Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (2003)

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

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Number S • March 18 , 2003

Region's Bright
Minds Compete,

Impress

Nearly 100 of the state's most
talented liigh school science
students descended on campus
last week to participate in the
2003 Maryland Junior Science and
Humanities Symposium.

At the symposium, the 90 stu-
dent "delegates" evaluate student
research poster and paper presen-
tations. The presentations, with
titles such as "Mutational Analysis
of the RNA Chaperone Hfq" and
"Nogo Receptor Signaling in Brain
Development," are judged for
chances at scholarship money and
a trip to compete in the National
Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium.

"Some of the research these kids
do is unbelievable," said Amel
Anderson, regional director of the
symposium and assistant dean for
administration in the Co Lege of
Life Sciences. "You name it, these
kids have done it"

Students partner with scientists
at institutions such as NIH, NASA
or the FDA, or with a high school
teacher who has access to suffi-
cient laboratory facilities, to per-
form research in engineering,
genetics, biology, physical sciences
and many other fields.

Nine student papers and 24
posters, selected from more than
70 entries, were presented at the
symposium. Students judged their
peers on the poster presentations,
and professors and scientists
judged the papers.

Students at the symposium also
had the chance to tour the cam-
pus' laboratory ;md research facili-
ties, such as the nuclear magnetic
resonance lab, neutral buoyancy
facility and scanning electron
microscope.

This is the eleventh year the uni-
versity has hosted die Maryland
regional symposium, a joint effort
between the College of Life Sci-
ences, Clark School of Engineer-
ing, College of Computer and Phys-
ical Sciences and Office of Under-
graduate Admissions.

The symposium program, devel-
oped by the Academy of Applied
Sciences in 1 958, is designed to
promote scientific research at the
high school level by exposing stu-
dents to research opportunities and
recognizing their accomplishments.

Three top papers and three top
posters were selected at the region-
al symposium, with first place and a
$4,000 scholarship going to Christi-
na Feng of Montgomery Blair High
School for her paper "Impaired
Gene Expression and Activity of
Phosphatase 2A in Fibroblasts of
Alzheimer's Disease." Feng will com-
pete at the National Symposium in
Colorado Springs, where the top
prize is a $20,000 scholarship and
a two-week trip to London.

— Justyn Kopack,
journalism student

Friends, Funnies and Funds

Show Raises Money for Emergency Loan Program

PHOTO BV CVNTHIA MiTCHEt

The Friends of Etvis performed {lip synched) his "Hunka Hunka Bumin' Love" for an appreciative audi-
ence and a few groupies as the finale to the Fun for the FUNti event. Though it's not clear which admin-
istrator is which, it's certain that somewhere tn all that polyester people were having fun. (For more
photos from the event, see Outlook's Web site at www.collegepublisher.com/outlook.)

Host Marsha Guenzler-Stevens summed
it up best when she said, "I'm amazed
by who we walk amongst every day,"
during the halfway point of the Fun for the
FUNd event last week.

Several faculty and staff members, students
and alumni displayed an array of talents:
singing, playing musical instruments, crack-
ing jokes and even shimmying in polyester
jumpsuits to Elvis' "Hunka Hunka Burnin'
Love," all in an effort to entertain colleagues
and friends while raising money for the Fac-

ulty Staff Assistance Program Emergency Loan
Fund. Approximately $15,000 was raised.

A brainchild of Sylvia Stewart, vice presi-
dent for administrative affairs, the program
showcased talent many weren't aware exist-
ed in their co-workers. Department of Public
Safety Officer Jim Ellis performed two soft
and moving original piano compositions, one
sung by friend Angelo Calo. Both will appear
on his CD, "Anthem " that he is selling to ben-

See FUND, page 4

Eating Well is

The wisdom "Eat a variety
of foods" has been at the top
of the USDA Dietary Guide-
lines since their inception.
The body needs more than
40 different nutrients to
function, perform, grow and
repair optimally. If we are
eating the same five foods
every day, chances are we're
missing out on some very
important nutrients.

