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November 9 , 2001 - Vol. 54, No. 23

NEW ART EXHIBITION OPENS TONIGHT

The opening reception for a two-person exhibition featuring the sculptures of Mo Neal and the paintings of Liz Ward will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight (Friday, Nov. 9) in the Anderson Gallery in the Harmon Fine Arts Center. The reception is free and open to the public.

Neal and Ward will discuss their work in a Gallery Talk preceding the reception. Neal will speak at 3:45 p.m. and Ward will follow immediately at 4:15 p.m.

Neal's kinetic (moving) sculptures deal with her obsessions about her own body and with its relationship to the earth, time and sexuality. Ward's two-dimensional work explores nature's complex patterns when responding to different forces (i.e. the force of a stone dropped on water creating concentric circles).

The exhibition will continue through Dec. 16. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL NIGHT TONIGHT

Drake will celebrate Prism: International Night 2001 at 7 p.m. tonight (Friday, Nov. 9) in Sheslow Auditorium. A cultural showcase of song and dance will begin at 7 p.m. A food festival will follow at approximately 8:30 p.m. in Parents Hall at Olmsted Center. International Night will conclude with a semi-formal dance at 10 p.m. in Olmsted Center.

Tickets are $10 for the entire evening or $7 for the cultural showcase only. Tickets are on sale at Olmsted Center today and may be available at the door as well.
BUCKSBAUM LECTURE SET FOR MONDAY

Television journalist and former White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers will give the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in the Drake Knapp Center. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled "The Aftermath of September 11th." A reception and book-signing will follow.

Moyers will be joined by Martin E. Marty, an expert on religious fundamentalism and one of the most respected church scholars in the country. They will examine the events of Sept. 11 from both a national and global perspective, focusing specifically on how religious fundamentalism combines with politics to create an environment for radical thought and destructive action.

Marty is the Fairfax Cone distinguished service professor emeritus at the University of Chicago where the university established the Martin Marty Center in its Divinity School in his honor. This will be the second time that Marty has participated in a Bucksbaum Lecture. Last March he and Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee gave a joint "conversation lecture" on religious issues.

Monday's lecture will be moderated by James Autry, an author, consultant and former Meredith Corp. executive whose work has had a significant influence on leadership thinking. His book, Love and Profit, the Art of Caring Leadership, won the Johnson Smith & Knisely Award as the book that had the most impact on executive thinking in 1992.

In addition to the lecture, there will be "An Informal Conversation with Bill Moyers" at 2 p.m. Monday in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Reservations are required for that event. For reservations, send an e-mail message to susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.

Marty will give another lecture in Des Moines later this month. He will present the Fingerman Memorial Lecture in Levitt Auditorium at the Des Moines Art Center at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. He will discuss the apocalypse and contemporary culture in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Apocalypse: Prophecies and Visions." The lecture is free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, call 277-4405.
STAFF COMPENSATION STUDY ADVANCES

The first stage of the University staff compensation study is nearly complete. During this stage, non-bargaining non-faculty employees completed a job duties questionnaire, broadly describing position duties and requirements.

"We are very pleased with the nearly 95 percent participation rate in the completion of a job duties questionnaire," said Venessa Macro, director of human resources.

During the next few weeks, individual managers will have the opportunity to review the compiled results from the questionnaire. "The information from the questionnaire provides a uniform way of describing functions and organizing data surrounding more than 430 positions," Macro said. "This is important as we work with our consultants, the HR Advisory Group and the President's Cabinet to design a pay classification structure."

The staff compensation study remains on schedule, with a set of recommendations scheduled for release in spring 2002.
GLOBAL TEACHING PRESENTATION SET FOR FRIDAY

Three faculty members in the School of Education will share their insights on teaching in other parts of the world during a Global Teaching Presentation at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, in room 214 of the School of Education.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the session, which is titled "Reflections and Refreshments."
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ART CLUB LAUNCHES CRANES FOR PEACE PROJECT

TDrake University's Art Club is working to create a visual response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Club members are organizing individuals to fold squares of paper into cranes as a symbol of their desire for peace. Their goal is to enlist the help of the campus community to fold 1,000 paper cranes by Thanksgiving break.The cranes will then be strung together and hung in Olmsted Center. "If the project is successful, we may even send them off to the memorials in New York City," said Art Club President Alesha Hartin. "This is a positive and peaceful response to what is happening in our world, and this is a fun and colorful way of relaying such as response."

Supplies and instructions for making the cranes are available in the Student Life Center and at the front desks of residence halls. Finished cranes should be delivered to the SLC office.

Campus groups that would like to have an Art Club member demonstrate how to fold the cranes should contact Hartin at x3626 or sumerdaisy@aol.com or Dede Manley at 277-8187 or <dedeatsea@hotmail.com>dedeatsea@hotmail.com.
TKE FRATERNITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA

To raise money for Special Olympics Iowa, the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Drake will host the second annual TKE Jail'n Bail from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15.

Local celebrities and Drake leaders will be placed in a makeshift jail cell inside the Student Lounge on the first floor of Olmsted Center, where donations will be accepted to free "locked-up" individuals.

All proceeds will be used to benefit Special Olympics Iowa. For more information, contact Andy Gerlt at TKE at 778-8924 or Chuck Reed at Special Olympics Iowa at 267-0131.

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