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April 7, North Room, Willard Straight Hall: 7:30 p.m., Zillertaler Laendler (Austrian) and Schottish (Scandinavian) taught by Dick Darlington, 8:30 p.m., request dancing. For information, call Edilia at 387-6547 or Marguerite at 539-7335 or send e-mail to David at dhr1@cornell.edu
Thursdays, 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For information, call 255-4227.exhibits
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," April 6 through June 16.
* Thursday Noontime Gallery Tours: On April 4 at noon, Nancy Green, curator of prints, drawings and photographs, will conduct a gallery talk on "For the Enjoyment of Art: The Lockhart Collection."
Interior and architectural work by Robin Guenther, AIA, and her firm, Architecture + Furniture, through April 12, E124 MVR Hall,
Work by students of Professor Norman Daly's "Color, Form and Space" class, through April 6.
Paintings by Corinne T. Kenney, DVM '62, are on display in the center's gallery through June 9.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
"As I Remember It: A Portrait of Dorothy West" (1991), directed by Salem Mekuria, 5:30 p.m., free.
"The Institute Benjamenta" (1995), directed by The Brothers Quay, 7 p.m.
"The Gringo in Mananaland" (1995), with visiting filmmaker DeeDee Halleck, 9:15 p.m.
"Sidet: A Forced Exile" (1991) and "Deluge" (1992), with visiting filmmaker Salem Mekuria, 7 p.m.
"Jumanji' (1995), directed by Joe Johnston, with Robin Williams and Bonnie Huntf, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Mighty Aphrodite" (1995), directed by Woody Allen, with Allen, Mira Sorvino and Michael Rapaport, 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"The Institute Benjamenta," 10:15 p.m.
"Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979), directed by Terry Jones, with the Monty Python cast, midnight, Uris.
"Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation," presented by the Bosnia Coordinating Committee, 1 p.m., free.
"The Music Room" (1958), directed by Satyajit Ray, 7 p.m.
"Mighty Aphrodite," 7:25 p.m., Uris.
"The Institute Benjamenta," 9:30 p.m.
"Jumanji," 9:40 p.m., Uris.
"Monty Python's Life of Brian," midnight, Uris.
"Jumanji," 4:30 p.m.
"Mighty Aphrodite," 7:15 p.m.
"Echoes of Silence" and "Pestilent City," presented by Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free.
"Wuthering Heights" (1952), directed by Luis Bunuel, 7 p.m.
"The Women" (1939), directed by George Cukor, with Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer and Rosalind Russell, 9 p.m.
"King Lear" (1988), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, with Norman Mailer, Burgess Meredith and Molly Ringwald, 7:15 p.m.
Brothers Quay Shorts (1979-1988), directed by The Brothers Quay, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"Jumanji," 9:30 p.m.
"Bosna!" presented by the Bosnia Coordinating Committee, 4:30 p.m., free.
"The Mirror" (1974), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 7 p.m.
"Portrait of Teresa" (1979), directed by Pastor Vega, presented by CUSLAR and the Latin American Studies Program, Spanish with English subtitles, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"Charulata" (1964), directed by Satyajit Ray, with Madhabi Mukherjee, 9:30 p.m.
"A Tale of Love" (1995), directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha, 4:30 p.m., free.
"Charulata," 7 p.m.
"Cold Fever" (1995), directed by Thor Fridriksson, with Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor and Fisher Taylor, 9:30 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.
* Lani Guinier lecture: The annual Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation Lecture will be given by Lani Guinier on Thursday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., Statler Hall Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Willard Straight ticket office; the Information and Referral Center, Day Hall; the Graduate School information desk; and at the door.
* Travel: Conference travel grant applications are due at the Graduate Fellowship and Financial Aid Office, Caldwell Graduate Center, by May 1 for June conferences. Application forms are available at graduate field offices. Grants for transportation are awarded to registered graduate students invited to present papers.
* 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.
* 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 l) 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.
* Orientation volunteers: Volunteer as a graduate adviser for Graduate Orientation Week, Aug. 21 to 31. Contact Victoria Blodgett, manager of the Big Red Barn Grad Center, at 254-4723 or lectures
"Tracking in Education: The Perpetuation of Racial and Class Privilege in the Ithaca School System," Don Barr, human service studies, and Deborah Manning, director of affirmative action and intercultural relations for the Ithaca City School District, April 10, noon, 310 Triphammer Road.
