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Open to the Cornell community and general public, all events are free unless noted otherwise. Beginners are welcome; no partners are necessary. For information, call Edilia at 387-6547 or Marguerite at 539-7335 or send e-mail to David at dhr1@cornell.edu.
April 21, North Room, Willard Straight Hall: 7:30 p.m., Hambo (Swedish), 8:30 p.m., request dancing.
Thursdays, 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For information, call 255-4227.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.
* "Playfulness and Fashion: Inro From the Weston Collection," through May 12.
* "For the Enjoyment of Art: The Lockhart Collection," through May 12.
* "Still Time: Photographs by Sally Mann," through May 26.
* "A Life Well Lived: Fantasy Coffins of Kane Quaye," through June 16.
* Batik demonstration with Mohammed Najib Dawa, April 20, 2 to 3 p.m.
Work by Mildred Selendy, April 20-27.
"Invention and Enterprise: Ezra Cornell, a 19th-Century Life," curated by Elaine Engst, university archivist, through June 9.
Images of Malaysia: The Hand-Painted Batiks of Mohammed Najib Dawa, April 19-26.
* Paintings by Guillermo Hinojosa-Canales, through April 20.
* Prints by Christa Wolf, April 20-27.
Paintings by Corinne T. Kenney, DVM '62, are on display in the center's gallery through June 9.
Paintings, photographs and photo collage by Patricia Chu, through April 26.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema unless otherwise noted and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students and children under 12), except for Tuesday night Cinema Off-Center at the Center for Theatre Arts ($2) and Saturday or Sunday matinees ($3.50). Films are held in Willard Straight Theatre except where noted. films
"Suddenly Last Summer" (1959), directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, with Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift, 7 p.m.
"Pather Panchali" (1954), directed by Satyajit Ray, with Kanu Banerji and Karuna Banerji, 9:30 p.m.
"Dadetown" (1995), directed by Russ Hexter, 7 p.m.
"Sabrina" (1995), directed by Sydney Pollack, with Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear, 7:15 p.m., Uris."When Night Is Falling" (1996), directed by Patricia Rozema, with Pascale Bussieres, Rachel Crawford and Henry Czerny, 9:45 p.m.
"The American President" (1995), directed by Rob Reiner, with Michael Douglas, Annette Bening and Martin Sheen, 10 p.m., Uris.
"Screamers" (1996), directed by Christian Duguay, with Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis and Jennifer Rubin, midnight.
"When Night Is Falling," 7:15 p.m.
"The American President," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Screamers," 9:30 p.m. and midnight.
"Sabrina," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"Sabrina," 4:30 p.m.
A screening of rare avant-garde shorts from the Filmmakers' Cooperative, presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"The American President," 7:15 p.m.
Black Maria Film and Video Festival, with festival director John Columbus, 7 p.m.
"Susana" (1951), directed by Luis Bunuel, 9:30 p.m.
"Gilda" (1946), directed by Charles Vidor, with Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, 7 p.m.
"Damed if You Don't" (1987) and "The Deflatable Man" (1987), directed by Su Friedrich/Paul Bettel, with Peggy Healy, Ela Troyano/Mark McKernon, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"White" (1994), directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, with Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy and Janusz Gajos, 9:30 p.m.
"Ithaca=Bihac" (1995), video of Ithaca's "Bosnia Week," sponsored by the Bosnia Coordinating Committee, 255-7592, 4:30 p.m.
"Aparajito" (1957), directed by Satyajit Ray, with Pinaki Sen Gupta and Smaran Ghosal, 7 p.m.
"One Way or Another" (1974), sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and CUSLAR, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"White," 9:30 p.m.
"Science or Sacrilege: Native Americans, Archaeology and the Law" (1996), directed by Nicholas Nicastro, 7 p.m., free.
"Aparajito," 10 p.m.* Move to Caldwell: The Graduate School offices will move from Sage Hall to Caldwell Hall. Anticipated moving dates are: graduate bulletin
Records Office, Thesis Adviser, Admissions Office, and Fellowships and Financial Aid Office - May 3 to 5.
Deans' offices and Publications and Statistics Office - May 14 to 24.
* May 3: Closed for move: The Graduate School offices will be closed on Friday, May 3, because of the move (see exception for thesis adviser). Phone and e-mail service also will not be available on May 3. On Monday, May 6, limited services will be available in Caldwell Hall. We apologize for the inconvenience.
