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Don't Hide
Your Light

Maryland's Solar
Decathlon Entry
Moves to the City

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Volume t8 • Number 4 • September 24, 2002

Professional
Journalists
Name UMTV
Newscast Best
in Nation

"Maryland Newsline, " the
University of Maryland's new
nightly newscast, has been
named the best student-pro-
duced TV news show in the
nation by the Society of Profes-
sional Journalists.

The program, produced by
advanced broadcast news stu-
dents at the Philip Merrill Col-
lege of Journalism and aired on
the college-operated cable sta-
tion UMTV, won the prestigious
Mark of Excellence Award in its
first year.

The Maryland show was
selected over two other finalists
- wTJFT-TV of the University of
Florida and KBYU Newsnet of
Brigham Young University, last
year's winner.

The announcement came
Sept. 14 at SPJ's national con-
vention in Fort Worth.

Maryland's journalism pro-
gram, which has earned a
national reputation for its print
journalism curriculum, has
focused in recent years on
building its broadcast news divi-
sion.

"Our print journalism pro-
gram has a long tradition of
excellence, but the Mark of
Excellence Award for'Maryland
Newsline' is proof that Mary-
Sec UMTKpage 7

Libraries Complete "Banner" Fiscal Year

AUSTIN BAILEY

Barbara Hair is the Libraries' assistant dean and director of external relations. She has big plans for the
Libraries, big plans.

Anyone doubting the excitement and
transformative power of libraries need
only speak with Barbara Harr for 30
minutes. Not only will she win you over, she
may even have you writing a check.

Harr, assistant dean and director of external
affairs for the Libraries, is part of the reason
the university Libraries had a banner fiscal year
for 2002, with gifts more than doubling those
received in FY 2001. Her passion for the writ-
ten word and her contagious belief that
libraries are much more dynamic than given
credit for could explain the increase. Since
arriving at Maryland just over a year ago, Harr

made it her mission to raise the Libraries' visi-
bility. This heightened awareness, gained
through gala events and widely publicized spe-
cial collections, resulted in more than $4 mil-
lion dollars being poured into the Libraries
through gifts and pledges averaging more than
$60,000 each. This includes the largest gift in
the Libraries' history: a $3 million endowed
fund to provide perpetual support for the Per-
forming Arts Library, now named The Michelle
Smith Performing Arts Library. Last fiscal year
total gift commitment totaled just over $1.5

See LIBRARIES, page 5

New Office
Combines
Missions,
Resources

Reduce the number of
one-person occupancy
vehicles on campus. It is
a simple statement that campus
administrators hope will guide
the complex effort needed to
make it so.

The Department of Campus
Parking and Shuttle-UM com-
bined their resources to create
the new Department of Trans-
portation Services. The organiza-
tion is designed to aid both
units in thinking about how to
get people to campus using
fewer vehicles and with mini-
mal hassle. It is hoped that a
more integrated approach, both
in word and in deed, may be a
good first step toward solving
campus parking woes.

"We were operating on the
build it and they will come' the-
ory," when constructing garages,
says David Allen, director of
Transportation Services. "But we
can't keep doing that, we only
have so much land to build on.
Instead of thinking only about
increasing spaces, now we're
working to reduce the number
of cars."

"For years we've been in an
enviable position because we
have been able to provide park-
See COMMUTING, page 4

New Liaison Excited
About Possibilities

Her office space
may be temporary,
but Julie Choe is a
permanent addi-
tion to the Office
of Campus Pro-
gram's roster of
student-university
liaisons.

In response to
requests from the
17 or so student
groups that make
up the Asian-Pacif-
ic-American (APA)
community for a
full-time person to
serve as a liaison
between APA stu-
dents and adminis-
trators, the Office
of Campus Pro-
grams (OCP) creat-
ed the coordinator
for APA student
services and advocacy post

PHOTO BY M0N6TTE AUSTIN HAIUV

Julie Choe, the new coordinator for student
services and advocate for the Asian -Pacific -
American community, wants to make connec-
tions across the campus.

See CHOE, page 7

Let's Talk
About It

Words of Engagement,
an Intergroup Dia-
logue Program spon-
sored by the Student Intercul-
tural Learning Center (SILQ
and the Office of Human Rela-
tions Programs (OHRP), brings
together groups of students
from social identity groups with
a history of tension or conflict.
Facilitated by trained and expe-
rienced intergroup dialogue
facilitators, participants con-
front those tensions and I mild
new bridges across groups.

Groups meet in two-hour ses-
sions once a week for seven
weeks. This semester's dialogues,
beginning the week of Oct. 7,
include: People of Color/White
People, Wo men/Men, Intra-
LGBT, Story Circle for Students
with Psychological Disabilities,
Non-Native English Speakers/

See DIALOGUE, page 7

Unique Hearing Research
Program Nets Major NIH Grant

Fish have ears. So do bats,
birds and bugs. And while they
might look different from the
human ear, a group of universi-
ty researchers thinks under-
standing how different animals
sense and process sound may
uncover clues to restoring
human hearing loss.

Research by an interdiscipli-
nary team in the Center for
Comparative and Evolutionary
Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH)
has so impressed the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), that
NIH has awarded a $2.6 mil-
lion P-30 Core Center grant to
the university to support the
CCEBH and expand research
in auditory neuroscience.

"We are one of only a few
groups in the world studying
hearing from the evolution
and comparative perspec-
tives," said Robert Dooling,
professor of psychology, co-

director of the C-CEBH, and
principal investigator of the P-
30 grant.

"It's unusual to receive a P-
30 Core Center on a campus
without a medical school," said
Arthur N. Popper, professor of
biology and co-director of C-
CEBH."Grants for them are
almost always given only to
medical schools."

The P-30 Core Center grant
provides additional support
for interdisciplinary research
for 13 investigators in hearing
science. In addition to Dooling
and Popper are Cynthia Moss
and David Yager, psychology;
Catherine Carr and Dennis
Higgs, biology; David Poeppel,
linguistics and biology; Shihab
Shamma, electrical and com-
puter engineering; Jonathan
Simon, electrical and comput-

See HEARING, page 4

SEPTEMBER 24, 2002

dateline
rnaryland

Tornado Memorial Service

Sept, 24 marks the first anniversary of the tornado that struck
College Park and killed students Colleen and Erin Marlatt. A tree
will be planted in their memory on LaPlata Beach, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m.
Later, Steven Zu brick of the National Weather Service will pres-
ent "In Nature's Way — the College Park and LaPlata Tornadoes
Revisited," 7:30-8:30 p.m., Architecture Auditorium, 0204. For more
information, contact Craig Carignan at craigc@ssi, umd.edu, 5-1996.

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: SEPTEMBER 24-OCTOBER 2

September 24

8 a.m. -6 p.m., RNA Splicing
in Human Pathologies Audi-
torium, USM Shady Grove Cam-
pus. The first annual sympo-
sium sponsored by the Univer-
sity of Maryland Biotechnology
Institute and Exonhit Thera-
peutics aims to provide a
forum to discuss advances and
investigate issues in the emerg-
ing field of genomics. The
meeting will focus on state-of-
the-art concepts and mecha-
nisms of alternative RNA splic-
ing, with leading scientists pro-
viding insight on the impact of
alternative splicing in the
onset and progression of dis-
eases. Adrian R. Krainer of
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
is the keynote speaker. Regis-
tration is free. For more infor-
mation, contact G. Coleman at
(301) 990-4802 or colemang®
umbi.umd.edu.

