Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (2002)

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Volume t8 * Number 3 * September If, 2 00 2

University
Zooms Up
the Rankings
Ladder

The University of Maryland
moved up significantly in the
latest U.S. News and World
Report rankings in categories
that reflect the quality of aca-
demic programs as well as the
quality of the overall undergrad-
uate experience.

Among all national public
universities, Maryland ranks
18th this year in a tie with
Georgia, breaking into the top
20 for the first time. Last year
Maryland ranked 21st among
public universities.

Maryland's undergraduate
business and engineering
schools continued to rank high,
and the university posted among
the leaders in three new cate-
gories: First-Year Experience,
Learning Communities and Ser-
vice Learning. The Robert H.
Smith School of Business
ranked 18th and the A.James
Clark School of Engineering
ranked 24th nationally. The busi-
ness school's e<ommerce pro-
gram ranked 4th in the nation.

"These rankings clearly
reflect the momentum that
Maryland has gathered over the
past few years," said Maryland
President Dan Mote. "The
improved rankings are a natural
consequence of our broadly
based movement into the ranks
of the best universities in the

See RANKINGS, page 3

Campus Program,
Helps Smokers
Kick the Habit

The University of Mary-
land isn't just a national
leader in academics and
athletics. The campus is also a
national role model for colle-
giate tobacco prevention and
cessation programs.

In 1993, the university adopt-
ed a policy that prohibited
smoking in indoor -locations.
Last year, the senate passed an
amendment to the university's
smoking policy adding addition-
al restrictions on permissible
smoking locations. The new
guidelines prohibit smoking
outside of buildings within 15
feet of any building entrance, air
intake duct, or window. Signs
will be placed in specific loca-
tions around the campus to
remind the campus community
of these policies. The universi-

See SMOKING, page 3

Come and Get it!

Dining Services Chefs Serve up Expertise, Creativity

Editor's note; This article is
the first in a two-part series
on Dining Services' chef s.

Behind every dish
served in the dining
halls, behind every
well-balanced menu,
there is a chef and his crew
working hard to make sure
most of it doesn't wind up
back in the kitchen.

Nearly a dozen professional
chefs work for Dining Services,
bringing with them creativity,
energy and significant experi-
ence. A few can claim to have
cooked for princes, Donald
Trump and friends at the
Trump Plaza Hotel and mam-
moth operations such as those
run by the Marriott Corpora-
don. A common denominator
is their desire to give the cam-
pus community good food,
both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Students want the stuff
that Mom made," says Jeff
Russo, the pastry chef based
in South Campus Dining Hall,
"cupcakes with sprinkles." He
adds that students also want a
diverse menu, so that while
90 percent of what he and his
fellow cooks create resembles
home cooking, the rest is Din-
ing Services' chance to show
off its culinary skills. For
example, two pastry special-
ists on Russo 's staff, Miaolan Li
and Trade Tyler, created
impressively detailed choco-
late sculptures of Rosa Parks
and Frederick Douglass for a
Black History Month celebra-
tion last year. The Rossbor-
ough Inn's delicate, detailed
sweets also come from
Russo 's kitchen. "I have a staff

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bust of Rosa Parks for last year's Black History Month celebration. She
fills many of the VIP catering orders for the university.

of approximately 15 and there
are two ladies that have been
here since the beginning.
They're in their 70s and they
come to work when they
want to. It's great having them
in here," Russo says."Most of
the people I've hired are pro-
fessional cooks,"

It can be challenging cook-
ing for a population that
changes its eating habits
"based on the weather, how
they're doing on tests, how
they're feeling," says Daniel
Jonas, executive chef for the
North Woods Dining Room,
"We have a buffet at North

Woods, but it changes every
night."

Becoming a chef is more by
rite of passage than by the
awarding of a piece of paper,
says Russo. He and his col-
leagues did go to culinary
schools, but then spent hours
working as apprentices under
chefs in New York, Washing-
ton, D.C. and elsewhere
before supervising their own
kitchens, Russo owned a
pastisserie for five years.

Larry Turnlin, production
manager and chef with The

See CHEFS, page 3

New Dean Wants to Build on Excellence

Edward B. Montgomery has
been selected to become
senior associate dean in the
College of Behavioral and
Social Sciences on July 1 after
an internal college search.

