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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Volume i j
Number 6 ' March 12, 2001
Innovative
Dean to Retire
Bill G. Clutter, asso-
ciate dean of Sum-
mer Sessions, Spe-
cial Programs and
e-Leaming at the University
of Maryland, has announced
he will retire March 3 1 -
"Dr. Clutter possesses a
unique set of skills and
breadth of experience that
will be difficult to match,"
said Judi Broida, associate
provost and dean of Continu-
Associate Dean Bill Clutter
ing and Extended Education.
"His ability to navigate a
complex infrastructure and
bring people together to suc-
cessfully execute programs
has been extraordinary," she
See CLUTTER, page 3
Colleges
Collaborate
to Encourage
Interns
Everyone in college
wants an internship as
a safe way to try out a
career. The College of Arts
and Humanities gives its stu-
dents the chance to try out a
teaching career. Through the
Chillum Internship Program
(CHIP), juniors and seniors
in good academic standing
can sign up to teach in an
after school enrichment pro-
gram at Chillum Elementary
School in Hyattsville.
In addition to gaining
valuable experience for their
resumes, participants gain
three internship credits
through EDCI 368 and the
knowledge that they've done
a great service to young chil-
dren. A joint venture
between the College of Arts
and Humanities (ARHU) and
the College of Education's
, See CHILLUM, page 6
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1
Promoting Critical Assessment
Campus Skeptics Challenge Questionable Products, Assumptions
While Marv Zelkowitz
considered himself an
unknown skeptic for 25 years
and Chip Denman's interest
in "weird stuff" goes back to
childhood, both have found a
place to explore, discuss and
investigate their skeptic lean-
ings in the National Capital
Area Skeptics (NCAS).
Zelkowitz, a computer sci-
ence professor and Denman,
a statistician with the Office
of Information Technology,
are both executive board
members of NCAS, a non-
profit organization that was
created in 1987 by Denman,
his wife and a friend.
"Everyone should be a
skeptic," Zelkowitz says. "It's
thinking critically about the
world." Both men say they use
their skepticism every day at
work. "Part of being a statisti-
cian is always asking hard
questions," says Denman, who
has to investigate data thor-
oughly. "It's part of who I am."
Zelkowitz has worked with
testing different technologies
and finding what works and
what doesn't.
Not all of the NCAS mem-
bers are academics. A formal
membership of about 250,
Denman says they're a lay
audience with an interest in
or passion about how the
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA MITCHEL
Mark Zelkowitz (I), computer science professor, and Chip Denman, OIT
statistician, are partners in skepticism, debunking outrageous claims.
world works. They want peo-
ple to think critically about it.
There's no oath or pledge to
join the group — just annual
dues of $30. They meet once
a month in local libraries and
invite speakers to give public
lectures on various subjects
See SKEPTICS, page 5
Campus-wide Database
Promotes Scholarship
Camille Stillwell
laughs when asked
about her ambitious
project. It's a nervous laugh
that hints at her realization
of the enormity of her
undertaking.
As coordinator of the
National Scholarships Office
(NSO), Stillwell is attempting
to compile what she hopes
will become a definitive list
of prestigious national and
international scholarships,
fellowsltips and awards
received by members of the
campus community.
The Office of Faculty
Affairs does keep a record of
faculty honors once they've
become university employ-
ees, but unless people go
through individual curricula
vitae, many of the awards,
fellowships and scholarships
awarded before coming to
the campus go unknown.
Stillwell sees this as an
untapped resource for stu-
dents and faculty, if only she
could get more professors to
share the information.
"It makes a big difference
for a faculty person to tap
someone on the shoulder
and say You should apply
for that.' I'm trying to create
a culture of scholarship,"
says Stillwell.
Stillwell would also like
to use the database as a
bragging tool. The campus
will be able to say, for
example, that there are a
certain number of Truman
or Rhodes scholars on cam-
pus. Or that winners of
Mac Arthur and Mellon
grants brought their schol-
arship to the university. The
database could highlight
significant student achieve-
ments as well, such as the
university's undergraduate
Mitchell Scholar, of which
there are only 1 2 nation-
See DATABASE, page 6
Coach Weller
to Hang Up
Her High Tops
Chris Weller, who led
Maryland's women's
basketball program to ei|
Atlantic Coast Conference
titles and three Final Four
appearances in 27 seasons as
head coach, announced she
will retire from coaching and
consider an administration
position within the athletics
department.
A national search to name
her successor will begin
immediately, according to
Kathy Worthington, senior
associate athletic director
for internal operations, who
oversees the sport and will
chair the selection commit-
tee.
"Chris has been a pioneer
and a leader in women's bas-
ketball. Her coaching legacy
at Maryland will always be
remembered and appreciat-
ed byTerps everywhere," said
See WELLER, page 5
Top Rank
for Public
Relations
The University of Mary-
land has been select-
ed as the country's
top graduate public relations
educational program, accord-
ing to a new survey of public
relations educators. The story
was covered on the front
page of the January 7 issue
of PR Week, a major weekly
professional magazine.
Bill Baxter, an associate
professor emeritus of Mar-
quette University, surveyed
heads of communication pro-
grams across the country, and
complied the survey result in
his newly published directo-
ry,"Graduate Study in Public
Relations."
"This is the second rank-
ing that he's done," says Jim
Grunig, a professor of organi-
zational communication in
the Department of Commu-
nication, where die public
relations program is housed.
"The first was in September
1990. We were ranked first."
Syracuse University and
the University of Florida
ranked second and third,
respectively, followed by
Georgia, Northwestern and
San Diego State. Maryland
received 25 votes, Syracuse
23 and Florida 18, which
accounted for 65 percent of
the votes cast.
In the survey, Baxter asked
educators to name two pub-
lic relations graduate pro-
grams, besides their own,
that they would recommend
to students as the best hi the
country. Based on the survey
result, Baxter profiled 1 5 pro-
grams as Premier Programs
in his directory with the
information provided by the
schools. Among the informa-
tion the schools included are
program location, highlights
and prominent graduates.
Grunig says the program
receives Iiigh marks regular-
ly. When U.S. News and
World Report last ranked
graduate journalism, mass
communications and public
relations programs in 1996,
Maryland's public relations
program was still part of the
journalism school. And it was
first. People notice these
marks of quality and close to
1 50 applicants apply for only
10-12 spots per year.
"It seems to have an influ-
ence whenever people see
that. When you get the report
from the GRE scores, you see
what schools the scores were
sent to," says Grunig. "It's the
ones ranked at the top."
MARCH 12
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YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: MARCH 12-18
march 12
12-1:30 p.m.. View From
Beijing: Post Summit Bush
China Policy Multi-puipose
Room, Annapolis Hall. Minister
He Yafei, Deputy Chief of Mis-
sion from the Chinese Embassy,
will speak about the recent
Bush-Jiang summit. Lunch is $5
for students, $ 10 for others. For
more information, contact
Rebecca McGinnis at 5-0208 or
rml65@umail.umd.edu.*
2-4 p.m., HIV/AIDS, Poverty
and Religions in Sub-Saha-
ran Africa Multi-purpose
Room, Nyumburu Cultural
Center, Presented by the
African and African Immigrant
Health Network (CUSAG). For
more information, contact
afrihealthnet@yahoo.com.
5 p.m., Guarneri String
Quartet Open Rehearsal
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clar-
ice Smith Performing Arts Cen-
ter. For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd . edu.
5:30-6:30 p.m.. Women's
Nutrition 0121 CRC.The Cen-
ter for Health and Wellbeing
offers a program focused on
nutritional needs of women.
For more information, contact
Jennifer Treger at 4-1493 or
treger@health.umd.edu.
7 p.m.. Moderation, the
Middle, and the Midterms:
A View From the Trenches
0200 Skinner. The Center for
Political Communication and
Civic Leadership, Department
of Communication will host a
townhall meeting to address
the consequences of the mod-
erating trend in U. S. politics.