When planning to add vari-
ety to your diet, consider
including the following nutri-
ent dense foods on a regular
basis;

1. Fish (two times a week)
Omega-3 fatty acids found
in high fat fish help maintain
normal heart function, pre-
vent platelets from clotting,
and promote healthy blood
pressure.

2. Beans (three to four times
per week)

Provide lots of fiber, which
can help reduce LDL ("bad"
cholesterol). Beans are also a
wealth of vitamins, minerals
and phytochemicals (food
substances that have been
proven to reduce the risk of
diseases such as cancer, dia-
betes and heart disease.)

Op dons: bean burrito, soy
burger, bean soup, bean chili

3. Cruciferous vegetables

(every day)

Provide generous amounts of
fiber and micronutrients that
decrease LDL cholesterol and
prevent hardening of the
arteries. Hundreds of studies
have shown cruciferous veg-

By Jane Jakubczak, University
Health Center nutritionist

etables help reduce the inci-
dence of cancer as well.

Options: broccoli, cauli-
flower, Brussels sprouts, cab-
bage

4. Brightly colored
vegetables (every day)

Red, yellow and orange
vegetables are an excellent
source of beta-carotene and
vitamin A. Vitamin A helps
keep skin and nerves healthy.

See LIVING, page 3

Helping to Shape
a New Downtown
Silver Spring

For years, architecture
professor Roger Lewis
watched as projects to
revitalize downtown Silver
Spring failed to meet expecta-
tions. Now, plans for the area
seem to be on the right track,
and he had something to do
with it.

Lewis is serving as profes-
sional advisor for a design com-
petition that will produce the
concept for a civic center
building, which is part of a
$350 million downtown Silver
Spring revitalization project. In
addition to the $14 million
civic building, the project will
produce a shopping center,
movie theater and several new
restaurants, some of which
have already moved in .

"I thought this would be
worth participating in," Lewis
said 'I've always thought that it
was a place that needed revital-
ization. They finally came up
with a scheme that made
sense."

After a member of the
Downtown Silver Spring Citi-
zens Advisory Committee sug-
gested Lewis to Gary Stith,
director of the Silver Spring
Regional Center, Lewis met
with project coordinators to
discuss the details of a design
competition. Once they decid-
ed to move forward with the
compedtion, Lewis agreed not
to compete and to act as pro-
fessional advisor.

"I'm a combination of
things," said Lewis. "I act as a
referee and I prepare a list of
requirements for the finalists."
Lewis designed the process
from the rules and regulations
of the competition to the
screening committee who
selected finalists.

The screening committee
accepted submissions from
interested design teams until
late January. On Feb. 24, the
committee announced the five
finalists who will begin compe-
tition activities, scheduled to
run through mid-May. The com-
petition is sponsored by Mont-
gomery County and PFA Silver
Spring, LC.

Lewis said that the five final-
ists chosen make a diverse
group, including some very
large national architecture
firms. The Smith Group, HOK,
Muse, Grimm and Parker, and
Machado and Sllvetti will all
attend an interactive design
workshop in April, before pre-
senting their final designs to a
jury in May.

Two of the teams are headed

See LEWIS, page 4

MARCH 18, 200J

dateline
maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS: MARCH !8 - 31

march 18

Noon- 1:30 p.m., Affirmative
Action and Higher Education
Nyumburu Cultural Center.
Discussion will include a panel
of speakers who wUl provide a
campus forum for discussion
about recent Supreme Court
descisions. For more informa-
tion, contact Marie P. Ting at 5*
5201 or daisy@wam,umd.edu

3:30-5 p.m., Islamic Finance
and International Donor Pol-
icy: The Indonesian Example

Nathan Associates Inc., 12th
Floor, 2101 Wilson Blvd.,ArIing-
ton,Va. IRIS Accelerated Micro-
enterprise Advancement Pro-
ject Enabling Environment Dis-
cussion Series. With Thomas
Timberg of Nathan Associates
Inc ., author of the paper tided
"Islamic Banking in Indonesia."
He and others will address the
question of what standpoint
international donors, in their
role in promoting financial
development, should take on
sbariab finance. RSVP to (703)
516-7700. For more informa-
tion on IRIS and AMAP-EE, see
the IRIS Web site at www.iris.
umd . edu/amap_iqc . asp .

