African American yard in-
stallations in the U.S. South. For
more information, call 5-2763-

3-5 p.m., rrv Satellite
Course: Women in Engi-
neering: It's a Materials
World Instructional Television
Engineering. A live panel dis-
cussion witii women feculty
and students in tiic Materials
Science and Engineering
Department at the University
of Illinois at UriDana-Chsim-
paign as pan of National Engi-
neers Week. For more informa-
tion, contact Guy Bagley at 5-
4901 or gb89@umail umd.edu,
or visit www.it\'.umd.cdu/
professional/courses/spring02/
02_21.html.

5-6:30 p.m.. Revising the
Past in Eighteenth-Century
Britain: John Hamilton Mor-
timer and Francis William
as Case Studies Room 0135
Taliaferro Hall. The Works-in-
Progress Series presents "Mor-
timer's History Paintings at
Radburne Hall: Rethinking the
Classical Tradition ' with
William Pressly, Department of
Art History and Archaeology;
and "Would the Real Francis
William Please Stand Up?" with
Vincent Carretta, Department
of English. Call 5-6830.

8 p.m., Electro-Acoustic
Music: The Continuing
Tradition of Music on Tape

Gildenhorn Recital Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center See page 3.

february 22

12-12:50 p.m.. Entomology
Colloquium 1140 Plant Sci-
ences. Don Weber of the Insect
Biocontrol Laboratory, USDA-
ARS will present "Cranberry
pest management: limovadons
for a native perennial crop." A
reception wiJl follow in 4102
Plant Sciences. For more infor-
mation, call 5-391 1 or visit
www.entm.umd.edu.

8 p.m., Electro-Acoustic
Music: The Continuing
Tradition of Music on Tape

Gildenhorn Recital Hall,

Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center See page 3-

february 23

8 p.m., St. Petersburg
Quartet Gildenhorn Recital
Hall, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center The program
includes: Borodin, Quartet in A
Major; Shostakovich, Quartet
No. 7; Brahms, Quartet in c
minor, Op. 51, No, l.Thc single
ticket price is $25 and the sub-
scription price is $20. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.clarice-
smith center, umd. edu.*

february 24

8 p.m., Cyrus Chestnut Trio

Gildenhorn Recital Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. Chestnut is known for
complex and exciting jazz
explorations that tap a wealth
of musical traditions. Tlie sin-
gle ticket price is $25 and the
subscription price is $20. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.clarice-
smithcenterumd.edu.*

february 25

8:45 a.m. -4 p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Designing
a Relational Database 4404
Computer & Space Science.
Tliis one-and-a-half -day course
will deal with issues surroimd-
ing database design. The fee ,
for the class is $ 175. To regis-*
ter, visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc.
For more information, contact
the OFF Training Services Coor-
dinator at 5-0443 or oit-train-
ing@umail.imid.edu, or visit
www. oit . umd . edu/sc .*

1-3:30 p.m.. Spatial Analy-
sis of ArcView GIS 2109

McKeldin Library. A hands-on
workshop exploring the more
complex query and spatial
analysis of ArcView GIS. Famil-
iarity with ArcView is required.
The class is free, but advance
fcgistradon is required at www.
lib.umd.edu/UES/gis, html. For
more information, contact User
Education Services at 5-9070
or ue6@imiail.umd.edu, or visit
www.lib . umd. edu/UK/gis.html.

february 26

1 1:30 a.nn.. University of
Maryland Retirees Associa-
tion Luncheon Series Uni-
versity Golf Clubhouse. Henry
R Sims, Jr. , a professor of man-
agement and organization in
the Robert H, Smith School of
Business will speak on "The
New SuperLeadership: Leading
Others to Lead Themselves."
The cost is $13 and the dead-
line for reservations is Feb. 20.

For more infonuation, contact
Lynne ReiUy at 5-2469.*

12:45-4 p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Make a
Simple Web Page 4404 Com-
puter & Space Science. Intro-
duces Netscape's Web page
editing and development tool.
Familiarity with the World
Wide Web and Netscape is
required; a WAM account is
recommended. To register, visit
www.oit. umd.edu/sc. The fee
is $40. For more information,
contact OIT Training Services
Coordinator at 5-0443 or oit-
training@umail.umd,edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc.*

4-6 p.m. Worldly Goods,
Envy, and the Rise of Com-
petition Room 01 35, Taliaferro
Hall. With Dennis Romano, pro-
fessor of History, Syracuse Uni-
versity. Sponsored by the Cen-
ter for Renai.ssance & Baroque
Studies. Liglit refreshments will
be served. For more informa-
tion, call 5-6830.

8 p.m.. University of
Maryland Symphonic Wind
Ensemble Concert Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. Performance by the
premier ensemble of the Mary-
land Bands program. For more
information, call (301) 405-
ARTS or visit www.
daricesmithcente r umd . edu .

february 27

3-5 p.m.. Black History: A
Multi-Ethnic Celebration

1101 Hornbake Library. For
more informadon, call 5-5622.

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nutfoot(@accmail. umd.edu. 'Events are free and open to the public unless noted by an asterisk (*).

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OUTLOOK

A New Way to Discover
Yourself at the Center

NEWS FROM THE CLARICE SMITH

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

A journey of sclf-discoveiy
will begin in March at the
Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center. Three extraor-
dinary groups of ivomen performers
will bring the "Identity and Other
Risks" collection to the stage. The
performances feature artists who will
explore gender stereotyping, wealth
and class and cultural identity. Artists
will take a journey through their per-
sonal lives, hoping that their revela-
tions will connect to audience mem-

Spiderwoman Theater Company (above);
Rogers (below).

tiers' own personal experiences. On
Sunday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m., New
York's Spiderwoman Theater Compa-
ny will kick off the series with a per-
formance of "Persistence In
Memory."

Taking their name from the
Hopi goddess Spiderwoman,
the group is North America's
oldest continually running
women's theatre company.
Spiderwoman Theater was
formed 25 years ago to
produce theatre pieces by,
for and about indigenous

Alva

women. The company uses story-
telling to interconnect and weave
stories and fragments of stories with
words, song, music, fdm, dance and
movement.