For more information, contact
Trevor Parry-Giles at 5-8947 or
tp54@umail.umd.edu, or visit
www.comm. umd .edu .
7-9 p.m., Preserving Mod-
ern Architecture Auditorium,
School of Architecture, An
evening of lectures and discus-
sion on the preservation of
buildings and sites of the mod-
ern movement. Sponsored by
the Modern Movement in
Maryland, a Research Project of
the Graduate Program in His-
toric Preservation at the Uni-
versity of Maryland and Mary-
land Historical Trust. For more
information, contact Kelly
Quinn at 5-6456 or
kquinn@aasp.umd.edu.
Clarifications,
Corrections
In the Feb. 12 issue of Out-
look, the story "She Teaches
Youth to Lead Change"
should read that Manami
Brown is a Maryland Exten-
sion educator In Baltimore
City, not Baltimore County.
In the March 5 issue of
Outlook, the Career Center
was not mentioned as a co-
sponsor of the 25th Annual
Multi-ethnic Student Career
and Job Fair. Also in that
issue, the headline "Next
Generation Internet Hosted
by University" inadvertently
referenced a program with a
similar name. The Next Gen-
eration Internet, a mufti-
agency federal initiative, is
not affiliated with Internet2,
the subject of the story.
In Outlook's Notables col-
umn for March 5, it should
have read that Kristin Owens
is the new director of OCEE's
academic consulting servic-
es, not counseling services.
Also in that issue, in the
"Academy Membership Car-
ries Clout" article, it should
read that Jacques Gansler is
the Roger C. Ltpitz Chair of
the Center for Public Policy.
Lipitz did not receive an
academy membership.
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.*
1 I >. E F S ii B 1
march 13
12-1 p.m., Research and
Development Presentations
01 14 Counseling Center, Shoe-
maker Building. Topic: "Client
Anger Directed Toward Thera-
pists: What Do They Do."With
Clara Hill, Department of Psy-
chology.
12:45-4 p.m., OIT Training:
Intermediate HTML 4404
Computer & Space Science.
Pre-requisite: basic knowledge
of HTML. The fee is $40. For
more information and to regis-
ter, visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc
or contact the OIT Training
Services Coordinator, 5-0443 or
oit-training@umail.umd.edu.*
5:30-6:30 p.m.. Healthy
Cooking 0121 CRC. The Cen-
ter for Health and Wellbeing
offers a session on cooking
healthy with a tight schedule
and small budget. For more
information, call 4-1493 or e-
raail treger@health.umd.edu,
8 p.m., Maryland Communi-
ty Band and University Band
Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. A pro-
gram of Broadway hits, march-
es and other works performed
by musicians from across cam-
pus and the community. Call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
6-8 p.m., Netscape Page
Composer: Making Web
Pages the Easy Way 4404
Computer & Space Sciences-
Cost is $20 for faculty/staff and
$10 for students. For more
information, contact Carol
Warrington at 5-2938 or visit
www. oit . umd .edu/pt . *
march 14
11:30 a.m., Art Department
Lecture Ssries West Gallery,
Art-Sociology Building. With
Sunghee Kim, Korean installa-
tion artist. For more informa-
tion, call 5-1464.
4 p.m.. What Science Edu-
cation Researchers Talk
About When They Talk
About 'Epistemology': An
Introduction to Students'
Views of Knowledge Room
1116, Institute for Physical Sci-
ence and Technology (IPST).
Committee on the History and
Philosophy of Science collo-
quium with Andrew Elby, Dep-
artment of Physics. For more
information, call 5-569 1 or visit
h tt p ://ca rnap.umd.edu/chps/.
4:30-7:30 p.m., Adobe Illus-
trator: Vector Based Graph-
ics 3332 Computer & Space
Sciences. Cost is $20 for facul-
ty/staff and $10 for students.
For more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.*
4:30-7:30 p.m., Microsoft
Access I: Easy Start for a
Database 4404 Computer &
Space Sciences. Cost is $20 for
faculty/staff and $10 students.
For more information contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
visit www. oit. umd, edu/pt.*
march 15
9 a.m. -5 p.m., Climate
Change: What's at Stake
and What Can Be Done?
2203 Art/Sociology. This alklay
symposium explores risks and
policy questions associated
with climate change as well as
mitigation and adaptation
strategies. For more informa-
tion, contact 4-6714 or e-mail
JGCRl@umail.umd.edu, or visit
http://globalchange. umd.edu.
12-12:50 p.m.. Entomology
Colloquium 1 140 Plant Sci-
ences Building. Jim Thompson
of the Academy of Natural Sci-
ences in Philadelphia will dis-
cuss the effects of disturbance
on predator impacts in stream
benthic communities. For
more information, call 5-391 1
or visit www. entm.umd.edu.
12-1:15 p.m.. Department
of Communication Collo-
quium Series 0200 Skinner
Building. "Corporate Advocacy
and the Information Age: The
Rhetoric of Bill Gates" with
Diane Hemmings;and"Wit and
Presidential Politics" with
Michael Phillips. The presen-
ters arc doctoral students. For
more information, contact
Trevor Parry-Giles at 5-8947 or
tp54@umail.umd.edu, or visit
www.comm.umd.edu.
4 p.m.. Cultural Borrow-
ings: Fiction & Fable in the
Fabrications of the Past
Maryland Room, Marie Mount
Hall. Erich Gruen from die Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley
will present a lecture. For more
information, contact Judith P.
Hallett at 5-2024 or visit
www.umd.edu/crge.
8 p.m., Tallis Scholars Con-
cert Hall, Clarice Smith Perfor-
ming Arts Center. The world's
leading early music vocal
ensemble in a program includ-
ing a 40-part motet by Thomas
Tallis. Tickets are $20-$40. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd .edu.*
march 17
3 p.m.. University of Mary-
land's Men's & Women's
Choruses Concert Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. Jiong concert featuring
selections from Renaissance to
contemporary genres. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
7:30 p.m., Leipzig Quartet
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clar-
ice Smith Performing Arts Cen-
ter. Germany's foremost young
quartet are all former first
chairs of the famed Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra and
the latest winners of the Grand
Prix du Disque. Tickets are
$25. For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter, umd. edu . *
march 18
4 p.m.. Center for Historical
Studies seminar on memory
and Pinochet's Chile, 3121
Symons Hall. Details in For
Your Interest, page 4.
8 p.m., Toshi Reagon Gilden-
horn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. An eve-
ning of rock, soul, funk, blues
and folk. Post-performance
question and answer session.
Tickets are $25. For more infor-
mation, call (301) 405-ARTS or
visit www.claricesmithcenter.
umd.edu.*
6-9 p.m., HTML I: Learn to
Create a Basic Web Page
with HTML Code 4404 Com-
puter & Space Sciences. The
fee is $20 for faculty/staff and
$10 for students. For more
information, contact Carol
Warrington at 5-2938 or visit
www.oit . umd . edu/pt . *
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OUTLOOK
On the Page, On the Stage
PHOTO SV MONETTE AUSTIN BAILEY
Three hundred students from nine area elementary schools descended upon
the stage in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center last week to partici-
pate in the annual Read Across America Day. Fueled by Happy Meals from
McDonald's, kids and their volunteers read "My Many Colored Days" by Dr.
Seuss and other books. Children took home a copy of the Seuss book. The event was
coordinated by the Office of Commuter Affairs and Community Service. Above,
President Dan Mote reads to a youngster from one of the participating schools.
Flyby of Jupiter Yields Important Science
A huge cloud of gas,
spewed from vol-
cano s on one of
Jupiter's moons,
extends into space to a dis-
tance that is almost equal to
that of the earth from the sun,
says a new report published in
the journal Nature.
