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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Volume 18 • Number 13 ■ December 3, 2002

Afghans Want Senator Wante ta jump-Start College for All

Peace, Says

Ambassador

Tin- Afghan ambassador to
the United States told an
audience of 50 in McK-
eldin library Nov. 20 that the
Afghan people view U.S. troops
as liberators, not conquerors.
Ishaq Shahryar, the first recog-
nized ambassador since 1978,
contrasted the U.S. presence
with the Soviet invasion of
1979, which he claimed was an
effort to capture Afghanistan's
wealth of natural resources.

"The United States helped lib-
erate us from the Soviet forces
then... and today they liberated
us from the hands of terrorists."

Referring to the 23 years of
conflict that have ravaged his
country, Shahryar spoke on his
efforts to rebuild the Afghan
economy, saying American finan-
cial support and the peacekeep-
ing efforts of the International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
were vital.

"Security of the state and
security of the individual will
bring businesses and prosperity

See AMBASSADOR, page 3

PHOTO BY DAVE OTTALINI

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en. John Edwards, D-N.C, used the Stamp Student Union Nov. 21 to give a
major policy speech on education. The presidential hopeful proposed a gov-
ernment program that would pay the first year's college tuition for a student
who also works 10 hours a week at a job or community service.

Task Force to Seek
Solutions to Crime
Near University

Concerns about the safety and security of
University of Maryland students in the
Route 1 corridor adjacent to the university
prompted Maryland President Dan Mote to
appoint a seven-person task force to develop
long-term solutions to violent crime in the area.

Mote asked Col. David Mitchell, superintend-
ent of the Maryland State Police, to head the task
force, which will include representatives from
the university, College Park and Prince George's
County.

Mote announced the task force last week dur-
ing an open forum on safety and security hosted
by Kenneth W. Krouse, director of public safety
for the university, and Gerald Wilson, police
chief for Prince George's County.

"Ensuring the safety of our students is one of
our most important jobs," Mote said. "The recent
tragic murder of a u niv e rsi ty student in College
Park, as well as other reported violent crimes in
the Route 1 corridor near the university, makes
clear that we must all do more to make the uni-
versity and its immediate environs a community
where all can feel secure and free from fear."

The task force will make recommendations by
the end of the year for long-term strategies to
halt violent crime in that area of College Park.

In addition to Mitchell, members of the task
force are: Chiefs Krouse and Wilson; College Park
City Manager Sam Finz; Student Affairs Vice Presi-
dent Linda Clement; John Farley, assistant vice
president for administrative affairs; Brandon De-
Frehn, Student Government Association president;
and a county representative to be named later
by incoming County Executive Jack Johnson.

Seminar Addresses
Palestinian-Israeli,
Iraq Crises

Discussing how the intifada that
began two years ago had started as a
simple, localized conflict and then
mushroomed into an international
crisis, Khaliljahshan, vice president
of the American Arab Anti-Discrimi-
nation Committee, posited a number
of reasons. Among them was that the
intifada had unified Arab public opin-
ion and intensified the politiclzation
and radicalization of Arab youth.

Jahshan spoke as part of an Office
of International Programs (OIP) sem-
inar, "The Middle East in Crisis," held
recently during International Educa-
tion Week.The event was pan of
OIP's Regional Seminar Series, and
was held in cooperation with the
Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and
Development.

The first of the two panels, "The
Palestinian-Israeli Crisis," was moder-
ated by Jonathan Wilkenfeld, director
of Center for International Develop-
ment and Conflict Management and
former chair of the Department of
Government and Politics. Panelists
were Jahshan and David Makovsky,
senior fellow at the Washington Insti-
tute for Near East Policy.

Jahshan also articulated the
Palestinian viewpoint that Israel's
conduct during the intifada amount-

See SEMINAR, page 3

Life Sciences
Provides Personal
Touch for
Diversity Effort

Guests from 10 college insti-
tutions came to the uni-
versity, at an invite from
the College of Life Sciences, for a
day-long workshop last Friday to
encourage the continued success
of the school's Graduate Diversity
Partners Program.

"We were quite pleased with
the turnout," said Amel Anderson,
assistant dean of the College of
Life Sciences and director of the
Graduate Diversity Partners Pro-
gram.