7:30 p.m., "Monster" Jazz
Lab Band Dekelboum Concert
Hall, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center. Program of big
band standards. Free, For more
information, visit www.
claricesmith center, umd , edu.

7:30 p.m.. Controlled with a
Paint Brush: Images of Slav-
ery in Plantation Paintings

Riversdale House Museum,
481 1 Riverdale Road, Riverdale
Park. Part of the "Images of the
Times" lecture series. The fee is
$5-For more information, visit
www. pgparks. com .

WE D N E S D A V

march 19

8:45 a.m.-noon, OIT Short-
course Training: Intermedi-
ate HTML 4404 Computer &
Space Science. Learn to create
a ficticious departmental Web
page with emphasis on learn-
ing advanced body tag attrib-
utes, meta pages, multimedia,
tables and internal anchors.
The class fee is $40. Prerequi-
site: basic knowledge of HTML.
To register, visit www.oit.umd.
edu/sc. For more information,
contact Jane S.Wieboldt at 5-

0443 or oit-training@umail.
umd.edu.

10:30 a.m. to noon, Women

in Science John S.Toll Lounge,
1 204 Physics Building. With
Meg Urry,Yale University. An
informal discussion about the
results of the International
Union of Pure & Applied
Physics' International Confer-
ence on Women in Physics, and
how to accelerate the long,
slow path to change. For more
information, contact Karrie Sue
Hawbaker at 5-5945 or karrie®
physics.umd.edu.

11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m., Tattoo
and Body Piercing: Who's to
Say What to Do? Maryland

Room, Marie Mount Hall. A
brown bag lunch panel discus-
sion on the history of tattoos
and body piercing, why people
get tattoos and body piercing,
religious components, health-
related issues and academic
and professional advice. Pan-
elists will come from the Les-
bian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender
Equity Office, the Counseling
Center, Health Education, and
the School of Journalism, and
will include tattoo artists from
the metropolitan area. For
more information, contact
Dottie Bass at 5-5618 or
d bass @ de an s . umd . edu .

Noon to 1:30 p.m., IGCA
U.S. -China Policy Series:
Does China's New Leader-
ship Mean New Politics Or
New Policies? Multipurpose
Room, Queen Anne's Hall.
Speakers: Li Cheng, Woodrow
Wilson fellow and professor of
government, Hamilton College;
and Pel Minxin, senior associ-
ate and co-director, Carnegie
Endowment China Program.
Presider: Julia Chang Bloch,
interim director and ambassa-
dor-] n- residence. IGCA.
Response required for Chinese
luncheon buffet; students $5,
faculty and others $10. For
more information and to RSVP,
contact Rebecca McGinnis,
China programs coordinator, at
5-0213 or rml65@umail.umd.
edu.

Noon, Too Many Students
in Too Few Majors: The
Challenges Facing Colleges
to Meet These Demands
and the Challenges Facing
Students Who Want These
Majors 0114 Counseling Cen-
ter, Shoemaker Building. With
Katherine Beardsley of the Col-
lege of Behavioral and Social

Sciences. For more informa-
tion, contact Vivian S. Boyd at
vbl4@umail.umd.edu.

5-6 p.m., Are you a Fiend
for Caffeine? Center for
Health and Well Being, 0121
Campus Recreation Center.
Did you know caffeine can be
good for certain ailments? Do
you know how much caffeine
is too much? Find out what's
important for caffeine lovers to
know about caffeine in foods
and supplements. For more
information, contact Jennifer
Treger at 4-1493 or treger®
health, umd, edu.