A sensor on board the Cassi-
ni spacecraft built by scientists
at the university and one devel-
oped by the Applied Physics
Laboratory of Johns Hopkins
University detected ionized and
non-ionized atoms of this cloud
during Cassini's recent flyby of
Jupiter. Information from these
sensors suggests that volcanic
gases from Io — one of
Jupiter's largest moons and the
most volcanicaDy active body in
the solar system — escape
Jupiter's magnetic field and
populate the environment
around the planet.
"The University of Maryland-
built CHEMS sensor detected
ions of this cloud out to a dis-
tance of almost one astronomi-
cal unit [the distance between
the Earth and the Sun]," said co-
author Douglas C. Hamilton, a
professor of physics at Mary-
land and leader of the space
physics team that designed and
built the CHEMS (CHarge Ener-
gy Mass Spectrometer) sensor.
"Sulfur dioxide is the chief
gas emitted by volcanos, indi-
cating Io as the likely origin
for much of the gas cloud that
Cassini detected " Hamilton
said.
The first step of a volcanic
gas atom's journey from Io to
interplanetary space is when it
becomes ionized and energized
in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
This ion now has the speed it
needs to fly away from Jupiter,
but because of its electrical
charge, it remains held within
the magnetosphere by the plan-
et's magnetic field. However,
such energetic ions can pick up
electrons from other atoms or
molecules and once again be-
come "normal" or electromag-
netic ally neutral atoms. These
energetic neutral atoms are no
longer bound within Jupiter's
magnetosphere and can zoom
into interplanetary space.
On to Saturn
The primary target for Cassi-
ni is Saturn, which it will reach
in 2004. Cassini, which is carry-
ing the European Space Agency's
Huygens Probe spacecraft, is
the best-instrumented mission
ever sent to another planet.
On board Cassini, Maryland's
CHEMS sensor detects ions,
while atoms are imaged by the
APL-deve loped INC A sensor.
INCA and CHEMS are linked
together by a central computer
"brain" together with the
LEMMS (Low Energy Magnetos-
pheric Measurement System)
sensor. The three sensors and
their computer form Cassini's
Magnetospheric Imaging Instru-
ment, known as MIMI. M1MI is
one of 12 science instruments
on the main Cassini spacecraft
See JUPITER, page 4
Learning From Each Other
Peers Teach Computer Courses
The instructor was
noticeably nervous.
He stumbled over a
few words and
there were long and awk-
ward spans of silence
between instructions. The
class of about 1 sat at their
computers and patiently
waited for the young teacher
to find his place in the syl-
labus. After some page flip-
ping, he instructed the class
to turn to page three and
click on the Adobe Photo- ■
shop 6 icon on their com-
puter screen.
The Photoshop class is a
part of a program where stu-
dents teach other students,
as well as faculty and staff,
how to use computer soft-
ware. The Peer Training Pro-
gram has been around
approximately 1 2 years and
for Alexei, the trainer for the
Photoshop I class, teaching
his second class was a good
experience. Instructors' last
names are not given out as a
matter of policy, because of
students calling their homes.
"Yeah, I was a little nerv-
ous at first. Partly because
you're a student and you're
telling people a lot older
than you what to do," said
Alexei, a sophomore comput-
er science major.
Many in the class were
sporting gray hair, but the
age difference eroded as the
class began to learn the
basics of the graphics and
photo-editing tool.
The Office of Information
Technology (OIT) sponsors
the non-credit classes. In
addition to Photoshop, there
are about 18 other courses
to choose from. Courses vary
between one and three
hours long. They are general-
ly offered when students are
returning to their dorm
rooms and faculty and staff
are starting the journey
home. Most are from 6 to 9
p.m., but a good number are
from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. A
class costs $ 10 for students
and $20 for faculty and staff.
Registration can be easily
done online.
"For a while the popular
courses were for HTML. It
seemed like we couldn't
have enough," said Carol L.
Warrington, peer training
coordinator. "But now. sur-
prisingly, it's Microsoft Office
classes. We don't teach Word
anymore, but Excel and
Access and PowerPoint have
been filling up pretty well."
Surveys handed out at the
end of each class are used to
determine what other soft-
ware university computer
users want to learn.
The process of teaching
the basics of a program takes
some time. Designing the
class takes about 80 to 90
hours, according to Warring-
ton. By the end of it all, a
new class is created, includ-
ing a syllabus for attendees.
Students who attend classes
receive a copy of the syl-
labus and files used that
evening are stored online for
them to review at a later
date.
All of the student instruc-
tors train for one semester
before teaching. These stu-
dents work very hard to gain
the skills necessary to stand
up in front of a potentially
large audience and lead one
of the seminars. All new
courses are offered free the
first time they are taught.
There is a mixture of
knowledge levels in the
classes, so novices do not
have to feel uncomfortable
about asking questions, and
those more adept in comput-
ers can move through mate-
rial at a speedy pace. During
the Photoshop class, Alexei
often asked the class if his
pacing was appropriate. This
comforted Denise Sibert,
who works in the Office of
Academic Affairs. She has
taken three other Peer Train-
ing courses and she applaud-
ed AJexei's abilities.
"I really liked how he han-
dled the class. He was
patient and spoke clearly. I
hope he comes back to
teach the Photoshop II
class."
For more information on
Peer Training, call (301) 405-
2938 or visit the Web site at
www. oit . umd . e du/pt .
—By Bobby White,
OIT graduate assistant
Clutter: Departing Dean Emphasized Service to Students, Collaboration
Continued from page 1
said.
Clurter's three years at Mary-
land's Office of Continuing
and Extended Education
(OCEE) have been marked by
innovation and expansion. He
introduced the variable sum-
mer term and promoted the
university's size and vast array
of resources in the award-win-
ning "Big as Life" summer mar-
keting campaign. This year,
several new programs will be
rolled put to further enhance
the university's summer offer-
ings, including a Young Schol-
ars program for rising high
school juniors and seniors, a
language intensive program
and additional programming in
the performing arts. \
Clutter also improved the
way students are served. Under
his guidance, the campus was
introduced to SPOC (Single
Point of Contact), a pilot proj-
ect for summer sessions,
which brought together some
20 individuals from various
departments to implement an
administrative "one-stop-shop"
to serve students wishing to
inquire, apply, register, pay bills
and order books online. Its
success earned campuswide
acclaim and SPOC now serves
e-learning students and many
other segments of the univer-
sity.
In addition, Clutter estab-
lished a framework in which
the university could offer its
first fully online graduate pro-
grams to a worldwide audi-
ence. In partnership with the
College of Life Sciences and the
School of Music, he led OCEE's
launch of the master's of life
sciences program and a mas-
ter's of arts in ethnomusicolo-
gy. Recently, the development
of a Web-based master's in fire
protection engineering has
been given the green light.
Clutter's career in higher
education spans five decades,
beginning as a graduate student
at Maryland In the 1960s, work-
ing in the state's community
college system, then to Fair-
leigh Dickinson and Pace uni-
versities and back to his alma
mater in 1999.
"My career has come full cir-
cle. I started here at College
Park and it's great to be able to
retire from Maryland," Clutter
said."] plan to remain a loyal
Terp fan, and 1 want to empha-
size that my season tickets to
Maryland basketball are not for
sale," he quipped. The retiring
associate dean plans to relo-
cate to Florida later this
spring.
MARCH 12, 2002
Professor Honored
for Gifts, Generosity
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA MITCHEL
Carmen Bakhrop (above) , an associate pro-
fessor of music, received the President's
Commission on Women's Issues' Women
of Color Award in a ceremony last week
that was more a celebration of love than an official
bestowing of a plaque. Balthrop, whose operatic voice
is internationally known, was praised by students, col-
leagues, peers and her daughter for her generous spirit.
The other two nominees for the award were Irene
Zoppi, coordinator for undergraduate admissions and
Angela Bass, business manager for the Department of
Human Relations.
New Library Copy Card System
Offers Users Several Advantages
There's a new copy
card system in effect
on campus that allows
you to use Terrapin
Express to pay for copying and
printing at a reduced rate. The
new system is already opera-
tional at McKeldin Library and
should be in place in the other
six libraries on campus by the
end of the month. Copiers, read-
er/printers and Pay-for-Print will
only accept cards under the
new system.
