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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

Volume ly

Number 7 • March 1 g , 2002

Brain

Tumor Tests
Professors
Resilience

As a professor, Saundra
Murray Nettles Stud-
ies psychological
resilience; what malces chil-
dren and adolescents thrive
despite adversity. A few
years ago, Nettles drew on
that work to tap a well of
biological resilience within

Saundra Murray Nettles started
out studying psychological
resilience in young people, then
became a case study in physical
resilience.

herself.

Nettles, an associate pro-
fessor in the CoUege of Edu-
cation, was diagnosed with a
brain tumor in January 1995
that had apparently been
growing since her own ado-
lescence or young adult-
hood. It began to manifest
itself by robbing Nettles of
her cognitive and motor
skills.

"I had not considered
resilience in folks at mid-life
and above. What is biological
resilience all about?" she
asked herself "Am I going to
be able to recover physically
the way I'd learned that indi-
viduals can recover socially
and psychologically? I began
reading things on the plastic-
ity of the biain."

Just as she poured herself
into preparii^ for classes
and her research, Nettles
began fully exploring brain
timiors. She also began look-
ing for survivor stories. She
only found two that came
close: John Gunther's "Death
Be Not Proud" about his
son's batde with and eventu-
al loss to a brain tumor, and

See NETTLES, page 4

Taking Theater to the People

After-School Program Introduces Plays to High Schoolers

1

■

PHOTO SV CYNTHIA MPTCHEL

Students from Forest Park High School in Baitimore waft to see a performance of "Fashion" last week.
Their teacher, Helen DeVinney, is on ^e far right.

■^p atrell Wilder wants to Smith Performing Arts Center Studies, is an after-school pro-
1 be an actress. She one day last week, with sever- gram that gives high school
1 quickly, and with a al of her cla^mates, waiting students the opportunity to
Wk m flourish of arms, for a performance of "Fash- explore the theater arts with
steps forward when asked if ion," a 1 9th century comedy a university professor. Once a
she's interested in being inter- written by of the first sue- week for 10 weeks, students
viewed about the From Page eessfiil women playwrights. meet to ptay theater games,
to Stage program. From Page to Stage, nm by disciis,s texts with personal
The 14-year-old ninth grad- the university's Center and cultural relevance and
er is from Forest Park High Alliance for School Teachers create works of their own.
School in Baltimore and was (CAST) and the Center for
in the lobby of the Clarice Renaissance and Baroque See CASi, page 4

Getting
Campus
Labs to
Think Green

Of all the hazardous
materials handled in
campus laboratories,
mercury may not be thought
of as a danger. However, uni-
versity hazardous waste
experts warn people not to
be fooled by the element's
quiet nature.

Following the federal gov-
errmient's lead, the universi-
ty's Department of Environ-
mental Safety (DBS) is
encouraging those working
with mercury instruments to
exchange them for non-haz-
ardous ones.

'When released, it creates
a potentially hazardous
indoor environment," said
Scott Lupin, associate direc-
tor of DBS. "It can be hard to
clean. If it is released into tlie
environment, it's persistent
and can bioaccimiulate in liv-
ing organisms. The concen-
trations can go to higher lev-
els as it goes up the food
chain."

Mercury can enter the
environment and waterways
through drains after spills. A
specially trained crew and
equipment are needed to
clean up a lab spill. Cleveland

See MERCURY, page 5

Dissertation Goes Transatlantic
uHth Videoconferencing Technology

Last month, for the first
time at the College of
Agriculture and Natural
Resources — and perhaps the
entire university — a doctoral
dissertation was defended in
two coimtrics at once.

Jane Froese, a student in natu-
ral resource sciences, defended
her dissertation on technology
transfer between analogous
agro-climatic zones via Internet
videoconference technology
with one member of her adviso-
ry committee an ocean away.
The Maryland-based committee
included Froese's advisor, Ray-
mond Miller, a professor in nat-
ural resource sciences and land-
scape architecture and director
of International Programs in
Agriculture and Natural
Resources; Scott Glenn and
Robert Hill, both from natural
resource sciences and land-
scape architecture andAdel
Shirmohammadi, from biologi-
cal resources engineering. The
fifth member of Froese's com-
mittee, Pavel Sorokin, was locat-

ed at Moscow State Agro-Engi-
neering University. Before mov-
ing to Moscow, Sorokin was the
Russian Agricultural Counselor
inWashii^tonD.C, at which
time he joined Froese's commit-
tee.

The videoconference started
at 3 p.m. on February 20 in
Moscow and at 7 a.m. EST. "Not
the best time if you want your
conmiittee to be in a good
mood," Froese says. However,
the reason for this was logical:
mid-morning East Coast e-mail
traffic could cause cormeetion
problems and interfere with the
videoconference. In the end,
the time was fine for partici-
pants in both the United States
and Russia.

Brad Paleg, distance learning
specialist in the College of Agri-
culture and Natural Resources,
conducted several trial runs to
address problems associated
with the language barrier and
make sure that conrnnmication

See DISSERTATION, page 7

Walking Toward Wellness

PHOTO BY MONtTTE AUSTIN BAILEY

Joan Bellsey, assistant coordinator of the Faculty Staff Assistance
Program, and Jennifer Treger, director of the Center for Health and
Wellbeing, want campus members to join them on the road to better
health.

All you need is a pair
of teimis shoes.
That's what Jen-
nifer Treger, direc-
tor of the Center for Health
and Wellbeing, is telling any-
one who is thinking about
joining a new university
walking club.

Treger and Joan Bellsey,
assistant coordinator of the
Faculty Staff Assistance Pro-
gram, firmly believe in the
benefits of a good daily walk.
When BeUsey brought her
idea to start a walking club to

See WALKING, page 6

MARCH 19, 2002

dateline
maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: MARCH 19-APRIL 3

march 19

9 a.in.-4 p.m.. Effective
Meeting Facilitation for
Groups, Teams and Com-
mittees IIOIU Chesapeake.
Learn effective facilitation
strategies to counteract com-
mon meeting problems. Regis-
tration is $ 100. For more infor-
mation or to register, contact
Natalie Torres at 5-5651 or
traindev@accmail.iimd.edu, or
see www.persoimel, umd .edu . '

12-1:30 p.m.. Leveraging
Corporate Knowledge Sem-
inar 1412 Rouse Auditoriimi,
Van Mimching Hall. "Building a
Global Information Technology
Platform: The World Bank's
Experience" with Mbhamed Y
MuhsiQ,Vice President and
CIO, the World Bank Group.
For more information, contact
Chris Williamson at 5-8502 or
chwilliam@rhsmith . umd . edu ,
or visit http://rhsmitb.umd.
edu/ces.

12:15 p.m., Motlter Tongue
and Fatherland: The Dilem-
ma of German -Speaking
Jews In Prague From Mau-
thner to Katfa 1 102 Francis
Scott Key. With Scott Spector,
University of Michigan. Part of
the Joseph & Rebecca Meyer-
hoff Center for Jewish Studies.
To reserve lunch, call 5-4975.

12:30-1:45 p.m., Works-in-
Progress Series 0135Taiiafer<
ro Hall. Perceptions and Depic-
tions of Women on the French
Renaissance and English
Restoration Stages presented
by Heidi Castle-Smith, Carrie
Cole, Ben Fisler, Department of
Theatre. For more infonnation,
contact Karen Nelson at 5-
6830 or knl5@uinail.umd.edu,
or visit www.inform.umd.edu/
cfbs/calendar.

4 p.m.. Physics Colloquium

1410 Physics Lecture Hall. With
Eugene Bcier, University of
Pennsylvania; 'Solar Neutrino
Results From SNO." For more
information, contact Sheldon S.
Smith at 5-5945 or sheldon®
physics.umd.edu, or visit
htlp ://dept. physics . upenn. edu
/facultyinfo/geneb/geneb.html
or wivw, physics, umd. edu.

4:15-0 p.m., Qualitv of
Teachers and Academic
Achievement 1121 Benjamin.
F^clists will gather to discuss
the topic as part of the Mary-
land Institute for Minority

We Have a Winner!