5-6:30 p.m., Bureaucratic
Strategies for Backside
Survival 1121 Susquehanna.
With Jim Boren, this year's reci-
pient of the Art Gliner Center
for Humor Studies Award for
Contributions to Society
Through Humor. For more
information, call Ruth Bergman
at 5- 1569.

THURSDAY

march 20

Noon, Growing Up a Little
Faster: An Ethnographic
Life Course Perspective on
Adultified Children Mary-
land Room, Marie Mount Hall.
With Linda Burton, professor
of human development and
family studies and director of
The Center for Human Devel-
opment and Family Research
in Diverse Contexts at Penn
State University. Co-sponsors:
the Maryland Population Re-
search Center and the Consor-
tium on Race, Gender and Eth-
nicity. For more information,
call Amy McLaughlin at 5-1651.

8 p.m.. University Sympho-
ny Orchestra Dekelboum
Concert Hall. The orchestra
will perform Ravel's "Piano
Concerto" and Prokofiev's
"Romeo and Juliet." Free. For
more information, visit www.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.

march 21

Noon, Why Is the Land
Green and the Ocean Red?

1201 Physics. With Paul Falk-
owski of Rutgers University.
Coffee and tea will be served
prior to lecture in the Geology
building. For more informa-
tion, contact Karen Prestegaard
at kpresto@geol.umd.edu.

We Have a Winner!

PHOTO BY TOM VENTSfAS

J

im Schwartz, with Residential Facilities, correctly
guessed and won the drawing for last week's mys-
tery photo. Our squirrel friend is sitting on the
fencing between the Mitchell Building and Main

Administration, facing Main Admin. Congratulations!

Give Outlook a call at 5-4629 to claim your prize (a

single-scoop ice cream cone or a drink from the

Dairy).

Noon, Parasitic Biodiversi-
ty and Btogeography:
Revealing the History of a
Complex Biosphere 1 1 30
Plant Sciences. Curator of the
National Parasite Co Lection
Eric Hoberg will be speaking.
For more information, visit
www. entomology, umd . edu .

8 p.m., Squonk Opera See

Stages, page 3.

SATURDAY

march 22

8 p.m., Native Trails Kay

Theatre, Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center. Starring Robert
"Tree" Cody, flutist, Derrick
"Suwaima" Davis, and Mexico's
Xavier Quijas Yxayotl, ancient
instruments, performing a fast-
paced, colorful show. Tickets
are $20, $5 for full-time stu-
dents with ID. For tickets and
more information, call (301)
405-ARTS or visit www.
claricesmithcenter. umd .edu .

march 31

3-5 p.m., Woman of the
Year Award Ceremony and
Reception Maryland Room,
Marie Mount Hall, Claire Moses,
chair of the Wo men's Studies
Department, has been selected
as 2003 recipient of the Presid-
ent's Commission on Women's
Issues Woman of the Year Award.
For more information, visit
www. inform .umd. edu/PCWI/ .

4:30-6 p.m.. Poetry in Time
of War 0200 Symons. With
Minnie Bruce Pratt, award-win-
ning poet, essayist and former
Women's Studies faculty mem-
ber. For more information, con-
tact Deborah Rosenfelt at 5-
6877 or dr49@umail.umd.edu.

6:30-8 p.m. A Conversation
with Waiter Cronkite Room,
42 1 0T Hornbake.The William
S. Paley Annual Lecture is a free
live-via-satellite event. A ques-
tion and answer session will
give audiences at participating
schools an opportunity to
speak directly to Cronkite via
telephone. For more informa-
tion, contact Allan C. Rough at
5-9225 or arough@umd.edu.

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ings, visit w w w.college
publisher.com/outlook.