* Thesis Adviser: The thesis adviser will be available for walk-in student appointments on Friday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the lounge of Sage Hall. On Monday, May 6, the thesis adviser will be available in 192 Caldwell Hall.
* CoursEnroll: Pre-enrollment for Fall '96: Course pre-enrollment is on-line and electronic through Bear Access. Dates for graduate students are through April 19. A graduate student must obtain consent from the committee chairperson for the pre-enrollment course selections and then receive an electronic `adviser key' (password) from the chairperson or graduate field office. The Fall '96 Course and Time Roster is available on the Web. If you do not pre-enroll, you must submit a course enrollment form during the first three weeks of the fall semester. If you pre-enroll and decide to make changes, you must submit a course `add and drop' form during the first three weeks of fall semester.
* Summer registration: Summer graduate registration begins Monday, May 20, at the Graduate School information desk, first floor, Caldwell Hall. Student ID and in-person registration are required. Students must register if they are 1) receiving financial aid during the summer (such as fellowships, summer loans, assistantships, travel grants or tuition awards); 2) wish to use campus facilities during the summer; or 3) are off campus but need to be registered for summer study. Graduate students who have been registered for a regular semester during the preceding academic year do not pay tuition for non-credit summer registration. Students approved for summer residence credit must pay the appropriate pro-rated Graduate School tuition rate. Tuition must be paid for summer courses taken through the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.
* May degree: All requirements for a May degree must be completed by May 17, including submitting the dissertation/thesis to the Graduate School. Professional master's candidates should check with their field regarding earlier deadlines.
* Orientation volunteers: Volunteer as a graduate adviser for Graduate Orientation Week, Aug. 21 to 31. Interested graduate and professional students should contact Victoria Blodgett, manager of the Big Red Barn Grad Center (254-4723 or vab2@cornell.edu) or Sarah Bigham, graduate assistant (255-1123 or sgb4@cornell.edu).lectures
"My Community: The Color of Our Struggles," Marcia Fort, director, Greater Ithaca Activities Center, April 24, noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, 310 Triphammer Road.
Julian Smith Lectures: L. Gary Leal of the University of California at Santa Barbara will speak at 4 p.m. in 165 Olin Hall on the following topics and dates: "Studies on the Motions of Polymeric Liquids: Experimental Studies," April 23; and "Studies of the Motions of Polymeric Liquids: Theoretical Studies," April 25.
Blomquist Lectures: "Visualizing the World of Atoms and Molecules With Scanning Probe Microscopy," John Baldeschwieler, California Institute of Technology, April 18, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker.
"Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala: A Survivor Talks About the Most Recent Massacre," Anastasio Chop Garcia, an indigenous Mayan from Guatemala, April 22, 8 p.m., Cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall.
"Feminism and Decolonization: The Women's Movement in Hong Kong, 1980s-1990s," Choi Po-king, Chinese University of Hong Kong, April 22, 4:30 p.m., Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Doing Business in China Today," Samuel Seltzer, president, Allison Corp., April 25, 1:25 p.m., 200 Baker.
"Fair-sexing It: The Construction of Female Reader in Shanghai Newspapers (1872-1912)," Barbara Mittler, University of Heidelberg, April 25, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller Hall.
On April 22 at 2:55 p.m. in Hollis Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall, composer Steven Stucky will speak as part of the "Mind and Memory" lecture series.
Gottschalk Memorial Lecture: "Bakhtin on Aristophanes, Shakespeare and Chekhov," David Bevington, University of Chicago, April 25, 4:30 p.m., Hollis Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith.
"Coming Together or Growing Apart? East and West Germans After Five Years," Manfred Kuechler, Hunter College, April 23, 11:40 p.m., 494 Uris Hall.
"Guenter Grass: Germany's Last Heretic?" Claudia Mayer-Iswandy, University of Montreal, April 25, 11:40 p.m., 494 Uris Hall.
Karen Karp of Karp Food Service Consulting will speak on opening and operating a not-for-profit food service outlet, April 25, 2:30 p.m., 190 Statler Hall, as part of the Housing and Feeding the Homeless guest speaker series.
LGB Families Speakers Series: "Local Families Speak Out on Their Relationship to Public Schools and the Legal System," April 18, 7:30 p.m., International Lounge, Willard Straight Hall.