Though we received quite a few entries for this week's photo
contest, only about half correctly guessed as to 'What is it —
Where is it"in the March 12 issue of Outiook: the West
Chapel, as seen from the courtyard. Michelle M. Moore, with Collec-
tion Managerrient & Special Collections iri McKeldin Library, won
the drawing and a free beverage from the Union Coffee Bar, Extra
points for identifying the magnolia trees reflected iri the windowt
Michelle, ptease call 5-4629 to claim your prize coupon. Outlook will
take a spring break and not pub! ish next week. However, look for a
new photo in an upcoming issue.

Achievement and Urban Edu-
cation colloquium scries. A
summary of each speaker's
presentation can be found at
www. education . umd. edu/
MIMAUE. For more informa-
tion, contact Martin L. Johnson
at mjl3@umail.iimd.edu.

5:30 p.m., -John Fuegi:
Women of Power Series:
Virginia Wooff laboratory
Theater Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center. This com-
parative literature professor
presents an installment of his
Women of Power film series.
For more infonnation, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
daircesniithcenier.umd.edu.

lEDNISDAV

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12 p.m.. Books in Print and
Books in Progress aliout
the U.S.M.C. Lecture Room
D, National Archives at College
Park, 8601 Adelphl Road, Col-
lege Park. Brig. Gen. Ed Sim-
mons, USMC (Ret.) will draw
upon his previous books "The
United States Marines: A Histo-
ry," "The Marines" and "Dog
Company Six," as well as his
upcoming worir "Frozen
Chosin: The U.S. Marines at
Changjin Reservoir," Reserva-
tions are recommended; call
(301) 713-6274 ext. 239.

12-1 p.m.. Rural Families
Speak: Life in a State of
Poverty 1216 Marie Moimt.
As part of Women's History
Month, the Department of
Family Studies presents an
interactive exploration of low-
income, rural femilies in Mary-
land and 14 other states partic-
ipating in an Extension study.
For more information, contact
Bonnie Braun at 5-3581 or
bbI57@umail.umd.edu,

12-1:30 p.m.. Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning:
Exploring the Nature and
Benefits of Undergraduate

Research Maryland Room,
Marie Mount Hall, Individuals
will present their work. Light
rcfresliments will be served.
Sponsored by the Center for
Teaching Excellence, For more
information, visit www, umd,
edu/cte. RSVP requested; call
Mary Wesley at 5-9356 or RSVP
online.

5:30-6:30 p.m.. Meditation

0121 CRC.The Center for
Health & Wellbeing presents a
session on meditation: What is
it? How is it done? And will it
relieve my stress? For more
Information, call 4-1493 or e-
mail treger® health, umd, edu,

8 p.m., Univei^ity of Mary-
land Symphony Orchestra

Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center World-
famous pianist Andre Watts
joins the UMSO to perform
MacDowell's Piano Concerto
in D Minor, op, 23, no, 2, For
more information, contact
(301) 405-ARTS, or visit www,
daricesmithcenter. umd .edu.

march 21

9:30-11 a.m.. Laboratory
Safety Orientation Training
Session 3104 Chesapeake
Building. Hosted by the
Department of Environmental
Safety, this training b offered to
assure regulatory compliance.
Space is limited. Contact
Jeanette Cartron at 5-2131 or
jcartron@acc mail , umd. edu ,

12-2 p.m.. Literary Cartog-
raphy of the Americas: The
Politics of Translation and
the Translation of Poetry

2123 Susquehanna Hall, The
Caribbean Research hiterest
Group presents die first hmch-
timc talk of its Spring 2002
Brown Bag Series with Carlos
Schroeder, instructor, compara-
tive literature and Tanya Shields,
Ph,D, student, comparative lit-
erature. For more information,

contact Belinda Wallace at
bwalla@ warn, umd. edu or Bar-
bara Shaw Ptrry at 5-8279.

4:15-5:30 p.m.. Talk About
Teaching: The Wife of Bath
and Her Sisters 0135 Taliafer-
ro Hall. The Center Alliance for
School Teachers (CAST^ hosts
Charles Rutherford, Associate
Dean for Faculty Af&irs in the
College of Arts and Humanities,
in an informal conversation
and sharing of ideas. Light
refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact
Nancy Traubitz at 5-6830 or
nt32@umail.ttmd.edu, or visit
www.inform. umd.edu/crbs/
programs/cast.

7-10 p.m.. Yoga for Stress
Workshop Ritdiie Coliseum
Campus Recreation Services
offers tliis one-day (non-credit)
workshop to help participants
cope with stresses they may be
experiencing, created by woik,
sdiool, home or roommates.
The fee is $20. Payment can be
made by credit card (VISA/MC/
Discover). For more informa-
tion, contact Laura Sutter at 5-
PLAY or ls220@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.crs.urad.edu.*

8 p.m.. Faculty Spotlight
Recital Gildcnhorn Recital
Hall, Clarice Stnith Performing
Arts Center A new recital sc-
ries showcasing the talents of
faculty artists at the Universit>'
of Maryland School of Music.
For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
daricesmithcenter.imid.edu.

8 p.m.. University of Mary-
land African Drum Ensem-
ble Concert Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. Diali
Djimo Rouyate, oral historian
and musician of Manding cul-
ture, leads the ensemble in an
evening of song and dance fea-
turing West African percussion
and string instruments. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
dar icesmithcen ter umd . edu .

march 22

12 p.m.. Song of Song: Rid-
dle of Riddles 1 102 Francis
Scott Key. With Yair Zakovitch,
Hebrew University. Part of the
Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff
Center for Jewish Studies. To
reserve lunch, call 54975.

12-12:50 p.m.. Entomology
Colloquium 1140 Plant Sci-
ences Building. David Sever-
son, University of Notre Dame,
will speak on "Genes to Geno-
mics in Culicine Mosquitoes ."A
reception will follow in 4 102
Plant Sciences Building. For
more information, call 5-39 1 1
or visit www.entm.umd.edu.

8 p.m., Zvi Gotheiner Dance

Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center. Zvi
Gotheiner newly recreates The

Amber Room for Washington-
area audiences, following its
successful rtm in New Yotk.
Tickets are $25. Call (301) 405-
ARTS or visit www.clarice
sraithcenter unid.edu.*

march 23

9 a.nt.-4 p.m.. Black Saga
Competition Stamp Student
Union. Sec page 7.

8 p.m., Zvi Gotheiner Dance

KayTheatre, Clarice Smith Perfor-
mingArts Center. See March 22.

april2

4 p.m.. Physics Colloi|uium

1410 Physics Lecture Hall. With
Lawrence Cardman, Jefferson
Laboratory, Newport News, VA:
'CEBAF and Jefferson Lab:
recent results and future plans."
For more information, contact
Sheldon S. Smith at 5-5945 or
slieldon@physics.umd.edu, or
visit www.jlab.org or
www.physics.umd.edu.

r ED NESD AV

apHI 3

3:30-4:30 p.m.. Lecture by
the Ambassador of Argenti-
na Multipurpose Room, St.
Mary's Hall. Ambassador Diego
Guelar will speak at the Lan-
guage House as pari of the
Office of International Pro-
grams' Ambassadorial Lecture
Series. For more information,
contact Tanya Huntington at
5-8933 or thunting@wam.
umd.edu.

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OUTLOOK

Ellen Laursn portrays Virginia Woolf in director Anna Bogarfs
"Room."

NEWS FROM THE CLARICE SMITH

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

An Evening mth Langston,
Martin and Danny Glover

Actor Danny
Glover will per-
form at the
Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center in a
special evening of per-
formance and theatri-
cal readings. Glover
will be joined by
actor/director Felix
Justice for "An Evening
with Langston and
Martin," an event com-
memorating Martin
Luther King J r and
Langston Hughes. Pre-
sented by The Demo-
cracy Collaborative, the
Clarice Smitli Perform-
ing Arts Center and the
Afro-American Studies Pro-
gram , "An Evening" will be
held in the Ina and Jack Kay
Theatre on Tliesday, April 9
at 7:30 p.m., followed by a
post performance question
and answer segment with
both actors.

