Calendar of Events November 16 - December 10

Lectures
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16 Thursday
"Electronic Empathy: Encounters With Interactive and Digital Art." Margaret
Morse, University of California, Santa Cruz. 8 p.m. Beckman Institute
auditorium. MillerComm.

17 Friday
"Organized Labor Movement in the U.S.: Confronting the 21st Century."
Roberta Lynch, AFSCME Council 31, Chicago. Lunch 11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:15
p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

"Exotic Objects of the Cosmos: Neutron Stars and Black Holes." Frederick
Lamb, UI. 7:30 p.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Astrophysics.

18 Saturday
"No Escape From Black Holes." Ed Seidel, UI. 10:15-11:30 a.m. 141 Loomis
Lab. Physics Honors Program.

30 Thursday
"Avenging Racism: The Thin Line Between Uncle Tomming and Mau-Mauing." Jill
Nelson, former Washington Post reporter. 7:30 p.m. Third floor, Levis
Faculty Center. MillerComm.

"A Mouse of a Different Color: Natural History and the Fable in the Later
Middle Ages." A.E. Wright, UI. 7:30 p.m. Reading room, Levis Faculty
Center. The fourth installment in the Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft
Golden Jubilee Lecture Series, which commemorates the 50th anniversary
year. Germanic Languages and Literatures.


Colloquia
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16 Thursday
"ONSTAGE: Twentieth-Century Stage Designs by Africian-American Artists."
Kathy A. Perkins, UI. Noon. Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois St.,
Urbana. Center for Advanced Study.

"Teaching Urban Planning With SCALE." Varkki George, UI. Noon. 368 Everitt
Lab. Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments.

"The Case for Chimpanzee Culture." William McGrew, Miami University, Ohio.
3-5 p.m. 314B Illini Union. Anthropology.

17 Friday
"Structure of a Heptameric Transmembrane Pore at 1.9 � Resolution." J. Eric
Gouaux, University of Chicago. Noon. Medical Sciences Building auditorium.
Biochemistry.

"Religion and Politics in Sri Lanka." C.R. DeSilva, Indiana State
University. Noon. 356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and
International Security.

"Varieties of Normality." Burton Copeland, UI. 3 p.m. 223 Gregory Hall.
Philosophy.

"Rare Gas Constraints on Hydrogeologic Processes." Tom Torgersen,
University of Connecticut. 4 p.m. 228 Natural History Building. Geology.

20 Monday
"Methods for Determining Cognitive Processes Used to Answer Questions:
Focus Groups, Think-alouds, Coding of Interviews, Experiments, Etc."
Richard Warnecke, UI. Noon. 166 Commerce West. Third in a series of four
Monday seminars. Survey Research Laboratory.

"Breeding for Disease Resistance in Soybeans." Cecil Nickell, UI. 4 p.m.
W-115 Turner Hall. Plant Pathology.

"Bioactivation of Aromatic Compounds to Cytotoxic Quinoid Metabolites."
Judy Bolton, UI. 4 p.m. 103 Mumford Hall. Functional Foods for Health and
Biochemistry.

21 Tuesday
"Stalinist Visions of Modernity." Eric Duskin, Northern Illinois
University. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Russian and East
European Center.

"Clinical Application of Results Obtained From In Vitro Antimicrobial
Susceptibility Testing." Bob Walker, Michigan State University. Noon. 2258
Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. Veterinary Medicine.

"Recent Developments in Parallel Pseudorandom Number Generation." Michael
Mascagni, Center for Computing Sciences, Bowie, Md. 1:30 p.m. 2240 Digital
Computer Lab. Computer Science.

"Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures: Plenty of Room at the Bottom. But
Can Integrated Electronics Be Achieved?" Karl Hess, UI. 2 p.m. 1005 Beckman
Institute. Beckman Institute Director's Seminar.

"Software for Scalable Parallel Computers." Marc Snir, IBM T.J. Watson
Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.  4 p.m. B2 Computer and Systems
Research Laboratory. Computational Science and Engineering.

