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Have a safe and happy holiday!
The Cornell International Folk Dancers meet Sundays when Cornell is in session in the North Room of Willard Straight Hall. Teaching begins at 7:30 p.m., followed by open dancing from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Open to the public; no partner needed. For more information, contact Marguerite at 539-7335 or David at 564-3613, e-mail dhr1@cornell.edu.
Thursdays, 8 to 10 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.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.
* "Prints That Bite: Animal Imagery in Old Master Prints and Books," through Dec. 21.
* "On Site: Cornell Architecture Department Faculty Exhibition," through Jan. 4.
* "Cornell Art Department Faculty Exhibition," through Jan. 11.
* "All-Stars: American Sporting Prints From the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams," through Jan. 18.
* "Richard Artschwager Exhibition," Jan. 10 through March 15.
(M-F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Undergraduate architecture student final reviews, through Dec. 13.
(M-Th, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.)
Textiles and Apparel exhibition, through Dec. 31.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m.)
"The Well-Tempered Collection: Music Resources at Cornell University" runs through Jan. 10 in the Exhibition Gallery of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in the Carl A. Kroch Library.
"Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell," celebrating the school's 50th anniversary, is on display through Jan. 16 outside the Physical Sciences Library on the second floor of Clark Hall and can be viewed whenever the building is open.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 for Sunday matinees, $3.50, and CTA Tuesday events, $2. Visit the Cornell Cinema Web site at http://www-cinema.slife.cornell.ed. films
"Kiss Me Guido" (1997), directed by Tony Vitale, with Nick Scotti, Anthony Barrile and Anthony DeSando, 7:30 p.m.
"In the Company of Men" (1997), directed by Alex Cox, with Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy and Stacy Edwards, 9:35 p.m.
"She's So Lovely" (1997), directed by Nick Cassavetes, with Sean Penn, Robin Wright and John Travolta, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Kiss Me Guido," 7:30 p.m.
"Chasing Amy" (1997), directed by Kevin Smith, with Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams and Jason Lee, 9:30 p.m., Uris.
"Bandwagon" (1995), directed by John Schultz, with Kevin Corrigan and Steve Parlavecchio, 9:35 p.m.
"Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery" (1997), directed by Jay Roach, with Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley, midnight, Uris.
"Out of the Past" (1947), directed by Jacques Tourneur, with Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas, 7:30 p.m.
"She's So Lovely," 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"In the Company of Men," 9:35 p.m.
"Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery," 9:45 p.m., Uris.
"Chasing Amy," midnight, Uris.
"Louisville" (1997), directed by special guest Scott Kecken and Joy Lusco, with Andre Braugher and Mets Suber, 4:30 p.m., free.
Student Films 2, 7:30 p.m.
"Night Nurse" (1931), directed by William Wellman, with Barbara Stanwyck and Clark Gable, 7:15 p.m.
"Chasing Amy," 9:20 p.m.
"Kiss Me Guido," 7:15 p.m.
"Pretty in Pink" (1986), directed by Howard Deutch, with Molly Ringwald, 9:30 p.m.
"Out of the Past," 7:30 p.m.
"Bandwagon," 9:45 p.m.
"In the Company of Men," 7:30 p.m.
"Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery," 9:45 p.m.
Cornell Cinema will resume screening films Jan. 14.* Thesis/Dissertation: The thesis/dissertation submission deadline for a January 1998 degree is Jan. 9. graduate bulletin
* Spring registration: Spring 1998 graduate student registration will be Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in 125 Caldwell Hall. New students and those continuing students with "holds" must register in person at Caldwell Hall. Continuing students with no "holds" do not need to go to Caldwell Hall for registration. To determine if you have a "hold," check Just the Facts on Bear Access beginning Jan. 12.
* Course enrollment: Graduate School course enrollment is from Jan. 15 through Feb. 6. Forms are available in graduate field offices and Caldwell Hall. Return completed form in person by Fri., Feb. 6, to the Graduate School. Students who completed electronic online pre-course enrollment do not complete a course enrollment form. For course changes, submit a course Add and Drop form to the Graduate School. All students no longer taking courses must enroll for thesis or dissertation research.
* Fellowships: Applications for 1998-99 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships are available in the World Area Program Offices, located on the first floor of Uris Hall. These offices also will have information on the deadline for completed applications. Fellowships are available to citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
* Graduate Community Assistant: Graduate and Professional Student Housing will hold information sessions for those interested in a GCA position for 1998-99. This is a live-in position in one of the graduate resident buildings/complexes. Full-time graduate students are welcome. To apply, you must attend one of these sessions: Jan. 20, Big Red Barn (BRB), 7 p.m.; Jan. 25, Maplewood Community Center, 5:30 p.m.; Jan. 28, BRB, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 2, BRB, 5 p.m. (Note: This position requires approximately 10 to 20 hours per week and may not be combined with another assistantship; graduate students may work no more than 20 hours per week and receive full residence credit.) Questions: phone 255-7290
* Payday date change: Most graduate students with assistantships will be paid one day early for the pay period Dec. 4-17; payday will be Wednesday, Dec. 17, with direct deposit on Thursday, Dec. 18. For the pay period Dec.18-31, both payday and direct deposit will be one week early, on Wednesday, Dec. 24.