"Persistence of Memory" is written
and performed by three members of
the group, Lisa Mayo and sisters Glo-
ria and Muriel Miguel It focuses on
the healing aspects of storytelling.
Through acting, talking and singing, a
collection of stories spans the
group's 25-year history and follows
the lives of three sisters and
their changing roles as
mother, daughter and sister.
In addiUon to their live
pe rformance .Spiderwoman
Theater will combine video
projection, slides and a live
camera for a visual perform-
ance. The slides will include
performances of past Spider-
woman members, commen-
tary and interviews with
designers and stage man-
agers who have been a parf* '
of Spiderwoman 's remark-
able history.

The "Identity and Other
Risks " collection continues
on April 15 with "Women in
Theatre," where Magdclena
Gomez, Marty Pottenger and
Alva Rogers perform vignet-
tes about culture, wealth nnd
gender and slavery. The
scries will conclude on Mon-
day, April 29 with a perform-
ance by Alina Troyano as the
colorful Carmelita Tropi-
cana, in a hilarious perform-
ance on what it means to be
latina and lesbian.

For tickets or more infor-
mation on the performances
in the "Identity and Other
Risks 'collection, call the Ticket
Office at (301) 405-ARTS, or visit
www. claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

For ticket information or to
request a season brocliure,
contact the Ticket OflBce at
301 .405, ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.Litnd.edu.

Clarice Smith

PERFOKyHNGARTS

Cent^rat Maryi^nd

Take

"TAKE FIVE" WITH SKA MUSIC

77« Caribbean-influenced sounds of ska mU Jill the Joseph and

Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall oj the Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center with Eastern Standard Time (EST), a favorite
on the local ska scene. The group specializes in a distinc-
tive mix of jazz and ska, a musical union of soul and
jazz tvith Caribbean rhythms. EST tvill offer an up-
close glimpse into their music as part of the "Take Five
on Tuesdays" series on Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time,

formed in 1995, fuses

diverse backgrounds of

its members to create

a unique take on

the traditional ska

sound. With mem-
bers drawn j'rom

the Washington,

D.C., music scene,

the group has won

acclaim both locally

and internationally,

due in part to ivell-

received tours in the

United States and Europe.

Their debut full-length CD, "Second Hand," is regarded as one of

the most groundbreaking records in ska-oriented music and their latest

release, "Time is Tight," picks up where the first left off.

For more information about this free event, call the Clarice Smith

Performing Arts Center Ticket Office at (301) 40S-ARTS or visit

unvw. claricesmithcenter. umd. edu.

TAKE FIVE events are every other Tiiesday,
Performance are informal andfieet

Seldom-Heard Sounds

On most
evenings, con-
certs in the
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
engage tlie senses of
both sight and sound.
However, on the
evenings of Feb, 20-22,
audience members will
be treated to a feast for
just the ears as "Music
of ourTime: A Discov-
ery Series" continues
with "Electro-Acoustic
Music; The Continuing
Tradition of Music on
Tape,"

Created more than
50 years ago, electro-
acoustic music is a
branch of artificial intel-
ligence that uses com-
puters to generate new
types of sound. This
innovative way of com-
posing has changed the
world of music by mak-
ing it an exact science.
No longer can human

influence be a factor
because it Ls generated
completely by comput-
ers.

"Electro-acoustic
music is wonderful,"
said Thomas DeLio, pro-
fessor and concert
organizer, "The audi-
ence experiences differ-
ent types of sounds
bouncing from all cor-
ners of the room. 1
often think of the hall
as an additional instru-
ment in the concert."

To a trained musical
ear, electronic music
opens the door to
sounds and elements
that could never be cre-
ated by a musical
instrument. For exam-
ple, the basic idea of
one of the concert's
works was to gather
sounds from recordings
of dancers breathing.
The composer's hope

■was to duplicate the
rhythm, pitch and inten-
sity of the dancers' actu-
al breathing. The wide
range of breathing
eflfects are recorded
into a computer's mem-
ory and manipulated to
transform the original
female voices into rapid
sequences of gritty, cut-
ting sounds.

The free, public per-
formances of "Electro-
Acoustic Music; The
Contintiing Tradition of
Music on'Pipe"will be
held Wednesday-Friday,
at 8 p.m. In addition to
die concert, lectures
will occur on Feb. 21
and 22 from 9a,m-
12;30 p.m, in room
2200 of tlie center. For
more information, call
the Ticket Office at
(301) 405-ARTS or visit
www. claricesmithcen-
ter.umd.edu.

FEBRUARY I9, 2002

^^What Matters^^ Forum Aiming
to Gain Campus FoUomng

I

a TT have no words. My
voice is a sword,"
began English profes-
sor Maynard "Sandy" Mack Jr.
as the first speaker of the
"What Matters to Me and
Why" forum last week.

Quoting from Shakespeare's
"MacBeth," Mack was making
a point about what happens
when one does not have the
words to express oneself:
there is blood, there is vio-
lence.
The forum, which is spon-

idea, I just couldn't go any-
where wiUt it," Mack said. "1
simply didn't have the time or
energy."

Last fell, die idea was in the
works again and the program
has finally taken ofT. Coon said
they hope to have four or five
fonuns a year, with the next
being sometime this April or
May.

There is an informal selec-
tion committee that will
determine the speakers. In the
ftjture, the committee will

PHOro BY CYNTHlfl MITCHEl

Justin Coon presents Maynard "Sandy" Mack, director of the
Universitv Honors Program, with a plaque from the Student Honor
Council. The council sponsors the What Matters to Me and Why forum,
for which Macl< gave the first lecture in the series.

sored by the Student Honor
Council, is designed to give
distinguished university and
community leaders an oppor-
tunity to speak about the
guiding principles in their
lives, and how those princi-
ples were formed. The fortmi
aims to promote the discus-
sion of matters that are more
broadly philosophical or spiri-
tual than normally encoun-
tered in the classroom. The
idea started at Stanford Uni-
versity several years ago when
students wanted to bridge the
gap between intellectual life
and personal and spiritual
issues.

"You can't really bring
these things up in a physics
lecture," said Justin Coon, a
senior business student and
chair of the Student Honor
Council. "As a whole, they can
be difficult to talk about.'