This is the second year of the
partnership program, which aims
to increase the diversity profile of
the graduate students in the col-
lege The program involves making
contact with other college institu-
tions, faculty visits and a summer
program at the university for stu-
dents and faculty.

The persona] touch of the
events on Friday allow faculty
from the other colleges to see the
campus, its facilities and what the
university has to offer, Anderson
said.

Friday's event began with a con-
tinental breakfast at 8 a.m. hosted
by Dennis O'Connor, vice presl-

See LIFE SCIENCES, page 4

Libraries, Archives
and Museums in a
Post-9 /U World

Immense amounts of informa-
tion flooded libraries, archives
and museums after Sept. 11.
An archivist recently discus-
sed how this challenged the nature
and meaning of these institutions.

Richard Cox, a professor at the
School of Information Science at
the University of Pittsburgh, spoke
about the affects of book publish-
ing, archival documentation proj-
ects, planning for memorials and
developing of museum exhibits on
the roles of libraries, archives and
museums after the attacks.

"I have no doubts that events of
September 11,2001 will have a
long term effect on America," Cox
said. Cox likened the events of that
day to the assassination of John E
Kennedy and the explosion of the
Challenger in that people will
never forget were they were when
they heard the news of the attack.

The war on terror is more like
the war on poverty drugs or can-
cer, Cox said. It is more of a meta-
phor than a real war.

The attacks of 9/1 1 have already
inspired many memorials and doc-
umentary projects that in the past
would not have occurred until
years or even decades later, said
Cox. "9/1 1 may be the first digital-
age tragedy in the Western World.

"Who would have expected that
the heavy global symbolism of the
shimmering spires of the World
Trade Center would be obliterat-
ed? The vulnerability of civilization
and our way of life which we often
seem to equate seemed more pos-
sible," Cox said.

He felt a double embarrassment
about the attack, he said. The
intense focus on 9/1 1 was far out
of proportion to other things
going on in other parts of the
world. Some felt there was a huge
amount of self-absorption in the
coverage. "Even with the large loss
of life and apparent surprise of it
all," Cox said.

He was also embarrassed when
he saw the tons of paper floating
in New York City. He talked about
"the disruptions to telecommuni-
cations and information networks
and the sure loss of recorded and
human held Information.

"In the meaning and memory
inducing projects comes confu-
sion about archives, museums and
libraries, all keepers of societal
memory," Cox said.

Cox questioned how the event
should be recorded. "Grieving Is
important," Cox said, "but is this
the appropriate representation of
what archives, libraries and muse-
ums are intended to do?"

He reflected on the long-term
impact on the public perception
of these institutions and the impli-

See ARCHIVES, page 2

DECEMBER J , 2002

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maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: DECEMBER 3-9

11:45 a.m. -1:30 p.m.. Hong
Kong in Transition: Tha
Next Five Years 25 17 Van

Munching. The Institute for
Global Chinese Affairs will host
a special luncheon with Hong
Kong's senior representative in
North America, Jacqueline Ann
Willis. She will address current
trade and cultural relations
between Hong Kong and the
United States. Tickets include
lunch and are $5 for students,
$ 10 for faculty and others. For
more information, call Rebecca
McGinnis at 5-0213.

4-6 p.m.. Shaker Song:
The Rhythms of American
Equality and Community

0200 Skinner. A lecture/concert
given by David Grimstead and
featuring an historical analysis
of Shaker music interwoven
with the actual performance
of Shaker songs. Pizza and
conversation will follow. For
more Information, contact
Ann Jimenez at 5-4268 or
aj 1 03@umail.umd.edu.

5:30 p.m., Chamber Music
at Maryland, Parts I ft II

Gildenhom Recital Hall, Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
Presented by the Chamber
Music Program of the School
of Music. A two-part recital fea-
turing music for strings, winds
and piano performed by a vari-
ety of student ensembles. Free.
For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www
umd.edu/music/calendar.

