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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Recess. Through Oct. 24. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.

Masters of Their Craft: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Through Nov. 13. • Creativity: The Flowering Tornado. Through Jan. 4. • Conversion to Modernism: The Early Works of Man Ray. Through Nov. 30. • State of the Art: A Selection of American Art Acquisitions, 2000-2003. Through Nov. 30. 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.

Exhibits.
Books published by Arte Público Press. Through Oct. 31. Main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. robertaf@uga.edu.

Preserving Memory: America’s Monumental Legacy. Through Oct. 31. Circle Gallery, ground floor, Caldwell Hall (open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., weekdays). Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8293.

University Theatre.
Marisol by Jose Rivera. 8 p.m. Oct. 21-24. Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building. Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2838 (box office open noon-5 p.m. weekdays).

Flu Shot Walk-In Clinic.
Tuesdays through Fridays, 1-4:30 p.m, for students ($10), faculty ($15), faculty emeriti ($15) and staff ($15). (Appointments also available: Monday through Friday, 542-5575.) University Health Center. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-5575.

Monday, October 20
Richard B. Russell Symposium.
“The WMD Threat to the American Homeland.” 9 a.m.-noon. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Center for International Trade and Security. 542-2985.

Homecoming Kickoff.
Games, music, food. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tate Plaza. Sponsored by Student Activities. www.uga.edu/homecoming.

Center for Research on Behavioral Health and Human Services Delivery Seminar.
“Pathological Gambling.” Ken Winters, University of Minnesota. 3 p.m. 142 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.

Hypnotist.
Dale K. 8 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. Sponsored by Student Activities. www.uga.edu/homecoming.

Tuesday, October 21
Art Exhibition.
Midsummer Night’s Dream. Through Nov. 7. Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.
Rollins’s collective art uses pages from pertinent literary classics, often laid side by side on canvas, as the ground for paintings that relate the text to art. The artist will work in the gallery, collaborating with students to create an in-process work from the pages of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Viewers will be able to witness the working process, something that Rollins feels will enhance the experience of the exhibition.

IHDD Core Seminar on Disability.
“Early Intervention.” Mary Rugg. 10 a.m.-noon. River’s Crossing Building, 850 College Station Rd. Sponsored by Institute on Human Development and Disability. 542-1290.

CHA Lecture.
“The Jew in Cinema: From The Golem to Don’t Touch My Holocaust.” Omer Bartov, Brown University. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Bartov, who is Distinguished Professor of European History and professor of history and German studies at Brown, will be at UGA the week of Oct. 20.
He is most recently the author of Germany’s War and the Holocaust: Disputed Histories and has also written and edited several other books dealing with the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. He is a recipient of the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History for Murder in Our Midst.

Lecture.
“Making Sense of the New World Disorder.” John Mroz, EastWest Institute. 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Public Service and Outreach. jdeprima@uga.edu.
Mroz, founder and president of the EastWest Institute in New York, is on campus for a day of seminars and roundtable

John Mroz

discussions with students and faculty that will conclude with a free public lecture in the Chapel at 4 p.m. Oct. 21.
EWI is an independent non-profit international organization that works to help build fair, prosperous and peaceful civil societies in Eurasia. Since 1981 EWI staff have operated long-term projects intended to establish trust and understanding and reduce tensions from Eurasia to the transatlantic region, using a unique network of private and public sector leaders in more than 40 nations. EWI’s initial mission was devoted to reducing the hostilities of the Cold War.
Mroz’s visit will begin with a roundtable discussion with faculty from various units, including the School of Public and International Affairs and the Vinson Institute of Government, during which they will discuss possible collaborative projects between UGA and EWI. This discussion will be followed by “Russia, Europe and America,” a colloquium for faculty and students.
In the afternoon, Mroz will meet with honor students in Gary Bertsch’s course on problems of the post-Communism era. The day will conclude at the Chapel with a public lecture, entitled “Making Sense of the New World Disorder.” The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. and will be followed by a brief reception.

Visiting Artist Lecture.
Tim Rollins. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-4662.

Reel-to-Reel Film Series.
“Indecision ’96,” “So You Want to Be President” and The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing. 7 p.m. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Vinson Institute of Government. 542-6221.

Wednesday, October 22
CHA Lecture.
“Modern Genocide and Other Crimes against Humanity.” Omer Bartov, Brown University. 12:10 p.m. 101 LeConte Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966. See Oct. 21 lecture listing for background.

Sociology Lecture.
“How Whites Construct Race.” Charles Gallagher, Georgia State University. 3:30-5 p.m. 114A Baldwin Hall. Sponsored by sociology department. 583-8071.

Genetics Seminar.
“The Actin Family of Arabidopsis.” Muthugapatti Kandasamy, genetics. 4 p.m. C127 life sciences building. Sponsored by genetics department. 542-1441.

Open Mike with Mike.
Students can discuss their concerns with the president. 4 p.m. Tate Student Center. Sponsored by President’s Office. 542-1214.

