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Thursdays, 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For information, call 255-4227. No dancing March 21.
The following dance classes are offered by the CU Jitterbug Club. For more information, call Bill Borgida at 273-0126.
* Intermediate/Advanced Jitterbug, Tuesdays, 7:15 p.m., 209 Aurora St., open registration, no partner needed.
* Intermediate West Coast Swing, Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m., 209 Aurora St., open registration, no partner needed.
* Basic Jitterbug: six-week series starts Thursday, March 28, 7:15 p.m., 209 N. Aurora St. Cost: $40/$45.
* Intermediate Jitterbug: Six-week series starts Wednesday, March 27, 8 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Cost: $40/$45.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.
* "Matisse: The Jazz Series," through March 24.
* "Transformers," through March 24.
* "The Tempo of the City: New York Photography in the 20th Century," through March 24.
* "Playfulness and Fashion: Inro From the Weston Collection," through May 12.
* "For the Enjoyment of Art: The Lockhart Collection," March 23 through May 12.
* Art for Lunch: Thursday Noontime Gallery Talks: On March 28 at noon, Masako Watanabe, assistant curator of Asian art, will give a talk on the exhibition, "Playfulness and Fashion: Inro From the Western Collection."
Paintings by Jerome Walford, through March 30.
"The Artistry of Elfriede Abbe," on view through March 27, the exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, 2B Kroch Library.
* Photographs by Jennifer Shim, through March 23.
* M.F.A. exhibition: sculpture by Mark Gaertner; prints by Emily Trespas, March 23-30.
Chinese brush paintings by Jenny Chuang, through March 29.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
"Halfmoon" (1996), directed by Frieder Schlaich and Irene von Alberti, with Samir Guesmi, Veronica Quilligan and Said Zakir, 8 p.m.
"A Short Film About Love" (1988), directed by Krystof Kieslowski, 7:15 p.m.
"The Promise" (1995), directed by Margarethe von Trotta, with Corinna Harfouch and August Zirner, 9:15 p.m.
"The Promise," 7 p.m.
"A Short Film About Love," 9:30 p.m.
"A Short Film About Love," 8 p.m.
"Leave Her to Heaven" (1945), directed by John Stahl, with Gene Tierney, Vincent Price and Cornel Wilde, 7 p.m.
"King Lear" (1971), directed by Grigori Kozintsev, with Yuri Yarvet and Elsa Radzin, 9:30 p.m.
"The Promise," 7:15 p.m.
Chris Marker New Works, six short videos by Chris Marker, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum.
"Blue in the Face" (1995), directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster, with Harvey Keitel, Jim Jarmusch and Roseanne, 9:45 p.m.
"Bedevil" (1995), directed by Tracey Moffatt, with Jack Charles, Tracey Moffatt and Dina Panozzo, 7:15 p.m.
"Death of a Bureaucrat" (1966), Spanish with English subtitles, Latin American Film Series, 8 p.m., Uris, free.
"Wild Reeds" (1994), directed by Andre Techine, with Elodie Bouchez and Gael Morel, 9:15 p.m.
"Water and Power" (1989), directed by Pat O'Neill, 7:30 p.m.
"Blue in the Face," 9 p.m.lectures
"Black Males at Risk in the Public School System," John Raible, Office of Minority Student Affairs, Ithaca High School, March 27, noon, 310 Triphammer Road.
A tour of the new Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, guided by Francis Kallfelz, director, March 29, 10 a.m., Cornell Veterinary Hospital.
On March 25 at 2:55 p.m. in Hollis Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, English Professor James McConkey will speak as part of the "Mind and Memory" lecture series.
"Serfdom and Splendor: The World of the Russian Country Estate," Priscilla Roosevelt, Georgetown University, March 25, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"The Recent French Strikes and Their Significance for French Politics," Bernard Moss, Aston University, March 26, 4 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
On March 27 at 6:30 p.m. in A106 Corson Hall, Tom Shueler, executive director of the Center for Wetlands Preservation, will speak as part of the "Ecology and the Designed Landscape" speakers series.
"From the Suya Indians to the Grateful Dead: `Thanks,'" Anthony Seeger, curator of Folkways Recordings at the Smithsonian Institution, and A.D. White Professor at Large, March 27, 4:30 p.m., Hollis Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
"New Ideas on Forestry Management in Indonesia: Local and Government Participation," Larry Fisher, Ph.D. candidate, natural resources, March 28, 12:15 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.music
March 24, albums from the studio. Give Phil Shapiro a call at 273-2121. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays from 8 to 11 p.m. on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5 from 8 to 11 p.m.readings
Novelist Fae Myenne Ng will read from her work March 28 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the A.D. White House. A reception will follow.religion
No service March 24 for Spring Recess.
