NEW TRACK AND CROSS
COUNTRY COACH HIRED
James Williams, head track coach at Humboldt (CA) State University since 1991 and an active contributor to the United States Olympic program, has been named MSU’s new head men and women's track and cross-country. He replaces Joe Fisher, who resigned in August.
A native of St. Louis and a 1978 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Williams developed 32 NCAA Division II All-Americans and 60 conference champions during his nine years as head coach at Humboldt State. His 1994 women's team placed ninth at the NCAA II Outdoor Championships.
Williams has been active on both the collegiate and Olympic track scenes as well. President of the NCAA Division II Track Coaches Association, Williams has served as a meet official at NCAA II Outdoor Championships.
Williams, 47, coached the sprints and relays as assistant manager for the United States Track and Field team at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. Assistant competition manager at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, Williams has also participated in the Olympic Trials and Olympic Festivals, and served as sprint chairperson for the West Region Olympic Development Committee.
In 1993 Williams was appointed West Region Development chairman for USA Track and Field, the sport's national governing body.
Williams began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Southeast Missouri State in 1984. He was named head track and cross-country coach for both men and women at Fisk (TN) University in 1986, and joined the Humboldt State staff as an assistant track coach in 1988. While at Southeast Missouri State, he helped the Indians capture the 1985 NCAA II Indoor title and place second at the 1986 NCAA II Outdoor Championships.
Williams is expected to begin his official duties here in December.

LEONID METEOR STORM
"I boarded for a time with a Deacon of the Presbyterian church. One night I was roused from my sleep by a rap at the door, and I heard the Deacon’s voice exclaiming, ‘Arise, Abraham, the day of judgment has come!’ I sprang from the bed and rushed to the window, and saw the stars falling in great showers! But looking back of them in the heavens I saw all the grand old constellations with which I was so well acquainted, fixed and true in their places. Gentlemen, the world did not come to an end then, nor will the Union now."--
Abraham Lincoln, as quoted in the collected works of Walt Whitman, a contemporary of Lincoln’s, describing what historians say were the fireballs and falling stars of the Leonid meteor storm of Nov. 12-13, 1833.
Look in the eastern sky tonight (Wednesday) starting at about 10:15 p.m.

Faculty committee panel Nov. 18
ACCREDITATION A USEFUL
TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT
All faculty are invited to a panel presentation on assessment from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 in CMU 214. Emphasis will be placed on how to prepare for the NCA campus visit. Presenters are Sheila Gullickson, Willie Hallford, Ted Gracyk and Joseph Provost. (Free pizza and pop.)

3 NAMED TO MSU’S
PRESIDENT’S
ADVISORY BOARD
John Wagner, Tom Forsythe and Maria Garcia have been appointed new members of MSU’s President’s Advisory Board.
The 26-member board meets twice a year to advise MSU Pres. Roland Barden on public issues and opportunities that could affect the university. It also addresses concerns about MSU’s role and public image in northwestern Minnesota and helps promote the university’s educational mission.
Wagner is chief of public safety for the city of Fergus Falls; Forsythe is director of state government relations and director of employee communications for General Mills, Inc., in Golden Valley; and Garcia works for Migrant Health Services in Moorhead. Wagner and Forsythe are both MSU alums.

MINI-GRANTS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
TECH APPLICATIONS OFFERED
A request for proposals for mini-grants to fund efforts
to use Instructional Technology in teaching was sent
to MSU department chairs two weeks ago by the
MSU Lead Faculty Group. This year’s mini-grants are
designed to encourage projects which involve a
departmental effort and proposals by faculty teams
are encouraged. Faculty should check with their
department heads to get a copy of the request foR
proposals  or find one online at:
www.moorhead.msus.edu/ficek/leadfaculty.htm
Mini-grant proposal review began October 29th and will continue as proposals are received. Work on projects submitted for the mini-grants should be completed during the 1999-2000 academic year.
A brief report from a recipient of one of last year’s mini-grants is given below, for your information.
Karen Danbom, Early Childhood Education ­ Web Course
"In response to a number of requests from students for a distant learning course in the elementary and early childhood program, I developed the course Child Development for Teachers to be offered on the web. With the mini grant I was able to receive the technological support that I needed from Rhonda Ficek's students. I initially offered the course as an independent study with just two students who requested a distance education course. This allowed me to practice some of the electronic techniques and to work out some of the difficulties before I offered it to a larger group of students. Over the summer, I put the finishing touches on the course and the web page. Twenty-two students Enrolled in the course during Fall semester, 1999. The course is a combination of
on-campus work and web work utilizing web mail, web board, chat rooms, on-line quizzes and links to www sites related to child development and education issues. The students appear to appreciate the format of the course. Some student comments at midterm, were: The technology aspect is good. I'm learning responsibility and self-motivation, too.
I like the web board activities a lot.
The topics are interesting and I like using technology with the course.
I am enjoying the group work and the electronic discussions.
Overall, students seem very pleased with the course; student work is of very good, comparable quality to that done by students who took the course in the traditional manner; and I feel the course is successful. The course will be offered again in Spring 2000."

FYE COORDINATOR SOUGHT
Due to the departure of Paula Ahles, FYE Coordinator, we have an opportunity for a faculty or staff member to assume coordination of the FYE program. The position is the approximate equivalent of .30 FTE, and the contract of the person selected will be adjusted to reflect this.
Duties include:
1) Overall coordination and administration of the FYE program including budget oversight and chairing the FYE Advisory Committee.
2) Identifying prospective instructors, selecting and training FYE instructors.
3) Developing and revising curriculum materials as necessary.
4) Scheduling classes, assigning instructors and classroom5) Conducting class and program evaluations and compile/report results.
6) Planning and coordinating the Challenge Course activities for FYE in conjunction with the MSU Regional Science Center.
7) Gather, review, and recommend prospective textbooks and related materials.
Previous Experience: Strong preference will be given to individuals who have taught FYE or a similar course.
If interested, please submit a letter of interest and resume or vita to be received by 4:00 p.m., December 1 to the FYE Advisory Committee, c/o Dr. Cliff Schuette, Box 417.

 SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
NOV. 30 THROUGH DEC. 4
MSU theatre presents "The Spirit of Christmas," a combination of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" and several other holiday favorites, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, November 30 and December 1-4, in the Thrust Stage Theatre of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
This musical comedy presents an unusual array of contemporary and fanciful characters with a musical score that combines styles ranging from festive carols to rock ‘n’ roll.
Call the MSU Box Office at 236-2271 for reservations. The ticket window, located in the Thrust Theatre Lobby of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts, is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m. All tickets must be picked up no later than 24 hours before the performance.
Director for "The Spirit of Christmas" is Craig Ellingson, associate director of Theatre. Roray Hedges is set designer and production manager. Technical director/lighting designer is Jeff Brown, Peter Vandervort is costume designer and Sarah A. Swenson is Stage Manger.
"The Spirit of Christmas" is the second production in MSU Theatre’s 1999-2000 season. Other productions this season are "The Trojan Women," a Greek classic, by Euripides, March 1-4, 2000 and "Danger, Dinosaurs!" by Tobin James Mueller, an original children’s musical, April 15, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

WORKER SHORTAGE
SLOWS LOCAL
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The Fargo-Moorhead economy will continue to grow at a slow pace this winter because of a continued shortage of workers, according to MSU’s Index of Local Economic Indicators.
In September, the local unemployment rate dropped to 1.5 percent, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.
Oscar Flores and Vern Dobis, two MSU economics professors who compile the local economic indicators, say that F-M employment decreased a quarter percent compared to one year ago. Meanwhile, local indicators in the index were either stable or dropped slightly.
* Building permits dropped six percent from August through September and seven percent from September through October.
* Employment advertisements in The Forum dropped 3.4 percent from August through September and 1.5 percent from September through October.
* Average working hours in manufacturing jobs dropped less than one percent from August through September.
* National employment and National Leading Indicators remained stable.
The index of local indicators is a weighted average of several local and national indicators, seasonally adjusted with a 1993 base.

NEW TITLES AT MSU LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following new titles (among many others):
* Leading the West: one hundred contemporary painters and sculptors, by Donald J. Hagerty. Oversize N6525 .H34 1997
* Jean-Francois Millet: drawn into the light, by Alexandra R. Murphy, et al. Oversize NC248 .M55A4 1999
* Teaching folk dance: successful steps, by Phyllis S. Weikart. GV1589 .W47 1997
* Access 2000 for Windows for Dummies, by John Kaufeld. QA76.9 .D3K3585 1996
* Life in the treetops: adventures of a woman in field biology, by Margaret D. Lowman. QH31 .L79A3 1999
* Control: a history of behavioral psychology, by John A. Mills. BF199 .M485 1998
* On line and on paper: visual representations, visual culture, and computer graphics in design engineering. TA174 .H458 1999
* The invisible computer: why good products fail, the personal computer is so complex, and information appliances are the solution, by Donald A. Norman. HC79 .H53N67 1998
* Postmodern American fiction: a Norton anthology. PS659 .P67 1998
* Talking mathematics in school: studies of teaching and learning, edited by Magdalene Lampert and Merrie L. Blunk. QA11 .T27 1998
* Statistics you can't trust: a friendly guide to clear thinking about statistics in everyday life, by Steve Campbell. HA29 .C3 1999
* Online competitive intelligence: increase your profits using cyber-intelligence, by Helen P. Burwell. HD38.7 .B867 1999
* Eyes wide shut: a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Frederick Raphael. PN1997 .E96 1999
* The book on the bookshelf, by Henry Petroski. Z685 .P48 1999
* Galileo's daughter: a historical memoir of science, faith, and love, by Dava Sobel. QB36 .G2S65 1999
* Sony: the private life, by John Nathan. HD9696 .A3J367623 1999
* Time Out: interviews, 1968-1998, edited by Frank Broughton. CT120 .T564 1998
* Computer networks and internets, by Douglas E. Comer. 2d edition. TK5105.5 .C5897 1999
* VideoHound's complete guide to cult flicks and trash pics. PN1999 .V446 1996
* Selling graphic design, by Don Sparkman. 2d edition. Z244.5 .S62 1999
* The girls are coming, by Peggie Carlson. (Midwest reflections series) F614 .M59N43 1999
* Corporate media and the threat to democracy, by Robert W. McChesney. P96 .I5M337 1997
* Paddling Minnesota, by Greg Breining (MN DNR). GV776 .M6B74 1999
* Follow the music: the life and high times of Elektra Records in the great years of American pop culture, by Jac Holzman and Gavan Daws. ML3792 .H65 1998
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

