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Gass honored with Book Critics Circle award William H. Gass, Ph.D., David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, has won the National Book Critics Circle award for the most distinguished work of criticism in 1985. Gass received the honor for Habitations of the Word, a collec- tion of essays on such writers as Emerson, Plato, Joyce and Shake- speare. The book is published by Si- mon & Schuster. Nineteen members of the 24-member board of directors met Feb. 17 at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City to select winners in five categories. The other four cate- gories are fiction, biography-auto- biography, general nonfiction and poetry. The awards have been pre- sented for the past 11 years by the organization, which is made up of 500 book critics and editors nation- wide. Gass said he learned of the award from the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch. "I came home around mid- night Monday night (Feb. 17) and had a message on my answering machine to call the Post-Dispatch at any hour. They had received a wire story from the New York Times News Service. "It is the only award of its kind of any general significance since the National Book Award collapsed," Gass said. His colleague, Stanley L. Illustration by Steve Edwards Elkin, Ph.D., Merle Kling Professor of Radon, a radioactive gas that migrates through the soil, enters homes through cracks in the foundation, pipes and seams in concrete block. A non- Modern Letters, received the award weatherized home (illustrated above, left) allows an exchange of indoor air with outside air. An energy-efficient home (above, right) that has been for fiction in 1982 for George Mills. weatherstripped and caulked traps radon inside by reducing the air exchange. Chancellor William H. Danforth said, "The University is extremely Radon warning: Think before you caulk proud that a distinguished member of its faculty has been honored with such a prestigious national award. Weatherizing may increase lung cancer risk Bill Gass continues to make signif- icant contributions to literature with For over a decade, Americans have about radon, but it is a major car- radon daughters. These daughters are his original and penetrating waged a cold war. Carrying the ban- cinogen and leads the list Of the na- not made of sugar and spice; they are analyses." ner of energy conservation, we have tion's indoor pollutant problems," radioactive and deadly, and they at- Frank Kermode's review of hunted down leaky windows and says Naomi Harley, Ph.D., professor tach quickly to airborne particles and Habitations of the Word in the loose doors. We have weather- of environmental medicine at New dust. March 10, 1985, issue of The New stripped and caulked until our homes York University School of Medicine. Larger dust particles carrying York Times Book Review, concluded are tight as snare drums. The Environmental Protection their radioactive cargo settle on the with the following: "Mr. Gass has a But evidence is mounting that Agency (EPA) estimates radon causes floor and furnishings. Smaller par- heartwarming respect for authors our airtight homes may be more like between 10,000 and 20,000 deaths in ticles are inhaled and lodge in the up- Continued on p. 3 prisons than secure fortresses. We the United States per year, making it per respiratory tract, where they are may be bottling ourselves up with a second only to cigarette smoke as a easily cleared with mucous. Only the witches' brew of indoor toxic cause of lung cancer. Some recent smallest particles travel deep within pollutants. studies put the annual toll as high as the lung where they are retained for "Making an average home mod- 30,000 deaths. long periods of time. The daughters erately energy-efficient could more Brambley believes those figures have half-lives ranging from 26.8 than double the risk of lung cancer could become worse as more home- minutes to about a ten-thousandth of from exposure to radon gas. Because owners retro-fit homes with con- a second. Thus they decay inside the of the large population potentially servation devices to battle energy respiratory system, releasing alpha- exposed, there is tremendous need costs. "Although many homeowners radiation that is absorbed by the lin- for more study to understand the have taken some conservation mea- ing of the lung. "This is the region risks involved," says Michael R. sures," he says, "most