ArtBeat.
Shelley Zuraw, art history, on Renaissance and baroque prints from the museum’s collections. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies. 5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Latin American Film Festival.
Historias mínimas (Argentina, 2002). 7 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by CLACS. 542-4662.

Thursday, October 23
Flu Shot Clinic.
$15 ($10 students) payable by cash or check only. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Student Learning Center. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-5575.

Vinson Research Seminar.
“Common Factors in Disasters, New and Old.” Barbara Neuby, Kennesaw State University. 11 a.m. Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Institute of Government. 542-2288.

Forest Resources Colloquium.
Lonnie Williamson, Wildlife Management Institute. 3:30 p.m. Forest resources auditorium. Sponsored by School of Forest Resources. 542-6819.

University Council Meeting.
3:30 p.m. 102 Student Learning Center.

Methods and Models Seminar.
“Why Are So Few Researchers Making Use of SEM” and “Opportunities for Improving Consumer Research through LVSEM.” 1:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Dawgtoberfest.
3:30-6:30 p.m. Brooks Mall between pharmacy and forest resources. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-5328.
The College of Pharmacy is celebrating National Pharmacy Day with “Dawgtoberfest: Rx for Good Health.” The event, sponsored by the Academy of Students of Pharmacy, will include a health fair and a musical performance. T-shirts and other prizes will be given away.
Faculty and students in the college’s Wellness Clinic will perform free body-fat analyses, diabetes assessments and blood pressure checks. In addition, flu ($15) and tetanus ($20) immunizations, as well as information on meningitis vaccinations, will be available.
Dawgtoberfest is free and open to the public. Participants are welcome to bring blankets, Frisbees, family and friends, and their supper--to relax on the lawn and listen to music. Light refreshments of cookies and lemonade will be provided.

Q&A Session.
Gary Gildner. 4 p.m. 261 Park Hall. Sponsored by the Georgia Review. scorey@uga.edu.
Gildner, award-winning author of 18 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, returns to Athens to read from and discuss his poems during two appearances. He will begin with a question-and-answer session on writing and publishing. Then, at 7:30 p.m. at Tasty World (corner of Broad and Jackson streets downtown), he will read from his poetry and sign books.
Gildner, who currently lives on a ranch in Idaho’s Clearwater Mountains, last read in Athens in 1987. At that time he, Lee K. Abbott, and Mary Hood read short stories to celebrate the Georgia Review’s 40th anniversary and that journal’s winning of the 1986 National Magazine Award in Fiction--an award earned with work by those three writers.
Gildner’s many published volumes include Blue like the Heavens: New and Selected Poems, A Week in South Dakota (short stories), The Second Bridge (a novel), The Bunker in the Parsley Fields (winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize), and The Warsaw Sparks, a memoir about coaching a baseball team in Communist Poland. His latest work is My Grandfather’s Book: Generations of an American Family (Michigan State University Press, 2002), a memoir about Gildner’s Polish ancestry and a Foreword Magazine selection as one of the top 10 university press books of the year.

Verse Festival: Poetry Readings.
Richard Meier and Matthew Zapruder. 4:30 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by English department. 542-2659.
Meier is the author of Terrain Vague, winner of the 2001 Verse Prize. Zapruder is the author of American Linden; his poems have appeared in such magazines as Boston Review, Fence, the Harvard Review and the New Yorker.

Romance Languages Colloquium.
“Francophone and Transatlantic Studies: The Necessity of Redefining Disciplinary Boundaries.” Leslie Feracho, Jean-Pierre Piriou and Elizabeth Wright. 5-6 p.m. 320 Gilbert Hall. Sponsored by department of Romance languages. 542-1607.

Art History Lecture.
Beatriz Colomina. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Colomina is an associate professor at the School of Architecture at Princeton University. She has written extensively on questions of architecture and modern institutions of representation, especially the printed media, photography, advertising, film and TV.

Verse Festival: Poetry Readings.
Mary Jo Bang and Timothy Donnelly. 6 p.m. Flicker Theater, 263 W. Washington St., downtown. Sponsored by English department. 542-2659.
Bang is the author of three books of poetry, including The Downstream Extremity of the Isle of Swans from UGA Press and Louise in Love from Grove Press; she was the recipient of the 1996 Bakeless Prize and teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. Donnelly is the author of Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit from Grove Press; he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in English at Princeton University.

Screening.
Americanos: Latino Life in the U.S. 7 p.m. Main auditorium, Athens-Clarke County Public Library, 2025 Baxter St. Sponsored by Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. 583-0212.

CHA Lecture.
“Motivation in War and Genocide: Social and Ideological Factors.” Omer Bartov, Brown University. 7 p.m. Brumby Hall Rotunda. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966. See Oct. 21 lecture listing for background.

Photography Lecture.
“Extraordinary Images.” Sam Abell, Karen Kasmauski and Emory Kristof, National Geographic Society. 7-8:30 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-5038.

