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Jesse Jackson to deliver Assembly Series lecture

Jesse L. Jackson

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in both 1984 and 1988, will deliver Washington University's Benjamin E. Youngdahl Lecture at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Field House.

The lecture is part of the University's Assembly Series and is free

and open to the public. Doors will open for the lecture at 2 p.m. The downstairs level of the Field House will be reserved for members of the Washington University com- munity with

current identification until 2:45 p.m. The general public will be seated in the balcony. At 2:45 p.m., if any seats remain, the general public will be allowed on the lower level. Those interested in attending should plan to arrive early. No book bags or briefcases will be permitted in the Field House.

Jackson is president of the Na- tional Rainbow Coalition Inc., a political organization headquartered in Wash- ington, D.C. He also writes a syndicated newspaper column. Cable News Network is planning to produce a weekly talk show hosted by Jackson, who previously hosted his own syndicated public affairs television program.

Last month in Connecticut, Jackson led a march from Bridgeport to~ Hartford in an effort to call attention to

the social and economic ills affecting that state's cities and towns.

In 1971 Jackson founded Opera- tion PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity), a Chicago-based human rights organization concerned with economic development, moral and academic excellence in education, housing, justice, and international peace issues. He served as its national president until 1983. Prior to that, Jackson was executive director of Operation Breadbasket, the economic arm of the Southern Christian Leader- ship Conference. The conference was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 as the basis for a new civil rights movement that promoted nonviolence. Jackson was ordained a Baptist minister in 1968.

The lecture honors Benjamin E. Youngdahl, dean of the University's George Warren Brown School of Social Work from 1945-1962. Youngdahl received national recognition in the field of social work and was an outspo- ken advocate of civil liberties.

The lecture is sponsored by the University's African and Afro-American Studies Program, Assembly Series, Association of Black Students, Depart- ment of Political Science, Residential Life, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Student Educational Service, and Student Union.

There will be shuttle service to the University from the (former) Clayton Famous-Barr parking lot.

For more information about the lecture or parking, call"935-4620. ~

Medical journal editor will give keynote talk for Mallinckrodt Institute's 60th anniversary George D. Lundberg, M.D., editor-in- chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and an advocate for national health-care reform and ethical standards for medical journalism, will be a keynote speaker during the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the Washington Univer- sity Medical Center.

Lundberg will deliver the Wendell G. Scott Lecture at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, in Scarpellino Audito- rium at Mallinckrodt Institute. Lundberg's lecture is titled "Future Responsibilities of Medical Journal- ism."

Lundberg became editor of JAMA in 1982. During the last few years, he observed the worsening crises of access and cost of health care in the United States. Lundberg also observed that the crises were impacting several economic classes — not just the poor. Lundberg then decided to dedicate the entire May, 15, 1991, issue of JAMA, and many pages in the May issues of all nine AMA specialty journals as well, to health-care reform in the United States.

"If the Iron Curtain can be lifted, the Warsaw Pact dissolved, East and West Germany politically reunited, all quite rapidly, because it was the right thing to do and the time had come — surely we in this rich and successful country can manage to provide basic medical care because it too is the right thing to do, and the time has come," Lundberg wrote in the May 15 issue. "A long-term crying need has devel- oped into a national moral imperative and now into a pragmatic necessity as well."

Lundberg continued, "It is no

longer acceptable morally, ethically, or economically for so many of our people to be medically uninsured or seriously underinsured. We can solve this problem."

Lundberg also is an outspoken advocate for ethical behavior in medical journalism. He has promoted the concept of doctors signing state- ments attesting to authorship responsi- bility as well as disclosures of any financial relationships to subjects dealt with in articles. "The largest concern I have for the future of bjomedical publication and other information flow involves ethics," Lundberg wrote in the December 1990 edition of The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.

Lundberg added, "The social contract that has existed between the physician and patient for centuries, in which the physician must be trusted to do the right thing for the patient, is severely threatened at this time. Promoters of products will stop at virtually nothing to get their modern expensive snake oil (whether or not it is effective) marketed successfully."

The lecture will conclude two days of scientific presentations in conjunction with Mallinckrodt Institute's 60th anniversary. Forty current and former staff members and trainees of the Institute will be pre- senting their latest discoveries in therapeutic and diagnostic radiology.

