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Prange
Collection:
Realities of
Post-war Japan
Revealed

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Volume 17 • Number 5 * March 5, 2002

Terps Take it
to Annapolis

Hundreds of students,
faculty and staff
from the University
of Maryland took their battle
for higher education to the
state legislature on Terrapin
Pride Day last week.

In recent years, the univer-
sity has received generous
budget increases aimed at
reaching funding levels com-
parable to peer universities
across the country. In fiscal
year 2000, the state con-
tributed $302 million to
Maryland's operating budget.
Fiscal year 2001 saw a 10
percent increase to $333. 1
million from the state. State
monies account for 35 per-
cent of die total $941 million
university operating budget.
But university supporters are
afraid the state legislature's
generosity may come to a
halt.The terrorist attacks of
Sept. 1 1 have bruised the
state economy and left many
wondering if higher educa-
tion will continue to be a
priority.

"In these difficult budget-
ary times, it is vitalty impor-
tant that the university have
a strong presence in Annapo-
lis," said Ross Stern, assistant
to the university president
for legislative and communi-
ty relations. "The governor is
continuing to make higher
education a priority in his
budget and we want to sup-
port his budget,"

Cole's Other Winning Team

Folks Who Clean, Care for and Cater

PHOTO a¥ CYNTHIA NUTCHCL

Frank Montoya, with Building Services, replaces a broken soap dispenser in s Cole Field House restroom.
He is one of a handful of employees who keep the facility well-stocked and ready for each crowd.

Maryland basketball has
left the building.
As Cole Field House hosted
its last game Sunday night,
fans remembered the players
and coaches and games that
have passed through over the
past 47 years. Behind the vic-
tories and defeats, there have
been a group of people who
have worked at Cole and kept
it up and running as smoothly

and safely as they couid. From
housekeepers, ushers, conces-
sions workers, managers and
chair cleaning specialists,
they worked so that Cole
could.

Keeping Fans Fed

Maureen Quinones knows
most of her customers. If not
by name, then by order. A
Dove bar here, a king-sized

bag of Skittles there,
Quinones has sold conces-
sions at Cole for four years.
"It's fun and it's good money,"
says Quinones, a Prince
George's Community College
student who worked an ice
cream cart during basketball
games.
Dining Services staffs con-
See COLE, page 5

Athletics Working in
Harmony with Academics

Charles Wellford's
interest in the aca-
demic well being of
university athletes
led him from a campus role on
the issue, to a position as one of
two representatives from the
Atlantic Coast Conference in
the Equity Conference Working
Group.

Wellford is chair of the crim-
inology and criminal justice
department and chair of the
campus Athletic Council,
which works toward academ-
ic, as well as athletic, excel-
lence. The council advises the
president on policy matters
affecting intercollegiate athlet-
ics. The Atlantic Coast Confer-
ence (ACQ asked him to be
one of two representatives
from the conference to the
working group.

"It's important that people
know we're leading in our stan-

dards for student athletes and
centrally involved [in national
reform]," says Wellford. For exam-
ple, the NCAA does not require
freshmen athletes to maintain a
certain grade point average to
compete, Maryland requires at
least a 1 .7 at the completion of
24 credit hours. Wellford says
the seemingly low expectation
takes into account that being a
freshman and an athlete can be
overwhelming. Grade point
requirements increase as the
student progresses.

Of five major themes being
given attention by the Knight
Foundation Commission on
Intercollegiate Athletics, Well-
ford saysACC presidents agreed
that the first two they would
begin working on were: aca-
demics/eligibility and recruit-
ing/playing/practice seasons.

See REFORM, page 4

Academy Membership
Carries Clout

Organizations bestow
titles and give awards
regularly. However,
not too many association
honors come with the clout
carried by National Acade-
mies membership.

With the recent election of
three faculty members, the
university can now claim 26
spots in the academies.
Robert H. Smith School of
Business Dean Robert Frank,
School of Public Affairs Pro-
fessor Jacques Gansler and
Roger C. Lipitz, chair of the
Center for Public Policy and
Private Enterprise in the pub-
lic affairs school all received
membership in the National
Academy of Engineering.
President Dan Mote is also an
engineering academy mem-
ber. The academies include
the National Academy of Sci-
ences, the Institute of Medi-
cine and the National

Research Council (NRQ.

"It's attractive to graduate
students. They look specifi-
cally to the quality of the
individual faculty," said Ann
Wylie, assistant to the presi-
dent and chief of staff. "It
speaks to the quality of the
institution."

Created in 1863 by the U.S.
Congress, the academies
advise the government in sci-
entific and technical matters.
There are 1,857 active U.S.
members, 250 members
emeriti and 158 foreign asso-
ciates. In addition, a National
Associates category was cre-
ated last year to recognize
those that "serve 'pro bono
publico' on committees'' of
the NRC. Charles Wellford,
chair of the Department of
Criminology and Criminal
Justice, is a member of this

See ACADEMIES, page 4

Next

Generation
Internet
Hosted by
University

Imagine a professor teach-
ing students worldwide
from his or her desktop
computer, or surgeons provi-
ding Eve assistance to medi-
cal personnel in remote areas.
This is today's reality brought
to you by Internet 2. limited
only by the imagination.

The university played a
leadership role in creating
today's Internet with signifi-
cant contributions in the
areas of image processing,
routing protocols and the
domain name service (DNS).
In fact, one of the 1 3 DNS
root name servers still
resides at the university. In
keeping with this tradition,
OIT is actively working to
provide the support neces-
sary for the university to con-
tinue its leading role in ad-
vanced research on the uses
of computing technology.

Maryland's participation in
Internet2, a consortium of
more than 180 universities
working in partnership with
government and industry,
will further this effort.The
lnternet2 consortium strives
to design a more advanced
and cutting-edge, yet stable,
computer network infra-
structure that will promote
the development and sup-
port of sophisticated and rev-
olutionary applications, serv-
ices and technology.

Members of Internet2 con-
nect to a very high-speed,
low-delay network backbone
named Abilene. The connec-
tions are made through a
number of regional network
aggregation points, known as
GigaPoPs, which serve mem-
bers in a geographic area.
Since the GigaPoPs are them-
selves regional networks, the
Internet2 is much like the
original Internet in that it is
not one network, but a col-
lection of networks.

Sheer speed is one of the
more visible characteristics
that differentiates this net-
work from the congested tra-
ditional Internet. Launched in
1996, the Abilene fiber-optic
backbone operates at a blaz-
ing 2.4 gigabits per second
and provides the advanced
networking capabilities need-
ed by the Internet^ research
community.

