Strategic Plan Update New Theatre Collaboration 2... 4... 2008 October TV Ad Campaign Returns 6...Stephen Rea to Visit Campus 7

A Day of Chinese Art click here Queens College Faculty & fyfyStaff News ii Keeping a Close Eye on the Budget Even before the seismic economic events year, and we have a several-million-dollar will have to be obtained through a cut- liorated by financial aid. With respect of recent weeks, the Queens College budget cut. back in hiring. Right now we have a hir- to the proposal recently floated to allow administration, prompted by earlier “Fortunately,” she continues, “we were ing pause. We don’t know how long that individual CUNY schools to determine announcements of cuts in the CUNY able to move some of the projects we will last. their own tuition rates, Cobb says, “I budget, was implementing measures to intended to do this year to last year so we “This year we need to protect the believe a rational tuition policy is very help minimize their effects—at least, in could take advantage of those reserves.” core mission, to make sure that our stu- much on the table. We don’t want to the short term. Going forward, Cobb expects to see dents’ education and our faculty’s sala- wait X number of years and then have “Last year we had a good budget, and substantial cuts in funding available for ries are not impacted. But other areas to do a substantial increase. That’s just we had some reserves,” says Kathy Cobb OTPS (other than personnel services) will be affected.” not right. The idea is to have modest, (VP Finance & Administration). “But spending. “We’ll also have to see some One area may be tuition. Any incremental increases.” those reserves are not available to us this personnel services reductions and that increase there, Cobb notes, can be ame- continued on page 3

At the Head of Their Classrooms incoming freshmen and transfers are not the only fresh faces on campus; nearly 50 faculty members are making their first Qc appearance this semester. Here are miniprofiles of four of these professors, one from each division.

Humanities newcomer MicHaeL neLson (art) specializes in Mycenaean art and archaeology. He earned his mas- ter’s degree and doctorate at the university of toronto; then he became an adjunct at a small liberal arts college in st. Paul, Minnesota. “a large east coast school was appealing to me, with its economic and ethnic diversity,” says nelson. a resident of Manhattan’s Yorkville neigh- A New Tradition for Freshmen borhood, he commutes by subway and bus to Qc, but Some 800 freshmen participated in the Jefferson Gateway Procession, the first exercise regularly travels farther with students on excavations and of what will become a QC tradition, when they entered campus en masse through the study abroad trips, which are critical to his research and new gateways leading to Jefferson Hall. They were then welcomed by Pres. James teaching. He’s already led trips in greece, italy, turkey, Muyskens and other officials. A similar ceremony, the Jefferson Gateway Recessional, nelson and israel. “i’m thinking now of Libya,” he says. will take place as part of future commencement exercises when graduating students will continued on page 2 leave campus through the same gates. “The journey,” says Muyskens, “takes students full circle, and they leave with far more than they brought.”

Classrooms from page 1 in the social sciences, aLeXander Bauer (anthro- pology) explores related academic territory. “i work in turkey, on the Black sea,” says Bauer, who studies cultural interactions in the area, going as far back as 5000 Bc. as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Cultural Property, an interdisciplinary academic journal, he also addresses present-day topics involving the treat- ment and ownership of artifacts. “i love teaching at the undergraduate level,” notes Bauer, who held positions at the university of Pennsylvania (where he got his Phd), African Adventure george Washington university, and Princeton university. On a trip this summer to Ethiopia to study baboons, QC biologist Stephane Boissinot (far “i enjoy teaching classes that aren’t necessarily the ones Bauer right) was accompanied by (l to r) Mahmoud (Guide at Bale National Park), Christine majors would take. if you take only one class outside Tuaillon (Nassau Community College), and QC students Pamela Sanchez, Ronald Fikes, your major, it should be anthropology.” Juliana Giraldo-Ramirez, and Lauren Alvarez.