Mallinckrodt Institute is the largest and most modern radiological institute in the world.

Radiologists from across the United States and around the world will attend the celebration, which is in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the School of Medicine.

With extreme caution, the 3,000-pound Hears sculpture is lowered to the ground. The sculpture, a memorial to longtime Trustee George H. Capps, stands near the entrance of the Athletic Complex.

Sculpture pays tribute to Capps' outstanding support of University A pair of life-size bronze bears now stand in front of the Washington University Athletic Complex to honor the late George H. Capps. The Bears weigh nearly 3,000 pounds and stand atop a 6-foot granite pedestal. The sculpture was installed at the complex on Sept. 9- Washington's athletic teams are known as the Bears.

The Bears, previously cast in New York, were designed and sculptured by H. Richard Duhme Jr., professor emeritus of fine arts. He received a bachelor's of fine arts degree from Washington in 1953.

A member of the fine arts faculty for 35 years, Duhme designed the Missouri Sesquicentennial Medallion for the state's 150th anniversary of state- hood in 1971.

Capps, a native St. Louisan who received both liberal arts and law degrees from Washington in 1939, was a member of the University's Board of Trustees for more than 22 years. He and his wife, Helen, had seven chil- dren, who have given them 23 grand- children.

In recognition of his support of the University and the St. Louis community, members of Capps' family and his friends presented the bears to Washing- ton University.

"George Capps demonstrated unending devotion and dedication not only to Washington University but also to the entire community," said Chancel-

lor William H. Danforth. "He was a true leader and a man of great vision and energy. The Bears sculpture recognizes his many years of outstanding service to Washington University. The place- ment of the sculpture outside the Athletic Complex is an appropriate setting, since George loved physical fitness and young people. I hope the Bears will come to symbolize our tradition of combining scholarship with athletics."

One of St. Louis' most influential business and civic leaders, Capps was president of his family's business, Capitol Coal & Coke Co., a major exporter of coal to Europe and the Far East. He also was president of Volkswagen Mid-America Inc., the Volkswagen distributorship for four Midwest states. A former FBI agent, Navy officer and Eagle Scout, Capps' interest in exporting led to his involve- ment in the distribution of Volks- wagens, and then to his own truck line to deliver the cars to dealers. Each new venture led to another, until he was involved in more than 50 different enterprises, including the development of Plaza Frontenac, a major area shopping center.

Capps served Washington Univer- sity as an alumnus, a volunteer fund- raiser and as a life trustee. He was elec- ted to the Board of Trustees in 1966, and in 1973, became chairman of the

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Renowned poet gives readings, reviews students' writing Writing students now have the rare chance to have their work reviewed by world renowned poet Linda Gregg, author of Too Bright, To See, Alma; and The Sacraments of Desire. Gregg, who has won numerous awards, is serving as a Visiting Hurst Professor through Sept. 28. She will be on campus for three weeks.

Eric Pankey, director of The Writing Program, said Gregg, 49, was chosen because she could give aspiring writers on campus the opportunity to talk to a successful woman poet. "She is one of the five best poets in mid- career," he said.

While here, Gregg is holding office hours and is available to consult with students. She is giving two public performances — a reading and a writer's colloquium. The reading was held at 8 p.m. Sept. 11 in Hurst Lounge, 201 Duncker Hall. The colloquium, "The Art of Finding," will be held at 8 p.m. Sept. 25 in Hurst Lounge.

Pankey said Gregg's work often concentrates on what it is like to be a woman in the world. "They're about living in the body, trying to live a spiritual life of the body."

Current U.S. Poet Laureate Joseph Brodsky said of Gregg's work, "The blinding intensity of Ms. Gregg's lines stains the reader's psyche the way lightening or heartbreak do."

Gerald Stern, a former Visiting Hurst Professor who now teaches at the University of Iowa, said, "I am fasci- nated by the spirit that seems to lie behind Linda Gregg's journeys and meditations and myths. That is what I try to make contact with, the spirit, or demon, which inhabits her."

Gregg, a native of New York, received bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature from San Francisco State University. She is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellow- ship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Frank Stanford Memorial Prize, the Poetry Society of America Prize and the Sonora Review Poetry Award. Her work has appeared in dozens of publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Antaeus, American Poetry Review, The Nation, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Adantic, the Kenyan Review, Ironwood, The Sonora Review, Poetry East and Open Places.