Research Opportunities:
THE MEANINGS OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION:
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON CHANGING INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES
Original essays are sought for an edited volume that will help to redefine the process, spatial relations, chronology, memory, and politics of what is commonly known as "deindustrialization."  Emphasizing a cultural-historical approach to the problem, we want to analyze the complexity and multiple meanings of one of the major transformations of the twentieth century.
In seeking to bring historical depth to this chronologically and geographically uneven process, we are looking for the following types of contributions:
1. Case studies of U.S. cities and towns that have undergone serious capital disinvestment and industrial decline. We are particularly interested in work that challenges conventional wisdom about the timing, causes, consequences, and diversity of impacts of deindustrialization.
2. Case studies of communities experiencing reindustrialization or reinvestment. Through what means, on what terms, and with what consequences has this happened?  How are communities and workers portrayed in this process?
3. Studies that explore the ripple effects of deindustrialization in popular culture: song, film, television programming, popular memory, commemoration, and public space. When capital is relocated, what is the impact on notions of such issues as citizenship, patriotism, and work ideology?
4. Studies of how this process has played out in local, regional, national, and global politics. What are the alternative futures lost in the past? How are issues such as industrial policy, labor power, and party politics shaped by changes in the industrial world?
If interested, please send (electronically if possible) a 500 word abstract of your current or proposed project along with a short c.v. by February 1 to:
Jeff Cowie and Joseph Heathcott
269 Ives Hall
Cornell University
 @cornell.edu
"Interactions: Regional Studies, Global Processes, and Historical Analysis." Conference, Thursday, March 1 to Saturday, March 3, 2001, at the Library of Congress

GLOBALIZATION IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Organized by the American Historical Association, the World History Association, the Middle East Studies Association, the African Studies Association, the Latin American Studies Association, the Conference on Latin American History, the Association for Asian Studies, the Community College Humanities Association, and the Library of Congress, this conference aims to go beyond traditional area studies and to cross the usual national, geographical, and cultural boundary lines of scholarship by taking explicitly comparative, cross-cultural, systematic, global, or other appropriate approaches. A major purpose is to explore contemporary globalization in historical context and the historical processes that drive globalization, as well as the way in which the current dialectic of globalization and fragmentation affects the definition of areas and regions.
Each of the three conference days will focus on a particular rubric. Day One: movement of peoples, ideas, and goods; material interactions and their sites. Day Two: Networks and connections beyond the nation-state. Day Three: Reconfigurations of "area" and "state," their implications and interactions. More specifically, but not exclusively, papers might consider some of the following themes and their possible combinations:
Politics: Dominant forms, countervailing forces, the rise and fall of power centers. Alternatives to national states as units of historical analysis, changing historical definitions of regions and sub-regions and their historically changing relationship to one another in different world orders. Variants of imperialism and the place that different regions have had in them.
Economics: Regional and social division of labor, social change, formation of "world systems," uneven development. Cross-cultural trade and its effects: sites of trade, mechanisms of trade such as brokers, trade diasporas, conventions governing exchange. Imperialism and colonialism. Environmental, ecological, biological exchanges.
Social organization: Global hierarchies of class, gender, race and their historical variations including the effects of contemporary globalization. Migrations, diasporas, and a gendered analysis of these. Civil society and human rights, the political valence of non-governmental organizations.
Culture: Universalism vs. multiculturalism: hegemonic ideologies such as religion, nationalism, free market, and the resistance to these. Technological transfers, cultural exchanges and syncretism as expressions of dominance, of subversion, and of convergence. Ethnogenesis. Postcolonial issues of representation and identity politics.
Paper proposals of one or two pages along with a brief curriculum vitae of no more than two pages, should be sent, preferably electronically to: ddoyle@theaha.org. Otherwise by mail to Debbie Doyle, American Historical Association, 400 A Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003-3889. Deadline: March 15, 2000.

SMITHSONIAN FELLOPWSHIP PROGRAM 2000
The Smithsonian encourages access to its collections, staff specialties, and reference resources by visiting scholars, scientists, and students. The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study in fields which are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations, using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members.
At present these fields are:
Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics, anthropology, including archaeology, astrophysics and astronomy, earth sciences and paleobiology, evolutionary and systematic biology, history of science and technology, history of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century, American crafts, and decorative arts, social and cultural history of the United States folklife
Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for less than seven years. Senior Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for seven years or more. Applicants must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for conducting  research. Both fellowships offer a stipend of $27,000 per year plus allowances.
Predoctoral Fellowships are offered to doctoral candidates who have completed preliminary course work and examinations. The applicant must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for conducting the research in-residence at the Institution. Candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution. The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $15,000 per year plus allowances.
Graduate Student Fellowships are offered to students who when they apply, are formally enrolled in a graduate program of study at a degree-granting institution. Before the appointment begins fellows must still be enrolled and must have completed at least one full-time semester or its equivalent, or have completed the graduate program within the past four months. Graduate Student Fellowships are usually intended for students who have not yet been advanced to candidacy if in a doctoral program. The term is 10 weeks; the stipend is $3,500.
Stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months. Postmark Deadline is January 15, 2000.
For applications material: on the Web: http://www.si.edu/research+study or send e-mail: siofg@ofg.si.edu  (Please include mailing address for requested materials)

BLOOD DRIVE SPONSORED BY PRSSA
Every 12 seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. You can help. United Blood Services of Fargo will be holding a blood drive Monday, Nov. 22, in CMU 101 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The drive is open to all students, faculty and staff. An appointment is encouraged. A sign up table will be located in the Union Nov. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The blood drive is sponsored by PRSSA.

 Great gift ideas, teacher library…
"BOOKS ARE FUN" TO
BE IN CMU NOV. 30
A representative from "Books Are Fun" will be in the Comstock Memorial Union Tuesday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. "Books Are Fun" offers hardcover children and adult books and creative gift ideas at 40 to 70 percent off retail prices. These books are of the highest quality, durability and value. They make great gifts for children and adults. Check it out for a great deal.
Plus, for every 10 books sold, MSU’s Early Education Center receives one free book.

MSU CALENDARS AVAILABLE
Stop by the Alumni Foundation Office in Owens 202 and purchase an MSU 2000 calendar for just $5.00. The calendar is a nostalgic look at MSU's past. An archival photograph represents each decade from the 1880s to the 1990s. Hurry--supplies are limited!

CMU HOURS
CMU will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 23. Hours for Wednesday, November 24 are 7a.m.-5 p.m. with the Etcetera Shop open 10-2 p.m. and limited food items available from 8-2 p.m. Offices will be open normal business hours. CMU will be closed Thursday through Saturday for the Thanksgiving holiday and will reopen on Sunday from 3-12, Copies Plus 5-9, Deli 5-9, Etcetera Shop 4-10, Rec & Outing Center 4-11, and The Compass 5-9.

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE ANNOUNCEMENT
MSU is participating in the MnSCU Campus Agreement with Microsoft Software. This agreement provides the university with annually renewable rights to install most of the Microsoft products currently in use on our campus computers. The Campus Agreement gives the university the right to install and run the covered Microsoft software on all university-owned computers for the length of the contract. The Agreement also allows university employees to install one copy of the covered programs on a laptop or home computer, provided that the employee is the primary user of the computer.
The Microsoft applications available to Moorhead State through this agreement are: Windows 95 and 98 Upgrades, Office Professional 97 and 2000 for Windows, Office Standard 4.2.1a and 98 for Macintosh, FrontPage 98 and 2000 for Windows, and Visual Studio Professional. Office 2000 and FrontPage 2000 require significant computer resources and may not run well on many computers. The Microsoft system requirements and Computer Center recommendations are available online.
For those who wish to install the software at home, the Computer Center has a limited number of disks for overnight checkout. You must complete and sign an Employee License Confirmation form and present it at the time of checkout. The disks must be returned by noon the following day. The form is available online as a printable-pdf file or may be picked up at the Computer Center during regular business hours.
Go to http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/home/policy/microsoft/index.htm for the Employee License Confirmation form and information about the Campus Agreement. If you wish to reserve checkout disks, please call Amanda at 2605.

F-M WOMEN IN SCIENCE
FALL BANQUET
The F-M Women in Science will be holding their fall banquet on Wednesday, November 17 at 6 p.m. in the Comstock Room at the Comstock Memorial Union. This is an annual event held to honor local high school girls who are selected by their teachers as being outstanding in science and/or mathematics. This year’s speaker will be Denise McCarthy, 9th grade physical science teacher at Ben Franklin Jr. High in Fargo. Ms. McCarthy has won numerous awards, including the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 1997. She holds memberships in national, state, and local education and science associations and also serves on their various committees. The title of her presentation is "There’s a Rainbow in Your Future."
Honored students and her parents are:
From Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton: Jami Eidem, parents ­ Terry and Joy Eidem; and Laura Finstrom, parents ­ Dale and Crystal Finstrom.
From Fargo North: Jayleen Guttromson, parents ­ Palmer and Theresa Guttromson; and Jessica Goreham, parents ­ Gary and Jonna Goreham.
From Fargo South: Shannon Peters, parent ­ Cathy Peters; and Andrea Qualey, parents ­ Mary and Brent Qualey.
From Moorhead: Sarah Wangberg, parents ­ Rolf and Pat Wangberg; and Kirsten Todt, parents ­ William and Rebecca Todt.
From Oak Grove: Amber Kienenberger, parent ­ Sally Kienenberger.
From Shanley: Beth Vacek, parents ­ Alan and Patricia Vacek; and Anna Knier, parents ­ Frank and Mary Knier.
From West Fargo: Lisa Elless, parents ­ Richard and Ginger Elless; and Emily Tintes, parent ­ Mary Tintes.
For more details, contact Renee McClean 239-1336, Marjorie Olson 239-1381, or Bonita Schmidt 236-4023.

SODEXHO/MARRIOTT
"HOME BAKED PIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
We are taking orders for Fresh Baked Apple Strudel and Traditional Pumpkin Pies for a cost of $5.99 per pie.
We are also taking orders for our Made from Scratch gourmet cheesecakes; we are offering traditional and German Chocolate cheesecakes. The cost of each cheesecake is $14.99 per cake. Send your order to Box 150 MSU campus mail. Order by Thursday, November 18

COMPUTER NEWS:
GIVING USERS MORE OF WHAT THEY WANT…
Been waiting for faster connections? As of November 15, MSU dial-up users will enjoy fewer busy signals, faster as well as easier connections, and increased security. True PPP connections with real IP addresses will be utilized.
The new modem bank will consist of 40 modems. The speed of the modems will be 33.6 kps. The phone number for the bank will remain 236-3337. An mhd1 account will be required for usage. There is a 2.5-hour session limit.
To install the software, please follow the configuration instructions on the MSU web site: http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/dialup
The old method of the SLIRP connection will work with this environment; however, it will be phased out in the spring of 2000.
An internet service provider will be offering a discounted rate to the MSU community soon. When the provider is operational, users who want more speed and fewer busy signals will have an opportunity to purchase an account with them.

MSU CLUB SOCCER TEAM
IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
The MSU men’s club soccer team will head for the National Club Soccer Association’s championship tournament Nov. 19-21 in Phoenix, Ariz.
The 20-player MSU team is one of 12 invited to the national event. They ended their regular season 14-2-2, then placed second in the regionals after losing to the University of Minnesota 1-0. The top two teams from each of the six NCSA regions were invited to the Phoenix national tourney.
MSU OFFERS WORKSHOP ON
EXPLORING NEW CAREERS
MSU’s counseling center is offering a two-session workshop for anyone interested in exploring new career directions.
The first session, running from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, will include assessing personality style, career interests and decision-making barriers. The second session, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, participants will review their assessment results and develop action plans.
The cost is $20. To register, call MSU’s counseling center at 236-2227.

