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Volume 31, Number 10, October 30, 2000 Copy deadline: noon Wednesday, 228 Hitchins or emedcalf@frostburg.edu

Fall 2000 DanceConcert Nov. 3-5

to create “Crazy.”Payne, a full-time

faculty memberspecializing in modern

dance at Slippery RockUniversity, will perform two

pieces. Her 1992 award for“All Aboard…Sojourner” is set

to the music of Philip Glass. Herother solo, “Being Single and

Surviving Romance,” features music from theQueen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

The concert will also feature six works choreographedby student dance company members and two works by Dr.Fischer. The students’ pieces include duet and group settingschoreographed to classical to contemporary to Africanmusic. Dr. Fischer is contributing a solo piece and a grouppiece.Tickets are available from the PAC’s Box Office, Monday to

Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information, call the BoxOffice at x7462.

The FSU Dance Company announces its Fall 2000 DanceConcert, featuring works by two award-winning guestartists, student dancers and Artistic Director Dr. BarryFischer.

Performances are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 3, and Satur-day, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. in thePerforming Arts Center Drama Theatre. Admission is $4 forstudents with ID and $7 for the general public.

Guest artists Patrik Bordovsky and Ursula Payne comefrom the world of collegiate dance to participate inan energetic and upbeat show for the young and theyoung-at-heart. As student dancers, each artistearned the prestigious Best Student Performer of theYear award from Dance Magazine and the AmericanCollege Dance Festival.

Now a full-time member of the United States Air Force,Bordovsky brings hip-hop to FSU with his award-winningpiece entitled “Crazy,” featuring Madonna’s latest hit,“Music.” Not long after emigrating to the United Statesfrom Eastern Europe, Bordovsky took a dance class atAnne Arundel Community College, which inspired him

Featuring Patrik Bordovsky andUrsula Payne

Campus CommunityInvited to Convocation

Dr. Gira’s Fall 2000 Convocation willbe Thursday, Nov. 2, at 3:30 p.m. in thePAC Pealer Recital Hall. All members ofthe University community — faculty,staff and students — are invited.

Jazz Ensemble toPresent Fall Concert

The FSU Jazz Ensemble, under thedirection of Jon Bauman, will present itsfall concert Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. inthe Pealer Recital Hall.

The 18-piece big band will open the

program with “Jump, Jive an’ Wail.” Thisswing-style selection features solos byErin Frankenberry on tenor saxophoneand Bryan Cohen on guitar. Alto saxo-phonist Matt Dalton is featured in thethe ballad, “If I Should Lose You.”

“Hey!” from the Canadian big band ofRob McConnell continues the programand includes a trombone solo by JonasAmoonnarquah. The Latin-style tune,“Los Gatos,” brings the first half of theconcert to a conclusion with solos byDalton on alto saxophone and MattGrowden on drums.

The second half of the program beginswith Lionel Hampton’s swing-era tune,“Red Top.” Brent Paris on trombone,Diana Ezerins on vibraphone and StevynCarmona on trumpet will be featured insolos. Vocalist Lauren Aycock will jointhe band to sing “Some of My BestFriends are the Blues.”

“Attitude Dance,” the funk-rock tune,will continue the program, featuringsolos by Laurence Brunner on trumpetand Frankenberry on tenor saxophone.In light of the pending election, theensemble will provide an appropriateending with “Billy May for President.”

The concert is free and open to thepublic. It is suitable for the entire family.

“Survivor” Gretchen toSpeak at FSU Nov. 6

Gretchen Cordy,one of the cast-aways featured onthe CBS-TV hitshow “Survivor,”will be speaking atFSU on Monday,Nov. 6, at 7:30p.m. in theManicur AssemblyHall of the campusLane Center.Admission is freeand open to the public.

When 16 Americans were maroonedon an island in the South China Sea, noone could have predicted that theiradventure would be documented tobecome the highest-rated summer seriesin television history. In the show’spremise, the castaways eliminated eachother one by one from the remotetropical island and the lone survivorwalked away with $1,000,000.

Cordy joined “Survivor” for thechallenge. She stayed for the adventureand used her strength, skills anddetermination to become a leader in her

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Check out her winning auditionon the Comedy Central Web site athttp://www.comcentral.com/

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tribe. Refusing to join an alliance, Cordywas voted off the island in episodeseven by the “Tagi Four” because shewas viewed as a threat.

A homemaker and part-time worker ata pre-school, Cordy lives in Clarksville,Tenn. Originally from New York City. Sheattended Freedom High School inBethlehem, Pa., and spent six years as asurvival instructor for the U.S. Air Forcewhere she earned the Cadre Award fromher survival instructor training class (forbeing the person who most exemplifiesthe spirit of survival).

Cordy’s presentation at FSU is spon-sored by the FSU Campus ActivitiesBoard, Residence Hall Association andStudent Government Association. Formore information, call the Lane CenterInfo. Desk at x4411.