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President for University Relations

Teresa Flamiery ■ Executive
Director, University
Communications and Marketing

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Letters to the editor, story sugges-
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PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Escape into a World of Dreams

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ith the backdrop

a gritty Pitts-
burgh junkyard
replete with
roaring choreo-
graphed cranes and earthm overs,
the ingenious performers of
Squonk Opera set out nearly nine
years ago determined to shake our

Bigsmorgisbordwunderwerk, or, as
the Squonkers call it, "The Opera
with the Most Highly Syllabic Title
Ever," was created by SquonkArtis-
tic Director Steve O'Hearn and
Musical Director Jackie Dempsey in
the tradition of Monteverdi, Wagner
and Glass.
Critics can't find the exact words

*$?*

senses with the creation of a
unique brand of opera that shatters
the boundaries between music and
theatre.

The Squonkers have gone on to
create five shows, most recendy
"Bigsmdrgasberdwunderwerk," an
off-Broadway hit that jumped to
Broadway, which features an unusu-
al combination of song, dance,
comic intrigues and visual gim-
mickry, elements from Baroque and
Wagnerian opera, and Chinese and
Japanese shadow puppetry. It's a
spectacle featuring acousdc and
electronic instruments, Celtic flute,
vocals, double bass, djembe and
more. The show has garnered an
American Theater Wing Special
Effects Design Award and led to
the creation of a new category by
the Tony Award Committee,

to describe this music/theater/
opera event. It's a performance
where cudery comes alive and
human beings sprout multiple
appendages. The Chicago Reader
says it has "traces of Laurie Ander-
son, Kurt Weill, Debussy, Ravi
Shankar, medieval chant and rap,"

Squonk Opera is slated to partici-
pate in educational workshops with
the Department of Theatre and area
high schools. The performance and
workshops are partially supported
by a grant from Pennsylvania Per-
forming Arts on Tour.

If you're ready to run away from
it aU, escape into a surreal dream-
scape with the incomparable
Squonk Opera, at the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center on Friday,
March 21 at 8 p.m. For ticket infor-
mation, call (301) 405-ARTS.

Dance Artists Weave
Vivid, Eloquent Portrait

Biblical images, the art of
Michelangelo and moving
poetic prose about the plight
of AIDS meld together in the com-
pelling "Study for a Resurrection,"
created by acclaimed choreogra-
pher Terry Creach. His daring
approaches to dance involving ath-
leticism, intimacy and energy
unique to the male body are reflect-
ed in the all male dance repertory
company, Creach/Company

"I'm interested in the physical
interactions, the really small improv-
isations that occur when people
come into close proximity, into
awareness
and influ-
ence. I'm
interested in
layers of
meaning that
pile up, as
they will,"
says director
and co-
founder
Creach.

On Thurs-
day and Fri-
dayApril 3
and 4,
Creach will
present
"Study" at
the Clarice
Smith Per-
forming Arts

Center, with music performed by
musicians from the School of Music.
Featuring a music score based on
sacred music from the 1 3th to 16th
centuries, the work is eloquent and
moving, emotional yet definitely
masculine. It examines the lives of
those living with or affected by
AIDS. Sarah Kaufman ofThe Wash-
ington Post has described it as "sim-
ply a gorgeous work."

For ticket information, call (301)
405-ARTS.

"This study, or
hope, for a
resurrection
tells us it is
not yet time to
celebrate.
Creach and
company have
created not a
memorial to
the fallen, but
a prayer for a
shared
future."

— THE VILLAGE VOICE

Living: Dietary Variety is the Recipe for a Healthy Life

Continued from aaee 1

Continued front page 1

Beta-carotene is a phyto-
chemical that has been
shown to reduce the risk of
heart disease and cancer.

Options: red, yellow and
orange sweet peppers, car-
rots, squash, sweet potatoes

5. Fruits (every day)

A main source of Vitamin
C which helps fight infec-
tion, heal wounds, and main-
tains a healthy oxygen sup-
ply to the skin.

Options: oranges, straw-
berries, grapefruit

$

6. Whole Grains

(every day)

An excellent source of
fiber and many trace miner-
als including selenium,

which is associated with fat
metabolism and antioxidant
functions.

