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Columns::January 14, 2002
UGA Guide
‘Silent Spring’ turns 40
By Darrell Morrison
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s influential and important book Silent Spring. In that book, Carson alerted the world to the dangers of chemical pesticides and, as a result, she is recognized as arguably the most important environmentalist of the 20th century.
In celebration of that anniversary, and of the formation of the new College of Environment and Design at UGA, Kaiulani Lee’s one-woman play A Sense of Wonder will be presented in the Chapel at 8 p.m. Jan. 17. Lee, above, will portray Carson during the last year of her life, as the controversy over Silent Spring continued to swirl around her. The performance is free and open to the public.
Lee has starred in more than a dozen plays on and off Broadway, has been nominated for the Drama Desk Award on Broadway, and has won the OBIE Award for Outstanding Achievement off-Broadway. She created A Sense of Wonder (also the title of one of Carson’s books) with the help and guidance of many of Carson’s friends and colleagues and with permission of the Rachel Carson estate.
Carson’s biographer and editor for many years, Paul Brooks, writes of Kaiulani Lee’s performance: “This is the Rachel I knew, brought to life with almost uncanny skill and understanding . . . a perfect introduction to one of the most influential women of our time.”
Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Inspired Tradition: An Exhibit of Byzantine Iconography. Through Jan. 17. Main gallery, visual arts building. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-7011.
Inspired Tradition presents the Byzantine icons painted by Father Anthony Salzman, the pastor of St. Philothea Greek Orthodox Church in Athens. Father Anthony has been painting icons for churches and individuals around the country for the last 14 years, using the ancient techniques and traditions. He uses the media of egg tempera and gold gilding.
Icon is a Greek word that means “image.” The icon is an artistic and spiritual representation of salvation history, depicting Christ, Mary, Old Testament events and scenes from the life of Christ and the saints.
The sacred art of iconography is used in worship to bring the viewer into the presence of God. The artist attempts to capture a transcendent reality where the material and spiritual meet. Father Anthony explains that icons “were among the first pieces of Christian religious art, and their spiritual nature had a practical purpose in the life of the faithful. It is said that icons were the Bible of the illiterate. They called them windows into heaven.”
Scott Belville/Judy Jones: Paintings. Studio 2 Gallery, 257 W. Broad St. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
Impact: New Faculty in the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, and digital media by nine new faculty members. Through Feb. 3. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Maps and Arts of the Savannah River Valley . Through Feb. 3. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the first Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, “The Savannah River Valley to 1865: Fine Arts, Architecture, and Decorative Arts,” which is scheduled for Jan. 25-26.
The exhibition includes rare 18th- and 19th-century maps of Georgia and South Carolina from the museum’s collection, as well as the collection of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at UGA. The maps illustrate the developing geographic understanding of the region and document the increasing presence of European settlers along the Savannah River.
From Russia with Love. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Local photographers Matt Billings, Sean Rawls and Chris Rogers shot the photos in this exhibition using the Lomo Russian spy camera. The results are vivid and colorful.
Monday, January 14
Evolutionary Biology Lecture.
“The Deep History of Life.” Andrew Knoll, Harvard University. 11:10 a.m. C127 life sciences building. Sponsored by department of botany. 542-1417.
Knoll, who is Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University, will deliver the inaugural lecture for the 2002 Winter Evolutionary Biology Lecture Series at the University of Georgia. The theme of this year’s series is “Deep Time.”
Recently named one of Time magazine’s “Best in Science and Medicine,” Knoll is an authority on the Earth’s earliest biological and environmental evolution.
“Andy Knoll has been a pioneer in understanding the earliest history of life on our planet, particularly in explaining the veritable explosion of multicellular life more than 500 million years ago,” says Rodney Mauricio, assistant professor of genetics at UGA and co-organizer of the lecture series. “I can’t think of a more appropriate speaker to kick off a lecture series on deep evolutionary history.”
Blood Drive.
1-6 p.m. Rooms K-L, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Continues Jan. 15. Conducted by East Georgia Chapter, American Red Cross; sponsored by finance and administration. 583-0657.