12:30-2 p.m.. The Love-
Dream of Thomas Chatter-
ton's Unrecorded Face 0135

Taliaferro, CRBS's Works-in-Pro-
gress Colloquium. Refreshments
served. For more information,
call Karen Nelson at 5-6830.

4:30-7:30 p.m.,Unix: Your
WAM Account is More
Than Just Email 4404 Com-
puter & Space Science. Intro-
duces the UNIX operating sys-
tem. Concepts covered include
file and directory manipulation
commands, navigational skills
and the Pico editor. It does not
teach programming skills. Pre-
requisite: a WAM account. For
more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.

5:30-7:30 p.m.. Take Five:
Chulrua Clarice Smith Perfor-
ming Arts Center. See page 3.

'EDNESDAY

September 25

10 a.m-4 p.m.. First Look
Fair Registration McKeldin
Mall. An opportunity to meet
and share with students. The
fair will be held again Sept. 26
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Registra-
tion required; forms were sent
to deans, divisions and depart-
ment heads. For additional
forms or more information,
contact Katy Casseriy at 5-0838
or kcasserty@union.umd.edu.

6-9 p.m., Dreamweaver:
Making Web Pages the
Easy Way 4404 Computer &
Space Science. Uses the indus-
try standard in Web authoring
to create a more complex Web
site without using HTML code.
Prerequisite: a WAM account.
For more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
c wp os t@umd 5 . umd. ed u , or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.

September 26

10 a.m. -4 p.m., First Look
Fair Registration McKeldin
Mall. See Wednesday, Sept. 25.

12:30- 4:30 p.m.. Satellite
Teleconference on Food
Safety Grants to Local and
State Agencies 4205 Horn-
bake. The broadcast will fea-
ture results of the Innovative
Food Safety Grants from FY
1999 and 2000 and will pro-
vide information about educa-
tional tools to promote and
enhance safe food practices.
For more information, contact
Alesia McManus at 5-9285 or
visit am245@umail.umd.edu, or
visit www.fda.gov/cdrh/ohip/
dcm/html/grants.html.

1-3:30 p.m.. Spatial Analy-
sts with ArcView 3.2 6101
McKeldin Library. Free, but
advance registration required
at www.lib.umd.edu/UES/gis.
html. A hands-on workshop
exploring the more complex
query and spatial analysis of
ArcView 3-2 GIS (Geographic
Information Systems) software.
Prerequisite: familiarity with
ArcView. The workshop will
also be offered on Oct. 1 6 and
Nov. 5. For more information,
contact User Education Ser-
vices at 5-9070 or ue6@umall.
umd.edu, or visit www. lib.
umd.edu/UES/gis.html.

3:30-5:00 p.m., Onomato-
poetics: A Linear Reading
of Martial 7.67-70 2407

Marie Mount Hall. A Lecture
sponsored by the Department

of Classics and given by Niklas
Holzberg of Ludwig-Maximil-
ians-Universitaet, Munich. For
more information, contact
Judith P. Hallett at 5-2024 or
jhlO@umail. umd.edu .

September 27

2-3 p.m., Algebra/Number
Theory Seminar 13 11 Math
Building. Matthew Baker will
present, "Modularity for curves
of genus >=2." For more infor-
mation, visit the Math Depart-
ment Web site, www. math.
umd.edu/dept/seminars.

8-10 p.m., Maryland Dance
Ensemble Showcase Clarice

Smith Performing Arts Center.
See page 3-

september 28

12-3 p.m., NWS Severe
Storm Spotter Training:
Basics I Judith Resnik Lecture
Hall (1202 Martin Hall). The
National Weather Service
(NWS) will teach its Basics I
course on severe weather. The
class will cover bask storm
spotting techniques and how
the NWS operates. Preregistra-
tion is required; please indicate
which classes you have taken
and the class you are register-
ing for. Register at wwwmeto.
umd.edu/-gcm/skywarn or
http://205. 1 56.54.206/er/lwx/
skywarn/classes.html, or con-
tact craigc@ssl.umd.edu,
broberts@ssl.umd.edu, or
bryanb@atmos.umd.edu. For
more information, contact
Brian Guyer at 5-5391 or
guyer@atmos.umd.edu,

3:30-6:30 p.m., NWS Severe
Storm Spotter Training:
Winter Storms Judith Resnik
Lecture Hall (1202 Martin
Hall). The class will focus on
mid-Atlantic snowstorms and
nor'easters. It will examine the
frequency and history of the
storms, how they form, the dif-

ficulties in forecasting them,
how to be prepared, how to
measure snow and ice, and
how Skywarn operates during
a winter event. Prerequisite:
Basics I. Pre registration is
required; please indicate which
classes you have taken and
which you are registering for.
Register at www.meto.umd.
edu/~gcm/ skywarn or http://
205.156.54.206/er/lwx/sky-
warn/classes.html, or contact
guye r@a tmos . umd . edu ,
craigc@ssl.umd.edu, broberts®
ssl.umd.edu or bryanb@atmos.
umd.edu. For more information,
contact Brian Guyer at 5-5391
or guyer@atmos.umd.edu.

8-10 p.m., Maryland Dance
Ensemble Showcase Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.

See Friday, Sept. 27.

September 29

3:30-5:30 p.m.. Colloquium
on Classics and Die Weisse
Rose 4433 South ParkAvenue,
Chevy Chase. Location has
been moved from Francis Scott
Key Hall. Featuring a presenta-
tion by Niklas Holzberb of
Ludwig-Maximilians Univer-
sitat, Munich, en titled, "Lycur-
gus in Leaflets and Lectures:
Die Weisse Rose and Classics at
Munich University 1941-1945?"
with responses by Maryland
professor Peter Beicken and
Ernestine Schlant of Montclair
State University. For more
information, contact Judith R
Hallett at 5-2024 or
jhl0@umail.umd.edu.

September 30

8:45 a.m.-4 p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Introduc-
tion to FileMaker Pro 4404

Computer & Space Science.
The course is taught on Macin-
tosh G3s, but concepts cov-
ered will convey seamlessly to
the Windows environment. The
class fee is $1 10. To register,
visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc. For
more information, contact Jane
S. Wieboldt at 5-0443 or oit-
training@umail.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc

10 a.m. -noon, Grand
Reopening, Government
Documents & Maps Library

See For Your Interest, page 8.

6:30-8:00 p.m.. Peace
Forum Meeting 2106Tydings
Hall. Peace Forum will meet to

discuss ways of stopping mili-
tary action. For more informa-
tion, contact Kobi at 5-5091 or
snitz@umd.edu.

October 1

8:30-10:30 a.m.. Beginning
and Intermediate Spanish

Language Classes See For

Your Interest, page 8.

6-9 p.m., HTML I: Learn to
Create a Basic Web Page
with HTML Code 4404 Com-
puter & Space Science. Intro-
duces the Hypertext Markup
Language used to create Web
pages on the World Wide Web.
Concepts covered: how to for-
mat text, make lists, links and
anchors, upload pages, and add
inline images. Prerequisite:
Basic Computing Technologies
class and a WAM account. For
more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/pt.