homes are still where many lung cancers tend to Brambley, Ph.D., assistant professor not weatherized to the levels usually originate," Brambley explains. in the departments of Engineering recommended." Outdoors, radon diffuses into the and Policy and Mechanical Engineer- Brambley's is the first study that atmosphere. But radon from soil un- ing. thoroughly estimates the risk of lung derneath a home sneaks into living "Tightening homes increases the cancer due to energy conservation. spaces through cracked foundations, concentration of pollutants that orig- The report is scheduled for publica- pipe entries or seams in concrete inate indoors," he explains. Activities tion in the June issue of Energy, the block. like smoking, cooking and operating International Journal. Evidence indicates most U.S. unvented kerosene heaters are major Radon itself is not harmful. It is homes have airborne radon levels be- contributors. But radon gas — a dan- an inert gas that results from the de- tween 0.001 and 0.02 WL (working gerous and insidious pollutant — cay of radium, a radioactive mineral level — a measurement of radioactiv- comes from the building itself and found in trace amounts all over ity concentration). Although any ex- from the ground on which it is built. earth's crust. But radon decays into posure to radon involves some risk, a "People really haven't heard four unstable elements, the so-called Continued on p. 3 William H. Gass WU Alliance earns challenge grant funds WU has qualified for a matching $45 Chancellor William H. Danforth million Danforth Foundation Chal- said, "Our alumni and friends have lenge Grant, by raising $135 million been just magnificent in their re- in gifts and commitments to THE AL- sponse to the ALLIANCE and I am LIANCE FOR WASHINGTON UNI- deeply grateful to them. This re- VERSITY. The challenge grant is sponse is an expression of the con- designated for the University's en- tinuing partnership between the men dowment. and women of the University and "This is a major accomplishment those in St. Louis and across the na- in the University's $300 million AL- tion who share the institution's vi- LIANCE program," announced sion and its commitment to service." George H. Capps, vice chairman of "We have been able to make the board of trustees and general outstanding progress toward our ex- chairman of the ALLIANCE. traordinary capital goals, and annual "To meet the requirements for giving support has increased to help the grant, which provided $ 1 for meet the needs of the University at each $3 given by private sector do- this crucial period in our history," nors, the University had to raise said Herbert F. Hitzemanjr., senior $135 million in qualifying funds vice chancellor for university rela- from its alumni and friends during a tions and director of the ALLIANCE Presidential greeting: WU sophomore Paul M. Koulogeorge, alias George Washington, six-year period that began in January campaign. greets junior Eric K. Lowenstein in Wohl Center, as students Scott E. Greenspan and Amanda J. Laveson look on. Koulogeorge, Greenspan and Laveson are members of Lock & Chain, the sopho- 1982. The challenge was met two "Even when the ALLIANCE goals more honorary group that sponsored the "George Washington Birthday Celebration" Feb. 17-21 to years before the deadline," Capps are met, it is clear that there will be honor the University's namesake. In commemoration of the week, Koulogeorge donned his Wash- said. an ongoing need for a strong pro- ington attire to distribute discount coupons in Wohl for items purchased at Fat's Down Under. Capps also announced that gifts gram of annual operating support in Other George Washington activities included a birthday bash in The Gargoyle with music by the and commitments to the ALLIANCE order for Washington University to Ralph Butler Band. The organization also sponsored a "Cherry Pie Tang" at the party, where 20 now total $2752 million, including continue to serve as one of the teams competed to become the fastest pie-eating team (without using silverware, of course). $177.5 million in capital support and world's leading universities," Hitze- $97.7 million in support of annual man said. Films, panel discussion program operations. Blacks' experiences on Exiled Chilean novelist to read from her work March 5 white campuses probed Novelist Isabel Allende will give a though the book is fiction, it was in- reading and commentary at 11 a.m. spired by Allende's own experiences. The