Montgomery, a professor in
the college's Department of
Economics since 1990, was
selected by the dean. He had
been on leave from the uni-
versity while holding key
research and management
positions in the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, among them
deputy secretary, overseeing
17,000 employees and an
annual budget of $30 billion.
He also oversaw programs
designed to promote equal
employment opportunity,
administer job training and

analyze labor and economic
statistics.

In his new position, Mont-
gomery is involved in faculty
issues such as tenure and pro-
motion decisions and depart-
mental reviews. He is also
working to establish new
research centers and educa-
tional programs.

"1 look forward to the
opportunity to affect educa-
tion policy, to work with the
chairs and faculty," Mont-
gomery said at the time of his
appointment. " . . .To continue
building [the college's] excel-
lent academic programs and
to help enhance the college's
strong relationships with
external organizations."

Montgomery earned a doc-

toral degree in economics
from Harvard University in
1982 and served on the facul-
ty of Carnegie Mellon and
Michigan State universities
before coming to Maryland. In
addition to his labor depart-
ment work, Montgomery
served on the Advisory Panel
in Economics at the National
Science Foundation, and
worked as researcher or con-
sultant to many government
and civic organizations.

"Ed brings strong policy and
administrative experience and
an understanding of the uni-
versity and our college that I
know will prove to be immen-
sely valuable," said College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dean Irwin Goldstein.

Sponsored
Research Jumps
Past the $352
Million Mark

Grant and contract awards
to the University of Mary-
land surged to an all-time high
of $352 million during the fiscal
year that ended June 30, 2002.
This is $44 million more than
last year's mark of $308 million
and continues a rapid rate of
growth that has seen research
funding double in the past five
years.

These funds for research,
training and outreach, and other
public service activities come
from a variety of sources,
including the federal govern-
ment, state government, corpo-
rations and foundations.

"The University of Maryland
strives to apply its world-class
expertise to the needs of socie-
ty," said University President Dan
Mote. "Grants and contracts pro-
vide critical support by funding
new discoveries, technological
developments and outreach
programs that solve problems,
boost the economy and improve
the lives of citizens in our state,
region and nation.

"The current surge in funding
is exciting because it allows us
to do more of this valuable
work and because it reflects
widespread recognition of the
university's stature as a top-
ranked research institution and
our value as the state's greatest
asset," Mote said.

The University of Maryland,
College Park had the highest
total in sponsored research
funding among all institutions
in the University System of
Maryland in fiscal year 2002. Its
$44 million increase in research
funding was the second highest
increase among system institu-
tions in fiscal year 2002, just
below the $49 million rise in
funding received by the Univer-
sity of Maryland, Baltimore,
home to the medical school.

The more than 2,100 active
awards supported at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, College Park
in fiscal 2002 represent a vast
range of projects that includes
everything from basic research
aimed at discovering how the
Earth's gravitational field is
formed to work developing in-
telligent transportation systems
that can reduce traffic jams.

Below are six projects that
were awarded funding this past
year:

• Researchers in the university's
College of Education are team-
ing up with Montgomery Coun-

See RESEARCH, page 3

SEPTEMBER I 7 , 2002

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maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: SEPTEMBER 17-23

September 17

11 a.m. -noon, Teaching,
Learning, Technology? 6137
McKeldin library. Kenneth C.
Green, director of the Campus
Computer Project, will discuss
the role of information techno-
logy in American universities.
Reception will follow. For
more information, contact
Ellen Borkowski at 5-2922 or
eyb@umd.edu, or visit www.oit.
umd .edu/as/speakerseries .html.

3:39-5:30 p.m.. Numerical
Analysis Seminar 3206 Math
Building. The featured speaker
will be Valeria Simoncini from
the Universita di Bologna. For
more information, contact
Tobias von Petersdorff at
tvp@math.umd.edu or visit
www. math . umd . edu/dept/
seminars/nas.