Coon gives much of the
credit for the creation of the
forum at Maryland to Gary
Pave la, director of judicial pro-
grams. "It's really Gary's brain-
child," Coon said.

Mack, director of the Uni-
versity Honors Prf>gram, said
that Pavela approached him
about seven years ago, pro-
posing that the Honors Pro-
gram get involved. Mack, who
took to the idea, said the tim-
ing was off.

"I thought it was a great

accept nominations from stu-
dents suggesting who they
would like to hear. "We're
looking for anybody in the
communit>' that we feci
would have something to say,"
Coon said.

The call may seem broad,
but .so is the subject matter.
Coon said that future forums
could focus on anything. If
he were giving a talk, Coon
said he would stress the
value of understanding how
transient life can be. "Things
always change," Coon said.
He would focus on "the
importance of taking a hold
of some of the things you
might consider routine.
Looking around you rather
than going through life with
your eyes closed."

What mattered to Mack?
The creative imaginative use
of language: poetry.

"It's what I love. It's what
makes us human," Mack said
before his talk. "All of the
genetic stuff makes us alive,
but it doesn't make us
human."

Mack spent a few moments
talking about what isn't
important, such as shattering
civility to get tickets to the
Duke basketball game, fame
and taking on the impossible
task of perfection. Claiming

See MATTERS, pa^ 6

Atoms: Coolest Things in tlie Universe

PHOTOS BV CYNTHIA MITCHEL

Nobel laureate and physics faculty member Bill Phillips, above left, explains (above right) his prize-win-
ning research to a capacity crowd In 1201 Physics last w«ek.

A capacity audience listened to physicist Bill Phillips explain the work that
won he and his teani the Nobel Prize during a lecture sponsored by the
Society for Physics Students last week. In very simple terms, PhilHps' work
concentrated on laser trapping and cooUng atoms. Slowing atoms down to
the point of being the coldest matter in the universe allowed scieiitists to learn about a
new state of matter.

An adjunct faculty member for some time, Phillips became a full faculty member
of the Department of Physics last summer, though he is still working with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. Pliillips will lead the formation of a world-class
atomic molecular and optical (AMO) physics group on campus. The group will con-
tinue tlie work he began, and a 2001 Nobel team built upon, trapping atoms and mol-
ecules to reveal flmdamental quantum properties and new matter. Potential applications
include liigh-resolution spectroscopy, atomic clocks, quanttmi information systems and
atomic-scale and non-scale fabrication.

Madarang Says Goodbye After 32 Years

PHOTO BV CYNTHIA MITCHEL

Manuel Madarang has worked with both Gabriela Orban, left, and Helen Nogar for more than 30 years.

After .spending 32 years with the univenity, Manuel Madarang decided it was
time to retire. His wife of 39 years, Martha, also works for the university, at
the College ofVeterinary Medicine. Frank Marcellino, who worked "side by
side" with Madarang for 23 y^ars, organized the retirement party at the
University Golf Course.

Hired as an engineering associate III in what was then called the Physical Plant's
Departmental Improvements Division, Madarang was promoted to draftsman II a htde
over one year later. Several title changes and promotions later, he became supervisor,
contruction contracts. Hundreds of projecte came under his responsibihty that included
managing money, customer service, contractors and meetings,

A U.S. Navy veteran, Madarang came to America ftom the Philippines in 1961
when he vras 22 and became a citizen in 1973. He graduated from the University of
Santo Thomas, Philippines with a degree in pre-medicine.

The couple have two grown children and one grandchild. Madarang says he'll plan
his retirement days once his wife stops working as well.

OUTLOOK

Music School: Facilities, Faculty Attract More Students

Continued from page 1

Nicely. "WUliani PrcucU.who is
with the Cleveland Symphony
Orchestra, tlie Guarneri String
Quartet and Antlre Watts arc
artists-in-residence."

Nicely and Ash, both classi-
caLy trained French horn play-
ers, know diat many aspiring
musicians choose where they'll
study based on who teaches at
die institution.Tliere arc 38
undergraduate and graduate
degiee programs. Also, since
music can he a hard life, many
students will look for a strong
academic base. Unlike conser-
vatories. Maryland offers a
strong academic environment
so it becomes more attractive
to a wider pool of applicants.

"So tlien we can be more
selective," says Nicely. Being
selective aUows them to main-
tain a better student/fiiculty
ratio, wliich is five to one.

Another advantage Maryland

may have over tradi-
tional schools of
music is its accept-
ance of non-music
majors in ensembles.
Students don't even
have to major in the
arts to participate,
which attracts stu-
dents to the universi-
ty when faculty
members perform
concerts and work
with schools around
the country.

As they compete
with each other to
talk about the school
and the Clarice
Smith Center, it is
clear Nicely and Ash
like what they do,
thougli it may mean long hours
and lots of out-of-town recruit-
ing. Nicely, who's been with the
school for five years, says it all

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PHOTO eV CVNTHIA MITCHEL

Kathleen Nicely, left, and Lois Ash welcome cellist Vassily Popov, an applicant for the
doctor of musical arts, to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for an audition.

pays off when you see some-
one from a recruiting trip hap-
pily enrolled as a student,
"The first student I ever

recruited graduated last year,"
she says proudly. "Now he's an
oboist at Yale in the graduate

program."

Thornton; Filling Several Roles to Make Show a Success

Continued from page 1

was working widi her students in helping
them get their own work up and running.
She was also still working part time at CNN
as the producer of Jesse Jackson's show.

Now Thornton has "Front and Center," a
veliicle for her vision. On the show, she
interviews journalists on the practice,
issues, ethics and politics of journalism.
Guests have included CNN's Wolf Blitzer,
WRC-TV anchors Jim 'Vance and 'Wendy
Rieger, Pulitzer Prize winner Haynes John-
son and CNN White House correspondent
KeUy 'Wallace.

"Journalists are not well-loved in Ameri-
can society, but they do prove to be very
interesting people," Tliomton said. "Any-
body's who's interested in journalism -
they've heard of these people, they've seen
these people."