success rate and experiences of The panel members, who all are Wednesday, March 5, in Graham She is the niece of assassinated black students on predominantly affiliated with WU, are: Patrick B. Chapel. The reading, part of the Chilean President Salvador Allende. A white college campuses will be ex- Hill, president of the Association of Assembly Series, is free and open to few months after her uncle was plored during a film and panel pre- Black Students; Victor H. Farwell, the public. killed in a 1973 military coup, Allen- sentation from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, assistant dean of the College, of Arts Allende is the author of The de and her husband left Chile for March 4, at Edison Theatre. and Sciences; Linda B. Salamon, dean House of the Venezuela, where they now live in The event, titled "Can Blacks of the College of Arts and Sciences; Spirits, published exile. Survive on White Campuses?" is free Teta Banks-Stovall, an instructor in in the United She recently has completed a and open to the public. the African and Afro-American States last year. second book, tentatively titled Of The films "Black at Yale" and Studies Program; and James W. The novel tells a Love and Shadow. The book, which "From Harlem to Harvard" will be Davis, vice chancellor. Adrienne L. family's history is being translated into English for shown during the first 90 minutes of Glore, associate director of student over three genera- publication, is based on the true the program. Afterwards, a five- activities at the University, will tions and, at the story of 15 bodies found in an aban- member panel composed of educa- moderate the panel. same time, de- doned mine, victims of political per- tional administrators and a student The activity is sponsored by the scribes the his- secution. will examine the success rate of WU Office of Student Affairs. For Isabel Allende tory of an un- Sponsors for the lecture are the blacks at WU and elsewhere across more information, call the student af- named South Assembly Series, the Department of the nation. A question-and-answer fairs office at 889-5040. American nation much like the Romance Languages and Literatures, session will follow the discussion. author's native Chile. Student Union and Latin American The central characters in The Studies. House of the Spirits are modeled For more information, call Evening of poetry, music after Allende s grandparents, in 889-4620. sponsored by Woman's Club whose home she was raised. Al- West German pianist to give recital Carter Revard, Ph.D., professor of lutenist and classical guitarist. He has English at WU, will read a collection taught and performed across the West German pianist Edith Picht- March 4, in Blewett Hall, Room 103. of his poems during "An Evening of country and is music director for the Axenfeld will give a free recital at 8 The 72-year-old pianist began to Poetry Reading with Music" at 7:30 Holy Roman Repertory Company at p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in play the piano at the age of five. In p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the the University. He received a Graham Chapel. The recital is spon- 1937, she won the International Women's Building Lounge. The master's degree in music from WU. sored by the Goethe Institute St. Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Po- event, which also will feature per- Duvall-Holmes is the principal Louis and the University's music de- land. Since 1947, she has been a pro- formances by classical musicians Jef- flutist for the University Orchestra partment. This is Picht-Axenfeld's fessor of piano and historic keyboard frey J. Noonan and Barbra Duvall- and the Wind Ensemble at Southern first appearance in St. Louis. instruments at the State Academy of Holmes, is sponsored by the Illinois University-Edwardsville. In In the recital, Picht-Axenfeld will Music in Freiburg, West Germany. Woman's Club of WU. addition to her classical work, she is play Joseph Haydn's Variations in F She is chairman of the European Revard has written many poems, highly regarded as a jazz vocalist. Minor; Ludwig von Beethoven's Piano Teacher Association, German including "Dancing With Dinosaurs" The musicians will perform Sonata A Major, Op. 101; Heinz Hol- section; and a member of the German and "The Man Lee Harvey Oswald works by several composers, includ- linger's "Elis" (Three Night Pieces); Music Council. Missed," which he will read at the ing Heitor