The Cornell Chronicle
Calendar of Events
May 13 - 20, 2004
All items for the Chronicle Calendar should be submitted by campus mail, U.S. mail or in person to
Chronicle Calendar, Cornell News Service, Surge 3, Judd Falls Road.
Notices should be sent to arrive 10 days prior to publication and should
include the name and telephone number of a person who can be called if there
are questions.
Notices should also include the subheading of the calendar in which the item
should appear.
CAPE Meeting
The Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti will hold its spring meeting
Thursday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m. in the Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium. In
addition to the meeting, Per Pinstrup Andersen, the H.E. Babcock Professor of
Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, will speak on "Combining Policy and Research
to Achieve the Millennium Development Goal for Hunger Alleviation: Can the Goal
Be Achieved?" Spouses and friends of retired faculty are welcome. For
information, contact Janice McBride, 255-6608.
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.
* "Lauren Greenfield: Girl Culture," through May 16.
* "Allen Sisters: Pictorialist Photographs 1885-1920," through May 30.
* "Small Worlds: The Etchings of Jacques Callot and Stefano Della Bella,"
through June 13.
* "Contemporary Taiwanese Art in the Era of Contention," through June
13.
* "Double Takes: Transformations Through the Lens," through July 11.
* Art for Lunch: On May 13 at noon, An-Yi Pan, assistant professor of art
history, will lead a tour of the "Contemporary Taiwanese Art" exhibition.
Cornell Labyrinth Society
"Labyrinths for Peace," through May 22, in 3330 Carol Tatkon Center.
Hirshland Gallery, Kroch Library
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"600 Years of Urban Development and Planning in and Around Tianjin," through
June 5.
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 $6 ($5
for undergraduates and seniors; $4 for Cornell graduate students and kids 12
and under). Visit the Cornell Cinema Web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu.
Thursday, 5/13
"Club Dread" (2004), directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, with Bill Paxton, Jordan
Ladd and members of Broken Lizard, 7:15 p.m.
"Whale Rider" (2003), directed by Niko Caro, with Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri
Paratene and Cliff Curtis, 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 5/14
Touching the void |
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| Kevin Macdonald's 'Touching the Void' opens at Cornell Cinema Friday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre. This pseudo-documentary, shot on location in the Peruvian Andes and the Alps, is a fascinating and terrifying account of two mountain climbers' near-death experience. Courtesy of Cornell Cinema |
"Touching the Void" (2003), directed by Kevin Macdonald, with Joe Simpson,
Simon Yates and Brendan Mackey, 7:30 p.m.
"Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003), directed by Quentin Tarantino, with Uma Thurman,
David Carradine and Lucy Liu, 7:30 p.m., Uris.
Advanced film students will show original works, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for
the Performing Arts, $5.
"Club Dread," 9:45 p.m.
"50 First Dates" (2004), directed by Peter Segal, with Adam Sandler, Drew
Barrymore and Rob Schneider, 9:45 p.m., Uris.
Saturday, 5/15
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), directed by
Gore Verbinski, with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, 7 p.m.,
Uris.
"Japanese Story" (2003), directed by Sue Brooks, with Toni Collette and Gotara
Tsunashima, 7:30 p.m.
"Touching the Void," 9:45 p.m.
"50 First Dates," 10 p.m., Uris.
Sunday, 5/16
Cornell Cinema is closed.
Monday, 5/17
"Touching the Void," 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 5/18
"Japanese Story," 8 p.m.
Wednesday, 5/19
"50 First Dates," 8 p.m.
Thursday, 5/20
"Japanese Story," 8 p.m.
Risley Hall
"I Am Everyday People: Searching for the `Real' in Reality TV," Ron Simon,
Museum of Television and Radio-New York, May 14, 8 p.m., Risley Theatre. On May
15, Simon will join Risley artist-in-residence Gordon Sander '73 for an event
featuring episodes from 1960s and '70s television, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in
the Risley TV lounge. Read the story.
Bound for Glory
Albums from the studio. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m.
on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baptist Campus Ministry
Weekly Bible study meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in 314 Anabel Taylor Hall. For
information contact Keith Bowman at kcb29@cornell.edu or 277-2283.