WEDNESDAY

december 4

noort-1 p.m., Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender
Students: Issues and
Updates 0114 Counseling
Center. Director of the Office
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Equity Luke Jen-
sen will speak. For more infor-
mation, contact Vivian Boyd, 4-
7675 orvbl4@umail.umd.edu.

noon-1 p.m.. How Much
Service is Enough? Service-
Learning Curriculum Devel-
opment 2144 Stamp Student
Union. When faculty develop
or redesign courses to include
service-learning, the question
arises, how much service is
enough? This session explores
the issue in light of faculty

Holiday Craft Fair (today!)

The Art and Learning Center's craft fair will feature unique
handcrafted items, perfect for holiday gift giving. Live enter-
tainment by both on- and off -campus groups will also be
featured. For more information, call (301) 314-ARTS. The event
takes place today, Tuesday, Dec, 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union.

learning goals for courses and
the elements of service-learn-
ing curriculum development
For more Information, contact
Jennifer Pigza at 4-2895 or
jpigza@accmail . umd . ed u .

7 p.m.. Creative Writing
Faculty Reading: Howard
Norman Special Events Room,
McKeldin Library. Part of the
"Writers Here and Now" series.
For more information, contact
Don Berger at 5-3820 or
db 1 88@umail . umd. edu .

TMUSS0AY

december 5

7 p.m.. Looking for The
Perfect Bra RiversdaJe House
Museum. Lecture given by
Colleen Gau. The museum is
located 15 miles from campus
in Riverdale Park. For more in-
formation, call C.J1) 864-0420
or visit www.pgparks.com.

8 p.m.. University of Mary-
land Symphony Orchestra

Dekelboum Concert Hall,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. Featuring Shostako-
vich's Violin Concerto no.l,
Symphonic Variations by Lutos-
lawski, and a rare performance
of Don Quixote by Richard
Strauss. Free. For more informa-
tion, call (30 1 ) 405-ARTS or visit
www. umd .edu/music/calendar.

december 6

9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Poinsett! a
Sale Harrison Lab Greenhous-
es. Over 80 varieties with bract
colors or white, shades of red
and pink, and bi-colors. For
more information, call 5-4376.

noon-1 :15 p.m.. Department
of Communication Colloqui-
um Series 0200 Skinner. James
R. Andrews, Indiana University,
will present "History, Race, and
Presidential Rhetoric: Woodrow
Wilson and the Ceremonial
Discourse of National Unity."
For more information, contact
Trevor Parry-Giles at 5-8947 or

tp54@umail.umd.edu.

7:30 p.m., Maryland Opera
Studio: Riders to the Sea
and Monsieur Choufleuri

Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center. Directed
by Paul Douglas Michnewicz
and Nicholas Olcott; John Greer
conducts. In English with music
by Ralph Vaughn Williams and
Jacques Offenbach. Free. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www umd.
edu/music/eale ndar.

8 p.m., Festival of Nine
Lessons And Carols Memori-
al Chapel. Presented by the
Department of Choral Activi-
ties and modeled after the
Christmas Eve tradition pre-
sented annually in King's Col-
lege, Cambridge, England. Tick-
ets are $10; $5 for students. For
more information, call 5-5571.

SATURDAY

december 7

3 p.m., Maryland Opera
Studio: La Votx Humaine
and Scenes from Thais and
Cendrillon Kogod Theatre,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. Directed by Leon
Major, conducted by John
Greer. Performed in French
with the music of Francois
Poulenc and Jules Massenet.
Free. For more information, call
(301) 405-ARTS or visit www.
umd . edu/music/calendar.

8 p.m., Maryland Chorus
Annual Holiday Concert

Dekelboum Concert Hail,
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. The Chorus celebrates
the holidays with stirring sea-
sonal favorites. Tickets are $20
adults; $18 seniors; $5 students.
(Repeat performances on Sun-
day, Dec. 8 at 3 and 7:30 p.m.)
For more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.umd.
edu/music/cale ndar.

8 p.m.. Taking Chances

Dance Theatre, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center, This
program highlights the chore-

Archives: New Meaning

Continued from page 1

cations for schools educating
the professionals who work
in such places.

"Are we interested in
memorializing those who lost
their lives on that day or are
we merely witnessing a mix-
ing of grief and sentiment
with a national thirst for her-
itage?" Cox said.