Thornton had to do much of the work to
get "Front and Center" started. She worked
widi a composer to develop the show's
music and a video editor to create graphics
and an introduction. She books the guests,
hosts and writes the show as well Thorn-
ton said that at a network, sill of those jobs
would be delegated to a staff, but at UMTV,

Tliornton takes on those responsibilities
herself.

"Tliat's a lot of roles to fill," she said. "It's
also gradfying to pull it ofT

Thornton, who was born in Leesburg,Va.
but raised in the Washington D.C. area, has
an array of experience to draw on. She's
worked in the field of broadcast journalism
as an anchor, reporter and producer at
news agencies such as CNN and CBS.

Thornton's work has paid off "Front and
Center" won an Award of Distinction in the
Cable TV/Talk Show category of the nation-
al Communicator Awards. The award-win-
ning episode featured fellow journalism
professor David Erode r who is also a politi-
cal columnist for Tlie Washington Post. The
show was also cited for a quote in the Janu-
ary 28 issue of US News & World Report.

Although she said she will do a Lttle
tweaking to the program tliis semester, for
the most part she said she is pleased witli
its debut last semester "I'm not a perfec-
tionist. 1 know there's futility in that,"
Thornton said. "But 1 want to get it to look
as good as possible."

Widi that said, there will be a few clianges

to this semester's shows. Along with a re-
design of the set, Thornton plans on slight-
ly altering the format of the show. Last fiill,
some of her students were featured on the
final segment of the three-segment show,
but she feels as ttiougli the break Impeded
on the enci^ of the interview.

"There is a certain momentum in a con-
versation, "Thornton said. "If you break . . .
you interrupt the flow. It's like starting aU
over again " This semester Thornton said
she will conduct the interview throughout
its entirety.

Taping dates are scheduled for March,
April and May. Hcllen Thomas, long-time
white house correspondent, is expected to
do a show.

Thornton said the show is a good fit for
the journalism school and UMTV. Her stu-
dents will continue to have access to and
learn from the visiting journalists and the
station gets programming. There's some-
thing in it for her as well.

I've always wanted to do a one-on-one
interview show," Thornton said. "It was nat-
ural for me of making use of my contacts in
the journalism world. "

Wireless: Campus Web Network Expands for More Users

Continued from page 1

wireless access points in public
areas. A map of wireless net-
worii coverage can also be
accessed at the Web site.

Goldman also stressed that
MAM is being implemented as
an extension to the current
wired network, not as a replace-
ment. It will operate in almost
the same way as a wired net-
work, using the same network-
ing protocols and supporting
most of the same appUcations;
however, tlie re is a difference
between MAM and the tratll-
tional wired network.That dif-
ference, aside from the obvious,
is mosdy in security and per-
formance.

Security issues can arise

because an intruder docs not
need physical access to the
wired network in order to gain
access to shared files. Perfor-
mance is dependent upon the
proximity of the user to the
wireless access point.There is a
finite range within which a
wireless connection can be
maintained. The actual distance
varies dependmg upon the envi-
ronment. When operating at the
limits of the range, performance
and speed may drop, and in
extreme circumstances the con-
nection can be lost.

The numerous capabiUtles
that wireless offers university
computer users far outweigh
the negative. Network access

set up in Van Munching Hall for
the Robert H. Smitli School of
Business has seen students, fac-
ulty and staff take advantage of
the new capabilities.

"Thus far, all I have heard was
positive feedback from students,"
said David Cantor, project man-
ager m the Office of Teclinology
Resources at the business school.
"Students really like it because
it allows them to access the
Internet as well as print from
their wireless laptops,"

Wireless access in the school
has been around for some time.
About a year ago, approximately
20 master' s of business admin-
istration students volunteered
to test out wireless access in

the school. Since the success of
the imiial program. Smith
expanded wireless service with
the help of OfT. "We have been
moving forward ever since," said
Cantor. The rest of the universi-
ty is sure to follow.

Like all networi: cormections,
administrators must coordinate
deployment of wireless access
with the Office of Information
Technology.The OIT Computer
Help Desk can be reached at
(301) 405-1500. For more infor-
mation on Mobile at Maryland,
to register or to view coverage
areas, visit http://noc.net.umd.
edu/MAM.html.

—Bobby 'White,
OIT graduate assbtant

Notable

Albert H. Szal recently
joined the new IRIS/Bangla-
desh Judicial Project team as
a court reform specialist. He
brings vast experience in
court administration, indud-
mg work for the USAID in
Bulgaria and Egypt. Darin
Daltnat also joined IRIS'
team as program manager for
the Fonmis Project, where
he develops and monitors
project budgets and coordi-
nates logistics.

ISIHighIyCited.com, an
online gateway that collects
the publication and achieve-
ment records of preeminent
researchers woridwide, named
three faculty members among
its most highly cited authors.
Professor Emeritus and foun-
ding director for the Center
for Automation Research
Azrlel Rosenfeld, and
Thirumalia Venkatesan
and Edward Ott, both with
physics, were named. Rita R.
Colwell, now head of the
National Science Founda-
tion, was also named as a
highly cited researcher dur-
ing her time on campus.

Slba Samal has been appoin-
ted associate dean of the Vir-
ginia-Maryland Regional Col-
lege of Veterinary Medicine
and Chair of the Department
of Veterinary Medicine m the
College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources. Samal is a
veterinary virologist who
joined the campus as an
assistant professor in 1988.

Rodney Petersen, director
of policy and platining at
OIT, will begin serving part
time as staff director of the
EDUCAUSE Computer and
Network Security Task Force.
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit
association whose mission is
to advance higher education
by promoting the intelligent
use of information technolo-
gy. The IT security' initiative
is affUiated with die EDU-
CAUSE policy office in D.C,
where he will work closely
with the new Office of
Homeland Security, other
higher education associa-
tions and colleges and uni-
versities across the country
to develop and implement a
national strategy to improve
IT security.

Howard Frank, dean of die
Smith School of Buslne^,
was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering. He
is one of 74 members and
seven foreign associates.
Election to the Academy is
one of the highest profes-
sional distinctions that can
be accorded an engineer

FEBRUARY I9, 2002

University Researchers Show Technology's Future

PHOTO BV CYNTHIA MITCHEL

fl-r) CASE fetlow IVflks Stroh, with the Baltimore Sun; CASE fellow Mike Goldfein, with Belo Broadcasting;
and university researcher Allison Oruin participate in a workshop with young researchers (l-r) Carl White,
Abby Lai and Alex KruskaF. In the back, Sante Simms waits for Cassandra Cousins, left, to get some help
from Allison Fartier.