EDNE5DAY

October 2

10-12:30 p.m., Textual to
Spatial Data with ArcView

3.2 6101 McKeldin Library. A
hands-on workshop that cov-
ers the conversion of text to
geographic information. Geo-
coding and conversion of lati-
tude and longitude will be dis-
cussed. Free, but advance regis-
tration is required at www.lib.
umd.edu/UES/gis.html. Prereq-
uisite: Familiarity with ArcView
software. The workshop will
also be offered on Oct. 24 and
Nov. 12. For more information,
contact User Education Servi-
ces at 5-9070 or ue6@umail.
umd.edu, or visit www.lib.
umd . edu/U ES/gis . html .

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NEWS FROM THE CLARICE SMITH

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Maryland Dance Ensemble Kicks Off Fall Season

The Maryland Dance
Ensemble Showcase
will open the
Department of
Dance's fall season with the
repertory ensemble featuring
works by visiting artists and
faculty on Friday and Satur-
day, Sept. 27 and 28 at 8 p.m.
in the Ina and Jack Kay The-
atre of the Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center.

Metro award for outstanding
solo performance, inter-
viewed people from Brazil,
France, Germany, Hungary,
Russia, Ukraine.Yugoslavia
and the United States. She
asked them what their last
words would be to someone
they might never see again.
The work explores loss and
the journey towards a lasting
peace. The work includes

The Maryland Dance Ensemble begins its fall semester with a show-
case of works by visiting artists and faculty on Sept. 27 and 28.

A new work, "Out on the
Inside," by Nejia Yatkin,
Department of Dance faculty
member, is a multimedia
work. Commissioned by the
Kennedy Center, the dance
responds to the loss experi-
enced on Sept. ll.Yatkin,
who recendy won a DC

video work by Lenita
Williamson, academic tech-
nology coordinator at Mary-
land.

A solo work by die late
Jane Dudley, "Harmonica
Breakdown (1938)," will be
performed by master's of fine
arts candidate Connie Fink.

Dudley was a significant cho-
reographer of the '40s and the
dance is a response to the dif-
ficulties facing workers of the
time. This dance is an oppor-
tunity to experience the style
of an earlier period. The
music is by Sonny Terry. Pearl
Lang of the Martha Graham
Company reconstructed the
work. Special permission to
perform the work was grant-
ed by Dudley's brother, film-
maker Tom Herwitz.

"American Travelogue," a
premiere by dance faculty
member Alvin Mayes is a
Ugh the ar ted exploration of
the ups and downs of three
people traveling together.
Supported in part by a grant
from the Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center, the work
is set to popular music of the
'50s.The dancers are Fink,
guest artist Tommie Parion
and guest artist and Maryland
alumnus Leonard wood.

A Bhar.it anatyam solo by
graduate student Daniel
Phoenix Singh will be per-
formed to live Indian music.
"ThiUana in Raga Hindolam
andTala Kanda chappu"was
choreographed by Shanta
and VR Dhananjayan. It is a
dance of exuberant joy and
intricate rhythmic variations.

The visiting artist works,
"Aperture" and "Bench Quar-
tet" by Doug Varone were
acquired for Maryland Dance
Ensemble through a grant
from the National College
Choreography Initiative and
will remain in the repertory
through the spring semester.
The lively, humorous "Ten-
der Traps" by visiting artist
David Parker is based on
rehearsal "raw sessions," in-
cluding mistakes and banter.
The program was selected
and directed by Professor
Alcine "Wiltz, chair of the
Department of Dance. Paul D.
Jackson is the lighting design-
er and technical director of
the program. Tickets to Mary-
land Dance Ensemble Show-
case are $ 12, $5 for students.
Contact the ticket office at
001) 405-ARTS for more
information.

TAKE FIVE WITH CHULRUA

The Take Five on Tuesdays series continues this
season with diverse and unique programming. The sec-
ond free performance of the semester will feature the
Irish sounds of Chulrua. Chulrua com-
bines three of the finest traditional Irish
musicians .touring today: Paddy O'Brien,
senior all-Ireland button accordion cham-
pion; Tim Briiton, master of the uilleann

Take

pipes as well as wooden flute and tin whistle; and Pat
Egan, master guitar accompanist and singer from
Tipperary. Tlieir collective mastery of Irish music and
song is unparalleled, providing a concert experience of
the highest caliber.

Pronounced "cool-ROO-ah," Chulrua translates
from Irish as "red back," and was the name and distin-
guishing feature of the favorite wolflwund belonging to
the ancient Irish hero Fionn MacCumhaill.

By striving to present musk and songs that keep
with the old Irish tradition, the trio plays the old
instrumental dance music of Ireland: jigs, reels, horn-
pipes, polkas, slides, walking marches, songs, slow airs,
set dances and harp music.

The heart of Irish music is the session, where tunes
are played and traded, and conversation about music is
the central theme. Sessions can be held anywhere, but
are usually the best, and most relaxed, in a small, inti-
mate place like the kitchen of a house or a small pub.
The music presented by Chulrua comes from that inti-
mate Irish tradition.

With almost 70 years of combined experience per-
forming at community fairs and festivals, colleges and
universities, folk clubs and a variety of other venues,
Chulrua mil perform at the Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center in the Robert and Arlette Kogod Theatre
on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m.

TAKE Fl VE events are every other Tuesday.
Performances are informal and free!

For ticket information or to
request a season brochure,
contact the Ticket Office at
301.405.ARXS or visit www.
clarices mithcenter, utnd . edu .

Clarice Smith
PerformcngAkts

CEbTTERATMARYlAND

An Exciting Season Ahead for the Department of Theatre

The award-winning faculty
members of the Department
of Theatre promise the
2002-03 season will bring chal-
lenging topics, innovative roles
and some light humor to the
stage. Kicking off their fall season
on Oct. 18 is "You Can't Take it

with You," an American comedy
sure to set high standards for the
year.

Directed by John Vreeke, "You
Can't Take it with You" is a classic
comedy set in a house filled with
children, grandchildren and their
spouses who came for a visit and

never left. Their grandpa reigns
aver the madhouse and lets fire-
works erupt as the characters all
begin to "find themselves."

To find out more about the
Department of Theatre season,
visit wwwxlaricesmithcenter.
umd.edu.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2002

Bringing Research Together to Aid Teachers

For the first time, Maryland
will host a conference
designed to showcase
recent and exciting research
around literacy and learning
for first and second languages.
Sponsored by the College of
Education, the Graduate School
and the Office of International
Programs,"Improving Learning
Strategies for Literacy Confer-
ence:An International
Research Conference on First
and Second Language (LI and
L2) Literacy Strategies" will be
held Nov. 1-3 in the Stamp Stu-
dent Union.

"There's been a traditional
but puzzling separation of
research of these two fields,
TESOL and reading," said Peter
Afflerbach, organizer and pro-

fessor of curriculum and
instruction with the College of
Education. "We're really after
the same thing."

One of the goals is to pres-
ent first and second language
educators with research and
tools that they can use in
improving literacy. Workshops
for teachers held Friday after-
noon include Steve Graham
and Karen Harris presenting
"Self-regulating Strategy Devel-
opment; Making the Writing
Process Work" and Roberta
Lavine and Teresa Cabal-Krastel
presenting "Dealing with
Learning Disabilities in the L2
ClassroonTThe keynote speak-
er for Saturday's hill day is
Michael Pressley of Michigan
State University presenting

"Defining Effective Literacy
Instruction."