"Capturing such messages
[as the e-mails sent in the last
moments before the towers
collapsed] may be causing a
fundamental shift in the way
we imagine archives.... In
some ways, the tragic destruc-
tion of the World Trade tow-
ers suggests that digital sys-
tems are superior to paper
systems — reversing the trend
we have witnessed and debat-
ed since the advent of the
personal computer," Cox said.

The images of paper float-
ing through the skies made
many reevaluate the effective-
ness of the "paper system" of
record keeping, he said.

"The events of September
1 1 brought with them a con-
siderable amount of econom-
ic instability, especially
reflected by the close of the
New York Stock Exchange,"
said Cox. There is an image
associated with September 11
of destroyed corporate head-
quarters (Cox sited Enron and
Arthur Anderson) and scat-
tered paper documents.

"What wUl take longer to
rebuild," Cox asked, "the Twin
Towers or credibility in mod-

ern American businesses?

"The emergence of interest
in documenting every aspect
of an event. ..is clearly the by-
product of a vast information
charting and storing device of
our digital age," Cox said. We
feel we were witnesses to the
events of 9/1 1 regardless of
where we were, said Cox.

"Archives need to be able
to hold all the records- ones
that comfort us, ones that dis-
turb us," said Cox. Many peo-
ple feel that the problem with
this is terrorists can use such
extensive records as a study
guide, he said,

"The irony of the ongoing
effort to create 9/11 archives
and museums while access to
government information is
decreased as part of a reac-
tion to and efforts to protect
the nation from terrorism
should be obvious to most....
Perhaps less understood are
the misconceptions of
archives and the more perva-
sive values of records that are
being perpetrated by the vari-
ous 9/1 1 projects," Cox said.

The University of Maryland's
College of Information Stud-
ies, University of Maryland
Libraries, Student Archivists at
Maryland, the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Archives Conference
(MARAC) and Maryland Cau-
cus and MARAC Washington
DC Caucus organized the
presentation.

— -Jenni Chiw,
junior, journalism

ography talents of Department
of Dance graduate students.
Tickets are $8, $5 students. For
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.umd.
e du/m usic/cale ndar.

december 9

4 p.m., Footbinding and
State Power in Traditional
China 3121 Symons. Dorothy
Ko of Barnard College will pre-
sent this fifth seminar in "The
Body and Body Politic" series
sponsored by the Center for
Historical Studies. Ko is author
of two books and many articles
on gender, sex and women in
traditional China. Discussion at
the seminar will be based on a
pre-circulated paper; to request
a copy of the paper or for more
information, contact the Center
at 5-8739 or historycenter®
umail.umd.edu.

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Ambassador: Has Hope

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PHOTO BV 0. VAN. OFFICE OF INTERN ATIONAI PROGRAMS

Afghan Ambassador Ishaq Shahryar spoke at McKeldin Library.

to Afghanistan. . . . Most of the
country is safe, but there are
still pockets."

Shahryar praised the con-
gressional bill passed on Nov.
15 authorizing $2.3 billion to
rebuild the country and $ 1 bil-
lion to expand the Kabul-
based ISA F He also noted the
United States' role in financing
the planned 600-mile-long
road linking the major cities
Kabul and Khandahar.

With billions of dollars of aid
coming in, Shahryar said Presi-
dent Hamid Karzai, whose inte-
rim government was installed
last December to replace the
Taliban, was working to erase
the former regime's legacy of
terror. He said many of the Tali-
ban were trained outside the
country, in Pakistan mosdy,
and weren't considered true
Afghans by his compatriots.

"The Taliban terrorized
Afghanistan. Afghans by nature
are not terrorists. In the Soviet
invasion you never heard of an
Afghan bombing an airplane
or an embassy."

After the fall of the Taliban,
he said all the ethnic groups in
Afghanistan were weary of
fighting and wanted to live in
peace. Neighboring countries
too, he claimed, had learned
the lesson of interfering with
Afghanistan's internal affairs
and would choose peaceful
coexistence.

"Before the Soviet invasion,
Afghanistan was peaceful for
many years," he said.

Part of his government's
work in restoring that peace
includes addressing human
rights violations. Shahryar
admitted there was still a long
way to go.

