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The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will perform March 28-29 at 8 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Center for Theatre Arts. Tickets are $25 for student/seniors and $30 for the general public. For ticket information call 254-ARTS.See story.emeritus/retired
(Open to the public)
"Columbus Certainly Thickened the Human Food Thread, but It's Still Surprisingly Thin," Jack Kingsbury, plant biology, March 30, 10:30 a.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.exhibits
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on the corner of University and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
* "Fresh Woods and Pastures New: 17th Century Dutch Landscape Drawings From the Peck Collection," through March 26.
* "The Baroque Landscape," through March 26.
* "Andy Goldsworthy: In the Museum," through June 4.
* "Revealing Disguise: Building Identity," through June 18.
* Art for Lunch: March 30 at noon, tour of "Revealing Disguises: Building Identity."
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
* "Color, Geometry and Space Composition," paintings by Jose Luis Guisado, through March 24.
* "The Case," exhibition by David Erdman, UCLA Graduate School of Architecture, March 27-April 1.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m.)
Group Exhibit: Photographs, through April 1.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema and held in Willard Straight Theatre, except where noted, and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors), except matinees, $3.50, and CTA Tuesday events, $3. films
"Louis Prima: The Wildest!" (1999), directed by Don McGlynn, with Louis Prima, Keeley Smith and Sam Butera, 7:30 p.m.
"Speaking in Strings" (1999), directed Paola di Florio, with Nadja Salerno-Sonneberg, 7:15 p.m.
"Last Night" (1998), directed by Don McKellar, with Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley and David Cronenberg, 9 p.m.
"Felicia's Journey" (1999), directed by Atom Egoyan, with Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy and Arsinee Khanjian, 7 p.m.
"Louis, Prima: The Wildest!" 9:30 p.m.
"Louis, Prima: The Wildest!" 9:20 p.m.
"The Mirror" (1974), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with Margarita Terekhova and Philip Yankovsky, 7 p.m.
"Dionysus in '69" (1970), directed by Brian dePalma, introduced by A.D. White Professor-at-Large Richard Schechner, 7 p.m., free.
The Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival Program 3: "Paradise Bent" (1999), directed by Heather Craoll; and "Village of Widows" (1999), directed by Peter Blow, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"Felicia's Journey," 9:40 p.m.
"Feminist Hollywood: From `Born in Flames' to `Point Break,'" presentation by Christina Lane, 4:30 p.m. free. See story.
"Conceiving Ada" (1997), directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson, with Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary and Karen Black, 7:15 p.m.
"In the Company of Fear," directed Jill Sharpe, Latin American Film Series, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"Toy Story 2" (1999), directed by John Lasseter, with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, 9:15 p.m.
"The Flower of Unification," a documentary by Sukyung Lim, East Asia Program visiting scholar, 4:30 p.m., G08 Uris Hall, free.
"Last Night," 7:30 p.m.
"Toy Story 2," 9:40 p.m.lectures
"Statistical Zero Knowledge," Amit Sahai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 30, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"News Reporting Today: Issues in Impartial Reporting," Richard Kaplan, president of CNN, March 30, 8 p.m., David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. See story.
"Mapuche: People of the Land," Reynaldo Mariqueo, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization of the United Nations, March 29, 6 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Cafe.
"PAR, Campus and Community: Bridging Theory and Practice," Helen Lewis, Berea College, March 30, 4:30 p.m., David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
"Inequality, Development and Connected Knowing," Mary Belenky, author, March 30, 7:30 p.m., Martha Van Rensselaer Auditorium.
"Making Art," George Rhoads, painter and kinetic sculptor, and Marcelle Toor, graphic designer, March 27, 2:55 p.m., Uris Hall Auditorium.
"East Is West/West Is West: What Happens When the Twain Meet," Richard Schechner, New York University and A.D. White Professor-at-Large, March 29, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Revitalization, High Modernism and the Cambodian Genocide," Alex Hinton, Rutgers University, March 30, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Avenue.
"Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine," Marilee Murphy, licensed acupuncturist and registered nurse, March 23, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building. Call 255-5133 to register.music
Hapsichordist William Cowdery presents J.S. Bach's "Goldberg" Variations, BWV 988, March 27 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall. See story.