5:30-7:30 p.m.. Take Five:
Prism Brass Quintet Dance
Theatre, Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center, world and new
music from the award-winning
University of Maryland ensem-
ble. For more information, con-
tact Amy Harbison at 5-8169 or
harbison@wam.umd.edu, or
visit www. claricesmithcenter.
umd.edu.

6-8 p.m., Netscape Page
Composer: Web Pages the
Easy Way 4404 Computer &
Space Science. Introductory
class. Prerequisite: basic Web
browsing ability. Registration
fees are $10 students, $20 fac-
ulty and staff, and $25 alumni.
For more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.

'EDNESUAV

September 18

9:30-1 1 a.m., Safety Train-
ing 3104 Chesapeake Build-
ing. The Department of Envi-
ronmental Safety (DES) hosts a
laboratory safety orientation
training session each month to
assure regulatory compliance.
Space is limited. For more
information or to RSVP, contact
Jeanette Cartron at 5-2131 or
lcartron@accmail.umd.edu.

10 a.m.-noon. Introduction
to ArcView 32 (CIS) See For
Your Interest, page 4.

6-9 p.m.. Intermediate

M ATLAB 3330 Computer &
Space Science. Prerequisite:
Introduction to MATLAB. Reg-
istration is $10 students, $20
faculty and staff, $25 alumni.
For more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.

September 19

8:45 a.m. -4 p.m., OFT Short-
course Training: MS Excel
Level 2 4404 Computer &
Space Science. Prerequiste:
Introduction to MS Excel or
similar experience. The fee is
$90. For more information,
contact Jane Wieboldt, 5-0443
or oit-training@umail.umd.edu,
or visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc.

New BFSA
Administration

Join the Black Faculty
Staff Association for its
first meeting of the
school year, Tuesday. Sept.
2* at noon in the Multipur-
pose Room, Nyumburu Cul-
tural Center. Enjoy lunch and
welcome'the new 200Z-20tU
board members:
President: Mary Cothran
Vice President: Audrey
Stewart '

Secretary: Joel Is Carter
Treasurer: Da reel I e Wilson
Parliamentarian: Eric Mayo
Senior Advisor to the
Board: Ronald Zeigler
Exempt Representatives:
Ann Carswell, Velma Cotton
and Pamela Allen
Non-Exempt Representa-
tives: Jacqueline Staton,
Thomas Alexander and Rene
Harrison

Faculty Representatives:
Bettye Waters and Dorith
Grant- Wisdom

12:15 p.m., Keep on Walk-
ing Emergency Exit, Health
Center. The Wellness Walking
Club resumes its lunch time
walks. Walks will take approxi-
mately an hour, with a cool
down/stretch period at the
end. For more information, call
Joan Bellsey at 4-S099.

3-5 p.m., Winston Churchill
Scholarship Workshop 0117
Armory. Faculty members and
student advisors in the life sci-
ences, physical sciences, math-
ematics, computer science and

engineering are asked to
encourage their best seniors
and beginning graduate stu-
dents to attend the Churchill
Scholarship workshop. The
scholarship, valued between
$25,000 and $27,000, is a one-
year graduate opportunity for
American students to attend
Churchill College at the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, England.
The executive director will
answer questions. For more
information, contact Camille
Stillwell at 4-1 289 or cstillwe®
deans.umd.edu, or visit www.
umd. edu/nso or www. the
churchiil scholar ships .com.

4:30 p.m.. Auditions for

faculty/staff University
Repertoire Orchestra Pre-
pare one solo and two con-
strasting standard orchestral
excerpts. Rehearsals will be
held Saturdays, 1 1 a.m.-l :30
p.m. Contact Juan Carlos Pena
for an appointment at 5-3423
or jc_pc@hotmail.com.

4:30-7:30 p.m., Microsoft
Excel II: More Power to
Your Spreadsheets 4404
Computer & Space Science.
Prerequisite: Excel I. For more
information, contact Carol War-
rington at 5-2938 dr cwpost®
umd5.umd.edu, or visit
www. oit . umd .edu/pt.