Chamber OrchestraKremlin Coming Nov. 12

FSU’s Cultural Events Series proudlypresents the Chamber Orchestra KremlinSunday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. and Tuesday,Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m., both in the PACPealer Recital Hall.

The Sunday performance will featureMozart’s “Divertimento in F, K. 138,”Prokofiev’s “Visions of Fugitives, Op. 22”and Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence,Op. 70.”

The Tuesday performance will consistof Mozart’s “Divertimento in D, K. 136,”Shostakovich’s “Chamber Symphony, Op.110 bis,” and Tchaikovsky’s “Serenadefor Strings, Op. 48.”

A community outreach program willalso be part of the Nov. 14 performance.The Orchestra will hold an open re-hearsal and interaction with the audi-ence from 6 to 7 p.m. prior to the 7:30p.m. performance. For information onthe outreach program, contact SusanManger at x3163.

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin hasemerged as one of Russia’s leadingorchestras. Their CDs of Russian musicon the Clave label have won criticalpraise and international awards, and anactive touring schedule in Europe, theFar East and the U.S. has gained theman international following.

Music Director Misha Rachlevskybrings considerable experience to hisposition. Trained as a violinist in theRussian tradition, he left Moscow in1973 for a career taking him to threecontinents. In 1984 he founded the

prominent New American ChamberOrchestra, followed by a two-yearresidency in Spain which led to theformation of the Granada City Orchestra.Returning to Moscow, he was approachedby Clave to record Russian works. Heauditioned Moscow’s finest youngorchestral musicians, and ChamberOrchestra Kremlin was born.

For tickets and information, callx4411 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.weekdays. Dinner theatre combinationswith Guiseppe’s are available for bothperformances. Call for more informationand menu selections.

Int’l Film Series Presents“Carne Tremula”

FSU’s 2000-2001 International FilmSeries continues with “Carne Tremula, “on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in LaneCenter room 201. The series is sponsoredby Center Stage and the Lane Center &Campus Activities.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, themost internationally acclaimed Spanishfilmmaker since Luis Buñuel, this 1997film explores life, love and desire. It waslater released in the United States as“Live Flesh.”

When Victor Plaza is sent to jail for acrime he didn’t commit, he unknowinglybecomes a catalyst in the lives of thetwo cops, a philandering wife andthediplomat’s daughter who put himthere. Seven years later he emerges stillin his 20’s and full of pride, yet hauntedby anger at the years he lost. Butinstead of revenge he finds redemption,while the other players learn throughtheir contact with Victor that hopecannot be smothered and redemptiondoesn’t come cheap.

This and future film series showingsare free and open to the public. “CarneTremula” is in Spanish with Englishsubtitles and has a running time of 101minutes.

For information, contact the LaneCenter Information Desk at x4411.

Green to DiscussAlcohol Awareness

Mike Green, a nationally respectedleader in the field of alcohol and drugeducation, will present “Kegs, Kicks,Kompetition” on Monday, Oct. 30, at 7p.m. in Manicur Assembly Hall.

This event is free and open to thepublic. It is the last in a series of talkssponsored by the S.A.F.E. Office andBURG as part of National CollegiateAlcohol Awareness Month.

Green has brought his message to morethan 1,000 campuses nationwide duringthe past decade. As a recovering alcoholic,he offers a personal perspective on thesocial and peer pressures unique tocollege, as well as the myths versus therealities of alcohol abuse and its impact onthe individual student and the institution.

For information, call the S.A.F.EOffice at x4761.

Philosophical Forum:‘God and The Big Bang’

The Department of Philosophy’sPhilosophical Forum, “God and the BigBang,” will beMonday, Nov. 6,from 7 to 8:30p.m. in LaneCenter 201.

Presenterswill be Dr. GregLatta, Dr. GregKlebanoff andDr. AngeloBucchino. Latta, an associate professorof physics, will briefly explain theexperimental evidence for the Big Bang– how we know there was a Big Bang.Klebanoff, lecturer in the Department ofPhilosophy, will be the featured speaker.He will examine the strength of recentclaims that science has shown that ouruniverse is divinely “fine-tuned” so asto permit our existence. Buchinno, aprofessor of philosophy, will discussarguments for the existence of God andsuggestions for strengthening the “fine-tuning” argument.

Audience participation will be invitedfollowing the presentations. The forumis free and open to the public.

Appalachian Lab Seminar“Particle Transport and Fluid Flow in

the Lower Chesapeake Bay: Mechanismsresponsible for Accumulation andTrapping of Plankton” is the topics ofthe next in the Appalachian LaboratoryFall Seminar Series. Presenter is RaleighR. Hood of Horn Point Laboratory,University of Maryland Center forEnvironmental Science in Cambridge,Md. The seminar in spatial ecology willbe presented Thursday, Nov. 2, at 3:30p.m. in AL Room 109.

“Darkness” Author toSpeak for Kristallnacht

Leo Bretholz, author of “Leap intoDarkness: Seven Years on the Run inWartime Europe” will speak at FSU’sannual observance of Kristallnacht, theevent that is considered by many to bethe beginning of the Holocaust. Theobservance will be Wednesday, Nov. 8, at7:30 p.m. in the Performing Art Center’sPealer Recital Hall.

