The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events
September 21 - 28, 2000
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Theatre, Film & Dance
SOLD OUT -- The Paul Taylor Dance Company-Taylor Two will bring Paul Taylor's
art alive on the Cornell stage with high-energy movement and rhythm. The
company will perform Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 for students and
seniors and $30 for the public. For tickets and information, call 254-ARTS or
stop by the CTA box office from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. See story.
Israeli Folk Dancing
Israeli Folk Dancing is offered Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. in Anabel Taylor
Hall. All levels are welcome, and the classes are free. For more information
call 255-4227 or e-mail nf21@cornell.edu.
exhibits
Johnson Museum of Art
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.
* "Changing Roles - Changing Views: A Woman's New York, 1900-1940,"
through Oct. 22.
* "Blackness in Color," through Oct. 22.
* "Chinese Paintings," through Nov. 5.
* "The Renaissance Body," through Jan. 7.
* Art for Lunch: Tour "Changing Roles - Changing Views: A Women's New
York, 1900-1940" exhibition with Salah Hassan Sept. 21 at noon.
* "Harambee: Coming Together," a celebration of African-American Culture,
Sept. 14, 1:30-4:30 p.m. An afternoon of art, music, dance, storytelling and
gallery tours.
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| Fabian Martinez's "The Big Cats" is one of 16 paintings commissioned for an exhibit opening today at the Hagan Room Gallery in Schurman Hall. The opening reception, at 7 p.m., is free and open to the public. |
Hagan Room Gallery, Schurman Hall
"Caliente y Frío: Wildlife From the Equator to the Poles," an exhibit
featuring paintings by Cuban artist Fabian Martínez, runs from Sept. 21
through Nov. 2 and is on view Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. To arrange a viewing,
call 253-3744. The opening reception is Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Hagan Room
Gallery; it is free and open to the public.
Kroch Library Gallery
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 1-5 p.m.; 255-3530)
"Living and Reliving the Icelandic Sagas," through Oct. 10. For information
visit http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/fiske.
films
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). Visit the Cornell Cinema web
site at http://cinema.cornell.edu.
Thursday, 9/21
"Death Song" (1991), directed by Kim Ho-Seon, 4 p.m., free.
"Children of Nature" (1992), directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, with Gisli
Halldorsson, Sigridur Hagalin and Bruno Ganz, 7:15 p.m.
"Gladiator" (2000) directed by Ridley Scott, with Russell Crowe, Joaquin
Phoenix and Richard Harris, 9:15 p.m.
Friday, 9/22
"Small Time Crooks" (2000), directed by Woody Allen, with Woody Allen, Tracey
Ullman, Hugh Grant and Jon Lovitz, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Chutney Popcorn" (1999), directed by Nisha Ganatra, with Nisha Ganatra, Jill
Hennessy and Madhur Jaffrey, 7:30 p.m.
"Gladiator," 9:20 p.m., Uris.
"Le Samourai" (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, with Alain Delon and
Nathalie Delon, 9:45 p.m.
"Pop in Reykjavik" (1998), directed by Agust Jakobsson, midnight.
Saturday, 9/23
"Now and Then: From Frosh to Seniors" (1999), directed by Daniel Geller and
Dayna Goldfine, 7:15 p.m., with guest filmmaker Daniel Geller.
"Gladiator," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"100% Arabica" (2000), directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri, with Khaled, Cheb Mani and
Mouss, 10 p.m.
"Small Time Crooks," 10:25 p.m., Uris.
"Le Samourai," midnight.
Sunday, 9/24
"Gladiator," 7:30 p.m.
"Fanny" (1932), directed by Marc Allégret, with Raimu, Pierre Fresnay
and Ornae Demazis, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
Monday, 9/25
"Three Women on the Road" (1995), directed by Oh Beyong-Cheol, 4:45 p.m.,
free.
"Pather Panchali" (1954), directed by Satyajit Ray, with Kanu Banerji and
Karuna Banerji, 7 p.m.
"Small Time Crooks," 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/26
"Contact" (1997), directed by Jang Yoon-Hyun, 4:45 p.m., free.
"100% Arabica," 7:15 p.m.
"An Evening with Experimental Filmmaker David Gatten" (2000), directed by David
Gatten, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"Le Samourai," 9:20 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/27
"The Idiots" (1998), directed by Lars von Trier, with Bodil Jorgensen, Jens
Albinus and Louise Hassing, 7:15 p.m.
