PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 23, No. 8,Oct. 16, 2003

brief notes

Meet local authors
UI Press week is Oct. 17-22
The second annual UI Press Week will be Oct. 17 to 22. Six authors will discuss their recently published UI Press books during the weeklong celebration, which, with one exception, will be held in the Author’s Corner of the Illini Union Bookstore. All events are free and open to the public.

Dates and times, authors and book titles:

• Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m., Joy Williamson, professor of education, Stanford University and UI alumna, “Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75.”
  
• Oct. 20, noon, Leon Dash, UI professor of journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winner, “When Children Want Children.”
  
  4 p.m., William Kinderman, UI professor of music, “Artaria 195.”
  
• Oct. 21, noon, Sarah Wisseman, UI director of Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, “Virtual Mummy.”
  
• Oct. 22, noon, Room 177, Medical Sciences Building, Neil Ruzic, scientist, writer, inventor and publisher who lives in Beverly Shores, Ind., “Racing to a Cure.”
  
  4 p.m., Nicholas Temperley, UI professor emeritus of music, “Bound for America: Three British Composers.”
  
  For more information, contact Danielle Wilberg, 244-4689.

Check your earnings statement
Vacation/sick leave balances noted
Vacation/sick leave balances as of Aug. 20, 2003, will appear on the Oct. 16 and Nov. 16 earnings statements of faculty members and academic professionals. Any questions regarding those balances should be directed to the employee’s home department or unit.

Cozad Lecture
Harlem Globetrotters CEO to speak
Mannie Jackson stepped into the history books when he purchased the Harlem Globetrotters in 1993, becoming the first African American to own a major international sports and entertainment organization. Jackson’s career, which has taken him from the basketball court to the boardroom, will be recounted in a talk at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 27 in 114 David Kinley Hall.

“Repositioning to Win: You Gotta Believe” is this year’s V. Dale Cozad Lecture. The public is invited to attend. Free parking is available in the campus lots south of David Kinley Hall and west of Wohlers Hall.

Jackson played for the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1960s prior to joining Honeywell’s telecommunications unit where he worked for more than 26 years. When he retired, he was a corporate officer and senior vice president. He is credited with reviving the Globetrotter organization, tripling its revenue in three years, and rebuilding the fan base.

Jackson grew up in Edwardsville, Ill., and graduated from the UI, serving as captain of the Illini basketball team.

Ally meeting
Same-sex marriage to be discussed
The November Ally Meeting will host a discussion of legal issues surrounding same-sex marriage. The meeting will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in 209 Illini Union.

Presenters will include Mike Jarecki, a graduate student in the UI College of Law who was president of the Sexual Orientation and Legal Issues Society and a former intern with the Human Rights Coalition in Washington, D.C.

For more information, contact Pat Morey, pmorey@illinois.edu or 333-3137, or Anita Hund, ahund@illinois.edu. Refreshments will be served.

Spurlock Museum
Religious studies scholar to speak
Wayne Pitard, UI professor of religious studies, will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Spurlock Museum. “Rediscovering the Bible’s ‘Bad Guys’: The Archaeology and Literature of the Ancient Canaanites” will include discussion of the archaeological recovery of the culture and literature of the ancient Canaanites, the predecessors of biblical Israel, and the insight these discoveries have provided on the origins of Israelite religion. A reception will follow the free public lecture.

University Library
Annual book sale is Oct. 23-24
The University Library will host its annual book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 23 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Marshall Gallery in the east foyer of the Main Library building. Hard-cover books will sell for $3; quality paperbacks for $2; mass-market paperbacks for $1, and prints and cards for $1 and up. A selection of specially priced finer edition books also will be available. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the library’s collections. For more information, call 244-2070.

Brown v. Board of Education Jubilee Commemoration
Scholar/activist to speak Oct. 24
As part of a yearlong campus commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the UI Library will host a colloquium lecture by E.J. Josey, professor emeritus of library and information science at the University of Pittsburgh. The event will be at 1 p.m. Oct. 24 in Gregory Hall.

Founder of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and former ALA president, Josey is an outstanding scholar and activist in the world of library and information science. During the early 1960s, he participated in the Civil Rights struggle in Savannah, Ga., and in 1964 he advocated the desegregation of libraries and ALA chapters.

His presentation will address the impact of the monumental Brown decision on libraries. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Joyce Wright, 333-3489, or Nuala Koetter, 333-9048. The event is sponsored by the Library Colloquium Committee.

‘Asia’s New Regionalism’
Asian symposium is Oct. 17-18
A major international symposium on issues confronting East and Southeast Asia will be Oct. 17-18. The symposium will be in 407 Levis Faculty Center and is free and open to the public. The meeting is organized by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, with support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The symposium will examine the heightened interest and developments in Asia’s new regionalism, exploring the economic, political and security challenges to the Southeast Asia states, China, Korea and Japan and to U.S. interests and role in Asia. In addition, the symposium also will address questions relating to globalization and regionalism, bilateralism and multilateralism and other issues concerning international cooperation and integration.