The program begins with
Justice deliveting a portray-
al of Martin Luther King Jr
Armed with nothing but
himself and two of King's
most memorable and inspir-
ing speeches, Justice virtual-
ly becomes the legendary
civil rights leader, delivering
an oration in the heart of
the Civil Rights era. Momen-
tarily recreating the power
of the man and his message,
Justice performs the last
speech King ever delivered
on April 3, 1968 in Mem-
phis, Tenn. Justice specifi-
cally chose this speech
because he felt it was "the
sum of King's concerns in
his last hours."

Pertbrming theatrical
readings from the works of
Langston Hughes, Glover
brings to life the uniquely
African-American words
and rhythms of one of our
country's most celebrated
writers. Along the way, he
shares insights into the var-
ied ways Hughes' writings
have touched him during

Danny Glover and Felix Justice give
moving portrayals of Langston Hughes
and Martin Luther King Jr, in "An
Evening with Langston and Martin."

his own life. Glover runs the
gamut of Hughes' collec-
tion, spanning from his first
poem, "The Negro Speaks
of Rivers," to one of his last,
"Birmingham Sunday," a
response to the tragic death
of four girb in a church
bombing in 1963.

For Glover and Justice,
"An Evening with Langston
and Martin" is the result of a
long history of friendship.
Often performed in honor
of Black History month,
Glover brings the produc-
don back to college cam-
puses for the students "to
hear their voices and the
issues prevalent to them."
Tickets are $ 30, $ 1 for full-
time students with ID. Con-
tact the Ticket Office at
(301) 405-ARTS.

Dance Festival Conies to Maryland

While many students
will be heading
south for spring
break this year, hun-
dreds of others will be heading to
College Park for the four-day Ameri-
can College Dance Festival Associa-
tion's Mid-Atlantic Regional
FesUval (ACDFA) March 23-
26. Although this is the third
time the festival will be held at
Maryland, it is the first year
activldes will be held in one
building, the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center.

The ACDFA promotes the
talent and creativity promi-
nent throughout college and
imiversity dance depart-
ments. Every two years regional
festivals take place where stu-
dents engage in three days
of workshops, lectures,
demonstrations and master
classes. The festivals also pro-
vide an opportunity for students
and faculty to have their dance works
adjudicated by a panel of nationally
recognized dance professionals. A
selection of the adjudicated works
are recommended for presentation at
the National Festival, held at die Kcimedy
Center in May.

Department of Dance Co-cooitlinators Mim
Rosen andAlclneWiltz have been working
with committee members, Anne Warren, Alvin
Mayes and Paul D.Jackson to bring this event
to the Center. With the help of 4 1 under-
graduates and graduates, the festival will pre-
sent" extraordinary students from all over the
country.

This year, the fesdval features 37 schools
from around the region and nation. Three pro-
fessional dance adjudicators, Mailt Halm, Zvi
Gotheiner and MarliesYeatt>y,w{U review 58,
12-minute works in an effon to select the cul-
minating gala program that completes the festi-

val. Each school may present two works for
adjudication, one choreographed by a faculty
member or guest artist and one by a student.
Additionally, each scliool may present one non-
adjudicated work for review.
In addition to'the adjudicated worics, the fes-
tival will offer a fiill range of class-
es for pardci pants includ-
ing technique,
pilates and other
mind/body meth-
ods plus an array
of lectures on
video dance, dance
management and dance
preservation. "The class-
es serve as a great opportuni-
ty for students to be exposed
to faculty and teachers from all
over the country," said Rosen, pro-
fessor of dance.
The festival will kick off with a
performance by Zvi Gotheiner Dance
on Friday and Saturday March 22 and
23 at 8 p.m. in the Ina and Jack Kay
Theatre. Gotheiner presents an area pre-
miere of "The Amber Room." This dance-
theater work was inspired by the myste-
rious dfeappearance of what was regard-
ed as the Eighth Wonder of the Modem
World. A gift from Wilhelm I of Prussia to
Russia's Peter the Great, the Amber
Room was composed of walls carved
from the golden stone and was installed in the
Catherine Palace, outside St. Petersburg. During
World War fi, the Nazis dismanded the room
and shipped it to Kbenisbur^, where it van-
ished. ITie Amber Room became the best-
known sjrmbol of the cultural treasures
destroyed by the Germans in Russia. Gothein-
er s "The Amber Room" uses this story to
explore issues such as the creation and owner-
ship of art and the body as an art object.

The final gala program will be presented on
March 26 at 8 p.m. in the Kay Theatre. Follow-
ing the program, awards and the works select-
ed for the National Festival will be announced.

Finding the Room to Move, to Breathe, to Create

For ticket information or to
request a season brochure,
contact the Ticket Office at
301.40S.ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd.edu .

Qarjce Smith
Perfoe^ngarts

Centerat MARYIi\ND

"I must ask you to imag
ine a room. Any room. But
must be your room.... Do
you have such a room? I pi
you if you do not. A room
one's own is not a luxury b
a necessity."

Conceived by award-wir
tiing director Anne Bogart,
"Room" is a one-woman -
play sampled from a lifetime |
of writfngs by the remark- ,

able anist Virginia Woolf.
Making its area premiere,
"Room" wil! be held in the i
Ina and Jack Kay Theatre of
the Oarice Smith Performing -flo
Arts Center from April 3-6 pt
8 p.m. and April 7 at 3 p.m.

Starring Ellen Lauren, "Room"
traces the movement of a creative spir
it in crisis. The play is about the room
to move, breathe and imagine, emo-
tional room and creative room. "A rig-
orous exploration of Woolf's life work

and imagination," Lauren says,
"Room" weaves childhood memories
and mature observations about writing
into a stream of consciousness. "Woolf
wrote in a way that showed everything
happening at once — scratching your
leg, obsessing over the past, panicking

ise of something you did
you were 5. Through

ise of language, Woolf
rbirth to an original artis-
Tn."
ording to director Boga-
loom' does not attempt
tray or embody Woolf,
sr, Lauren Is an American
js, also in a room, who
inters Into the world,
houghts and writing of Vtr-
,ir>ia Woolf. She is our guide
nto the mind and experience
)f this extraordinary English
.vriter."
. The work is an adaptation

of her observations of the 21st
century, where her issues remain as
relevant as ever.

In conjunction with the play, Bogart
will be participating in residency activi-
ties with (he university's Department of
Theatre, For more information, contact
the Ticket Office at (301) 405-ARTS,

MARCH 19, 2002

Major Improvements
to the OIT Help Desk

II i n. r*»n '

In a continuing effort
to provide superior
support to the Univer-
sity of Maryland com-
munity, the Office of Infor-"
mation Technology (OIT)
Help Desk is creating a
more efficient and robust
operation. Two recent
changes invoKing staffing
and the provisioning of
services will promote
enhanced support to facul-
ty, staff and stu-
dents

The OIT Help
Desk is now
staffed entirely by
full-time profes-
sional employees,
rather than by a
mix of ftiU-time
and student staff.
This should result
in reduced hold
times and
increase the like-
lihood that the
first person to
receive a query
will be able to
fully resolve the
issue. Although
the staff is new,
customers will
most likely expe-
rience an immedi-
ate improvement
in service. Fur-
thermore, the service is
anticipated to improve
throughout the spring
semester as the new staff
members become more
acclimated to the universi-
ty's computing environment
and needs.

"These are exciting times.
We have the rare opportuni-
ty to define our role in the
university community, facili-
tate change and build to our
customer's needs," said
I>awn TeboMatlock, the new
Help Desk manager. "We're
focusing now on determin-
ing our core competencies
and procedural documenta-
tion. I'm very confident and
extremely optimistic about
the improvements within
the Help Desk."

One problem traditionally
faced at the Help Desk has
been obtaining adequate
student stafflng during the
busiest times, which coin-
cide with the times students
are most likely to be in
classes. Switching to a pro-
fessional staff eliminates
this problem so the Help
Desk is now able to provide
increased staffing during
the times customers are
most likely to call.

There arc two major rea-
sons why customers should
now receive ans'wers more
quickly from the first per-
son they talk with at the
Help Desk. First, it will no
longer be necessary for cer-
tain calls to be escalated to
a supervisor. Previously, stu-
dent staff could not be
granted access to systems

containing critical financial
and student data, so many
problems and questions
related to those systems
required a supervisor's
attention. Now, any member
of the staff can perform a
greater range of tasks on
these systems. This will
result in more inmiediate
service to the customer.