Musical Giants to Perform, Teach

The School of Music
will offer free per-
formances by interna-
tional music giants over the
next two weeks. Metropoli-
tan Opera star Jerry Hadley
opens the school's 2002-
2003 calendar with a solo
recital on Wednesday, Sept.
18 at 8 p.m. in the Joseph
and Alma Gildenhorn Recital
Hall.Wideh/ regarded as
America's finest living tenor
and highly sought for his
performances of opera and
popular music, Hadley visits
campus as a special guest of
the school's Voice/Opera
Division. Hadley will lead a
masterclass for voice stu-
dents the following night.
Seating is limited, so early
arrival is strongly recom-
mended.

Just a few days later, the
Guameri String Quartet
marks its 20 th year as
ensemble-in-residence at
Maryland, appearing in its
first open rehearsal of the
semester.Tuesday, Sept. 24 at
5 p.m. in the Gildenhorn
Recital Hall. These popular
rehearsals now feature new
cellist Peter Wiley with origi-
nal members Arnold Stein-
hardt, John Dalley and

Metropolitan Opera star Jerry
Hadley will give a free soto
recital on Sept. 18.

Michael Tree.

The next morning, Sept.
25 at 10 a.m„ world-famous
concert pianist Andre Watts
completes the superstar
line-up with his first master-
class of the semester, teach-
ing select students of the
school's Piano Division. The
masterclass is open to the
public and takes place in the
newly named Elsie and Mar-
vin Dekelboum Concert
Hall. Watts has been an
artist-in-residence since
2000 and is one of the most
popular classical artists of
our time. For more informa-
tion, call the Ticket Office at
(301) 405-ARTS.

claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

September 21

8-10 p.m.,Chu Shan Chinese
Opera Institute Kay Theatre,
Clarice Smith RirfbmiingArts
Center. See Friday, Sept. 20.

edu, or www.oit.umd.edu/pt

6:30-7 p.m., Terrapin Trail
Club Meeting Outdoor Recre-
ation Center, Campus Recre-
ation Center. For more informa-
tion, call (301) 2264453 or e-
mail officers@ttc.umd.edu, or
visit www.ttc.umd.edu.

September 20

Noon, Population Center
Seminar Series: How Com-
puters Change Work See For

Your Interest, page 4.

Noon-1 p.m., WebCT Brown
Bag Lunch: New Features in

3.7 4400 Computer & Space
Science. OIT will demonstrate
the new features of the latest
version ofWebCT (3.7). Signifi-
cant changes include the addi-
tion of the Equation Editor and
new options for the Assignment
tool. Refreshments will be pro-
vided. For more information,
contact Sharon Roushdy at 5-
8820 or sroushdy@umd.edu.

8-10 p.m., Chu Shan Chi-
nese Opera Institute Ina &

Jack Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. Daz-
zling costumes, spellbinding
storytelling and awe-inspiring
acrobatics. Tickets for students
are $5, all others, $30. For more
information, contact Amy Har-
bison at 5-8169 or harbison®
wam.umd.edu, or visit www.

September 22

1 7:30-9:30 p.m., Susana
Baca Ina and Jack Kay Theatre,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. Afro-Peruvian singer/
songwriter offers cool, sensual
style and poetic delivery. Pre-
perfomance discussion begins
at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 stu-
dents; $25 all others. For more
information, contact Amy Har-
bison at 5-8169 or harbison®
warn. umd. edu, or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd . edu .

September 23

4 p.m.. Carnal Knowledge
and Imperial Power: Race
and the Intimate in Colo-
nial Rule 3121 Symons Hall.
See For Your Interest, page 4.

6-9 p.m., Microsoft Power-
Point: Creating Effective
Computer Presentations

4404 Computer & Space Sci-
ence. For more information,
contact Carol Warrington at 5-
2938 or cwpost@umd5.umd.

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Research: Grants Increase

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Chefs: Culinary Creators Smoking

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ty Public Schools to understand
what makes some teachers excep-
tional. By studying highly success-
ful fourth and fifth grade teachers
in moderate- to high-poverty
schools across the county, resear-
chers seek to understand the par-
ticular expertise of these teachers
and use this understanding to
improve learning for all students.