Options: whole wheat
bread, whole gram cereal,
brown rice

7. Low-fat dairy products

(every day)

A main source of calcium,
which is essential for
bone/teeth health. Recent
research has suggested the
importance of calcium for
the body to be able to utilize
fat as energy Something one
wants to encourage the
body to do if weight loss is
the goal.

Options: skim or 1 percent
milk, lowfat yogurt, cheese
in moderation

8. Water (every day)

A mere 2 percent drop in
body water can trigger fuzzy
short-term memory, trouble
with basic math and focus-
ing visually.

Options: any fluid that
does not contain caffeine or
alcohol

9. Nuts and Seeds
(four times per week)

A great source of magne-
sium, potassium and calci-
um, as well as healthy fats.
These nutrients are impor-
tant in lowering and main-
taining a healthy blood pres-
sure.

Options: almonds, sun-
flower seeds, walnuts,
peanuts

10. Dessert

(in moderation)

Food is supposed to be
enjoyable and a healthy diet
can include the occasional
treat. Practice planning and
portion control when it
comes to these "fun" foods.

Once you fill your diet
with the foods listed
above, there will be little
room left for nutrient-empty,
calorie-dense foods. Make
your goal an inclusive one
by adding these healthful
foods to your diet, as
opposed to an exclusive one
where you tell yourself what
you can't eat. You will have a
much better relationship
with food.

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Book Bag

Martin R. Detany : A Documentary Reader

Edited by Robert S. Levine, professor of Eng-
lish and direc-
tor of gradu-
ate studies
(University of
North Caro-
lina Press,
2003)

Delaney
has been
called the
"Father of
Black Nation-
alism." This
documentary
collection
offers readers
a chance to
discover, or
rediscover. Delany in all his complexity.

Campaign Battle Lines: The Practical
Consequences of Crossing the Line
Between What's Right and What's Not in
Political Campaigning

Edited by Ronald A. Faucheux and Paul S,
Herrnson, director of the Center for American
Politics (Campaigns and Elections Publishing
Co., 2002)

Presents a candidate's eye view of cam-
paigning and an assessment of the impact that
various campaign techniques have on election
outcomes.

The Role of Social Capital in Development

Edited by Christiaan Grootaert and Theirry
van Baste) a er, director of the Integreted Finan-
cial Services Team at the IRIS Center (Cam-
bridge University Press, 2002)

Documents the role of social capital in pover-
ty alleviation and most development processes.

Understanding and Measuring Social
Capital: A Muttidisciplinary Tool for
Practitioners

Christiaan Grootaert and Theirry van Baste-
laer (World Bank, June 2002)

Discusses the respective value of quantita-
tive and qualitative approaches to the analysis
of social capital.

Second Track /Citizens' Diplomacy:
Concepts and Techniques for Conflict
Transformation

Edited by John Davies, senior research asso-
ciate at the Center for International Develop-
ment and Conflict Management and Edward
(Edy) Kaufman, senior research associate in the
center and a visiting associate professor of
government and politics IRowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., 2002)

Looks at facilitated dialogue as a way to
address complex conflict issues.

The Good Fight: How Political Candidates
Struggle to Win Elections Without Losing
Their Souls

Edited by Ronald A. Faucheaux and Paul S.
Herrnson (Campaigns and Elections Magazine,
2002)

Can candidates who take the "high road"
get elected? If so, what can others learn from
the experience?

Tq submit your book to Book Bag, send an e-mail
in' the above format to outlook@accmali.umd.edu.
Cover images can be accepted as scanned jpeg
files; send images to cmitchel@accmail.umd.edu.
The next Book Bag will appear April 15.

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Next Chapters Retirement
Planning Program

Are you prepared to transition
from work to retirement? Join col-
leagues from the university and
community to discover how to
make the next chapters of your life
productive and satisfying. Topics
include: the challenge of retire-
ment; change and transition; look-
ing back on your past and design-
ing your future; lifelong learning;
work and volunteerism; health and
wellbeing; financial and legal
affairs; and housing.

