October 24, 1994
By Sage Arron Two classic plays will be performed later this month by The Aquila Theatre Company of London at the Trueblood Theatre in the Frieze Building. Aristophanes’ Wasps will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 26), and Sophocles’ Philoctetes will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 27). A free symposium,…
October 24, 1994
Is it a sculpture? A stage set? A costume? Or all three? Children can find out at “Shaping Space through Sculpture and Dance,” a Children’s Art Museum Program workshop that will be held 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday. (Oct. 29) at the Museum of Art. Children will be able to watch Noguchi’s famous “spider dress” for…
October 24, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Servcies Alumnus Benjamin S. Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, will deliver the first “Spotlight on African American Alumni” lecture at 7 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 27) at Hale Auditorium. Carson, who has a bachelor’s degree from Yale and a medical degree from the U-M, will…
October 24, 1994
Nobel Laureate Joseph H. Taylor will deliver the third annual Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics at 4 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 27) in Rackham Amphitheater. He will speak on “Binary Pulsars and Relativistic Gravity.” Taylor is the James McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. Of Taylor’s discovery of the first binary pulsar, for…
October 24, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The role of religion, spirituality and ethics in the life and mission of the University will be addressed in a “Day of Dialogue” at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday (Oct. 26) at the Michigan League’s Hussey Room. The free, public conference will feature presentations by President James J. Duderstadt; Regent…
October 24, 1994
In light of the recent assault and rape near Community High School, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center offers the following tips for those who walk alone: When walking or running in a remote or secluded area, try to go as part of a group. If you wear a portable stereo, keep the volume…
October 24, 1994
The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) will mark the 10th annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week with a series of events Monday–Friday (Oct. 24–28). The activities are designed to raise community awareness and understanding of the many issues surrounding sexual violence. All activities are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. SAPAC…
October 24, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle One of the pitfalls of teaching very large lecture courses, says Brian P. Coppola, is the temptation to aim instruction at the top 10 percent of students in that course, because those students “seem to be getting it.” Instead, he says, “I firmly believe that the people I can affect are…
October 24, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Student robbed on Fletcher on a Sunday afternoon A female student was struck on the head and robbed while walking in the 200 block of Fletcher Street at 2 p.m. Oct. 9. The alleged assailant was apprehended 15 minutes later, after being spotted by DPS and Housing Security officers, reports Capt.…
October 24, 1994
By Sage Arron On any given night in Ann Arbor there are people who don’t have a safe, comfortable place in which to sleep, take a bath, eat, or wash their clothes. The creation of the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County in 1984 was Ann Arbor’s response. “The Shelter was created because of an immediate…