• Under a new grant from NASA,
faculty from the A.James Clark
School of Engineering will lead
development of technologies for
the space ship of the future. Mary-
land's school of engineering was
chosen to establish one of seven
NASA University Research, Engi-
neering and Technology Institutes
(URETT). According to NASA, each
URETI will conduct research in
areas of long-term strategic inter-
est to the agency and the nation.
The Maryland URETI will lead
technology development for next-
generation reusable launch vehi-
cles that can significantly reduce
the per pound cost of flying peo-
ple and equipment into space.
Next-generation vehicles will one
day replace the space shutde
(NASA's first-generation reusable
launch vehicle).

• The National Science Founda-
tion awarded the university's
Human Computer Interaction Lab-
oratory a new research grant to
develop an international digital
library for children. The Maryland
laboratory, which is a recognized
leader, in. designing visual comput-
er interfaces with and for children,

will collaborate with the Internet
Archive and the Library of Con-
gress to develop a large-scale digi-
tal archive of books for children
between 3 and 13 years old.

• Fred Khachlk, a senior research
scientist with a joint appointment
in the Department of Chemistry
& Biochemistry and the Joint
Institute for Food Safety and
Nutrition (a University of Mary-
land & U.S. Food and Drug Admin-
istration institute), received a $1.2
million grant from the National
Institutes of Health to study the
effects of two dietary carotenoids,
lutein and zeaxanthin. These caro-
tenoids accumulate in the human
retina and other eye tissues and
may prevent age-related macular
degeneration. Khachik's patented
method for producing rare caro-
tenoids was one of the universi-
ty's inventions of the year in 2000.

• One major lesson from the 2000
presidential election is that voting
technology and ballot design can
influence election outcomes.
Researchers in government and
politics and computer science
have won a preliminary award
from the National Science Foun-
dation to study human interaction
with computer voting technology.
Earlier this year, the same
researchers evaluated touch-
screen voting machines and rec-
ommended technology and voter
education changes on behalf of
four Maryland counties that
adopted touch-screen voting tech-
nology for this fall's elections.

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Upward Bound

country. With the continuing
improvement in the competitive-
ness of our students, programs
and faculty, we fully expect this
momentum to continue."

Mote said,"These latest U.S.
News rankings are no surprise
when you remember that just this
week the Wall Street Journal
ranked the business school 16th
in the world and a few weeks ago
a Kaplan's survey of high school
guidance counselors placed Mary-
land among the top 10 'hottest'
schools in the nation. We are on
the move, and everybody sees it."

University officials said that
preliminary analysis of the U.S.
News data Indicated that a rise in
the academic reputation of the
university, as measured by surveys
of other universities, and financial
resources growing faster than
other universities', probably
accounted for Maryland's
improved ranking.

Officials also were not sur-
prised that Maryland scored well
in the new categories of "Pro-
grams That Really Work," which
reflects surveys of university pres-
idents and other officials about
"academic programs that lead to
student success."

The number three ranking for
learning communities, for exam-
ple, reflects the university's

numerous strong Living-Learning
programs. More than 40 percent
of Maryland undergraduate stu-
dents participate in these pro-
grams.

"Our Living-Learning programs
are a key reason for the universi-
ty's success in attracting the very
best students and faculty," said
Robert Hampton, dean of under-
graduate studies. "We have careful-
ly designed programs that person-
alize the academic environment
of a large state university and pro-
vide quality interactions with fac-
ulty for our new students. And
community service is a value we
instill in all our students through-
out their time at Maryland."

Maryland ranked 12th in the
category of First-Year Experiences
and 24th in Service Learning.

The University of Maryland cur-
rently has at least 65 graduate and
undergraduate programs ranked
in the top 25 nationally by U.S.
News. That number could
increase when the magazine pub-
lishes expanded rankings on its
Web site later this week.

U.S. News and World Report
publishes its annual "Guide to
Best Colleges" every fall, and its
guide to graduate schools in the
spring. The new college guide
should be on newsstands this
week.

PHOTO BY CYNTHIA MITCHEL

Orchids and thinly shaved ribbons of chocolate adorn a rich
truffle cake created by Dining Services lor the Rossborough Inn.

Diner, began his cooking career with the Coast Guard
and was sous chef for then-Secretary of Transportation
Elizabeth Dole. Steve Raymond, Comcast's chef, opened
and organized new units for food service industry giant
ARAMARK. Each says that working on a college campus,
however, is a whole new level of cooking and manage-
ment. Chefs and managers wear pagers or cell phones
and work with ear plugs to drown the din of large
machines.