"Guantanamera" (1997), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea,
presented by LASP and CUSLAR, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"High Fidelity" (2000), directed by Stephen Frears, with John Cusack, Iben
Hjejle and Jack Black, 9:45 p.m.
Thursday, 9/28
"Spring in My Hometown" (1998), directed by Kwangmo Lee, with Sung Ki Ahn and
Yu Chung Bae, 4:45 p.m., free.
"Movie Days" (1994), directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, with Orvar Jens
Arnarsson, Rurik Haraldsson and Sigrun Hjalmtysdottir, 7:15 p.m.
"Girlfight" (2000), directed by Karyn Kusama, with Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime
Tirelli and Santiago Douglas, 9:20 p.m.; passes will be available at the
Willard Straight ticket office Sept. 25, $1 donation.
Registration
* Course changes: Courses can be dropped through Oct. 13 without
penalty. The chairperson's (adviser's) signature is required for all changes on
the add/drop form, and instructor or department approval is required when
adding courses or changing grade options/credit hours.
A course dropped after Oct. 13 will appear on transcripts with a "W," unless a
petition signed by the instructor and noted by the special committee chair is
submitted requesting that it not appear. After Oct. 13, courses cannot be added
and credit hours or grading options cannot be changed except by a petition
signed by the instructor and noted by the chair of the Special Committee.
Financial
* Travel grants: Conference transportation grant applications are
due at the Graduate Fellowship Office, Caldwell Hall, by Oct. 1 for November
conferences. Late applications are not considered; grants are awarded to
registered graduate students invited to present papers or posters. Application
forms are at graduate field offices and on the web http://ww.gradschool.cornell.edu/grad/fellowships/intro.html.
* Hertz graduate fellowship: Applications are available on the web
at http://www.hertzfndn.org;
for U.S. citizens or permanent residents in applied physical sciences. Award is
$25,000 nine-month stipend plus tuition from Hertz and Cornell; renewable.
Deadline: Nov. 3.
* NSF graduate research fellowships: Applicants for National
Science Foundation graduate research fellowships must be U.S. citizens or
permanent residents; graduate students must be in first or beginning second
year of graduate study; research-based master's or doctoral degree program in
mathematical, physical, biological, behavioral and social sciences,
engineering, history and philosophy of science, or Ph.D. in science education.
See web site http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov;
deadline Nov. 7. Award is yearly $16,800 stipend plus tuition from NSF and
Cornell; award is for three years.
* Predoctoral fellowships: For information on Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Predoctoral Fellowships in the Biological Sciences, see web site
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/graduate/.
For doctoral students who have completed less than one year of graduate study.
Open to both U.S. and foreign citizens (latter must study in the United
States). Award up to five years; stipend of $18,000 and tuition. Deadline: Nov.
8.
* Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grants:
Provides one-year funding to conduct research overseas in field of modern
foreign languages and area studies. Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Applications will be available mid- to late-September in the Graduate
Fellowships Office. Return applications to appropriate area studies program by
that office's deadline. See web site http://www.ed.gov/ofices/OPE/HEP/iegps/ddrap.html.
* Fulbright Grants for Study Abroad for 2001-02: Applications are
available at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 170 Uris Hall;
255-6370; see http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/unding.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens. The Fulbright adviser, Professor Milton
Esman, will meet with applicants in September; sign-up for appointment.
Application deadline: Oct. 6.
* Social science fellowship: Applications for 2001-02 Social
Science International Predissertation Fellowships are available in 155 Caldwell
Hall; Ph.D. students; award may include tuition, stipend and health insurance.
No citizenship requirements, but students are discouraged from studying their
own cultures. Deadline: Dec. 8 at Graduate School. Information session Sept.
27, 4:30 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
* Fellowships for minorities: Ford predoctoral and dissertation
fellowships for minorities are available to Alaskan natives (Eskimo and Aleut),
black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American
Indians, Native Pacific Islanders and Puerto Ricans. Must be U.S. citizen. See
http://www.nationalacademi\e.org/osep/fo;
deadline Nov. 10 for predoctoral fellowship, Dec. 1 for dissertation
fellowship.