The system features online
accounts using two cards: the
UMCP ID card for students, fac-
ulty and staff and a visitor card
for others. All card transaction
information will be sent elec-
tronically to Photocopy Ser-
vices so that accounts on UMCP
IDs can be frozen if a card is
stolen or lost. No new ID cards
are needed for the system.
While the libraries recom-
mend that patrons use Terrapin
Express money for their photo-
copying needs, students, faculty
and staff can choose to estab-
lish a photocopy account. Using
Terrapin Express will result in a
price reduction for photo-
copiers and reader printers, but
not Pay-for-Print. Terrapin
Express accounts can be estab-
lished at the South Campus Din-
ing Hall, room 109.
Any balance of $2 or more on
an old copy card can be
transferred to a new photocopy
account or to a visitor's card.
Balances will be transferred
until 5 p.m. on April 1 . Photo-
copy accounts can be set up at
any of the 1 3 Value Transfer Sta-
tions located within the various
libraries. Money can only be
added to an account at a Value
transfer machine, and not at a
copy machine.
In converting to a basically
cashless system, the libraries
will be disposing of old,
improperly functioning equip-
ment, eliminating the need to
issue refunds (more than
$10,000 last year) for equip-
ment malfunctions. This also
provides a discount for those
who choose to use Terrapin
Express.
Further information about
the new copy card system is
available from Mark Wilkcrson,
manager of Photocopy Services,
at (301) 405-9056 or mwl06@
umail.umd.edu.
Homegrown Leadership
New Institute Seeks to Nurture Campus Managers
Building on the prem-
ise that good leaders
are central to the
university's success,
the new Leadership Develop-
ment Institute offers campus
managers of all levels opportu-
nities to grow personally and
professionally.
The insiit1.11 1' launched a
pilot program last summer
with 19 participants.Their
feedback, and enthusiasm,
helped create the Foundations
of Leadership program, which
kicked off this spring. It is the
first level of a three-tiered sys-
tem designed to serve a range
of needs.
Casually dressed and laugh-
ing often, it appears that the
group recently assembled in
the golf course clubhouse is
just having a good time. They
are, however, the first hard-
working Foundations class. By
course's end, they will have
spent one or two days a week,
for nine weeks in day-long
classes divided into five areas:
emotional intelligence, rela-
tionships, teamwork, opera-
tions and performance. As
with all sessions, on- and off-
campus facilitators take par-
ticipants through materials
and exercises designed to get
them thinking, solving,
encouraging and learning
from one another.
"The great thing about this
program is the networking
opportunities. After this, they
can call on someone from dif-
ferent departments, they con-
nect with campus leaders,"
said Paula Basile, with the Per-
sonnel Services Department.
Every day begins with a
sharing circle in which partici-
pants can spend a few minutes
sharing what's on their minds.
Sick kids, problems at work,
career aspirations. Everything
remains in the room and facili-
tator George Takacs of Takacs
Techniques uses the circle to
help people unload so that
they can focus on the work of
the day. The mix of persona]
experiences and real content
makes a winning combination
for Luis Alfonzo.
"It's a wonderful program. It
is something I suggest all
supervisors should, or must,
take," says Alfonzo, a supervisor
with the Landscaping Division
of the Grounds Department
within Facilities Management.
"You get a wide idea of how to
handle different situations. I'm
going to share what I learned
and I appreciate that the uni-
versity has diis program."
The Office of Organizational
Development and Training, the
Division of Administrative
Affairs, and Personnel Services
support the institute. The first
level is for those with fewer
than three years of manage-
ment experience and those
with outdated or minimal for-
mal training. Level 2, still
diverse in several ways, partici-
pants who meet the criteria
are selected based on job
experience, type of work, cam-
pus area, etlinicity and gender.
Also, no more than one from a
department may participate in
a session. Each session is limit-
ed to 25 people and those not
selected automatically go into
consideration for the next
class. "We are going to hold it
three times a year," says Basile.
The provost and vice presi-
PHOTO av MQNETTE AUSTIN BAILEY
Luis Alfonzo, rear left; Tare Torchia (with scarf), sexual health coordina-
tor with the Health Center; Jean Evans of Conference and Visitor
Services and Mary Dulaney, with the Maryland Fund, listen during a
session on quality.
under development, will deal
with Managerial Effectiveness
and is a certificate program
geared toward managers with
five or more years of manage-
ment experience. Level 3,
Strategic Leadership, will be a
program designed specifically
for faculty and senior adminis-
trators with significant super-
visory and financial responsi-
bility. This program is also in
the design and development
stage.
"We offer skills-based train-
ing with real business skills,"
says Basile. "We also teach poli-
cies and procedures specific
to the university."
The institute's existence is
based on 10 core competen-
cies essential for effective lead-
ership, determined after doing
a needs assessment through-
out the university. The con-
cepts are: customer service,
change management, conflict
resolution, performance man-
agement, principled leader-
ship, communication, continu-
ous improvement, planning
and organizing, organizational
performance and administra-
tive excellence (functional job
knowledge).
In order to create a group
dents have given the institute
tiieir stamp of approval by
subsidizing part of the pro-
gram. While there is a nominal
fee for participation, Alfonzo
hopes one of the other five
supervisors in his division can
attend in the future. "It is the
best way to spend $500"
Alumni of die pilot class
echo his enthusiasm for Foun-
dations of Leadership. Patrick
Walsh turned his participation
into a promotion. Now a
supervisor for Media Express'
second location in the Ben-
jamin Building, he admits to
not being too enthusiastic
about the program at first, "but
it was very educational and
taught me a lot about manage-
ment. By the end, I was very
happy I'd gone."
The next session of
the Foundations of
Leadership course
offered by LDI will take
place June 5-July 31.
Application and deadline
information can be found
at www.ldi.umd.edu, or
by calling (301) 405-5651.
Jupiter: Sensors Detect Ion Movement
Continued from page 1
and one of six instruments
designed primarily to investi-
gate the space environments
around Saturn and its satel-
lites. The Huygens probe will
investigate Saturn's largest
moon. Titan.
According to Maryland's
Hamilton, the fly by of Jupiter
was important scientifically
because it revealed new infor-
mation about Jupiter's magne-
tosphere, its interaction with
the solar wind and its sur-
rounding nebula. However, it
was also an important step on
the road to Saturn. "This flyby
has provided us an excellent
test of the capabilities of MI MI
and has allowed us to make
important refinements to
some of the software running
on MIMI's micro-processing
unit," he said.
Related NASA Web links:
• www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/
2002/release_2002_46.btml
• www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/
Jupiter/index html
OUTLOOK
Skeptics: Critically Analyzing UFOs, Psychics, Magnets
Continued from page 1
PHOTO BV CYNTHIA MITCHEL
Den man demonstrates — and debunks
— the "power" of dowsing rods.
such as alternative medicine,
the teaching of science in
schools and the latest in UFO
sightings.
While most of the speakers
come from the skeptic's per-
spective, "They're not cut
from a mold," Denman says.
They will bring in someone
from "the other side" if the
argument is well reasoned.
NCAS will host a weekend
workshop in April diat will
feature well-known skeptic
James Randi.
Zelkowitz says his involve-
ment in NCAS has been
about trying to help the com-
munity. "There's too much
bogus nonsense on TV and in
newspapers," Zelkowitz
says. NCAS sees itself as
a source of information
for the public. This
month's NCAS calendar
of events, Shadow of a
Doubt, lists some points
of interest for its read-
ers: an upcoming UFO,
Bigfoot and ghost con-
ference, information on
phone psychic Miss
Cleo's fraud problems
and the winner of a
Darwin Day essay con-
test.
The members all
have a pet interest. Den-
man's focus has been
magic and spiritualism.
