PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 21, No. 18, April 18, 2002

brief notes

Exploring the Human Experience
Acclaimed poet will speak at IUB
Michael S. Harper, one of the nation’s premiere poets, will present poetry from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 30 at the Author’s Corner in the Illini Union Bookstore.

Harper is a professor of English at Brown University and the author of several volumes of poetry, including "Honorable Amendments," "Images of Kin" and "History Is Your Own Heartbeat." His most recent book, "Songlines in Michaeltree: New and Collected Poems," was published by the UI Press in 2000.

His appearance on campus is part of the Poetry Series, sponsored by the UI Press and Illini Union Bookstore.

Web developers, editors and programmers
Webmaster forum is April 26
The third annual Webmaster Forum will be April 26 in the Illini Union Ballrooms A and B. The keynote address by Bonnie Nardi, an anthropologist at Agilent Technologies, begins at 9:15 a.m. and will focus on how people and organizations integrate information technology with their organizational practices, values and commitments.

The event will feature six breakout sessions with two each designed for editors, designers and programmers.

Three Cool Site Awards will be presented to developers of UI Web sites that exemplify excellence in Web design. A free lunch is provided. For more information and to register, go to www.webmasters.uiuc.edu/.

UI Employees Credit Union
Financial workshops offered
The UI Employees Credit Union is offering free financial workshops for UI employees (credit union members and non-members).

The workshops are Retirement (April 23); College funding (May 14); and Long-term care (June 11).

All workshops begin at 7 p.m. at the credit union, 2201 S. First St., Champaign. Reservations are required. Call 278-7768 or e-mail membfinsrv@uiecu.org to make a reservation.

Japan House
Open house is April 20
Japan House will host an open house featuring Japanese arts and culture from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20. The event is free and open to the public.

A. Doyle Moore, UI professor emeritus of art and design, will be the featured speaker. His talk, "A Primer for an American Tea Experience," will be at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

At 10:45 a.m., a ceremony will be held to commemorate the moving of the Japan Illini Club’s founding plaque from the UI Quad to the Japan House Gardens. The Alumni Association and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations will participate in the ceremony.

Throughout the day, the tea ceremony will be conducted by the Japan House Urasenke Tea Study Group and members of the Urasenke Chicago chapter. Also, examples of ikebana (flower arranging) and calligraphy by UI art and design students will be on display.

For more information, call Japan House at 244-9934.

Drop-off sites for WILL’s Vintage Vinyl
Donate records, CDs, equipment
WILL radio is seeking donations of used audio equipment and used records, tapes and CDs in preparation for its Vintage Vinyl Used Record Sale. Items may be donated April 29 through June 7. The sale, which benefits public radio stations WILL-AM and WILL-FM, will be June 15.

To arrange for drop-off of used audio or stereo equipment, call 333-1070. Records, audio and VHS tapes, and CDs may be dropped off in the following locations.

• Bloomington-Normal: Schnucks, 1701 E. Empire, Bloomington; Jeffrey Alans, 701 Towanda Ave., Normal.
  
• Champaign: Busey Bank, 909 W. Kirby Ave. and 907 W. Marketview; Old Main Book Shoppe,
  116 N. Walnut St.; Prairie Gardens, 3000 W. Springfield Ave.; Record Service, 621 E. Green St.; Land’s End, 2009 N. Prospect; Schnucks, 109 N. Mattis.
  
• Danville: Gulick’s Illiana Medical Equipment, 912 N. Vermilion St.
  
• Decatur: Hickory Point Bank, inside Hickory Point Mall.
  
• Mahomet: Busey Bank, 312 E. Main.
  
• Monticello: Brown Bag Deli, 212 W. Washington.
  
• Rantoul: Busey Bank, 200 E. Sangamon Ave.
  
• Savoy: Pages for All Ages, 1201 Savoy Plaza.
  
• Springfield: Jeffrey Alans, 1602 W. Wabash Ave.; Schnucks, 2801 Chatham Road or 1911 Sangamon Ave.
  
• St. Joseph: St. Joseph Apothecary, 218 E. Lincoln; Busey Bank, 104 N. Main.
  
• Tolono: Busey Bank, 128 Holden St.
  
• Urbana: ArtMart, Lincoln Square; Busey Bank, 201 W. Main St. or 1717 S. Philo Road; Schnucks, 200 N. Vine St.
  

Krannert Art Museum
Viafest to run June 10-14
Students in grades 6-8 can create a videotaped interpretation of a piece of art at Viafest, a workshop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 10-14 at the Krannert Art Museum.

Participants will learn about art interpretation, video techniques and story development. Working cooperatively, students will create videos showcasing their interpretations. The final tapes will be screened at the end of the workshop. To register, call Uni High at 333-2870 or e-mail laughlin@uni.uiuc.edu. There is a $25 registration fee.

Women in Engineering
Girls’ summer camp Aug. 4-10
The Women in Engineering Program will host its fifth annual summer camp for girls Aug. 4-10. This year Girls’ Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (GAMES) will expand to two separate camps.

A GAMES Structures Camp for sixth- and seventh-grade girls will focus on properties of materials and structures. Campers will learn principles of physics, materials, civil engineering, aerodynamics and chemistry. They will work in teams during the week to build prize-winning bridges to withstand simulated forces of nature.

A GAMES Computer Science Camp for seventh- and eighth-grade girls will explore modeling and spatial relations, robotics and Web design. The girls will work in teams to build robots for competitions at the end of the camp.
Space is limited. The registration fee is $575. Daughters of UI employees and sisters of UI students receive a $75 discount. For more information, see www.wie.uiuc.edu/games.