H.E. Ambassador Han Sung Joo, Republic of Korea, will be the symposium’s keynote speaker. Han’s address is “North Korean Challenges: Implications for Regional Security.”

The symposium is organized into five panels, with sessions held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 17 and from 8:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 18. For more information, call 333-7273.

State Universities Annuitants Association
Legislators to speak at meeting Oct. 19
Four area legislators will speak at the State Universities Annuitants Association general membership meeting Oct. 19 at the Park Inn, 2408 N. Cunningham Ave., Urbana. The meeting will begin with a short social period at 1:30 p.m. with speakers following at 2 p.m. A brief business meeting will be held afterward.

Forum speakers: Sen. Rick Winkel (52nd District), Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (103rd District), Rep. Shane Cultra (105th District) and Rep. Chapin Rose (110th District). Each legislator has committee assignments pertinent to topics of concern to university retirees. Questions will be limited to those topics, which include appropriations, education/higher education or topics relative to retirement. Questions must be submitted in writing in advance or during the registration period prior to the program. Kenneth Andersen, professor emeritus of research and policy analysis, will moderate.

University retirees as well as current employees nearing retirement are invited to attend.

Virtual tour showcases ‘best practices’
Veterinary hospital exhibit open Oct. 23
A custom-built tractor-trailer that expands to create a 50-foot by 23-foot veterinary hospital will be making a stop at the UI College of Veterinary Medicine. The public is invited to sign up for 20-minute tours throughout the day Oct. 23.

The exhibit, an educational tool from the American Animal Hospital Association, is titled “AAHA! Driving Excellence in Veterinary Practice.” It describes clinical and technological advances in providing the best possible care for companion animals. A multimedia presentation leads attendees through all areas of a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital, including the client relations area, exam room, client consultation room, laboratory, in-patient area, diagnostic imaging area, staff training area, business office and pharmacy.

Seating is limited, so reservations are recommended. The truck will be located near the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. To reserve a spot at presentations scheduled between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., call Beth Erwin at 333-2762.

Veterinary college dedicates new lab space
Symposium, dedication are Nov. 1
The College of Veterinary Medicine will dedicate 14,000 square feet of new biomedical laboratory space on the second and third floors of its Basic Sciences Building on Nov. 1. The dedication and related research symposium are free and open to the public.

The symposium begins at 9 a.m. with Thomas Silhavy, Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, speaking on “How E. coli Senses External Stress.” At 10:30 a.m., Asgerally Fazleabas, professor of physiology and the director of the Center for Women’s Health and Reproduction in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the UI at Chicago, will present “Modulation of the Maternal Environment by Embryonic Signals in the Primate.”

At 11:30 a.m. there will be a brief dedication ceremony, followed by hors d’oeuvres and tours of the new space, which has been funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health as well as by the university and the college.

More information is available by contacting cmanuel@illinois.edu.

Two sizes with keys
Campus map available
An updated version of the campus map found in the Student/Staff Directory is available from Facilities and Services’ Printing Department. The map is available in two sizes with corresponding keys. Call Printing Services at 333-0428 for more information.

Tribute honors former faculty member
A celebration of William Warfield
A diverse array of School of Music performers and ensembles, and guest artists will join together at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 to pay tribute to the legacy of William Warfield. Warfield, a former faculty member of the UI School of Music, was an internationally beloved opera singer, concert artist, actor and educator. “Honoring William Warfield: A Celebration of Excellence” begins with an audio-visual tribute produced by WILL. The program also includes spoken tributes as well as dance, vocal and instrumental performances. The music will include spirituals, repertoire by Copland, Gershwin and Kern that is closely associated with Warfield, and classical works of Bach and Handel.

‘Bridge the Gap’
Staff employee Expo is Oct. 21
Staff Employee Expo 2003 will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21 in Illini Union Rooms A, B and C. “Bridge the Gap” is this year’s theme with presentations and information booths on various campus units and services for staff employees.

In addition, the UI Employees Credit Union will present “Taking the Mystery Out of Investing” at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Illini Room C.

The event has been designated as an approved event; staff members may be released from work for up to one hour to attend, with appropriate supervisory approval. Door prizes and gifts will be given away. You need not be present to win, but must register in person.

The event is sponsored by the Staff Advisory Council and the Personnel Services Office.

Current permanent civil service employees are encouraged to vote in the State Universities Civil Service Advisroy Committee election before or after visiting Expo. The polling place is in the southwest area on the first floor of the Illini Union.

Gender and Women’s Studies Program
Fall film series announced
The UI Gender and Women’s Studies Program has announced its fall semester film series.

The series, titled “Run Like A Girl: Representing Women in Sport After Title IX,” is supported by the Chancellor’s Office in conjunction with the university’s yearlong examination of the Brown v. Board of Education segregation cases. The series is free and open to the public.