RED RIVER FREETHINKERS
Professor David Myers of the MSU philosophy department will speak on Stephen J. Gould's "Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life" at 11 a.m., Saturday, November 20, at the Fargo Public Library. The talk is sponsored by Red River Freethinkers, a group of nonreligious people skeptical of religious dogma.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE WOMEN'S CENTER! WOMEN DIRECTORS VIDEO SERIES
Images of women in the movies are changing as more women are writing and directing films. The Women's Center will be showing four films by women directors that have an "indie" slant, all beginning at 6 p.m. at the Women's Center in MacLean 171, and of course, absolutely free!
* November 22: Foxfire - a film by Annette Haywood-Carter. Critic Leonard Maltin called it "an R-rated Afterschool Special." But Hollywood at least attempted to go Riot Girl in this modern updating of the girl-gang novel by Joyce Carol Oates. Starring "The Bone Collector’s Angelina Jolie.
* November 29:
Orlando - a film by Sally Potter. Virginia Woolf's classic gender-bending novel is brought to elegant and sumptuous life. The book is also available for check-out from the Women's Center library! Starring Tilda Swinton and "Titanic’s" Billy Zane.
* December 6: Gas Food Lodging - a film by Allison Anders. A small-town mother and daughters deal with an incredible cross-section of men and relationships. Funny and heart-breaking, this is a "chick flick" with substance. Starring Brooke Adams, Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk.
* December 13:
Party Girl - a film by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Perfect for Finals Week, this light-n-fluffy film is the cream in my cappuccino. Parker Posey stars as an unemployed hipster who just wants to have fun, but manages to find meaning in her life along the way.
For more info, call Karen at 236-3792 or e-mail: womenctr@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

QUALITY COUNCIL SPONSORING
BROWN BAG LUNCH
Wednesday, Dec. 1 Terry Shoptaugh will present Archives and Records Retention in the Library Curriculum Center classroom. Please meet in the library by the circulation desk at 12:00 p.m.

Upcoming MSU Music Events…
MSU SNOWFIRE, JAZZ GUITAR
ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT FRIDAY
The MSU SnowFire and Jazz Guitar Ensemble will present a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
David Ferreira directs SnowFire and Glenn Ginn directs the Guitar Ensemble.
The concert is free and open to the public.

MSU FLUTE CHOIR
PRESENTS NOV. 21 CONCERT
The MSU Flute Choir will present a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Choral Room.
The Flute Choir, directed by Peggy Hammerling, will perform works by Ricky Lombardo, Catherine McMichael and J.B. de Boismartier, among others.

MSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE
IN CONCERT NOV. 23
The MSU Jazz Ensemble will present a free, public concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23 in Weld Hall Auditorium. Ted DiSanti directs the Jazz Ensemble.

Other upcoming music events…
(All are held in Weld Hall Auditorium unless otherwise noted.)
* Concert Band, Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.
* Wind Ensemble, Friday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m.
* Choirs and Orchestra, Saturday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.
Upcoming Senior Recitals…
* Chris Loe, Sunday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium
* Wanda Fleischer, Sunday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium
The new concert Choir and Chamber CD has arrived and is now available in the music office in the C.A. Cost is $12, call ext. 2101

APAC Minutes
October 5, 1999
Members present:Midgarden, chair; Borchers, Borgeson, Conteh, Dalhouse, Dobitz, Enz Finken, Frederick, Goodman, Grineski, Jeppson, Klenk, Klindworth, Neuman Reed, Ruth, Sanderson, Shimabukuro, Strong, Thomas, Wingenbach.
1. Proposed Policy for Study Tours
(This item was deferred until Fall 1999 at the 5/4/99 APAC meeting as representatives from the MSU International Studies office were not able to attend the 5/4/99 APAC meeting. The APAC materials contained two versions of the proposed policy:1) The one attached to Global Studies Committee minutes includes that committee's recommended revisions, and 2) the one attached to Dr. Enz Finken's comments is the version that the Global Studies Committee received and was asked to comment on. Neither is necessarily "final."
Jill Holsen requested input from the committee regarding the draft policy. Jill Holsen stated that the policy, once finalized, would be given to faculty who want to take students on study tours. Enz Finken, who has experience in conducting tours, stressed the need for this policy. She noted that two items were not addressed in the draft proposal: 1) what is the academic requirement of every tour, and 2) the reporting structure for faculty to follow (who signs the paperwork and authorizes the tours?). She said that currently there is confusion on which forms need to be completed and who is the authorizing signature on those forms. Discussion followed on which office should be the authority on approving these tours, who should be involved in the approval process, how budget procedures could be simplified and if approval of proposed tours should emulate the curriculum approval process. Holsen suggested that university tours be only offered for student credit. Tours that are for leisure should be conducted through a travel agency and not through the university.
The committee directed Jill Holsen to meet with the Global Studies Committee to establish forms and develop a specific process for University Study Tours. They will call upon expertise from the Business Office (Mark Rice) and from Continuing Studies (Nancy Kruse) to help with details. Shimabukuro suggested that Enz Finken also be involved in those meetings. Enz Finken stated that other faculty such as Gary Litt and Al Davis may also be interested in reviewing the proposed policy. The Global Studies Committee & Jill Holsen will return to APAC with their work product.
2. Elementary Education
Drop the minor in Elementary Education
Sanderson moved. Conteh seconded to approve.
Motion carried unanimously with no discussion.
3. Paralegal Program
Add ACCT 320: Employment Law (2-4 cr.) to the restricted electives for Paralegal majors. Lane moved. Ruth seconded to approve.
Larry Nordick was present to answer questions. Dalhouse asked which version of the ACCT 320 course would be added (A, B or C). Nordick stated that he wants ACCT 320B, the 3 credit version.
Ruth amended the motion to ACCT 320B: Employment Law (3 cr.). Lane seconded the amendment.
 Motion as amended carried unanimously.
4. Recommendation to eliminate the last two-submission deadline dates from the APAC schedule.
Midgarden reported that she had received no comments or concerns regarding eliminating the last two submission deadline dates from the APAC schedule. The APAC calendar will be revised and a notice will be sent to department chairpersons.
Meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
Gloria Riopelle

APAC MINUTES
OCTOBER 19, 1999
Members present: Midgarden, chair; Borchers, Borgeson, Conteh, Dalhouse, Davis, Enz Finken, Frederick, Goodman, Jeppson, Klenk, Klindworth, Neuman, Reed, Sandeson, Shimabukuro, Welken, Wingenbach.
1. Humanities & Multicultural Studies Department
The Liberal Studies Committee approved the topics course MCS 290: Topics in MCS: American Indian Images in Film and Television (3 cr) for F1 Designation at their 9/28/99 meeting.
Enz Finken stated that a complete syllabus with readings and bibliography should be included with the course materials. Midgarden explained that this is a topical course and APAC is approving the Liberal Studies Designation. If the course is offered more than twice, it must return to APAC for approval as a regular course. No other concerns were discussed.
2. Review of the Graduate Studies Committee Minutes
There was no discussion regarding the minutes.
3. Other Items
Midgarden reported on the items which would be reviewed by APAC in the near future: the revised Grade Appeal policy and the Study Tours policy from Jill Holsen and the Global Studies Committee. She explained that one of the Paralegal courses examined the current grade appeal policy and said that it lacked due process for students. The Academic Affairs Council has revised the policy and requested the Admissions and Advising Committee to review the proposed changes. The Student Senate will be consulted after input from the Admissions and Advising Committee has been received. After that process has been completed, the revised policy will be brought to APAC.
Nathan Davis was recently appointed as a member to APAC. Midgarden offered to answer questions from new APAC members regarding APAC policy and procedures after the meeting. Davis and Midgarden remained after adjournment so that Davis could have initial questions addressed.
Meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.
Gloria Riopelle

MISCELLANIA
* Susanne Williams, mass communications, presented a research paper titled "Visual Art and Coping with Breast Cancer: A Burkean Analysis" at the National Association of Communication convention in Chicago Nov. 5, 1999. The essay reports initial results of an ongoing study funded by a 1999 MSU faculty research grant.
* At the October meeting of the Heritage Education Commission of Moorhead/Fargo, Jeanne Alm and Les Bakke, both computer services, were reelected to the commission. Les Bakke was reelected president. The Heritage Education Commission's web page is http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/heritage
* Tim Borchers, speech and theatre, recently presented "Political Cartoons and Impeachment: A Comic Transformation of the Clinton Impeachment" at the National Communication Association convention in Chicago, Nov. 3-7. He also took part in a roundtable discussion on the effects of technology on speech and debate competition. Borchers also assumed duties as editor of the National Forensic Journal at the conference.
* Marie Swanson, SLHS, presented at the Assisting People Through Technology (APTT) conference held in Bemidji, November 9. Her presentation entitled " Facilitating Communication through Assistive Technology: What's Available in Voice Output," was attended by professionals from a variety of disciplines as well as parents of individuals with special needs. The APTT is a volunteer action group representing Northwest Minnesota.
* Mark Wallert, biology, attended the Project Kaleidoscope 10th Anniversary Meeting and the 6th Annual Faculty for the 21st Century National Assembly at the University of Maryland October 22-24. Project Kaleidoscope is a national alliance taking the lead in the larger effort to transform undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering and technology education. Wallert presented a paper entitled "Integrating Research and Education: The Biotechnology Emphasis at Moorhead State University". The biotechnology emphasis at Moorhead State University graduated its first students in May 1999. The program was developed in part, using Project Kaleidoscope’s What Works Strategy and was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Strategic Goal Initiative at MSU.
* Communication Yearbook, the refereed annual of the International Communication Association, has accepted the second monograph-length essay by Shelton Gunaratne, mass communications, for publication in Vol. 25 scheduled for 2001. Titled "Convergence: Informatization, World System and Developing Countries," the essay uses an informatization model founded on the basic variables of the old paradigm of modernization -- urbanization, literacy, education, and media participation -- to explain three essential variables denoting informatization -- economic status, telephone density and Internet host penetration. A statistical analysis of data from 108 countries supported the hypotheses behind Gunaratne's rudimentary informatization model. Communication Yearbook 21, released in 1998, carried Gunaratne's 45-page authoritative essay "Old Wine in a New Bottle: Public Journalism, Developmental Journalism and Social Responsibility."
* Drawings by Carl Oltvedt, art, are showing through Dec. 10 at the Schaefer Gallery at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. The traveling exhibit, called "Observational Drawings," features seven Minnesota artists.
* Several Comstock Memorial Union staff and student employees attended the 1999 Association of College Unions International Region 10 conference held at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Nov 4-6. CMU student managers Braden Kuznia, Amanda Sorenson, Jenny Schlangen, and Kim Everson presented an educational session titled "Looking Through the Peephole: Student Managing Students. Mehnert-Meland presented "Be Our Guest:Customer Service in the Student Union," Layne Anderson and Teresa Helfter Glover presented the diversity workshop "Archie Bunker's Neighborhood," and Warren Wiese, MSU Vice President for Student Affairs, presented a session on food service titled "Food Service in the Student Union." Thomas Lane served as conference chairperson. Students also attending were Andrea Heldt, Sajan Dhakal, Dhidha Timona, and Heather Love.
* Karen Mehnert-Meland and Thomas Lane, Comstock Memorial Union, were invited to serve as panelists at the "Great Workplaces '99" conference sponsored by Great Plains, Nov 9 -10. Karen and Thomas spoke at the session "Learning..Who Has Time for it Anyway?" and shared with conference delegates the CMU's approach to staff and student employee development.
* Anna Arnar, art , recently defended her dissertation at the University of Chicago and received honors for her thesis: "Livre d'artiste, Critical Instrument, Performance: Stephane Mallarme and the Book."