Villa-Lobos and Jacques Frederic Chopin's Ballade F Minor, Picht-Axenfeld has given piano event. Part Osage Indian, Revard also Ibert. Op. 52, and Barcolle F-sharp Major, and harpsichord recitals in Europe, is the author of Ponca War Dancers, Admission is $2 at the door for Op. 60; and Claude Debussy's Images Israel, the United States, Japan, an illustrated book containing more club members and their guests. Res- II. Korea, Brazil, Mexico and India. She than 30 of his poems. ervations are requested by Sunday, Following the recital, a reception has recorded for Philips, Duetsche The program will feature two March 2. To make reservations, call will be held at the Stix International Grammaphon, Victor International, musical interludes by Noonan and Coreen Motard at 645-2022 or House, 6470 Forsyth Blvd. Erato and Camerta. Duvall-Holmes. Noonan, a doctoral Phyllis Weidenbaum at 727-8950. Picht-Axenfeld also will teach a For more information, call 2 candidate in musicology at WU, is a master class at 11 a.m. Tuesday, 889-5581. NOTABLES

Roger DesRosiers, dean of the Bernard D. Reams Jr., J.D ., Ph.D., School of Fine Arts, and Kim Strom- professor of law and director of the Radon— continued from p. 1 men, associate dean, have been ap- Freund Law Library, had his disserta- pointed to an advisory committee to tion, titled "Research Interactions stitute an unacceptable risk has not kept a continuous supply of outdoor study and recommend criteria and Between Industry and Higher Educa- been established. EPA officials con- air ventilating living spaces, today's policies regarding art in public places tion," selected for the 1984-85 Dis- cede, however, that levels about 0.02 energy-efficient homes trap radon in- in St. Louis. The committee will re- tinguished Dissertation Award by generally are considered unsafe. side by reducing exchange of indoor port to the St. Louis Regional Cul- Kappa Delta Pi, an international Indoor radon strength depends air with outside air. tural and Performing Arts Develop- honor society in education. The on a building's structure and geo- An average non-weatherized ment Commission. DesRosiers is a award will be presented in Denver, graphic location. The biggest source home, says Brambley, may have an painter; Strommen, a sculptor Colo., on April 4, 1986. appears to be the soil itself, although air exchange rate of between 0.7-1 specializing in environmental art. building components also emit the ACH (air change per hour): an gas: concrete, concrete block, brick, amount of outside air equivalent to Libby Reuter, director of Bixby gypsum board and any component 70 to 100 percent of the total inside Steve Edwards, Student Life car- Gallery in the School of Fine Arts, is made of material from the earth's volume infiltrates the house each toonist and a junior majoring in illus- president of the newly formed St. crust. hour. With moderate weatherization, tration in the School of Fine Arts, Louis Gallery Association. The group, Little is known about effective this rate can be reduced to about .5 won first place in the cartooning composed of 35 gallery managers, ways to reduce excessive indoor ra- ACH. category in national competition plans to publish a gallery guide three don concentration. "Sealing cracks But reducing an average home's sponsored jointly by the College times a year and coordinate gallery and leaks in the basement will help," air exchange rate by half, Brambley Press Association and College Media walks and educational tours. Brambley says. But other measures, cautions, can increase the risk of Advisers. The award, presented this such as basement exhaust systems, lung cancer from radon exposure by winter in Dallas, was given for have had mixed results. "Reducing 115 percent. Making an average "Fleetwood," Edwards' twice-weekly Stanley E. Thawley, M.D., associate indoor radon concentration is a com- house very tight (0.25 ACH) increases comic strip in Student Life. The car- professor of otolaryngology, recently plex problem, and research on reme- risk more than four times. The actual guest edited the November 1985 is- dial methods is still in the early level of risk, however, depends on toonist also was featured in the Octo- sue of The Medical Clinics of North ber 1985 issue of Ampersand, a na- stages," he points out. the radon source strength in an indi- tional magazine supplement for col- America, published by the W.B. "Concentrations of radon are vidual home. lege newspapers. "If I make