"Straight Parents/Queer Kids": The film "Queer Son" will be screened, followed by a panel discussion with local parents of queer kids, April 25, 7:30 p.m., International Lounge, Willard Straight Hall.
"Visual Pleasure in 1959: Mankiewicz' Suddenly Last Summer," D.A. Miller, Columbia University, April 19, 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith D.
"Presidential Politics and Foreign Policy: Diminishing America's Global Stature," Clifton Wharton Jr., former deputy secretary of state, April 18, 4:30 p.m., David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
"Gender Bias in the College Classroom and Strategies for Change," David Sadker, American University, April 18, 3:30 p.m., Biotechnology Building Auditorium.
"`Something Happened': The False Memory Controversy and the Social Construction of Child Abuse," Elizabeth Wilson, Radcliffe College, April 23, 4:30 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House.
"Philosophy and the Schizoid Condition: Wittgensteinian Reflections and Reflections on Wittgenstein," Louis Sass, Rutgers University, April 24, 4:30 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House.
"Engendering Entrepreneurship: Ideologies and Political-Economic Transformations in a Northern Vietnamese Manufacturing Center," Hy Van Luong, University of Toronto, April 18, 12:15 p.m., 640 Stewart Ave.
"Indonesia in ASEAN and APEC," Iwan Azis, visiting professor and University of Indonesia, April 25, 12:15 p.m., 640 Stewart Ave.
"Parallel Structured Adaptive Methods for the Solution of the LDA Equations for Materials Applications," Scott Kohn, University of California at San Diego, April 23, 2:30 p.m., 456 Rhodes Hall.
"Jesus and Muhammad: An Essay in Comparative Historiography," Francis Peters, New York University, April 18, 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith D.music
* April 18, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student chamber music recital. Hiromi Ogawa, a piano student of Blaise Bryski, will perform three Rachmaninoff preludes. Baritone Alan Florendo will present four selections from Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel. Additional voice students of Judith Kellock also will be featured.
* Jazz Festival
* April 19, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Fortepianist Blaise Bryski and cellist Stephanie Vial will present a recital that includes works by Bach, Mozart, Scarlatti and Clementi.
* April 20, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student vocalists Lea Friedman and Alan Florendo will give a joint recital.
* April 22, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: A student chamber music recital will feature Chopin's Fantasy in F Minor, Beethoven's An die Ferne Geliebte and Dvorak's Quartet in F major, Op. 96, "American."
* April 23, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Eighteenth-century performance practice scholar Brian Brooks will perform J.S. Bach's Partita in E major, Sonata in C major and Partita in D minor.
* April 24, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Piano students of Xak Bjerken will present a studio recital. Performers include Emily Chiang, Robert Kleinberg, Sarah Morgan, Edith Wu, Ken Chan, Timothy Fuller and Sarah Jhung.
April 21: Michael McNevin will perform in the Cafe in Anabel Taylor Hall at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is free. Bound for Glory is broadcast from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.readings
The Feminist Women's Writing Workshop and the Durland Alternatives Library will co-sponsor "Women's Voices: Prose and Poetry," a reading by local women writers, April 20, 7:30 p.m., Cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall. For information, call 255-6486.religion
Janet Shortall, assistant director of Cornell United Religious Work, will give the sermon April 21 at 11 a.m. in Sage Chapel.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Union.
Fridays, 7 p.m., firesides with speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Meet at the Balch Archway; held in Unit 4 lounge at Balch Hall. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m.
Weekend Masses: Saturday, 5 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium. Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., G-22 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Testimony meetings sharing healing through prayer and discussion every Thursday at 7 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information see <http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~bretz/cso.html>.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sundays, 11 a.m., meeting for worship in the Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Discussions most weeks at 9:50 a.m., 314 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Morning Minyan at Young Israel, 106 West Ave., call 272-5810.
Friday Services: Conservative: 6 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall; Reform: 6 p.m., ATH Chapel; Orthodox: call for time, 272-5810, Young Israel.
Saturday Services: Orthodox: 9:15 a.m., One World Room, ATH; Egalitarian Minyan, 9:45 a.m., Founders Room, ATH.
Sundays, 1 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Sunday services: Cornell Student Branch, 9 a.m., Ithaca ward, 1 p.m. For directions or transportation, call 272-4520, 257-6835 or 257-1334.
Friday Juma' prayer, 1:15 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Daily Zuhr, Asr, Maghreb and Isha' prayers at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Sundays, Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m., St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church, 120 W. Seneca St., 273-6884.