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WAYNE JOHNSON READS AT
MSU MCGRATH SERIES NOV. 11
Wayne Johnson, who grew up on the White Earth and Red Lake Reservations in northwest Minnesota, will read from his work as a guest of MSU’s Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 in King Hall Auditorium.
He’ll also present a talk on the writer’s craft at 4 p.m. that day in King Hall Auditorium.
A recipient of a Wallace Stenger Fellowship from Stanford University, Johnson now lives in Lawrence, Kan. He is the author of the recent novel, "Don’t Think Twice," and a collection of stories, "The Snake Game."

 LEONID METEOR SHOWERS NOV. 17
MAY BE STAR STORM
OF THE CENTURY
David Weinrich usually woke up at about 5:30 a.m. on his father’s dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota to do chores before school. But that day, Nov. 17, 1966, he stayed in bed because he was sick.
"I missed one of the biggest meteor showers of the century," he said. "I’m not going to miss this one."
Weinrich, director of MSU’s Planetarium, has marked off Nov. 17 and Nov. 18 on his calendar this month in anticipation of the Leonid meteor shower.
"November is traditionally the cloudiest month of the year," he said. "So if it’s overcast here those days, I might drive a few hundred miles to find a clearing. I was 14 years old when I missed it the first time. My father described it as spectacular. The experts said it was the most intense meteor storm on record."
Now, 33 years later, the comet Temple-Tuttle is ready to sparkle again and this time, Weinrich said, we could see another meteor storm—a virtual celestial fireworks display with 100,000 meteorites burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere every hour (or 1,600 a minute).
"I’m hoping for a storm," he said.
The best viewing will start at about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17. "Look at the constellation Leo, east of Orion," Weinrich said. "It should rise in the northeast sky and move to the south by dawn. Predicting the times isn’t an exact science, especially because the gravitational pull of Jupiter (the largest planet) can knock it off schedule. If the peak is at 10:15 p.m., we’ll see the meteor shower low on the horizon. Hopefully the peak will hit about two hours later after the moon sets that evening. It could be a spectacular all night until sunrise."
Comets, Weinrich said, are basically huge dirty snowballs, space debris made up of gases, ice and dust. More than 200 comets have been orbiting the Sun during the past two centuries.
 The debris that breaks off from the comet are called meteoroids. They’re renamed meteors when they hit the Earth’s atmosphere and start burning up from the friction, leaving streaks in the sky often referred to as shooting stars. Most of the debris, he said, are no bigger than apple seeds.
Temple-Tuttle was named after two 19th century astronomers who discovered the comet in 1865 after a huge meteor shower, followed the next year by a meteor storm—about 5,000 meteors per hour, one of the most intense storms on record. There is evidence, however, that the comet has been creating showers and storms every 33 years for more than a millennium.
The showers are called Leonids, Weinrich said, because the meteors appear to be coming from the direction of the constellation Leo.
"Every 33 years in November," Weinrich said, "the comet makes both its closest approach to the Sun and its closest approach to the Earth’s orbit, which creates all the fireworks. As the comet approaches the sun, it begins to heat up and the ice boils off, taking with it the rock and dust. So when the Earth passes through the same path the comet did, the debris enters the Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds, causing them to burn up and give off flashes and streaks of light."
Actually, Weinrich said, Temple-Tuttle passed closest to the Sun last year, but the biggest meteor showers—or storms—typically occur the following year.
"Last November during the Leonids the sky was too cloudy here," Weinrich said. "I intended to drive up to Winnipeg where there was a clearing, but the weather forecasters predicted an approaching blizzard. Last year an astronomer in Kansas, where the skies were clear, said she saw fireballs from the Leonids—big chucks of debris burning up—that were as bright as the planet Venus in the early evening sky. They figured about 340 meteors an hour last year, or about six a minute."
The last two widely ballyhooed comets—Kohoutek in 1973 and Halley’s in 1986—made amateur sky watchers feel like they were waiting for Godot. Both were about as visible as black holes.
But every year, Weinrich said, the Earth experiences about a dozen major meteor showers—including the Perseids every August, the Geminids every December and the Leonids every November.
"I’m setting my alarm at 4 a.m. the night before and the night after," Weinrich said. "With any luck, I’ll recapture that moment I missed 33 years ago."
If you intend to watch the Leonids, Weinrich suggests getting away from competing street or house lights. "It’s best to get out of the city. And arrive 15 minutes early so your eyes to adjust to the dark. Lie back on a lawn chair or blanket. Wear warm clothes and bring along something warm to drink. And cross your fingers that it’s not cloudy."

MSU HOSTS AMERICAN
INDIAN AWARENESS
WEEK ON NOV. 8-12
American Indian Awareness Week will be celebrated on campus Nov. 8-12.
Events kicked off at noon Monday when George "Joe Bush" Fairbanks, spiritual leader from the White Earth Reservation, conducted a traditional pipe ceremony on the campus mall. Other events scheduled:
* Bernice "Rainbow Woman" Grandbois, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, presents a traditional and contemporary fashion show at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in Comstock Memorial Union’s main lounge.
* Authentic American Indian arts and crafts will be demonstrated from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in Comstock Memorial Union main lounge.
* Friday, John Kakaygeesick Sr., a self-taught native artist, talks about his life and art at 9 a.m. and again at 11 a.m. in Comstock 101; Don "Kills the First Enemy" Rush, of Hidatsa/Dakota descent, presents a workshop on traditional native hand games at 10 a.m. and on native oral storytelling tradition at 2 p.m., both in Comstock 101. He’ll also perform native flute music at noon in Comstock Memorial Union’s main lounge.

MSU OFFERS NEW 19-DAY
SUMMER TOUR OF CHINA
A 19-day cultural tour of China will be offered this summer through Moorhead State University.
Scheduled May 17 through June 4, the tour will include stops at the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Ming Tombs, the Terra Cotta Museum, Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple and the Stanley Market in Hong Kong.
Anyone interested in the tour may attend a public information meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 in MacLean Hall 270 at MSU. Or contact tour leader Jenny Lin, an MSU Chinese language instructor, at 236-2913.
The tour is expected to cost about $2,840, which includes airfare, accommodations at four-star hotels, meals, lectures and event fees. Participants may also register for three optional college credits
Lin, who’s traveled extensively in China, has taught Chinese language and culture at MSU for the past 15 years.

OMBUDSMAN FOR ELDERLY
SPEAKS AT MSU GERONTOLOGY
PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE NOV. 16
Darlene Weber, Northwest Regional Ombudsman for Older Minnesotans, will speak on "Protecting Elders’ Rights: The Role of the Ombudsman," at an open house for MSU’s new gerontology major at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 in Lommen Hall 201.
Weber, a paralegal, specializes in elderly law and public benefits. She’s worked for Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota and Legal Assistance of North Dakota and is a former adjunct faculty member at MSU.
MSU began its gerontology major last fall.

LIBRARY ANNOUNCES NEW TITLES
The MSU Library announces the arrival of these new titles (among MANY others):
Manuel Castells. The rise of the network society. HC79 .I55C373 1996
The power of identity. HM221 .C366 1997
End of the millennium. HN17.5 .C354 1998
James Miller. Flowers in the dustbin: the rise of rock and roll,
1947-1977. ML3534 .M55 1999
Jedediah Purdy. For common things: irony, trust, and commitment in America today. HN65 .P87 1999
Andrew Ross. The Celebration chronicles: life, liberty, and the pursuit of porperty value in Disney's new town. HT169.57 .U62C457 1999
Ronald Becher. Massacre along the Medicine Road: a social history of the Indian War of 1864 in Nebraska Territory. E99.C53B43 1999
George Poinar, Jr., and Roberta Poinar. The amber forest: a reconstruction of a vanished world. QE742 .P64 1999
Brian Butterworth. What counts: how every brain is hardwired for math. QA141.5 .B786 1999
Mark Caldwell. A short history of rudeness: manners, morals, and misbehavior in modern America. BJ1853 .C23 1999
Anthony D'Agostino. Gorbachev's revolution. DK288 .D34 1998
Jim Hoskins and Doug Davies. Exploring IBM RS/6000 computers QA76.8 I25975H38 1999
There is a small shelf for new books just opposite the circulation/reserves desk in the library. That's where you'll find some of these titles, and more. Contact your department's library liaison with suggestions for new titles. If you have any questions, contact Larry Schwartz at x2353.

TWO MSU ALUMS SENIOR
ATTORNEYS ON $13 MILLLION
DISCRIMINATION VICTORY
Two Moorhead State University alums, now both employed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, were the senior attorneys who won a record $13 million  in punitive damages recommended by a federal jury against Chuck E. Cheese’s, a national children’s pizza chain, for firing a mentally retarded janitor.
Laurie Vasichek, a 1982 MSU political science graduate from Michigan, N.D., and Barbara Henderson, a 1989 MSU political science graduate from Wapheton, N.D., have been working on the case for the past year.
The U.S. District Court in Madison, Wis., also recommended the pizza chain pay the former janitor, Donald Perkl, about $70,000 for emotional distress.
Perkl was fired by a visiting district manager who allegedly said, "We don’t want those kind of people working at Chuck E. Cheese’s."
The company, which has 338 restaurants nationwide, said it would appeal if the judge upholds the verdict.
The $13 million in compensatory and punitive damages is the largest jury verdict ever handed down through the American’s with Disabilities Act. The trial lasted one week.
"We believe this sends a message to employers that the rights of their employees with disabilities are important and have to be paid attention to," said Vasicheck.
EEOC attorneys Vasichek and Henderson said that the first day Perkl began working at a restaurant in Madison in March of 1997, visiting regional manager Donald Creasy saw him and ordered a supervisor to fire him. The restaurant supervisor refused, and when Creasy returned and saw Perkl still sweeping floors, he fired him. The restaurant manager, a general manager and two other workers resigned in protest.
Before Perkl was officially fired, workers in the Madison Chuck E. Cheese’s circulated a petition supporting him. And even before he was fired, his supervisor had warned corporate officials about her boss’s bigoted comments.
"Can someone please help me with this situation so we can at least give this guy a chance?" assistant manager Brea Wittwer asked in a fax to the company’s Dallas headquarters. "We are an equal opportunity employer, are we not?"
The communication was met with silence and inaction.
That’s when the EEOC stepped in, claiming Chuck E. Cheese’s discriminated against Perkl by firing him, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Perkl, 52, is unable to talk. He communicates with pictures, signs and a hand-held computer device. Paid $21 a day he was hired at Chuck E. Cheese’s to work with the assistance of a full-time job coach paid for by a disabilities advocacy group.
"One reason the jury decided to punish the company so severely," Henderson, "is they tried to argue that Perkl couldn’t suffer emotional distress from the firing because he was too retarded to feel pain."
When the verdict was read, Perkl pointed to a happy face in a book.
Title I of the ADA prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector and in state and local governments. The law, enacted in 1991 requires employers to make "reasonable accommodations" for such employees.
Vasichek, a graduate of the University of Minnesota law school, works in the EEOC’s Minneapolis office; Henderson, a graduate of the in the EEOC’s  Milwaukee office.
The federal agency gets actively involved in comparatively few cases: Of the more than 75,000 discrimination complaints the commission receives annually, it intervenes in court in only about 500 nationally.