Buddhist
* Meditations: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:15-1 p.m., Founders
Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
* Zen Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,
Founders Room, ATH. For information, call Anne Marie at 266-7256.
Campus Crusade for Christ
Weekly large group meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in B14 Hollister Hall.
Catholic
* Sunday Mass schedule: 10 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall
Auditorium, and 9:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
* Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
* Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G22 ATH.
Christian Science
Testimony meetings: Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Founders Room, 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.
Cornell Christian Fellowship
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell
Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. For information visit the Web site at http://www.ccfiv.org.
Episcopal (Anglican)
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sundays,
worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., ATH Chapel. For more information, call
255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For
information visit http://www.quaker.org/ithaca/
or call 273-5421.
Grace Christian Fellowship
The InterVarsity chapter meets Fridays at 7 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall. For more
information visit the Web site at http://www.curw.cornell.edu/gcf.
Hindu
Weekly religious service is Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel
Taylor Hall, followed by a Gita reading at 5 p.m.
Jewish
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:15 p.m., Welcoming in Shabbat with
song, in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a community Shabbat
dinner at 6:45 p.m. in the Kosher Dining Hall. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m.,
Conservative services in the Founders Room, ATH. Call the Hillel office at
255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly
times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH. For daily services, call
272-5810.
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, 11 a.m. until June 1, then 9 a.m. Call
257-7313 for information.
Lutheran
Campus ministry at St. Luke Church, 109 Oak Ave., in Collegetown, Sundays,
10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bible study Tuesday, 7 p.m. For more information call
273-6811 or e-mail rlb8@cornell.edu.
Muslim
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall. Weekly Halaqa,
Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ATH. Weekly Juma'a Prayer, Friday, 1:20 p.m., One
World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly coffee hour Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m., Tower Café, Uris Library. For
more information visit the Web site: http://www.meca-online.org/.
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.
Animal Science
"Role of Melanocortin Receptor 4 (MC4R) in the Regulation of Appetite in the
Pig," Karen Houseknecht, Pfizer Global Research and Development, May 18, 12:20
p.m., 348 Morrison Hall.
Biomedical Sciences
"Genetic Analysis of the Murine DNA Mismatch Repair System," Winfried Edelmann,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, May 18, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III,
Veterinary Research Tower.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Individual and Geographic Variation in Life History Tradeoffs in Birds,"
Daniel Ardia, doctoral dissertation seminar, May 17, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson
Hall.
Molecular Biology & Genetics
"Structural Insights Into Co-transcriptional mRNA Processing and Decay,"
Christopher Lima, Sloan-Kettering Institute, May 14, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology
Building.
Neurobiology & Behavior
"Breathing in Mammals: Neurons, Networks, Models and Behavior," Jeff Smith,
Laboratory of Neural Control, National Institutes of Health, May 13, 12:30
p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday at 12:15
p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
Cornell Plantations
Discover the Cornell Plantations' F.R. Newman Arboretum with a map and compass,
Sunday, May 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. Learn to read a detailed topographical map of
the arboretum and practice using a compass, then discover selected locations
throughout the arboretum. Compass, map and instructions will be provided. Start
between 1 and 3 p.m. under the tent in the Houston Pond area of the arboretum.
The event will be held rain or shine. Admission is $3 per person, $5 for a
group of four. Call 255-2400 or e-mail plantations@cornell.edu to
register.
Emotions Anonymous
Emotions Anonymous, a 12-step program for those dealing with emotional
problems, meets Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at St. Luke's
Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave. For information, call Ed at 387-8257.
Walk-In Writing Service
* 178 Rockefeller, Sunday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
* 222 Robert Purcell, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* Carol Tatkon Center, 3343 Balch Hall, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
Men's Lacrosse (8-4, 5-1 Ivy)
May 15, Hobart, 2 p.m.
Men's Hvwt. Rowing (6-3)
May 16, at Eastern Sprints
Men's Ltwt. Rowing (9-1)
May 16, at Eastern Sprints
Men's Track
May 14-16, at ECAC/IC4A Champs.
Women's Track
May 14-16, at ECAC Champs.