See INTERNET2, page 4

MARCH

2 O O 2

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maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: MARCH 5-12

march 5

9:30-11:30 a.m., Women's
Golf Association Orienta-
tion Meeting University Golf
Course. Annual orientation
meeting at the Golf Course
Club House. All Maryland
women interested in playing
with the 9- or 18-hole group
are welcome. A buffet break-
fast will be served; the cost is
$ 1 .50. For more information,
contact Betty Bowers, 5-04 18
or eb90@umail.umd.edu.*

12:30-1:45 p.m., Works-in-
Progress Series 01 35 Taliafer-
ro. "The detestable," "die clum-
sy" and "the superlatively odi-
ous": Victorian Writers and the
Declining Taste for the Baroque,
with Leonee Ormond, profes-
sor of Victorian Studies, King's
College, University of London.
Contact Karen Nelson at 5-
6830 or knl5@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www. inform. umd.edu/
crbs/calendar.

2-3:30 p.m.. Center for
Teaching Excellence: Lead-
ing a Rough Draft Workshop
0100 Marie Mount. Covers sev-
eral approaches to integrating
rough draft workshop sessions
in class, and strategies for help-
ing students become critical
readers of peer writing. Please
RSVP. For more information,
contact Mary Wesley at 5-9356
or mwesley@deans.umd. edu,
or visit www.umd.edu/cte.

4 p.m.. What's the Matter
in the Universe? 1412
Physics Building. Vera Rubin,
senior fellow in astronomy at
the Carnegie Institution in
Washington, DC, examines
the dark parts of the universe.
For more information, contact
Anna Salajegheh at 5-8140 or
annasaia® wam.umd.edu, or
visit http://metosrv2.umd.edu/
~sigmaxiAIisting.html.

4:15-6 p.m.. Perspectives in
Minority Achievement 1121
Benjamin. Panelists Kenneth
Strike, Carol Parham and James
Richmand will discuss school
policies and academic achieve-
ment. For more information,
contact Martin L. Johnson at
mjl3@umail.umd.edu, or visit
www. education . umd . edu/
MIMAUE.

5:30 p.m., Daniel Heifetz:
Strange Bedfellows Labora-
tory Theatre, Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center. With banjo

We Have a Winner!

Marsha Turner Botts, academic program specialist for Aca-
demic Achievement Programs, correctly guessed the loca-
tion of the plaque in last week's mystery photo. It can be
found in the memorial garden surrounding Ftossborough Inn, Come
on down to the Turner Building and claim your prize, a coupon for
the Coffee Bar in the Student Union. Call Monette Bailey at 5-4629.

player Buddy Watcher. Part of
the Take Five series. Free. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd. edu .

7 p.m., Chinese Film Series

Basement, St. Mary's Hall/Not
One Less," directed by Zhang
Yimou, 1999- For more infor-
mation, visit www.inform.umd.

edu/igca.

lONESDAV

march 6

8:45 a.m. -4 p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Intermedi-
ate MS PowerPoint 4404
Computer & Space Science.
Prerequisite: at least three
months active experience with
basic MS PowerPoint tools. The
fee is $70. For more informa-
tion, contact the OIT Training
Services Coordinator at 5-0443
or oit-training@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc,'

9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.. Person-
nel Services Seminar: Can't
We All Just Get Along?

1 101U Chesapeake. Covers five
basic principles for creating a
workplace climate of coopera-
tion and idea sharing. The fee
is $140. For more information
or to register, contact Natalie
Torres at 5-5651 or traindev®
accmail.umd.edu, or visit
www. personnel. umd. edu.*

tO a.m., Andre Watts Piano
Masterclass Gildenhorn
Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center. World-
famous concen pianist and
anist-in-residence at the School
of Music leads liis first master-
class of the spring semester.
For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

11 a.m. -3 p.m.. Spring
Majors Fair Grand Ballroom,
Stamp Student Union. Join aca-
demic advisors, faculty and stu-
dents from various colleges
and departments to discuss
majors and career opportuni-
ties. For more Information, con-

tact Joelle Davis Carter at
jdcarte r@ deans . umd.edu.

12-1 p.m.. Research and
Development Presentation

0114 Counseling Center. Topic:
Workplace Heterosexism and
Ad justment Among Lesbian, Gay
and Bisexual Individuals: The
Role of Unsupportive Social
Interactions. With Nathan
Smith, psychological intern.

3 p.m.. Art Department
Lecture Series West Gallery,
Art-Sociology Building. With
Whitfield Lovell, a painter
dealing with African American
images in his mixed media
paintings and constructions. For
more information, call 5-1464.

4-5 p.m.. The 21st Century
Information Professional

0109 Hombake Library. With
Jose Marie Griffiths, chair of
Information Science at the
Unversity of Pittsburgh, where
she also is professor and direc-
tor of the Sara Fine Institute
for Interpersonal Behavior and
Technology. For information,
contact Diane Barlow at 5-2042
or dbarIow@deans.umd.edu, or
visit www.clis.umd.edu.

H II R S D AY

march 7

8:45 a.m.-4 p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Intermedi-
ate Filemaker Pro 3332
Computer & Space Science.
The fee is $120. For more infor-
mation or to register, contact
the OIT Training Services Coor-
dinator at 5-0443 or oit-train-
ing@umail.umd.edu, or visit
www. oit . umd . edu/sc . *

4-6 p.m., Border Crossing to
Build Community Speakers
Series: Rev. James H. Cone

Multipurpose Room, Nyumbu-
ru Cultural Center. With the
Rev. James H. Cone of Union
Theological Seminary. Contact
Christine Clark at 5-2841 or
ceclark® deans . umd . edu .

7:30 p.m.. From Community
to Privacy: Greek Culture in

Transition Kogod Theatre,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. With Dimitris Tziovas,
professor of Modern Greek
Studies and director of the
Center for Byzantine, Ottoman,
and Modern Greek Studies,
University of Birmingham, UK.
Free. Reception will follow. For
more information, call 5-0356.

8 p.m., Phifharmonia
Ensemble: A Concert of
Film Composers Memorial
Chapel. With the student-led
chamber orchestra, joined by
guests the Prism Brass Quintet.
For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
clarice smithcen ter. umd .edu .

march 8

12-12:50 p.m.. Entomology
Colloquium 1 140 Plant Sci-
ences. With Benjamin Norfnark,
Department of Entomology,
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst,"Brood chambers,
endosymbionts, and the adap-
tive significance of haplodipoi-
dy." For information, call 5-3911
or visit www.entm.umd.edu.

5:30 p.m.. University of
Maryland Brass Ensemble

Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. A one-
hour showcase for brass and
percussion with faculty artists
Chris Gekker, Greg Miller, John
Tarbya and others. Call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd .edu .

8 p.m.. Faculty Spotlight
Recital: Daniel Foster, Viola

Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
Faculty artist and principal vio-
list of the National Symphony
Orchestra with NSO concert-
master Nutri Bar-Josef and
pianst Audrey Andrist. Call
(301) 405-ARTS or see www.
daricesmithce n ter. umd .edu,

8 p.m.. Big Dance Theatre:
The Portrait of Shunkin See

page 3.