NEED FUNDS TO BRING
SCHOLARS TO CAMPUS?
The Visiting Scholars Committee invites applications for funds to bring scholars to speak on campus. The deadline for applications for funding is December 1. MSU faculty should contact Richard Zinober at ext. 2690 (e-mail: zinoberr@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu)

N.D. NATIVES READ AT
ATOMIC COFFEE NOV. 14
Three writers with roots in rural North Dakota will read from their works at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 at Atomic Coffee in downtown Moorhead.
The readings are sponsored by MSU’s Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program. It will feature Rugby native Mark Vinz, an MSU English professor, along with creative writing students Carol Ratchenski from Casselton and Dean Hulse from, Westhope.

NEW REFERENCE TITLES
AT MSU’S LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles in the library's reference room:
Concise historical atlas of Canada. Atlases Ref. G1116 .S1C6 1998
Hispanic resource directory. 3d edition. Ref. E184 .S75H584 1996
Legal information: how to find it, how to use it. Ref. KF240 .O365 1999
Statistical handbook on the American family. 2d edition. Ref. HQ536 .S727 1999
Big book of opportunities for women: the directory of women's organizations. Ref. LB2337.2 .B52 1997
The Harvard guide to psychiatry. 3d edition. Ref. RC454 .N47 1999
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library material to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

CONSIDER SUBMITTING MINI-GRANT
FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECH APPS
A request for proposals for mini-grants to fund efforts to use Instructional Technology in teaching has been sent to MSU department chairs by the MSU Lead Faculty Group. This year’s mini-grants are designed to encourage projects which involve a departmental effort and proposals by faculty teams are encouraged. Faculty should check with their department heads to obtain a copy of the request for proposals or may obtain a copy at the following online location:http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/ficek/leadfaculty.htm
Mini-grant proposal review will begin October 29th and continue as proposals are received. Work on projects submitted for the mini-grants should be completed during the 1999-2000 academic year.
A brief report from two recipients of one of last year’s mini-grants is given below, for your information.
Brittney Goodman and Stacy Voeller -- received a lead faculty mini-grant to develop and implement a new course: Research in the Electronic Age.
This course was approved during the spring of 1999 by the MSU education department and the Continuing Studies office. Goodman and Voeller are currently teaching the course to 13 students. The course, ED 489/589, is designed to foster and improve information literacy skills. The course syllabi/schedule is available on the web at http://classweb.moorhead.msus.edu/chenault/ed489.htm
Students have been able to try out new technologies, such as the WebBoard conferencing system, e-mail, and interactive Internet-based tutorials as well as exploring existing technologies such as online library databases and Internet search engines while developing and enhancing critical thinking skills applicable to these technologies.
Rhonda Ficek supplied Instructional Technology student support, with some help from Neal Gamradt in getting WebBoard set up and as a general resource person.
Accomplishments of this course include:
Development of and enhancement of a course web site Use of WebBoard (creating our course's webboard, and studying the documentation and practicing in WebBoard use) Integration of interactive and web-based tutorials (including streaming-audio tutorials) Training students in Powerpoint Presentation (Rhonda Ficek)
Most of all, receiving this grant enabled Goodman and Voeller to put in the necessary outside-of-work time to develop the course, including exploring innovative technologies. Future versions of the course may include use of chatroom technology, more interactive tutorials, online quizzes, and perhaps even offering the course via Distance Education (ITV and/or a completely "online" course). Expanded use of instructional technology will include all of the above, plus exploring options of audio tutorials using the latest version of Powerpoint.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER SOUGHT
FOR ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
Planning for MSU's Student Academic Conference scheduled for Wed., April 19, 2000 has begun. The conference steering committee encourages all faculty to support this endeavor by keeping an eye on students who could be potential presenters. This year the steering committee is looking for a keynote speaker who is an MSU alum. The topic of the keynote will be something related to the pursuit of knowledge as opposed to the pursuit of a degree. If you have anyone you would like to nominate please contact Andrew Conteh (236-4009) or e-mail acconf@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu. Nominations should include a short description of who and why you are nominating this individual and are due Friday, November 5, 1999. If you would like more information on the conference, check out the conference web site at: http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/acadconf

RUDRUD, LARSON EMCEE
OPERA COMPANY SHOW
MSU alum Kristin Rudrud (who had a role in the hit movie "Fargo") and MSU film specialist Ted Larson will emcee the F-M Civic Opera Company’s production of "The Stoned Guest" written by native son P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele). Shows are scheduled at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 and 2 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre.
Tickets are $25 reserved and $18.50 general admission. Call 235-6778 for tickets.

Upcoming MSU Music Events…
MSU FLUTE CHOIR
PRESENTS CONCERT NOV. 21
The MSU Flute Choir will present a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Choral Room.
The Flute Choir, directed by Peggy Hammerling, will perform works by Ricky Lombardo, Catherine McMichael and J.B. de Boismartier, among others.
Other upcoming music events…
(All are held in Weld Hall Auditorium unless otherwise noted.)
* Arctic Blast—Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in the CMU ballroom.
* SnowFire & Jazz Guitar Ensembles—Friday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.
* Jazz Ensemble—Tuesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.

Upcoming Senior Recitals…
LAURIE LYNCH PRESENTS
FLUTE RECITAL
Laurie Lynch, an MSU senior from Highmore, S.D., will present a flute recital Saturday, Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Room 148.
The recital features works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernst Block and George Philipp Telemann. Sandy Rawson will accompany Lynch on piano.
It’s free and open to the public.

FRANCIS SHANER
PRESENTS VOICE RECITAL
MSU senior Francis Shaner will present a voice recital at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
The recital will feature works by George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, and Franz Schubert, among others. Sarah Geske will accompany Shaner on piano and harpsichord.
It’s free and open to the public.
Also upcoming…
* Chris Loe, Sunday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium
* Wanda Fleischer, Sunday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
Through the month of November, the library is displaying posters and children's books to highlight Children's Book Week. The posters, spanning the years from the 1950s to the present, are by noteworthy children's book illustrators. The book display entitled, "Not Just for Children Anymore!" highlights children's books that are recommended for adult enjoyment. The exhibits are located in the Circulation Lobby and in the Curriculum Materials Center.

MSU "POKER" WALK FOR FITNESS HELD
Sixty-eight  (68) MSU employees participated in MSU’s "Poker" Walk for Fitness on Thursday, October 21. Cindy Sogn, Administrative Affairs ? Parking, claimed 1st prize (MSU sweatshirt and Get Going Fanny Pack) with 4 of a kind - 3 jokers and 1 ace; Bryan Kotta, Computer Services , took 2nd place (Get Going T-shirt, Get Going Socks, and Get Going paper cube), with 4 of a kind - 4 jacks; and Rose Bakke ? Records, Darlene Gunderson ? Print Shop, and Dean Broker - MnSCU tied for 3rd place—all drawing 4 of a kind (9’s). A tiebreaker was held and Darlene Gunderson claimed the prizes (Get Going Tote Bag, Get Going Mouse Pad and Get Going Hand Towel).
Other hands submitted included: 5- Fullhouse hands; 4 - Flush hands; 1 - Straight hand; 7 - 3 of a kind hands; 16 - 2 pair hands; 16 - 1 pair hands; and the remainder were high card hands. Hands not drawn were: five of a kind, and a straight flush.
Thanks to the participating departments and all "Poker" walk participants for making this a successful event.
Plans are currently underway for the NEXT MSU "Poker" Walk for Fitness, to be held sometime the end of January or beginning of February. If you have comments/suggestions on the "Poker" walk, ideas on how to get more MSU employees involved, and/or to volunteer your department as a stop site, please call Deb in Human Resources at 2158, or email her at lewisd@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu.

ATTENTION FACULTY
No One can know for sure exactly what will occur when the Year 2000 rolls around to greet us especially when it comes to having the textbooks on the shelves when classes begin in the new millennium.
The facts are publishers and wholesalers fill textbook orders from thousands of colleges and universities within a small window of time each term. Add this the stress of the holiday season when mail, small packages and courier deliver service are working their maximum load levels, along with the threat of any possible Y2K problems and you have a recipe for starting the next term without your students having the textbooks they need for your classes.
As you can see our objective is a simple one, to provide both our students and our faculty with the best possible service by having the right books, at the right time, right around the corner at your college bookstore. The MSU Bookstore encourages you to avoid the millennium bug and place your textbook requisition order today.

HOLIDAY HOSTS
It's that time of year to open your hearts and homes to others! International Programs is looking for hosts for international students for both Thanksgiving and Semester breaks. If you are interested in opening your home to an international student or students, please let OIP know (X2956 or gillette@mhd1).

CELEBRATION OF NATIONS
The date is set and the planning is well underway for Celebration of Nations 2000. Mark your calendars now for Thursday, March 30, 2000. The festivities will begin at 6 p.m.
This would be an excellent opportunity to offer extra credit to your students!  If you are interested and want to determine some verification system, contact Kim Gillette (X3853, gillette@mhd1).

UNIVERSITY FORUM ON Y2K
The Forum will address contingency planning by the University and the City of Moorhead on potential Y2K problems.  Spokespersons from the City and University who are involved with the planning will be on hand to answer questions. The Forum will be offered on two dates:
Monday, November 15, 2:30 p.m., CB 109 and
Thursday, November 18, 9:00 a.m., section 200C of the Ballroom

VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Physics and Astronomy
Qualifications: this is an entry-level position requiring a Ph.D. in physics. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated ability to teach physics. It is desirable that the successful candidate has: (1) interest in use of active learning approaches, (b) experience or potential to involve undergraduates in experimental physics research and (c) willingness to take a role in outreach programs.
Responsibilies: Teach introductory and upper level physics courses, Additional duties include involving undergraduates in research, advising and service to the University and community.
Apply to: Roger F. Sipson, Search Committee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Moorhead state University, Moorhead, MN 56563. Telephone: 218-236-2141 Fax: 218-236-2290 e-mail: sipson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu WWW: http//physweb.moorhead.msus.edu

Position: Assistant or Associate Professor of Biology
Qualifications: A Ph.D. in a biological science or an Ed. D. in Science Education with a masters or equivalent in a biological science. Candidates must have one year of successful secondary science teaching experience. Potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching with commitment to the preparation of prospective elementary and secondary teachers. Interest and potential for excellence in science outreach activities. Ability to use technology in an instructional setting. Legal authorization to work in the United States on the day employment begins.
Middle school preparation and experience is desirable. Candidates who will complete the Ph.D. or Ed. D by the date of appointment are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities: Teaching responsibilities: Introductory biology classes appropriate for prospective elementary teachers. Middle/Secondary Science teaching Methods class. Classes for the University’s Liberal Studies Program, biology laboratory sections or classes in the candidate’s area of expertise. Additional responsibilities: Supervision of middle/secondary student teachers is science areas. Participation in the University’s science education outreach programs and interest in pursuing funding opportunities in this area. Scholarly activity in biology or science education. Advising, service to the University and maintenance of professional expertise.
Apply to: Dr. Mary Shimabukuro, Department of Biology, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN 56563. E-mail: biolsrch@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu Fax: 218-236-2018. Phone: 218-236-5000.