"This is bigger and more fast paced than I could ever
imagine. It staggers the mind," says Jonas. "I've been here
four years. The whole catering and delivery aspect has
really grown. It's more complex. The needs and demands
have gotten very diverse and the expectations are high-
er,, .We 're feeding 35,000 people a day! People have
become so aware of the authentic stuff, we don't pre-
tend. We bring people in for certain things." Sushi sold in
various spots on campus, for example, is prepared bj^
trained sushi chefs. J

However, Dining Services' regularly features meals
from other countries. The Diner's Global Gourmet sta-
tion offers Asian, Italian and Mexican dishes. Plans are in
the works for a station featuring Vietnamese food with a
chef demonstrating cooking techniques, "But some of
this doesn't lend itself to batch cooking," says Jonas.

And he means batches. More than five million meals
will be served throughout the school year. Food deliver-
ies to the campus can be measured in tons, just one „
item, the popular chicken tender, arrives daily in 45-§0
10-lb boxes. , ... j,

Several chefs credit Wyatte Stuard, procurement and
warehouse administrator for Dining Services, with mak-
ing their jobs easier by having everything they need
when they need it. Stuard has 1 1 years of experience at
the university and has been in food service since he was
10, helping out in his Louisiana family's off-shore catering
business. Even with his careful attention to orders,
though, vendors may bring the wrong item or food that
is too dose to its expiration date."And we send it back,"
says Raymond. Chefs try to prepare what is on the
menu, but "you have to be adaptive. You have to change
the menu based on what you get," says Tumlin.

With such a large scale production, it is surprising,
then, to see catering chef Thomas Schraa squeezing
water out of frozen spinach by hand. He is preparing
Terrapin Chicken, a roasted breast stuffed with julienne
vegetables, spinach and pecorino cheese topped with a
mushroom sauce. A bulletin board in his small space lets
him and his staff of three know what meals they need to
prepare for the day. It is a crowded board with menus
ranging from hot dogs to tenderloin,

*I thought that if I had my way, I'd have my own
restaurant, but that's a lot of work. I like what I'm doing
here" says Schraa, whose "frustrated chef" dad often
checks in on his son to see what he's cooking.

Another common denominator among the universi-
ty's chefs is a desire to raise people's expectations of
what dining halls have to offer. Russo says this starts by
developing staff and cultivating specialists Ln-house.
Training sessions have given several employees opportu-
nities to learn new skills. A summer and January culinary
camp, at Dining Services' expense, will heip give season-
al workers a chance to use off-time to learn. All of this
translates into a better experience for everyone, workers
and patrons.

"I bad a five-year plan when I got here and I'm on the
last page," says Russo. "We're going to try to move away
from cupcakes with sprinkles and give people some-
thing different, something more epicurean."

ty's sign shop is still working
out how many signs will be
needed and where they will be
located.

In addition to policy change,
a major part of the efforts on
this campus focus on promot-
ing healthy choices and provid-
ing a diverse range of resources
for smokers or those interested
in smoking-related issues. The
University of Maryland is one of
a few campuses in the nation
with a health educator working
strictly on tobacco-related pro-
grams. The smoking cessation
program offers group classes,
individual education and self-
help materials for those looking
for help with quitting.

A health educator is available
to meet with individuals.
Through one-on-one education,
smokers can learn more about
their smoking habits and the
best strategies for quitting. This
service is available by appoint-
ment only. Another alternative
is the smoking cessation class,
which meets once a week for
an hour over a four-week peri-
od. The class is offered several
times throughout the academic
year and is a way to learn how
to manage without cigarettes
while meeting others who are
trying to quit. A wide variety of
pamphlets, flyers and other self-
help materials are also available
outside room 2102 of the Uni-
versity Health Center.