Four journalists visiting the campus
last week during a fellowship pro-
grain glinipsed into the fliture of
robotics and artificial intelligence. Tliey
also learned how to make a heffalump.

"Where is HAL? Todays Computers
and Robots are Doing Less and Mote
Than Ever Imagined," a CASE News
Medis Fellowship, gave the university an
opportunity to demonstrate its technolog-
ical expertise. The short but intense pro-
gram featured two fiill and one half days
of presentations and demonstrations
designed to show the journalists various

r'HOTO at MONETTE AUSTIN BAiLEV

Abby explains her ideas to Goldfein, who hoped to
broaden his knowledge of technological fields by
partidpatins in the program.

aspects of the university's research.
Computer sight and hearing, virtual reality
and robotics in health research were some
of the topics covered.

Allison Druin, assistant professor with
the College of Education and the Institute
for Advanced Computer Studies/Human
Computer Interaction Lab, led the first
worksliop Friday evening, "Robots for
Play and Learning: Computers and
Robots Designed by and for Children."
It was her normally scheduled lab time in
which children help design usefiil, often
fiin, products.

She explained how first observing
existing items helps her teams think of
ideas for their designs. Jesterbot, an award-
winning storytelling robot Druin and her
kids helped design for use in pediatric
rehabilitation, was created this way.

"The next phase is the low-tech pro-
totyping phase," said Druin, addressing fel-

lows and children, all seated on bean bags
or the floor. "Now make sketches of great
ideas for fiititre toys."

Plastic bags filled with plastic foam,
pipe cleaners, paper, crayons and other
items were divided among the group,
which had been divided into three teams.
Reporter Mike Goldfein, with Belo
Broadcasting, worked v^dth the group
designing a game system that looked a lot '"
like an elephant with a peg leg, the hef-
falump. Team member Carl White
explained that the toy would play several
games, much like a PlayStation or
Nintendo system, and could also talk.

It was clear that the unorthodox pres-
entation format didn't ruffle the journal-
ists. At one point, Chris Joyce, a National
Public Radio editor, could be seen with
an orange dot sticker on his forehead
while sitting cross-le^ed in a hallway.

"One is much more creative sitting on

PHOTO BY MOMETTE AUSTIN BAILEV

Santa Simms helps Jade pull a sock onto the
group's project. It is a heffalump, a sort of ele-
phant, that would play muHipie games.

the floor," he said. "I think Til go home
and put my computer on the floor."

CASE, or the Council ibr the
Advancement and Support of Education,
sponsors these in-depth sessions with, sen-
ior faculty, who are recognized as experts
in their fields. The sessions also provide
field trips and other opportimides for
active participation. Selection is competi-
tive for both fellows and universities
wishing to host them. The university's last
CASE fellowship on global climate
change was held in March. Its next,
"Globalization From Both Sides of the
Barricade," will be held April 15-18.

Job Fair Celebrates 25
Years of Helping Students

In an effort to bring employers to campus seeking non-
white employees in 1977, Black Faculty and Staff Associa-
tion members and the Office of Minority Student Education
(OMSE) created the Minority Student Job Fair. Tomorrow,
organizers celebrate 25 years of extending career opportuni-
ties to the campus' minority population.

Now called the Multi-Ethnic Student Career and Job Fair,
the event has been co-sponsored by the Career Center since
1978. Fellow sponsor OMSE is now tfie Office of Multi-Ethric
Student Education, This year's fair will be held from 9:30 a,m.-
3:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the newly renovated Student Union
Grand Ballroom. It will be preceded by seminars on resume
writing, job search strategies and finding a job in tough eco-
nomic times. Also, employers will be invited to a silver
anniversary dinner the night before with campus administra-
tors who have supported the event. It will also showcase
alumni who have benefitted from the fair.

More than 80 employers are expected to attend. For more
information, visit www.inform.umd.edu/Campuslnfo/Depart-
ments/OMSE or www.CareerCenter.umd.edu. Or call Dottie
Bass at (301) 405-5616 or Pamela Allen at (301) 3U-7225.

Attention CYC Alvimni

The Center for Young
CMdren needs your
help. Alumni records
were destroyed in the Sept.
24 tornado, and the center
is in the process of plan-
ning a Maryland Day CYC
alumni event. To receive an
invitation, plea.sc prtjvide:
—Your name and the
nameCs) of your CYC alum-
ni diild/childten
— Years in attendance at
the CYC

— Mailing address (es)
— Phone number (s)
— E-mail address (es)

We arc also compiling
a CYC alumni direc-
tory and would Uke to
include your child's:
— DateCs) of birth

— Teachers' names/class-
rooms

— Wliere your child is now
— A photo of yotir
child/children
— Any successes or
thoughts you would like to
share regarding your
child/children and their
time at die CYC.

Plexse send this informa-
tion by March 1 5. 2002
to jc323@iim ail umd.edu;
or by mail to: Jennifer Car-
roll, Center for Young Cliil-
dren, Bldg. 38 1 , VaUey Drive,
University of Maryland, Col-
lege Park, MD 20742.

For more information,
contact Ken Carter at (301)
405-6296 or kjcaner®
deans.umd.edu.

Matters: Poets, Perfection

Continued from page 5

that he was slightly unpre-
pared tor the talk, he took up
the suggestion of a friend
who told Mack to tell us why
he wasn't prepared: family, a
Shakespeare gig, his students.
"Tliose are the things that
finally really do matter," Mack
said.

Then he got into what
seemed to be a lecture on
poetry, with subtle weavings
of les.sons of life mixed in his
words. Mack asserted that the
audience should attempt to
understand the power of lan-
guage and the importance of
it when it is used creatively
and imaginatively.