IBR Seminar.
“Stability and Change in Depressive Symptoms Over Time: Evidence from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study.” Adam Davey (child and family development). 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.
Tuesday, January 15
Blood Drive.
1-6 p.m. Rooms K-L, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Conducted by East Georgia Chapter, American Red Cross; sponsored by finance and administration. 583-0657.
There is an urgent need for blood. All types are needed, especially O positive and negative and B negative.
Teleconference/Webcast.
“Looking Back to the Future: Collaboration and Convergence in International Distance Education.” 3:30 p.m. Room A, Georgia Center for Continuing Education; 303 journalism building; OISD videoconference room; University Cablevision channel 16; Webcast: csumb.edu/ready2net/. Sponsored by Office of Instructional Support and Development. 542-1582.
Distance learning has expanded globally--with some countries more advanced than others. What can we learn from the current and future efforts of campus and corporate providers outside of North America? Which projects are successfully overcoming the real demise of boundaries? The demand for relevant content, real-time processes, and certification courseware is exploding. Where are we heading in the globalization of e-learning and what really works for the global learner?
Kenneth C. Green of the Campus Computing Project will host. Speakers are Evan Dobelle, president, University of Hawaii; Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research; Sally Johnstone, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications; Hae Okimoto, University of Hawaii; David Lassner, University of Hawaii; and Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO.
Wednesday, January 16
Garden Story Hour.
For children ages 2-5 and their parent-helpers. 10-11 a.m. State Botanical Garden. Pre-registration required. 542-1244.
Lunch-in-Theory.
“Discourse Networks 1881: Walt Whitman, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Assassination of President Garfield.” Richard Menke, English. 12:20 p.m. 410 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Engineering Seminar.
“Systems Engineering Approach to Fresh-Produce Marketing.” Donald Lynd. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Driftmier Engineering Center conference room. Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering. 542-0866.
Center for Research on Behavioral Health and Human Services Delivery Colloquium.
“Supports for Counseling in Cyberspace: A Presentation and Live Demonstration of Behavioral E-Health Strategies.” Todd Foster, BeBetter Networks. 2 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.
Increasing numbers of mental health professionals are employing computer-based interactive technology to deliver their services, either exclusively or as an adjunct to their traditional practices. Employers are embracing this technology as a convenient way to increase employee productivity and retention.
This presentation will discuss the ramifications, providing an historical perspective to “behavioral e-health” and an examination and critique of the modalities currently employed, including e-mail, chat and video. Clinical efficacy, ethics and security will also be addressed, as well as future impact on mental health professionals and those who train them.
Men’s Basketball.
vs. Alabama. 8 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Art exhibition.
Muirhead Bone. Through March 17. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
Prominent Scottish printmaker and member of the Glasgow school, Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) is best known as an etcher and drypoint engraver of architectural subjects. By the late 19th century, he had produced a series of picturesque views of his native Glasgow. After moving to London in 1901, he was commissioned by the British government to create visual documents of both world wars. In 1923 Bone visited New York City, where he mingled with prominent intellectuals, publishers, bankers, and philanthropists, recording their portraits with vivid clarity and technical skill.
This exhibition of approximately 90 works from the collection of S. William Pelletier will feature drypoints and engravings in various stages, including studies, several states, and final prints. Pelletier, a UGA chemist and a print collector, has been collecting, studying and preserving works on paper by Muirhead Bone for more than 25 years.
Thursday, January 17
State of the University Address.
3:30 p.m. Chapel. 542-8090. Webcast: www.uga.edu/news.
Lecture.
“ ‘Oh, I Wish I Was in the Land of Cotton’: Dixie Myths and Down-Home Realities in Post-Migration African-American Art.” Joyce Robinson, Palmer Museum of Art. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Theater.
A Sense of Wonder, by Kaiulani Lee. 8 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology and School of Environmental Design. 542-8292. See story above.
Friday, January 18
Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted this week by Student Union of China; sponsored by International Student Life Office. 542-5867.