"New Actors in a New World Order," Jessica Tuchman Mathews, columnist with The Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, April 9, 5 p.m., Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
Debye Lectures: "Superconductivity - From an Exotic Frontier to Mainstream Interdisciplinary Science and Emerging Technology," Ted Geballe, Stanford University, April 11, 11:15 a.m., 119 Baker.
Darcy Lecture: "Organic Liquid Contaminant Entrapment and Persistence in Subsurface: Interphase Mass Transfer Limitations and Implications for Remediation," Linda Abriola, University of Michigan, April 10, 4:30 p.m., B-14 Hollister Hall.
On April 8 at 2:55 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall, poet and essayist Kenneth McClane will speak as part of the "Mind and Memory" lecture series.
"Se bruler les ailes? Le commerce equivoque de la litterature et du pouvoir en France au XVIIe siecle," April 5, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House, and "`Placards,' Posters, Flysheets and Their Reception in Early Modern France," April 9, 4:30 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White, Christian Jouhaud, Mellon visiting scholar, Centre de Recherches Historiques,
"The Politics of Art in 20th Century Germany: National Socialism and the Post-World War II Period," April 9, noon, Johnson Museum of Art, and "The Politics of Art in 20th Century Germany: New Tendencies in East and West. A Review in the Light of Unification," April 10, noon, Johnson Museum of Art, Karl-Heinz Treiber, Association of Artists, Heidelberg.
"Emotional Well-Being of Children: How to Recognize and Prevent the Undermining Effects of Psychological Maltreatment," a panel discussion with: James Garbarino, director, Family Life Development Center; Stuart Hart, Indiana University; and Marla Brassard, Columbia University, April 9, 9 a.m., Statler Amphitheater.
"A Closeup Look at Woodland Gardening," John and Janet Gyer, April 6, 10:30 a.m., Whetzel Room, Plant Science Building.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations, will lecture as part of the Cornell International Festival, April 4, 8 p.m., Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
Grout Lecture: "Ethics and Musical Style or Why Don Giovanni Must Die," John Deathridge, King's College, Cambridge, April 8, 4:15 p.m., Barnes Hall.
"Why We Need a National Conversation on Race," Lani Guinier, University of Pennsylvania Law School, April 11, 7:30 p.m., Statler Hall Auditorium.
"Seed Development, Germination and Growth in Trilliums," John Gyer, April 6, 1:30 p.m., Whetzel Room, Plant Science Building.
"A Messianic Without Messianism? Discussing Jacques Derrida's Spectres of Marx," Etienne Balibar, University of Paris, April 10, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"The Covert Level of U.S. Southeast Asian Policies," George McT. Kahin, international studies, April 4, 12:15 p.m. Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
"Citing Angkor: Contemporary Painting in the Age of Restoration," Ingrid Muan, Columbia University, April 11, 12:15 p.m., 640 Stewart Ave.
"Localized Orbitals: A Physically Meaningful Picture Leading to Intrinsically Parallel Algorithms for Electronic Structure Calculations," Stefan Goedecker, Max-Planck-Institute, April 4, 2:30 p.m., 456 Rhodes Hall.
"Recent Developments in U.S. and European Community Sexual Harassment Laws," Toni Lester, visiting associate professor, ILR, April 5, 3:30 p.m., ILR Faculty Lounge, 280 Ives Hall.music
* Festival of Olivier Messiaen: April 5, 8:15 p.m., Sage Chapel.
* April 7, 4 p.m., Barnes Hall: North Indian classical music, Shivkumar Sharma, santoor, and Shaafat Ahmed Khan, tabla.
* Festival of Olivier Messiaen: April 8, 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall.
* April 11, 8:15 p.m., Unitarian Church: Annette Richards, organ, will perform works by Sweelinck, Weckmann, Schildt and Buxtehude.
Seth Kaufman '94 will give a solo piano concert April 4 at 8:15 p.m. in Barnes Hall. The concert will feature Elysian Fields, Along Prytania and other new compositions that will be part of a forthcoming album. Tickets are available at the Willard Straight Hall box office and at the door.