Although the fu-st forum
appeared to be aimed mostly
at students, the audience of
about 30 was mixed. Coon
said he felt the discussions
were universal and could
engage everyone's Interest,
The Honor Council plans to
hstve the transcriptions of all

the speeches available at a
Web site, which is now under
construction. The site will
hold the collection as a
resource for use over time.

Mack said he just hopes
that the campus will catch on
to the forum. He worries
about the campus actually
coming out for these types of
events. At the end of liis talk,
there were about 45 minutes
left for discussion, but the
room was initially silent. Mack
had moved from behind the
podium and was kneeling on
a chair in the second row,
inviting his audience to pick
his brain, to disagree, to sim-
ply comment. Finally, a discus-
sion began to grow about the
pursuit of perfection and goal
setting. Mack answered that
one should always strive, but
be clear on what one strives
to do.

"Perfection exists in books,"
he said, "not in human life."

OUTLOOK

CKancellor: Regents Choose Interim

Continued Jrom page 1

sity.Vivona and his wife, Bar-
bara, have two children and
reside in Chevy Chase, Md,
The University System of
Maryland is governed by a 17-
member Board of Regents
and includes 13 distinct and
complementary institutions:

Bowie State University, Cop-
pin State College, Frostburg
State University, Salisbury Uni-
versity.Towson University,
University of Baltimore, Uni-
versity of Maryland, Bald-
more; University of Maryland,
Baltimore County; University

of Maryland Biotechnology
Institute, University of Mary-
land Center for Environmen-
tal Science, University of
Maryland, College Park; Uni-
versity of Maryland Eastern
Shore and University of Mary-
land University College.

Hope School: Welcomes All Students

Continued from page t

ty's foreign lan-
guage department
offered Jimenez
Hall as a site for the
growing school.
James Lcsher, acting
director of the
School of Foreign
Languages and Lit-
eratures, welcomes
the chance to sup-
port the communi-
ty-based effort."It's
an important pro-
gram for the cam-
pus coram imity.
We're putting some-
thing on the
school's Web page
to let people know
how they can make
contact with the
school," he says.

The popularity
of Hope classes is
evident by the
school's growth,
HCSCP has now
evolved to become
a five-campus
school system in
the greater Wash-
ington metropoli-
tan area with more
dian 1,800 regis-
tered students.

Til ere are official graduation
ceremonies and programs
for students to show off
their new skills. Operated by
a largely volunteer board,
the school is also open to
non-native students looking
to broaden their cultural
horizons. Currently, there are
two bihngual classes at
HCSCP,"! think the parents
are learning more some-
times," says He about the
bilingual classes.

He says university students
are welcome to use those
Sundays to practice their Chi-
nese conversational skills. "If
students would like to come
to HCSCP to practice their
Chinese language, our parents
will be very happy to talk
with students while they wait
for their children." says He,
whose two young sons speak
English at their regular
school, but are spoken to and
encouraged to speak in Chi-
nese at home.

She would like the univer-
sity commimity to know^ that
HCSCP is eager to be a bene-
fit to the university communi-
ty. Based on requests, the
school is considering offering
a course in practical Chinese

PHOTO COUBTESy OF JANET HE

Guests, teachers and staff at the Hope Chinese
School at College Park's Fall 2001 commencement

PHOTO COUHTESV OF JANET HE

First- grade students pBrform at the Hope Chinese
School at College Park's Fall 2001 commencement,

for business students. Anoth-
er service Hope could offer
would be its resources for
researchers interested in Chi-
nese language and culture.

Since parents, and other
adults, do spend two hours
waiting for children, HCSCP
offers Chinese traditional
dance/fitness classes to
adults. There are also Tal Chi,
singing and investment
groups, and even a basketball
team for the parents. The
school also arranges seminars
for the parents including sub-
jects on finance, children's
education, career develop-
ment, health and beauty, "And
we show movies, both in Eng-
lish and Chinese, when there
is no seminar arranged for the
Simday," says He.

Jing Lin, who teaches sever-
al courses for the College of
Education and is enrolled in
one of Hope's fitness classes,
has been bringing her 1 1- and
7-year-old daughters to the
school since last September
A recent transplant from
Montreal, Canada, Lin heard
about the school from a
friend. She likes the coopera-
tive nature of the school, its
dual functions as a social out-

let and is impressed
with the teaching
staff.

"The teachers
are very hard work-
ing and responsible
Tiiey give assign-
ments every week,"
she says. "They
remind parents to
coach their chil-
dren."

Ms, He says their
textbooks come
from China, and
teachers also pre-
pare materials. Stu-
dents do need to
pay tuition and reg-
istration fees each
semester, but He
stresses many of
Hopes instructors
and parents, like
her, come out of a
desire to share their
culture, knowledge
and time.

"We have Ph.Ds
teaching and those i
with master's," says
He. "The teachers
we hire have a lot of
experience."

When interview-
ing teachers. He says
school board members and
parent representatives place
importance on professional
knowledge, professional
appearance, personality, hand-
writing, pronunciation and
the individual's ability to
communicate with various
ages of students. "We send
them materials, telling them
what to expect during die
interview," says He, adding
that a doctoral student once
showed up in a T-shirt and
sneakers. He didn't think that
it was "tlwt serious" — and he
wasn't offered a position,

Lin, whose children speak
French as well as Chinese and
English, appreciates the
emphasis on quality. It is in
line with her admonitions to
her children to do well in
school. "If you do well in edu-
cation, you have a future "she
teUs them.

■MM

or more informa-
tion about Hope
Chinese School,
contact Janet He at
(301)405-5114 or
xhe@glue.umd.edu.

^/ferbatim

Many parents asstmie skills such as rolling, sitting and walking
will just come nattirally as babies ^t>w, said guideline co-author
Jane Clark, a movement specialist at the University of Maryland.
But "you have to provide diat enviromncnt that hooks the brain
up to the muscles," she said. "We 'containerize' kids" to keep
Uiera safe while parents are busy, itdded Michigan State Univer-
sity exercise physiologist Jim Pivarnik, a co-author of tlie guide-
lines. Give them a safe envirotoment and "let them out, let them
cxj>lore, let them move." (Jane C^ark, professor and diair of
kinesiology, and a co-resca(x;hcr advise parents to let their chil-
dren have enougli room to physically develop. Associated
Press, Feb. 7)

Charles Christian, a social geographer at the University of Mary-
land, says high immigration rates will undoubtedly continue,
although they may taper off if proposals to tighten border and
visa controls in the wake of the Sept. 1 1 attacks actually arc
enacted. "People will keep coming here because for many in the
world the streets of major U.S. cities are still paved with gold —
not real gold but real opportunity — and America has repeatedly
demonstrated its tolerance," he said. "Although the mosl compas-
sionate nation can't harbor all who wish to come," he added,
"America is hardly likely to impose the kind of quotas enacted in
the 1920s to reduce the alien population," (Washington fimes,
Feb.?)