He and his wife actually
attended a stance in
Virginia some years ago
and came home "under-
whelmed." He is also good
friends with magician/come-
dians Penn and Teller; he says
he can enjoy and appreciate
a well-performed magic show
when the performer is
upfront about the absence of
any real magic taking place.
Zelkowitz is more
intrigued with religions and
how they came about. He
says his interest is on the
fringe of skepticism. Since
God cannot be proven or
tested scientifically, it's out-
side the realm of skepticism.
"It's more belief and ideas,"
he says,"but one can test the
events around religion and
the sacred books."
While it may appear that
skeptics are always trying to
debunk things, Denman said
it's more than that. "It's not
all about trying to tell people
what they should think
about. We're about promot-
ing asking questions, deman-
ding data," Denman says.
When claims are larger
than life, it makes sense to
investigate them. Should you
really be concerned with cell
phones, power lines and mag-
nets in your mattress? Both
men look for the scientific
answers to these claims. They
want to see and study the
data that can prove or dis-
prove them. Denman, who
also teaches a Science and
Pseudoscience honors class
in the fell, says he attempts to
teach his students to use sci-
ence to investigate all that's
weird and sensational. "It
gives me a chance to chal-
lenge them about what sci-
ence can do," Denman says.
"There's a belief among
many that skepticism and
cynicism are [he same"
Zelkowitz says. But while a
cynic denies everything, he
added, a skeptic simply asks
to be convinced.
For more information on
NCAS, colt (301) 587-3827,
send an e-mail to
ncas@ncas.org, or visit
www.ncas.org. Or contact
Chip Denman directly at
(301) 405-3084.
What's the
skeptic's
perspective?
Magic
Spells? No.
David Copper-
field can be explained by
the use of physics and
physiology.
UFOs? Yes, there are
many unidentified flying
objects, but no, they do
not represent extraterres-
trial life attempting to
contact us.
Bigfoot? There's not
enough evidence, but
even if it were proven to
exist, it wouldn't upset
science as we know it.
Psychics? An explain-
able tactic called cold
reading when psychics
ask general questions,
feeding off a subject's
body language and saying
general things that could
be made personal for any-
one. Some do research
ahead of time and others
eavesdrop on an audience
before time to pull out
personal facts.
Darwin? Considered a
huge scientific influence.
There is an immense
amount of scientific evi-
dence proving evolution
and it should be taught in
school.
Notable
lnderjlt Chopra, Alfred Ges-
sow Rotorcraft Professor and
director of the Gessow Rotor-
craft Center in the Department
of Aerospace Engineering, will
receive the American Institute
of Astronautics and Aeronautics
Structures, Structural Dynamics
and Materials Award for 2002.
This award is presented to an
individual who has been
responsible for an outstanding
technical or scientific contribu-
tion in aerospace structures,
structural dynamics, or materi-
als. The award consists of an
engraved bronze medal, a cer-
tificate of citation and a rosette
pin. The award will be present-
ed at an annual conference in
Denver this April.
Iisbeth PettengUl is the new
director of development rela-
tions with the university's
Development Administration
office. She comes to Maryland
from North Carolina State Uni-
versity, where she spent three
years as the associate vice chan-
cellor of public affairs. Petten-
gill's career also includes posi-
tions as the director of public
and federal affairs at Johns Hop-
kins School of Public Health
and the director of communica-
tions/speech writer for Sen. Bar-
bara Mikulski.
Weller: Brought Women's Program National Title
Continued from page 1
Maryland Athletics Director Debo-
rah A.Yow."She is considering an
administrative position within the
department, helping us in an exter-
nal role in the M Club or in a
fundraising capacity, which would
be of great value to us."
Ranked in the Top 25 in all-time
coaching wins, Weller guided her
teams to national championship
tournaments 17 times in the past
24 seasons and averaged nearly 19
yins per year during the course of
■ career. In addition to leading
yland to three Final Fours, the
; also have won an ACC-best
it conference championships
and reached the NCAA Elite Eight
ight times and the Sweet 16 10
times. In nine of her 27 seasons, the
Terps achieved national Top 10
rankings, Including in 1992, when
they were ranked No. 1 for much of
the year and Weller was named Nai-
sraith and BWAA National Coach of
the Year. She has led the Terps to a
499-286 record during her tenure,
"I have been thinking about this
2Cision for awhile and feel it's an
appropriate time for my retire-
ment. The ceremonial closing of
Cote Field House and die wonder-
ful activities surrounding the 25th
anniversary of the ACC women's
Chris Welter
basketball tournament seem to pro-
vide a sense of culmination to a
career that I have thoroughly
enjoyed," commented Weller. "I am
looking forward to taking some
time off to make a decision about
how I could continue to contribute
to women's athletics and the Uni-
versity of Maryland as a program."
During her storied career at
Maryland, Weller coached four Ail-
Americans, five Olympians and 20
all-ACC selections. At the recent
ACC tournament, Weller was hon-
ored as the coach of die first ACC
championship team ever in 1978,
and as one of three coaches to
have led her team through all 25
years of the ACC tournament.
Weller celebrated an unprecedent-
ed eight ACC tournament titles
with numerous alumni at the 2*5
anniversary gala recentiy.AIso,
March 3 was declared Chris Weller
Day in the state by Gov Parris Glen-
dening.
A 1966 graduate of the universi-
ty, Weller was a four-year letter win-
ner in basketball for the Terps. Fol-
lowing graduation, she taught and
coached at the high school level in
Silver Spring, Md., before returning
to the university as an assistant
coach in 1973. In 1975, she was
promoted to head coach, guiding
the Terps to a 20-win season and
the program's first trip to the
EAIAW Regionals. It was the first of
10 20-wm seasons fbrWelier,who
would later guide the Terps to Final
Four appearances in 1978, 1982
and 1989.
— Courtesy
Adiletic Department
Two Senior Investment
Advisors Address Next
Investors Group
Daniel S. Phelan and E. David Walter Jr.,
two senior investment executives with
Ferris, Baker Watts, will speak at the
monthly meeting of the Investors Group on
Tuesday, March 1 9, at noon in McKeldin
library, room 6107. Anyone with an interest in
financial planning is invited to attend.
Ferris, Baker Watts is the largest full-service
investment firm headquartered in Washington,
D.C.Walter, with over 22 years as a retirement
planner, will discuss how he helps individuals
build a nest egg for retirement and, once is
retirement, maximize income and preserve
principal. Phelan, a graduate of the University
of Maryland, will cover investment portfolios,
financial planning and retirement rollovers.
Considered an authority on retirement plan-
ning, Walter lectures for the National Security
Agency, Social Security Administration, Health
Care Financing Administration, Anne Arundel
Community College, Howard Community Col-
lege and Montgomery County Adult Education.
Phelan conducts corporate employee educa-
tion workshops and teaches personal finance
courses in the adult education programs at sev-
eral local community colleges.
Ferris, Baker Watts is a member of the New
York Stock Exchange and the Securities
Investor Protection Corporation, and is wholly
owned by its employees. The company is a
dynamic force In investment banking serving
clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
MARCH 12
2 2
Increasing the Impact
of Economic Reform
IRIS Aids Development
During more than
10 years of post-
communist tran-
sition, the coun-
tries of Eastern Europe and
the Russian Federation have
accumulated vast experi-
ence in economic reform
and policy-making.
In their totality, the les-
sons learned in transition
states comprise a valuable
developmental resource,
which, when placed in the
public domain, could greatly
facilitate the ongoing
reforms. The results of the
reforms could improve the
quality and strengthen the
impact of applied economic
policy analysis in transition
countries, accelerating the
pace of economic growth,
increasing employment and
improving living standards.