The Cornell Taiwanese Folk Chorus will sing classical Taiwanese folk songs April 8 at 8 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
April 7: Jamie Notarthomas will perform live in the Cafe in Anabel Taylor Hall at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is free and children are welcome. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.readings
John Brehm, visiting professor of English, will give a poetry reading April 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the A.D. White House. His poems have appeared in Poetry, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, as well as many other literary journals.religion
Robert Johnson, director of Cornell United Religious Work, will give the sermon Easter Sunday, April 7, 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.
Holy Thursday Mass: April 4, 7:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Good Friday Mass: April 5, 3 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Easter Vigil: April 6, 7:30 p.m., Sage Chapel.
Easter Mass: April 7, 11 a.m., Bailey 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.
Passover Services: Orthodox: April 10 and 11, 9:15 a.m., Edwards 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
"Policy Strategies for Improving the Investment Climate in Africa," Anthony Knight, GTE Personal Communication Services, April 8, 12:15 p.m., 208 W. Sibley Hall.
"Using the World Wide Web Helps People Learn," Dan Brown, animal science, April 9, 12:20 p.m., 348 Morrison Hall.
"Time, History and Power in Aztec Society," Ross Hassig, University of Oklahoma, April 5, 3:30 p.m., 215 McGraw Hall.
"Computational Mathematics in the 1990s and Beyond," Nick Trefethen, computer science, April 5, 3 p.m., 456 Rhodes Hall.
"Discovery of a Cool, Brown Dwarf," Shri Kulkarni, Caltech, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Biotechnology at NIST: From DNA to Detergents," Walter Stevens, National Institute for Standards and Technology, April 5, 12:20 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"The Effects of Climatic Warming on the Biogeochemistry of Boreal Lakes," David Schindler, University of Alberta, April 5, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Quantum Chemistry Investigations of Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms," Walter Stevens, National Institute of Standards and Technology, April 4, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"DNA Can Be an Enzyme, Too," Gerald Joyce, Scripps Research Institute, April 10, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"The Chemistry of Polar Ozone Depletion," Mario Molina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 4, 4:40 p.m., 200 Baker.
"Catalytic and Other New Functions for Receptor-Like Antibacterial Agents," John Griffin, Stanford University, April 8, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker.
"Triatomine Bugs and Chagas Disease: From Vector Host-Feeding Patterns to Risk of Parasite Transmission in Northwest Argentina," Ricardo Gurtler, University of Buenos Aires and Rockefeller University, April 10, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Climate Feedbacks, Biological Cycles and the Biogeochemistry of the Sargasso Sea," Anthony Michaels, Bermuda Biological Station for Research Inc., April 11, 4:30 p.m., 213 Kennedy Hall.
"Marconi Meets the Market," Donald Martin, April 9, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Breaking Dormancy in Plant Seeds by Chilling and Hormone Treatments: A Tough Nut to Crack," Robb Arnold, Colgate University, April 8, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Sciences Building.
"Superior Modeling of Photoperiod-Temperature Regulation of Flowering for 11 Crops," Don Wallace and Weikai Yan, fruit & vegetable science, April 4, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"The Future of Fruit Breeding," Jules Janick, Purdue University, April 11, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Food Science at Cornell: A Vision and a Plan!" Mark McLellan, food science & technology, Geneva, April 9, 4:15 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
"What Does Daddy Do? The Role of Paternal Effect Genes in Drosophila," Barbara Wakimoto, University of Washington, April 8, 4 p.m., large seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"Paleoclimate Studies on the Large Lakes of East Africa," Tom Johnson, University of Minnesota, April 9, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall.
"Nutrition and the Epidemiologic Transition in Indonesia," Andrew Flood, nutritional sciences, April 4, 12:15 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Producing and Transforming Inequality: Ancestral Burdens," Amiya Bagchi, Center for Development Research, Copenhagen, April 5, 12:15 p.m., 115 Tjaden Hall.