Second, employees who
work fiiU time at the Help

PHQTO COURTESY OF OIT

Tim Byrne (standing, rear) with (seated l-f)
David Arnold, Mike Schilingno, Bernard Hill
and Eric Byrd are part of the new full-time
Help Desk staff in the Office of Information
Technology (OIT).

Desk win become more
knowledgeable as a result of
increased training opportu-
nities and on-the-job experi-
ence. Because of the dramat-
ic growth of information
technology over the last 10
years, it is no longer possi-
ble for student staff working
part time to keep up with
the diverse range of applica-
tions and systems the Help
Desk is tasked with support-
ing.

In addition to the staffing
changes, the OIT Help Desk
and the IT Library recendy
joined forces. The merger
will allow OIT to intensify
its "customer first" focus.
Most of the technical book
collection will be reallocat-
ed to the University Library
system. Therefore, OIT will
no longer provide book and
tutorial check-out services.
However, the Help Desk will
continue to provide hard-
ware rental, software licens-
ing and Peer Training pay-
ments, documentation dis-
tribution and research
resources.

The Orr Help Desk wiU
continue to be located in
room 1400 of the Computer
and Space Sciences Build-
ing. For more information,
go to www.helpdesk.
umd.edu, contact the desk
through e-mail at helpdesk®
helpdesk.umd.edu, call
(301) 405-1500 or stop by.
Associates are available
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mon-
day through Friday.

— by Sonja Kueppers

CAST^ Program Makes Drama Accessible

Continued Jrom page t

"We do a lot of
things. We act, sing.
We just have fun,"
said Utrell. "We
meet every Thurs-
day from 4 to 5 p.m.
and we have pizza,"
The students also
attend live perform-
ances at Clarice.

"We study how
plays come from
page to stage," said
Nancy Traubitz,
CAST program
director. "We give
them a reason to
want to read chal-
lenging, rich mate-
rials."

As the students
loitered in the lobby
of the performing arts center,
alternating between looks of
extreme boredom and barely
disguised enthusiasm, teacher
and Stage site coordinator
Helen DeVinney attempted to
impart last minute instruc-
tions. No gum, book bags are
to be kept at the feet, no talk-
ing. Her words are stern, but
she knows that many of these
kids really enjoy their theater
experiences,

"I teach Shakespeare and
Sophocles, but during class we
don't have time to do too
much," she said. "This is the
first opportunity they have to
experience drama,"

The after-school wotkshops,
led by Catonsville Community
College instructor Drew Kahl,
build self-confidence, said
De^^ney. "We have several

PHOTO av CYNIHIA M!rCHEL

Nancy Traubftz, director of the Center Alliance for School
Teachers (CAST), feels bringing kids to the theater Is a good
way to create interest in reading drama.

divas in the makii^."

Activides center around one
play, usually Shakespeare, with
students reading and often giv-
ir^ modem interpretations of
the works. Thfe session the
kids are reading "A Midsimmaer
Night's Dream ."Ttaubitz says
the pro^'am has nm, on and
off and in various forms, for
approximately a dozen years.
She looks for recreation CCI^
ters and schools that are will-
ing to host "a challenging pro-
gram."

Alonzo Hester may not be
ready for the stage, but he's
one of Traubitz's stars. During
an early visit to Forest Park,
Traubitz noticed 11 th grader
Alonzo on the basketball
court, as he frequently peeked
into the room where the kids
were working. She invited him

to stay. Thougli he
initially declined,
he soon was there
every Thursday.

"I told him that
he couldn't just
peek in. He had to
get involved. It's a
wonderful pro-
gram, but it's hard
work," said Traub-
itz. Although
Alonzo did join, it
was hard to dis-
cern his level of
enthusiasm. He
shrugged his
shoulders and
looked skyward
when asked what
he likes about the
program.
Jashen Alston, a ninth grader,
was less reserved and asked if
he could talk about From Page
to Stage. He likes reading
scripts and learning about the
theater. "It's fun." He credits
Kalil with keeping the stu-
dents on track when their silli-
ness takes over.

Traubitz, who travels to Bal-
timore to participate almost
every week, appreciates that
the kids enjoy themselves
while learning. The skills are
academically transferable to
lots of other areas, she said.
She credits many organiza-
tions, such as Pizza Hut, the
Travelers Foimdation and Eled-
fond Press, with keeping From
Page to Stage running,

"It's bits and pieces of fund-
ing for a wonderful program,"
she said.

Nettles! A Study in Recovery, Resilience

Continued jrom page 1

an edited book of vignettes
about patients and caregivers. So
Nettles began to write her own
book, not knowing how much
time she'd have to get the words
down before she could no
longer recall them. Netties
already belonged to a communi-
ty writers' group and took some
notes for an assignment that
turned into 20 pages. A short
story writer and published poet,
Netties knew she had to try to
keep writing.

"It was my way of healing my
brain," she says. "It forced me to
start making connections. Hav-
ing had that kind of neurological
disorder affects your creativity."

A journal keeper from way
back, Netties became fttistrated
with her growing Inability to
count on notes to herself and
journal entries. Depression set-
tled in. A single mother of col-
lege-age twin girls, Nettles want-
ed to get back to the full life she
had led. It was old journals,
however, that helped Nettles
recreate her life during what she
calls her-timiorous years."

In her book, "Crazy Visitation:
A Chronicle of Illness and

Recovery" (University of CJeoi^a
Press, 2001), she writes, "My
resume, appointment calendars,
bank statements, marriage
licenses, divorce papers, voter
registration card — all the other
documents of my life tell the
story of the person who tried to
be a good mother and citizen.
The joumab tell the story of the
person, the self, who was dying,"

Nettles says she spent two
years writing the "Nourished on
Nightmare" chapter from which
the above quote comes. She
went through 40 journals from a
1 5-year period, doing a thorough
content analysis so that she
could provide an honest, "nitty-
gritty " account of her life. She
felt the book wouldn't have
offered a true experience with-
out it.

It's been six years since the
large tumor was removed,
and Nettles says on a 1-10
scale of capacity she is at 8. "If I
had to graph my life, I would say
I started off as a 9 when I was
25; I'd gone down to a 1 when
the tumor was diagnosed and
now I'm at an 8,"

This semester she teaches one
coiu^e in human development
and is working on a research
projea with colleagues at Johns
Hopkins and the University of
Texas that looks at how neigh-
borhoods and family affect
adjustment in elementary school
students. She Is also working on
a paper with a colleague on
"zones of narrative safety," which
she credits with her resUience.
In safe places, she was able to
tell her story through writing, in
therapy and in other forms of
expression. "We are looking for
youth programs that feature nar-
rative expression as a vehicle for
fostering resilience," she says.

Friend Lynn Bolles, acting
director of the Afro-American
Studies Program and professor
of women's studies, ^ys Netties'
recovery is "absolutely amazing."
Netties, who still says she has
work to do, feels regaining full
capacity isn't optional.

"I had a choice. I could have
gone home after the surgery
with my mom and dad and veg-
ged out. But I had to tell this
story. . . about coming out on
the other side of trauma."

OUTLOOK

University
Makes Pact
to Improve
Environment

The University of Mary-
land and the Anacostia
Watershed Restoration
Committee (AWRQ joined in a
partnership last weelc to work
to improve the condition of the
Anacostia Watershed.

Last Tuesday, President Dan
Mote and Cameron Wiegand of
AWRC, signed a Memorandum
of Understanding stating their
common goals for the area, in
which the university is centrally
located. William Desder, vice
president of academic aflairs
and provost said the agreement
is a commitment for the two
organizations "to work together
in a coordinated foshion to
clean up the wathershed." They
will also share information and
expertise.

"We have an impact on the
ecological region," Desder said.
"We want to work with others
in trying to improve the ecolo-
gy of the region."

The AWRC's main goal is
restoring the Anacostia River
and its tributaries. Members of
the committee include the Dis-
trict of Columbia, Montgomery
County, Prince George's Coiui-
ty, the state of Maryland, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency and the U.S. National
Park Service.