Other campus speakers are
Afflerbach, Patricia Alexander
and Rebecca Oxford. Neil
Anderson, Brigham Young Uni-
versity; Andrew Cohen, Univer-
sity of Minnesota; and Anna Uhl
Chamot, George Washington
University, will speak as well.

Afflerbach feels there is
something in the conference
for several audiences. "I am
encouraging anyone interested
in language and learning and
helping students to become
fully literate to come "

Early registration deadline is
Oct. 4. For rates and other con-
ference details, go to
www, educat ion , umd .edu/EDC
l/info/IntlConf2002.

PHOTO BV CYNTHIA M1TCHEL

The student-run Shuttle-UM service offers commuters 11 routes to get on and off
campus.

Commuting: Looking for Viable Options

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ing for anyone who
needed it," says
Richard Stimpson,
assistant vice presi-
dent for student
affairs. "As we build on
existing parking lots,
we've moved into a
period where we
won't be able to meet
everybody's expecta-
tions for a convenient
parking space. As a
result, we want to find
viable options for all
of us to use as we
travel to and from
campus."

The department is
attempting to change
the way people think
about commuting. Pat
Mielke, assistant vice
president for student
affairs services, voices
what many people think about
alternative methods of getting
to campus. "For me to give up
the privilege of driving my car
every day, it's got to be so easy
and designed so that I don't
even have to think about it."
She is working, though, to win
over folks who think like she
does, using herself as a test.

"We have to begin an effort
to change the way we think
about options to get us out of
our cars, or think that savings
aren't worth the inconve-
niece ," says Stimpson. A Green-
belt resident, Stimpson rode
Shuttle-UM for two years, but
admits that time became an
issue when it couldn't get him
to and from work when he
liked and as quickly as he
liked. Because people will
require various personal needs
be met if they are to try alter-
native forms of commuting,
Transportation Services will
"look at where we can change
what we're doing to help peo-
ple reach that threshold," says
Stimpson.

As a move in that direction,
beginning this fall, a shutde
bus leaves the College Park
metro station every eight min-

Hearing:

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Birds as Teachers

utes. Also, the Washington Met-
ropolitan Area Transit Authori-
ty's Metrochek program that
allows commuters to make
pre-tax payroll deductions
toward the purchase of bus or
rail fares should begin soon. It
will offer faculty, staff and grad-
uate assistants some subsidy
when using any public trans-
portation services. Following
the success of vanpools, a car-
pool program is being encour-
aged. Allen says they arc also
looking at the possibility of
attaching bike racks to buses,
using Metrobuses as a model.

"We're trying to take away
barriers," says Maria Lonsbury,
general manager of Shutde-UM
and assistant director of the
Office of Commuter Affairs and
Community Service "For some
people, it's not going to work,
but if we keep hearing why it's
not working, then let's talk
about that. How can we make
it work?"

"There may be some adjust-
ments in existing shuttle
routes to better meet the
changing needs of the institu-
tion," says Mielke. "This may
mean we'll have to decrease
service where t ridership is

limited in order to provide it
where demand is liigh. Infor-
mation on op dons being con-
sidered will be shared with the
campus community well
before adjustments occur."

Allen says studying where
people are clustered helps
determine where the greatest
transportation needs are locat-
ed. University Courtyard Apart-
ments, on the other side of
University Boulevard, has the
greatest density of students off
campus. Two years ago, ore
than 700 students were driving
more than 500 cars across the
street and parking on campus.
"We put together a 15 minute
shutde system for them. Half of
those staying over there now
ride," he says.

"Stay tuned. We look forward
to sharing information on
options," adds Mielke. The Divi-
sion of Student Affairs is
designing a comprehensive
color brochure outlining the
many ways commuters can get
to campus. It will provide
information on agencies, both
on and off campus, that sup-
port alternative transportaion.
The publication will be avail-
able by the week of Sept. 23.

er engineering and biology; and
Sandra Gordon-Salant and
Michelle Hicks, hearing and
speech. Also on the team are
investigators from the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center and
James Madison University.

The P-30 grant enables high-
ly-funded investigators to go a
step further by working closely
with each other, some on sever-
al projects, to combine their
specialty areas. "Our group rep-
resents an unusually broad and
comparative approach to hear-
ing science. Collaboration is the
key to success," said Dooling.
"Working through a center will
gready facilitate cross-dis-
ciplinary research by
enhancing the
ability to share
information and
technology.

"The C-
CEBH, as well
as the new cen-
ter grant, arc
wonderful exam-
ples of the poten-
tial that interdiscipli-
nary research holds," said
Dooling. "This all began years
ago as a joint effort in the neu-
rosciences, primarily between
the Colleges of BSOS and Life
Sciences. The support and wis-
dom from Irv Goldstein and
Norma Allewell, and Paul Maz-
zocchi before her, at critical
junctures ,was absolutely cru-
cial in building the center and
ultimately in winning die grant."

Alike and Different

Different animals process
sound in different ways.
For instance, while humans and
many other vertebrates monitor
their own vocal output, bats
have raised this to a new level.
They have evolved a sonar sys-
tem to probe the details of their
environment, almost like an
acoustic "flashlight." The bat
sends out an acoustic signal,
which bounces off an object
and returns to the bat to tell it
what the object is and where it
is located.

Animals also vary in their
abilities to recover from hear-
ing loss. When human sensory
hair cells, which arc located in
the inner ear and are critical to
hearing, arc destroyed, they
don't grow back, and hearing is
lost. But in many birds and fish,
these sensory hair cells regener-
ate, restoring most of the ani-
mal's hearing.

C-CEBH investigators hope
that by looking at anatomical,
physiological and behavior
mechanisms of hearing in differ-
ent animals they will be able to
explain some of these differ-
ences and similarities in com-
plex auditory behavior. Some
findings may eventually lead to
discoveries of methods for
restoring hearing loss and
understanding other complex
auditory processing problems
in humans.

"All aspects of hearing were

invented by other animals," said
Popper. "By looking at animals,
we can understand where hear-
ing came from and we can ask
questions we can't answer any
other way. Our research has
already shown that there are
remarkably common elements
in sound source localization in
all vertebrates."

Questions, Answers

C-CEBH investigators study a
range of questions, includ-
ing:

• Owls, bats and praying man-

tises all use three-
dimensional
sound cues to
locate objects,
but they do
it differently.
What are
the differ-
ences and
similarities?

• Birds and fish,
like humans, have
inner ears with sensory
hair cells that are critical to
hearing. When trauma to the
inner ear destroys human hair
cells, they never regenerate. In
birds and fish, however, hair
cells do regenerate. Some
species regain full function, oth-
ers don't. What is the cellular
basis of the lack of recovery?
Arc there clues here to human
hair cell regeneration?

• Elderly people may lose their
ability to recognize rapid or
reverberating speech, a tempo-
ral auditory ability. Is this some-
thing that takes place just in the
auditory system or somewhere
else in the body? Are there clues
from some bird species that
have exceptionally acute tem-
poral auditory ability?

• Many species of birds must
learn their songs, much as
humans learn language. What
are the parallels between song
learning in birds and language
learning in humans? What is the
effect of hearing loss on main-
taining a learned vocal reper-
toire? Why do some birds learn
vocalizations throughout life
while others learn only during a
critical period?

The Future

The center plans to host
seminars focused on collab-
orative research endeavors and
to hold an annual interdiscipli-
nary workshop that will bring
in scientists from other institu-
tions.