8 p.m.. Fashion See page 3-

march 9

8 p.m., Perla Batalla See p. 3-

8 p.m.. Music of Our Time:
Opus 3 and the Walsum
Competition Gildenhorn
Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center. Acclaimed
trio Opus 3 (violin, cello,
piano) perform prize-winning
student compositions. Call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

march 11

6:30-8:30 p.m.. In The Line
of Fire 0114Tawes Fine Arts.

See For Your Interest, page 8.

8 p.m.. University of Mary-
land Concert Band Concert
Hall, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center. Featuring musical
excerpts from the movie " Tita-
nic ,"Johan de Meij's a ward- win-
ning composition "The Lord of
the Rings- and a new overture
written in tribute to the Winter
Olympics. For more information,
call (301) 405-ARTS or see www.
ciaricesmitiicenter. umd .edu .

march 12

5 p.m., Guarneri String
Quartet Open Rehearsal

Gildenhorn Recital Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center, For more information,
call (301) 405-ARTS or visit
www claricesmithcenter. umd .
edu.

8 p.m., Midori, violin,
Robert McDonald, piano

Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. Before
Midori fulfilled the promise of
her extraordinary childhood
genius, "young violinists could
find few role models worth
emulating," noted The Washing-
ton Post. Ticket prices range
from $20-40. For more informa-
tion, call (301) 405-ARTS or
visit www.claricesmithcenter.
umd.edu.*

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OUTLOOK

NEWS FROM THE CLARICE SMITH

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

"Fashion" Will Keep
You in Stitches

Welcome to
Anna Cora
Mowatt's
world of* Fash-
ion," where New York's high
society is struggling to define
itself and is looking to die
French for inspiration. The

daughter, Seraphina. Her
extravagance is ruining her
husband, who is caught in
financial misconduct.

Producing the play as a
period piece was an easy
decision for Nathans.As a
theater historian and artist.

'Fashion" transcends its time with light-hearted humor and a satiri-
cal look into New York high society-

university's Department of
Theatre will present this 19th
century farce beginning on
March 8 in the Ina and Jack
Kay Theatre, directed by
Assistant Professor Heather
Nathans.

One of the finest of its
time, "Fashion" was written
by one of the first American
women to achieve popular
success as a playwright. It
premiered March 24, 1845 in
New York and instandy
became a success.

"Fashion'' speaks to some-
thing that is part of all of us,
the desire to have something
we can't quite attain. The
story revolves around Mrs.
Tiffany, the wife of a newly
rich businessman. Mrs,
Tiffany has high social ambi-
tions for herseif and her

For ticket information or to
request a season brochure,
contact the Ticket Office at
3 01. 405 .ARTS or visit www.
cl aricesmith center, umd. edu.

Clarice Smith

Performing Arts

CkisTTER^'Marytand

she found that "as social
satire, the play would be
hard to produce if moved
past the context ."With elabo-
rate costumes, beautiful
scenery and a script that
stays true to the 1840s, the
play maintains a unique his-
torical perspective and light-
hearted humor.

"Fashion" holds a special
place in American history as
one of the first successful
plays written by an American
woman. In 1845, the theatri-
cal profession was ridiculed
by society. Mowatt helped to
set the American theater on
the path from social and
moral contempt to respecta-
bility. "Much is made of
Mowatt's portrayal of virtu-
ous characters onstage,
unusual at a time when the
theater was still not a
respectable profession for
women," noted Nathans.

The play and its themes
transcend time. "People today
are still fascinated with the
idea of celebrity and recog-
nize the importance of fash-
ion in today's society," said
Nadians.

Tickets are $13; $5 for
students. Contact the Ticket
Office or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd .edu
for specific times and dates.

Perla Batalla Explores her Latin Roots

The voice of Los Ange-
les native Perla Batal-
la is full of joy. She
has a tone, a depth of emo-
tion and a magical expres-
siveness that make an
evening with her an unfor-
gettable experience. On Sat-
urday, March 9 at 8 p.m. in
the Robert andArlene
Kogod Theatre, Batalla per-
forms songs of her Mexican
heritage from her two most
recent CDs,"Mestiza" and
"Heaven and Earth."

Batalla began her career
as a backup singer in 1988
for an eclectic group of per-
formers including Leonard
Cohen, k.d. lang, the Gypsy
Kings and Iggy Pop. From her
success as a backup per-
former she was encouraged
to write music of her own.
Her personal artistic journey

Perla Batalla

began by delving into her
cultural roots. This homage
to her Latin American back-
ground opened up an entire
world of music and has been

an inspiration for her finest
works. Her albums reflect
her struggles as a woman
of mixed heritage and her
journey to her homeland.

With a mature voice,
Batalla brings power and
understanding to her
singing. Her diverse and
eclectic influences are evi-
dent in her writing, arrang-
ing and performing, cut-
ting across genre and lan-
guage. Her music com-
bines traditional Mexican
folk melodies, powerful
bluesy ballads, traditional
Latino melodies and puls-
ing rhythms to achieve a
sophisticated and contem-
porary sound.

Tickets for Perla Batalla are
$25, $5 for students. Call the
Ticket Office at (301) 405-
ARTS for more information.

Big Dance Offers Area Premiere

Anrtie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of Big
Dance Theatre mix music, text and
l dance in a D.C. area premiere of "The
Portrait of Shunkin," with music by Glen
Branca and Cynthia Hopkins. The perform-
ance will be March 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. in the
Dance Theatre. A co-presentation by Wash-
ington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) and
the center, "Shunkin" is part of the WPAS
Silk Road Project, an international explo-
ration of the arts, inspired by Yo-Yo Ma.

Based on Junichiro Tanizaki's 1933 short
story of the same title, "Shunkin" is a
provocative story of love and loyalty. The
tale takes a contemporary twist when Big
Dance changes its heroine, Shunkin, from an
abusive, blind and classical musician who

torments her male lover, into an American
rock star.

In an effort to show how artistic achieve-
ments can cause both admiration and isola-
tion, "Shunkin" delves into the alienation of
the artist, "A trained bird sings more beauti-
fully than a wild one," Shunkin says. To her,
the caged bird symbolizes art while the other
bird symbolizes nature, Shunkin's choice
places her outside convention.

Founded in 1990, Big Dance Theater is led
by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, whose
work has been presented at Dance Theater
Workshop in New York City for the last five
seasons. Tickets are $20, SS for students and
can be purchased through the Ticket Office.
For more information, call (3011 405-ARTS,

Soulful Chameleon Comes to Clarice

Powerhouse Toshi
Re agon will deliver a
distinctive mix of
blues, funk, rock and folk to
the Joseph and Alma Gilden-
horn Recital Hall on Mon-
day, March 18 at 8 p.m.
Reagon's strong alto and
infectious wails will incite a
hand-raising, foot-stomping
delight. Reagon will be per-
forming selections from her
new CD, "Toshi."