Poetry Reading.
Gary Gildner. 7:30 p.m. Tasty World (corner of Broad and Jackson streets downtown). Sponsored by the Georgia Review. scorey@uga.edu.

Archaeology Lecture.
“The Predecessors of the Parthenon.” Manolis Korres, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. 7:30 p.m. 117 visual arts building. Sponsored by Athens Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. 542-3839.

Ballet.

Stanley Zompakos

Simple Symphony, choreographed by Stanley Zompakos and performed by UGA Ballet Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. Sponsored by dance department. 542-4432.
Zompakos, ballet director, choreographer and instructor, returns to Athens for a residency with the UGA dance department in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the UGA Ballet Ensemble and the 30th anniversary of the Athens Ballet Theatre. As founding artistic director of the Athens Ballet Theatre from 1974 to 1984, Zompakos was instructor, choreographer and mentor to many Athenians.
Athens Ballet Theatre debuted Zompakos’s Simple Symphony in 1981. On Oct. 23 the work will be performed by the UGA Ballet Ensemble, Ensemble alumni and a guest professional from Southeast Atlantic Ballet, Peter Swan.

Dawg Rally.
Homecoming pep rally. 8-9 p.m. Legion Field. Sponsored by Student Activities. www.uga.edu/homecoming.

Glee Club Concert.
Women’s and Men’s Glee Clubs. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-2797.
The Women’s Glee Club with conductor Mitos Andaya will perform early music from Obrecht and Cozzolani, a romantic psalm setting by Brahms, and contemporary music of Michael Torke and Johnny Mercer.
The Men’s Glee Club, under conductor Allen Crowell, will perform Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody featuring soloist Beth Cooper, as well as music by Schubert and Lloyd Pfautsch with conducting graduate student Lauren Ringwall.

Observatory: Public Viewing.
8 p.m. UGA observatory, atop physics building. Sponsored by department of physics and astronomy. 542-7827.

Friday, October 24
Robert S. Mulliken Lecture.
“Relativity and Chemical Bonding.” Krishnan Balasubramanian, University of California-Davis. 11:15 a.m. 400 chemistry building. Sponsored by Center for Computational Chemistry. 542-0364.

International Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted this week by Taiwan Student Association; sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.

WSP Friday Speaker.
“Gender Reversal as a Strategy for Reading Biblical Narrative.” Emily Cheney, religion. 12:20 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2947.

Culture Workshop.
“Cicero for Social Scientists: Culture, Emotions and Strategy.” James Jasper, Princeton University. 3:30 p.m. 114A Baldwin Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 583-8071.

Lecture.
Buzz Monkey. Sam Hill. 4 p.m. 350 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. ddove@uga.edu.
Alumnus Sam Hill is author of Radical Marketing and 60 Trends in 60 Minutes. He will speak about his new novel, Buzz Monkey, which is set in the Athens area and contains characters who work for the university.

Friday Natural History Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children under five; tour group size is limited. 542-1663.

Verse Festival: Poetry Readings.
Dara Wier and James Tate. 4:30 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by English department. 542-2659.
Wier is the author of eight books of poetry, including Hat on a Pond from Verse Press, and has received fellowships from the NEA and Guggenheim Foundation.
Tate is the author of 15 books of poetry, most recently Memoir of the Hawk (HarperCollins). His Selected Poems received the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Worshipful Company of Fletchers won the 1994 National Book Award for Poetry. His first book, The Lost Pilot, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 1967. Tate edited The Best American Poetry 1997, and he has published a book of short stories, Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee.

Big Dawg Dance.
Food and dancing, 20-piece big band. Casual dress. $75, proceeds to music scholarships. 6 p.m. Classic Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Homecoming Parade.
6:30 p.m. Downtown. Sponsored by Student Activities. www.uga.edu/homecoming.

Volleyball.
vs. South Carolina. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-7954.

Homecoming Concert.
Busta Rhymes with Blackalicious. $20-$30 ($10-$20 UGA students with valid UGACard). 8 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Saturday, October 25
Garden Ramble.
Late season flowers and trees. Melissa Caspary. 9 a.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-0464.

Football.
Homecoming vs. Alabama-Birmingham. 1 p.m. Sanford Stadium. 542-1231.

25th Anniversary Celebration.
6:30 p.m. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-0464.
The Georgia Museum of Natural History is hosting Celebration, a gala event in honor of its 25th anniversary.

Sunday, October 26
Volleyball.
vs. Kentucky. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-7954.

Dance Concert.
Atlanta Ballet. $29-$34 (half-price students). 3 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Dance Festival Series). 542-4400. See story above.

Monday, October 27
Faculty Recital.
Jolene and William Davis, organ and bassoon. 8 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, downtown. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Coming up
University Chorus Concert.
Oct. 28, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Fall Break.
Oct. 30-31. No classes; university offices open.