Sundays, 11 a.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Sundays, 10:30 a.m., 319 N. Tioga St. For details call 273-4261 or 533-7172.
Tuesdays, 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 6:45 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall.seminars
"The Use of PETSc for the Parallel Solution of PDEs," Barry Smith, Argonne National Laboratory, April 22, 12:15 p.m., 708 Rhodes Hall.
"Making Africa Safe for American Democracy: The Role of Women, South African Investors and Multinational Enterprises," Anthony Ndungu, Ph.D. student, government, April 22, 12:15 p.m., 208 W. Sibley Hall.
"Scheduling to Minimize the Average Completion Time: On-line and Off-line Approximation Algorithms," David Shmoys, operations research & industrial engineering, April 19, 3 p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall.
"Theory of the Galactic Magnetic Field," Ellen Zweibel, University of Colorado, April 18, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Protein Kinases, Phosphatases and Transcriptional Repression in Yeast," Marian Carlson, Columbia University, April 19, 4 p.m., large seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"Tissue Engineering," Harold Reisman, Orgaro Genesis, Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 12:20 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"The Watershed Perspective: Nitrogen Saturation and Nitrogen Loss in Coastal Forests of Walquoit Bay, Mass.," Kate Lajtha, Oregon State University, April 19, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Monte Carlo Simulations of Membrane Signal Transduction Events: Application to G-Protein Activation and Receptor Crosslinking," Jennifer Linderman, University of Michigan, April 24, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"Dynamics of Polymer Surfaces," Steve Granick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 18, 3:45 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
"Studying Chemical Dynamics With Fast Lasers," John Simon, University of California at San Diego, April 25, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker.
CANCELED - "Phenomenal Qualities," Robert Van Gulick, Syracuse University, April 18, 8 p.m., 164 Goldwin Smith Hall.
"Survival of Coral Reefs in the Florida Keys: Ecosystem Modification and Physiological Response," James Porter, University of Georgia, April 22, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Molecular Bases for the Origin and Diversification of Echinoderms," Gregory Wray, SUNY Stony Brook, April 24, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Visualizing the World of Science and Math Using Image Processing for Learning (and Teaching)," Robert Kolvoord, James Madison University, April 23, noon, 101 Kennedy Hall.
"Technology for Next Generation PCs," Fred Pollack, Intel Fellow, April 23, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Conifers: Taxonomy, Horticulture and Other Tales," Ed Cope, Bailey Hortorium, April 22, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Sciences Building.
"Growth and Gas Exchange Responses to Water Stress in Apple Trees and Grapevines Early in the Season," Manea Al-Hazmi, fruit & vegetable science, April 18, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Study of Effect of Postharvest High CO2 on Strawberry Fruit Firmness," Jianshi Zhang, fruit & vegetable science, April 25, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Control of Salmonella During Poultry Production: An Integrated Approach," Stan Bailey, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Ga., April 23, 4:15 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
"Establishment of Polarity in the C. elegans Embryo: The Roles of PAR-1 and NMY-2," Su Guo, thesis seminar, April 24, 12:20 p.m., small seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"Control of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by the Ocean Carbon Cycle," Jorge Sarimento, Princeton University, April 23, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall.
"Genetics of Host Resistance to Murine Malaria," Anne Crump Avery, Colorado State University, April 19, 12:15 p.m., BTI Auditorium.
"Planning and Social Control: Israeli Settlements in Frontier Regions," Oren Yiftachel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, April 19, 12:15 p.m., 115 Tjaden Hall.
"Who Rules Mexico? The Old Political Elite, the New Political Elite and U.S. Interests in Mexico," Judith Alder Hellman, York University, April 25, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"The BIOSIS Database: Scope, Coverage and Other Details of Interest to the Frequent BIOSIS User," Barbara Lawler, BIOSIS, April 25, 9 a.m., Mann Library Conference Room.
"Imaging Neural Activity With Single Cell Resolution in Escaping Zebrafish," Joseph Fetcho, SUNY Stony Brook, April 18, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Neurons, Networks and Motor Behavior in the Pteropod Mollusk, Clione limacina," Yuri Arshavski, University of California at San Diego, April 25, 12:20 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Rapid Prototyping - Application in the Design of Automotive Engines," Renee Sears, Ford Motor Co., April 18, 4:30 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"EPOQ: A Seasonal Atlas of the Birds of Quebec," Andre Cyr, April 22, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of Ornithology.