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor in a CSWE accredited undergraduate social work program. Teaching practice courses across the curriculum.
Qualifications and Experience: Applicant must have an MSW degree from an accredited program and two years of post MSW social work practice. Preference given to candidates with university teaching experience. ABDs are encouraged to apply, however a completed doctorate required for tenure. Minorities, women and candidates with disabilities are specifically encouraged to apply. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on the day employment begins.
Responsibilities: Primary teaching responsibilities include courses across the generalist undergraduate curriculum where needed, with possible field liaison duties. Other responsibilities include student advising, contribution to student growth and development, scholarly achievement, continuing professional development, and service to the university and community.
Apply to: Jim Svobodny, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Social Work, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN  56563. Phone: (218) 236-2632. FAX: (218) 236-3642. E-mail: svobodj@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor in a CSWE accredited undergraduate social work program. Teaching practice courses with emphasis on diversity and social justice content.
Qualifications : Applicants must have an MSW degree from an accredited program and two years of post MSW social work practice. Preference given to candidates who have practice experience with Hispanic, Asian American, Native American or African American populations. Preference further given to candidates with university teaching experience. ABDs are encouraged to apply, however a completed doctorate required for tenure. Minorities, women and candidates with disabilities are specifically encouraged to apply. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on the day employment begins.
Responsibilities: Primary teaching responsibilities include practice courses with special emphasis on content related to racism, oppression and social justice/social change. Other courses across the generalist undergraduate curriculum may be assigned. Other responsibilities include student advising, contribution to student growth and development, scholarly achievement, continuing professional development, and service to the university and community
Apply to: Jim Svobodny, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Social Work, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN 56563. Phone: (218) 236-2632. FAX: (218) 236-3642. E-mail: svobodj@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

Position: Assistant to the President
Qualifications and Experience: Required: Bachelor’s degree which focuses on an area of communication; Masters preferred
Five years minimum professional experience in communications, public relations or administration. Computer skills in Windows environment. Licensed to operate a vehicle. Occasional lifting and transport of equipment and documents. Flexible work schedule and willingness to travel occasionally. Preferred: Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience as a public speaker. Demonstrated ability to interact with a variety of individuals and groups. Demonstrated leadership skills and integrity. Ability to work with the legislative and governmental constituents, the public sector and the media. Demonstrated understanding of confidentiality principles and ability to deal with sensitive situations and information. Commitment to public higher education.
Responsibilities: Write notes, letters, documents and speeches for a complex variety of constituents including "difficult situations" but also for friend-making purposes. Conduct communications with individuals and groups within and outside of the University. Plan and implement activities and actions with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities partners and system office, legislators and policy makers. Network with legislators and government leaders on behalf of the University. Plan, direct, coordinate and execute major university events and activities for the President’s Office including the President’s retreat. Prepare materials, take notes, and write reports for the President’s Cabinet meetings. Analyze situations and solve problems
Apply to: Karen Mehnert-Meland, Assistant to the President Search Committee Chair; Comstock Memorial Union; Moorhead State University; Moorhead, Minnesota, 56563 Phone: (218) 236-2447, FAX: (218) 236-2052, email: meland@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

Position: Assistant Professor of American Studies
Qualifications/Experience: Required: Doctoral dissertation completed by August 2000. Demonstrated record of excellence in and strong commitment to undergraduate teaching. Focus on American culture through the fine arts, popular culture and/or material culture. Ability to offer a multicultural approach to American culture. Good communication  skills and ability to work effectively within the academic unit.
Preferred: Ph.D. in American Studies
Responsibilities: Teaching core course in American Studies for majors as well as for University Liberal Studies requirement. Develop courses in area of expertise. Fulfill other professional duties within the department and university.
Apply to: Dieter Berninger, Chair, Humanities & Multicultural Studies Dept., P.O. Box 206, 1104 7th Avenue S., Moorhead, MN  56563. Telephone: 218-236-4039. E-mail: bernger@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

Position: Assistant Professor Graphic Design
Qualifications and Experience: MFA in graphic design required University level teaching experience preferred Professional experience in graphic design preferred Experience with the Macintosh computer system preferred Experience with graphic’s software preferred
Responsibilities: Teach Foundations 2D Teach Intro to Graphic Design and upper-level Graphic Design courses as needed Student advisement Participation in contribution to student growth and development, plus service to the department, University, and community Creative achievement
Apply to: Graphic Design Search Committee, 1104 7th Avenue South, Art Department, Moorhead, MN  56563. Review of completed applications will begin on January 31, 2000. AA.EOE.WMA. MSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

MISCELLANIA
* Vijendra Agarwal attended the Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP, held in Austin, Texas, in October. More than 200 scientists, engineers and other professionals, attended the conference from 26 countries. Agarwal was the Technical Program Chairperson for this year's CEIDP. In that capacity, Agarwal was responsible for the coordination for selection of conference presentations and the contents of the proceedings. Agarwal has been on the conference board in various capacities for nearly a decade and was elected to a two-year term as the Secretary of the conference board. In addition, Agarwal concurrently attended the meeting of the Administrative Committee of Dielectrics and Insulation Society of which he is a member for the last three years
* Bill Packwood, Wes Erwin, and Jill Schoen, counseling and student affairs faculty, recently attended the national conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in New Orleans, La. While at the conference, all three presented content sessions. Packwood presented sessions titled "Changing Everything to Ensure Thesis Completion" and "Two Year Counseling Skills Sequence: Producing More Effective Counselors". Erwin co-presented a poster session with Jackie Lewis, MSU-Mankato titled "Using Mentoring to Improve the Supervisory Process". Schoen presented a session titled "Service Learning Projects in Counselor Education: Bridging Academic Study with Community Outreach Experiences". All three CNSA faculty, along with Jean Peterson, Purdue University, and Anita Sankar-Gomes, Lindenwood University, presented a panel discussion "Small Faculties with Large or Small Programs: Masters of Improvisation". Approximately 900 attended the ACES conference.
* Donna Bruns Stockrahm, biology, presented an invited seminar to the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at the University of Minnesota, St Paul, on Oct. 21. The seminar was entitled: "Ecology on the Prairie: Bison to Prairie Dogs".
* A book by Paul Harris, history, titled "Nothing but Christ: Rufus Anderson and the Ideology of Protestant Foreign Missions" has been published by Oxford University Press. The book examines Anderson's leading role in establishing the goals and policies of foreign missions during the formative years of that enterprise in the middle of the 19th century. Placing the development of Anderson's ideas in the contexts both of American religious history and of the practical challenges faced by missionaries in such fields as Hawaii, South Asia, and Turkey, Harris analyzes the roots of frustration in missionaries' efforts to raise up native Christian churches under indigenous leadership. He finds Anderson's policy initiatives were driven more by the internal politics of American evangelicalism than by the aspirations of indigenous clients.
* Mark Vinz, English, has recently given readings from his creative work at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Winona State University, and the Winnipeg International Writers Festival.
* Bruce Hanson, speech language hearing sciences, presented a workshop to the Moorhead Public School speech-language pathologists entitled "An Overview From A Stuttering Therapy Workshop for Specialists".  Much of the material was from a two-week workshop he attended at Northwestern University this past summer sponsored by the Speech Foundation of America.
* Marie Swanson and Kris Vossler, speech language hearing sciences, attended Closing The Gap, an international conference on assistive technology in special education. The conference was held Oct. 20-23 in Bloomington and featured presentations from a wide variety of disciplines and vendor exhibits relating to technology for individuals across all disabilities.
* Glenn Ginn, music has received a $1500 Project Assistance Grant from the Lake Region Arts Council. The grant will help cover the cost of a recording project due for completion in March 2000. The project will be a recording of the group Swing Street. Glenn is leader, arranger and composer for this group which also features Lisa Ginn (vocals), MSU music professors Mike Missiras (trumpet) and Eric Graham (bass), MSU jazz performance majors Karl Koopman (guitar) and Nathan Fryett (drums), and Jazz Arts Group saxophonist Harley Sommerfeld.
* Jenny Lin, languages, presented a paper titled "Wow! I can Really Communicate with a Native Speaker!—Interviewing Native Speakers in the Language Classroom" at the MCTLC (Minnesota Council on Teaching of Languages and Cultures) Conference in Minneapolis, Oct. 29-30. John Hall and Delores Pons, languages, also attended this conference.
* Jill Holsen and Kimberly Gillette, International Programs, attended the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region IV conference held in Fargo, ND from Oct. 27-30th. Jill served as Co-Chair for the local arrangements committee. Kim headed up registration. Kim was joined by Canadian students Megan Kleisinger and Cathleen Calrow in a presentation titled "We're not International, We're Canadian". Student Jessica Varoune presented with Kim on "Peer Advisors and Extended Orientation… can the mix?" This outlined the Diplomat program at Moorhead State.

 CLASSIFIED:
For Sale: Firewood cut and split Oak, Birch, Ash--$60.00 for 1/2 cord. Call Roger Olson 233-4642
Homespun Holidays 5th Annual Craft Show, Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m. ? 4 p.m. at the Maydole residence, Hawley 1_ miles north on Cemetery Road (West side of St. Andrew’s church on west edge of Hawley)
For Sale: 1994 Mitsubishi Expo minivan; dark green, CD player, 3rd seat. Excellent condition! $8,200.00 Craig 4617 or Katherine 4602.
WOW New Products! Studio 1 in the CMU has a great all natural product line. Positive feedback received on our natural weight loss program, products to give you the needed energy you need to get through your work day and WOW, they're all natural! Stop in today for a free sample, only at Studio 1 in the CMU. Call 9-236-1994 for further information.
 
 

DALE WARLAND SINGERS
PERFORM HERE NOV. 6
The Dale Warland Singers are on stage at the Fargo Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 as a feature of MSU’s Performing Arts Series.
They will perform one of the most heralded works in choral literature, Rachmaninoff’s "Vespers," along with several other choral masterpieces.
The Twin Cities ensemble has performed around the world since its founding in 1976. (For tickets, contact the MSU Box Office at 236-2271.)

DEANS’  LECTURE SERIES
FEATURES ANIMATED
COMPUTER MUSIC NOV. 9
MSU technology professor Mike Ruth will play and discuss the production of a seven-minute animated computer music score called "Long Fall," composed by him and former MSU music professor Mary Roberts, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 in the Center for Business 109 as a feature of the university’s Dean’s Lecture Series.
The score combines music synthesis and computer generated images. It was presented in concert last spring at the 7th Biennial Symposium for Arts & Technology at Connecticut College

MSU HOSTS AMERICAN
INDIAN AWARENESS
WEEK ON NOV. 8-12
American Indian Awareness Week will be celebrated on campus Nov. 8-12.
Events kick off at noon Monday, Nov. 8 when George "Joe Bush" Fairbanks, spiritual leader from the White Earth Reservation, will conduct a traditional pipe ceremony on the campus mall. That afternoon, at 2 p.m., Sam Rock, a member of the White Earth Band of Chippewa, will give an introduction to the Ojibwe language in Comstock Memorial Union 101.
Other events scheduled:
* Dr. Bea Medicine, a research anthropologist and member of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, will discuss American Indian anthropology issues at 2 p.m. that Tuesday, Nov. 9, in Comstock Memorial Union 101.
* Bernice "Rainbow Woman" Grandbois, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, presents a traditional and contemporary fashion show at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in Comstock Memorial Union’s main lounge.
* Authentic American Indian arts and crafts will be demonstrated from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in Comstock Memorial Union main lounge.
* Friday, John Kakaygeesick Sr., a self-taught native artist, talks about his life and art at 9 a.m. and again at 11 a.m. in Comstock 101; Don "Kills the First Enemy" Rush, of Hidatsa/Dakota descent, presents a workshop on traditional native hand games at 10 a.m. and on native oral storytelling tradition at 2 p.m., both in Comstock 101. He’ll also perform native flute music at noon in Comstock Memorial Union’s main lounge.
For details about these events, contact the MSU multicultural affairs office at 236-3572.