asHaKi rouFF (earth & environmental sciences) is among 13 professors joining the Mathematics and natural sciences division. rouff holds a doctorate in geosciences from sunY stony Brook. she spent the last two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory for Strategic Plan Placing Emphasis on Community energy Materials at the Paul scherrer institute in swit- zerland, where she conducted high-temperature, high- The greater emphasis on community that “The Strategic Plan,” Bertolino pressure lab studies aimed at transforming biomass into President James Muyskens called for in observes, “gave us an opportunity to a source of clean-burning fuel. rouff’s first assignment the Strategic Plan can be seen coalesc- take a good look at ourselves, to set at Qc is teaching a graduate-level introductory course, ing in a number of changes taking place some benchmarks in comparison to Principles of environmental geochemistry. “i’m interested both on and around the Queens College other institutions, and to raise the stan- in outreach and working with underrepresented groups,” campus. dard of the services we provide for our she adds, noting that she feels at home in the multiethnic rouff A principal driver is the creation of students.” united states. The Summit, QC’s first student housing The college’s new Asian Initiatives complex, with an anticipated August program shows the academic side of encouraging the development of future scientists—partic- 2009 opening. QC’s focus on community. Its acting ularly among minority and immigrant students—is one of “The Strategic Plan has really laid the director, Marleen Kassel, says, “The the long-term goals of a new faculty member in education, groundwork for us to improve the stu- program is responsible for coordinating asHraF sHadY (eece). He has extensive experience with dent life of our campus and to continue existing Asia-related activities across public institutions: He got his doctorate in science education to create a campus that has a residential campus, and expanding and institution- at the cunY graduate center and logged 17 years with the feel,” says Joe Bertolino (VP Student alizing them.” And, noting the Flushing new York city department of education as a science teacher, Affairs). “We’ve now broken ground area’s large Asian population, she says, science coordinator, and science director. shady’s work for the residence hall; we’ve built a new “It will also forge stronger bonds and concerns ways to address the impact of race, class, ethnicity, fitness center, a recreation center, and a create greater visibility for the college and identity issues in science education. “science education is series of student lounges around campus. locally and in different Asian countries. not only about the delivery of content,” he explains. “unless We’ve also updated our dining facilities. “Queens College,” she continues, “is We’re creating warm welcoming spaces home to what is arguably the largest and shady you change the culture of the classroom, it’s impossible to get better results.” that meet not only students’ academic most comprehensive East Asian Studies needs but their social and personal needs program in the City University system. as well. continued on page 5