a car- Saunders Co. The issue was titled greater in regions where the soil has Brambley stresses the need for toon subtle, the readers will pay at- "Sleep Apnea Disorders." a higher mineral content than organic more research on the risks associated tention," Edwards says. "If it's content," Brambley continues. Parts with radon. "Making a home tighter, provocative, they'll think. If it's orig- of central and northern Florida, for for example, might increase inside air inal, they'll remember. And if it's Have you done something example, where minerals have been pressure. That in turn could reduce funny, they'll come back." noteworthy? left at the surface from phosphate the rate at which radon enters the mining, report high radon levels. building. In that case our estimates Have you: Presented a paper? Won an award? Another area that has received may be too high." Some studies indi- Joel Leon, Ph.D., assistant professor Been named to a committee or elected an of- attention, the Reading Prong, extends cate that radon infiltration is partly in the school of social work and ficer of a professional organization? northeast from Reading in central pressure-driven, although it is not director of the school's Training Pro- The Washington University Record will help Pennsylvania into New York. Low- clear to what degree. "It's my guess gram in Geriatric Case Practice, will spread the good news. Contributions regarding faculty and staff scholarly or professional ac- grade uranium deposits underlying that the relationship (of building serve as editor and co-author of a tivities are gladly accepted and encouraged. the area have resulted in radon mea- tightness to the rate at which radon six-book training series for SAGE Send a brief note with your full name, highest- surements as high as 15 WL — the enters) depends on the specific build- Publications, California. The Geri- earned degree, current title and department highest known level in the nation. ing," Brambley says. atric Case Practice Training Series along with a description of your noteworthy EPA estimates continuous exposure "On the other hand it is impor- will focus on the clinical, administra- activity to Notables, Campus Box 1070. Please to that level carries the same risk as tant to note that we used the lowest tive and personal/professional skills include a phone number. smoking 150 packs of cigarettes per estimates of cancer risk per unit of and knowledge needed by practi- day. exposure that we could find in the tioners who work with the elderly Because of extensive limestone literature. Using the higher estimates and their families. Material for the deposits, many Missouri homes may of risk, the number of cancer deaths volumes will come from the school's continued from p. 1 have low radon readings, but exten- per million could conceivably be five gerontological training program. Gass— sive monitoring has not been done times as great as our estimates. who live. The most moving parts of throughout the state. Even adjoining "We wanted to say that if we homes can vary widely in radon con- find a problem using the lowest esti- Walter Nord, Ph.D., professor of his book, I think, are moments when he lingers over a loved sentence or centration, Brambley explains, be- mates of risk, there is definitely a organizational psychology in the cause the rate at which radon enters problem," Brambley says. "Person- School of Business, co-edited the paragraph, perhaps by Rilke or Beckett, Browne or Jeremy Taylor, a building depends partly on the indi- ally, I would think very carefully be- third edition of Organizational Real- vidual structure. Basement cracks, fore I substantially reduced the rate ity: Reports From the Firing Line, re- Joyce or Shakespeare. These are sen- tences with souls, and therefore general building leakiness and drain- of air exchange in my home because cently released by Scott Foresman age systems surrounding the home all of the possibility of increasing my Publishers. alive, with a life not bursting out like a melon from a sack but held forever affect this rate. risk of getting lung cancer as a While drafty homes of yesteryear result." in its gray paradigms ... He aspires Robert Brock to such souled sentences himself, and to the construction and study of Gas- sian world models. It is to that task that he devotes his large reading and Chamber Winds will perform five RECORD his intense, animated, philosophical winning pieces from national contest mind. He is