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.
Spring Break Mass Schedule: March 23-24, Saturday, 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium.
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: No Reform or Conservative services due to spring recess.
Saturday services: No Egalitarian Minyan. Orthodox, 9:15 a.m., One World 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, Matins at 8:45 a.m., 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
"Numerical Liapunov-Schmidt-Methods for Operator Equations and Hybrid Tools," Kalus Boehmer, March 25, 12:15 p.m., 708 Rhodes Hall.
"External and Local Knowledge: The Need for Integration in African Rural Development," David Deschler, CIIFAD programs in Ghana, March 25, 12:15 p.m., 208 W. Sibley Hall.
"Twinning in Cattle," Keith Gregory, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, March 26, 12:20 p.m., 348 Morrison Hall.
"On Conformal Geometry," Jose Escobar, mathematics, March 27, 12:20 p.m., 708 Rhodes Hall.
"Listening to Dynamical Systems," Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College, March 29, 3 p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall.
"The Multiphase Interstellar Medium," Chris McKee, University of California at Berkeley, March 28, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Centrosome Regulation of the Mitotic Machine," Steve Doxsey, University of Massachusetts Medical School, March 22, 4 p.m., large conference room, Biotechnology Building.
Showcasing Biophysics at Cornell: "Solving the Solution Structure of the cdc42Hs Protein Using Heteronuclear NMR Methods," Joanna Feltham; "Possible Involvement of Plasma Membrane Domains in Fce RI-Mediated Signaling," Lynda Pierini; and "Selectin-Mediated Rolling in a Cell-Free System," Debra Brunk, March 27, 4:30 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"The Meaning of Intelligence in Everyday Life," Linda Gottfredson, University of Delaware, March 25, 4 p.m., David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
"Investigations of the Dynamics of Surface Reactions," C. Buddie Mullins, University of Texas at Austin, March 26, 3:45 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
Andy Clark from Washington University will give two seminars: "Computation and Representation: Two Players in Search of a Role," March 28, 8 p.m., 164 Goldwin Smith Hall; and "What Does Embodiment Mean for Cognitive Science?" March 29, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
"Molecular Phylogenetics of Nymphalid Butterflies," Andrew Brower, American Museum of Natural History, March 27, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Push One if You Like Talking to a Machine," Steven Unger, Columbia University, March 26, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Pumping Iron, the Search for Efficiency in Oaks," Jerry Bond, graduate student, March 25, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Sciences Building.
"Evidence for Two Prions of Yeast: [URE3] and [PSI]," Reed Wickner, National Institutes of Health, March 25, 4 p.m., large seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
"Coordinate Regulation of Primary and Secondary Metabolism in Arabidopsis," Jianmin Zhao, March 27, 12:20 p.m., small seminar room, Biotechnology Building.
TBA, Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College, March 26, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall.
"Agroecosystems Health: A Systemic Approach to Agriculture, Health and the Environment," David Waltner-Towes, University of Guelph, March 21, 12:15 p.m., 100 Savage Hall.
"Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic: The Agony of Democracy in Venezuela," Anibal Romero, visiting fellow, Harvard, and Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela, March 26, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"Virus Entry and Exit From Cells," Michael Rossman, Purdue University, March 22, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
"A Molecular Approach Towards the Study of Fish Disease: Ichthyophthirius as a Model System," Theodore Clark, University of Georgia, March 25, 12:15 p.m., Lecture Hall I, College of Veterinary Medicine.
"Biochronology: A Piscine Analogue of Dendrochronology," George Spangler, University of Minnesota, March 28, 3:30 p.m., 304 Fernow Hall.
"New Insights of a `New' Species: The Bicknell's Thrush," Chris Rimmer, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, March 25, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road.
TBA, Edward Brown, March 26, 4 p.m., LH III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Examination of Apple Fruit Quality and Tree and Fruit Morphology Using Molecular Markers," Patrick Conner, plant breeding, March 26, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Distribution of Sensitivities to 3 DMI Fungicides Among Baseline and Resistant Populations of the Grape Powdery Mildew Fungus, Uncinula necator," Eugene Erickson, plant pathology, Geneva, March 25, 3 p.m., A133 Barton Laboratory, Geneva, and March 27, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Nuclear Weapons Scientists in the Postmodern Era," Hugh Gusterson, Cornell, March 25, 4:30 p.m., 609 Clark Hall.