With the Barents Group
of KMPG Consulting (Bar-
ents), the IRIS Center at the
university is conducting a
program of grants and col-
laborative activity to
improve the quality of eco-
nomic analysis in Russia and
Eastern European countries
in transition. Funding for
the program, an award of
$2.7 million, is provided by
the United States Agency for
International Development
(USAID), as a part of the
agency's support to post-
communist economic transi-
tion, development of civil
society and capacity build-
ing in Russia and Eastern
Europe. The proposed pro-
gram is fostering the coop-
eration of economic think
tanks in Russia and Central
and Eastern Europe in order
to strengthen the capacity
of post-communist nations
for market-oriented policy
making.
"This project brings
together IRIS's expertise
both in developing think
tanks and in creating net-
works for development,"
said IRIS Director Charles
Cadwell. "There are many
good economists and think
tanks scattered across the
region. We want to increase
the exposure they get for
their good work and sup-
port a regional market for
better applied economic
analysis."
To this end, the program
will develop an infrastruc-
ture for a regionwide net-
work of economic think
tanks; launch a series of pro-
fessional partnerships
between think tanks and
economic analysts from Rus-
sia, Eastern Europe and the
U.S.; assist participating
think tanks in their profes-
sional and institutional
development; and arrange
for regionwide dissemina-
tion of results of collabora-
tive policy studies and other
analytical outputs generated
within the network. The
program will stimulate
regional dialog on econom-
ic policies in areas including
corporate governance and
finance, financial markets
and banking, labor market
development, and restruc-
turing of natural monopo-
lies; put national policy
debates into a comparative
perspective, and facilitate
competitive selection of
best practices; and link the
network of think tanks with
Western policy analysts, pol-
icy makers, international
donor and business commu-
nities.
IRIS and its partners
recently announced an invi-
tation to participate in the
program to partnerships of
Russian, Eastern European
and Western economic poli-
cy think tanks that special-
ize in applied policy studies
of high relevance for post-
communist economic
reform and development
and are engaged in outreach
and advocacy efforts.
The deadline for applica-
tion; is March 29. For more
details, see the request for
applications at www.inform.
umd.edu/lRIS/IRIS/docs/
rfa.pdf.
Database: Prestige
Continued from page 1
Wide.
"Someone may say.T got a
Pell Grant or a research
assistantship.' That's not
what we're looking for.
We're looking for national,
prestigious awards."
To compile this informa-
tion, Stillwell is asking peo-
ple to fill out an online form
(www.gradschool.umd.edu/
aso/onlineforms/award_fo rm .
html) from which a graduate
student will enter informa-
tion into the database.
"We started doing this in
print form, but we couldn't
decipher people's handwrit-
ing" she says. The database
uses the honor system,
though there arc a few foun-
dations that Stillwell can call
to confirm information.
"Once I'm cloned or
become an octopus, we can
get someone to verify the
rest," she jokes.
For more Information, call
(301) 314-1289, e-mail
cstillwe%deans.umd.edu or
iHsit www.umd.edu/nso.
What is it — Where is it?
UIMH
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA MITCHEl
Identify the image in this photo and get a chance to win a prize! Send your guess to:
Mystery Photo, Oudook, 2101 Turner Hall or oudook@accmail.umd.edu. All correct
entries will be placed in a drawing. Deadline for entries is 5 p.m. March 15 and the
winner will be announced in next week's issue of Oudook.
Students from the Fall 2001 German class
Chi Hum: Learning Goes Both Ways for Interns
Continued from page 1
Department of
Curriculum and
Instruction,
CHIP was
expressly creat-
ed to allow
ARHU students
the opportunity
to teach in an
elementary
school. Gabriele
Strauch, associ-
ate dean of
undergraduate
and graduate
studies at
ARHU, stresses
the importance
of ARHU's con-
nection to the
College of Edu-
cation.
The 1 4 current interns teach
more than 1 50 students in
courses on dance, introduction
to art, art history, Spanish, Ger-
man and French. The program
has grown considerably since its
beginning in 1999 when two
Spanish majors taught the lan-
guage to 24 students.
Martin Johnson, an associate
dean in education, concurs.
Johnson was chair of curriculum
and instruction when the Col-
lege of Education got involved.
He and Strauch worked to join
the two colleges within the pro-
gram and their efforts have lead
to some fundamental changes.
"Now we have worked out
double majors," says Johnson. "A
student in Spanish who wants to
be a teacher can get a Spanish
and a teaching degree. And we
know the youngsters are getting
better instruction from the
interns."
Many former interns have
become teachers. "It's almost
like a recruitment tool,"
Strauch says.
University of Maryland stu-
dents aren't the only ones get-
ting help finding direction in
life. The program strives to pro-
vide elementary students expo-
sure to the university. Many chil-
dren at Chillum are underprivi-
leged and don't continue their
education after high school.
"CHIP helps them make a
connection to the university,"
says Strauch. "It's an opportunity
for the kids to see the university
as a reachable goal."
In preparation for the class-
room, interns participate in a
four-week training session run
by Angelin Tubman, a doctoral
student in the College of Educa-
tion. She is the intern coordina-
tor, teaching classroom manage-
ment and helping develop the
interns* course units. Over the
eight weeks of the program,
interns get to teach two 50-
minute classes per week in their
area of expertise. They have
taught classes in everything
PHOTO COURTESY Of GABHI6LF. STRAUCH
from Latin to modern dance.
"Whatever the interns have to
offer — that's what we get," says
Shelia Ladson, principal of
Chillum. There are usually sever-
al language courses available,
she says and no matter what's
offered, there is a waiting list.
More than one third of Chillum
students participate.
The kids aren't the only fans
of CHIP. "When the classes end,
parents always ask 'When is it
going to start again?'" says Lad-
son. Especially popular is the
extravaganza held at the end of
every semester. "The students
get to showcase the work
they've done in class. They per-
form songs, dance, or have their
artwork displayed," she says.
CHIP is recruiting interns for
next fall. Applications arc avail-
able in 1 102 Francis Scott Key
Hall. For more information, con-
tact Associate Dean Gabriele
Strauch at (301) 405-5646 or
visit www.ahru.umd.edu/
studentresources/chillum html.
OUTLOOK
Search Begin
is for Faculty
Ombuds Ojj
Hcer
L.John Martin has filled the
able to maintain confidential
position of faculty ombuds officer
information well.
with distinction since July 1,
1999- He has announced his inten-
Applications and
tion to vacate the position when
Nominations
his terra is completed at the end
The appointment will begin
of June 2002. The university is
July 1, 2002. The committee is
indebted to Martin for the
especially interested in applica-
extraordinary skill, thoughtfulness
tions from and/or nominations
and caring he brought to the
of minorities and women. Appli-
important role of ombuds officer
cants or nominees should be
during Ids tenure.
either tenured faculty members at
The position of Faculty
the university or recently retired
Ombuds Officer was created
faculty members. Staff support
under the Faculty Grievance Pro-
will be provided by the presi-
cedure for the university, passed
dent's office. For best considera-
by the University Senate on April
tion, the deadline for application
23, 1990 and approved by the
is March 15.
president on December 12, 1990.
Applicants should send a cur-
The ombuds officer is appointed
rent curriculum vitae, a short
by the president following a
statement describing interest in
search conducted by a committee
and qualifications for the office, as
joindy appointed by the Universi-
well as the applicant's philosophi-
ty Senate and the President. The
cal approach for conducting his
ombuds officer is attached to the
or her duties, the names of three
president's office and is a part-
references and an address and
time position.
telephone number to:
Gay L. GuUickson, professor of
history, has agreed to serve as
Dr. Gay L. GuUickson, Chair
chair of the search committee,
Ombuds Officer Search
and the full membership is listed
Committee
below. The position announce-
Office of the President
ment is also appended below.
1115 Main Administration Bldg.
President Dan Mote would appre-
University of Maryland
ciate assistance in bringing to die
College Park, Maryland 20742
notice of the committee any col-
Telephone: (30 1) 405-4284
leagues qualified for this impor-
Fax: (301) 314-9399
tant position.
For additional information con-
cerning the search process, con-
Faculty Ombuds Officer
tact Sapienza Barone in the presi-
Search Committee
dents office at (301) 405-5790 or
ats barone® deans, umd.edu.