"Great Depression, Rural Protests and the Origins of Colombian Revolutionary Agrarianism," Michael Jimenez, University of Pittsburgh, April 9, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Whither Latin American Studies," Michael Jimenez, April 9, 4 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
TBA, David Schindler, University of Edmonton, Alberta, April 4, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Opposing Predation Pressure and Induced Vertical Response in Daphnia," Howard Riessen, Buffalo State College, April 11, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"Spanish Fly," Tom Eisner, neurobiology & behavior, April 4, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"World Without Borders: Global Manufacturing Today," William Hudson, CEO of AMP Inc., April 4, 4:30 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
"Tales of the Uncommon Crow: A Look at the Personal Lives of Crows in Ithaca," Kevin McGowan, ecology & systematics, April 8, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of Ornithology.
"Regulation of Plant Actin Organization and Dynamics," Christopher Staiger, Purdue University, April 5, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Building Novel North-South Partnerships Through Biotechnology," Anatole Krattiger and K.V. Raman, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), April 9, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"A Binary-BAC System for Transfer of High Molecular Weight DNA to Plants," Carol Hamilton, April 9, 3 p.m., A133 Barton Laboratory, Geneva.
"Comparison of the hrpH (hrcC) Locus of Two Erwinias, E. amylovora and E. chrysanthemi," Ji-Hyun Kim, plant pathology, April 10, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Bolivia's Coca/Cocaine Economy: The Peasant Growers Movement," Kevin Healey, InterAmerican Foundation, April 11, 12:15 p.m., location TBA.
"Dual Aggression on the Basis of Relational Homogeneity," Ron Breiger, sociology, April 5, 3 p.m., Faculty Commons, MVR Hall.
"Mapping Pesticide Leaching Potential at Regional Scale," Stephen DeGloria, soil, crop & atmospheric sciences, April 9, 3:30 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Producing and Transforming Inequality: Enduring and Ancestral Burdens," Amiya Bagchi, Roskilde University, Denmark, April 5, 12:15 p.m., 115 Tjaden Hall.
"Rethinking Sri Lankan Identity: History, Social Structure and National Consciousness," Arjun Guneratne, April 5, 3 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Women and the Camera: Some Issues Related to Gender and Technology," Sabeena Gadihoke, Syracuse University, April 8, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"Latent Variable Modeling of Diagnostic Accuracy," Ilsoon Yang, University of Michigan, April 10, 3:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"Learning From Experience: Sustainable Traditional Agriculture in the Tai Lake Region of China," Erle Ellis, SCAS visiting fellow, April 10, 4 p.m., 401 Warren Hall. Contact Dean Hively, 255-3066 or wdh3@cornell.edu.
"Interfacial Shear Strength Measurement Using Image Analysis With Single Fiber Composite Technique," Sheldon Wesson, TRI/Princeton, April 11, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.miscellany
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday at 12:15 p.m. and Saturday evenings at 5 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information call 273-1541.
* The Durland Alternatives Library fourth annual book sale will be going on in the library, 127 Anabel Taylor Hall, through April 7. Subjects cover holistic health, progressive politics, world religions, Native America, ecology, esoterica and much more. Library hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to the West Africa-Ithaca Library Partnership Project. Call 255-6486 for information.
* The Music Library, B21 Lincoln Hall, is offering music and art books, printed music and sound recordings for sale April 10 through 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Cash or check only. Special feature: Silent auction of a 1960 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (minimum bid of $50).
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.
* Flag painting, April 4, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Big Red Barn.
* Global soccer tournament, April 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Alumni Fields.
* International exhibition, April 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall.
* Dance debut, April 11, 8-10:30 p.m., Statler Auditorium.
An introduction to the Internet workshop will be held April 11 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Uris Library Computer Lab. This is part one of the two-part sequence. For information call 255-4144 or e-mail <Olinref@cornell.edu>.
Enhance public-speaking skills. The toastmasters meet the first, third and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. at BOCES Room A-1. For info, call 277-0513.
* Friday, April 5, 4:30 p.m.: LGB faculty/staff TGIF at the Chapter House.
* April 9, noon, McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall: Brown bag lunch.
* A workshop, Being Out (or Not) at Work, is being offered April 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 20 Thornwood Drive. Preregistration required. To register, contact the Work and Family Program, 130 Day Hall, 255-3649, or e-mail the LGB Resource Office, sports