A musical chameleon,
Reagon comfortably changes
her sound and guitar playing
from folk to funk or from
blues to rock and jazz by
adapting to whatever musical
influence she is exposed to.
Known for her easy rapport,
Reagon engages audience
members, peppering her per-
formance with warmth and
comfortable conversation.

Toshi Reagon

A Washingtonian, Reagon
was born in 1964. Her moth-
er, Bernice Johnson Reagon, a
founder of Sweet Honey in
the Rock and civil rights
scholar, was a strong influ-

ence and both parents per-
formed in the seminal Free-
dom Singers. Reagon's own
musical education was
shaped by her openness to a
wide variety of musical gen-
res and styles and an
upbringing of social activism.

According to The New
Yorker, Reagon paused dur-
ing a recent performance to
name three artists whose
music she'd want along if she
were stuck on a desert
Island. "My mothers, of
course, and Bob Marley and
Joni Mitchell. If I could have
another one," she added, with
a laugh, "it 'd be Metallica"

With each new album the
praise for Reagon as a singer,
songwriter, and guitarist
increases. Her voice and gui-
tar alone are enough to move
mountains.

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MARCH 5, 2002

Looking at Japan's Post-war

PHOTOS BV CYNTHIA MITCHEL

A Japanese translation
of Cinderella, a
book on cooking,
documents outlining
the Civil Censorship
Detachment policy and photo-
graphs are just some of the
items being shown in an exhib-
it that opened last week in the
R. Lee Hornbake Library.
"Rebuilding a Nation: Japan in
the Immediate Postwar Years,
1945-1949" is part of the
Gordon W. Prange Collection.
Prange was a university profes-
sor who served as Chief of
General Douglas MacArthur's

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historical staff After Allied Forces lifted the
censorship of the Japanese media with the
dismantling of the Civil Censorship
Detachment, Prange shipped 17,000 news-

Above. Masahiro Nishihama plays Japanese
Shahukachi music for those attending the opening
reception of Rebuilding a Nation: Japan in the
immediate Postwar Years, 1945-1949 at Hornbake
Library. At left, just a few of the publications that
were censored during the period.

paper tides, 75,000 books and pamphlets,
10,000 news agency photos, 90 posters and
more to the university. The exhibit, on the
first floor of Hornbake, will run through
May 24. Hours for viewing are Monday-
Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, noon-
5 p.m.

The collection and Prange's research
papers are available to researchers by calling
Amy Wasserstrom at (301) 405-9348.

Reforms Making Strides with Academics

Continued from page I

Some of the recommendations
include shortening seasons.
Wellford says some of the earli-
est resistance to the changes
came from athletes, even though
the group works with a student
athletic advisory committee.

"The students said they want
to be the best. They know it
takes a lot of time," says Wellford.

As with many other colleges
and universities, Maryland's
work is pushed along by a
report issued by the Knight
Commission last June,°A Call to

Action: Reconnecting College
Sports and Higher Education." It
called for collaborative, universi-
ty-wide efforts to further
improve the academic life of ath-
letes, Wellford says Maryland is
fortunate in that it has an athlet-
ic director who believes in the
whole student athlete.

"We still have some things to
do," says Deborah Yow, director
of university athletics. "But we're
moving in the right direction and
I'm proud of that. A number of
the concepts [the Knight Com-

mission] is studying I agree with.
The season issue is important,
but it's all really complicated."

Yow says she and Wellford
pull from each other's areas of
expertise when attending ACC
and NCAA meetings. When the
agenda is academic, Wellford
takes the lead. When it's an
operations discussion, it is Yow.

"The best thing we have is a
faculty rep and an AD [athletic
director] that trust each other,
respect each other and work
well together," she says.

Infernet2: Connectivity

Continued from page 1

The Mid-Atlantic Cross-
roads (MAX) is the Washing-
ton Metropolitan area
GigaPoP serving the mid-
Adantic region. A multi-state
consortium of four regional
universities — Georgetown
University, George Washing-
ton University, Maryland and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University — runs
MAX. MAX has one of the
highest speed connections
into Abilene, almost as fast as
the backbone itself. The first
router that connected the
MAX to Abilene was located
at Maryland, which adminis-
ters and hosts this aggrega-
tion point.

In a big and complex
world where communica-
tions and partnerships are
global, and where technolo-
gy-dependence conUnues to
grow, the need for innovative
and revolutionary applica-
dons is obvious. Researchers
devise new ways to exploit
the massive information
transfer capabilities enabled
by the Intemet2 network, to
create applications that revo-
lutionize human processes
and interaction.

For example, Fujitsu Labs
of America at College Park
CFLA-CP) hosts the School of
the Internet project, whose
mission is to support
advanced videoconferencing
between universities. Last
fall, FLA-CP broadcast its first
live remote lecture from its
studio to a classroom at Keio
University in Japan. The lec-
ture traveled via FLA-CP's
MAX connection over Inter-
net 2 s network and demon-
strated the a bib ties of lead-
ing edge network properties,
like the transmission of high-
quality multimedia streams,
by way of the next gene ra-
don Internet protocol known
as IPv6 OP version 6).

The advanced capabilities
of Internet 2 have the poten-
tial to affect human culture
in a number of exciting and
unexpected ways, A good
example is an iniUative
known as the Internet2 Dis-
tributed Musical (I2-DM),
which could radically
change the nature of musical
performances. The 12-DM
enables the delivery of full-

bandwidth, high-quality
video and audio to allow the
sharing and synchronization
of music, video and interac-
tivity between two locations.

In February 2001, Inter-
net 2 enabled the production
of "TheTechnophobe and
the Madman," staged by the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-
tute (RPI). The actual per-
formance occurred in two
locations 162 miles apart.
One part of the perform-
ance, "The Madman," was
performed in New York City,
while the other part, "Con-
fessions of a Technophobe,"
took place at RPI, with the
two being united electroni-
cally in near real-time
through Internet2's network-
ing technology.

Yet another application,
remote monitoring of
patients may become the
order of the day in telemedi-
clne. Furthermore, special
and rare medical procedures
could potentially be broad-
cast in real-time to students,
thereby making their educa-
tion richer and paving the
way for'virtually experi-
enced" young medical pro-
fessionals. Virtual surgery is
another medical application
also under test on Internet2.

You do not need to work
in computer science or per-
form research in advanced
scientific applications to
benefit from Internet2. In
fact, if you connect to a com-
puter at another lnternet2
member institution or site.
you are already using it. The
university has been connect-
ed since 1998, and all Inter-
net traffic to Intemet2 mem-
bers is routed via MAX over
the Interne t2 backbone to
the member institution. Such
traffic is taking advantage of
the university's high-speed
Intemet2 connection, trans-
parent to the end-user.

For technical assistance or
questions regarding Inter-
net2, send an e-mail to
internet 2@nts .umd . edu .