27 Monday
"Cultural Differences in Responses to Survey Questions." Timothy Johnson,
UI. Noon. 166 Commerce West. Fourth in a series of four Monday seminars.
Survey Research Laboratory.

"MDMV: Inheritance of Resistance and Yield Loss Studies in Sweet Corn."
Mike Kerns, UI. 4 p.m. W-115 Turner Hall. Plant Pathology.
28 Tuesday
"What is Real About Real-time Systems?" Jane Win-Shih Liu, UI. Noon. Center
for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois St., Urbana. Center for Advanced Study.

"Radical Teaching Through Asynchronous Learning Network." Elizabeth
Delacruz, UI. Noon. 314 Altgeld Hall. Sloan Center for Asynchronous
Learning Environments.

"Learning Spatial Representations for an Active Vision System." Narayan
Srinivasa, Beckman Institute Fellow. 2 p.m. 1005 Beckman Institute. Beckman
Institute Director's Seminar.

29 Wednesday
"Shattering the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Gender and Race in the
Architecture Profession." Kathryn Anthony and Melissa Worden, UI. Noon.
Women's Studies, 911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Women's Studies.

"CFD and the Changing World of Airplane Design." Paul E. Rubbert, Boeing
Co., Seattle. 4 p.m. 103 Talbot Lab. Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering, and Computational Science and Engineering.

"Soy and Heart Disease." Susan Potter, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab.
Nutritional Sciences.

1 Friday
"TV- The Second Most Powerful Force in the World." Jerry Landay, UI. Noon.
356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

"How Do Bacteria Avoid Toxic Overexpression of Membrane Proteins?
Regulation of Gene Expression by Repressor Compartmentalization." Stanley
Maloy, UI. Noon. Medical Sciences Building auditorium. Biochemistry.

"One Man's Vision of Terence in Fifteenth-Century Strasbourg." Athanasia
Worley, UI. 2 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building. Classics.

"Did Laurentia and Gondwana Collide During the Ordovician?" Dennis Kolata,
UI. 4 p.m. 228 Natural History Building. Geology.

4 Monday
"Novel Chemopreventive Agents From Foods: Indoles, Isothiocyanates, Sterols
and Rotenoids." Robert Moriarty, UI.
4 p.m. 103 Mumford Hall. Functional Foods for Health, and Chemistry.

"Comparative Efficiency of 'Agrobacterium radiobacter' Strains in
Biological Control of Crown Gall on Stone Fruit Trees." Ramon Penalver, UI.
4 p.m. W-115 Turner Hall. Plant Pathology.

"Family Out-laws: Rethinking the Connection Between Feminism, Lesbianism
and the Family." Cheshire Calhoun, Colby College, Waterville, Me.; and
Andrea Russell and David Hirsch, UI. 8 p.m. Levis Faculty Center. Criticism
and Interpretive Theory.

5 Tuesday
"Stalin Through Seventeenth-Century Eyes." Christopher Ward, UI. Noon. 101
International Studies Building. Russian and East European Center.
6 Wednesday

"Unique Vitamin A Metabolism in the Dog." Jill Cline, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal
Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.

7 Thursday
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? The Communicating Multimedia PC Comes Home."
Steve Tolopka, Intel Corp., Portland, Ore. 4 p.m. 1310 Digital Computer
Lab. Computer Science.


Theater
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16 Thursday
"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School."  7 p.m. Assembly Hall. An
imaginary day of school on Sesame Street. Professor Grover gives his Muppet
students the assignment of show and tell. Admission charge.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize,
this sweeping epic is told in nine separate plays. In the first of two
productions, an Irish immigrant begins a legacy of violence and greed,
affecting his family into the Civil War years. Recommended for mature
audiences. Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

17 Friday
"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School." 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Assembly
Hall. Admission charge.