The agreement was originally
initiated by Thomas Fretz, dean
of the College of Agriculture
and Natural Resources. Desder
said he re-worked the draft in
January to a point where both
parties were happy. The agree-
ment is in line with the campus'
overall goal to work on the
environmental impact of the
campus, Destier added.

The university can pose
problems to the area with
issues such as run-off from
paved parking lots. After a rain,
toxic chemicals are fed into the
watershed. This partnership
will work to aUeviate such
problems.

"We are instituting a rain gar-
den, in a parking lot, designed
to capture chemicals before
they spill into the watershed,"
Desder said. The AWRC will
assist in the design, implementa-
tion and evaluation of such
projects. A fish ladder is on the
agenda, to correct the erosion
of the water bed so that fish can
migrate and move about.

The university can benefit
from a relationship with the
AWRC, which unites several
groups to work toward the
improvement of the Anacostia
River, by helping with the coor-
dination of the university's
activities with the many other
oudets.

"This will incite an even
new and broader collaboration
on these kinds of problems,"
Desder said about the partner-
ship.

Maryland Places First in Student
Affairs Conference Case Competition

^^— ^ laire Williams and
M Clark Dawood,

M from the Depart-

^^^^ ment of Resident
Life, won first place in the
first annual Maryland Student
Affiiirs Case Competition held
last month.

Tlie Maryland Conference
is the largest Student Afelrs
conference in the region,
with more than 450 partici-
pants. Those taking part in
the competition were given a
hypothetical situation to
solve, and given five days to
prepare a case (or suggested
plan of action) for a three-
judge panel. The situation, in
this instance, was a complex
case that involved race, gen-
der, ethnicity, campus climate,
faculty/staff/student relations
and public image. Participants
•were rewarded for compre-
hensive analysis, thorough-
ness and originality in solu-
tions.

Competitors presented
their case on the Friday of the
conference. Participation was
limited to the first eight
teams who responded; the
maximum team size was
three.

"The case competition
provides a wonderful oppor-
timity lor young profession-
als in our field to combine

Claire Willtams and Clark Dawood took first place in the competition.

theory with practice. In the
case competitions that 1 have
judged, I've often found truly
innovative ideas presented;
the judges may walk away
getting as much as the par-
ticipants out of the experi-
ence," said Linda Clement,
vice president of Student
Affeirs,

The wiimers were
annoimccd during the recep-
tion at the close of the con-
ference. Second place went
to Christine McGill and Terry
Dade of the University of Vir-
ginia; and third place went to
Mvian Gatay, Ashley Mouber-

ry and Dharma Naik of the
University of Maryland. The
flrst-placc finishers received
$500 in professional develop-
ment funds; second-place,
$250 and third-place, $150.

Michael Freeman, vice pres-
ident for student affairs at St.
Mary's College of Maryland,
Matt Wawrzynski, assistant
director of orientation at
Maryland, and Cindy Felice,
associate director for resident
life at the university, served as
judges.

The 2003 Maryland Student
Affairs Conference has been
scheduled for Feb. 14.

Notable

Gary Williams was voted Asso-
ciated Press Coach of the Year
in the Atlantic Coast Confer-
ence. Williams led Maryland to
its first regular season Atiantic
Coast Conference champion-
ship in 22 years. He received 44
out of 84 possible votes from
the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers
Association, beating out North
Carolina State's Herb Sendek,
who had 35 votes. Maryland fin-
ished the regular season 27-4
and earned a first ever No. 1
seed in the NCAA tournament.

The March 18 issue of U.S. News
&Worid Report listed the Uni-
versity of Maryland on its

Honor Roll for college sports.
The university was evaluated on
sanctions, gender equity,
win/loss, number of athletic
programs and graduation rates.
The honor roll recognizes
schools that fored well in sever-
al areas. Only 20 out of 321
NCAA Division 1 schools were
named to the list. Other schools
on the honor roll include Duke,
Georgetown, Stanford and the
University of Utah.

MercuiY- New Options to Replace Hazardous Element

Continued from page 1

PHOTO BV CVNTHIA MtTCHEL

Cleveland Taylor, project manager of the pollution prevention program,
displays one of several no n -mercury thermometers recommended by DES.
Unlike mercury thermometers, the type above does not require special
disposal procedures; if H breaks, it can simpty be thrown away.

Tkylor, an environmental
safety specialist with DES,
said his group frequendy
responds to mercury spills,
with each one considered
an emergency response. If
they can't dean or contain
it, an outside contractor is
brought in, after which an
industrial hygienist needs
to test the air quality of the
area.

Taylor is the project
manager of the pollution
prevention program for
DES and is coordinating a
thermometer exchange
program to encourage cam-
pus labs to "think green." As
long as funds allow, DES
will offer free exchanges to
those bringing in mercury
thermometers. Department
environmental compliance
officers, who received
notice of the program earli-
er in the month, are asked
to take the lead on the pn>
gnuiL

"We have an arrange-
ment with the Chemistry
Stores to actually make the
exchange. First, you have
to put in an electronic
request for a particular
item," explained Taylor.
Once we get enough, we
put an order in. Yon take
your old thermometer to
the store and they'll
exchange it."

The mercury-free ther-

mometers are made by HB
Instnmient Company and sold
to DES by VWR International, a
trusted campus vendor. Each
one is calibrated to NIST stan-.
dards and comes with a state-
ment of accuracy. Individuals
may see what is offered by
going to http://des.imid.edu/
mercury/mercury, cfm

Lupin stressed that the
exchange will not upgrade
equipment and that it is one
for one. The Chemistry Stores,
in 0202 Chemistry, will begin
to stock more non-hazardous
items to sell once the
exchange is underway. Both
men feel that with support,
the campus can minimize an
environmental danger.

"We've gotten some positive
feedback from otir campus
survey and have foimd some
funding to support the pro-
gram," said Taylor

A VWR International
trade show will be
held from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. on April 3 in room
0104 Plant Sciences Build-
ing. Representatives from
HB Instruments and other
laboratory safety equipment
vendors will display their
products. Refreshments will
be provided. For more infor-
mation, call Cleveland Tay-
lor at (301) 405-7535.

MARCH 19, 2002

MFRI Director
Participates in Exchange

Maryland Fire and
Rescue Institute
Director Steven
T Edwards
recently accepted an invita-
tion to participate as a mem-
ber of the People to Ptople
Fire Chiefs Delegation to the
People's Republic of China.

The goodwill, cultural
exchange trip included visits
to the cities of Beijing, Shang-
hai and Hong Kong. While in
China, Edwards toured fire
departments, fire apparatus

their American counterparts.
"You could place the Shanghai
Fire Training Center in College
Park and we could hmction
from it very well " said
Edwards, who recently served
as president of the North
American Fire Training Direc-
tors. As such, he has visited
numerous state tiaintng focUl-
tics throughout the country.

During the 1 2-day China
visit, many discussions turned
to the terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center towers

PHOTO COURTESY OF MFRI

Director Steve Edwards (center) is pictured with two firefighters from
Fire Station #27 in Beijirtg, This single fire station protects a vast popu-
lation of 640,000 people wKhin i^ first due response area.

manufecturers, fire research
focilities and training acade-
mies. Recent advances in the
Chinese government's opert
market economy were instru-
mental to the program's deci-
sion to travel to China.The
exchange was beneficial for
both countries, since they
have significantly different
methods of operation. The
number of fire incidents and
fire deaths are very low in
China as compared to the
United States. This difference
is attributed to widespread
proactive fire prevention and
fire education programs. In
addition, Chinese society
places greater emphasis on
individual responsibility for
carefulness.

Surprisingly, Edwards found
few differences between the
Chinese training centers and

and the Pentagon. Chinese
firefighters, officers and train-
ing personnel all wanted to
talk about the heroic actions
of America's fire service per-
sonnel both during and after
die tragedies. Deep sympathy
for the great number of Ameri-
can losses was continually
expressed.

Two Beijing Fire Depart-
ment fire officers have already
received reciprocal invitadons
to visit America. They will
attend MFRl's annual National
Staff and Command Course to
be held this year in Dallas.
While reports that the squid
egg soup and ox stomach
served In China were excel-
lent, Beijiing's fire officers will
more likely be treated to a
Texas-style barbecue.