a living author and has Editor: Susan Killenberg, 889-5254 splendid aspirations." The Chamber Winds of WU, in co- downtown's St. Louis Centre. Assistant Editor: Laurie Navar, 889-5202 Gass joined the WU faculty in operation with the Missouri His- Other winning selections in the Editor, Medical Record: Betsy McDonald, 1969 as a full professor. Ten years torical Society and the New Music program are "Libere Me Domine" by 362-7569 later, he received his current distin- Circle, will present the New Music Peter Ware of Toronto, written for Washington University Record (USPS guished professor title. Circle Festival Concert, featuring the saxophone and percussion; ' 'Thresh- 600-430; ISSN 0745-2136), Volume 10, His work has been included in Number 24, Feb. 27, 1986. Published weekly winning pieces of the New Music Cir- old' ' by Arthur Welwood of New during the school year, except school Martha Foley's Best American Short cle's National Composition Contest. Briton, Conn.; "Of Light and holidays, monthly in June, July and August, at Stories five times since 1959 and in The Chamber Winds, under the Shadow" by Thomas Clark of Den- the Office of News and Information, Campus her Two Hundred Years of Great direction of Dan Presgrave, WU ap- ton, Texas, written for wind instru- Box 1070, Washington University, St. Louis, American Short Stories anthology in plied music instructor, will play five ments; and "Nostalgic Sighs" by Mo. 63130. Second-class postage paid at St. 1976. The Chicago Tribune Writers winning compositions at 3 p.m. Sun- Ting-Lien Wu of Los Angeles, written Louis, Mo. and Critics Poll named him one of day, March 2, in the Lionberger Gal- for wind and percussion. News items for the medical record section are the 10 best Midwest American writ- published once a month and may be sent to lery of the Jefferson Memorial Build- The Chamber Winds at WU, a Medical Campus, Box 8065. ers in 1973. ing in Forest Park. 30-member ensemble, includes musi- Address changes and corrections: He won an American Academy The five winning submissions cians from the WU and St. Louis mu- Postmaster and non-employees: Send to: and Institute of Arts and Letters were selected from among 111 en- sic communities. Tickets will be sold WU Record, Campus Box 1070, Washington Award for Fiction in 1975 and its tries. One of the five, "Music for at the door. Admission is $6 for the University, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. Medal of Merit for Fiction in 1979. Brass and Percussion," is by St. Louis general public and $4 for students, Hilltop Campus Employees: Send to: Per- In 1982, he was elected to the composer and WU graduate Michael senior citizens and Missouri His- sonnel Office, Campus Box 1184, Washington American Academy of Arts arid - Hunt. Written in.1985, this piece torical Society members. For more University, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. Sciences and in 1983, the American Medical Campus Employees: Send to: Per- was commissioned for the opening of information, call 889-5581. sonnel Office, Campus Box 8091, 4550 Academy and Institute of Arts and McKinley Ave., Washington University, St. Letters. Louis, Mo. 63110. CALENDAR Feb. 27-March 8

Thursday, March 6 Saturday, March 1 TJECTURES 7:30 p.m. WU Woman's Club Poetry Read- 8 p.m. Dept. of Music Senior Honors Re- ing, "An Evening of Poetry Reading with cital with Diane White, WU bachelor of arts Thursday, Feb. 27 Music," Carter Revard, WU prof, of English. candidate in music. Steinberg Aud. Women's Bldg. Lounge. Admission is $2 for 2:30 p.m. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering club members and their guests. Reservations Sunday, March 2 Colloquium, "The Application of Adeptive are requested by Sun., March 2. To make res- 3 p.m. WU Chamber Winds Concert. Mis- Mesh Refinement to Shape Optimization of ervations, call Coreen Motard at 645-2022 or souri Historical Society, in the Jefferson Me- Plate Structures," Mark E. Botkin, research en- Phyllis Weidenbaum at 727-8950. morial Building in Forest Park. gineer, engineering mechanics dept., General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Mich. Friday, March 7 100 Cupples II. Wednesday, March 5 6 and 8:30 p.m. WU Association Travel 8 p.m. Dept. of Music Recital with West 4 p.m. Literature and History Program Film Lecture Series, "O Canada!" Ken German pianist Edith Picht-Axenfeld. Also Lecture, "Swift in Ireland," David W. Richter, filmmaker. Graham Chapel. For ticket sponsored by the Goethe Institute of St. Louis. Hayton, reviews editor, Parliamentary History, info., call 889-5122. Graham Chapel. and course tutor, The Open University. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. Saturday, March 8 11 a.m. University College Saturday Semi- 4 p.m. Dept. of Anatomy and nar, "Telling Right From Wrong: Morality and Neurobiology 11th Annual Mildred EXHIBITIONS Literature," roundtable discussion. Women's Trotter Lecture, "The Macrophage as a Se- Bldg. Lounge. cretory Cell," Zena Werb, prof, of anatomy "Photos by Number: Interplanetary Space and cell biology, U. of California School of Photography." Images obtained through Medicine at San Francisco. Carl V. Moore NASA's Regional Processing Lab at WU. Aud., 4580 Scott Ave. Through March 9. Gallery of Art, lower gal- Guitarist Oscar Ghiglia will perform in Graham PERFORMANCES lery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. week- 4 p.m. Dept. of Chemistry Seminar, Chapel at 8 p.m. Feb. 28. Tickets are S8 and S5 ends. For more info., call 889-4523. "Photochemical Redox Reactions of Vanadium for students. (II) and Molybdenum (III) Complexes," Thursday, Feb. 27 "19th-century Art From the Permanent Andrew Maverick, WU asst. prof, of chemistry. 8 p.m. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Collection." Through April 13. Gallery of 311 McMillen. Presents Habakkuk, a multimedia event Art, upper gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; Monday, March 3 bringing the message of the Biblical prophet 1-5 p.m. weekends. For more info., call 9-11 a.m. Personal Computing Education 4 p.m. Public Affairs Thursday Series, forward into the 20th century. Edison Theatre. 889-4523. Center Short Course 330, "Microcomputing "Pols, Polls and Parties: An Assessment of Tickets are S2.50 in advance at Edison box — Using Spreadsheets," David Benson, direc- Black Politics," Eddie N. Williams, president, office and $3 at the door. "Robert Cottingham: The Barrera-Rosa's tor of PCEC. (Also March 4 and 5, same time.) Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, Series." Through March 2. Gallery of Art, Free to WU community. To register, call D.C. Eliot 200 C & D. Saturday, March 1 lower gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. For more info., call 889-4523. 889-5813. 4 p.m. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci- 8 p.m. Edison Theatre Presents Anna Russell, the "crown princess of musical 10-11 a.m. Personal Computing Education ences Seminar, "How the Annealing of "Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585): An Ex- Center Short Course 301, "Advanced JCL," Fission Tracks Can Be Used to Improve Our parody." General admission SI5; WU faculty, hibit of Books and Papers Commemorat- Sara Johnson. (Also March 4-7, same time.) Understanding of Geological Material," Charles staff and senior citizens, S10; and students, $7. ing the 400th Anniversary of the Poet's Free to WU community. To register, call Naeser, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo. For more info., call 889-6543. Death." Through Feb. 28. Olin Library, Spe- 102 Wilson. cial Collections, level 5. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 889-5813. weekdays. Friday, Feb. 28 5:30 p.m. Gay and Lesbian Community Al- liance Meeting. 125 Prince. 2:30 p.m. Dept. of Engineering and Policy "New York Art Directors Exhibit." March Seminar, "Wind Energy and Its Policy," V. 1-16. Bixby Gallery, Bixby Hall. 10 a.m.-4 H. Hohenemser, WU prof, emeritus of p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. Tuesday, March 4 mechanical engineering. 104 Lopata. 11 a.m. Dept. of Music Master Class with West German pianist Edith Picht-Axenfeld. 103 4 p.m. Dept. of Music Lecture Series, Blewett. For more info., call 889-5581. "Brahms' Knowledge of Early Music and His FILMS Debt to Schutz," Virginia Hancock, WU visit- 1-2 p.m. Personal Computing Education ing assistant professor of music. Blewett B-8. Center Short Course 001, "Introduction to Thursday, Feb. 27 Computing Facilities," Brian Sher. Free to WU Sunday, March 2 7 and 8:45 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Le community. To register, call 889-5813- Jour Se Leve." S2. Brown Hall. 4 p.m. Wesley Foundation Lecture, "Be- 7 p.m. Society for International Develop- lieving Is Seeing," Burton Wheeler, prof, of Friday, Feb. 28 ment Meeting. Eugene B. Schultz Jr., WU English and religious studies. 