"We will maintain an active
communication network to
insure that all the C-CEBH inves-
tigators are in continuous con-
tact with each other" said Dool-
ing."Our vision for the C-CEBH
is that it will be an intellectual
hub, not only for us, but for the
entire auditory neuroscience
community."

OUTLOOK

able

Scholarship
Money Availab

The National Scholarships
Office would like to draw fac-
ulty members attention to
two scholarship activities students
should be encouraged to attend.

Sophomores and juniors in the
environmental sciences and related
fields should attend the Udall Schol-
arship workshop given by Prof.
Wendy Whittemore on Sept. 25 from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room 1124 Biolo-
gy-Psychology, The scholarship is
also available to Native Americans
and Alaska natives in fields related
to health care or tribal policy. Schol-
ars receive $5,000 for one year. The
foundation deadline is Feb. 15, 2003.

The following evening, a Scholar-
ship Awareness event in the Mary-
land Room of Marie Mount Hall will
highlight opportunities for students
to apply for national scholarships.
Speakers are Joshua Wyner, chief
program officer at the Jack Kent
Cooke Foundation; Eric Sheppard,
program director for the National
Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship program; Car-
men Gordon, program officer for the
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
at the U.S. Department of Education;
and Sean Fahey, Maryland/DC
Rhodes Scholar 1994, Maryland Tru-
man Scholar 1993 and Gates Cam-
bridge Trust interviewer.

A faculty workshop will be held
from 4-5 p.m. and a student work-
shop will follow from 5-6 p.m. This
event is open to faculty, staff and
students at all University System of
Maryland teaching institutions. Lim-
ited seating, registration required.
RSVP at (301)405-9363.

For more information on either
event, contact Camille Stillwell at
(301) 314-1289 or cstiflwe@umd.edu,
or go to www.umd.edu/nso.

Affairs Celebrates an Anniversary

1

PHOTO BY- KAREN LOGAN

Board Chairman Maxine Isaacs speaks with Gov. Parris Glendening during dinner. Former
Maryland President John Toll sits to her right.

World-renowned New York Times journalist and three-time
Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman delivered the lunch-
eon keynote address at the Maryland School of Public Affairs'
20th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, Sept. 13. Friedman
also signed his new book, "Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World
After September 1 1 ," which is comprised of columns he published about Sept.
11 as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his
reporting on the post-September world as he traveled from Afghanistan to
Israel to Europe to Indonesia to Saudi Arabia.

The event was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union
and brought togedier the school's founding fathers, including former
University of Maryland President John Toll; former faculty and staff; alumni;
former board members, including Phil Merrill and Sen. Joseph Tydings; and
the many individuals who contributed to the school's success. Gov. Parris
Glendening served as a panelist at one of the "Leading With Excellence" poli-
cy forums and the dean's reception featured the Capitol Steps, a political satire
group composed of former Congressional staffers.

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million.

"We've come to recognize
that to go beyond basics, we
have to ask. It's a mindshift,"
she says.

Michelle Wellens, director of
Friends of the Libraries, adds
that it is getting back to
Libraries' roots. Many of the
country's first libraries were
created through acts of philan-
thropy. "It's not a new concept.
Maybe as times have changed,
we're coming back to the need
for philanthropy," she says.

"We're asking in a very
strategic, focused way," contin-
ues Harr."In order for the
schools to prepare students to
be our future leaders, you have
to support the Libraries," she
says. Through cooperation
with the Alumni Association
and academic departments, she
hopes to tap the hundreds of
thousands of alumni who have
used Maryland's library-
resources. It is a natural pool of
supporters, she believes.

"Everyone who comes to the
university and graduates has
used one of our libraries, virtu-

ally or physically, yet we have
no graduates, no constituency.
So I came here with the
thought that to the fullest
extent possible, I'm going to
reach out to everyone. That's
what this banner year is all
about."

Harr says a good portion of
praise goes toWelIens,"She's an
event queen, a genius at plan-
ning special events." Well-attend-
ed soirees, such as the Friends
Gala 2002: "Celebrating Acade-
mic & Athletic Excellence,"
bear out Hair's premise that
libraries offer treasures waiting
to be celebrated and support-
ed.' We bring value," says Harr.

"The events are often the
most visible part of the
Friends' activities, but we also
do a host of other key initia-
tives such as our quarterly
newsletter Library Issues,
online gift shop, Special Bor-
rowers program and acknowl-
edgement and stewardship of
gifts," says Wellens. "In return, I
would give Barbara the title of
'The Great Catalyst.' Barbara
has made her mark in the

Libraries as an individual who
makes things happen."

Hair's efforts are internal, as
well. The Libraries' curators and
branch staff bring a level of
expertise and professionalism
that makes wliat Harr and
Wellens do that much easier,
Harrfeels."I see myself and
Michelle as catalysts for getting
people to become more aware
that they are part of the effort.
When you start thinking that
way, you're part of the momen-
tum. You're on a roll!"

A graduate of Maryland's Col-
lege of Information Studies and
a former librarian, Harr knows
not everyone buys into her
vibrant vision of libraries,
which is why it is so important
to raise awareness and target
collections to meet varied
interests. The Hornbake Show-
case, for example, offers recep-
tions for collections of donated
papers, a lecture on why
"Sesame Street's" successful
model wasn't copied, a slide
presentation on the preserva-
tion of the original Testudo,
and a discussion of computer

technologies. The approach
modeled events surrounding
the Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center dedication. "In mar-
keting, you have to get the mes-
sage out there in a lot of differ-
ent ways," says Harr.

This business-like approach
won her the Potomac Chamber
of Commerce Businessperson
of the Year award in 1989
while she managed not a busi-
ness but a library in Mont-
gomery County. She serves on
tire board of the Washington,
DC. chapter of the Association
of Fundraising Professionals
and holds a designation as a
certified fund raising execu-
tive, which requires that practi-
tioners have at least five years
experience before sitting for a
four-hour exam. Harr loves
being able to meld two pas-
sions, libraries and marketing,
into one winning pursuit. And
it is especially sweet to do so
for the university at a time
when it's zooming.

"I'm back home and it's one
of the best times to be here,"
she says.

Notable

University professor and artist
W.C. Richardson was the recipi-
ent of the Maryland State Arts
Council Individual Artist Award,
one of 10 top-level grants given
in 2002. In July Richardson ex-
liibited a 10-foot square painting
on the floor of the Project Space
at Fuse box, a gallery in Washing-
ton, D.C. Also in the Art Depart-
ment, professor Athena Tach has
been awarded the following
public commissions; Two plazas
and two walkways with pave-
ment designs and sculptures for
"Wisconsin Place," a new devel-
opment at the Friendship
Heights Metro station in Bethes-
da;a 700-foot long "art walk"
between Grosvenor Metro sta-
tion and die new Strathmorc
Concert Hall in Rockville; and a
plaza for the new Washington
Metro Morgan Station in Prince
George's County.

Yale Fineman has assumed the
position of music librarian/head
of reference and circulation at
die Michelle Smith Performing
Arts Library. Fineman was user
services librarian in the music
library at Duke University. While
there, Fineman developed elec-
tronic resources, most notably
DW3 Classical Music Resources,
which Is the most comprehen-
sive collection of classical
music resources on the Web
with links to more than 3,000
carefully selected, non-commer-
cial pages and sites in more
than a dozen languages.