— by April Walker

State, University Coflaborate for Kids

The university is joining
a state-wide effon to
recruit mentors, initiat-
ed by Attorney General J.
Joseph Curranjr.'s office.

The office has partnered
with Big Brothers Big Sisters
of both Central Maryland and
the National Capital Area to
create a new mentoring
recruitment program called
Mentor Maryland. The pro-
gram challenges Maryland
businesses, colleges and Mth
institutions to help enlist
2,002 mentors for 2002.

Those woricii^ with the
effort at the university
include Barbara Jacoby, direc-
tor of Commuter Affeirs and
Community Service. "The
attorney general's office is
interested in getting the
whole university coiimiunity
involved," Jacoby said.

With all of the students, fac-
ulty, staff and oi^anizations
on campus, Jacoby said the
univereity is a good resource
to tap for mentors. Many fee-
tilty and staff members come
into her office looking for
service opportunities, often
with an interest in working
with children, she said.

Mentoring is a one-on-one
relationship between a caring
adult and a child in need. The
attorney general's office has
focused the program as a pre-

ventive effort to reach out to
youth before diey get into
trouble. A quarter of Mary-
land's school children are
considered at risk by the
attorney general's office.

'There are a lot of youth in
the state that do not have reg-
ular contaa with a caring
adult," Jacoby said. As a result,
cMdren who do not have
this kind of relationship are
more likely to become at risk.

Mentor Maryland allows
individuals, companies and
organizations to enter a struc-
tured program of Big Broth-
ers Big Sisters to wotk with
children. Big Brothers Big Sis-
ters, which has been acdvely
involved in mentoring since
1904, wiU screen and place
prospective mentors recruit-
ed by the inidativc.

"This is a terrific opportu-
nity," said Jacoby. "It's very
flexible and yet it comes with
excellent training." Jacoby
said there are several vrays
the univer^ty can get
involved: one-on-one mentor-
ing, school-based mentoring,
workplace mentoring and
iaith-bascd mentoring. Offices
and departments can also
work together in a mentoring
effort. "Those who feel as
though they cannot spare the
time can commit to as Uttle as
four hours a month to spend

with a child.

Jacoby said they want to
put the word out to the cam-
pus commimity that mentors
are needed. Mentor Maryland
is expected to have a table at
Maryland Day with represen-
tatives recruiting and
answering questions about
the program.

Mentor
Marylanc

nyone interested
in becominy a
1 mentor can get
more information and
apply online by visiting
ttie Office of Attorney
General's Web site (www,
oag. state. md.Lts) or by
calling 1-888-743-0023.

zooMm

It's a very special time at the
University of Maryland.
Every day there are new
and exciting things happen-
ing, and we want to make sure
you know about all the good
news... all the accomplish-
ments... all the things that
make us ZOOM.

For inatance, hav« you
hoard?

The Robert H. Smith School
of Business is ranked No. 6 in

the world in research by the
Financial Times, And, it doesn't
stop there. The Smith School
also earned these top-25 rank-
ings;

No. 3 - Value for the money of
top U.S. schools

No. 6 - U.S. public business
school

No. 7 - Entrepreneurship

No. 8 - Information technology

No. 21 - U.S. school overall

And did you know?

The university is one of
America's Best College Sports
Programs. The U.S. News Col-
lege Sports Honor Roll recog-
nizes University of Mar/land
as one of 20 schools with the
best overall rankings across
four categories of achieve-
ment. U.S. News based its
rankings on the overall success
of the athletic program includ-
ing expanding opportunities
for women, the quality of edu-
cation received by student ath-
letes and the ability of the insti-
tution and its athletes to play
by the rules and stay off proba-
tion. We're ZOOM Ing on and
off the field.

Walking: Club Aims to Help Participants Make Time for Health, Well-being

Continued Jwtn page i

Trcger, there was immediate
agreement. It seems Treger was
thutking the same thing.

"Most of my clients under
stress need it,''said Bellsey. "It's
a great way to relieve strc^."

Tve done so many programs
where people say they do not
have time to exercise, but exer-
cise is the key to everything,"
said Treger.

The six-week club will nm
through May 9, meeting every
Thursday for 3CN5 minutes of
walking followed by 1 5 min-
utes of stretching led by

Treger's health education
intern Jessica Blake. All levels
of walkers are welcome and
the success of this pilot phase
will determine if the club con-
tinues. "We want to get people
excited about this," said
Bellsey,

If their enthusiasm thus fer is
any indication, the club should
be a success. Bellsey, who also
runs, hopes that the com-
raderie formed will motivate
people to see walking as an
ea.sy way to improve their
health.c Treger, a new mom.

The first meeting of
the walking club will
be from 12:15 to 1:15
p.m. on April 4 in room
3100E of the Health Center.
For more information, call
Jennifer Treger at (301) 314-
1493 or Joan Bellsey at (301)
314-8099, or send an e-mail
to treger@health.umd.edu.

also sees this as a way to moti-
vate herself to stay in shape. In

weight management classes she
hosts, people ask for support
groups to help them maintain
healthy habits.

The women arc still working
out some of the club's details,
but would like to offer incen-
tives to walkers, such as recog-
nition for meeting certain
goals. Perhaps they'll calculate
the distance to certain area
landmarks, said Treger, and then
tell participants their cumula-
tive mileage got them to, say,
Fredericksburg, "Also, they
could meet with me to set

goals or talk about barriers. I
would love to see people who
haven't been active in a while."

The bottom line: just start
walking, for as much time as
possible on as many days as .
possible, "They should not not
come because they have to
get back to work," said Bellsey.
'Any amount is worth it to get
them started. Men, too. This
isn't the women's walking
club."

"If you can only do 1 5 min-
utes, fine," added Treger, "Then
do 15 more later. It all adds up,"

OUTLOOK

Black Saga Competition Returns

It's Black Sa^ time
again. This Saturday,
hundreds of fourth-
tfarough eighth-grade
students will head to the
university to compete for
the state championship in
African-American history.

The btaincliild of univer-
sity geology professor
Charles Christian, the Black
Saga Competition gets stu-
dents to learn more about
black history than is often
taught in school.

Using the quiz below,
test your knowledge. The
answers can be found at
the bottom of the test.

For more of a challenge,
visit wTvw.coUegepublish-
er.com/outlook. Click on
the Black Saga story in this
week's online edition and
find 15 different questions
on more current history.
The first five respondents
to get the most correct
answers will get a copy of
"Black Saga: The African
American Experience: A
Chronology." The book is
a survey of the people,
events and places of black
history from 1492 to the
present. It features forgot-
ten stories of escaped
slaves and little-known
entrepreneurs, all of which
arc complemented by
more than 200 illustra-
tions.

Entries will be graded by
Christian. Winners wiU be
announced in a future
issue of Outlook.

1 .What major river valley
contributed to the growth
of three great ancient West
African empires — JVfall,
Ghana, Songhai?

2. In 1 64 1 , what colony
became the first to recog-
nize slavery as a legal insti-
tution?

S.Jean Baptiste Pointe du
Sable was the first whole-
saler, the first merchant and
the first settier in this area
when he set up permanent
residence and a fur trading
business along a river near
Lake Michigan, Name the
city that was founded at
this site.

4. Between 1770 and 1775,
Charleston, South Carolina
was receiving 4,000
enslaved Africans per year
All of them were held for
several weeks at the so-
called "pest house" on Sulli-
van's Island, a quarantine
station deseed to prevent
the spread of epidemics
Irom overseas. So many
people arrived here that
Sullivan's Island became
known as what?

5. In 1781, a group of 44
men and women (26 of
whom were of African
descent) founded the sec-
ond settlement in Califor-
nia. Today, it is the lai^est
city in the state. Name this
city.

6. In 1793, the United
States Congress passed an
act making it a crime to
harbor an escaped enslaved
African or to interfere with
his capture or arrest. Name
the act.

7.The United States Con-
gress passed legislation
that prohibited the impor-
tation of enslaved Africans

into the United States.
When did the actual ban
on importing enslaved
Africans into the country
take effect?