"If I tell you human rights
[in Afghanistan] are wonderful
they are not. They are maybe
20 percent better than they
were, but they are improving"
Shahryar said.

He did note that girls were
welcomed in schools now and
that women had voted in
recent elections.

Throughout his speech
Shahryar repeated his hope of
using new technology to
resuscitate agriculture and
industry in Afghanistan in its
growing relationship with the

United States.

This relationship was tested
last summer in the wake of a
U.S. bomb hitting a wedding
party. Saying an investigation
showed Taliban had used the
party as cover to fire at U.S.
aircraft, Shahryar said there
hadn't been a major shift in
feeling against America.

"Sometimes in a war this
happens, unfortunately. The
average Afghan is very happy
to have the U.S. troops here,"
he said.

Shahryar said he was confi-
dent the relationship will
remain close and that he's
received assurances from Pres-
ident Bush that the United
States wouldn't neglect
Afghanistan in the event of
war with Iraq.

"The world has realized
recently that you cannot for-
get about Afghanistan," he said.

Shahryar came to this coun-
try in 1956 to study at the Uni-
versity of California, earning a
bachelor's degree in physical
chemistry and a master's de-
gree in international relations.

Shahryar is credited with
making solar cell technology
feasible and worked at NASA
and in a division of Hughes
Aircraft. In 1976 he started his
own company Solec Interna-
tional, which he later sold.

He was granted U.S. citizen-
ship, but had to give it up to
become ambassador.

Despite his absence,
Shahryar remained active in
Afghanistan's affairs, serving as
an informal adviser to former
King Zahir Shah, during his
long exile in Italy.

Shahryar spoke as part of
the Office of International Pro-
gram (OIP)'s Ambassadorial
Lecture Series. He was intro-
duced by OIP Director Saul
Sosnowski and spoke briefly
before inviting questions from
the audience.

After taking the final ques-
tion, he told the audience that
many student volunteers had
signed up to help in hospitals
and teach English in Afghani-
stan. He invited those present
to join them.

"Or perhaps in a few years
you will come as tourists and
visit theTora Bora area," he said.

Connecting Life and the Sciences

PHOTO ■¥ JOHN I. CONSOLI

Venroy Joseph, a graduate student in the College Life Sciences, explains Prof.
Michele Dudash's work in genetic evolution during the poster session at the
recent Bioscience Research & Technology Review Day The event featured
research talks, presentations, mini-symposia and demonstrations by university scientists.
The program provided, among other things, an opportunity for executives and profes-
sionals in industry and government to discover the most recent advances in bioscience
and biotechnology at the university and to recruit employees and investigate job
opportunities.

Seminar: Israeli Occupation is the Issue

Continued from page 1

ed to "state-sponsored terror."
He traced the changes in the
Bush administration's position
on the Palestinian-Israeli peace
process, and detailed Palestinian
objections to the Bush
"roadmap" for a two-state solu-
tion. Addressing Bush's calls for
the removal of Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat, Jahshan
said, "Arafat is not the issue.
Israeli military occupation is
the issue."

Makovsky outlined the Israeli
point of view with regard to the
crisis. He noted that conditions
now are less favorable than dur-
ing the 1990s peace process;
Arafat is now "discredited for
his refusal to repudiate terror-
ism," and the Israeli government
has shifted rightward. Makovsky
emphasized the Israeli insis-
tence on its security and on
Palestinian recognition of the
country's moral legitimacy. He
stated that the Palestinian side
must constrain its militants if it
wishes to succeed in the peace
process, and castigated the Arab
world for not condemning the
use of terrorism. Makovsky
acknowledged that Israel's mov-
ing forward with settlements in
the West Bank had violated the
"spirit, but not the letter" of its
agreement with the Palestini-
ans; in the question-and-answer
session after the panel, he and
Jahshan agreed that an aggres-
sive settlement policy is incom-
patible with seeking peace.