`Historical Diversity in the United States: Prospects for Today and Beyond," Valerie Hayes, director of Cornell's Office of Equal Opportunity, March 28, 12:15 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Philippe Schmitter from Stanford University will give three seminars: "The Politics and Economics of European Integration," March 25, noon, ILR Faculty Lounge, Ives Hall; "Is a General Theory of Democratization Possible? Comparing Latin America, Southern and Eastern Europe," a panel discussion with Valerie Bunce, Ulrike Liebert, Hector Schamis and Sidney Tarrow, moderator, March 25, 4:30 p.m., 142 Goldwin Smith Hall; and "How to Democratize the Euro-Polity," March 26, 11:40 a.m., 494 Uris Hall.
"Geometry and Ancient Symbols: A New Approach to Decipher Indus Valley Seal Inscriptions 2600-1900 B.C.," Parveen Talpur, visiting scholar, March 25, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall.
"Autoregressive Sequences and Self-Decomposability: Examples," Zbigniew Jurek, University of Wroclaw, Poland, March 27, 3:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall.
"More Localized Food Supplies: A Strategy for Farm Sustainability, Urban Revitalization and Ecological Sanity," Mike Hamm, Rutgers University, March 27, 4 p.m., 401 Warren Hall. For info contact Dean Hively, 255-3066 or <wdh3@cornell.edu>.
"Water at the Polymer/Substrate Interface and Its Role in Adhesion Loss of Polymeric Composites," Tinh Nguyen, National Institute of Science and Technology, March 28, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.symposiums
The automated DNA sequencing facility is holding its annual symposium on March 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in G-01 Biotechnology Building. Speakers include representatives of Perkin Elmer/Applied Biosystems Division. Topics include: improving your sequence results, template preparation and automated microsatellite analysis. There will be time for questions, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call 257-4857.
An informal workshop intended to introduce people in different departments who have interests in irrigation and water resource management will be held March 27 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in 135 Emerson Hall. Brief presentations will describe ongoing research in these areas, including the Northeast Regional Climate Center's operational evapotranspiration monitoring system. Contact Art DeGaetano at 255-0385 or <atd2@ cornell.edu> or Alan Lasko at (315) 787-2399 or <aln2@cornell.edu> if you plan on attending and indicate whether you would be willing to give a short presentation.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.
On March 25 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the book department, Toni McBride, director of Cornell's Wellness Program; Mary Tabacchi, nutrition professor; and Sheila Cluff, fitness expert, will discuss and demonstrate techniques from their book Take 5: How You Can Benefit From Just Minutes of Exercise and Start a Life-Long Fitness Program.
An introduction to the Internet session will be offered March 27 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Uris Library Computer Lab.
* Friday, March 29, 4:30 p.m.: LGB faculty/staff TGIF at Coyote Loco.
* If you are interested in helping with Gaypril, call 254-4987 or send e-mail to <cu_lbg@ cornell.edu>.
For beginner through experienced meditators, health educator Nanci Rose will give instruction in various techniques Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the North Room of Willard Straight Hall. For information, call Gannett at 255-4782.
To become a Red Cross CPR and first aid instructor, contact Tarry Hilliard, director of health services at the American Red Cross, at 273-1900 about the following courses:
* Instructor candidate training (prerequisite for all instructor courses), March 30, 1 to 5 p.m.
* CPR and first aid instructor, April 2-4, 6 to 10 p.m. each night.
* CPR for the professional rescuer instructor, April 9, 6 to 10 p.m.
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.Home games in ALL CAPS. sports
Records as of Monday.
March 21, at U of the Pacific
March 23, at San Francisco State
March 28, CORTLAND, 3 p.m.
March 23, at Towson w/George Washington, Kentucky
March 23, YALE, 1 p.m.
March 27, DELAWARE, 3 p.m.
March 23, at Pennsylvania
March 24, at Lafayette
March 21, at Mt. St. Mary's
March 22-23, at Radford Tournament
March 21, at Central Florida
March 21, at USIU
March 22, at Cal Fullerton
March 27, COLGATE 4 p.m.
March 23, at Irvine Invitational
March 23, at Irvine Invitational