* University holiday: The Graduate School offices will be closed during the official University winter holiday, Thursday, Dec. 25, through Thursday, Jan. 1. The offices also will close Friday, Dec. 19, at noon.
* Grad School closed: The Graduate School offices will close Friday, Dec. 19, at noon.music
The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble will sing holiday music Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. in the museum.
The show is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM 93.5 and 105.5. Be sure to tune into Phil Shapiro's annual holiday show Dec. 21. Live shows resume Jan. 18.religion
Janet Shortall, assistant director of Cornell United Religious Work, will give the sermon Dec. 14 at 11 a.m. No service until Jan. 25.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Union.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., International Room, Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m., at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-5320.
Weekend Masses: Dec. 13-14 and Jan. 17-18: Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
Intersession Masses: Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4 and 11, 10 a.m., ATH Auditorium.
Christmas Eve Mass: Dec. 24, 7 p.m., Chapel.
Christmas Midnight Mass: Dec. 24, 11:40 p.m., Chapel (carols). There will not be a Christmas Day Mass or a New Year's Eve Mass.
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Anytime by appointment or Sunday at 4 p.m. in G-22 ATH or Wednesday at 5 p.m. in 219 ATH.
Thursdays, 7 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Everyone on campus is welcome. Room G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall is open daily for prayer and study. Also, Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Meeting for worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. for information, call 273-5421.
Conservative and Reform: Friday, 6:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall. There will be no formal services over the break.
Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for information; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Services continue over break.
Call 255-4227 for more information.
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 257-6835 for directions and transportation.
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.
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.
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
"Saving Lives and Livelihoods in Southern Sudan," Oliver Mogga, MPS/International Development student, Dec. 11, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Understanding the Role of mRNA Turnover in Regulation Gene Expression in Eucaryotic Cells," Stuart Peltz, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Dec. 12, 4 p.m., large conference room, Biotechnology Building.
"Initiation of COX2 Translation and Role of Cox2p Leader Peptide in Yeast Mitochondria," Nathalie Bonnefoy, Dec. 17, 12:20 p.m., small seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"Modulation of Marek's Disease Virus (MDV) ICP4 Gene With Recombinant Chicken Interferon," Steve Kaplan, graduate student, Dec. 12, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
"Signal Transduction Events Leading to T Cell Activation or Apoptosis," Gary Koretzky, University of Iowa, Dec. 19, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
"Bosnia's Elections: Who's Winning?" Sean Killeen, former director of the Einaudi Center for International Studies, Dec. 12, 3 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Rearranging Concepts of Genetic Diversity in Bacteria: Studies on the Evolution of Catabolic Genes," Larry Forney, University of Gröningen, The Netherlands, Dec. 11, 4 p.m., G-01 Biotechnology Building.
"An Affect-Conditioning Model of Nonhuman Primate Vocal Behavior: Taking a Non-Informal Perspective to Animal Signaling," Michael Owren, psychology, Dec. 11, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
The University Library will be hosting three information seminar/demonstrations on the Institute for Scientific Information's new Web interface to their Science Citation, Social Sciences Citation and the Arts and Humanities Citation indexes. ISI trainers and library staff will discuss the new Web of Science software, its Web interface, database content and searching features.
Open to faculty and students, the sessions are on the following dates: Dec. 11, 9 to 10 a.m., Engineering Library Classroom; Dec. 11, 11 to noon, 106 Olin Library; and Dec. 12, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Mann Library Conference Room.
For information, contact Lance Heidig at 255-2954 or ljh5@cornell.edu.symposium
"Quarreling With Your Tools: Teachers, Writers and the Electronic Environment," Stuart Davis, English, Dec. 12, 2 p.m., G-28 Uris Hall.theater
Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead, a play by Eric Bogosian, and Scenes From a Love Affair, a play by Mo Mangru, will be performed Dec. 12-13 at 8 p.m. in Risley Theatre. Also, a 3 p.m. performance is scheduled for Dec. 13. Tickets are $4 for non-Risley members and $2 for members. Call the box office at 255-9521 for information.miscellany
Free, confidential blood pressure screenings are available Dec. 16 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Surge 3 facilities conference room. For information, call 254-2985.
Stop by the lobby of Willard Straight Hall Dec. 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. to pick up Hanukkah gelt and dreidels.
* Resumes and Cover Letters, Dec. 12, noon to 1 p.m., 163 Day Hall.
* Proactive Job Search Strategies, Dec. 17, noon to 1 p.m., B16 Day Hall.