Reduced Shakespeare Company: "The Complete History of America (abridged)."
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. From Washington to
Watergate, from New World to New World Order, the three-member Reduced
Shakespeare Company takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the glorious
quagmire that is American history with satire and slapstick. Admission
charge.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. A mysterious
situation arises in a small Italian town: A husband and his mother-in-law
both claim the other is mad, and the neighbors become obsessed with
discovering which of them is right. Admission charge. Illinois Repertory
Theater.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. In the second part of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning cycle, three families in eastern Kentucky continue their
violent and avaricious ways, as the land and its people are ravaged by the
coal industry. Recommended for mature audiences. Admission charge. Illinois
Repertory Theater.

18 Saturday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
2 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School."  7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission
charge.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

Reduced Shakespeare Company: "The Complete History of America (abridged)."
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

19 Sunday
"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School."  1 and 4:30 p.m. Assembly Hall.
Admission charge.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 3 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

30 Thursday
"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

2 Saturday
"Beirut." Michael Stock, director. 5, 8 and 11 p.m. 160 Armory. Armory Free
Theater.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

3 Sunday
"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 3 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

6 Wednesday
David Copperfield: "Beyond Imagination." Copperfield captivates the
imaginations of young and old alike with his mystifying illusions. 5 and
8:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.


Music
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16 Thursday
School of Music Centennial Convocation. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. A
convocation of faculty, students, alumni and friends of the UI School of
Music in honor of the school's 100th anniversary. With Frederick Fennell,
guest artist, who will meet with students.

Dan Laurin, recorder. With the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. 8 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Laurin performs with one of
Scandinavia's leading period instrument groups. Admission charge. Prelude:
7 p.m. Tyron Festival Theater foyer, Krannert Center. Dan Laurin offers
commentary on the evening's program and a sample of various kinds of
recorders.

Composers' Forum: Concert/Discussion. Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet. 8
p.m. Music Building auditorium.

Choral Conducting Recital. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Students of Joe
Grant.

Doctor of Musical Arts Project Recital. Annie Picard, soprano. 8 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

17 Friday
Sinfonia da Camera. Ian Hobson, director. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. With Gil Shaham, violin. Shaham performs Antonin Dvorak's
Violin Concerto. Also on the program is Symphony No. 97 in C major by
Joseph Haydn. Admission charge. Student Performance Project: String
Ensemble from the Young Artists' Studio of Terrine Gomez. 7:30 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Audrey Wen, Christine Hsieh, Julie
Kaufman, Christie Park, Eric Hsieh, John Liaw, Nathan Wells, Sarah Baxter,
Thayer Preece, Kirsten Melby-Thompson, Christopher Tsay and Jeremy Hobson.

18 Saturday
Graduate Recital. Gerhard Oetiker, cello. 2 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

Piano Chamber Music Recital. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Students of
Claude Hobson and Susan Teicher.

Master of Music Accompanying Recital. Joseph Bognar, piano. 8 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Leonard Slatkin, director and conductor.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The St. Louis Symphony
performs "Whispers and Echoes" by Claude Baker, plus Leonard Bernstein's
"Overture to 'Candide' " and Edward William Elgar's Symphony No. 1.
Admission charge.

19 Sunday
UI Clarinet Choir. Kathy Bullard, conductor. 2 p.m. Music Building
auditorium. With guest artist Rosemary Williams, horn.

UI Chorale and UI Trombone Ensemble. Fred Stoltzfus and Elliot Chasanov,
conductors. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Program will
include Renaissance and Romantic choral works, as well as compositions for
trombone. ensemble. Admission charge.

UI Russian Folk Orchestra. Maria Schwartz, conductor.
3 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. A longstanding, popular
campus group continues its tradition of performing Russian classical and
folk music on authentic Russian instruments. Admission charge.

Senior Recital. Gregory Wood, percussion. 4 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Studio Recital. 7 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Saxophone quartets from
the studio of Debra Richtmeyer.

Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Pei Serena Chu, piano. 7 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.