According to Jacque Kahn, associate director of GWSP, the film series “provides a public forum for the discussion of gender equity and the controversies around women and sport that have emerged since Title IX.”

Kahn also said that the series “interfaces with the university’s Athletic Board/Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ plans for a conference on the effects of Title IX,” the 1972 educational amendment that prohibits institutions that receive federal funding from practicing gender discrimination in educational programs or activities.

All films will begin at 5:30 p.m. Films, dates, locations and running times:

• Oct. 9, “Run Like a Girl,” 1998 film directed by Carol Cassidy, 57 minutes. Girl athletes tell how sports have given them the strength to thrive under the pressures of growing up; 192 Lincoln Hall.
• Nov. 6, “Blue Crush,” 2002, directed by John Stockwell, 103 minutes. A girl trains for “the ultimate” surfing competition, even as she is haunted by the trauma of a near-fatal accident; 106 Lincoln Hall.
• Dec. 4, “Bend It Like Beckham,” 2003, directed by Gurinder Chadha, 112 minutes. A coming-of-age comedy about an 18-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, while her parents have more traditional plans for her; 62 Krannert Art Museum.
  
  GWSP, which was formerly called the Women’s Studies Program, changed its name last May. The program, an academic unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is dedicated to studying gender issues.
  
  How bills become law
  Former majority leader to speak Oct. 24
  Dick Armey, a former majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will give a first-hand account of how bills become law at the Piper Rudnick-Vacketta Lecture on Government and the Law at 3 p.m. Oct. 24 at the UI College of Law.
  
  Armey will draw upon his 18 years in the House in his speech, “The Instrumental Value of Sloppy Work in Making Legislation.” First elected to Congress in 1984 from the 26th district of north Texas, Armey has been a champion of free markets and was one of the first members of Congress to question the funding of “offensive projects” by the National Endowment of the Arts.
  
  He wrote, with Newt Gingrich, the House Republicans’ “Contract With America” in 1994, which promised tax reduction, welfare reform and a balanced budget if Republican candidates were elected. The contract was instrumental in the GOP picking up 53 seats in the House that year, resulting in the majority the party has held ever since.
  
  Armey, who was an economics professor at the University of North Texas before entering politics, has been an advocate of the flat tax and other tax-relief measures and led efforts to make the International Monetary Fund more transparent and accountable.
  
  The Piper Rudnick-Vacketta Lecture was endowed by Piper Rudnick, a large law firm, in honor of Carl Vacketta, a graduate of the UI College of Law.
  
  The lecture, to be held in the Max L. Rowe Auditorium with overflow seating in Classroom D and the Courtroom, is free and open to the public.
  
  ‘Cosmic Collisions’
  NASA scientist to talk Nov. 5
  David Morrison, a senior scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute, will present the sixth talk in the department of astronomy’s Icko Iben Jr. Distinguished Lectureship at 4 p.m. Nov. 5 in Foellinger Auditorium. The talk, “Cosmic Collisions: How Astronomers are Saving the World,” is free and open to the public.
  
  “David Morrison is internationally known for his research on small bodies in the solar system,” said Lewis Snyder, the chair of the astronomy department. “His talk on identifying and avoiding asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth should be of interest to faculty, students and the general public.”
  
  While the probability of an impact from an asteroid or comet (often called Near Earth Objects) is low, the potential for destruction is immense. “The consequences are so catastrophic, we must evaluate the nature of the threat and be prepared to deal with it,” Morrison said. “If such an object were to strike Earth, the effects of the collision could depress global temperatures, leading to a massive loss of food crops and the possible breakdown of society… potentially affecting the entire planet and its population.”
  
  Morrison chaired the original NASA study of the impact hazard in 1992. He also served as chair of the International Astronomical Union Working Group on Near Earth Objects. Asteroid 2410 Morrison is named in his honor.
  
  A native of Danville, Ill., Morrison earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from the UI’s Urbana-Champaign campus, and his doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University. Before joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was a professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii. From 1996-2001, he was the Director of Astrobiology and Space Research at the NASA Ames Research Center, where he managed basic and applied research programs in the space, life and Earth sciences.
  
  Morrison was instrumental in defining the new multidisciplinary field of astrobiology, including leadership in establishing the scientific goals and objectives of the NASA Astrobiology Roadmap. His primary current interests are in developing the science of astrobiology, in protecting Earth from an asteroid impact, and in improving science education and public understanding.
  
  Each year the Iben lectureship brings a noted astronomer to campus to highlight some of the latest developments in astronomy, Snyder said. In addition to giving a public lecture, the invited speaker also will give a technical colloquium and meet informally with faculty members and students.

Faculty/Staff Assistance Program
Brown Bag presents financial strategies
Financial Strategies for the Holidays, sponsored by the Faculty/Staff Assistance Program, will be the topic for a brown bag presentation at noon Nov. 4. Jan Young, Office of Consumer Credit Nationwide, will be the speaker. For more information and to register, contact the FSAP office at 244-5312.

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