Women’s Studies Noon Speaker.
“Sexual Assault: From Discussion to Activism.” Sayge Medlin, Athens Rape Crisis Center. 12:20 p.m. 139 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.
Global Village Lecture.
“Women and Islam.” Marcia K. Hermansen, Loyola University-Chicago. 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Friday Tour.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History, natural history building. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-1663.
Tour lasts approximately one hour and is free and open to the public. The tour group size is limited, so groups larger than eight should call in advance. Tours are not recommended for children under the age of five.
Women’s Tennis.
Georgia Invitational. Through Jan. 21. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Saturday, January 19
Women’s Swimming and Diving.
vs. SMU. Gabrielsen Natatorium, Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Saturday Discovery.
“Hibernation”: for 1st and 2nd graders. “Camouflage and other Adaptations”: for 3rd-5th graders. $5; advance registration required. 9-11:30 a.m. Natural history building. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-1663.
Sunday, January 20
Women’s Basketball.
vs. Vanderbilt. 2:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Monday, January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
No classes; UGA offices closed.
Art exhibition.
Challenge to Change. Through Jan. 31. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
This exhibit is offered in conjunction with the celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Photos and memorabilia from the integration of UGA in the 1960s will be on display.
Tuesday, January 22
Science Library Orientation.
11-11:50 a.m. Science library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0696.
Visiting Artist Lecture.
Carl Chiarenza. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
An artist, art historian and critic, Chiarenza is the Fanny Knapp Allen Professor Emeritus of Art History and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Rochester. His photographs have been seen in more than 70 one-person exhibitions and in more than 200 invitational group exhibitions since 1957. His works are in numerous public and private collections.
Chiarenza will give a second public lecture on Jan. 24.
1900+ Concert.
“Music from Paris.” 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Many composers, French and of other nationalities, have worked in Paris. This concert presents works by two Frenchmen, an American and a Russian.
Erik Satie embodies the avant-garde, bohemian Parisian spirit of the 1880s to the early 1920s. The concert will open with his lyrical and quirky piano duo “Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear,” performed by junior piano performance majors Amy Nelson and Carter McMullen.
Three graduate students--pianists Lydia Wu and Joanna Kim and soprano Jennifer Ford--join forces with tenor Gregory Broughton from the School of Music faculty for “Four Dialogues” by Ned Rorem. In this “cantata” on texts by Frank O’Hara, boy meets girl on the subway.
Igor Stravinsky’s Duo Concertant is intended as an Apollonian homage to the bucolic poets of antiquity. It will be performed by Sara Lee, violin, and Mark Polesky, piano.
The concert will close with two études (XI and XII) by Maurice Ohana, “Mingled Sounds” and “Imitations-Dialogues,” in which a battery of percussion instruments are controlled by one performer (Matthew Weyer) with assistance from the piano (Mark Polesky).
The performers will present a concert preview an hour before the concert begins.
Coming up
Native Plant Symposium.
“Wildflowers, Natives, and Water Conservation.” $20 ($18 members). Jan. 23, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
CHA Provocative Conversation.
“Biomedical Ethics.” David Puett, biochemistry and molecular biology, will lead the roundtable discussion with Brad Bassler, philosophy; Victoria Davion, philosophy; John McDonald, genetics; and Steve Stice, animal science. Jan. 23, 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Forte concert.
Koresh Dance Company. $10-$12 ($5-7 students), available at cashier’s desk, Tate Student Center, open weekdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (542-8074). Jan. 23, 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Charter Lecture.
“The Problem of Peace in the Midst of War: 1863-1865.” James M. McPherson, Princeton University. Jan. 24, 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-0015.
Concert.
BBC Concert Orchestra of London, $35-$39 (half-price students). Jan. 24, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Music Series I.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.
Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts.
“The Savannah River Valley of 1735-1865: Fine Arts, Architecture, and Decorative Arts.” Jan. 25-26. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-0463.
Ecology Graduate Student Symposium.
Sessions begin each day at 9 a.m. Jan. 25-26. Ecology auditorium. 542-6013.
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