The other panel, "The Iraq

Crisis," was moderated by Jillian
Schwedler of the Department of
Government and Politics. The
panelists were Geoffrey Kemp,
director of regional strategic
programs at the Nixon Center;
and Hafez Mirazi, Washington
bureau chief of the Arabic satel-
lite TV news channel Al-Jazeera.
Kemp spoke on several differ-
ent scenarios of a postwar Iraq.
He faulted analogies between
Iraq and the post-WWU occupa-
tion and reconstruction of
Japan, saying that they do not
take into account that Iraq,
unlike Japan, is not a homoge-
neous society, and there is no
figurehead such as the emperor
whom an American occupying
force could hold up as a symbol
of continuity amid transition.
Kemp also discussed some "seri-
ous considerations" with regard
to a war in Iraq, such as the pos-
sibility that Saddam Hussein
might employ weapons of mass
destruction or that a siege of
Baghdad (with its population of
five million people) might be
necessary. Theorizing how
Iraq's neighbors might react to
a U.S. war with Iraq, he specu-
lated that a "quick, successful
war" might send a message to
Syria and Iran to rethink their
associations with the terrorist
group Hezbollah, and noted that
Turkey is concerned that an
independent Kurdish state in
northern Iraq would set a bad
precedent for its own restive
Kurdish population.

Mirazi 's presentation focused
extensively on Arab public opin-
ion with regard to U.S. -Arab
relations and the crisis in Iraq.
He said that many Arabs were
offended that the Bush govern-
ment had waited rather than
immediately repudiating the
anti-Islamic remarks made by
powerful members of the Chris-
tian right. He discussed his net-
work and how, while it is criti-
cized by many in America for
airing tapes of Osama bin
Laden, in the Arab world it is
often perceived as excessively
pro-U.S. or pro-Israel. Like
Makovsky, who noted that the
Israeli settlement issue is a
volatile one more for Its symbol-
ism than for the actual percent-
age of land involved, Mirazi
mentioned the significance of
psychology in U.S. -Arab rela-
tions, and how the perception
among some Arabs that they
have been stripped of their dig-
nity leads to resentment toward
the United States.

The event was organized by
ShibleyTelhami, who holds the
Anwar Sadat Chair. At a lunch-
eon following the seminar; Tel-
hatni emphasized the impor-
tance of combating not just ter-
rorism, but also the circum-
stances that foster terrorism,
and giving a nuanced picture of
the complex issues at hand in
the Middle East.

— Christine Moritz, Office of
International Programs

DECEMBER 3, 2002

2003 Student Affairs

The 29th annual Student Affairs
Conference , " Flo urishing in
Extraordinary Times," scheduled
for Feb. 14, 2003, will examine
the current climate in higher
education and consider ways to
flourish iti that environment.
Program proposals may address
campus environment, ways to
respond to these extraordinary
times, or a combination of both.

Send program proposals to
Andrea Goodwin at agoodwin®
accmail.umd.edu or to 2 1 18
Mitchell Building by Dec. 9- The
tide should be a maximum of
12 words and the abstract a
maximum of 50. Include formal
objectives, presentation format,
audio/visual requirements and
intended audience. For more
information, contact Andrea
Goodwin at (301) 3148206 or
agoodwin@accmaiJ.umd.edu.

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HIV/AIDS: A

Issue?

In a special event for World
AIDS day, panelists from the
worlds of business, nonprofits
and government will discuss the
economic impact of HIV/AIDS
and its effects on, and the res-
ponse of, the business commu-
nity.The round table discussion
will take place Tuesday, Dec. 3
from 5:30 to 7 p.m.in 1524 Van
Munching Hall.

For more information, contact
Paul Dowling at (301) 405-9464
or pdowling2003@rhsmith.
umd.edu.

Celebrate the season with spe-
cial menu selections from
around the world. Menu selec-
tions vary daily through Dec.
20. Our grand holiday buffet
will be available each Friday.

• Tuesday, Dec. 3: Italian
■ Wednesday, Dec. 4:

El Salvadorian

• Thursday, Dec. 5: Greek

• Friday, Dec. 6:
Williamsburg Buffet

The Rossborough's regular
restaurant menu is available
Monday through Thursday in
addition to the daily specials.
Reservations are required. For
more information, contact Pam
Whidow at (301) 314-8013 or
p whitlow® din ing . umd . edu .

The Stamp Student Union will
host two activities focused on
the giving of gifts.