To select a Visiting Hurst Profes- sor, representatives from the Depart- ment of English and The Writing Program form a committee. "We drum up names we're excited about and think about the needs of the depart- ment. We also consult with the gradu- ate students in the program about writers they admire," Pankey explained.

The Robert Minden ensemble will perform the magical, musical tale "The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales" at noon and 2 p.m. Sept. 28. The performance is part of Edison Theatre's "ovations! for young people" series.

'Exploration of the ordinary'

Ensemble uses everyday objects to make music Slinkies, conch shells and vacuum cleaner tubes, these are a few of his favorite instruments. Robert Minden believes in making extraordinary music out of ordinary objects.

The Canadian performer and his ensemble, daughters Andrea and Dewi and friend Carla Hallett, will open Edison Theatre's "ovations! for young people" program with two perfor- mances at noon and 2 p.m. Sept. 28.

The ensemble will perform its magical and mystical musical tale, titled "The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales." The story is about a boy compelled by a powerful dream to talk to the great whales.

In the boy's journey he meets a musician playing a carpenter's hand saw, high above the bluffs overlooking the ocean. From here the audience goes on a musical journey in which the boy finally attains the ability to commu- nicate with the whales in a way he never before imagined.

Throughout the story, the en- semble creates a soundscape with the elemental music of conch shells, the poignant voice of the hand saw, the haunting tones of female voices and the microtonal waterphone — an acoustic invention reminiscent of the songs of the great whales.

Sculpture development committee, where he was deeply involved in the University's ma- jor fund-raising efforts in the 1970s. He subsequendy became vice chairman, then chairman of the board in 1980.

In 1983, he agreed to serve as general chairman for the University's landmark fund-raising campaign, the ALLIANCE FOR WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, which had a goal of $300 million and raised $630 million, the largest amount ever achieved at that time by a national university fund- raising campaign. Capps also chaired Washington University's development and major gift committees when the University successfully completed a $120 million fund-raising program iri 1976, two years ahead of schedule.

"George Capps was a most ener-

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getic, vital and dedicated volunteer. He was an inspiration for the thousands of individuals across the country and around the world who volunteer to help Washington University," said Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., retired senior vice chancellor for university relations and director of the ALLIANCE cam- paign. "He did so much to enable Washington University to successfully serve its students, faculty and alumni."

For his outstanding service to the University, Capps received an honorary degree from Washington in 1987. He also received an Alumni Citation, an Alumni Distinguished Service Award and the University's prestigious William Greenleaf Eliot Society's "Search" Award.

Capps received numerous honors

The story echos Minden's own experience. One gray day near the end of winter, Minden, professor at the University of California, sat musing over an upcoming lecture when he heard a mysterious and captivating sound through his window. When he investi- gated, Minden found street musician Tom Scribner, ex-vaudevillian and lumberjack, playing a carpenter's hand saw. This marked the beginning of what Minden calls his "exploration of the ordinary."

Minden's ensemble makes music from conventional instruments, found objects and acoustic inventions. Glass botdes finely tuned with water are struck with superballs or played like pan pipes; dried peas are swirled across windowscreens and sheets of different metals are rumbled to evoke a storm at sea. French horn, flute and trumpet add a touch of the familiar to the ensemble's music.

Minden, storyteller, composer and musical saw player, created the en- semble with his two daughters in 1982. His music has been featured in new music programs, on radio and on television. He has composed for dance companies and toured with Green Thumb Theatre For Young People. Minden, a founding member of the

for his civic leadership as well. In 1976 he received the St. Louis Globe- Democrat's "Man of the Year" Award and in 1984 was named the St. Louis Variety Club's "Man of the Year." He also received the Brotherhood Award from the National Council of Christians and Jews and the St. George award for a Catholic layman active in adult scouting.

Among his numerous leadership positions in the community were: past president and campaign chairman of the United Way of Greater St. Louis; former chairman of the United Fund Campaign of Greater St. Louis; and positions on the boards of numerous health, education and youth institu- tions.

Vancouver Storytelling Circle, is the only musical saw player to have performed with the Berkeley Sym- phony Orchestra.

Tickets to "The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to Whales" are $7. For more information, call 935-6543.