"To the Right, March: The Politics of the U.S. Military," Dana Isaacoff, visiting fellow, April 18, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"Major South American Wars: Economic Causes and Consequences," Carlos Seiglie, Rutgers University, and Mario Pastore, visiting fellow, Latin American Studies Program, April 22, 4 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"Molecular Basis of the Fight-or-Flight Response," Cristina Artalejo, Northwestern University, April 22, 4:30 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Make Your Own University With Giant Toy Atoms," Allen Mills Jr., Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, April 22, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
"Reflex Endocrine and Local Components of Developing Fetal Cardiovascular Control," Mark Hanson, University College, London, April 23, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Evidence for Symplastic Phloem Loading in Conifers," Sabine Blechschmidt-Schneider, Universitat Gottingen, April 19, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Computer Assisted Instruction for Applied Genetics," John Pollak, animal science; Anthony Lednor, animal science; and Martha Mutschler, plant breeding, April 23, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing: Possible Mechanism of Resistance for Tomato Spotted Wilt and Squash Mosaic Viruses," Fuh-Jyh Jan, plant pathology, Geneva, April 23, 3 p.m., A133 Barton Laboratory, Geneva.
"Redefining the BYDV-RMV Strain: New Biological and Molecular Data," Eglantina Lucio, plant pathology, April 24, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Rainfall and the Dispersal of Fungal Spores," Larry Madden, Ohio State University, April 26, 12:20 p.m., G-10 Biotechnology Building.
"The Green Revolution and Income Inequality: A Review of the Evidence," Don Freebairn, April 24, 12:15 p.m., E405 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Simulating Knowledge: Cultural Analysis of Computer Modeling in the Life Sciences," NSF Workshop, April 19-21, 700 Clark Hall.
"Developmentalism, Globalism and Sociology," Phil McMichael, rural sociology, April 19, 3 p.m., Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Resampling Hypothesis Tests for Serially Correlated Geophysical Field Data," Daniel Wilks, soil, crop & atmospheric sciences, April 23, 3:30 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Overlapping and Multiple Sovereign Territorial Space: Lessons From Pre-British India," Naeem Inayatullah, Syracuse University, April 22, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"What Is Individual Bioequivalence?" J.T. Gene Hwang, mathematics, April 24, 3:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Vegetables: Recent Progress and New Directions," Mike Hoffman, entomology, April 24, 4 p.m., 401 Warren Hall. For info, contact Dean Hively, 255-3066 or theater
* Black Box Series: Undergraduate Neal Freeman directs Jean-Claude Van Itallie's Interview - A Fugue for Eight Actors April 19 at 4:30 p.m., April 20 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre at the Center for Theatre Arts. Admission is $2. The Black Box Series offers students the opportunity to experiment and learn about all aspects of theater production.
* Anton Chekhov's The Seagull will be performed in the Center for Theatre Arts' Proscenium Theatre on April 25-27 and May 2-4 at 8 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 for students and seniors and $8 for the general public. For more information, call the CTA box office at 254-ARTS.miscellany
* On April 18, Dr. David Sadker, co-author of Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls, will sign copies of the book in the auditorium of the Biotechnology Building starting at approximately 5 p.m., following his lecture.
* Also on April 18, Professors James McConkey, A.R. Ammons and Kenneth McClane, together with local authors Diane Ackerman and Paul West, will be signing copies of The Anatomy of Memory: An Anthology from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Campus Store.
"The Business of Being an Artist," an intensive two-day workshop with artist and scientific illustrator Warren Cutler from Washington, D.C., will be sponsored by Cornell Plantations. Call 255-2407 for registration information; a fee for the workshop will be charged.
On April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Anabel Taylor Cafe, Dialogue, an interfaith gathering of lesbian, gay and bisexual Cornell community members and friends, will hold a SpeakOut. The SpeakOut will be an opportunity for sharing with religious leaders and campus administrators personal experiences surrounding religion and sexuality in a gay-positive and supportive environment. The SpeakOut will be confidential and moderated by Peer Educators.
This 12-step group that helps people deal with emotional problems meets for a discussion meeting on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and a step meeting on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at the St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave., Collegetown. For more information call 387-0587.