Researchers concede they misjudged the challenge of improving
the internet... "Wc underestimated the complexity "of the task.
says Donald Riley, chief information officer at the University of
Maryland. "It's like saying we're gotjig to transform the entire
phone system." Riley, while holding a .similar position at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota in 1 996, was among the architects of Inter-
net!... 'We weren't getting the kind of bandwidth we needed,"
Mr Riley says. Wlien he and others would complain to commer-
cial network operators, "the only response ... was you need to
buy more" bandwidth Over late-night beers at technology con-
ferences, the administrators decided to build their own high-
speed network. (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 11)

What do smart, articulate, no-nonsense women do as they break
through the glass ceiling of their profession? ff television talk
show host Greta Van Susteren is any indication, they change
their iaces, literally. 'Van Susteren is the latest high-profile exam-
ple of a low-profile cultural truth: How women look is more
ijnportant than how they think. (Robin Garber, senior feUow at
the Burns Academy of Leadership, wrote an op/ed column for
USAToday,Feb.ll>

Thou^ Mr. Andersen did not lose his job, many whisde-blowcrs
do, C, Fred AJford, a government professor at the University of
Maryland and author of "Whistieblowers: Broken Lives and (>t^-
nizational Power" (Cornell Univei-sity Press, 2001), says that even
though retaliation is illegal, it is easy for organizations to piinLsh
troublemakers by firing them long enough afterward to obscure
the coimection between the wlilstlc-blowing and die termina-
tion. He found that many whistle-blowers lost their families and
homes as well as their jobs and often turned to alcohol it)r sol-
ace. Most surprising, he found, colleagues and even professional
organizations usually turned their backs on whistle-blowers.
(New York Times, Feb, 10)

The University of Maryland's graduate programs have received
8,700 applications from international students, 1,500 more than
last year. Valeria Woolaton, director of international education
services, said it suggests dial the rest of the world has a more
sanguine ^iew about die risks of life than most Americans. "Ter-
rorism is a part of life in so many countries," she said. "It's Ameri-
cans who haven't experienced it before." (International Herald
Tribune, Feb, 12)

Osama bin Laden's horrible message to potential terrorists was
not so much a call to join liis group but to demonstrate the vul-
nerability of even the largest power on Earth to the acts of a few
men with box cutters. In diis he succeeded, even as we have
fortunately destroyed mucli of his power Tlic danger tliat
remains is too great to allow ourselves to be blindsided by our
obsession with Saddam Hussein. (Shibley Telhanti, Anwar Sadat
Chair for Peace and Development, warns about letting Iraq dic-
tate our foreign policy, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 13)

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8

FEBRUARY

9 , 2 2

It's Free and Ifs Good
for Vbu

The Health Center is holding
free Smoking Cessation Classes.
Lunchtime classes will be held
Wednesdays from 12-1 p.m. on
Feb. 20, 27 and March 6, 13.
Evening Classes will be held
Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. on
Feb. 21,28 and March 7,14. All
classes are in room 2101, Uni-
versity Health Center.

For information and to regis-
ter, call (301) 314-8123 or 314-
8128, or e-mail dolan ©health.
umd.edu.

2002 Michelle Y.
Angyelof Avward for
Outstanding Service to
Commuter Students

Nominations are sought for this
award, which recognizes an
undergraduate or graduate stu-
dent whose activities and
involvement have directly or
indirecdy provided benefits to
other coomiuters during the
2001-2002 academic year.
Advocacy for commuter issues,
encouragement of commuter
involvement on campus, pro-
moting understanding of com-
muter life and developing ini-
tiatives which serve commuter
students are examples of spe-
cific contributions.

Faculty and staff interested in
nominating a student can send
submissions to www.umd.edu/
CACS. For more information,
contact Leslie Perkins at
lperkin5@accmail.umd.edu or
(301) 314-7250. The deadline
date for nominations is Friday,
Feb. 22. Student applications
for the award are due by Friday,
March 8.

Non-CredH Adult CPR

Learn how to act in emergency
situations and how to recog-
nize and care for life-threaten-
ing respiratory or cardiac emer-
gencies in adults. This four-
hour course offered by Campus
Recreation Services includes
CPR for adults only.

CRS offers four courses
throughout the Spring 2002
semester: March 5, April 3 and
23, and May 8. Registrations for
all classes are currently being
accepted online at www.crs.
umd.edu until 1 week prior to
class. Payments for courses can
be made by credit card. The
cost is $35.

For more information, con-
tact Laura Sutter at (301) 405-
PLAY or ls220@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.crs.umd.edu.

Call For Papers:
Philosophy of Chemistry
Symposium

The Sixth Annual Summer Sym-
posium of the International
Society for the Philosophy of
Chemistry OSPO wiU be held
Aug. 4-8 at Georgetown Univer-
sity in Washington, D.C.

Abstracts (one half page)
and/or prospectuses (up to

three pages) are being solicited
for papers to be presented at
the symposium. As at prior
ISPC symposia, bodi longer (50-
60 minute) and shorter (15-30
minute) presentations will be
scheduled.

Papers related to chemistry
or biochemistry that have been
discussed in the recent philo-
sophical literature, especially
the journals Foundations of
Chemistry (www.wkap.nl/
prod/j/1 386-4238) and Hyle
(www. hyle.org), are preferred.

There is no registration fee.
Accommodations will be avail-
able on campus, at the Holiday
Inn Rosslyn and at tlie Best
Western Key Bridge (both
located in Arlington).