Edison receives NEA planning grant Edison Theatre is one of only 45 organizations nationwide that has been selected to participate in the National Endowment for the Arts 1991-92 Advancement Program.

This NEA program will provide Edison Theatre with 13 months of planning and technical assistance, beginning this October. The project will focus on the theatre's three annual programs, "OVATIONS!" "Stage Left" and "ovations! for young people." An NEA consultant with experience in arts management will work alongside University staff and help plan the future direction of Edison Theatre.

Following completion of the 13- month planning phase, the theatre will be eligible to apply for a grant of up to $75,000. That grant would help the theatre implement specific aspects of a long-range plan, which will be devel- oped over the 13-month study period.

"After nearly two decades of bring- ing the very finest artists and compa- nies to Washington University, we are thrilled to be given this opportunity to analyze our mode of operation, strengthen what we do best, and lay groundwork for the next 20 years," says Evy Warshawski, managing director of Edison Theatre. "This grant is a very special national 'seal of approval.'"

The University's Samuel B. and Charles B. Edison Theatre opened in 1973 and has provided a mainstage for student productions and performances by professional touring companies from throughout the world for almost 20 years. Edison is one of St. Louis' premier presenting organizations and the only multidisciplinary presenter to feature both contemporary and classi- cally based artists and companies.

NOTABLES Michael Beckerman, Ph.D., associate professor of music, delivered a lecture, titled "Mozart's Pastoral" at a conference in Salzburg, Austria, commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. He also gave a lecture, titled "Dvorak's American Landscape" and chaired a session on Dvorak in America at the Dvorak Sesquicentennial Conference in New Orleans. He spoke on "Faith, Unity and Incoherence in Mozart's 39th Symphony" at the conference "Inter- preting Mozart's Instmmental Works" at Stanford University. He received a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies for his book The Vixen s Wedding and the Pastoral Tradition in Western Music. Beckerman recently gave a series of lectures for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He also gave a "Spotlight on Opera" lecture series about Leoncavalla's opera "La Boheme" for the Opera Theater of St. Louis.

Susan Deusinger, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of the Program in Physical Therapy, was elected to serve a three-year term as a member of the board of trustees of the Ameri- can Physical Therapy Association at its annual conference in Boston, Mass.

Samir K. El-Mofty, D.M.D., Ph.D., professor of oral pathology, gave an invited lecture, titled "Sjogren's Syndrome: Diagnosis, Complications, and Management of the Salivary Component," at the annual meeting of the National Sjogren's Syndrome Association held in St. Louis.

Mark A. Franklin, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering and computer science and director of the Computer and Communications Research Center, was elected to a third term as vice- chairman of the Association of Com- puter Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Architec- ture (SIGARCH). SIGARCH is an international organization of profes- sionals drawn from both the university and industrial communities who are engaged in the architectural-level design and performance evaluation of digital computers. The organization currently has about 4,000 members.

Peter Gaspar, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, and John Gleaves, Ph.D., associate professor of chemical engineering, have been awarded a three-year research grant from the

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National Science Foundation (NSF) joint chemistry-materials science program for their project, titled "Chemical Vapor Deposition Under Kinetic Control: A Contribution to the Development of New Precursors and the Elucidation of Film Growth Mechanisms." Gaspar also attended the International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates held in Austra- lia. He was one of 12 American participants whose travel was spon- sored by the NSF. He also received a grant from the U.S.-France scientific exchange program of the NSF to allow him to spend time in the laboratory of Francois Mathey of the Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau, outside Paris, to further the collaborative research effort of the Gaspar and Mathey groups.

Paul C. Hanson, an assistant supervi- sor in the Division of Nuclear Medi- cine at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, has been elected president of the technologists section of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Hanson will be installed as president for the 1992-93 term at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles in June 1992.

Punit K. Jain, a graduate student in the School of Architecture, was awarded third prize in the 1991 Van Alen International Student Design Competition. The competition drew 468 submissions from around the world, representing 35 American schools of architecture and 95 schools of architecture and engineering abroad.

Bonnie Kruger, Performing Arts Department artist-in-residence, was commissioned to design costumes for a production of Handel's "Agrippina" for the Gottinger Handel-Festspiele 1991 at the Deutsches Theater in Gottingen, Germany. Kruger will return to Gottingen next year to design Handel's "Ottone."