All workshops take place in the Uris Library Electronic Classroom. Register via e-mail djb9@cornell.edu or on the Web at http://www.library.ornell.edu/okuref/register.htm.
* Finding What You Want on the Web, Dec. 11, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
* HTML III: Forms and Frames, Dec. 12, 9 to 11 a.m.
Cornell Outdoor Education is sponsoring a ski demo day for nordic, skating and telemark skis Dec. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cornell Outdoor Education Center in the Field House. Free clinics include ski tuning, ski waxing, skiing techniques, ski rental information and a chance to try out the program's skis. Instructors will be on hand. For information call 255-1807.
Lose weight on campus with Weight Watchers. New session begins Jan. 21 on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. in 110 A.D. White House. For more information, call 1-800-234-8080.sports
Dec. 14, Skidmore, 3 p.m.
Dec. 20, at Marist, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 28-29, at California-Berkeley Tournament
Jan. 3, at Bucknell, 3:15 p.m.
Jan. 9, Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 10, Harvard, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 13, Army, 7:30 p.m.
Sophomore forward/center Derek Kruse (Fremont, Neb.) was named to the all-tournament team at the Ameritas Classic at the University of Nebraska last weekend, as the Big Red dropped a pair of contests. Grambling State defeated Cornell 53-49 on Friday, Dec. 5, while UNC-Wilmington handed the Big Red a 65-49 loss in the consolation game on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Dec. 19, at Colgate, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 29-30, at Florida Atlantic Tournament
Jan. 9, at Dartmouth, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 10, at Harvard, 6 p.m.
The women's basketball team lost to Niagara last Wednesday, but earned two victories over the weekend to win its own Cornell Classic. In the Niagara game, senior forward Kim Ruck (Northport, N.Y.) scored her 1,000th career point, but the Red lost 70-63 to the Purple Eagles. The team rebounded quickly though, and defeated Robert Morris 68-67 in overtime on Friday and beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 64-46 on Saturday to win the Classic.
Dec. 13, at Alfred
The women's fencing team dropped its season opener, losing 26-6 at Yale on Saturday, Dec. 6. On Sunday, the Big Red participated in the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association Christmas Invitational at Fairleigh Dickinson.
Dec. 27-28, Pepsi Tournament at Grand Rapids
Jan. 2-4, at Guelph Tournament
Jan. 10, Colgate at Long Island, 6 p.m.
It was a tough weekend in the Capitol District for the Big Red men skaters, as they dropped decisions to Union 4-2 on Friday night and 7-5 at Rensselaer on Saturday evening.
Cornell will open the Pepsi Tournament against defending NCAA champion North Dakota. The Fighting Sioux leads the series 2-1, including a 6-2 victory last year in the NCAA Western Regionals. The other game in the tournament pits Western Michigan against Ferris State. The Big Red holds a 1-0 lead over Western, with an 8-3 win in 1978-79. The series with Ferris is tied at 1-1, with the two teams splitting a pair of games at Lynah Rink last year. Cornell won the first one 4-3 and the Bulldogs took the second 6-4.
Jan. 10, Harvard, 2 p.m.
Jan. 11, Northeastern, 2 p.m.
The Big Red women skaters swept a pair of games from ECAC foe St. Lawrence last weekend, winning 5-1 Friday night and 8-0 Saturday at Lynah Rink.
Cornell will go on its European tour to face Finland, Sweden, and Norway beginning Dec. 27, before returning home to its ECAC schedule. Harvard leads the series with the Big Red 20-14-2, but Cornell took a pair of games from the Crimson last year, 6-2 in Cambridge and 5-2 at Lynah. Northeastern holds a commanding 22-6 advantage over Cornell, but the two teams split last year's contests. Cornell won in Boston 2-1, but the Huskies returned the favor, winning 4-2 at Lynah Rink.
Dec. 13, Skidmore, 8:15 p.m.
Dec. 12, Skidmore, 7 p.m.
Jan. 12, Bowdoin
Jan. 15, at Williams, 6 p.m.
Jan. 12, Bowdoin
Jan. 15, at Williams, 4 p.m.
Jan. 10, Princeton, 11 a.m.
The men's swimming team ran up its third straight victory and collected its second Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League win, beating Columbia 160-135.
Princeton is 44-4-1 against Cornell, including a 176-114 win last year.
Jan. 10, Princeton, 11 a.m.
The Big Red remained undefeated in the Ivy League as it defeated Columbia 153-147.
Cornell is 0-15 in the series against Princeton, including a 136-96 Tiger triumph last January.
Jan. 17, at Rutgers with Georgetown
The men's indoor track team had an impressive beginning to its season, placing first or second in seven of 13 possible events in the Cornell Relays.
Jan. 17, at Rutgers with Georgetown
The women's track team had an outstanding start to its winter season in the Cornell Relays, winning five events and placing second in two out of a possible 13 events.
Jan. 9-10, at Virginia Duals