2 Budget from page 1 QC People Reflecting on the possible impact of the It is my pleasure to recent Wall Street upheavals, Cobb says, On April 26 MAGNUS O. BASSEY (Sec- be published by Princeton University “We all have to ask ourselves if we think the invite“ you to the annual ondary Ed.) presented a paper entitled Press). Selected this fall to be a Ful- city and state are going to be in a better or a Faculty and Staff Assembly “Service—Learning for Social Justice: bright Senior Specialist, Heilman will on Thursday, October 16 An Ongoing Research,” at the second give a series of lectures at Nanjing and worse position in terms of their revenue. The at 3:30 pm in LeFrak Concert Equity & Social Justice in Education Shanghai Universities in China as well New York economy is very dependent on Hall. At that time, awards will be Conference held at the Richard Stockton as at Kaifeng University . . . On Sept. the banks and financial services industries. presented for Innovative Teaching College of New Jersey . . . ZOE BELOFF 27 RICHARD MCCOY (English) appeared We have to think about how that’s going to (Media Studies) pre- as a noted Shakespeare scholar at the change next year.” Projects, Excellence in sented her second Classic Stage Company’s Prudence and caution are the watch- Teaching, Grant Winners, solo exhibition, The Saturday symposium fol- words, she says, concluding, “Next year is Entrepreneurship, Somnambulists, at lowing a 2 pm matinee going to be challenging.” outstanding CUNY Office Bellwether Gal- performance of Shake- Assistant, outstanding lery in Manhattan, speare’s The Tempest Focus on Private Funding HEO, and Office of the Sept. 6–Oct. 4. It’s starring Mandy Patinkin. Despite the gloomy economic prospects, Sue Year. We will introduce new faculty Henderson (VP Institutional Advancement) comprised of five With partial support and I will outline what we have Beloff, History of a hand-painted from the English Depart- notes some continuing bright spots for the Fixed Idea, 2008, accomplished over the past year miniature wooden ment’s Alumni Fund, 15 college. These include increased entrepre- stereoscopic HD video McCoy and speak about a few of the op- theatres into students from McCoy’s neurial activity among faculty and greater in color with sound portunities and challenges that lie which moving Shakespeare II course attended the success in fund-raising activities. images are projected. The installation performance and talk. McCoy, with the “Our alumni,” she says, “are apprecia- ahead. centers on the idea of literally staging support of an NEH fellowship, is writ- tive of the quality education they received the unconscious as a hysterical drama. ing a book on Faith in Shakespeare for the modest tuition they were charged. ” The exhibition is accompanied by the . . . EUGENIA PAULICELLI (Eur. Langs.) They realize that in order to maintain that publication of Beloff’s first book,The recently published two quality education, we have to rely more on Somnambulists: A Compendium of articles: “Mapping the private funding.” Source Material, made in collabora- World: The Political In proceeding this way, notes Henderson, tion with Christine Burgin Geography of Dress in “We’re just following in the pattern of most . . . JEFFREY HALPERIN’s (Psych.) stu- Cesare Vecellio’s Cos- other public institutions around the country dent Joey Trampush received an award tume Books” in the Ital- that have begun to rely more on their alumni to attend the 9th Annual Meeting of ianist, Vol. 28 (2008), and private funds or on the entrepreneurial the SUNY-ADHD Molecular Genetics and “Poetica e Politica activity of their faculty. Those things help Network, Dec. 2–10, in Sanibel Island, Paulicelli dello spazio nella scrit- enrich our programming.” Florida . . . SAMUEL HEILMAN (Sociolo- tura di Clara sereni” in Citing as an example of that enrichment gy) recently completed eight months as Athanor, n.11 (2007–08). She was also QC’s new Asian Initiatives program, she a fellow at the Institute invited to speak on “From the Sacred to for Advanced Studies at the Secular: The Gendered Geography says, “We use what we get from our fund- the Hebrew University of of Veils in Italian Cinquecento Fashion” raising each year to do a lot of seed funding. Jerusalem, where he was at the conference Accessorizing the Recently we’ve been able to endow the first part of a group work- Renaissance Body organized by NYU’s years of some endowed professorships. We’ve also used it to fund faculty who want to do ing on a “new history of Gallatin School Sept. 26, and on “Going A Job Well Done Hasidism.” During that Global: Italian Style and the Films of innovative things. This has allowed us to become more of a value-added institution.” Retiring Men’s and Women’s Soccer Heilman time he and a colleague Michelangelo Antonioni (1960–1966)” completed work on a at the international conference of But, again taking note of the budget cuts Coach Roby Young received an award social biography of Menachem Mendel fashion studies Interactions, organized and grim economic news, she concludes, “It at last June’s annual Sports Awards Schneerson, the Seventh Lubavitcher by the University of Stockholm, Oct. puts the pressure on us to be very diligent Dinner acknowledging his 15-year Rebbe, and his messianic movement (to continued on page 4 in going after both foundation grants and career, which included 106 wins. private donations.” 3 People from page 3 between early January and mid-March 3–4 . . . STEVE PEKAR (Earth & Env. Sci.) 2009 . . . CAROLINE RUPPRECHT (Comp. gave four talks this summer: one in Lit.) presented a paper on “Hiroshima St. Petersburg, Russia, at the Scientific mon amour and Uwe Johnson’s Jah- Committee for Antarctic restage” at the U.S. Cultural Studies Research meeting; two Association Meeting at NYU on May in Oslo, Norway, at the 22 . . . CHRISTA SPREIZER (Eur. Langs.) International Geological was an invited participant at the 4th Congress; and an in- Alumni Conference of the Round Table vited talk at Cambridge USA: Societies in Transition—Adjusting University in the UK. to Changing Global Environments held Pekar was recently one at Stanford University, June 26–28. Fel- Pekar of 26 scientists selected lows from over 30 key organizations from over 120 research- and foundations discussed the challeng- ers around the world by the integrated es posed by the ongoing process of glo- Ocean Drilling Program to participate balization and ways in which to improve as an onboard scientist on an oce- future German-American cooperation. anic research expedition to Antarctica