Laura A. Mellas, J.D., visiting assistant professor of legal writing at the School of Law, has published an article, titled "Adapting the Judicial Approach to Medical Malpractice Claims Against Physicians to Reflect Medicare Cost Containment Measures" in the Univer- sity of Colorado Law Review.

David J. Pittman, Ph.D., professor of sociology in psychology, was an invited participant at the 36th Interna- tional Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism in Stockholm, Sweden. The institute was organized by the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs. He pre- sented two papers: "The Relationship Between Emotional State and Alcohol Consumption" (co-authored by Hugh Klein, Ph.D.) and "The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Problems of Measurement" (co- authored with Dale Heien, Ph.D.). Pittman also was an invited participant for the International Conference "Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco: Making the Science and Policy Connections" held at the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London. The meeting marked the opening of the first National Addiction Center in Great Britain and was opened by Princess Anne and the Chancellor of the University of London. Pittman was the major discussant for a session about "Research and Policy Connections: Beyond the Year 2000."

Bernard D. Reams Jr., J.D., Ph.D., professor of law and director of the Freund Law Library, and LJ. Kutten

(J.D. 77) co-authored Electronic Contracting Law: EDI and Business Transactions, published by Clark Boardman Co. Reams also attended the annual meeting of the American Law Institute in San Francisco and the Health Law Teachers Conference at the University of New Mexico, spon- sored by the American Society of Law and Medicine.

Matthew Schreiber, a second-year medical student, has been selected for the Fiance Medical Scientist Traineeship. Schreiber is the first recipient of the award, which is funded by the Edison Foundation.

Donald R. Stone, business manager at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, has been elected chapter liaison representa- tive of the Healthcare Financial Man- agement Association (HFMA). Stone, past president of the Greater St. Louis Chapter, will serve a one-year term. The HFMA is the nation's leading

personal membership organization for more than 28,000 professionals con- cerned with financial management of healthcare institutions and providers. As chapter liaison representative for Region 8, Stone will be the liaison between nine Midwest chapters and the national organization. He also will serve on the National Matrix and teach various national HFMA officer training seminars.

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University employee Mary Nonnenmacher drowns Sept 4 in swimming accident Mary Nonnenmacher, a longtime employee of Washington University, drowned in a swimming accident Sept. 4 in Lake Michigan. She was 43.

The accident occurred at a beach near New Buffalo, Mich., where

Nonnenmacher and friends had gone for a mid- afternoon outing. She had been

Mary Nonnenmacher

swimming in shallow water when changing tides caused a strong undertow. One of her friends, a woman

who had been swimming nearby, tried to save Nonnenmacher, but she also was swept under and drowned, friends said.

Nonnenmacher had been an administrative assistant at the Center for the Study of American Business since 1989. She also had worked on campus as a management services administrator at the Center for the Study of Data Processing from 1984 until 1987, and as a secretary in the Office of Public Relations during the 1983-84 academic year.

"Mary was a joy to work with," said Kenneth Chilton, CSAB deputy director. "She was a real professional about her

work, but she was also very pleasant and very interested in the day-to-day problems of the people around her. Her death was a real blow to all of us."

Nonnenmacher made the trip to Lake Michigan while attending a three- week seminar at the Shellbourne Conference Center in Valparaiso, Ind. The center is operated by Opus Dei, an international organization of the Roman Catholic Church with which she had been associated for many years.

"Opus Dei tries to help its mem- bers foster personal spiritual develop- ment and grow closer to God through their work and other experiences of daily life," said Nonnenmacher's roommate Ann O'Keeffe. "Mary was very committed to this ideal — she tried to help people realize that being a good worker, student or daughter can be important goals in life."

A wake was held last Friday at the Shellbourne Center and funeral services Saturday at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Valparaiso. She is buried nearby at St. Paul's Cemetery.

She is survived by her parents, six sisters and one brother. The family has requested that memorial contributions may be made to the Lindell Study Center, 700 West Essex, Kirkwood, Mo. 63122. The center, operated by Opus Dei, provides spiritual and educational activities for women.

Alumni Board of Governors elected Two prominent business and civic leaders, Jerome F. Brasch and Robert L. Scharff Jr., have been elected chainnan and executive vice-chairman, respec- tively, of the Washington University Alumni Board of Governors.