The BoDeans. 8 p.m. Foellinger Auditorium. Admission charge. Star Course.

20 Monday
Composers' Forum. New Winds Trio Concert. 8 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Robert Dick, flutes; J.D. Parran, clarinets; and Ned Rothenberg,
saxophones.

Master of Music Recital. Kathy Linger, soprano. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

21 Tuesday
Illini Women's Chorus and University Chorus. Maritza C�ceres and Elisa
Fraser, conductors. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Studio Recital of Trombone Quartets.  8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Students of Elliot Chasanov.

28 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital.  11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

UI Concert Band I. Peter Griffin, conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. Program includes "Rocky Point Holiday" by Ronald Nelson,
"New Dance" by Wallingford Riegger and "Rhosymedre" by Vaughan Williams.
Admission charge.

Composers' Forum. "Computer Music Project: 10th Anniversary." 8 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

29 Wednesday
Michael Cameron, double bass, and friends: "Newer Music for Lower
Instruments." 8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Cameron is joined by
Erik Lund, Charles Lipp, Paul Martin Zonn, the Illinois Bass Quartet and
others for works of Alfred Schnittke, Mauricio Kagel, Gunther Schuller and
Thelonious Monk. Admission charge.

UI Symphonic Band II. Gary Smith, conductor, and Mark Heidel, guest
conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Performance
includes "Ghost Train" by Whitacre, "English Folk Song Suite" by Vaughan
Williams and Overture for Winds by Mendelssohn. Admission charge.

Senior Recital. Wing-mei Lily Lau, piano. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

30 Thursday
UI Concert Bands IIA and IIB. Ken Steinsultz and Greg Cunningham, conductors.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Two campus bands provide an
evening of traditional favorites from the concert band repertoire.
Admission charge.

2 Saturday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Dilek Batibay, piano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.

Skapone. 9 p.m. Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union. If you've never enjoyed ska,
you can't help but try this danceable band. Admission charge. Illini Union
Board.

3 Sunday
Master of Music Recital. Helen Chiu, piano. 1 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Annual Carol Concerts.

2 and 4 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The UI School of Music
provides an afternoon of classical and traditional Christmas music, plus
sing-along carols. Admission charge.

Senior Recital. Sarah Eun Kyung Kim, piano. 4 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Master of Music Recital. Margret Stefansdottir, flute,
4 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

Senior Recital and Doctor of Musical Arts Accompanying Recital. Kenneth
Roberson, baritone, and Jessica Paul, piano.
7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Piano Chamber Music Recital. 7 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Students of
Claude Hobson and Susan Teicher.

Natalie Merchant. 8 p.m. Foellinger Auditorium. Merchant, formerly with the
group 10,000 Maniacs, is touring on her own. Admission charge. Star Course.

4 Monday
Composers' Forum: Student Composition Concert. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall. Works of current UI composition students.

Senior Recital. Adrienne Gifford, cello. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

5 Tuesday
School of Music Centennial Celebration Student Showcase. 11 a.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.

Piano Chamber Music Recital. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Students of
Claude Hobson and Susan Teicher.

Advanced Trombone Repertoire Class Recital.
8 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Students of Elliot Chasanov.

6 Wednesday
UI Jazz Band II. Mark Rabideau, conductor. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse,
Krannert Center. The band performs original compositions written by UI
faculty and students in celebration of the School of Music centennial, as
well as traditional compositions by Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Thad
Jones. Admission charge.

UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. Symphonic favorites highlight this program of
Symphony No. 9, "New World," by Antonin Dvorak and Symphonic Dances from
"West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein. Admission charge.

7 Thursday
Interval: Lively Arts and Lunch. Dena Vermette and the Don Heitler Trio.
Noon. Lobby, Krannert Center. Singer Vermette and the trio team up for a
program of jazz and holiday music. Intermezzo begins serving lunch at 11
a.m.