MFA in Creative Writing Begins Collaboration with Actors Company Theatre of New York CIty Dramatic developments are under way at faculty in poetry, fiction, and translation. Queens College. Building on the success of To complete the learning experience, 2,977 Reasons to Remember its master’s in fine arts program in creative members of TACT will help students move writing and literary translation, QC is their material from the page to the stage. That’s the number of lives lost in the worst attack ever on American soil on Sept. joining forces with The Actors Company Led by director/playwright Scott Alan Ev- 11, 2001. Samuel Hahn (above, right), president of the College Republicans, Theatre (TACT) of New York City. This ans and actors Cynthia Harris and Simon assisted by Jacob Solomon unique collaboration will allow emerging Jones, TACT is an ensemble of profes- (left), raised money to pay dramatists to have their scripts developed sional theatre artists with collective credits for the 2,977 flags that were and performed by members of an ac- in scores of Broadway shows, hundreds of placed on the Quad for this claimed off-Broadway troupe, one of the Off-Broadway plays, and over a thousand year’s observance of the at- few true repertory companies in the city. regional productions. Unique in its artistic tack. The Manhattan skyline Under the leadership of Obie-award- vision, TACT is, in the words of Evans, behind the pair still appears nominated playwright Richard Schotter dedicated to “creating theatre from its strangely incomplete without (English), winner of the Berman Prize in essence: the text and the actor’s ability to the familiar twin towers Playwriting, this curriculum offers the rare bring it to life.” of the World Trade Center. interplay of practical theatre experience The deadline for application to the Speaking at this year’s and intensive workshop training. “There’s program for the 2009–2010 academic year memorial event, Pres. James nothing more useful and exciting for a is February 15, 2009. For further infor- Muyskens observed, “We come here today to not talk young playwright than to see and hear his mation, visit the MFA Web site at www. about what is missing, but or her work performed by professional qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing and The what we have gained. . . . Take these tragedies as an opportunity to understand actors in a real-world theatrical setting,” Actors Company Theatre’s Web site at each other.” Sen. Frank Padavan (near left) presented Muyskens with a “Flag of notes Schotter. “And that’s what our part- www.tactnyc.org. Heroes” listing emergency service personnel who died on 9/11. nership with TACT will provide.” Students will also have the chance to cross genres and study with members of QC’s MFA

4 Strategic Plan from page 2 from renewable Three of the eight distinguished profes- materials, of sors on campus teach about Asia. The course—bearing the Asian Initiatives program is a logical sustainability logo. outgrowth of this unique aspect of Cobb says Queens College.” there may also be On October 15 the program will more bike racks present A Day of Chinese Art to coin- on campus in the cide with the opening of Meditation in future, thanks to Contemporary Chinese Landscape at the a city initiative to Godwin-Ternbach Museum (see article induce more people to reduce depen- at left). The day will feature “The White dence on carbon-emitting automobiles. Haired Girl: Chinese Revolutionary “I know Mayor Bloomberg is committed Ballet on Film,” a presentation and to having a bike-friendly city,” she says. discussion by Ling Guiming of the “Another initiative is carpooling soft- Shanghai Ballet at 12 noon in the Patio ware. There are some vendors who sup- Room of the Dining Hall. At 6 pm in ply software that matches people up with the Godwin-Ternbach, there will be a carpooling options.” Fish swim through an urban landscape in a video work by chin chih Yang. performance of Mountain/River/Ink/Lust Cobb notes that sustainability goals • three thousand, choreographed by Yin and requirements are also being factored Contemporary Chinese Landscapes at Mei (Dance). into the RFP for a new food service as the Godwin-Ternbach Museum QC’s participation in CUNY’s envi- current vendor’s contract has expired. Meditation in Contemporary Chinese their fundamental reverence for nature and ronmental initiative will become even The college’s ongoing efforts to Landscape, a special exhibition organized ecological harmony, which is so crucial for more of a community effort in the weeks “brand” itself in the minds of the public by the godwin-ternbach Museum and curat- global survival. additionally, the exhibition ahead, according to Kathy Cobb (VP also support the Strategic Plan’s empha- ed by Luchia Meihua Lee, features the work parallels Queens college’s newly launched Finance & Administration), director of sis on community. “Building on our of 12 chinese artists from taiwan, china, asian initiatives, which has been designed, the campus’s sustainability efforts. unique strengths to create a recognizable Malaysia, and the united states. it opens on in part, to develop and solidify our relation- “We’re going to launch a suggestion QC brand is an important way to foster october 15 and runs through december 6. ship with the asian community in Queens— campaign and give out prizes,” she says. unity and pride among faculty, staff, and Working in the media of painting, instal- the second largest in the u.s.—and pave the People who contribute ideas that can be students,” notes Maria Terrone (Asst. VP lation, video, and photography, these artists way for future collaboration.” used to help shrink QC’s carbon footprint Communications). capture the spirit of chinese landscape in Just as chinese landscapes are meant to will be rewarded with tote bags—made contemporary context, using today’s visual be true to nature but not pictorial, Meditation language and idioms. included is work invites the viewer to explore the art in detail, by Queens resident Zhang Hongtu, whose using imagination to supplement the work A Future QCer? politically charged painting was seized itself. in so doing, the viewer experiences by chinese customs officials and banned a kind of journey through the represented Pres. James Muyskens smiles as he from a Beijing exhibition during the recent scene. updating this practice for the cur- presents Councilwoman Melinda olympics. rent exhibition, the gallery space has been Katz’s son Carter with a Queens “this exhibition, at a time of china’s designed as an interactive environment, with College sweatshirt. Katz and her son were his guests at this year’s rising global influence, has multifaceted four stations or zones that simulate the jour- Homecoming festivities on Sept. objectives,” says godwin-ternbach director ney that viewers undergo by contemplating 21. The councilwoman was instru- amy Winter. “it will dynamically expose traditional chinese landscapes. mental in obtaining generous city our community to contemporary chinese the opening reception on october 15 will financial support for the complete art, a vital force in world art. it will edu- feature a special performance by choreog- renovation of QC’s softball field cate diverse audiences about traditional rapher Yin Mei (dance). For information on that was officially opened at chinese culture and its transformation by additional public events, visit www.qc.cuny. Homecoming (see photo p. 7). contemporary artists, giving insight into edu/godwin_ternbach.