— ByTHpti Sinha and
Mark Matties

The original article appeared
in the Spring 2002 edition of
"IT for UM" newsletter.

Academies: Honors

Continued from page 1

first class.

Frank's membership is for
his "cont* ibutions to the
design and analysis of com-
puter communication net-
works" and Gansler and
Lipitz are being honored for
"public and private leader-
ship in the U.S. Department
of Defense and major con-
tributions in teaching mis-
sile guidance and control
systems."

According to National
Academy of Engineering lit-
erature, election is based on
"unusual accomplishment
in the pioneering of new
and developing fields of
technology" among other
things.

"It really is an extremely
high honor, the highest a
faculty can receive," said
Wylie. "It's an academic
blessing of excellence."

OUTLOOK

Cole: Crews Will Miss Activity, Though Not the Mess

Continued from page 1

cessions carts and stands
with individuals and non-
profit groups. Some work to
raise money for charities,
while others work for them-
selves. On a good night, a
concessions stand can raise
$650. Anthony Manzano's
manages a group of people
who earn extra money for
themselves. Most of them
happen to be members of
Solid Rock Church in
Riverdale as well. Manzano
first started working conces-
sions as a student and has
managed his own stand for
17 years. Over that time he
says the biggest change at
Cole he's noticed are the
fens, especially students.
"They've become more
obnoxious," he says.

The Knights of Columbus,
Calvert Council, have had a
concession stand In Cole for
six years, Dave Wilson, the
stand's manager says the
group raises money for its
community charities. While
fund raising, Wilson says if he
is lucky, he can catch almost
half a game. Although many
of the concessions workers
are looking forward to having
more space to work in and
newer equipment at the
Comcast Center, Wilson says
he will miss Cole a bit, "for
sentimental reasons." Wilson
used to watch his high
school play its basketball
games there in the '60s.

Watching the Court,
and Then Some

Richard Carstens has been
watching games at Cole for

40 years. His father started
taking him to Maryland
basektball games when he
was 10. He can regurgitate
the plays of games 1 5 years
ago because he was there.
Since becoming a member of
the event staff in 1979, he's
had Ills eye on more than the
basketball games.

Some may think that the
men and women in bright
yellow event staff shirts con-
trol crowds, but they do
more than that. They direct
people to dieir seats, conces-
sions, restrooms and outdoor
smoking areas. Mostly, they
try to make the games safe
and ejoyable for everyone.

At one time managed by
the university, the event staff
is now contracted out to
Contemporary Services Cor-
poration (CSC), a national
company that handles events
such as the Super Bowl. Some
of the original event staff was
absorbed by CSC. Frances
Strong, an event staff supervi-
sor, is one of the original
members.

Strong works several Mary-
land athletic events like foot-
ball, lacrosse and field hock-
ey, but her first love is basket-
ball. "A friend brought me to
Midnight Madness at Cole in
1991 and I loved it," says
Strong, an 11 -year member of
the event staff.

A Prince George's County
school bus driver for 25
years, Strong says that even
when she retires, she wants
to stay on with the event
staff.

"The atmosphere here is

really warm " she says. "1
haven't had any problems."

Strong says she expects die
biggest difference with the
move into die Comcast Cen-
ter will be the size. At Cole,
she can just look across the
building and find someone,
but in that much larger space
it will probably more difficult
to track people down.

Putting It All Together

Curt Callahan has more to
think about than Cole Field-
house. He manages all of die
facilities that the 25 universi-
ty teams compete in and
practice on. Even non-athletic
events, such as commence-
ment, that happen at an ath-
letic facility, fall under his
domain. His office is responsi-
ble for the officials, ushers,
housekeepers, police officers
and announcers, among oth-
ers. For last month's Duke
game he had to organize 180
gatemen and ushers and 50
police officers.

"Our main concern is the
smooth running of any event
and the safety of the specta-
tors," Callahan says.

Although Cole isn't his
only responsibility, he has
probably spent more time
there than anywhere else on
campus. It has been his cen-
tral location as a former
Maryland wrestler (1966-70)
and assistant wrestling coach,
and the office for his current
posidon, which he has held
for 14 years, is housed diere.

Much of his time lately has
been consumed with getting
ready for the move into the

PHOTO 6Y CVNTH1A MITCHEL

Gary Williams, in a dark suit at the bottom far left, speaks to a reporter as crews set up for last Sunday's men's basketball game against
Virginia.

new Comcast Center, which
entails a major relocation
process — including the
transfer of telephone lines
and computers. He's current-
ly trying to match keys widi
doors and die appropriate
people.

"I don't think I'm going to
have a lot of time to miss
Cole in the first year," Calla-
han says.

He may be too busy to get
sentimental about Cole now,
but he still has a lot invested
in the place. As a student, he
saw Elvis, Bob Hope and
Aretha Franklin perform
there (although not all at
once). As an athlete, he wres-
ded in front of crowds of
5,000 there. As a coach he
spent countless hours in a
part of Cole most people
don't know about- the
wrestling practice room,
located on the mam floor off
of a hallway lined with pho-
tos of former Maryland
wresders.

"I spent so many hours and
hours in that room," he says.
"It's got a lot of memories.
You just take your memories
with you I guess."

Polishing Cole's Image

Though she's been respon-
sible for Cole's upkeep for
most of her 21 years at the
university, Mary Walker sim-
ply says she's "dealt widi Cole
quite a bit" when asked about
her duties.

Walker is manager of spe-
cial events in Zones 2, 3, 7

See COLE, page 7

Notable

Bettye Walters has been
named director of the Virginia-
Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine's Center
for Government and Corporate
Veterinary Medicine. Walters
joined the Maryland campus of
the VMRCVM In 1999 as associ-
ate director of the Center for
Government and Corporate Vet-
erinary Medicine, which cooixli
nates public practice training
opportunities for veterinary stu-
dents from around the nation.
Walters earned her DVM degree
from Tuskegee University.

The University of the West in
Timisoara (Romania) awarded
Vladimir Tlsmaneanu of the
Department of Government and
Politics widi the title of Doctor
Honoris Causa. It recognizes his
outstanding contributions to
die study of communism, post-
communism and democracy in
East Central Europe and the for-
mer Soviet Union.

Judith K. Broida, associate
provost and dean of the Office
of Continuing and Extended
Education (OCEE), was recently
named one of die Top 100
Women in Maryland for 2002 by
The Dally Record newspaper.
She also earned the distinction
in 2000 The Daily Record is a
statewide business newspaper
and this is the seventh year it
has recogonized Maryland's out-
standing women.

Vivian Boyd, director of the
Counseling Center, was recendy
voted president of the Interna-
tional Association of Counseling
Services Inc. The organization
includes 80 percent of the col-
leges and universities world-
wide.