8. This Black American
patented a device for han-
dling sails and later owned
a sail-making factory in
Philadelphia in the mid-

1 800s. He was one of the
richest men in Philadelphia
and supported many aboli-
tionist causes. Name him.

9. On March I6, 1827, two
African American leaders,
Samuel Cornish and John
Russwurm, published the
first Black newspaper in
this country. What was the
name of this newspaper?

10. On January 1,1831,
William Lloyd Garrison
published the first issue of
his militant anti-slavery
newspaper in Boston. It
quickly became a leading
newspaper for African
Americans in Boston and
throughout the East. He
relied heavily on Blacks for
support of his paper Name
the newspaper.

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Gets Global Defense

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and understanding on
both sides of the
Atlantic were perfect
before the actual con-
ference. A one-second
difference between
the audio and video
s^nals coming from
Russia seemed to be
the biggest problem.

The videoconfcr-
ence was conducted
using H.323 technolo-
gy, the standard for
video over the Inter-
net. A room videocon-
ferencing unit was
used at Maryland, and
a smaller desktop system was sent to
Moscow and attached to a computer there.
The set up on both ends was "relatively
simple," according to Paleg. And the excel-
lent clarity of the video and audio, along
with the ability of the cameras to focus on
whoever was speaking, were key to the
success of the session. "It was almost like
we were all at one table," Froese says.

A big advantage, according to Froese and
Paleg, is the free connection. There are no
fees to use videoconferencing over the

Ithough the idea of
using videoconferenc-
. ing for a dissertation
defense is novel, ttie College of
AgricuSture and Natufal
Resources fies a rich history of
using videoconferencing to
enable its statewide faculty
and staff to meet witli out
incurring the high costs and
downtime due to traveling.
Two hundred and seventy fac-
ulty and staff recently partici-
pated in vide oc on fere nee -
based learning opportunities

on various subjects, including
digital photography, planning
and organization of Web
pages, online learning environ-
ments and PowerPoint presen-
tations without traveling to
College Park. By helping create
an environment that enables
participants to be actively
engaged, videoconferencing
can be used effectively for pre-
sentations, virtual meetings,
video conference-based learn-
ing... and now dissertation
defenses.

Internet, as opposed to toll calls to Russia.
"1 wish videoconference technology had
been available durii^ tlie two summers I
spent conducting research in Siberia," says
Froese, who communicated with Miller, and
the other members of her committee, pri-
marily using e-mail. "It's faster than writing
e-mail messages and avoids costly phone
bills. It would have really helped in my
studies."

— By Jeuni Chew, sophotnoie. Journalism

\ferbatim

Budget cuts have prompted the
Uni\'ersity of Maryland agricul-
ture school to cancel tuna field
days across the state this sum-
mer wh^e it ponders the value
of the annual ^the rings. Thomas
Freo, dean of the College of Agri-
culture and Natural Resources,
led the field days last
ith, staff member Eilaen Bar-
natt said Thursday. The events
were scheduled for July and
Augtist in five locations to
expose farmera and equipment
dealers to new research and
tecliniques. Fretz, whose budget

trimmed by $800,000 this

year, said declining farmer
attendance at some of the field
days prompted imiversity offi-
cials to apix>int a task force to
study the future of the program.
Even in Washington County,
where attendance has held
steady at 500 to 700 in recent
iyears, Fretz said he wondered,
^Do we need to do it every
3fear?' (Associated Press, Hager-
, March 7)

Itorixtf and Worid War
ed American society
ig more than 16 million
women into the armed
. This war is being fought
military of 1 .4 million, less
than one-hatf of i percent of the
population. (And only about
00 of those troops are actual-
or around Afghanistan.)
Imagine Pearl Harbor if it hadn't
been followed by World War 11,"
William A. Gaitton, a politi-
entlst at the University of
land. "What transformed the
Worid War II generation wasn't
the shock of the [Pearl Harbor]
;ck but tlie comprehensive
nal mobilization that fol-
," he said. "Well, we've had
but nor the mobiliza-
Lt is most dramatic
ahout the six months since Sept.
1 1 is not how much our lives
have changed but ratlier how lit-
l(WiUiam Galston Ls a profes-
s Scliool of Public
timore Sun , Mardi 11)

Another military euphemism,
collateral damage, was used
above. This was not a subliminal
plug for Arnold Schwarzeneg-
ger's latest movie epic of vigi-
lante revenge. It was an intro-
duction to a phrase used in
restrained apology for casualties
among civilians or to destruc-
tion of other than military tar-
gets. It was also used by the
mass murderer Timothy McVeigh
-— "there's always collateral dam-
age" — in dismi.ssing contrition
for tlie children his truck bomb
killed in Oklahoma City. The
adjective collateral, "parallel,"
came to mean "ancillary, subotdi-

tiate'iasa noun, it is a pledge of
.security alongside a debt to
ensure its payment. The essential
meaning is now "on the side of."
Where the adjective is used to
modify damage, the meaning
becomes "imiBtended, inadver-
tent," It is in the same league of
hesitant regret as friendly fire.
Tlie phrasedick Fred Shapiro at
Yale tracked it back in its cur-
rent sense to a 196I usage by
Thomas Schilling in Operations
Research magazine: "Measures to
locate and design our strategic
forces so as to minimize collater-
al damage." Reached at tlic Uni-
versity of Maryland, where he is
now a distinguished professor,
Schelling says, "I used It because
it seemed to be tlie common ter-
minology." He disclaims coinage
of that and of countciforcc and
second strike, also often attrib-
uted to him; such modesty is
rare. (When I coin something,!
make sure all the nattering
nabobs of negativism know it.)
(Coliminist and wordsmitli
William Safire writes about
Thomas Schelling, a professor in
the School of Public Affairs, New
York Times, March 10)

Carol Paarson, author of "The
Hero Witliin," expands, T see
heroes as people who are coha-
mitted to making a difference
and to developing their real
inner strengths." Pearson, an
executive coach and leadership
scholar at tlie University of Mary-
land, gives an unconventional
example of a hero. Consider the
man who has a metiial job —
and an ailing wife and children
to support at home. "He hates it,
but he shows up for woric each
morning, lliere's real courage In
that," she says. (Carol Pearson is a
senior fellow at the Bums Acade-
my of Leadership. Syracuse Her-
ald Standard, Mardi 10)

The cheers die down to a dull
murmur as fans begin to filter
out, many looking back one last
time at "Old King Cole," as The
Washington Post had dubbed it
that morning. Mx. Callahan is
relieved that theTerps won so
easily. He is more pleased that
he has only had to nail one
group of miscreants who would
dishonor Cole on its last great
night. 'Those Im)Zos tried to steal
these chairs from off the coun,"
he says, lugging rwo chairs back
onto the court and gesturing
toward a couple of dazed-look-
ing kids surrounded by cops.
"Just tried to walk out witli
them under tlielr coats." (Curt
Callahan is assistant atliletlcs
director for operations and faci^
ities. Chronicle of Higher Educa-
tion, March 15)

MARCH 19, 2002

The Unhrvrslties at Shady
Grove Open House

The Universities at Shady Grove
will host an open house Thurs-
day, March 21 from 1:30 to 4
p.m., for those interested in
upper-level, undergraduate pro-
grams or graduate programs.

Daytime, evening and week-
end classes are offered at USG
from nine of the University Sys-
tem of Maryland's institutions.
Admission and transfer coun-
selors will be on hand to answer
questions. Complimentary
refreshments will be served.

The address is 963O Gudel-
sky Drive, Rockville. For direc-
tions, visit www.shadygrove.
umd.edu/about/directions.php.
For more information, call
(301) 783-6023-

At Your Service

The Department of Business
Services (DBS) wil offer a free
"At Your Service" seminar to
educate participants about the
services DBS provides to the
campus community. Those
interested may attend Wednes-
day, April 10 firom 11 a.m.to 12
p.m. or from 2 to 3 p.m. DBS
unit representatives — from
Docimient, Mail, Motor Trans-
portation, Printing, Travel and
Terp Services — will be on
hand from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. to discuss individual needs,
display samples and offer tips
for the use of services.