Another part of Maryland's
tobacco cessation programs is
The Tobacco Cessation Assis-
tance Fund. This fund is avail-
able to assist students, faculty
and staff with the purchase of

Free lunchtime smoking
cessation classes, to be
held on Wednesdays, will
begin Oct. 9. Evening classes,
held on Thursdays, will begin
Oct. 10. For more information
or to schedule an appointment,
contact Doian at (301! 314-8123
or dolan@health.umd.edu

'

tobacco cessation products and
cessation services. Funding for
this program is provided by the
Prince George's County Depart-
ment of Health through the
"Creating a Healthy Campus
Through Smoking Cessation"
program. The fund allots money
for products and services such
as Nicorette gum, Nicoderm
patches, Nlcotrol inhalers,
Zyban and other non-traditional
cessation aids.Any student, fac-
ulty or staff member is eligible
to use this fund provided cer-
tain criteria and commitments
are met.

The goals are to invite smok-
ers to learn more about their
habits, make suggestions for the
best quitting strategies and
measures to avoid relapse, and
provide information, assistance
and support to anyone interest-
ed In tobacco-related issues.

— Kelly Dolan, coordinator
of tobacco programs

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SEPTEMBER I 7, 2002

Stops for Success

The University System of Mary-
land Women's Forum will host
its 13th Annual Conference,
"Steps for Success," from 8:45
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct.
18 at Martin's Crosswinds in
Greenbelt, Md. Check-in begins
at 8 a.m. The conference will
feature keynote addresses by
Maryland State Treasurer Nancy
K Kopp, a former state legisla-
tor; Kathryn B. Freeland, chair-
woman/CEO, RGIITeehnolo-
gies,lnc.;and Gloria A. Wilder-
Braithwaite, director, Mobile
Health Programs, Children's
Health Project of Washington,
D.C. USM Chancellor William E.
Kirwan will bring greetings at
the luncheon.

Conference participants will
attend workshops geared
toward teaching the steps for
success — from career plan-
ning, negotiating and leader-
ship to yoga, self-defense and
achieving balance between
work and home. A goods and
services marketplace will be
open throughout the day

The cost for the conference
is $60 (includes lunch), payable
by check or via budget transfer.
All participants must register in
advance by Sept. 30. Registra-
tion forms may be downloaded
from www.inform.umd.edu/
usmwf/conference. For more
information . contact Kellye
Edwards at (301) 985-7362 or
kedwards2@umuc.edu.

Research and
Development Meetings

The Counseling Center invites
all interested faculty, staff and
graduate students to its
Research and Development
Meetings during the fall semes-
ter. Meetings are held Wednes-
days from noon to 1 p.m. over
bag lunch in 01 14 Counseling
Center, Shoemaker Building.

The first meeting will be
held Sept. 18. Saundra Murray
Netdes of the Department of
Human Development will dis-
cuss "Zones of Narrative Safety:
Youths' Psychosocial Resilience
and Integrative Processes."

Presenting speakers are
asked to allow time for discus-
sion by completing their pre-
sentations by 12:30 p.m.

The Body and Body

The Center for Historical Stud-
ies 2002-2003 series "The Body
and Body Politic" will be opened
by Ann Laura Stoler, professor
of anthropology, history, Ameri-
can culture and women's stud-
ies at the University of Michi-
gan, on Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in
3121 SymonsHall.

Stoler will present "Carnal
Knowledge and Imperial Power:
Race and the Intimate in Colo-
nial Rule." Seminar discussion
will be based on pre-circulated
chapters from Stolers new
book, which seminar partici-
pants are asked to read in
advance. Copies of the chapters

Remembering, but Keeping Hope for the Future

PHOTO 8V CVNTMtA MITCHiL

Mark Parker, a junior history and government major, searched for comments he wrote on a banner last
year during the campus' Sept. 12, 2001 gathering.

McKeldin Mall again served as a gathering place for those wishing to reflect on
the events of Sept. 11, 2001. While butterflies and dragonfhes danced over the
grass, a brief ceremony was held last Wednesday during which the names of
all of the World Trade Center victims were read. The Memorial Chapel bells chimed
"God Bless America" just after 10:43 a.m., which is when the North Tower fell. Then a
lone bagpiper played. A sign language interpreter dressed all in white conveyed words
from President Dan Mote to the crowd, as well as peace messages spoken in several lan-
guages by members of the campus community. At the end of the service, chaplain Beth
Platz asked those gathered to take with them a grey stone, each with "9/U" written on
it m gold ink, as a symbol of endurance,

are available in the Department
of History, 2106 Taliaferro Hall,
and can be sent by mail to par-
ticipants coming from afar.
Refreshments will be available
at the seminar starting at 3:30.
For more information, con-
tact the Center for Historical
Studies at 5-8739 or historycen-
ter@umail.umd.edu.