March 26: Albums from the studio. The program airs on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5. from 8 to 11 p.m.religion
No service/spring recess.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., meet in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion, games and service-oriented activities. Classes, speakers, prayers, celebrations at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
Spring break Mass schedule: Sunday, March 26, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7 p.m., G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall. Church services: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Meeting for Worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:30 p.m., candle lighting and singing in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by Shabbat services. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Conservative services in the Founder's Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Call the Hillel office at 255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For daily service times, call 272-5810; all daily services are at the Young Israel House.
Sundays, 11 a.m., One World Room (in English), and 1 p.m., chapel (in Korean), Anabel Taylor Hall. Call 255-2250 for more information.
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m., St. Luke Lutheran Church, Oak Ave. at College Ave. For information, call 273-6811.
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly Friday prayer, 1:15-1:45 p.m., One World Room, ATH.
Weekly Halaqa, Friday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 218 ATH.
Mondays at 5:15-6 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Brief instruction followed by silent sitting. Diverse backgrounds welcome. Some discussion. For more information, call CURW at 255-4214.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. For more information, call the Protestant Cooperative Ministry at 255-4224.seminars
"'Black Marks' on Africa: From Richard Wright's Black Power to Alice Walker's Warrior Marks," Anne Adams, Africana Studies and Research Center, March 29, noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Road.
"Polar Caps of Mars: Geological Differences and Some Consequences," Peter Thomas, radiophysics and space research, March 30, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
"Achieving Accurate Chromosome Segregation," Ted Salmon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 24, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Mouse Genetic Approaches to Functional Genomics," Derek J. Symula, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, March 28, noon, LHII, Veterinary Education Center.
"Comparative Genetic Analysis in companion Animals," Danika Metallinos, University of California at Davis, March 29, noon, LHII, Veterinary Education Center.
"Single-molecule Imaging, Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Biological Systems," Sunney Xie, Harvard University, March 29, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"The Conformation and Role of the Nucleic Acid in Virus Structure and Assembly," Alex McPerson, University of California at Irvine, March 23, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Single Molecule Magnets: High Field EPR, NMR and Magnetization Studies," Naresh Dalal, Florida State University, March 30, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Carbon Dioxide in Landscapes: Applications of N Loss From Flooded Rice in Asia, Residual Effects of Lime in Brasil and New York, Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Cayuga Lake and Implications to P Balance in Cayuga Lake," D.R. Bouldin, crop and soil sciences, March 28, 3:30 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Patterns and Strategies of Meristem Allocation in Herbaceous Plants," Stephen P. Bonser, Queens University, Canada, March 27, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Forced and/or Self-Organized Critically (FSOC) in Space Plasma Processes," Tom Tien Sun Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 28, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Enemy-Free Space for Insect Herbivores Created Via Host Plant Spacing and/or Chemistry: Why Are There so Few Tests," Nancy Stamp, Binghamton University, March 27, 4 p.m., A106 Corson-Mudd Hall.
"Self-Regulation, Agriculture and the Environment: Can the Lessons From Corporate Environmental Management Be Applied to Agricultural Business," Sandra Batie, Michigan State University, March 30, 2:55 p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
"Functionality of Milk Proteins in Ice Cream," Douglas Goff, University of Guelph, March 28, 4 p.m., 125 Riley-Robb Hall.
"The Future Horticulture Classroom: Overcoming Barriers of Space and Time," Marvin Pritts, fruit and vegetable science, and Ken Mudge, floriculture and ornamental horticulture, March 30, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science.
TBA, Ted Clark, microbiology and immunology, March 31, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
"Planning Port-au-Prince," Leslie Voltaire, adviser to the president of Haiti, March 31, 12:15 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
"A Mapuche Perspective on Human Rights in Chile: Past, Present and Prospects for the Future," Reynaldo Mariqueo, Mapuche Interregional Council, March 28, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Advanced Gate Dielectrics for Scaled CMOS," Glen Wilk, Lucent Technologies, March 30, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Assessing Collaboration Technology," Geraldine K. Gay, communication, March 28, 4:30 p.m., 111 Upson Hall.