Rae Grad is the new director of
Federal Relations and assistant
to the president at the universi-
ty. Grad's experience ranges
from developing the first com-
munity collaborative major in
the California State University
System to working in die office
of Vice President Gore to set up
a national conference that pro-
moted strategies to support
families and children. She will
have offices both at the univer-
sity and in the Reagan Building
in Washington.

Kristin A. Owens is the new
director of OCEE's academic
counseling services. She has
been a program manager
responsible for joint continuing
education projects with the Col-
lege of Behavioral and Social
Sciences. Earl I). Walker is
OCEE's new director of adminis-
trative services. He comes from
The Great American and Pacific
Tea Company in Landover, Md.

MARCH 5, 2002

£* x trac u trie u I a r

Peaceful Physical Fitness

Web Master Finds Niche

Looking for a fitness
routine that would-
n't bore him. Mark
Shute turned to mar-
tial arts, but he didn't want
"to focus on beating people
up."Then he found aikido.
A relatively new martial
art, having been created at
the beginning of this centu-
ry, aikido can be defined

Shute, an English alumnus
('94), has been involved
with the club for about a
year and a half He trained
for his first rank last May.

"It is what I wanted phys-
ically — aerobically and
anaerobic ally, it's a good
mix of both," says Shute.

To prove the appeal of
aikido to people of various

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MABK SHUTE

Mark Shute, standing,
and Rob Markowttz prac-
tice during one of the
university's Aikido Club
meetings.

simply as a series of
joint locks and throws
from jiijitsu. combined
with the body move-
ments of sword and
spear fighting. Shute,
the Web developer for
the College of Agricul-
ture and Natural
Resources, appreciates aiki-
do s peaceful approach to
conflict resolution. He also
likes the lack of repetition.

"Weightlifting bored me.
Jogging bored me. I found
the traditional forms of
exercise to be very tedious,"
says Shute. "And I was look-
ing for something a link-
less competitive than karate
or other martial arts."

He is a member of the
campus Aikido Club, which
meets three times a week
and is comprised of faculty,
staff, students and alumni of
the university. Members
leam moves that de-empha-
size muscular strength and
emphasize technique. Stu-
dents test for belt levels
based on the instructor's
recommendation after mas-
tery of a set of techniques is
achieved for each level.

backgrounds, he tells a story
often told by older club
members about a former
member. He was a student
who had earned high-rank-
ing belts in other more com-
bative forms of martial arts.
His fraternity brothers and
friends would tease him, ask-
ing him to come at them
and show off liis moves.

"He was constantly get-
ting beat up. but he didn't
really want to fight them
because he could really hurt
or kill them," says Shute. The
student came to the aikido
club after hearing about its
opposite approach to con-
frontation.

"It's more about redirect-
ing the force of an attack,"
says Shute. "He quickly saw
the value of it and was one
of the most active mem-
bers."

Editor's note: Outlook's feature, extracurricular, will take
occasional glimpses into university employees' lives outside
of their day jobs. We welcome story suggestions; call
Monette Austin Bailey at (301) 405-462-9 or send them
to ou tlook @accmail. umd. edu .

OMSE Offers Job Help, Culture

PHOTOS DV MONETTE AUSTili BAH.EY

Dressed in their navy and black suits, and wearing nervous smiles, hundreds of
students streamed into the newly reopened Student Union Grand Ballroom
for the 25th Annual Multi-ethnic Student Career and job Fair receudy.
Representing a national trend in job seekers, lines were longest for technolo-
gy firms such as IBM, TRW Systems and BAE Systems and government agencies FBI and
the CIA.

Above, Nnenna Nwaneri, a senior decision and information technology major, talks
with Katherine Akers, a tech recruiter.

Staff members walked
around the room in
native dress, while
members of the
campus community balanced
plates of curry chicken, rice
and beans and other foods during the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education's Black
History Month celebration last week. The program's goal was to demonstrate the influ-
ence of black history on other cultures.

Above left, Jennifer Jackson, OMSE's associate director, talks with Andrianna Stuart of
Facilities Management's Grounds Maintenance division. Stuart's collection of Native
American artwork joined displays from Nigeria, the Carribbean, China and other coun-
tries. Above right, attendees wait to sample various foods.

OUTLOOK

Cole: Keeping it Clean

Continued from page 5

PHOTO BV CYNTHIA MITCHEL

Norma Corena, Thomas Doles, Rosa Cabrera and Doris Climes
represent 40 years of service to Cole Field House as part of the
housekeeping staff. They hope to stay in the building.

and 10. Zone 3, as outlined
by Facilities Management,
includes Cole Field House
where she supervises a team
of seven employees who
keep the floors, seats and
other common areas clean.
They stock the restrooms
and run an automatic scrub-
ber on the floors.

"We deal with a lot of
trash and dirt" says Walker.

According to Doris Climes,
a housekeeper who's worked
in Cole for nine years, it takes
six people four hours to mop
and sweep the bleachers.
Each person takes four sec-
tions. However, Walker says
it all depends on whether or
not people an ending events
use trash cans.

"People don't seem to
know there's [always] a trash
can [nearby] .We have a con-
tract for another company to
pick up the big stuff. Then
we just mop and sweep."

Climes and co-worker
Norma Corena admit that
they won't miss the games
too much, especially when
students spend the night
waiting for tickets. "The trash
is everywhere," says Corena,
who's also been with Cole
for nine years. "It's inside,
outside"

Basketball games may be
the most well-known events
happening in Cole, but not
the sole cause of work for
Walker's crew. When her
people begin their shift at 4
a.m., they could be prepar-
ing for commencement or
special events such as Nel-
son Mandela's address. Yes,
Walker says, she is working
when most people are still
asleep, but that's why she
hasn't attended many games.

"I'm in bed when you all
are at the games," she says.
"I've been to a few, but I get
up at 2 o'clock in the morn-
ing, I need my sleep." Quit-

ting time is 12;30p.m.,butit
isn't unusual to see Walker
still in her office or around
the campus checking on
other sites into the after-
noon. "Overtime is a daily
thing for me. We work until
we finish, and then we go
home."

Duane Cummins also
helps keep Cole clean,
though in a way many may
never notice. As national
training director for Gum
Busters Inc., Cummins
makes sure all of the discard-
ed pieces of Bubblicious or
Juicy Fruit stuck to seat bot-
toms and floors disappear.
The company uses a low-
pressure, biodegradable,
environmentally safe system
to dissolve the gum.

"Anywhere there's adoles-
cents, there's an inundation
of gum," he says. The Hol-
land-based company began
working at Maryland within
the last year or so. Cummins,
a Laurel native and big Mary-
land Ian, is sad to see the
teams move out of Cole. "I'm
quite traumatized by the
whole thing myself."

Not Lights Out

The athletic side of Cole
may be moving to new digs,
but there are several people
requesting dieir old offices,
says Deborah Yow, director
of athletics. "The building
will be up and running and
fully occupied for at least the
next 10 years. The student
body is going to be able to
use the floor, because we
won't need it," she says.