UI Jazz Bands III and IV. Chris Behrens and John Vander Gheynst, conductors.
8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. An array of jazz highlights the
concert, including works of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Matt Harris, Don
Schamber and Woody Herman. Admission charge.

+514: To/By/For Thomas Fredrickson.
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. A concert of works of UI
School of Music emeritus faculty member Fredrickson, featuring the UI
Symphonic Band, UI Percussion Ensemble, UI Jazz Band and faculty
performers. Admission charge.

Master of Music Recital. Ioana Missits, violin. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.

Studio Recital. 8 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Harpsichord students of
William Heiles.

Anonymous 4: "A Star in the East." 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert
Center. A special holiday program that combines Hungarian Christmas music
with readings from the Peasant Bible. Admission charge. Postlude: Members
of Anonymous 4 will participate in a brief question-and-answer session
following the performance.

8 Friday
Studio Recital. 4 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Piano students of Mina
Somekawa.

Junior Recital. Benjamin Hayek, cello.
5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

Champaign-Urbana Symphony: "Messiah." Chester L. Alwes, guest conductor.
With UI Oratorio Society. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Ollie Watts Davis, soprano; Marion van der Loo, mezzo-soprano; Stanley
Warren, tenor; Ronald Hedlund, baritone. Two hundred and fifty years after
it was composed, this choral favorite offers listeners stirring choruses
and dramatic arias. Admission charge. Tune up: 6:45 p.m. Intermezzo. Thomas
Schleis hosts a concert preview.

UI Jazz Band. Thomas Wirtel, conductor.
8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Ron Bridgewater, Joan Hickey,
Mark Rabideau and John Garvey make special guest appearances in this
concert of jazz standards and original music by UI students and faculty.
Admission charge.

Senior Recital. So Yeon Yun, piano. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Deborah Gerber, clarinet. 8 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.

10 Sunday
Second Sunday Concert: An Afternoon of Chamber Music With Oboe. 2 p.m.
Krannert Art Museum. Performers include Nancy Ambrose King, oboe; Timothy
McGovern, bassoon; J. David Harris, clarinet; Kazimierz Machala, horn;
Sherban Lupu, violin; and Suren Bagratuni, cello. Simulcast live on
sponsoring station WILL-FM (90.9).


Dance
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2 Saturday
North Carolina Dance Theater: "The Nutcracker." 2 and 7 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. Using lavish sets and costumes, this production
of a holiday classic is full of humor and surprises. Two hours with
intermission; recommended for ages 4 and up. Admission charge.

3 Sunday
North Carolina Dance Theater: "The Nutcracker." 2 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. Two hours with intermission; recommended for ages
4 and up. Admission charge.


Sports
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17 Friday
Women's Volleyball. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 7:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.

18 Saturday
Football. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 4-H Day.
1 p.m. Memorial Stadium. Admission charge.

Women's Volleyball. UI vs. University of Wisconsin. 7:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.

21 Tuesday
Men's Basketball. UI vs. Converse All-Stars (exhibition). 7 p.m. Assembly
Hall. Admission charge.

Women's Basketball. UI vs. St. Louis Express AAU (exhibition). 7:30 p.m.
Huff Hall. Admission charge.

25 Saturday
Men's Basketball. UI vs. University of Texas, San Antonio. 8 p.m. Assembly
Hall. Admission charge.

28 Tuesday
Men's Basketball. UI vs. Eastern Illinois University.
7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

30 Thursday
Women's Basketball. UI vs. Xavier University. 7:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.

4 Monday
Men's Basketball. UI vs. Kansas State University.
7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

6 Wednesday
Women's Basketball. UI vs. University of Missouri.
7:30 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

8 Friday
Illini Classic. Men's Basketball. UI vs. Southeast Missouri State
University, and Ball State University vs. San Jose State University.
7 and 9:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

9 Saturday
Wrestling. UI vs. Southern Illinois University. 1 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission
charge.