MSU’S DUBORD DISCUSSES
FARM LABORERS TURNED
COLLEGE GRADS NOV. 10
The road from farm laborer to university graduate isn’t a well traveled one, but MSU professor Richard DuBord will examine some local success stories at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Center for Business 109.
"From Farm Laborers to University Graduates: Stories from the Red River Valley," a study by DuBord based on in-depth interviews with 12 Mexican-American families, looks at the factors that influenced these tales of academic achievement.
DuBord, a social work professor, will detail who and what played major roles in the transition and discuss strategies for creating further successes. Some of the individuals who participated in his study will share their thoughts and answer questions.
 The talk is a feature of MSU’s College of Education and Human Services Colloquium Series. For more information, contact Steve Grineski at 2096.

LEAD FACULTY GROUP AGAIN
OFFERS MINI-GRANTS FOR
INSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
A request for proposals for mini-grants to fund efforts to use Instructional Technology in teaching is being sent to MSU department chairs this week by the MSU Lead Faculty Group. This year’s mini-grants are designed to encourage projects which involve a departmental effort and proposals by faculty teams are encouraged. Faculty should check with their department heads to obtain a copy of the request for proposals or may obtain a copy at the following online location: http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/ficek/leadfaculty.htm
Mini-grant proposal review will begin October 29th and continue as proposals are received. Work on projects submitted for the mini-grants should be completed during the 1999-2000 academic year.
Brief reports from two recipients of last year’s mini-grants are given below, for your information.
Dorothy Suomala ? Tri-College Educational Administration ITV Course Enhanced with Web-based Materials and Electronic Discussion
"As a recipient of a faculty mini-grant to improve teaching through technology, I developed a home page and web-based materials to enhance a distance learning course (Ed 613 - Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Education), and a campus based course, (Ed 632 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning Theory). Incorporated into one or both courses were: ListServe, WebBoard Conferencing, Web Chat, Web links on the home pages and e-mail. In Ed 613, the home page had active links to educational organizations and the legislatures of Minnesota and North Dakota. The links were used to track bills and to follow legislative activity as the legislatures met in session at that time. Electronic discussions were held to share information and reflections on course topics. In Ed 632 the WebBoard was used to conduct threaded discussions on course topics.
"Both courses will be taught again during Spring Semester. Revisions to both my home page and the course assignments will reflect student feedback and new information about the technologies that I have learned since last year. My goal has been to use the technologies in such a way that they are integrated into the overall learning experiences of the courses. Most likely, these learning opportunities would not have been possible through traditional delivery methods. Without the technical expertise available to me through the grant, I would not have been able to integrate the technology into my classes to this extent."
Brian Wisenden--Biology Department
Development Of A Cd-Rom Dissection Guide
"The Lead Faculty Group awarded me a grant to prepare a virtual dissection guide on CD ROM to be used as an instructional aid for laboratories in the Biology Department. Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Human Anatomy and Zoology would all have use for this CD. Impetus to make this CD was borne from frustration with existing conventional lab manuals.
"Two MSU students worked on the project, Aaron Vandermeer and Jake Holkup, both former students in my Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy course. Money from the grant went toward purchasing animals to dissect and for salary money to compensate Aaron and Jake for the herculean effort they contributed to the project. As it turned out, we (I) greatly underestimated the amount of time and effort that is required to dissect, take good digital photos, and load them into a user-friendly presentation format organized with hyper links by species and anatomical system. We succeeded in completing the dogfish shark, but the cat remains to be done. We also use sea lamprey and Necturus (amphibian) in comparative and would add them to the CD ROM.
"Progress is stalled at the moment. Jake graduated and Aaron took a job with a salary. We have submitted a zip disc with progress to date to a text book company to try to interest them in supporting the project to completion and, presumably, help in marketing the final product. Our goal is to have the CD ready for classroom use for the fall 2000 semester when Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy is offered again (2-year cycle)."

OMBUDSMAN FOR ELDERLY
SPEAKS AT MSU GERONTOLOGY
PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE NOV. 16
Darlene Weber, Northwest Regional Ombudsman for Older Minnesotans, will speak on "Protecting Elders’ Rights: The Role of the Ombudsman," at an open house for MSU’s new gerontology major at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 in Lommen Hall 201.
Weber, a paralegal, specializes in elderly law and public benefits. She’s worked for Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota and Legal Assistance of North Dakota and is a former adjunct faculty member at MSU.
MSU began its gerontology major last fall.

WEB REGISTRATION PAGE OFFERS
NEW, FASTER OPTIONS
There’s a new look to MSU’s student web registration site that’s aimed at making the process faster and easier.
The first change you’ll notice is a menu of choices on the left side of the screen. The menu includes its own scroll bar.
The second change allows you to enter your advisor’s access code prior to the registration process. Previously, students entered their advisor access code at the end of their course registration. Students only need to enter their advisor access code once during a term.
The third change: separate screens for adding or dropping classes. To add a class, click the "quick add" menu option. To drop a class, click the "view/modify schedule" option.
The changes are part of MnSCU’s effort to continue upgrading the on-line registration process.

RAWSON SOLO PERFORMANCE
FEATURED ON KCCM NOV. 4
A Fargo-Moorhead Symphony concert featuring violin soloist Alan Rawson, an MSU music professor, will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4 on KCCM 91.1-FM as part of the station’s Regional Artists in Concert Series. The concert was performed live on Jan. 24, 1999. Rawson is the F-M Symphony Concertmaster and is conductor of the MSU orchestra.

NEW TITLES AT MSU LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following new titles (among many others):
Progress, poverty and exclusion: an economic history of Latin America, by Rosemary Thorp. HC125 .T523 1998
American Indian stereotypes in the world of children : a reader and bibliography (2d edition), by Arlene Hirschfelder, Paulette Fairbanks Molin, and Yvonne Wakim. E98 .P99H57 1999
A feminist introduction to romanticism, by Elizabeth A. Fay. PR468 .F46F39 1998
Riemann, topology, and physics, by Michael Monastyrsky. QA29 .R425M6613 1999
The biology of streams and rivers, by Paul S. Giller and Bjorn Malmqvist. QH541.5 .S7G55 1998
Toy wars : the epic struggle between G. I. Joe, Barbie, and the companies that make them, by G. Wayne Miller. HD9993 .T694H376 1999
More matter : essays and criticism, by John Updike. PS3571 .P4M63 1999
Harp song for a radical : the life and times of Eugene Victor Debs, by Marguerite Young. HX84 .D3Y68 1999
The trust: the private and powerful family behind The New York Times, by Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones. Z473 .N44T54 1999
Black college student survival guide, by Jawanza Kunjufu. LC2781.7 .K86 1997
Stiffed : the betrayal of the American man, by Susan Faludi. HQ1090.3 .F35 1999
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Managment Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

THE ‘BALANCING ACT’ IS THE TOPIC
OF TRI-COLLEGE WOMEN MEETING
The challenge of balancing family, school and career is the topic of Tri-College Women United’s Monday, Nov. 8 meeting at the NDSU Memorial Union Prairie Rose Room. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by a panel discussion at 6:30 p.m.
Panelists include Najla Amundson, former television news anchor and mother of two; Pam Hartwig, N.D. property manager for U.S. West and mother of two; Susie Nickell, teacher, daycare provider and mother of two; and Lisa Nawrot, professor, mother and mom-to-be.
The dinner entrée is tortilla wrap pinwheel with chicken or vegetables. Dinner reservations must be made by Nov. 3 to a campus representative. The panel discussion is free and open to the public.
For more information: MSU—Carolyn Jacobson, 236-2478 mornings or 236-2239 afternoons; NDSU—Janine Thull at 231-7799 or thull@badlands.nodak.edu; Concordia—JoAnn Quale at 299-4299.

 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The Western Social Science Association invites papers and panels on American Studies topics for its annual conference, April 26-29, 2000, in San Diego, California.
A special issue of "Radical History Review," co-edited by Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Gerard Fergerson, will explore the history of the health professions in an attempt to offer new perspectives on the relationship between society and 20th century medicine, public health, and the health sciences. We invite papers that offer political, social, and cultural analyses of professional struggles, medico-scientific developments, the role of civil society, the corporatization of medicine and public health, the role of political institutions, race, class and gender formations and intersections, and other themes bearing on the relationship between the health professions and society in the U.S., global, and comparative contexts.
Maximum length is 20*25 pages, *including* endnotes (please follow Chicago Manual of Style 14th edition historical endnotes style). Send 5 copies of your double spaced manuscript by February 15, 2000 to: Gerard Fergerson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York University
4 Washington Square North
New York, New York 10003-6671
Any questions, email: gerard.fergerson@nyu.edu or aebirn@newschool.edu
Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library invites applications for its 2000-2001 residential research fellowship program.
NEH fellowships: Available to scholars pursuing advanced research, 4-12 months, $2500 per month McNeil Dissertation Fellowships: Available to Ph.D. candidates, 1-2 semesters, $6500 per semester
Robert Lee Gill and Winterthur Research Fellowships: Available to academic and independent scholars and museum and public history professionals, 1-3 months, $1500 per month.
Winterthur's library collections include half a million imprints, manuscripts, visual materials and printed ephemera that support research in the seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries. Winterthur's museum collection includes 89,000 domestic artifacts and works of art made or used
in America to 1860. Winterthur's resources will support a wide variety of research topics including: history of American fine and decorative art ; history of craft and craftsmanship; history of the family, domestic life, and childhood; refinement and consumerism; travel and tourism; historic preservation and popular memory; history of advertising,  and many other topics in American art history, social and cultural history, and material culture.
Application deadline for the 2000-01 academic year is Jan. 15, 2000.
For more information and an application, visit the website http://www.winterthur.org and follow the links to Library and Research Fellowship Program.

15 MINUTES OF FAME! UNPLUGGED MUSIC NIGHT AT ZANDBROZ, NOVEMBER 20
MSU Dragon Tracks Project is organizing the second series of Unplugged Music Nights at Zandbroz Variety, in downtown Fargo. Anyone who wants to sing or play a song is welcome to register for these events. Each participant will have 15 minutes in the spotlight. The performance will be recorded by students of the Music Technology program of MSU. Along with a CD of the song(s), each participant will receive a complementary copy of the latest Dragon Tracks CD.
Entry fee is $20, payable to Dragon Tracks--MSU. The first 8 participants to register will be scheduled for Saturday, November 20, between 6-9 p.m. Further Unplugged Music Nights will be held in the New Year. All proceeds go toward supporting Dragon Tracks.
Dragon Tracks is an ongoing project of the MSU Music Technology/Music Industry students. Each year, a CD produced entirely by the students is released. The music is a compilation of various styles, ranging from country to rock to industrial. Sales and promotional events are used to fund the next year's project. The Dragon Tracks experience involves all aspects of music performance, production, and promotion.
For further information, or to sign up for your 15 Minutes of Fame, contact Jim Harley (Professor, Music Technology): tel. (218) 236-2001, email harleyja@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu, WWW http://media1.moorhead.msus.edu/dragon/.