Brasch received a bachelor of science degree in 1944 and a master of science in chemical engineering in 1947, both from Washington University. For 20 years he taught mathematics at Wash- ington University's University College while working as an engineer. He is president of Brasch Manufacturing Co. and MarCraft Inc.

Among his civic activities, Brasch has served as president of the St. Louis Electrical Board and as president of the United Hebrew Congregation. He currently is serving as president of the St. Louis chapter of the American Society for Technion.

Scharff graduated from Washington University in 1965 with a bachelor of science in business administration. He joined Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. as a special agent in 1969 and received the Chartered Life Under- writer designation in 1973. He was a

founder of the Minner-Scharff Organiza- tion. This company later merged with the John O. Todd Organization, a national consulting firm, of which Scharff is a principal partner.

Scharff is a board member of numerous organizations, including Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis Country Day School.

The Alumni Board of Governors serves as a liaison between the Univer- sity administration, the Board of Trustees and the alumni constituency, which includes all graduates, former students and holders of honorary degrees.

Jerome F. Brasch Robert L. Scharff Jr.

CALENDAR Sept. 12-21

LECTURES

Thursday, Sept 12 Noon. Dept of Genetics Seminar, "Transgenic Mouse Model of T Lymphocyte Development," Dennis Loh, WU Dept. of Internal Medicine. Room 816 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg.

Noon. Dept of Veterinary Affairs BEARS Seminar, featuring the video "Canine & Feline Handling Techniques: Basic Restraint, Handling and Injections." Video to be followed by WU veterinary commentary. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. Noon. Human Studies Committee Educa- tional Seminar, "The Inclusion of Women in Biomedical Research — Public Policy and Legal Perspectives on the Inclusion of Women in Biomedical Research," Susan Wood, Congres- sional Science Fellow, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. Susan Frelich Appleton, WU prof, of law, will moderate. Wohl Aud., 4960 Audubon Ave. For more info., call 362-3244. 4 p.m. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium, "Magellan Mission to Venus — an Update," Raymond E. Arvidson, prof, and chair, WU Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Room 102 Wilson Hall. For more info., call 935- 5610. 4 p.m. Dept. of Chemistry Seminar, "Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Charge Remote Fragmenta- tion and Endohedral Complexes of C60," Michael Gross, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln. Room 311 McMillen Hall. 4:15 p.m. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquium, "Reality Without Ontology," Jennifer Case, WU graduate student and 13th Helen Stenner Memorial Essay Winner. Case is presenting the lecture in partial fulfillment of Ph.D. require- ments. Stix International House Living Room.

Friday, Sept. 13 9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds, "The Physiological Role of Alkaline Phosphatase Explored in Hypophosphatasia," Michael P. Whyte, WU prof, of medicine and assoc. prof, of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., 4950 Audubon Ave. 10 a.m. Dept of Veterinary Affairs Seminar, "Dealing With the Media and the Public, a Workshop," Thomas Darby, former president of AALAS. Moore Aud., North Bldg., 4580 Scott Ave. Noon. Dept of Cell Biology and Physiology Seminar, "Reverse Genetics and Transgenic Mice: Tools to Elucidate Protein Function and Genetic Diseases," Elaine Fuchs, U. of Chicago. Room 423 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg.

4 p.m. Dept of Music Lecture Series Presents "Monteverdi's 'Hor che'l del e la terra' and Early Baroque Aesthetics" Jeffrey Kurtzman, WU Dept. of Music. Room B-8 Blewett Hall. 5 p.m. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Presents the Wendell G. Scott lecture, "Future Responsibilities of Medical Journalism," George D. Lundberg, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Scarpellino Aud., Mallinckrodt Institute.

Monday, Sept. 16 2 p.m. Neurosciences Program Thesis Defense, "The Role of Ionic Currents in Coupling Glucose Stimulation to Insulin Secretion in Canine Pancreatic Islet B Cells," David M. Pressel, WU Dept. of Medicine. Room 928 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 4 p.m. Historical Perspectives in Immunol- ogy Seminar, "Lymphocytes and the Develop- ment of Cellular Immunology," Sir James Gowans, secretary-general, Human Frontier Science Program, Strasbourg, France. Steinberg Aud., Jewish Hospital. For info., call 362-8748. 4 p.m. Dept of Biology Seminar, "Unraveling Knots in Plant Development: Homeobox Genes in Maize," Sarah Hake, USDA, ARS, PWA Plant Gene Expressor Center, Albany, Calif. Room 322 Rebstock Hall. 4 p.m. Western European Studies Program and Dept. of Russian Panel Discussion, "Recent Events in Russia and the Soviet Union," with Paul Michael Lutzeler, WU prof, and chair of Western European Studies, and Milica Banjanin, WU prof, and chair of the Dept. of Russian. Opening statements by Thomas S. Eagleton, WU University Professor of Public Affairs. Women's Bldg. Lounge.