It hasn't been determined
whether or not the house-
keeping staff will remain, but
since Cole will still be open,
it's likely they will stay on
board.

"The lights won't go out
and the doors won't close,"
says Yow,

\ferbatim

;, the Bush administra-
tion rejected President Bill Clinton's objec-
tive in die Middle East. America went from
actively seeking to end the Israeli-Palestinian
> turning away from mediating
^ptiations to trying to manage esca-
l violence. Such efforts are not likely to
eed, and even if it were possible to man-
: violence for a time, die world needs
thing more. The United States has a
responsibility to aim higher." (Jerome Segal,
senior research scholar at the Center for
International and Security Studies and the
Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy,
writes an opinion/editorial for the New York
Times, Feb. 17)

"But it is a mistake to imagine that the global
terrorism problem beyond al Qaeda is prima-
rily Middle Eastern. Is the Middle East the
center of world terror? Consider our own
government's reports on global terrorism. In
the five years preceding the tragedy of Sept.
1 1 , the Middle East was not die leading
region. . . " (Shibley Telhami. Anwar Sadat Chair
for Peace and Development, writes an opin-
ion/editorial for die Baltimore Sun, Feb. 17 )

"If Carter G.Woodson could see what has
become of Black History Month, I suspect
he'd be outraged. Never heard the name?
Well that's part of the problem. Carter G.
Woodson got the observance started (as
Negro History Week) in 1926, angered that
books liis students read included no infor-
mation on the role of black people in the
nation's history.' More than 50 years after his
death, our textbooks still largely ignore the
role of African-Americans. For those of as
who have rigorously studied the African*
American experience and understood the
richness of this part of American history, Feb-
ruary has become a month of disappoint-
ments. (Charles Christian, professor of geog-
raphy, writes and opinion/editorial for die
Baltimore Sun, Feb. 17)

In recognition of this exotic threat, NASA
began its Near-Earth Object Program in 1998
to catalog what are called "potentially haz-
ardous asteroids." A related NASA program,
Deep impact, will send a robot spacecraft a
bit beyond die orbit of Mars in 2005 to learn
the composition of a comet. The mission is
primarily scientific, but data might also help
scientists deflect a comet should one ever
threaten Earth. Comets are kissing cousins to
asteroids."If you look in your telescope and
you see fuzz around it, it's a comet * Michael
F. A'Hearn, a University of Maryland astrono-
my professor and principal investigator for
Deep Impact, said wryly. "If you don't, it's an
asteroid." (A'Hearn, professor of astronomy, in
the New York Times, Feb. 17)

"The pattern is clean These business contri-
butions that go overwhelmingly to incum-
bents are first and foremost designed to
influence legislation, not election outcomes,"
said Paul Hermson, a University of Maryland,
College Park professor and director of the
Center for American Politics and Citizenship,
one of the studies' authors. "Business inter-
ests are primarily concerned with gaining
access to legislators who can influence the
p-making process." (Herrnson released a
: on campaign financing for those who
i for office in Maryland. Baltimore Sun,
Feb. 17)

Crime, violence and child abuse dominate
the news media's coverage of children,
while stories related to the care and health
of young people receive less attention,
according to a study released Tuesday.
Moreover, news stories about youth crime
and violence toward children often fail to
place events in ihe context of broader
trends and contain less information about
social policy than do stories about chil-
dren, according to a University of Maryland
study. "The issues that we covered the most
frequendy are the ones about which jour-
nalists provided the least context "said
Beth Frerking the center's director. "Con-
text doesn't have to be pages long. It can
be a sentence," Frerking said. "But without
it, [the media) fail in our mission to help
educate our audience and contribute to a
more informed public debate." (Frerking is
director of the Casey Journalism Center on
Children and Families. Her remarks accom-
panied the release of a Center study. Los
Angeles Times, Feb. 20)

Yet in his academic role as professor of
physics and electrical engineering at the
University of Maryland, CoUege Park, [T.
"Vanity"! Venkatewan also tries to communi-
cate to students what he has learned about
matching one's natural skills with what one
loves to do. "Our aspirations and inspira-
tions in life come from the people sur-
rounding us, and very often we get into a
groove that Isn't right for us," he says. "I try
to steer my students hi directions where
they can optimize their skills," whether that
turns out to be industry or a more tradi-
tional research setting. Indeed, one former
student served as vice president of Motoro-
la before striking out as a venture capitalist
himself. (Venkatesan is founder of Neocera,
a university Technology Advancement Pro-
gram graduate that has earned notice in the
business and technical communities. The
Industrial Physicist, February-March 2002)

The math professors who appeared before
the board said Maryland high school gradu-
ates have trouble with college math because
of poor preparation in high school. "The stan-
dards are absurdly low," said Jerome Dancis,
an associate matii professor at the University
of Maryland. Dancis said ninth-grade algebra
taught in Maryland is on the same level as
sixth-grade math taught in California, based
on his review of the curricula. He asked the
state to review and revise its standards with
the help of college professors. (Baltimore
Sun, Feb. 27)

More aggressive policing and changes in
prosecutors' practices have produced * dra-
matic changes" in the criminal justice sys-
tem, according to a report released this
week by the University of Maryland. People
arrested in Baltimore are less likely to l>e
charged with a crime than in the late 1990s,
but once charged, they stay In jail longer
before trial and are Sir more likely to be
found guilty, die report found. "In the last
few years, there have been dramatic
changes," said Fay a S. Taxman, a co-author
of the study and director of the University
of Maryland's Bureau of Governmental
Research. The study, conducted in part to
figure out why Baltimore's jails are crowded,
compares a random sample of cases in 1998
and 2000. (Baltimore Sun, Feb. 27)

MARCH 5, 2002

Woman's History Month
Speaker

For Women's History Month,
the Department of Communi-
cation is hosting speaker Susan
Zaeske, assistant professor in
the Department of Communi-
cation Arts at the University of
Wisconsin, Zaeske will present
"We Have Done What We
Could: Petitioning.Antislavery,
and Women's Political Identity."
She will discuss how antislav-
ery petitioning contributed to
the transformation of the politi-
cal identities of certain women
yet reinforced the exclusion of
others from the public sphere.
The lecture is part of her forth*
coming book, part of the Gen-
der and American Culture
Series of the University of
North Carolina Press.

The lecture will take place at
7 p.m.,Thursday, March 7 in 0200
Skinner. For more information,
contact Julie Gowin, (301) 405-
7323 orjg328@umail.umd.edu.

TV and Global Affairs

Etyan Gilboa will present "Glob-
al Television and Decision-Mak-
ing in Defense and Foreign
Affairs* on March 8 from noon-
1:15 p.m.in 0200 Skinner.

For more information about
die colloquium series, contact
Trevor Parry-Giles at (301) 405-
8947or tp54@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.comm.umd.edu.