Kathie Packer is the new
Libraries development associ-
ate. She will assist Barbara Harr,
assistant dean and director,
external relations, and Michelle
Wellens, director of Friends of
the Libraries, in providing
administrative and development
support.

The Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center's Development
Department welcomes Alicia
Wilmes to its team as the new
development officer. Wilmes
comes most recendy from Sub-
urban Hospital, where she was
with die hospital foundation.
She has also held positions with
the University System of Mary-
land and Johns Hopkins.

David Balcom was promoted to
the newly created associate
executive director of develop-
ment position within University
Relations. In his new role, Bal-
com will work closely with
Valerie Broadie, assistant vice
president for development, to
manage the constituent and
central development operations.
He will continue to work in hLs
prior capacities until an appro-
priate replacement fundraiser is
hired.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2O02

£ x t r a c u x r i c it I a r

Melding Art and Politics

Taking University Expertise to the Community

He stands proudly in the
lobby of the Grand
Hyatt Hotel in north-
west Washington, D.C.,
trunk held high, vinyl jumpsuit fit-
ting like a glove. He's Elephis Pres-
ley. Fashioned by university artist
and professor Greg Metcalf, he is
one of 200 Party Animals dotting
the capital city.

The Party Animals, a project of
the DC Commission on the Arts
and Humanities, are 100 donkeys
and 100 elephants representing

also epoxy modelling clay from
Wisconsin and creepily realistic
doll hair from Minnesota," says
Metcalf.

Between teaching courses, he
works on "creating wooden por-
trait sculptures inspired by the
principles of traditional Congolese
ritual sculpture," mosdy comis-
sions exhibited in New Mexico
and Florida. He's created sculp-
tures of Dadaist artist Max Emst
for the director of the Minneapolis
Institute of Art, artist Paul Gauguin

PHOTO BV CVNTHIA MITCHEL

It took university professor Greg Matcalf approximately two weeks to create
Elephis Presley,

Democrats and Republicans deco-
rated imaginatively and placed all
over the city. Metro area artists
were given grants to complete the
4 1/2 by 5 foot sculptures, which
should be on display through the
first week of October. At die end
of October, all of the animals will
be on display at gardens of the
Marriott Wardman Park hotel in
Woodley Park in preparadon for
an auction. The project is similar
to the artisdc cows that dotted
Chicago's streets a few years ago.

Metcalf, an adjunct professor in
the Art History, English and Ameri-
can studies departments, spent last
spring break (and the following
week) finishing his statue while
listening to recorded books in the
former Woodies department store
in the District, where several
artists who didn't have sufficient
studio space elsewhere finished
their animals. "People would come
by and talk and ask questions,"
says Metcalf. "The best comment
from a spectator: a guy came up
and said,'Trunka,Trunka Bumin'
Love' and then walked away,"

Each artist was given a $1,000
grant and $200 for supplies. Outfit-
ting Elephis was a project in itself.
"It took nine yards of white vinyl
and I had to track down the rhine-
stones on the Internet from a
Canadian company They were the
only company that had rhine-
stones remotely big enough for an
elephant-sized Elvis. There was

as aTahidan Buddha, and one of
SojournerTruth. u Next in line, sit-
ting on a rack above my television,
are Pablo Picasso riding the Guer-
nica horse, a Bram Stoker, a Jack
Kerouac, a Kathe Kdllwitz, an Ein-
stein, a Frida Kahlo and a Dante,
and a paired [Ella] Fitzgerald and
[ErnestJ Hemingway.''

Easier to see is Metcalf 's display
of 15 "portrait snowdomes" on die
fourth floor of Hornbake Library.
Each small plastic dome features a
miniature portrait sculpture of an
artist, author or composer.

Metcalf s interest in art and poli-
tics connects in several places, as
evidenced by his University of
Maryland doctorate in American
studies, which he calls a relation-
ship of art and culture. He worked
his way through a master of fine
arts program at Bowling Green
State University as a political car-
toonist. So the Party Animals proj-
ect fit right in with Metcalf s sensi-
bilities. Will Elephis sit atop his tel-
evision as well?

"There's litde enough breathing
space where I live as it is. I'm fair-
ly sure I don't get dim back. I
assume they maintain possession,"
he answers.

The Party Animals will be auc-
tioned off at the end of the exhibi-
tion, with all proceeds going to
the DC Arts Commission grants
program and arts education. For
more information, visit
www. partyanimals. org.

Editor's note: Outlook's feature, extracurricular, will take occasional
glimpses into university employees' lit>es outside of their day Jobs. We
welcome story suggestions; call Monette Austin Bailey at (301) 405-
4629 or send tbem to outlook9accmaiLumd.edu.

An intense partner-
ship between the
university's College
of Education and a local
high school helped its stu-
dents achieve higher SAT
scores, but the big news
isn't so much the scores as
it is what this accomplish-
ment means for improving
educational experiences
overall.

Partnerships with Prince
George's County public
schools are not unusual for
the college. What is a bit
different about the work at
Bladensburg High School is
the level of involvement.
Through the college's Mary-
land Institute for Minority
Achievement and Urban
Education (MIMAUE) and
the K-16 Partnership Devel-
opment Center, faculty and
student teachers provide a
myriad of services designed
for both schoolteachers and
their students at what have
been low-performing
schools.

The university was intro-
duced as part of a collabora-
tion of community groups
and educational institutions
at a recent press confer-
ence trumpeting the begin-
ning of a new initiative to
improve test scores and
overall school performance.
Bowie State University, the
Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commis-
sion, Prince George's Coun-
ty Libraries and Faith Com-
munity are the other part-
ners. For Maryland's part,
the project is a chance to
give schools, particularly

Bladensburg and its feeder
schools, attention.

"We don't do to the
schools, we work with
them," says Dean Edna Szy-
manski of the collaboration.
"We listen. We collaborate,
and they respond with
great ideas and enthusi-
asm."

Some of the programs
include professional devel-
opment for teachers with
an emphasis in math and lit-
eracy, a summer program
that offers students a
glimpse of college and its
possibilities and an initia-
tive to ease transitions
between elementary, middle
and high school. Some of
the faculty members
involved are Frances Gulick
(math), Wayne Slater (litera-
cy), Neil Davidson (math
education) and Dennis Kiv-
lighan (counseling and per-
sonnel services). Penny
Largay, a retired county
regional school director, is
the university's project
coordinator. Also, Sonia
Keiner with the James Mac-
Gregor Burns Academy of
Leadership supervised Team
Maryland, which brought
1 5 students into the ele-
mentary, middle and high
schools for one-on-one
attention . "They won uni-
versal praise from these
schools," says Greenberg.

"We hope that what
we're doing will help
change the academic cli-
mate," says Martin Johnson,
director of MIMAUE. "We
want to lift the level of
expectations."

So a 17-point increase in
SAT scores is a step in that
direction. "It's important,
not statistically significant,
but it went up. We don't
claim credit for it," says
Johnson.

Jim Greenberg, director of
the K-16 center, agrees that
the scores are merely an
indicator of an attitude shift
occurring on several levels.
"It's not the scores that real-
ly matter, but the benefit for
the whole community. What
we can do is come together
in a way the helps people
look more systematically and
positively at what they're
doing. Help them do their
job better."