Meetings and Workshops
* Lunch with the dean: Graduate students can join Dean Cohen for
lunch Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Big Red Barn (table near piano). Bring your
lunch and discuss concerns or get acquainted.
* Dissertation and thesis seminars: 100 Caldwell Hall, 2 p.m.;
master's thesis, Wednesday, Oct. 18; doctoral dissertation, Wednesday, Oct. 25.
The thesis adviser will discuss preparing and filing theses and dissertations;
students, faculty and typists are welcome.
* Grant workshops: The Mario Einaudi Center for International
Studies will offer five workshops on grants - all 4:30-5:30 p.m. in G08 Uris
Hall: Wednesday, Sept. 27 - Social Science Research Council Grants and
Fellowships; Tuesday, Oct. 3 - Mario Einaudi Center International Research
Travel Grants;Wednesday, Oct. 11 - Writing a Winning Grant Proposal; Tuesday,
Oct. 17 - An Overview of Grant Opportunities
* Graduate Career Development Office: 325 Caldwell Hall. For
graduate students interested in nonprofessorial positions, call 255-5184 for an
individual appointment, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Open office hours are
Thursdays, 1-4 p.m.
Africana Studies & Research Center
"Black Studies and Birth Pangs: Sectarianism and Armed Conflict at UCLA,
1968-1969," Scot Brown, Africana Studies and Research Center, Sept. 27, noon,
Hoyt Fuller Room, 310 Triphammer Road.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Stephen Lippard of MIT will give three Baker lectures, all at 11:15 a.m. in 119
Baker Lab: "Election Transfer in Living Systems," Sept. 21; "Hydrolytic
Enzymes, Zinc and Other Metal Ions," Sept. 26; and "Model Chemistry for
Metallohydrolases," Sept. 28.
Computer Science
"Multitask Learning," Rich Caruana, Carnegie Mellon University, Sept. 21, 4:15
p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Fast Tree-Structured Computations and Memory Hierarchies," Siddhartha
Chatterjee, University of North Carolina, Sept. 28, 4:15 p.m., B17 Upson
Hall.
Cornell Plantations
"Plants From the Dark Side: New Shade-Loving Perennials," Tony Avent, Plant
Delights Nursery Inc., Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m., James Law
Auditorium, Schurman Hall.
Entrepreneurship & Personal
Enterprise
Jeff Hawkins, the inventor of the PalmPilot, is the 2000 Entrepreneur of the
Year and will deliver a free public address Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. in Statler
Auditorium.
European Studies, Institute for
"Democratization in Europe," Charles Tilly, Columbia University, Sept. 22, 4
p.m., A.D. White House.
Industrial & Labor Relations
"The Denny's Diversity Story," Rachelle Hood-Phillips, Denny's Restaurants,
Sept. 26, 4 p.m., 305 Ives Hall. See
story.
"Arbitration, the Second Oldest Profession, and Its Pioneering Professor,"
Marcia Greenbaum, mediator, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination,
Sept. 27, 1 p.m., 105 ILR Conference Center. See
story.
Latino Studies Program
"Altarities: Chicana Art, Politics and Spirituality," Laura Pérez,
University of California-Berkeley, Sept. 28, 4 p.m., B30 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Law School
"Executing the Innocent: Why So Many Wrongful Convictions?" Peter Neufeld,
Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Sept. 27, 5 p.m., MacDonald Moot
Court Room, Myron Taylor Hall. See
story.
J.H. Newman Society
"Knowledge Plus Wisdom: Human Genetic Engineering With Ethical Insight," Kevin
FitzGerald, Loyola University Medical Center, Sept. 27, 8 p.m., auditorium,
Anabel Taylor Hall.
South Asia Program
"Where Women Grow on Trees: Fabulous Indian Ocean Islands," Shawkat Toorawa,
Near Eastern studies, Sept. 25, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Southeast Asia Program
"Papuan Movement to Independence," Octavianus Mote, visiting scholar, Sept. 21,
12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
Veterinary Medicine
"Dangerous Places: Travels on the Edge," Rosa Jordan, author, journalist and
wildlife conservationist, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., Lecture Hall I, Veterinary
Education Center. This lecture is in conjunction with the college's opening of
an art exhibit in the Hagan Room, Schurman Hall.
Department of Music
See story.
* Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Guest artist Paul O'Dette presents
a concert of lute music, "Ancient Airs and Dances for Lute."