Joel M. Cohen, professor
Department of Mathematics
Ombuds Officer Position
2313 Mathematics Building
Description
(301) 405-5109
The ombuds officer is a neutral
jmc@ma th.umd.edu
and impartial officer whose major
responsibility is to provide confi-
Gay L. GuUickson, professor
dential and informal assistance to
Department of History
faculty and administrators in
2 1 25 Francis Scott Key Hall
resolving concerns related to
(301) 405-4284
their work. Operating outside
gg 1 7@umaU.umd.edu
ordinary administrative structure,
the officer serves as a counselor.
Cynthia L. Martin, associate
fact-finder, mediator and negotia-
professor and acting chair
tor, but not as an advocate for any
School of Foreign Languages and
party in a dispute.
Literatures
The ombuds officer serves all
4 109 Jimenez Hall
faculty and academic administra-
(301) 405-4244
tors. He or she shall attempt to
cm93@umaU.umd.edu
resolve disputes informally before
they enter formal grievance chan-
Gerald R. MUler, professor
nels, and shall advise those who
Department of Chemistry and Bio-
seek information about what con-
chemistry
stitutes a grievance and what the
0129 Chemistry Budding
grievance procedures are. The
(301) 405-1799
officer shall have access to suit-
gm26@umail .umd.edu
able legal counsel, prepare a year-
ly report and offer recommenda-
Robert Steele, associate professor
tions for policy change to the
and associate dean
campus senate and the president.
CoUege of Behavioral and Social
The term is normally for three
Sciences
years. Compensation may be in
2l4lTydingsHaU
the form of released time or other
(301)405-0161
consideration.
rsteele@bsos. umd . e du
Successful candidates should
\
be able to listen to all sides of
Staff to the Committee
issues impartially, and be able to
Sapienza Barone, assistant to the
give clear advice. The candidate
president
should be tenured but may be
1115 Main Administration Bldg.
recently retired. Individuals must
(301) 405-5790
be able to deal with faculty mem-
sbarone@deans .umd.edu
bers and administrators and be
^rbatim
m
Because of these receptors, an aUi-
gator can tell — without using its
eyes or cars — that something is
splashing in the water near it. Soares
figured this out by stidfing the alliga-
tors " ears with Vaseline and testing
them in darkness. Even with sight and
sound blocked, they knew when a
drop of water was breaking the sur-
face on the other side of their tank.
They snapped their head toward it.
en Soares covered the receptors
.tli goo, die alligators made no
toward the droplets.) "It took
some experimenting to come up with
the right kind of goo," Soares said. "At
first we used a ladies' beauty mask, but
it smeUed so good they wanted to eat
it." Soares' lab in CoUege Park is lined
with fish tanks. In die center is a kid-
die pool flUed with 1 3 paddling,
squeaking alligators.They are 2-year-
olds, each about 23 inches long. . . The
gators come from eggs that Soares
takes from nests in a wUdlife refuge in
Louisiana. . . "1 got whacked by the tail
of a big one once," said Soares, who
has a few bite marks on her hands as
weU. She also once had a box of eggs
start hatching on her lap in the plane,
she said. (Research graduate student in
biology Daphne Soares tells an inter-
esting story to The Washington Post,
6)
A study by die nonpartisan Institute
for International Economics in Wash-
ington estimates that a package of tar-
iffs in the 20% range would cause the
average price of imported steel to rise
6.6% and domestic steel 2.6%. Peter
Morici, former chief economist at the
International Trade Commission, the
U.S. government agency that recom-
mended tariffs, said the extensive
involvement of foreign governments
in global steel production had distort-
ed the forces of supply and demand to
the detriment of U.S . steelmakers . " In
the steel market, the laws of econom-
ics don't work," said Morici, who now
teaches international business at the
University of Maryland. "The reality is
this industry is not competing on a
level playing field. They are reaUy at a
competitive disadvantage on account
of government policy, not on account
of economics." (Morici of the Smith
School of Business is much in demand
to explain steel tariffs. Los Angeles
Times, March 6)
The brain scanner, which is only the
third on the East Coast and the 12th in
the country, allows for highly detailed
measurement of brain activity, "An
advantage of this technology is that it
gives you millisecond by millisecond
record of brain activity from the entire
head. It goes over the whole head
simultaneously. It also permits you to
localize information," said David Poep-
pel. a professor of linguistics and biol-
ogy at die University of Maryland. He
said the Department of Linguistics
wUl use the MEG lab to study speech
perception and language processing,
as well as when those processes break
down, as in dyslexia and other condi-
tions. . . The KFT-UMD MEG (magne-
toencephalography) Laboratory is part
of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Lan-
guage Laboratory in the department
of linguistics. KIT stands for Kanazawa
Institute of Technology, which makes
the machine. DaUy Record, March 2)
Buried in the proposed farm bUl is an
entirely new $3 bUUon subsidy for
peanut farmers, a 10-year entitlement
of direct cash payments meant to help
American peanut farmers adjust to
competition unleashed by the Worth
American Free Trade Agreement. But
that is not aU. Tlie government would
pay an additional $1.3 billion to "buy
out" many of those same farmers and
others who hold lucrative liceases,
known as quotas, to grow peanuts.
Under the current 70-year-old subsidy
system, only 1 .5 mUlion acres can be
used for planting peanuts for domestic
consumption, and the quotas to farm
those acres have grown increasingly
valuable. Under the new plan, the gov-
ernment would buy up those quotas
from their owners, who could then
continue growing peanuts. . . Agricul-
tural economists say they can think of
no parallel for such a plan. "It is like
the Maryland tobacco buyout, where
fanners were given a large one-time
payment to stop growing tobacco,"
said Bruce L Gardner, a University of
Maryland professor and former assis-
tant secretary for economics at the
Agriculture Department under the
first President Bush. "But these farmers
wUl continue to grow peanuts under a
new program." (New York Times,
March 4)
On Monday, the restaurant's first day,
20 people lined up outside, waiting
for the doors to open at lunch time,
Franklin said. The name of the restau-
rant, Franklin's, has replaced Franklin's
General Store and Dell. . . Franklin, a
longtime toy sales representative,
bought the property In 1992 for
$150,000 from a hardware store
owner. . . In the early days, he tried to
make It into a comer store, stocking
shelves with diapers and milk. When
those goods weren't selling. Franklin
leaned on his toy expertise and added
hard-to-find games, gifts and toys. The
deU started out as more of a carry-out
place for people to buy bread, sliced
meats and cheeses. . . From there, it
became a community hangout, mosdy
because it was a fun place to look
around and because there weren't
many other places like it in the area,
"Hyattsville has no real downtown
because of Route 1. There's no central
place," said Mike's wife, Debbie
Franklin, a University of Maryland lec-
turer"! know for a fact, people tell me
they bought a house in HyattsvUle
because of Franklin's. Realtors bring
their cUents in aU the time. In terms of
running into people and meeting
pie sociaUy, we were it." (Debbie
Franklin is a lecturer in mathematics.
She and her husband, Mike, boast the
area's most popular funky store and
restaurant. Washington Post, Feb. 28)
MARCH 12
2 2
Looking for Student
Excellence
Omicron Delta Kappa seeks to
recognize freshmen and sopho-
mores who have distinguished
themselves through exception-
al leadership. ODK is looking
for candidates for its Top Ten
Freshmen and Sophomore
Leader of the Year awards in
five categories: scholarship; ath-
letics; campus or community
service, social, religious activi-
ties and campus government;
journalism, speech and the
mass media; and the creative
and performing arts.
Deadline for applications,
which can be picked up in the
Office of the Vice President for
Student Affairs, is March 15.
Recipients will be announced
in May. For more information,
call (301) 314-8428.
California Gardening
A three-credit course to study
the history of plant adaptability
in Southern California will be
offered this summer. Students
in International Plant Adaptabil-
ity in the California Landscape
will tour various gardens and
museums during the two-week
class.