Tuesday, Sept. 17 11:30 a.m. Dept of Veterinary Affairs BEARS Seminar, featuring the video "Catheters and Endotracheal Tubes in Dogs: Placement and Maintenance Demonstrated." Video to be fol- lowed by WU veterinary commentary. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 3 p.m. Molecular Biology Program Thesis Defense, "A Molecular Genetic Analysis of Protein N-Myristoylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" RobertJ. Duronio, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. Biochem- istry Library, Room 2918 South Bldg. 3 p.m. Assembly Series Presents the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Lecture with the Rev.

NewWave: "Gathering Cold," a 19th-century oil painting by William Trost Richards, is the Gallery of Art's most recent acquisition. The painting, now a part of the gallery's permanent collection, was a gift from Eleanor M. Foster. Richards, a New England marine painter, is well known for his realistic renderings of ocean waves.

Jesse Jackson, president, National Rainbow Coalition Inc. Field House. No book bags or briefcases will be permitted in the Field House. For more info., call 935-5285. 4 p.m. Dept of Anthropology Seminar, "Discovery of Yet Another 'Missing Link' in Namibia," Glenn Conroy, WU professor of anatomy and neurobiology and anthropology. Room 101 McMillan Hall. 4 p.m. Dept. of Chemistry Seminar, "Synthesis and Serotonergic 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 Activities of Novel Azatricyclic Agents,' Dan Becker, G.D. Searle. Room 311 McMillen Hall.

Wednesday, Sept. 18 8 a.m. Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, "Urethral Injury and Repair," David G. Mutch, asst. prof., WU School of Medicine. Schwarz Aud., Maternity Hospital.

Thursday, Sept 19 Noon. Dept. of Genetics Seminar, "Growth Regulation of Human Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Cells," Mark Minden, Dept. of Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital. Cori Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. Noon. Dept. of Veterinary Affairs BEARS Seminar, featuring the video "Endotracheal Intubation Tips for Rodents and Other Small Animals: Hamster, Rabbit and Guinea Pig." Video to be followed by WU veterinary commentary. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 1:10 p.m. George Warren Brown School of Social Work Fall Lecture Series Presents "Social Welfare, Financial Refonn and Popular Savings in Mexico," Clemente Ruiz Duran, prof., political economy, National U. of Mexico. Brown Hall Lounge. 4 p.m. Divisional Evolutionary and Popula- tion Biology Seminar, "Chromosomal Change and Speciation: The Sceloporus grammicus Complex (Iguanidae) as a Case Study," Jack W. Sites Jr., Dept. of Animal Science, Texas A&M U. Room 322 Rebstock Hall. 4 p.m. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium, "The Origin of Petroleum and Natural Gas: A New Perspective," Frank D. Mango, research associate, Shell Development Co., Bellaire Research Center, and adjunct prof, at Rice U. Room 102 Wilson Hall. For more info., call 935-5603. 4 p.m. Department of Russian Lecture, "Dostoevsky's Russian Nationalism: The Judaeo- Christian Cultural Sources," Nina Perlina, prof, of Russian, Indiana U. Room 303 Mallinckrodt Center. For more info., call 935-5177. 8 p.m. Dept of English Colloquium with Madeleine Brainerd, WU asst. prof, of English. Hurst Lounge, 201 Duncker Hall.

Friday, Sept 20 Noon. Dept of Cell Biology and Physiology Seminar, "Molecular Regulation of Gap Junctions," Eric Beyer, WU Depts. of Pediatrics, and Cell Biology and Physiology. Room 423 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg.

Saturday, Sept 21 9 a.m. Neural Science Seminar, "Neurobiology of Affective Disorders," Wayne Drevetz, WU Dept. of Psychiatry. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg.