* Sept. 23, 8 p.m., Sage Hall: Under the direction of Scott Tucker,
the Cornell Glee Club with perform its annual Homecoming Concert with a
performance by The Hangovers, a subset of the Glee Club. Tickets are $6 in
advance and $7 at the door. Tickets are available at the Willard Straight Hall
ticket office at 255-3430 or through the Glee Club office at 255-3396.
Bound for Glory
Sept. 24: Trout Fishing in America will perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast
live Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m., in the Anabel Taylor Hall Café. The
program airs on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5.
Sage Chapel
Frederick Streets, Yale University chaplain, will lead the service Sept. 24 at
11 a.m.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baha'i Faith
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.
Catholic
Weekend Mass schedule: Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall
Auditorium.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
Christian Science
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.
Episcopal (Anglican)
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.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for Worship, Sundays 10:30 p.m. at the Hector Meeting House on Perry
City Road. Child care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
Jewish
* 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.
Korean Church
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.
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for
directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Muslim
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.
Pagan
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious
Work at 255-4214.
Protestant Cooperative Ministry
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Applied Mathematics
"Error Estimation/Indication for Galerkin Finite Element Methods," Varis Carey,
CAM, Sept. 21, 4 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
Astronomy
"Neutron Stars: Gateways to Extreme Physics," James Cordes, astronomy, Sept.
21, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
Thomas Gold Lecturer: Clifford Will of Washington University will give two
talks in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall: "Einstein's Relativity Put to
Nature's Test," Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m.; and "Was Einstein Right?" Sept. 28, 4:30
p.m. See story.
Biomedical Sciences
"Combinatorial Signals and Gene Regulation in Placental Cells: A Role for
MAPKs, Deacetylases and Homeobox Proteins," Mark Roberson, biomedical sciences,
Sept. 26, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
Biophysics
"Calcium Control of Neurotransmitter Release," Thomas Südhof, University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Sept. 26, 1 p.m., 701 Clark
Hall.
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
"Ignorance Is Bliss: Why People Do Not Recognize Their Own Incompetence," Dave
Dunning, psychology, Sept. 21, noon, Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer
Hall.
Chemical Engineering
TBA, Mark Burns, University of Michigan, Sept. 25, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
"Great Polymer Chemistry That Failed Commercially," Richard Kossoff, R.M.
Kossoff & Associates Inc., Sept. 21, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
"Field Estimation Problems in Ocean Observing and Prediction Systems," Carlos
J. Lozano, Harvard University, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.
"Cooling Water Intake and Discharge Structures for Thermal Power Plants Siting
and Design Considerations," Adnan Alsaffar, Bechtel Corp., Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m.,
366 Hollister Hall.
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
"The Pursuit of Rationality in Policy Analysis: Can We Extract Wisdom From the
Dialogue of the Deaf?" David Pelletier, nutritional sciences, Sept. 21, 4:30
p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
"Greatest Hits of the Coastal Plain Drilling Project: 90 Million Years of
Eustasy and Extreme Events in Earth History," Kenneth Miller, Rutgers
University, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"The Genetics of Reproductive Isolation: A Brief History and Comments on Ground
Crickets," Daniel Howard, New Mexico State University, Sept. 25, 12:30 p.m.,
A106 Corson Hall.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
"4G Wireless Access," Nelson Sollenberger, AT&T Labs-Research, Sept. 26,
4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
Genetics & Development
"Cytochrome P450-Mediated Insecticide Resistance: The CYP6D1 Story," Jeff
Scott, Cornell, Sept. 22, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Horticulture
"Flower Bulb Research at Cornell: Cooperating With Industry While Pursuing
Basic Research Interests," Bill Miller, horticulture, Sept. 21, 4 p.m., 404
Plant Science Building.
"Exploiting Plant/Microbe Interactions in Agroecosystems," Janice Thies, crop
and soil science, Sept. 28, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Immunology
"The Role of Neutrophils in Shaping Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii,"
Susan Bliss, microbiology and immunology, Sept. 22, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson
Institute Auditorium.