Illini Classic. Men's Basketball. Consolation Game and Championship Game.
5:30 and 8 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.


et cetera
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16 Thursday
International Coffee Hour. 7:30 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E. John St.,
Champaign. The Cosmo Club's resident entomologist, Joe Sullivan, will lead
a discussion about honey and honey bees. For more information, contact
Andrea Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

17 Friday
Book signing. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Author's Corner, second floor,
Illini Union Bookstore. Scott Mutter will autograph copies of his book,
"Surrational Images." Illini Union Bookstore.

Introductory Lectures and Panel Discussion for "Art as Signal" exhibit.
Margaret Morse, University of California, Santa Cruz. 1 p.m. Krannert Art
Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

FirstClass and PacerForum - Demonstrations of Conferencing. Marsha
Woodbury, UI. 3 p.m. 27 Illini Hall basement. Sloan Center for Asynchronous
Learning Environments.

Krannert Art Museum Student Association Art Auction. 5-7:30 p.m. Link
Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. A silent auction to raise funds for the
Krannert Art Museum Student Association, which assists KAM with funding for
visiting artists and promotes the artistic talent of UI students. Krannert
Art Museum Student Association.

19 Sunday
International Dinner Series: Thanksgiving Dinner. 6 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club,
307 E. John St., Champaign. The menu will include traditional foods.
Volunteers are needed to cook, sell tickets and perform other work for the
dinner. All proceeds will be donated to charity. For more information and
to make reservations, contact Andrea Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

21 Tuesday
"Staffing Your Department: Options You May Not Know You Have." 9 a.m.-noon.
407 Levis Faculty Center. Registration required; call 333-8342. Human
Resources Development.

26 Sunday
Handel's "Messiah." 3 p.m. St. Andrew's Lutheran Campus Center, 909 S.
Wright St., Champaign. Introduction to the biblical texts by John
Setterlund; history and background of the oratorio by Thomas Schleis; and
elements of conducting and performance by Chester Alwes.

29 Wednesday
"Henceforward." Wendy McClure, director. 6:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. A
scene from the play, a dark comedy about life in the electronic age.
Krannert Art Museum and Illinois Repertory Theater.

30 Thursday
"Motivation Techniques That Are Better Than Money." 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Third
floor, Levis Faculty Center. Registration required; call 333-8342. Human
Resources Development.

International Coffee Hour: A Sing-along. 7:30 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307
E. John St., Champaign. Bring your music and voice and share the songs of
your home country. For more information, contact Andrea Shields, 367-3079.
Cosmopolitan Club.

1 Friday
Mark Pittman, Hypnotist.
9 p.m. Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union. Admission charge. Illini Union Board.

3 Sunday
Family Festival and Saturday School Open House. 3-5 p.m. Krannert Art
Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

International Dinner Series: Thailand.
6 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E. John St., Champaign. Vara Siraprapasiri
will present spicy and delicious Thai fare. For more information and to
make reservations, contact Andrea Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

5 Tuesday
"X Marks the Spot: Discovering the Treasure of Generation X." 1-4:30 p.m.
Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Registration required; call 333-8342.
Human Resources Development.

6 Wednesday
"Stress for Success: How to Manage What You've Got." 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Third
floor, Levis Faculty Center. Registration required; call 333-8342. Human
Resources Development.

William Larson, artist.
6:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Larson will speak about his work featured in
the "Contemporary Art Series." Krannert Art Museum.

Interdisciplinary Panel. 7:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Robert A. Jones,
Doug Kibbee, Joe Squier, Karen Ruhdler, UI; and William Larson, artist.
Krannert Art Museum.

7 Thursday
"How to Handle Conflict and Manage Anger."
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Registration required;
call 333-8342. Human Resources Development.

International Coffee Hour: Christmas. 7:30 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E.
John St., Champaign. Christmas cookies and other holiday treats will be
available. For more information, contact Andrea Shields, 367-3079.
Cosmopolitan Club.