106 Simon. prof, of engineering and applied science, will 8 and 10 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Six- speak on careers in international development. Monday, March 3 teen Candles." $2. Brown Hall. (Also Sat., Stix International House, 6470 Forsyth Blvd. 4 p.m. Dept. of Psychology Colloquium, March 1, same times, and Sun., March 2, at 7 "Programming Saccadic Eye Movement," p.m., Brown.) Thursday, March 6 Richard Abrams, dept. of psychology, U. of 1-3 p.m. Personal Computing Education Michigan. 102 Eads. Midnight. WU Filmboard Series, Blade Runner." $2. Brown Hall. (Also Sat., March 1, Center Short Course 002, "Computing Tuesday, March 4 same time, and Sun., March 2, at 9 p.m., Basics," Karen Sanders, computer specialist. Brown.) Free to WU community. To register, call Noon. WU Medical Center Irene Walter 889-5813. Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Employee Fitness Program Lecture Series, "Nautilus Monday, March 3 and Weight Training Clinic." Fifth floor track, 7 and 9 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Kind IWJ Rehabilitation Institute, 509 Euclid Ave. Hearts and Coronets." $2. Brown Hall. (Also Tues., March 4, same times, Brown.) Calendar Deadline 7 p.m. WU Office of Student Affairs Film and Panel Discussion, "Can Blacks Survive The deadline to submit items for the March on White Campuses?" Patrick B. Hill, presi- 20-29 calendar of the Washington University dent of the Association of Black Students; Vic- Record is March 6. Items must be typed and tor H. Farwell, WU asst. dean of the College of state time, date, place, nature of event, spon- Arts and Sciences; Linda B. Salamon, dean of MISCELLANY sor and admission cost. Incomplete items will the College of Arts and Sciences; Teta Banks- not be printed. If available, include speaker's Stovall, WU instructor in African and Afro- Friday, Feb. 28 name and identification and the title of the American Studies; and James W. Davis, WU 7:30 p.m. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow- event; also include your name and telephone vice chancellor. Adrienne L. Glore, associate ship Meeting, "Where is the God of number. Address items to King McElroy, calen- director of student activities, moderates. Edison Theatre presents Anna Russell in the St. Heaven?" Rev. George Stulac, pastor of Me- dar editor, Box 1070. Edison Theatre. Louis stop of her farewell tour. The perform- morial Presbyterian Church. Green Stuffs Line, ance is sold out, but 60 tickets will go on sale at Wohl Center. 7:30 p.m. Japan America Society of St. 4 p.m. March 1 for seats that will be set up in the Louis Lecture, "Samurai Lives: Mori Ogai and rear of the theatre. Saturday, March 1 the Anecdotal Biography," Marvin Marcus, University contribution WU instructor of Japanese language and litera- 9 a.m.-noon. University College Work- ture. Brown Hall Lounge. Admission is S3 for shop, "Changing Jobs — Changing Careers," The Personnel Office has announced society members and S5 for non-members. Ellen Krout, career counselor, WU Career that the University contribution to- MUSK. Planning and Placement Services. (Continues ward the cost of any University Wednesday, March 5 March 8 and 15, same time.) Registration fee health or dental insurance plan will 11 a.m. Assembly Series Reading and Thursday, Feb. 27 $45. For registration info, and class location, call 889-6788. increase from $75 to $80 for full- Commentary with Isabel Allende, author of 8 p.m. Dept. of Music Voice Recital with The House of the Spirits. Also sponsored by time employees and from $37.50 to JoAnne Stephenson, WU graduate student in Sunday, March 2 $40 for eligible part-time employees, Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, voice performance. Steinberg Aud. Student Union and Latin American Studies. 1-4 p.m. Classical Guitarist Oscar Ghiglia effective July 1, 1986. The new al- Graham Chapel. Friday, Feb. 28 conducts a master class in Blewett B-8. Spon- lowance will appear on the final pay- sored by the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society. check for July. 3 p.m. African and Afro-American Studies 8 p.m. Classical Guitarist Oscar Ghiglia For info., call 889-5581. Lecture with Margaret Walker Alexander, will perform in Graham Chapel. Co-sponsored author of Jubilee and For My People, discuss- by the Department of Music and St. Louis ing her published works. St. Louis Public Classical Guitar Society. General admission is Library, 1301 Olive St. $8; students and senior citizens, $5-