 DR. WHO’s SGT. BENTON,
JOHN LEVENE, IN-RESIDENCE AT
MSU FOR DR. WHO CLASS
John Levene, the actor best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Benton in the long-running BBC television show "Dr. Who", will be in-residence at Moorhead State University Nov. 2-9. Levene also goes by the name John Anthony Blake.
Blake is here in conjunction with a fall television course taught by Dr. Virginia Gregg, "Doctor Who: Materializing Through 26 Years of Television." Blake will speak to the class on Tuesday, Nov. 2 from 6 to 10 p.m. in MacLean Hall 254.
While here he’ll also work with students in directing, performance and production classes.
Blake appeared in "Dr. Who" from 1968-75, when his character was written out of the storyline. He continued his acting career in film and television, with credits including UFO, Space: 1999, Permission to Kill, and Dark Places, among others. Blake makes his home in Burbank, Calif., where his work includes creative audio-visual production, and co-host and emcee for charity events.
While new "Dr. Who" episodes are no longer being produced by the BBC, the show’s fans gather at conventions around the country to meet the show’s stars, view episodes, and buy and sell merchandise. A long-running series of "Dr. Who" novels continues to be published, and the "Dr. Who" magazine has been in print for more than 20 years.
The fan base is still active on the Internet, discussing and commenting on stories and attempting to get Dr. Who back on television.
There are many scheduled events during Blake’s visit including the following:
* Saturday, Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academie Modeling and Talent Agency.
* Saturday, Nov. 6 from 8 to 10 p.m. at Zandbroz Variety, Blake will entertain and emcee other aspiring performers.
* Monday, Nov. 8 from 8 to 10 p.m. at Luigi’s Restaurant, a cabaret-style show.
For more information about John Anthony Blake events or to arrange an interview with him, contact Virginia Gregg at 236-4614 or 237-9491.

 DRAGON FIRE LUNCHEONS
Dragon Fire noon luncheons for the month of November will be held on the 3rd and 17th at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Moorhead. Anyone interested in Dragon athletics is encouraged to attend. MSU coaches and athletic staff will be available for comments and questions during the event.

CHANGE OF HOURS
Effective October 29, 1999, the CMU will close at midnight on Friday nights unless there is a special program or event in the building.

FILM DOCUMENTARY AT WOMEN’S CENTER
On Monday, November 8, at the special time of 2:00 p.m., the Women's Center will be showing a documentary on Native American novelist Leslie Marmon Silko. The film features an interview with the author and commentary on her works. Her novels will also be available for check-out from the Women's Center library. For more information, contact Karen Joan Kohoutek at 236-3792.

Upcoming Music Events….
MSU JAZZ CONCERT NOV. 4
An MSU jazz concert will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4 in Weld Hall Auditorium. Performing will be Jazz Combo I, directed by Glenn Ginn, and Jazz Combo II, directed by Ted DiSanti.
The concert is free and open to the public.

NEW MUSIC ON STAGE NOV. 5
An MSU New Music Ensemble will present a free, public concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
The mixed acoustic ensemble will feature works by Barney Childs, Robert Ashley and MSU music professor Ross Feller, as well as conducted improvisations by group members. Feller directs the ensemble.
Other upcoming music events…
(All are held in Weld Hall Auditorium)
* Arctic Blast—Thursday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.
* SnowFire & Jazz Guitar Ensembles—Friday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.
* Jazz Ensemble—Tuesday, Nov. 23 at
8 p.m.

 Upcoming Senior Recitals…
LAURIE LYNCH PRESENTS
FLUTE RECITAL
Laurie Lynch, an MSU senior from Highmore, S.D., will present a flute recital Saturday, Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Room 148.
The recital features works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernst Block and George Philipp Telemann. Sandy Rawson will accompany Lynch on piano.
The recital is in partial fulfillment of a bachelor of science degree in music education-instrumental. It’s free and open to the public.
Also upcoming…
* Fran Shaner, Sunday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium
* Chris Loe, Sunday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium
* Wanda Fleischer, Sunday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium

THANKS(GIVE)ING FOOD DRIVE
NTSA (Non-Traditional Student Association) and the Student Senate are sponsoring a campus-wide food drive to help the local homeless shelters and the F-M Food Bank during this holiday season.  Drop-off boxes will be distributed throughout campus. The Food Drive will be held November 1-19, 1999.  Your generosity and support are greatly appreciated.

WebCT NOW AVAILABLE
Instructional Technology now has a server running WebCT. This software facilitates the creation of web-based educational environments. It can be used to publish materials to supplement existing courses on the web or to create entire on-line courses. Features include an online-testing tool (with automated scoring and recording to a gradebook), chat, bulletin board area, and a course glossary.
The Lead Faculty Group will purchase a license for 1500 students that will begin on Jan 1, 2000. Course development can begin now, in preparation for spring semester.
Please contact Rhonda Ficek (Instructional Technology) at 236-2339 or send e-mail to ficek@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu if you would like an account on this machine. The Student Technology Team will support the creation of your course environment and online tests.

The Academic Policy Advisory Council is scheduled Tuesday, November 2 at 3:30 p.m., Comstock Room (CMU 101).
AGENDA
1. Speech Communications & Theatre Arts
a. New Courses:
SPCH 333: Movement for the Actor (3 cr.)
SPCH 334: Voice for the Actor (3 cr.)
b. Dropping the Course: SPCH 332: Movement & Voice for the Actor (3 cr.)
2. Sociology and Criminal Justice
Changes in the Gerontology Major
a. Add the Health Services Administration major as a choice in the Gerontology Discipline Concentration
b. Changes to Political Science Section of the Gerontology Discipline Concentration
c. Changes to Gerontology Elective
3. School Psychology Program
Change in credit requirement for both the Master's and the Specialist degrees in School Psychology to a minimum of 30 credits each, with students required to earn a total across both degrees of at least 61 semester credits.

VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Qualifications: A Ph.D. in mathematics or statistics is required. Preference will be given to candidates qualified to teach courses in upper division undergraduate statistics, numerical analysis or mathematical modeling. Preference will also be given to candidates with successful college teaching experience.
Responsibilities: Duties include teaching undergraduate mathematics courses, advising students, service to the university, and maintaining an appropriate level of professional activity. The teaching load is twelve hours per semester.
Apply to: Don Mattson, Chair, Mathematics Department, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. 56563, (218) 236-2274; fax number: (218) 236-2168; e-mail: mattson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
Position:  Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Qualifications: A Ph.D. or Ed.D. in mathematics education is strongly preferred. Substantial progress toward a terminal degree is required. Eligibility for licensure at some level K-12 and good communication skills are required. Preference will be given to candidates with evidence of successful teaching at the K-12 and college level. Interest or experience in teaching a mathematics methods course and evidence of ability to work effectively as a member of a teaching team are desired.
Responsibilities: Duties include teaching mathematics education methods and content courses and undergraduate mathematics courses. Other responsibilities include advising students, developing in-service workshops, service to the university and maintaining an appropriate level of professional activity. The teaching load is twelve hours per semester, which may include supervising student teachers.
Apply to: Don Mattson, Chair, Mathematics Department, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. 56563, (218) 236-2274; fax number: (218)236-2168 ; e-mail: mattson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

Position: Chemistry
Qualifications:  Required: Ph.D. in Chemistry by the day employment begins for this position. A commitment to excellence in teaching; A commitment to excellence in mentoring undergraduate research. Preferred: Prior teaching experience, prior experience mentoring undergraduate research. Post-doctoral research experience. Demonstrated record of scholarly achievement.
Responsibilities: This is a regular faculty appointment with usual teaching and auxiliary responsibilities in a seven-member department. The teaching responsibilities will include: Teaching lower division chemistry courses, teaching lower division chemistry laboratory courses, teaching upper division chemistry course(s) in the applicant’s area of specialty, teaching upper division chemistry laboratory course (s) in the applicant’s area of specialty, mentoring undergraduate chemistry research. The normal teaching load is twelve hours.
Other duties may include scholarly achievement, continuing preparation, contribution to student growth, advising, committees, and services to the university and community.
Apply to: Chair, Chemistry Search Committee, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: Craig Jasperse, (218) 236-2230; FAX: (218)236-2137; jasperse@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

 MISCELLANEA
* Brian G. Smith, EECE, gave a classroom assessment workshop at Fergus Falls Community College titled "Classroom Assessment: Revealing the Truth About Students." In attendance were about a dozen mid-career nursing faculty from around the state of Minnesota. Topics covered at the workshop were issues such as critical thinking assessment in item writing, essay commentary techniques, and philosophical factors for final grade planning. The workshop received excellent evaluations from the participants.
* Rhonda Ficek, Instructional Technology, attended the League for Innovation Conference in Chicago on October 20-23.
* On Saturday, October 30th, Phillip Baumann, Andrew Conteh, Paul Kramer, and James Danielson attended the annual conference of the Minnesota State Political Science Association at St. Cloud State University. The conference featured panels on  three different topics---the Balkans, unicameral legislatures, and third party politics/personalities. MnPSA membership is open to all the political scientists in the state. Danielson is currently serving a two-year term as President of the Association.
* Jim Kaplan, languages, has been appointed to the steering committee of MnSCU’s Center for Teaching and Learning. Kaplan has served for the last two years on CTL’s Conference Planning Committee.
* SuEllen Shaw, Write Site, and writing tutors Erin Lund, Andrea Paxton, and Tiffany Zimmerman attended the 12th annual Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference in Springfield, MO, October 29 & 30. They conducted a workshop on "Metaphor and the Writing Center: Fairy Godmother or Super Hero?" Shaw was elected to the Midwest Writing Centers Association Board. The tutors’ attendance was financially supported by President Barden’s discretionary fund, the Alumni Association, and the Student Activities Budget Committee.
* The Write Site, Lommen 95, will host an Open House on Wednesday November 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please stop in to see your writing center, to have questions answered about Write Site procedures, and to share in the refreshments.
* Larry L. Witherell, history, attended the Silver Anniversary Meeting of the Western Conference on British Studies in Tucson (Oct. 28-30), of which he is an officer and where he served as a commentator on twentieth century Britain. He was also elected President of the WCBS for 2000-2002. The WCBS is one of the largest societies of scholars on British, Celtic, and Imperial history, politics, literature, arts and culture, and includes members from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. It will meet in Denver in Oct. 2000. Witherell writes on Labour and Conservative Party politics, and last year published "Rebel on the Right: Henry Page Croft and the Crisis of British Conservatism, 1903-1914" (London: Associated University Presses).
* Mark Chekola, philosophy, gave a lecture titled "Pretending to Be What You’re Not: Moral Dimensions of Passing" at University College of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on October 26. It was jointly sponsored by the Philosophy and Politics Department and the Pride Network (the campus gay and lesbian organization).

CLASSIFIED
For Rent: Four bedroom house on south 18th street Fargo, Cheap! Available 2nd semester, January through June. Call Sandy Pearce X3600 or evenings 234-9914
For Rent: 2 Bedroom Garden level apt. $395. Heat and all utilities paid, one mile from campus in North Moorhead. Pet negotiable. Off street parking. 236-5943.
For Sale by Owner: 515 So 9th St., Moorhead. 1919 quality construction: brick, lots of beautiful interior wood and glass. Full 2 story, 4 bedroom. $130K. x-2041 or 233-7715.