MTD
Bus rerouting announced
Because of Campustown construction, all buses that serve Green Street between Fourth and Wright streets have been rerouted. Bus service on Sixth Street between Healey and Chalmers streets has been eliminated. Traffic on Wright Street between Healey and Chalmers is now two-way. For complete information, call 384-8188 or see www.cumtd.com.

In addition, the Web site now offers all MTD bus schedules in PDF format. Schedules also can be downloaded to a Palm or Pocket PC.

Department of astronomy
Astronomer to present public talk
Wallace L.W. Sargent, the Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, will present the fourth talk in the department of astronomy’s Icko Iben Jr. Distinguished Lectureship. "Large Optical Telescopes: The Next Generation" will be presented at 4 p.m. April 24 in Foellinger Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

Sargent will describe how the development of large optical telescopes has driven understanding of the universe, and how the next generation of even larger instruments will continue that tradition.

From 1997-2000, Sargent was the director of Palomar Observatory, home of the 5-meter Hale Telescope – the world’s largest when dedicated in 1948. Sargent is a member of the steering committee for the California Extremely Large Telescope – a proposed instrument with a mirror 30 meters in diameter.

Each year, the Iben lectureship brings a noted astronomer to campus to highlight some of the latest developments in astronomy. In addition to giving a public lecture, the invited speaker also will give a technical colloquium and meet informally with faculty members and students.

Free spring concert
German choir to perform
Fred Lawrence and the UI German Choir will hold their annual Spring Concert at 3 p.m. April 28 at the Chapel of St. John the Divine, 1101 S. Wright St., Champaign. The concert is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by
UI’s Spurlock Museum.

State Universities Annuitants Association
Retirement meeting is April 21
The spring meeting of the UI Chapter of the State Universities Annuitants Association will be April 21 at the Park Inn, 2408 N. Cunningham Ave., Urbana. A half-hour social gathering at 1:30 p.m. will begin the event; speakers’ presentations and a short business meeting will follow.

The speakers will be Stephen Rugg, associate vice president for budget and planning at the UI, and James Hacking, executive director of the State Universities Retirement System. They will focus on the status of the UI and the retirement system in light of the state of the economy.

All annuitants, retirees, spouses and surviving spouses are invited. Current faculty and staff members who are eligible to retire also are welcome.

KAM, School of Art and Design
Art Open House is April 28
The School of Art and Design and Krannert Art Museum are holding the 38th Annual Open House from 3-5 p.m. April 28 in the Link Gallery at Krannert Art Museum. The event will feature art from Saturday Art School courses.

Museum-goers can view current exhibits. In addition, there also will be puppet making with Puppeteer Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley and an ongoing video presentation titled "How the Child Artists Influenced Modern Artists." Traditional fiddle music will be performed by Brenda Koeing and Drew Phillips; a rhythm band and java band will perform throughout the afternoon.

Staff Advisory Council
SAC seeks nominations
Staff Advisory Council is seeking nominations for one representative from EEO 06 (Crafts/Trades) and one from EEO 07 (Service/Maintenance) to serve a four-year term beginning July 1. Petitions may be picked up in Room 141 Personnel Services beginning April 19. Visit www.pso.uiuc.edu/Sac for council information.

April 26, 27
Chinese studies symposium
A Chinese studies symposium titled "Violence in/of Chinese History: Records, Memory and Imagination" will be April 26 and 27 in the Lucy Ellis Lounge of the Foreign Languages Building. The event is open to the public.

Stephen West from the University of California-Berkeley will present the pre-symposium lecture titled "Spectacle, Ritual, and Social Relations: The Son of Heaven, Citizens and Created Space in Imperial Garden in the Northern Song" at 3:30 p.m. April 26.

The symposium begins at 8:55 a.m. April 27 and features seven speakers from across the nation. The final session concludes at 4:25 p.m.
The event is organized by the department of East Asian languages and cultures and co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. For more information, e-mail Zong-qi Cai at z-cai@illinois.edu.

Krannert Art Museum
Exhibition runs April 26-Aug. 4
This country’s most comprehensive museum exhibition of early works by Louise Bourgeois will open April 26 at the Krannert Art Museum. "Louise Bourgeois: The Early Work," featuring art produced by Bourgeois during the 1940s and 1950s, runs through Aug. 4.

The collection includes 25 sculptures, referred to as "Personages"; 17 paintings, 30 early drawings; and a set of prints titled "He Disappeared Into Complete Silence." Most of the works are drawn from the artist’s personal collection and from private collections in the United States. Some have never before been shown publicly.

Bourgeois, who is internationally regarded as one of the most important 20th century American artists, spent more than half her career in relative obscurity. She produced her first mature, highly original works after moving to New York City in the 1940s. She participated in group exhibitions with such Abstract Expressionists as Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock, and was associated with many avant-garde New York artists, as well as exiled European Surrealists and Dadaists.

Bourgeois continues to produce new works, which are distinguished by their psychological and symbolic references.

Events planned in association with the exhibition include:

• May 1, 5:30 p.m., KAM auditorium, "In the Realm of the Mind’s Eye: The Spirit of Play and the Inner Life of Artists," a talk by Kay Larson, an art critic who writes for the New York Times and New York magazine.
• May 2, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., "Louise Bourgeois Colloquium," East Gallery, planned in conjunction with the UI Women’s Studies Program’s "Women and Creativity" series.
• May 8, 5:30 p.m., "Material, Obsession, Memory: The Work of Louise Bourgeois," KAM auditorium, a talk by museum director Josef Helfenstein.