The Bladensburg Project,
as it is called by the county,
seems a perfect project for
MIMAUE, which came into
existence just as the SAT
Awareness initiative took
shape. Johnson, Greenberg
and Szymanski expect even
greater things, "Because of
the good things that are
happening with the project.
the dean is looking at how
we might expand the proj-
ect to two other clusters in
region 2, Duval and Fair-
mont high schools," says
Johnson. "This would
include 600 to 700 new
teachers and close to
20,000 more students.

"We're committed to con-
tinuing to work with the
county and we've gotten a
tremendous amount of
response from the faculty,"
he continues. "Every body
has the same idea: to raise
achievement."

Maintaining the Momentum

PHOTO BV MONETTE AUSTIN BAILEV

T

he highest hurdle to greatness is getting over being [just] good. We must
continue to look for those special opportunities that accelerate us, .. .that
increase our momentum; . . . that allow us to polish our star. This is our
most critical goal for the coming year — maintaining our momentum."
— excerpt from President Dan Mote's annual State of the Campus Address, delivered
during a meeting of the University Senate last week. Full text of the speech may be
found at www.inform.umd.edu/PRES/speech_state02.html.To his left are Senate
Parliamentarian Marvin Breslow, Chair Kent Cartwright and Executive Secretary and
Director Mary Giles.

OUTLOOK

Let The Sun Shine In!

PHOTO B¥ DAVE OTTAL1NI

A crane raises the first section of roof from the University of Maryland's Solar
Decathlon entry. It took nearly two years and some $200,000 in donated
funds to design and build the solar home. Designed and built almost entirely
by student volunteers, the home will compete against entries from 13 other
universities on the National Mall in Washington, DC. between Sept, 26 and Oct. 6.
The Department of Energy is sponsoring the contest to promote solar energy use.

UMTV: Students Sweep National Awards

Continued from page 1

land is emerging as one of the
top TV news programs in the
country," said Journalism Dean
Thomas Kunkel.

Kunkel cited the addition of
former CBS News White House
correspondent Lee Thornton
to the faculty in 1997, the
acquisition and restructuring
of the university's cable TV*sta-
tion in 1999 and the creation
of Maryland Newsline in 2001.

The program is directed by
Mark Lodato, a former corre-
spondent forWUSA TV in
Washington, DC. and now the
news director at UMTV "This
exciting recognition truly
exemplifies the quality work
our students produce every
day," Lodato said.

Maryland won two other
national Mark of Excellence
Awards. A six-student team
from Capital News Service, the
college's advanced public
affairs reporting program in
Washington, D.C. and Annapo-
lis, won in the in-depth news-
paper category for "Many
Faces, One Maryland."

The project combined 2000
census data with old-fashioned
shoe-leather reporting to iden-
tify and profile some of the
state's most ethnically isolated
communities and demographi-
cally distinct communities,
from the greatest concentra-

tions of Hispanics to the
fastest-growing census tract.
The series appeared in news-
papers around the state. The
project was edited by Steve
Crane, director of the CNS
Washington bureau.

It is the second time in three
years Capital News Service
reporters have won a Mark of
Excellence Award in the in-
depth category. A CNS team
won in 2000 "Maryland's Cen-
tury," an eight-part series that
combined 100 years of census
data with original reporting to
trace changes in the state over
the 20th century.

Meanwhile, a Maryland stu-
dent won a Mark of Excellence
in tlie category of in-depth
reporting online in the first
year SPJ has given awards for
online journalism. Amy Silva
won for "Political Ethics in
Maryland," a news package cre-
ated for the college's online
newsmagazine, also called
Maryland Newsline.

The project, which was
supervised by faculty member
Chris Harvey, detailed the
state's push to reform its ethics
laws following a handful of
ethics controversies that shook
the Maryland legislature in
recent years. Silva is now a
communications assistant for
the Pew Center for Civic Jour-

nalism.

SPJ selects three finalists in
each Mark of Excellence cate-
gory. Maryland and San Francis-
co State University led all other
universities this year with five
finalists each.

Maryland's other finalists
were Christian Sorge for TV
news photography and Cather-
ine Matacic for newspaper fea-
ture writing. Sorge's package,
on the shortage of U.S. flags in
the wake of Sept. 1 1, was his
first TV package shot for
Thornton's television news
class. Matacie's story, on jour-
nalists in the wake of Sept. 11,
was written for Byline, the SPJ
chapter's newsletter.

Two other members of the
Merrill College were honored
at the national convention.
Sue Kopen Katcef, a faculty
member at the College since
1999, was named best SPJ
adviser in the nation. The Mary-
land student chapter of SPJ
under the leadership of Kopen
Katcef was named best chapter
in the region. And Alanna Turn-
er, a May graduate of the col-
lege, won the Julie Galvan Out-
standing Graduate Award.

"This is wonderful recogni-
tion for our very talent stu-
dents and their faculty men-
tors," Kunkel said. "It's a great
day for Maryland journalism."

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tion. Graduate assistants had
been serving in that capacity,
but it was felt that a more per-
manent position allowed for
better continuity and more
comprehensive service.

"We wanted to expand. A full-
time person can do that more
thoroughly. Hopefully, we'll be
seeing new services," says Bran-
don Dula, assistant director of
student involvement and diver-
sity within OCR Choe agrees.

"I want to provide opportuni-
ties for people to develop
socially, personally and in terms
of their cultural identity,'' says
Choe, who is second-generation
Korean American. "I want peo-
ple to know that I'm here. If
you're working withAPA stu-
dents and you notice a trend, or
an issue, I can be that person
you talk to."

Choe comes armed with
plenty of enthusiasm and signif-
icant higher education coalition
building experience. As an
undergraduate English major at
the University of Virginia, she
worked as a volunteer center
leader. After earning a master's
in counselor education with an
emphasis on student affairs
(also from UVA), she moved on
to become a resident director at
Creighton University in Omaha
and served as a director for a
women's center she helped
found.

"It was a great experience, to
work with a specific, under-
served population," she says.
However, she missed her family
and a more metropolitan,
diverse community. "So I came
to George Washington Universi-
ty to be assistant director for
selection, training and develop-

ment with the Community Liv-
ing and Learning Center. I really
enjoyed trying to create devel-
opment opportunities for stu-
dents and professional staff."

It is this spirit of coalition
building for a greater good that
Choe brings with her to Mary-
land. She is happy the graduate
assistantship will continue so
that she has some support
determining and meeting the
needs of a group that is approx-
imately 14 percent of the cam-
pus population. ""Thankfully, I'm
not alone. The graduate coordi-
nator, Dharma Naik, has been
here for a year. I don't think I
could do everything by myself.
Collaboration is really impor-
tant to me."

Choe has spent her first
month at the university trying
to get out and meet people, try-
ing to build relationships with
organizations. She realizes it
may be difficult balancing dif-
fering expectations of her posi-
tion and reaching the diverse
APA community. But she looks
forward to the challenge and is
excited about involving even
those not already affiliated with
APA groups.

"Although the day-to-day stuff
can be consuming, I want to re-
member why I'm here," she says.

Julie Choe works in
the Office of Campus
Programs, 2194
Stamp Student Union.
She can be reached at (301)
314-9544 or by e-mail at
choe@union.umd.edu.

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Native English Speakers,
Women's Circle, People of Color
from the Greek System/White
People from the Greek System,
Story Circle for Biracial or Mul-
tiracial Students, White People
on Whiteness, Black/Asian, and
Asian Women's Circle.

Suggestions for incorporating
the program:

1 . Make participation a
requirement in your class or an
option among class require-
ments. Words of Engagement
can be an incredible lab or dis-
cussion-type complement to
your curriculum.