The registration deadline is
March 22. For more informa-
tion, contact Maria Goodlatte at
(301) 405-9271 or mgoodlat®
mercury.umd.edu.

Study South off the
Bonier This Summer

This summer, from July 15 to
Aug, 2, the University of Mary-
land in collaboration with the
Centro de Ensenanza para
Extranjeros of the Universidad
Autonoma de Mexico will offer
a study abroad program
designed for ESOL (English as a
Second Language) teachers and
professionals.

Offered through the College
of Education, Department of
Curriculum and Instruction, the
course is EDCI 798, "Interna-
tional Perspectives on Language,
Schooling and Culture: Cultural
and Ungubtic Immersion for
Teachers of ESOL." This study
abroad opportimity will pro-
vide an intense cultural and lin-
guistic immersion experience.

Participants will attend Span-
ish lessons, assist as an EFL
(English as a Foreign Language)
teacher, discuss second lan-
guage pedagogy with local EFL
teachers and participate in a
graduate seminar comprising
CTOSS<ultura] and pedagogical
topics. There also will be cul-
tural tours, possibly with trips
to local schools. Graduate cred-
it is available.

The program will be held in
Taxco de Alarcon, one of Mexi-
co's most famous silver cities,
in the mountains located about

three hours south of Mexico
City. The campus is at the
Hacienda El Chorrillo, a refur-
bished colonial estate with
classrooms, a library, garden,
swimming pool and cafe, just
10 minutes from the city of
Taxco. Participants will be
housed with host families as
part of the program.

For more information, con-
tact College of Education
TESOL faculty member Debra
Suarez at ds315@umail.umd.
edu. Also see the study abroad
program Web site, www.umd,
cdu/.study abroad. The applica-
tion deadline is April 1.

Where Man and
Machines Meet

Andrew DePristo, president of
Gene Data AC, a bio informatics
solutions company, will present
the seventh annual Fischell Lec-
ture, "Traveling from Physics to
Chemistry to Biology by Com-
puter," on Monday, April 1 at 3
p.m. in 1 201 Physics. A recep-
tion will be held at 2:30 p.m. in
the Toll Room (on the first
floor of the Physics Building).

GeneData AC develops bioin-
formatics systems and provides
related consulting and cus-
tomizaiions services in die in-
silico functional genomics
arena. DePristo has been a visit-
ing professor at the imiversity
and he earned his doctorate
(I976) in chemical physics
(theory) from Maryland.

DePristo will talk about the
goals and uses of computers in
the three sciences and describe
the challenges in industrial bio-
logical science brought about
by the development and imple-
mentation of high-throughput
genomic, transcriptomic and
proteomic technologies.

The Fischell lecture was
established by Robert Fischell
to promote university collabo-
ration with industry to help
industry meet its needs. Fischell
is an alumnus of the College of
Computer, Mathematical and
Physical Sciences. For more
information, call the CMPS
Dean's Office, External Rela-
tions, at (301) 405-8296.

SayVbs to Yoga

Campus Recreation Services
offers non-credit courses in
Yoga with three levels of abiUty
to choose from: Beginning Yoga
I, n and Intermediate. Courses
begin the first week of April
and nm into May. The fee is
$50.

Beginning Yoga 1 teaches
basic yoga poses (asanas) and
breathing techniques (pranaya-
ma) to increase flexibility,
strength and relaxation. Begin-
ning Yoga 11 teaches how to
deepen both yoga practice and
understanding of techniques
learned in Basic Yo^ I. The
Intermediate Yoga course Is a
more rigorous yoga course that
requires yoga experience.
Explore a range of challenging
poses practiced in isolation and
in dynamic sequences with
other poses.

Registration deadlines vary,
so check the Web site for
specifics (www.crs.umd.edu).

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

BFSA Spring Dance
Lessons

Put on those dancing shoes
because Roberta Coates will be
giving lessons on 1\iesday,
March 1 9 in the Nyumburu Cul-
tural Center, Multipurpose
Room and Wednesday, March
20 in 01 54 Tawes Fine Arts
Building. Both sessions go from
5 to 6 p.m., and will be an
opportunity to learn the
newest dance steps.

The BFSA Spring Dance will
be held Saturday April 6 from
8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student
Umon, Tickets arc $20 in
advance and $25 at the door.'
Contact TakeyahYotmg at
youngta@wam . umd .edu.

Gitner Center Award for
Contributions to Humor

The Art Gliner Center for
Humor Studies is delighted to
announce that its second annu-
al award for a contribution to
society through humor will go
to Art Buchwald. The award
will be presented on March 21
at 6 p.m. at the National Press
Club in Washington, D.C.

Buchwald has been produc-
ing important humor and satire
for more than 50 years. He has
been called "probably the great-
est satirist in EngUsh since
Pope and Swift."

The Glmer Center's first
award was given to the late
cartoonist Herbert Block
(Herblock) last year. A letter
from then-President Clinton
saluting Herblock and the
award was presented at the
ceremony.

Additional information about
the award and about the Art
Gliner Center is available from
the center's director, Lawrence
E.Mint2,at (301) 405-1360 or
LM3 6® umail . umd . edu .

Online 5upervis<»r Safety
Itaining Course

Are you a supervisor? Do
employees who report to
you — such as staff personnel,
teaching assistants, researchers
or students — work with haz-
ardous chemicals or materials
or perform hazardous duties or
work in hazardous operations?

If you answered yes or maybe
to any of these questions, it is
your responsibility to take the
online Supervisor Safety Train-
ing course to ensure you have a
thorough understanding of
your safety responsibilities as a
supervisor to your staff.

The online Supervisor Safety
Training course will ask more
specific questions and provide
detailed supporting informa-
tion to increase your under-
standing and awareness of the

hazards your employees are
exposed to and your safety obli-
gations as their supervisor.

Take the on-line Supervisor
Safety Training course at www.
inform, umd . edu/CampusInfo/
Departments/EnvirSafety/
super/index.html.

For guidance on other safety
training, refer to the Safety
Training Guide at www.inform.
iimd.edu/Campuslnfo/Depart-
ments/EnvirSafety/risk_comm/
edu/guide/index .htm.

Pace and Race Running
Course

Campus Recreation Services
will offer a six-week, non-credit
course for the beginning run-
ner who hopes to complete a
first 5K run, as well as for the
more experienced recreation
rutmer interested in being chal-
lenged to nm faster and longer.
Learn run/walk combinations,
interval workouts and tempo
tuns. Long slow runs will be
used, as well as running drills
and sport-spec ific exercises
and stretches.

The course will meet from
April 3-May 12 on Sundays, 10
to 1 1 : 1 5 a.m. (at the CRC) and
Wednesdays, 12 to 1 p.m. (at
Ludwig Field/Kehoe Track).

The fee is $50 For more
information or to register, con-
tact Laura Sutter at (301) 405-
PLAY or ls220@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.crs.umd.edu.

Valuing Our Bodies

The Student Entertainment
Enterprise (SEE) Review Board
is sponsoring "Fads, Ads, and
Actors: What They Tell Us
About Our Selves, Our Bodies,
and Our Relationships" "with
Joe Kelly on April 1 at 7 p.m. in
the Grand Ballroom of Stamp
Student Union.

The program will examine
the media myths and messages
that pervade our lives and
impact bodi males and females
in ways that cause us to deval-
ue ourselves and each other
and engage in destructive
behaviors in order to emulate
^se and misleading cultural
standards.

The event is being or^ganized
by the PanhellenicTask Force
on Eating Disorders, the Coun-
seling Center and the Health
Center Brenda Alpert Sigall and
Julie Parsons, providers of cam-
pus eating disorders programs
and services and co-directors of
the task foree, have coordinat-
ed the event in conjunction
with the university's obser-
vance of national Eat 11^ Disor-
ders Awareness Week.

An author, journalist and fea-
tured speaker, Kelly is execu-
tive director of Dads and
Daughters, a national nonprofit
organization whose philosophy
and mission are reflected in
Kelly's statement: "Those who
tell [my daughters] that 'inner
beauty only goes so far' — to
quote one ad slogan — are sim-
ply lying. It's a dangerous lie
and one we shouldn't let any-
one sell to us anymore."