"Regulation of Bacterial Heme Biosynthesis," Mark O'Brian, SUNY Buffalo, March 30, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Predictive Models and Projections of Tree Phenology Responses to Potential Climate Changes," Carol Augsperger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 28, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"The Right to Secession," Mortimer Sellers, University of Baltimore School of Law, March 30, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant," Wendy Freedman, Carnegie Observatory, March 27, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Caribbean Seafan Corals and the Dynamics of an Emergent Disease," Richard Staples, Boyce Thompson Institute, March 29, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
TBA, Alan Biggs, University of West Virginia, March 28, 3:30 p.m., A133 Barton Lab., Geneva.
"Micromechanics of Fiber-Reinforced Composities: The Near Field Approach," Igor Tsukrov, University of New Hampshire, March 30, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Still Waiting After All These Years: Equity for Women in the Construction Industry," Susan Eisenberg, electrician, activist and author, March 30, 4:30 p.m., 105 Ives Hall.symposiums
"Union Days 2000: Building Coalitions, Uniting for Change" will be held March 29-31. Keynote address will be given by Kent Wong, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, March 29, 1:30 p.m., 105 Ives Hall. See story.
"Decentralization, Privatization and Free Trade in Latin America" will be held March 31 through April 1 in B01 Sage Hall. Sessions begin March 31 at 2 p.m. and April 1 at 9 a.m. The keynote speaker, Ricardo Hausmann, chief economist of Inter-American Development Bank, will talk March 31 at 5 p.m. Registration deadline is March 24. To register and for more information, visit the web site http://www.cipa.cornell.edu.theater
Richard Schechner, founder of the performance studies department at New York University and a Cornell A.D. White Professor-at-Large, will participate in an open classroom and scene work with Cornell theater students March 30 from 2:55 to 4:45 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre of the Center for Theatre Arts.miscellany
The Campus Store will be closed March 24-25 for inventory. The Statler campus store location will be closed March 23 from noon to 4 p.m.
The Cornell Plantations is looking for volunteer stewards for two Plantations natural areas, one located in Ithaca the other in Cortland. An orientation for anyone interested in being a natural areas steward is March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Plantations Headquarters building. For more information call 255-2406 or send e-mail to plantationstours@cornell.edu or visit the web site at http://www.plantations.cornell.edu.
* "The Roadshow for Global Justice" will hold two workshops March 27. The first is from 9 a.m. to noon in Anabel Taylor Hall and will be followed by a noon lunch hour festival on Ho Plaza, in front of Willard Straight Hall. The second, a nonviolence training workshop, will be offered from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Anabel Taylor Hall Cafe. For more information contact Jennifer Webster at (315) 364-6941 or clydweb@baldcom.net.
* The second sweatshop fashion show will be held March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the One World Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. The event will combine theater, activism, fashion and probing questions into the conditions under which much of our clothing is produced. For more information contact Hannah Wittman of CUSLAR at 255-7293.
The Early Childhood Center at Cornell will hold its open house March 25 from 9 a.m. to noon, ground floor, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Enrollment is for children ages 3 to 5.
PBS's CEO Exchange program will videotape a future show, titled "21st Century Technology: What Does the Future Hold?" March 28, at 5 p.m. in Statler Hall Auditorium. William A. Haseltine, Human Genome Sciences Inc., and David Huber, Corvis Corp., will answer audience questions. The event is free and open to the Cornell community. For tickets contact Michelle C. Berry at mcb45@cornell.edu. Seating is limited.
Free tutorial assistance in writing
* 178 Rockefeller Hall: Sunday, 2-8 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 and 7-10 p.m.
* 222 Robert Purcell: Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center: Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
For information, visit http://www.arts.cornell.edu/writing/.sports
March 24, Army at Tampa, noon
March 28, at Binghamton, (2) 1 p.m.
March 25, Yale, 2 p.m.
March 25, Pennsylvania, 1 p.m.
March 26-April 2, Natl. Champs. at Ft. Worth
March 26-April 2, Nat. Champs. at Ft. Worth
March 23, UMBC, 4:20 p.m.
March 23, Stony Brook, 6:10 p.m.
March 24, Lehigh, 2:30 p.m.
March 24, Wright, 4:20 p.m.
March 25, at Bethune Cookman, 2 p.m.
March 24, DePaul at Florida Invitational, noon
March 23, at Florida Atlantic, 3 p.m.
March 25, at Irvine Invitational
March 25, at Irvine Invitational