PERFORMANCES Friday, Sept. 20 8 p.m. Edison Theatre "OVATIONS!" Series Presents "Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual." Edison Theatre. Cost: $30 for the general public; $25 for students. For more info., call 935-6543.

EXHIBITIONS "Washington University Art Collections." Through May 1992. Gallery of Art, lower gallery, Steinberg Hall. Exhibit hours: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. For more info., call 935-5490. "New Faculty Works." Through Sept. 15. Bixby Gallery, Bixby Hall. Exhibit hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. For more info., call 935-4643. "An American Collection: Paintings and Sculpture From the National Academy of Design." Through Nov. 3- Gallery of Art, upper gallery, Steinberg Hall. Exhibit hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. For more info., call 935-5490. "Bibliomania: A Passion for Books." Through Oct. 18. Exhibit includes books from the collections of George Washington, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas Paine, Lewis Caroll, King George V of Hanover, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Special Collections, Olin Library, Level 5. Exhibit hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. For more info., call 935-5495.

FILMS Thursday, Sept 12 5:30 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Foreign Series Presents "Children of Paradise," a French film with English subtitles. Room 100 Brown Hall. $3. For more info., call 24-hour Filmboard hotline at 935-5983.

Friday, Sept 13 7 and 9:30 p.m. Filmboard Feature Series Presents "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover." (Also Sept. 14, same times, and Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.) Room 100 Brown Hall. $3- Midnight FUmboard Midnight Series Presents "Peeping Tom." (Also Sept. 14, same time, and Sept. 15 at 9:30 p.m.) Room 100 Brown Hall. $3- On Fri. and Sat., both the 9:30 p.m.and midnight films can be seen for $4; both Sunday films can be seen for $4.

Monday, Sept 16 7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Classic Series Presents "Cyrano de Bergerac." (Also Sept. 17, same times.) Room 100 Brown Hall. $3-

Wednesday, Sept 18 7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Foreign Series Presents "The Green Wall," a Peruvian film in Spanish with English subtitles. (Also Sept. 19, same times.) Room 100 Brown Hall. $3.

Friday, Sept 20 6 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Feature Series Presents "Cyrano de Bergerac," the 1991 French film. (Also Sept. 21, same times, and Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m.) Room 100 Brown Hall. $3.

Midnight. FUmboard Midnight Series Presents "Heavy Traffic." (Also Sept. 21, same time, and Sept. 22 at 9:30 p.m.) Room 100 Brown Hall. $3. On Fri. and Sat., both the 9 p.m. and midnight films can be seen for $4; both Sunday films can be seen for $4.

SPORTS Friday, Sept 13 3 p.m. Volleyball. WU Classic. (Drury, Fontbonne, Millikin, Juniata, Ohio Northern, Simpson, Southwestern.) Tournament continues at 9 a.m. Sept. 14. Field House. 3:30 p.m. Women's Tennis. WU vs. Southwest Missouri State U. Tao Tennis Center.

Saturday, Sept 14 1 p.m. Men's Soccer. WU vs. Carnegie Mellon U. Francis Field. 2 p.m. Women's Tennis. WU vs. Southeast Missouri State U. Tao Tennis Center. 4 p.m. Women's Soccer. WU vs. Wheaton College. Francis Field.

Wednesday, Sept 18 6 p.m. Men's Soccer. WU vs. MacMurray College. Francis Field.

Thursday, Sept 19 7 p.m. Women's Soccer. WU vs. Maryville College. Francis Field.

Saturday, Sept 21 1 p.m. Men's Soccer. WU vs. Augustana College. (Also Colorado College vs. Fontbonne College at 3 p.m.) Francis Field.

MISCELLANY Sunday, Sept 15 1 p.m. School of Law Presents the Four- teenth Annual Constitutional Conference, "The Bill of Rights — the Next 200 Years." Co- sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the American Jewish congress and 10 other participating organizations. Courtroom, Room 316 Mudd Law Bldg. For more info., call the American Jewish Congress at 993-5505.

Calendar Deadline The deadline to submit items for the Sept. 19-28 calendar of the Record is Sept. 13. Items must be typed and state time, date, place, nature of event, sponsor and admission cost. Incomplete items will not be printed. If available, include speaker's name and identification and the title of the event; also include your name and telephone number. Send items to Deborah Parker, calendar editor, Box 1070, or by electronic mail to p72245DP at WUVMC.