Abstracts, prospectuses and
conference pre-rcgistration
forms should be sent by March
15 to earlcyj@georgetown.edu.

For more information, visit
www. georgeto wn . edu/earley j/
lSPC.html, or call (703) 532-
5238 or fox (202) 687-6209.

Exploring Both Sides of
Genius

Catharine Stimpson will be the
first guest lecturer of the Grad-
uate School's Distinguished
Lecturer Series (DLS), on Feb.
26 at 4 p.m. in room 2203 of
the Art Sociology Building.

Stimpson is dean of the Grad-
uate School of Arts and Sciences
at New York University. Her lec-
ture is titled "Genius: Evil and
Otherwise." The lecture will
explore the question t)f genius
and ask about its vitality for a
democratic society.

From 1994 to 1997, she was
director of the MacArthur
Foundation Fellows program,
also known as the "genius
grants." She has been quoted in
the Chicago Tribime as saying
that as the director "one of my
responsibilities is to make sure
activists are as much represent-
ed as academics." Her commit-
ment to activism has been an
enduring trait throughout her
academic and philanthropic
career

For more information, call
Anna Salajegheh, assistant to
the Chair of DLS, at (301) 405-
8140 or send an e-mail to her at
annasala@wam.umd.edu.

Mon-GredK Insteuction:
Women & Weights

Campus Recreation Services is
offering a Women & Weights
course for the Spring 2002
semester The course will focus
on how to properly utilize free
weiglits and sclectorlzed equip-
ment, and will help you put
together your own weight
training program.

The course is offered Mon-
days & Wednesdays from March
4-ApriI 17, 5:30^:.30 p.m. in the
the Health and Himian Perfor-
mance Buiding, room 0103.

Registration is ongoing until
Feb, 25 and costs $60. Space is
limited .so please register early.
Registration can be made on
the CRS Web site at www.crs.
umd.edu and payment can be

made by VISA/MasterCarti/Dis-
cover. For more information,
contact Laura Sutter at (301)
405-PLAY or ls220@umail.umd.
edu, or visit www.crs.umd.edu.

Rebecca Williams Award
for Commitment to
Social Change

This award is to be given to a
University of Maryland, College
Park imdet^raduate or graduate
student who has demonstrated
by his or her actions and
beliefs a personal commitment
to advocating change in issues
and values — change either on
or off the campus — such as
those that have concerned
Becky Williams. This commit-
ment may be demonstrated in
many ways, through individual
or organizational leadership,
and may have been shown
across varying amounts of time.
The individuars efforts may or
may not have brought about
change. In any event, the the
student will have had an
impact upon many of us.

Please submit nominations,
including student name,
address and description of your
reasons for the nomination by
March 8 to Bill Sedlacek, Coun-
seling Center, by campus mail
or email at wsl2@umail.umd.
edu. For more information, con-
tact BUI Sedlacek at (301) 314-
7677 orwsl2@umail,umd.edu.

Spring 2002 Guide for
Academic Adminisfrators

Copies of the Spring 2002
Guide for Academic Administra-
tors are now available. The
Guide contains an updated
directory of deans, chairs and
academic directors, as well as
information on "Whom to Call
for Wliat," 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 rmalonc ©deans.
umd.edu.

Crossroads: Intersections
of Race, Ethnicity, Place,
and Life Histories

The conference will be held
March B-10, in the Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center
on Campus. Featured guests
include keynote speakers
Michael Cowan of UC-Santa
Cruz; Spencer Crew, CEO of the
Underground Railroad Freedom
Center; and Kevin Mumford of
Towson State University. Panels
will discuss issues of multi-
racial movements, cybercul-
ture, popular culture and mate-
rial culture.

The Chesapeake American
Studies Assfjciation (CHASA);
The University of Maryland,
College Park; the Departments
of American Studies and The-
atre; and the Consortium on
Race, Gender, and Ethnicity will

host the conference.

Friday night there will be a
performance of "Fashion,"
which is connected with the
conference. Saturday night
there will be a dinner for any-
one interested, and Simday
there will be a CHASA business
meeting to nominate and elect
officers. All arc welcome.

Registration is $45 for faculty
and $30 for students before
Feb. 22. After that date there
will be a $15 late fee. For more
information or to register, con-
tact Ed Martini at e martini®
wam.umd.edu, or visit http://
amst . umd . edu/chasa/.

Honoring AfriiMn
American Uhrarians

Tlie College of Information
Studies will sponsor its fifth
annual Celebration of African
Americans in the Information
Profession on Feb. 26. llic
event provides an opportunity
to recognize and celebrate out-
standing achievement and lead-
ersliip in the field. The event
will be held from 3-5 p.m. in
the Multipuqjosc Room of the
Nyumburu Cultural Center.

The high point of the cele-
bration is the presentation of
the annual James Partridge
Outstanding African American
Intbrmation Professional
Award, named in honor of its
first recipient four years ago.

This year's ftirtridge Award
wiU be given to Nettie Scaber-
ry, director of the Minority Busi-
ness Information Center at the
National Minority Supplier
Development Council in New
York City

Seaberry is responsible for
development and administra-
tion of die center, establishing
policies, information technolo-
gy management, collection
development and management,
research and supervision of
staff- Since 1988, she has been
an active member of the Spe-
cial Libraries Association (SLA),
where she held several leader-
ship positions at the state and
national levels. She created the
Diversity Leadership Develop-
ment Program for the SLA in
1994-1996. Additionally, Seaber-
ry has mentored several librari-
ans who have gone on to
receive SLA leadership awatds.

The award committee cited
Seaberry s energy, innovation,
leadership, effectiveness in fur-
thering professional practices
and tireless efforts in mentor-
ing and developing leadership
skills in others.

The main speaker at the
event will be Hiram L. Davis,
dean of Library Services at the
California Polytechnic Universi-
ty in San Luis Obispo. Prior to
joining Cal Poly, he served from
1994-1996 as the senior advisor
to the Librarian of Congress
and was the deputy librarian.
He has titled his remarks "From
Pioneers to Cultural Keepers: A
Personal Reflection."

For more information on
the event, or to confirm atten-
dance, contact William Wilson
at (301) 405-2048 or wwl7®
umail.umd.edu.