2. Offer extra credit for stu-
dents who choose to partici-
pate.

3. Announce the program in
classes you teach or visit and
distribute information about the
program among the students
you work with on campus.
Make sure students know that
they can receive academic cred-
it through EDPL 288 or EDPL
498 (independent study) for
participating.

4. Direct students to the

Words of Engagement Web site,
where they can find
more information about the
program and register online.

Through campus assess-
ments and research, SILC
has learned that while students
appreciate the diversity of
Maryland's student body, they
want and need more opportuni-
ties for meaningful interactions
across difference. In addition,
students reported frustration
about programs in which they
were "talked at" about diversity
issues and expressed a desire
for the type of engagement pro-
vided by hitergroup Dialogues.
In addition, a growing body of
research by Jeff Milem, Sylvia
Hurtado and others indicates
that students exposed to cross-
cultural initiatives are, upon
graduation, promoted faster and
paid more than their peers.

For more information, contact
Bull C. Gorski, assistant director
of the Office of Human Relations
Programs, at (301) 405-8192 or
at gorski@wam.umd.edu, or visit
www.umd.edu/ohrp/idp.html.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2002

Writers' House Opens Doors to Literature, Cultures

PHOTO BY CYNTHIA MITCHEL

The Juan Ramon Jimenez-Katherine Anne Porter Writers' House Living-Learning Program held its grand opening
celebration last week.. (1-r) Dean for Undergraduate Studies Robert Hampton, Dean of the College of Arts and
Humanities Jim Harris and President Dan Mote listen as Professor and Maryland Poet Laureate Michael Collier
speaks to the assembled. Laura Lauth, director of the program, sits to Collier's left. The community, based in Dorchestor
Hall, offers students an opportunity to not only study writing, but to study works from other cultures as well.

You've Bean Spotted
Campaign

Community Service Programs is
starting a new volunteer recog-
nition initiative and needs
input from campus community
mcmebers. The You've Been
Spotted campaign is an ongo-
ing attempt to recognize peo-
ple in the campus community
who are serving others. Assis-
tance is needed in pointing out
those individuals who may
deserve recognition. When you
spot someone doing service,
send CSP an e-mail, with the
person's name and address and
the service rendered. CSP will
recogni2e their contribution by
sending them a small token of
appreciation, thanking them for
their service to others, and
acknowledging all those spot-
ted on our Web site.

For more information, con-
tact Megan Cooperman at
(301) 405-0741 or mcooperm®
accmail.umd.edu, or visit
www.umd.edu/CSP

Sen. Sarbanes at
Documents Room Grand

U. S. Senator Paul Sarbanes will
be among the featured speak-
ers when the Government Doc-
uments & Maps Collection at
the University of Maryland
libraries celebrates the grand
reopening of its new facility in
McKeldin library on Monday,
Sept. 30. Festivities, beginning
at 10 a.m. in room 6137, will
include a formal ribbon-cutting
ceremony, remarks by other
national and local leaders on
the future of government infor-
mation, an exhibit and lots of
giveaways, prizes and refresh-
ments.

For more than 75 years, Gov-
ernment Documents & Maps
has served the campus and the

public as a federal depository
library providing patrons with
no-fee access to government
information. Today, Govern-
ment Documents has a collec-
tion of nearly" two million items
and more than 400,000 topo-
graphic and thematic maps.
Since its designation as a
Regional Federal Depository
Library in 1968, it also has over-
seen 67 selective depository
libraries throughout Delaware,
Maryland and the District of
Columbia, including the Library
of Congress, National Library of
Medicine and the Johns Hop-
kins University Library.

For more information about
the reopening, visit
www.lib.umd.edu/GOV/.

American Culture
Informants Wanted

International students in the
highest level of intensive Eng-
lish classes at the Maryland
English Institute are studying
American culture. They are
looking for Americans of vari-
ous ages and backgrounds who
would be willing to give their
opinions about aspects of
American culture such as gov-
ernment, work, education, reli-
gion and family. Volunteers are
asked to participate in face-to-
face interviews of 10-15 min-
utes several times during the
semester. For more information
or to volunteer, contact Ruth
Adjogah at 5-8336 or
ra 1 07@umail. umd.edu.

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Improve your Spanish

The Divison of Administrative
Affairs is sponsoring Spanish
classes this fall. The beginning
classes are booked, but spaces
are still available in the inter-
mediate ones. They are
designed for students who have
completed the beginning Span-

ish class, or who have a good
elementary understanding of
the language and want to
sharpen their skills.

Class meets once a week for
10 weeks; there are two sections:

Class 2A— beginning Tuesday,
Oct. 1, 12:45-2:45 p.m.

Class 2B — beginning Thursday,
Oct. 3, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

The class fee of $100 covers
the cost of course materials. To
register, visit www.personnel.
umd.edu. For more informa-
tion, call (301) 405-5651-

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Commuting Alternatives

Did you know that there are at
least five public transportation
options that come directly
through campus and even
more that connect with Shut-
tie-UM routes? Are you frustrat-
ed with driving to campus
every day or wondering about
other viable alternatives?

If you answered yes to those
questions, drop by the Com-
muter Corner at the First Look
Fair on Wed,, Sept. 25 between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Thur.,
Sept. 26 between 10 a.m. and 2
p.m. Learn more about trans-
portation options from repre-
sentatives from Metro, Shuttle-
UM, MARC, Washington Area
Bicyclists Association and many
more. This is a great opportuni-
ty to explore alternative ways
to get to campus.

For more information, con-
tact Leslie Perkins at (301) 314-
7250.

■■LUMHI
Inside the theatre

Pulitzer Prize-winning play-
wright and Academy Award
nominee Beth Henley joins
Maryland English professor
Jackson Bryer for a discussion

of her work on Mon.,Sept. 30
from 2:304 p.m.ln the Gilden-
horn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center.

Henley's Broadway produc-
tions include Crimes of the
Heart, awarded the Pulitzer
Prize and NY Drama Critics Cir-
cle Award for Best American
Play, and The Wake of Jamey
Foster. The acclaimed film ver-
sion of Crimes of the Heart was
directed by Bruce Beresford
and starred Diane Keat on, Jessi-
ca Lange, Sissy Spacek and Sam
Shcpard. She also wrote the
screenplay for Miss Firecracker
starring Hojly Hunter, Mary
Steenburgen and Tim Robbins.

The discussion is sponsored
by the Theatre Department. For
more information, contact Car-
olyn Bain at (301) 320-0773 or
bainpugh@beUatiantic.net.

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Rape Aggression
Defense Class

Rape aggression defense (RAD)
is the fastest growing and
largest women's self-defense
program in the country. The
program has a structured, con-
sistent curriculum of easy-to-
teach, easy-to-Iearn techniques
that have realistic and practical
applications. The Department
of Public Safety is offering this
non-credit program to all mem-
bers of the community. There
are open spots in the following
classes:

Class 2 — beginning Wednes-
day, Oct. 30, 6:30-10 p.m.

Class 3 — beginning Monday,
Nov. 11, 6:30-10 p.m.

Classes are $25 for university
employees, $50 for non-univer-
sity employees. For more infor-
mation, contact Shanon Sullivan
at 5-5740 or (301) 717-5810, or
visit www.umpd.umd.edu/pro-
grams_and_services/rad.htm.