Talking Theater

On Wednesday, March 6, the
Center for Renaissance &
Baroque Studies presents "Meet
the Director Michael Kahn" at
noon in the Maryland Room,
Marie Mount Hall. The recipi-
ent of a Tony Award and six
Helen Hayes Awards for best
direction, he has been artisdc
director of the Shakespeare
Theatre in Washington, D.C.
since 1986. Panelists include
Frank Hildy, theatre; Ted Lein-
wand, English and Adele Seeff,
director, Center for Renaissance
& Baroque Studies. Refresh-
ments will be served.

For more information, call
(301) 405-6830 or visit www.
inform.umd.edu/crbs/calendar.

In The Line of Fire

The Philip Merrill College of
Journalism chapter of the Soci-
ety of Professional Journalists
presents "In the line of Fire "a
special program looking at the
newest challenges — many of
them life- threatening — that
journalists are facing in cover-
ing wars and conflicts.

Panelists include CNN's
Jamie Mclntyre, Baltimore Sun
reporter Dan Fesperman and
Merrill College of Journalism
faculty members David Bums
and Susan Moeller. Seating is
limited, so reservations are
required. The program is being
taped for air on UMTY Audi-
ence members are invited to
take part In the discussion.

Paleoanthropologist Meave
Leakey to Offer Next Raj pat Lecture

Rethinking our
human origins,
questioning the
view of human evolution
as a straight line from ape
to upright modern human,
these are among the chal-
lenges to which Meave
Leakey, a noted paleoan-
thropologist, lias dedicated
her life. The University
Honors Program, the
Department of Resident
Life and other university
sponsors wiB sponsor
Leakey for the second
annual lecture in a series
honoring Camille Rajpat.
Rajpat, an outstanding
honors student and active
member of the campus
community died in 1998
after fighting cancer. The
lecture, followed by a ques-
tion and answer session,
will take place on
Wednesday, March 13 at 4
p.nx in the Physics Lecture
Hall (Room 1412).

Leakey is a celebrated
member of the famous
family of paleoanthropolo-
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forefront of their field for
generations. For 70 contin-
uous years the family has
been working in Africa,
seeking to unravel the
mystery of human origins.
Leakey's work over the
years has established her as
one of the foremost scien-
tists in a highly competi-
tive field. Appropriately, her
topic will be "My Life in
Science"

The most recent dis-
covery of Leakey and her
team, announced in the

journal Nature last March^
was that of a skull from a
creature that lived 3.5 mil-
lion years ago and may be
a direct ancestor of
humans. This discovery has
opened up for debate
human evolutionary histo-
ry in its entirety by chal-
lenging the notion that
"Lucy"— the three-mil-
lion-year-old fossil discov-
ered in Ethiopia — is the
ancestor of modern
humans. According to
Leakey, the new discovery,
which has been named
Kenyanthropus platyops
(Kenyan fbtface), may just
as likely be the ancestral
species that gave rise to the
genus Homo.

Leakey has a well
deserved reputation as an
engaging lecturer and sto-
ryteller who ably combines
scientific observations with
personal accounts of her
field work in Africa. Her
presentation will be sup-
plemented with slides.

Fot more information,
call (301) 405-6771.

The program will be held on
Monday, March 1 1 from 6:30-
8:30 p.m., in 01 l4Tawes. For
more information, contact Sue
Kopen Katcef at (301) 405-
7526 or susiekk@aol.com.

Senior Summer Scholars

The Senior Summer Scholars
Program is a competitive grant
for students entering their sen-
ior year. Scholars receive a
$2,500 stipend to work on
research or artistic projects
during the summer prior to
their senior year. Applications
for the 2002 Senior Summer
Scholars Program are due in
the Office of Undergraduate
Studies by March 1 5. Please
encourage students to apply.
For more information, con-
tact Suzanne Chwirut at (301)
405-9342 or schwirut® deans.
umd.edu, or visit www.inform.
umd . edu/ugst/sensum . html .

Call tor Proposals:
National Conference for
African Americans In
Higher Education

The 15th annual conference
"Building Bridges: Developing
Collaborative Relations and
Strategies for Success in Higher
Education" will be held May 29-
30 at the Greenbelt Marriot.
Submissions for proposals relat-
ed to the theme are now being
accepted. All sessions will be
one and a half hours in length.

• Title: Maximum 1 2 words

• Presenters: Include name,
title, institution/organization,
contact information

• Abstract: Maximum of 50
words to be included in confer-
ence program
■ Description: Complete
description of the proposed
program, including objectives,
format (e.g., lecture, panel),
audio-visual requirements and
intended audience.

Submit proposals by March
18 to: Roberta Coates and Jim
Newton, Program Committee
Co-Chairs, 2l48Tawes Fine Arts
Building, University of Mary-
land, College Park.MD 20742.

For more information, call
(301) 405-5795, e-mail rcoates®
deans.umd.edu or jnewton®
deans.umd.edu, or visit www.
umd.edu/BFSAConfcrence.

Information, Intelligence,
and the War Against
Terrorism

A day-long program on Wednes-
day, March 28 will address the
topics of: Information and
Information Technology as War
Tools; the Legal, Social, and
Business Implications of the
War; and Information Policies
Post-war.

The event will be held from
8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the
auditorium of the Inn & Con-
ference Center. Speakers will
be from the university and other
organizations. The event is co-
sponsored by the College of
Information Studies, Center for
International and Security Stud-
ies, and the Council for Security
and Counter-Terrorism.

Admission is free, but regis-
tration is required at www.cus.
umd.edu. For more informa-
tion, contact Diane Barlow at

(301) 405-2042 or dbarlow®
deans.umd.edu, or visit
www.clis.umd.edu.

The Duchess of Malfi:
Research and Teaching
Perspectives

The Center for Renaissance &
Baroque Studies presents "The
Duchess of Malfi: Research and
Teaching Perspectives" in the
Maryland Room, Marie Mount
Hall, from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday,
March 13- A stormy study of
the consequences of sin and
reckordng.The Duchess of
Malfi, John Webster's best-known
work, contains some of the most
hauntingly beautiful language
of the Jacobean age. Professors
Jane Donawerth,Ted Leinwand
and Bill Sherman, from the
Department of English, discuss
this controversial play.

For more information, call
(301) 405-6830 or visit www.
inform . umd . edu/c rbs/calendar.

Graduate Research
Interaction Day (GRID)

Graduate students are invited
to present their research and
compete for $10,000 in cash
prizes. This is also an opportu-
nity for career networking, fea-
turing keynote speakers and a
free lunch. Find out more on
the GRID website, www.gsg.
umd.edu/GRID.

The deadline for abstracts is
March 1 3- For more informa-
tion, contact Jach/n Pavelec at
(301) 314-8630 or jpavelec®
wam.umd.edu, pr visit
www.gsg.umd.edu/GRID.