5 TV Ad Campaign Last Spring Succeeds— Ad Will Reach More Homes This Month “Take the Q,” the college’s first-ever televi- the average number of calls coming into sion ad campaign that debuted March 31, the basic Admissions telephone number significantly increased telephone activity (x5600) increased by more than 50 percent to Admissions during its six-week broad- compared to a week in March before the cast on Time Warner and Cablevision net- ad was broadcast. In the fifth week of the works in New York City and Long Island. campaign, calls increased by 140 percent. The 30-second ad, which starred the The number of people who visited the college’s diverse students, greatly increased college’s Web site also increased during the awareness of QC. While the ad aired, same period. “Take the Q” began a new three-week run on October 6. An on-screen mes- sage has been added informing viewers that the college’s residence hall opens in August 2009. “To attract more potential students for The Summit, we’ve ex- panded our reach,” says Maria Terrone Making a Good Impression (Asst. VP Communications). “We’re now Yes, many of these neatly attired young men and women really are Queens College students— including the Hauppauge zone in Suf- putting on their best appearance and attitude as they shuttle between booths at a recent career folk County, which airs in an additional fair held on the fourth floor of the Student Union. It was an opportunity to meet representatives of 200,000 homes.” several prospective employers, leave a resume, and make a good impression.

QC in the media

Recent QC graduate JACQUELINE AIELLO, bar African American voters from par- PEKAR'S (EES) fall expedition with QC stu- Armstrong House Museum's acquisition of winner of a 2008–2009 Fulbright Fel- ticipating in the coming election. Reference dents to Antarctica was reported in the the Jack Bradley Collection of memorabilia lowship to study the American presence was made to Hacker’s Aug. 28 article in the Sept. 23 Daily News. . . GERRY SOLOMON . . . The Godwin-Ternbach Museum’s exhibi- in Naples, Italy, after World War II, was New York Review of Books, “Obama: The (Journalism) contributed tion of 56 images of mothers and children, interviewed in the Sept. Price of Being Black”. . . JESSICA HARRIS an article to Newsday’s Beggars and Choosers, was reviewed in the 17 edition of the Italian was featured Sept. 26 in the Chronicle of Sept. 4 Opinion section on Aug. 21 editions of the Queens Courier and magazine Oggi 7 . . . Higher Education’s Diversity Section the attributes of a good Queens Chronicle, and the Aug. 28 edition NICK COCH (Earth & Env. . . . The New York Times devoted its Sept. TV news anchorman. It of the Queens Tribune. It was listed Aug. Sci.) appeared Sept. 4 5 City Room feature to PYONG GAP MIN’s was prompted by the 25 in the New York Times’ This Week in on the “Leonard Lopate (Sociology) recent book, Ethnic Solidarity controversy over MSN- the Community calendar . . . QC’s new MFA Show” on WNYC 93.9 FM for Economic Survival: BC’s political convention program in playwriting was the subject of Solomon to discuss the impact of Korean Greengrocers in coverage . . . Research stories in the July 24 and Aug. 14 Queens Coch hurricanes on residential New York City . . . The by JOHN WALDMAN (Biology) into the Courier, the Aug. 21 Queens Chronicle, and development on Long Sept. 9 edition of the spawning habits of sea lamprey was the the July 24 TimesLedger . . . The Aug. 14 Island . . . ANDREW Daily News featured a subject of a Sept. 9 New York Times story Queens Courier and the Aug. 21 Queens HACKER (Political Sci- story about the QC bus . . . Arizona State University’s online ASU Chronicle featured stories about the Queens ence) was interviewed tour of Queens for new News reported on a new publication, the College Choral Society . . . A feature on Pacifica Radio’s Sept. faculty and staff initi- Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, profiling three 2008 college freshmen in Min 18 “Democracy Now!” ated by President JAMES co-edited by AMY WINTER (Godwin-Tern- the Sept. 4 edition of TimeOut New York broadcast. The topic MUYSKENS to acquaint them with the bor- bach Museum) . . . The New York Times of- included QC’s Hiran Kanaraarachchi. concerned attempts to Hacker ough in which their students live . . . STEVE fered a major feature Sept. 29 on the Louis