10 Sunday
Children's Holiday Party.
2 p.m. Illini Union. Holiday fun with clowns, crafts, candy canes, stories
and more. For more information and to make reservations, contact the Illini
Union Ticket Office, 333-3660 or 333-1262. Admission charge. Illini Union
Faculty-Staff Social Committee.


Exhibits
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"History of the State Water Survey"
Through Nov. 30.
Mueller Exhibit Case, east foyer, Library.
"John Philip Sousa"
Through Nov. 30.
Rare Book and Special Collections, Library.
"Latin America in the World Economy"
Through Nov. 30.
Main corridor, Library.
"Military Land Grants, Famous Names and Partisan Politics, 1780s to 1840s:
The Richard Clough Anderson Collection"
Through Nov. 30.
Illinois Historical Survey, Room 346, Library.

"Post-War Works of Art by Alexandra Pragel"
Through Nov. 28.
Illini Union Art Gallery. Open daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

"Scholarly Treasures of the Library of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign"
Through Dec. 19.
"Trees Collection of European and American Paintings"
Ongoing.
"Art as Signal: Inside the Loop"
"Contemporary Series #6: William Larson"
"Curious Collections: Hanging the Unexpected"
On view Nov. 17 through Jan. 21.
Public reception: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

"Venture in Culture"
"Bound for Eternity"
"Beyond the Himalayas"
"Of Kings, Crusaders and Craftsmen"
"In Search of Ancient Egyptians"
"Parthenon U-C"
"From Alexander to Augustus"
World Heritage Museum. Fourth floor, Lincoln Hall. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday;
2-5 p.m. Sunday.

"Harvesting the Past"
"The Crockerland Expedition: Life in Arctic Greenland, 1913-1917"
Fourth floor gallery, Museum of Natural History. Natural History Building.
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday.


Ongoing
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Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours
12:30-1 p.m. weekdays. Enter through 323 Altgeld Hall.

Beckman Institute Cafeteria
Open to the public. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Bevier Cafe
8:30-11 a.m. coffee and baked goods; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. lunch.

Cerebral Cafe
Noon Wednesdays when classes are in session. Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union.
Bring your lunch and opinions. Ideas for topics welcome; call Illini Union
Program Department, 333-3660.

Illini Union Food Service
Courtyard Cafe:  7 a.m.-11:30 p.m. daily. Union Park: 7 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
daily. Ballroom:  11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. weekdays.

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Tours: 2:30 p.m. daily. Meet in the main lobby. Promenade gift shop: 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Intermezzo cafe: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Library Tours
Self-guided audiocassettes of main and undergraduate libraries available at
the Information Desk, second floor of the main library or the Media Center
of the undergraduate library.

Open Invitation
5-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Levis Faculty Center. Cover charge for hors d'oeuvres.

Palette Cafe and Bookstore
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8:30 a.m.-7:30
p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion.

Robert Allerton Park
Open 8 a.m. to dusk daily. "Allerton Legacy" exhibit at Visitors Center, 8
a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Garden tours: call 244-1035.

World Heritage Museum
Heritage Bazaar gift shop: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday;
Tours: First and third Sundays at 2:15 p.m. and by appointment for groups
of 10 or more.


Organizations
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Classified Employees Association
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. first Thursday monthly.

Contra Dancing
8 p.m. Fridays, except second; second Saturday. Contact Robert Herendeen,
244-2137 or 352-8938, or e-mail herendee@illinois.edu for schedule.

Illini Folk Dance Society
7:30-10 p.m. Tuesday. Illini Union. Teaching dances first hour; beginners
welcome. Anne Martel, 398-6686.

Illini Glider Club
7:30 p.m. first Thursday monthly. 132 Bevier Hall. Prospective members
welcome. Information hot line: 355-6658.

Lifetime Fitness Program
Individual and group activities. 6-8:50 a.m. weekdays. Kinesiology,
333-8323.

PC User Group
7 p.m. third Wednesday monthly. 1310 Digital Computer Lab. Mark Zinzow,
244-1289, or David Harley, 333-5656.