Tuition is $903 for graduate
students and $564 for under-
graduates; an additional $750
covers lodging, garden and
museum admissions and
ground transportation.
The course is being offered
by the Office of Continuing
and Extended Education and
the College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources. For more
information, call (301) 314-
3572, or visit www.agnr.umd.
edu orwww.sumnier.umd.edu.
Teaching With
Technology Conference
The Center for Teaching Excel-
lence and the Office of Infor-
mation Technology are jointly
sponsoring the 19th annual
Teaching With Technology Con-
ference to celebrate the accom-
plishments of College Park fac-
ulty who are using technology
to transform the educational
experience. The conference
will be held April 5 from 8:30
am -3:30 p.m. at the Best West-
ern Maryland Inn C8601 Balti-
more Avenue).
All are invited to participate
in this day that will showcase
innovation, raise and respond
to pedagogical issues, and
invite inquiry into where tech-
nology might next lead acade-
mia.
Conference fees are under-
written by the Office of Infor-
mation Technology for Universi-
ty of Maryland faculty and
instructional support staff. Reg-
istration for others is $50. Pre-
regist ration is required for all at
www. oit.umd.edu/rwt/registra-
tion.html.
For more information, con-
tact Deborah Mateik, (301) 405-
2945 or dml6@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.oit.umd.edu/twt.
Engineering
and Physical
Sciences
Library
I improvements
Recently, improve-
ments have been
made to the Engi-
neering and Physical Sci-
ences Library, located in
the Math Building, room
1403. The key improve-
ments are:
■ The Technical Report
Center's print collection
was stored, creating a new
group study area for about
50 students.
• New circulation and
information desks.
■ End panels installed on
the book stacks on the sec-
ond and third floors.
* New window blinds
installed on the ground,
second and third floors.
■ New carpeting and tile
installed on the ground
and second floors.
■ Ground floor walls
were painted, creating an
open and bright study
area,
EPSL is open seven days
a week. For hours and gen-
eral information, visit
www.lib.umd.
edu/ENGIN/engin.htmf or
call the Information Desk at
(301) 405-9157.
Alumni Association
Awards Gala 2002
The University of Maryland
Alumni Association will host its
third annual awards gala at the
Inn and Conference Center the
evening of Saturday, April 6.
Radio announcer Johnny Holli-
day will be the master of cere-
monies at this black-tie event.
President Dan Mote and Alumni
Association President J. Paul
Carey will present the awards.
A cocktail reception will
start at 6 p.m., followed by din-
ner and the awards ceremony
beginning at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $75 each. Please
RSVP by March 22. To RSVP or
for more information, contact
Mary Harding at (301) 403-
2728 ext. 22 or mharding®
accmail.umd.edu.
Memory and Pinochet's
Chile
The Center for Historical Stud-
ies announces a seminar in its
2001-02 series on political vio-
lence. Steve Stem, Professor of
History at the University of Wis-
consin, will present a paper
entitled "The Memory Box of
Pinochet's CMe: Politics, Cul-
ture, and Truth, 1973-2001."
Professor Stern is an eminent
historian of Latin America. His
most recently published books
are "The Secret History of Gen-
der: Women, Men, and Power in
late Colonial Mexico" and "Shin-
ing and Other Paths: War and
Society in Peru, 1980-1995."
The seminar will take place
on Monday, March 18, at 4 p.m.
in 3121 Symons Hall (refresh-
ments served at 3:30). Discus-
sion will be based on pre-circu-
lated readings, which are avail-
able in the History Department
office, 2115 Francis Scott Key
Hall.
For further information or to
receive the readings by mail,
contact Stephen Johnson at
(301) 405-8739 or historycen-
ter@umail.umd.edu.
Outdoor Recreation
Gear Sale
The Spring 2002 Gear Sale will
take place on Friday, March 15
from noon to 6 p.m., and Satur-
day, March \6 from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Shoppers can save up 50
percent off retail cost.
For more information, call
(301) 2264453 or visit
www.crs.umd.edu.
National Conference for
African Americans in
Higher Education
The Black Faculty and Staff
Association will host its 15th
Annual Conference for African
Americans in higher education
on May 29 from 8 a.m. -8 p.m. at
the Greenbelt Marriot.
The theme of this year's con-
ference Is "Building Bridges:
Developing Collaborative Rela-
tions and Strategies for Success
in Higher Education." The
Keynote Speaker is George
Frascr, author of "Success Runs
in our Race."
For information about the
call for presentations, registra-
tion and banquet award nomi-
nations, visit www.inform.umd.
edu/bfsa/Conference/. Registra-
tion is $195.
For more information, con-
tact Jacqueline Wheeler at
(301) 405-9024 or jwheeler®
deans.umd.edu.
m
Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning Fund
Numerous faculty at the Uni-
versity of Maryland have made
important contributions over
the past few years to the Schol-
arship of Teaching and Learn-
ing (SOTL). The Center for
Teaching Excellence (CTE), the
Office of Undergraduate Stud-
ies and the Office of Research
and Graduate Studies wish to
encourage more such initiatives
in a variety of disciplines. To
that end, the SOTL Fund has
been established to provide
financial support for the devel-
opment of an idea related to
teaching and learning that
could serve as the basis for a
grant.
The CTE Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning Fund
will grant SOTL Awards for
projects which focus on the
transformation of thinking
about the teaching/learning
process. The SOTL Fund is now
accepting submissions; the
deadline is April 2. To view a
request for proposal, visit
www. info rm . umd . edu/Ed Res/
FacRes/CTE/programs/
SOTL2002awards. html.
For more information, con-
tact Charles E. Sternheim at
(301) 405-5897 or csternheim®
psych.umd.edu.
Women's History Month
Calendar
The President's Commission on
Women's Issues (PCWI) com-
memorates March, Women's
History Month, with events and
programs. For a calendar of
events, visit www.umd.edu/
PCWI/calendar.html .
For more information, con-
tact Dunne Sullivan at (301)
405-5806 or dsulliva® deans.
umd.edu, or visit www.umd.
edu/PCWI/calendar. html.
What* s a Gamelan?
A gamelan (GAM-uh-LAHN) is
an Indonesian orchestra com-
posed mainly of tuned percus-
sion instruments such as xylo-
phones, chimes and gongs,
often with bowed stringed
instruments and flutes.
Tickets are still available (but
going fast) for the highly-antici-
pated "Gamelan Dreams" con-
cert to be presented by the Eth-
nomusicology Program on
March 15 at 8 p.m. in the Clar-
ice Smith Performing Arts Cen-
ter's Gildenhorn Recital HaU.
The University of Maryland
Gamelan Saraswati takes center
stage and weaves a tapestry of
contemporary music with ethe-
real influences from around the
world. Guest appearances by
die University of Maryland
Marimba Ensemble and artists
of the School of Music and
Department of Dance. Featured
artists include dancers Alcine
Wiltz and Latifa Suadin, soprano
Carmen Balthrop, cellist Evelyn
Elsing, flutist William Mont-
gomery, and pianists John Greer
and Laurie Hudicek.
The concert is a production
of the Scholarship Benefit
Series. Proceeds provide tuition
assistance for University of
Maryland music students.
Tickets are $20 for adults,
$18 for seniors and $5 for stu-
dents. For more information,
call (301) 405-ARTS, send an e-
mail to seigenbr® deans. umd.
edu or visit http://www.clarice-
smithcente rumd.edu.
National Student
Employment Week
Nominate your undergraduate
or graduate student for "Out-
standing Sftident Employee
of the Year." Visit the Career
Center's Web site at www.
CareerCenter.umd.edu for
nomination forms, which can
be accessed from the site. The
deadline for nominations is
Friday, March 15.
For more information, con-
tact Betsy Reed at (301) 314-
7225 orbreed@ds9.umd.edu,
or visit www.CareerCenter.
umd.edu.