6 IN MEMORIAM: Benny Kraut Harmonious Homecoming Benny Kraut, a member of the History Department since 1998 Graduates of QC’s music program perform in the garden of the Louis Armstrong House Mu- and director of the QC Jewish Studies Program and the Center seum for participants in this year’s Homecoming on Sept. 21. A reception at the house was the for Jewish Studies from 1998 to 2006, died on Friday, Sept. 26. last act of a day filled with activities that began with brunch in the recently renovated Patio A renowned scholar of Jewish history, he earned the President’s Room. This year’s event saluted the classes of ’48, ’58, and ’83. Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004. Kraut came to QC after serving as professor and director of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati for almost 22 years. A summa cum laude graduate in philosophy from Yeshiva University, he held MA and PhD degrees in Jewish history from Brandeis University. Kraut’s wide-ranging academic interests lay in the areas of modern European and American Jewish history, the history of Judaism, Jewish-Christian relations, and Holocaust studies, fields in which he published widely. He is survived by his wife, Penina, and his three children, Racheli, Yehuda, and Yosefa.

Stephen Rea to Be Interviewed After Oct. 16 Performance of Playboy of the Western World After receiving critical acclaim in New the culmination of an innovative inter- York and London stagings of Sam Shep- departmental effort. This summer Clare ard’s monologue Kicking a Dead Horse, Carroll (Irish Studies) and Susan Einhorn Stephen Rea is playing (Theatre) took 16 CUNY students to the a new role as artist-in- National University of Ireland at Galway residence at Queens for a Study Abroad course that focused College in October. on Playboy, and Translations by Brian The Belfast-born Friel. Absorbing Irish culture at its source actor, an Oscar nominee allowed the participants—most of them for his performance in QC drama majors—to develop a deeper The Crying Game, will understanding of the texts. Rea is an apt rea visit classes and rehears- choice as coach: He played the title role in als in conjunction with the Synge work earlier in his career. the college production Following the performance on Sunday, of J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western Oct. 19, there will be a panel discussion World. He will also attend the play’s open- on Irish theatre. Among the participants ing night on October 16, when he will be will be Charlotte Moore, the artistic interviewed by Professor Kevin Whalen of director of the Irish Repertory Theatre in Notre Dame University, Dublin, after the New York City. Play Ball! fi nal curtain. “I’m very susceptible to being The Department of Drama, Theatre & Members of the Lady Knights softball team join (l to r) VP Sue Henderson, Athletics asked to do things,” says Rea, who consid- Dance will present Playboy of the Western Director Rick Wettan, Softball Coach Brian DeMasters, and Pres. James Muyskens for ers Synge’s dark comedy “the greatest Irish World in Goldstein Theatre, October the Homecoming Day ribbon-cutting ceremony opening QC’s renovated softball field. play we have in the English language.” 16–26, under the direction of Einhorn. The field is part of a $900,000 renovation of the track and baseball and soccer fields. The fi rst Irish drama enacted at Tickets are $12. See calendar on page 8 Queens College in decades, Playboy is for dates and times.