The Art and Learning Center
will hold a Holidady Craft Fair
with gifts for Christmas, Hanuk-
kah and Kwanzaa on Monday
and Tuesday, Dec. 2 and 3, from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will
be held in the Grand Ballroom.
For more information, call (301)
314-ARTS.

House Science Committee Visits Campus

Members of the House Science Committee toured various campus facilities last
week, including the Geoscience Isotope facility, the new Chemistry wing, the
Neutral Buoyancy Lab and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The
group concluded the day at the Comcast Center with a tour led by Tracy Gletow of
Intercollegiate Athletics (second from, right, above). The event was organized by Rae
Grad, director of federal relations for the university, in conjunction with Diane Jones,
assistant staff director for the House Science Committee.

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dent for research and dean of
the graduate school. From 10
a.m. to 1:30 p. m.,the guests
visited various graduate
departments and programs.
After the tours, a Research
Forum was held in the Balti-
more Room of the Stamp Stu-
dent Union, followed by a din-
ner hosted by the Norma
Allewell, dean of the College
of Life Sciences.

"It is our hope that the facul-
ty who visit the university will
return to their respective
schools and encourage their
top students to attend our six-
week summer research pro-
gram for minority life science
students and later apply to
graduate school at the Universi-
ty of Maryland "Anderson said.

In the fall of 2002, Anderson
and Earlene Armstrong, assis-
tant professor in the Depart-
ment of Entomology, visited
Howard University, Lincoln
University, Hampton Universi-
ty, Norfolk Universiry.Tougaloo
College, Hunter College, York
College, Clark Atlanta Universi-
ty and Spelman College.

The diversity program
began in the fall of 2001 with
visits to Morgan State Universi-
ty, Maryland Eastern Shore
(UMES), North Carolina Cen-
tral University, North Carolina
A&T State University, Jackson
State University, Alcorn State
University, Morehouse College
and Spelman College. Ten
additional universities will be
visited in 2003.

Anderson said since the pro-
gram is still young it is difficult
to measure its success.
"We're getting on the map
now," Anderson said.

Armstrong agrees the pro-
gram has not been In exis-
tence long enough to measure
success, but added the partici-
pating institutions seem to
have a positive view on form-
ing a collaborative effort to
diversify the graduate student
population.

"The more exposure the
people have to the campus,
the more positive feelings they
have," which will in turn bene-
fit the diversity program, Arm-
strong said.

— Meghan Hirst,
junior, journalism

Also, the Jewish Social Action
Committee will be collecting
old, unused cell phones to be
donated to victims of domestic
abuse. Phones can be dropped
off Monday to Thursday, Dec. 2
to 5, outside the union. For
more information, e-mail
wsabow@wam . umd . edu .

tact Alicia Simon at (301) 314-
ARTS or asimon@unlon.umd.
edu.

Sponsored by Weekends®
Maryland and the Art & Learn-
ing Center, this free event gives
participants the opportunity to
make their own handcrafted
gifts, cards and giftwrap. The
event will take place on Friday,
Dec. 6. from 2 to 5 p.m. in the
Art & Learning Center (room
B0107 in the Stamp Student
Union).
For more information, con-

The university observatory has
open house evenings on the
5th and 20th of each month.
From November through April,
the program begins at 8 p.m.
with a short lecture followed
by observation through the tel-
escopes if the weather permits.

On Thursday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m.,
Derek Richardson will present
"Using Earth's Tides to Make
Asteroid Moons."

For more information, con-
tact Elizabeth warner at (301)
405-6555 or warnerem@astro.
umd.edu, or visit www.astro.
umd.edu/openhouse.

The university golf course is fill-
ing up quickly for December
events. Those planning a holi-
day party for their department,
family, friends, etc., should call
soon to reserve space.

The following dates are still
available;

• Monday, Dec. 2 (any time)

• Tuesday, Dec. 3 (any time)

• Saturday, Dec. 7 (night only)

• Sunday, Dec. 15 (any time)

• Thursday, Dec. 19 (7 P-m. or

later)

For information regarding
catering or to book space, con-
tact Nancy Loomis at (301) 314-
6631 or nloomis@dining.umd.
edu.