The International Association of Camel Breeders and the Cornell Public Affairs Students present a "hot and spicy fete" April 20 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Big Red Barn. Experience an international evening with DJ Ibe playing the latest Calypso, Salsa, African, Eurodance, Reggae, Soca, Pop and R&B. There will be free finger food and a cash bar. Tickets are $4 in advance for students over 21; $5 at the door and $6 for students under 21 and non-students. For tickets and info, contact Khadija, 256-3751, Caroline, 273-0586, or Abbie, 272-2264.
Join the environmental group Justice for All for music, skits, information and a chance to take action for the environment on the Ithaca Commons April 20, 1 to 3 p.m.
LGB faculty/staff TGIF, April 19, 4:30 p.m., Big Red Barn.
Free tutorial instruction in writing.
* 178 Rockefeller Hall, Sunday, 2 to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.
* RPCC, Conference Room 3, Sunday through Thursday, 8 to 11 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center, Sunday through Thursday, 8 to 11 p.m.sports
April 20, at Pennsylvania (2)
April 21, at Pennsylvania (2)
April 24, at Lehigh (2)
The Big Red dropped three out of four Ivy League games last weekend on the road. On Sunday, Yale took a pair from the diamondmen 4-2 and 9-4. The previous day in Providence, R.I., Cornell defeated Brown 8-2 in the opener but dropped the nightcap 5-4.
April 20, Navy and Syracuse (Goes Cup).
The heavyweights were swept by their opponent for the second consecutive weekend, as Rutgers won all four races in Piscataway, N.J.
April 20, at Princeton with Rutgers
The lightweight varsity eight remained undefeated on Saturday following an impressive (6:11.0-6:18.0) victory over Penn. Harvard did not compete in the varsity eight race.
April 20, Rutgers and Pennsylvania
The women's varsity eight survived what is traditionally its toughest regular-season race of the season with a narrow loss to powerful Princeton (6:34.3-6:37.5) and a victory over nemesis Radcliffe (6:59.7). Rough conditions made the race even more difficult, as there were high winds and white-capped waves on the Charles River course.
April 20-21, Ivy Champs. at Bethpage, N.Y.
The men's golf team tied for 16th out of 19 teams at the Yale Invitational Tournament last Saturday.
April 20, at Princeton
Nineteenth-ranked Dartmouth defeated the Big Red 15-6 Saturday afternoon on a rain-soaked Schoellkopf Field. On Wednesday, the sixth-ranked Syracuse Orangemen used a 10-0 run to down the Big Red 16-8 at Schoellkopf. The Orangemen scored all eight goals of the final period.
April 20, at Harvard
April 21, at Boston College
April 24, Princeton, 2 p.m.
The women laxers went 2-1 on the week, posting wins against Colgate (13-7) and Vermont (14-6) around a loss at Dartmouth (19-8).
Last week, the Big Red traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, to compete in the national intercollegiate tournament, where it hoped to come home with a national championship. On Tuesday, Cornell faced the University of Virginia in the semifinals and defeated the Cavaliers 17-13. The win advanced the Big Red to the finals on Saturday against Texas A&M. Saturday was an A&M day, as the Aggies won 30-15. After the finals, awards for the season were announced, with both senior captain Andrew Flint and sophomore P.J. Orthwein being named to the All-East team, while Flint was selected to the All-America squad.
At the national intercollegiate tournament last week at Fort Worth, Texas, the Big Red defeated the University of Virginia 15-13 in the semifinals on Monday but lost in the finals to the University of Connecticut 18-15 on Saturday. Senior Katherine Riedel received All-America honors at the awards ceremony Saturday night.
April 20, at Brown (2)
April 21, at Yale
April 23, at Army
April 20, at Army
On Friday, Cornell was swept by Yale 7-0 and Brown defeated the Big Red 6-1 on Saturday. Brown swept in singles play, but Cornell won two out of three doubles matches to take the lone point.
April 19, Dartmouth, 2 p.m.
The women's tennis team extended its current winning streak to three games last weekend, beating Yale 5-2 on Friday and defeating Brown 4-3 on Saturday.
April 20, Pennsylvania at Ithaca College, 11 a.m.
The Big Red men were second with 53 points against Bucknell, Towson State and Syracuse at Bucknell last Saturday. Bucknell won the meet with 109.5 points.
April 20, Pennsylvania at Ithaca College, 11 a.m.
The women were second against Bucknell, Duquesne, Towson State and Syracuse last Saturday at Lewisburg, Pa., with 105 points. The meet was won by Bucknell with 109 points.