Latin American Studies
"Borges: Philosophers and Philosophies," Andres Lema Hincapie, visiting fellow,
Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Manufacturing Engineering
"Transitioning Aerospace Optical Technologies to Commercial Production," Dexter
Wang and Jeanne Hartley Talbourdet, SSG Inc., Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., B14
Hollister Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
"Numerical Simulation of Dislocation Behavior," Klaus Schwarz, IBM, Sept. 21,
4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Deformation of Nanostructured Metallic Composites," Harriet Kung, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
"Estimation for Modeling and Control: From Active Noise Control to Advanced
Vehicle Control," Laura Ray, Dartmouth College, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m., B11
Kimball Hall.
Microbiology
"A Wild Goose Chase: The Microbiology of Goose Feces," Monica Lee Tischler,
Benedictine University, Sept. 21, 4 p.m., 125 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Enzymology and Regulation of Bacterial Cellulose Metabolism," David Wilson,
molecular biology and genetics, Sept. 28, 4 p.m., 125 Riley-Robb.
Neurobiology & Behavior
"How Synapses Learn," Mary Kennedy, California Institute of Technology, Sept.
28, 12:20 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Peace Studies Program
"Search for Victory: Understanding Democracies' Propensity for Victory in War,"
Allan Stam, Dartmouth College, Sept. 21, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Plant Biology
"A Tale of Two Pigments and Other Colorful Matters," Arthur Galston, Yale
University, Sept. 22, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Plant Pathology
"Molecular Evolution of Soil-borne Wheat Mosaic Virus in the Alphavirus-like
Superfamily," Yukio Shirako, University of Tokyo, Sept. 25, 12:20 p.m., 404
Plant Science Building.
Stability, Transition & Turbulence
"Eulerian and Lagrangian Langmuir Circulation Patterns in the Ocean," Rajesh
Bhaskaran, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Sept. 26, 12:30 p.m., 128
Rhodes Hall.
Textiles and Apparel
"The Garment Industry and Human Rights: National and International Dimensions,"
Lance Compa, industrial and labor relations, Sept. 21, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha
Van Rensselaer Hall.
"The Copp Family Textiles - Smithsonian Collection dated 1750-1850," Susan
Green, Cornell, Sept. 28, 12:20 p.m., 317 MVR Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"Static and Dynamic Friction in Sheared Granular Materials," Jerry Gollub,
Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania, Sept. 27, 4:30 p.m., 205
Thurston Hall.
Theatre, Film & Dance
For tickets and information, call or visit the Center for Theatre Arts box
office, 430 College Ave., weekdays, 12:30-5:30 p.m.; 254-ARTS.
* Cornell's Center for Theatre Arts presents "A View From the Bridge"
Sept. 21-23 and a matinee Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 for students and
seniors and $9 for the public.
* In the first offering of the Black Box Series, Jean Grenet's "The Maids"
will be staged Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m. and Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the
CTA's Black Box Theatre. Tickets are $2.
Dilmun Hill Student Farm Stand
"Open House and Harvest Celebration," Sept. 22, Dilmun Hill Student Farm, Route
366. Tours of the farm, 4 p.m.; dinner and slide show, 6 p.m.; and music by
MacGillicuddies, 7:30 p.m. Bring a dish to pass or a small donation.
Cornell Christian Faculty/Staff Forum
The Cornell Christian Faculty/Staff Forum will meet Sept. 21, 12:20 p.m., in
the Shirley Harper Conference Room, 6th Floor, ILR Library Building. For more
information call 256-0074.
Cornell United Religious Work
Zen Meditation is offered Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the Founders Room,
Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information call Anne Marie at 273-4906.
Walk-in Writing Service
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.
Field Hockey (1-2)
Sept. 24, Pennsylvania, 1 p.m.
Sept. 27, Lehigh, 5 p.m.
Football (0-1)
Sept. 23, Yale, 2 p.m.
Sprint Football
Sept. 22, at Pennsylvania, 7:30 p.m.
Men's Soccer (2-2)
Sept. 22, Pennsylvania, 7 p.m.
Sept. 26, at Colgate, 7 p.m.
Women's Soccer (1-3)
Sept. 22, Fresno State, 4 p.m.
Sept. 24, Pennsylvania, noon
Sept. 27, at Colgate, 7 p.m.
Men's Tennis
Sept. 23-24, Cornell Fall Outdoor Invitational
Women's Tennis
Sept. 22-24, Cissie Leary Invitational at Penn
Volleyball (4-3)
Sept. 22-23, at Siena Invitational