U.S.-China Relations
Series

Despite increased anti-terror-
ism cooperation between
China and the United States in
the aftermath of Sept. 1 1 , 2001 ,
substantia] questions remain
about the prospects for U.S.-
China relations. The Institute
for Global Chinese Affairs will
hold a forum and panel discus-
sion on current relations titled
"U.S.-China Relations: Staying
the Course?" on Wednesday,
Sept. 18, from 12 to 1:30 p.m.

The panel will review the
recent Atlantic Council report,
"Staying the Course: Opportuni-
ties and Limitations in U.S.-
China Relations," a product of a
Council delegation visit of for-
mer military and defense policy
leaders to Beijing and Taiwan.
Questions to be examined
include: the consequences of
the PRC's economic develop-
ment and reform, the implica-
tions of China's military mod-
ernization and the future of the
Taiwan issue.

Panel members include: Gen.
Jack N. Merritt, U.S. Army (Ret.)
chair, Atlantic Council; Bonnie
Coe, director, Program on
Atlantic-Pacific Interrelation-
ships, Atlantic Council; John J.

Tkacik, research fellow, China
Policy Heritage Foundation;
Presider: Ambassador Julia
Chang Bloch.

The forum will be held in
0105 St. Mary's Hall (Language
House). A buffet lunch will be
; served. Tickets can be bought
on site for $5 students, $10 fac-
ulty and guests.

For more information, contact
Rebecca McGinnis at (301) 405-
0213 or rml65@umail.umd.edu.

Arc View Workshop

The Libraries' Introduction to
ArcView 3.2 workshop pro-
vides two hours of hands-on
experience on the basic opera-
tions of the ArcView 32 GIS
(Geographic Information Sys-
tems) software. The workshop
is offered three times this fall:
■Wed., Sept. 18, 10 a.m. to
noon, 61 01 McKeldin Library

• Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2 to 4 p.m.,
2109 McKeldin Library

• Thursday, Oct. 31 , 10 a.m. to
noon, 2109 McKeldin Library

The workshop Ls free but
advance registration at
www. lib . umd . edu/Lf ES/gis . html
is required. For more informa-
tion, contact User Education
Services at (301) 405-9070 or
ue6@ uma L . u md . edu .

The Lowe-Dream of
Thomas Chatterton's
Unrecorded Face

In 1770 when he was only 17
years old, the poet Thomas
Chatterton committed suicide
in a London garret. He was
soon lionized as a tragic hero

who had been consumed by
alienation, despair and rebel-
lious passion, an early martyr to
the cult of genius.

As part of the Works-in-
Progress lecture series, William
L. Pressry will lead a discussion,
onSept.24at 12:30 p.m., that
will consider the artists who
portrayed the poet rather than
his work. The series enables
scholars who study the early
modern period to share their
latest research and to benefit
from an informal roundtable
discussion of their current proj-
ects. To facilitate discussion,
participating faculty circulate
working drafts one week
before their colloquium. All ses-
sions are held in Taliaferro Hall,
room 0135, unless otherwise
noted. Refreshments provided.

For more information, call
Karen Nelson, (301) 405-6830.

How Computers Change

For the past six years, MIT Pro-
fessor Frank Levy and his col-
league, Richard J. Murnane of
the Harvard School of Educa-
tion, have been researching the
effects of computers on the
economy's occupational struc-
ture and the skills demanded of
the labor force. Levy will dis-
cuss "How Computers Change
Work" during a Population Cen-
ter Seminar series brown bag
event on Sept. 20 at noon, in
2309 Art-Sociology. This event is
co-sponsored with the Political
Economy Group of the sociolo-
gy department. For more infor-
mation, go to www.popcen-
ter.umd.edu.