7 October 20 Mon 30 THU Presidential Roundtable: “Com- Master Class and Workshop: muting to Queens College: Why So Slow “Performance Techniques and Gesture and What Can Be Done,” Yan Zheng in Baroque Opera,” with counter-tenor 15 Wed (Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Kenny Vance and the Planotones Drew Minter. Music Building, Room 270, Biology Colloquium: “Stochastic Alfredo Morabia (Center for Biology 1–3 pm. Switches in Bacteria: A Model of Survival of Natural Systems). Q-Side Lounge, in Fluctuating Environments,” Edo Kus- Dining Hall, 12:15 pm. RSVP Qc.Pres. FRI [email protected] or x75559. 24 sell (NYU). Science Bldg., Room D139, Concert: Kenny Vance and the Plano- November 11:15 am. tones Unplugged. LeFrak Hall, 8 pm. $45. 2 SUN Domestic Violence 21 TUE Cinema on Sundays: Awareness Day: Kaddish. Discussant: Concert: Siri Howard, soprano, and SUN Press Conference, Frese Max Roll, baritone. LeFrak Hall, 10 26 Paul Marcus. LeFrak Hall, 1st Floor, 11 am; Concert: Shlomo Leiderman & Old Red am–12 noon. Information x73802. Hall, 2 pm. $5. March, in front of Frese Wine Band, Klezmer Meets Dixieland. Hall, 12 noon. LeFrak Hall, 2 pm. $15. 22 WED 3 MON Kaddish Chemistry Biology Colloquium: “TGF-b Su- Seminar: “The H-NOX Family of a day of chinese arts: "The White perfamily Signaling: Newly Recognized MON 27 Heme Sensor Proteins: A New Role for Haired Girl: Chinese Revolutionary Ballet Roles in the Regulation of Growth, Adi- Chemistry Seminar: “Light Harvest- on Film," presentation and discussion, posity and Energy Metabolism,” Chester ing and Coherence in Multichromophoric Nitric Oxide Signaling in Bacteria,” Eliza- Prof. Lin Guiming, Dir., Shanghai Ballet Brown (Baylor College of Medicine). Systems: From Nature to Nanoscale,” beth Boon (Stony Brook). Remsen Hall, China, Patio Room Dining Hall, 12 noon– Science Bldg., Room D139, 11:15 am. Gregory Scholes (University of Toronto). Room 101/105, 12:15 pm. 1:30 pm. President’s Reception, 5:15–6 Remsen Hall, Room 101/105, 12:15 pm. pm; Mountain/River/Ink/Lust • three thou- TUE sand, dance performance by Yin Mei, Dir. 23 THU 4 Lecture: “A Child’s Voice: One Girl’s Concert: Jaume Llinares, QC Dance Program, 6–6:30 pm; Medita- LECTURE: “The Contribution of Jewish Journey to Discover Her Voice and Be Quico Miro Reig, violins, tion in Contemporary Chinese Landscape, Scholarship to the Emergence of Islamic Heard,” Michele Pranger. Frese Hall, Vicent Nogues, viola, and exhibition opening with original student Studies,” Dr. Ismar Schorsch. LeFrak Hall, Room 014, 12:15 pm. Fran Moral, cello. LeFrak music compositions, 6:30–8 pm; Godwin- 7:30 pm. Hall, 10 am–12 noon. Ternbach Museum, 405 Klapper Hall. Presidential Roundtable: “An Information x73802. American Conductor in China from 1980- 2008,” Maurice Peress (Music), Recital 16-19 & 23-26 Room 226, Music Bldg., 12:15 pm. RSVP Exhibits THU–SUN [email protected] or Meditation on Contemporary Chinese Landscape. Godwin-Ternbach Play: The Playboy of the Western x75559. World, interview with actor Stephen Museum. October 15–December 6, 2008. Information on hours and related events: Rea follows Oct. 16 performance. TUE Goldstein Theatre. Times: Thu., 7 pm; 28 www.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach/ Fri. & Sat., 8 pm; Sun., 3 pm. $12. Evening Reading: index. Novelist Jamaica Kincaid Information 718-793-8080 or www. reads from her work and is KupferbergCenter.org/playboy.htm interviewed by Leonard Lo- pate. LeFrak Hall. 7 pm. $15. Information x74646 or www.qc.cuny.edu/readings.

8 FYI items should be submitted to Maria Matteo, [email protected], Kiely 1310, x75593.