The program meets six Tuesdays,
April 8, 1 5, 22, 29 and May 6, 13,
from 5 to 7 p.m. at Legacy College
for Lifelong Learning at the Center
on Aging, located adjacent to cam-
pus at 4321 Hartwick Road,

Other days and times will
become available in the near
future. An enrollment fee of $75
includes materials and parking.
Call (301) 405-2469 or e-mail
benas@umd.edu for a brochure
and an application.

Education Award Applicants
Sought

Professor Emerita Louise M. Berman
spent 26 years on campus as a
teacher, researcher and administra-
tor. An award was established in
1 994 to forward her committment
to find creative ways to explore the
human condition and collaborating
on projects that encourage dia-
logue among diverse people.

Undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents in education, practitioners
and university professors may
apply for awards up to $500. They
can be used for activities such as
conducting research and partici-
pating or sponsoring conferences.
The application process includes
submitting a two- to three-para-
graph proposal and can be written

by individuals or groups. The pro-
posal must also include how the
project relates to long-range profes-
sional goals and a budget if
requesting a speaker for a confer-
ence. The deadline is April 1 , with
awards being made April 1 5. A sec-
ond round of applications will
accepted until Oct. 15.

The application, of which four
copies must be sent, must include
name, home address, place of
employment or university and
position, work address, telephone
numbers and Social Security num-
ber. If relevant, include a statement
and signature from a supervisor or
professor. Send it to; Rose Jackson,
2308 Smith Ave., Pikesville, MD
21209- For more information, send
a note to Jessie Roderick at jr39@
umail.umd.edu. To make contribu-
tions to the fund, send them to
Maggie Neal, 8088 Leishear Road,
Laurel, MD 20723.

Cooperman Award
Nominations Sought

The Megan Cooperman Award for
Outstanding Leadership in Com-
munity Service recognizes a senior
undergraduate student who has
contributed to organizing and
inspiring others to get involved in
community service and service-
learning activities. This student will
have demonstrated a commitment
to the principles of congruence,
reciprocal leadership, collaboration
and social change. The winner can
be involved in curricular or co-cur-
ricular service and must be a sen-
ior graduating in May or December
2003.

Award applications can be
obtained at Commuter Affairs and
Community Service in 1 150 Stamp
Union. For more information or to
request an electronic application,
e-mail jowen@accmail.umd.edu.

Applications for the Cooperman
award are due March 21.

Propping Media for Terror Attacks

PHOTO BY 60 F1SHEL. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE

At the National Press Club, university experts offered
about two dozen media organizations a nuts-and-bolts
primer on covering nuclear, chemical or bioterror
attacks. Sponsored by the Merrill College of Journalism, the
Maryland School of Public Affairs, the College of Life
Sciences and the College of Medicine, the session covered
the risk of such attacks, likely scenarios and ways reporters
can protect themselves in the field. Pictured (left to right):
Sam Joseph, microbiologist (Life Sciences); moderator, Rem
Bieder, editor of American Journalism Review (Journalism);
Harold Standiford, director of infection control (School of
Medicine); Russell Strickland, assistant director, Maryland Fire
and Rescue Institute. Also on the panel but not pictured were
John Steinbruner, Elisa Harris and Steven Fetter, experts in
weapons of mass destruction at the Center for International
and Security Studies at Maryland (School of Public Affairs).

Chaucer and de Pisan,
Together Again (Works-in-
Progress Seminar Series)

The Center for Renaissance and
Baroque Studies (CRBS) will hold
its next Works-in-Progress presenta-
tion, 'Paths of Long Study: Reading
Chaucer and Christine de Pisan in
Tandem," on Tuesday April 1 from
12:30-1:45 p.m. in 01 35 Taliaferro
Hall. This monthly series offers a

forum for scholars on campus to
share their most current research
on the early modern period.

An abstract for this presenta-
tion's paper is available at the
CRBS office in 01 39 Taliaferro Hall,
and attendees are advised to pick
up a copy to read in preparation
for discussion. Coffee and dessert
will be served.

For more information, contact
Karen Nelson at (301) 405-6830 or
visit ww w.crbs, umd.edu.

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efit Special Olympics Maryland.
Linda Clement, vice president for
student affairs, and Jon Dooley,
director of residential facilities,
displayed their comedic gifts dur-
ing "Terrapin Update," which was
modeled on "Saturday Night
Live s" Weekend Update. They
riffed budget cuts and the recent
cheating scandal. Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs
and Provost Bill Desder donned
jeans and a comfortable shirt to
play a traditional banjo medley.
Others danced and sang.

The finale, however, gave sev-
eral senior administrators a
chance to strut their stuff. Associ-
ate Director of the Department
of Public Safety Col. Michael
McNair led Dale Anderson, direc-
tor of personnel services; Jack
Baker, director of operations and
maintenance for Facilities Man-
agement (FM); Frank Brewer,
associate vice president for FM;
Sue Elliott, manager for payroll
services; Jim Harris, dean of the
College of Arts and Humanities;
Dale Hough, assistant comptrol-

ler; Ken Krouse, chief of police;
John Porcari, vice president for
administrative affairs; and Jim
Stirling, associate director of pro-
curement and supply, in an amus-
ing lip syncing of Elvis' hit.

In a contagious spirit of giving,
die bar donated $1 of every after-
show drink to the fund, the park-
ing garage waived fees for all
who attended the event and half
the proceeds from sales of Jenni-
fer Rodgers' CD "What She Wants"
will go to the fund.

Silent auction final prices are
listed below:

Terps football tickets

value: $62; starting bid: $20; win-
ning bid: $75

Terps basketball tickets

value: $62; starting bid: $20; win-
ning bid: $180

Autographed Terrapin men's
basketball

value: $500; starting bid: $100;
winning bid: $250

Six Orioles baseball tickets

value: $60; starting bid: $25; win-
ning bid: $80

University of Maryland Golf
Club membership
value: $550; starting bid: $250;
winning bid: $500

Bowling party for 10 people

value: $ 175; starting bid: $20;
winning bid: $160

Crocheted afghan throw in
Maryland colors by Deborah
Starobin Armstrong

value; $75; starting bid; $30; win-
ning bid: $115

Original watercolor painting
by Catherine Nickle

value: $500; starting bid: $150;
winning bid: $280

Terrapin banjo

value: $200; starting bid: $50;
winning bid: $300 (The anony-
mous winner gave the banjo
back to Destler.who had donated
it to the auction.)

by university alumni.
Stephen Muse and Bill Kir-
wan are part of the Muse
team, and Steve Parker and
Melanie Hennigan are par-
ticipating with the team
from Grimm and Parker.

When selecting the final-
ists from the pool of 28
applicants, Lewis said the
screening committee
looked at a lot of different
criteria.

"We looked for evidence
of high levels of design
achievement," he said. "It's
always difficult for the
screening team to do this.
Some you can eliminate
easily, others not so easily."

Design teams for the Sil-
ver Spring project have to
be familiar with three
areas of design — architec-
tural, urban, and land-
scape — since the civic
building project includes
the building and the adja-
cent plaza. Another con-
cern was how well the
teams could work with

n on-professi on a Is .

"We wanted to get a
sense of how well they
could work with the com-
munity," Lewis said. "This
project will have a lot of
citizen input."

Lewis has served as pro-
fessional advisor for sever-
al other design competi-
tions, including the project
that determined the design
of the Clarice Smith Per-
forming Arts Center at the
university.

"I've done this a few
times, and the most com-
plicated project was
Clarice Smith," Lewis said.
"There were a tremendous
number of stakeholders, . .
It was a huge project."

Though smaller in scale,
the Silver Spring project
will have a large impact on
the area.

"It will create a there'
there," said Lewis.

— Angie Mason, journal-
ism graduate student