Collegium Musicum will perform, andHillel will conduct a candle-lightingceremony. Bretholz’s talk will be fol-lowed by a question-and-answer session.

“Leap into Darkness,” which Bretholzwrote with Baltimore Sun columnistMichael Olesker, is the gripping accountof Bretholz as a young boy and hisseries of audacious escapes from theNazis’ Final Solution. He survived theHolocaust by escaping from the Nazis(and others) not once, but seven timesduring his almost seven-year ordealcrisscrossing war-torn Europe.

He leaped from trains, outran policeand hid in attics, cellars, anywhere thatoffered a few more seconds of safety.First he swam the River Sauer at theGerman-Belgian border. Later he climbed

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the Alps on feet so battered they frozeto his socks—only to be turned back atthe Swiss border. He crawled out fromunder the barbed wire of a Frenchholding camp and hid in a village in thePyrenees while gendarmes searched it.And in the dark hours of one Novembermorning, he escaped from a train boundfor Auschwitz.

Bretholz arrived in the United Statesin 1947 and settled in Baltimore, wherehe worked in the textile business andthen as a bookseller for many years. Hecontinues to lecture extensively abouthis Holocaust memories.

Collegium Musicum will sing twopieces. One is “Zot Jerushalayim” (Thisis Jerusalem), arranged by KarenSarnaker. The other is “Zol Shoyn KumenDi Ge’uleh” (Let the Redemption Come) apoem by Shmerke Kaczerginski, set tomusic by Joshua Jacobson. Kaczerginskiwas one of those Holocaust survivorswho traveled around Europe visiting thedisplaced persons and sending a messageof courage and hope. His poem ex-pressed the feelings of the survivortrying to make a new beginning,determined never to give up on life,faith in humanity or the vision of abetter world.

Acclaimed NovelistJohn Dufresne to Appear

Writer John Dufresne will come toFSU for a fiction reading and booksigning on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30p.m. in the Lane Center’s Alice R.Manicur Assembly Hall (Multi-UseRoom). Sponsored by FSU’s Departmentof English and the Western MarylandWriters’ Workshop, this event is free andopen to the public.

A native of Worcester, Mass., Dufresnebrings an eclectic background as socialworker, cab driver, bartender, housepainter and actor, among others, to hisfiction. He holds an MFA in creativewriting from the University of Arkansas.

Dufresne’s novel “Louisiana Power andLight,” named a Barnes & Noble DiscoverGreat Writers selection and a New YorkTimes Notable Book, is being made intoa movie by Miramax Films. Oscar-winnerBilly Bob Thornton will star in anddirect the production, with the screen-play to be written by Dufresne.

His second novel, “Love Warps theMind a Little,” also named a New YorkTimes Notable Book, inspired thefollowing comment from The New YorkTimes Book Review: “It is the ability ofMr. Dufresne…to render big-pictureagony in its tiniest domestic momentsthat makes his book both astoundingand wise.” Dufresne has also published acollection of short stories titled “TheWay That Water Enters Stone.” He isworking on a new novel, “Deep in theShade of Paradise,” due out in falL 2001,and a novel about love and death inLouisiana titled “Shiver-de-Freeze.”

For information, contact Brad Barkleyof the English Department at x3092. Tolearn more about Dufresne, visit his Website at www.johndufresne.com.

Regents’ Cup ReturnsSee Bobcat football in action in

Washington when longtime staterivals, FSU Bobcats and SalisburyState University Seagulls,face off in the secondannual Regents’ Cup gameon Saturday, Nov. 11, atRFK Stadium.

Game time is 1 p.m.Tickets are $8 for adultsand $4 for students withcurrent ID and anyoneunder 18. All tickets aregeneral admission.

The Regents’ Cup wascreated as a way for thesetwo teams to showcase their longtimerivalry at a location halfway from eachcampus. The game was named in honorof the University System of MarylandBoard of Regents.

Tailgating will be permitted inparking lots 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to12:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased at FSUBookstore.

Need transportation? Bus cost will be$3.00 for students and $5.00 for Facultyand Staff.

For additional bus information pleasecontact Juliet Blank at x4151. For otherdetails contract Athletic Office at x4462

Step on the Gasfor the Annual Fund

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In addition, for each new customersigned-up, MxEnergy will donate $10 tothe FSUF Annual Fund Campaign.

For more information including anenrollment form, visit the web site athttp://www.mxenergy.com or call 1-800-785-4373 and remember to desig-nate the FSU Foundation as yourfavorite charity.

Want to Have YourOwn Radio Show?Are youinterested inhaving yourown radioshow?WFWM91.9Frostburgstate’s publicradio stationis always looking for students, FSUfaculty & staff and members of thecommunity to host radio programs in a

variety of musical formats from classicalto urban, from techno to jazz. For moreinformation, contact Chuck Dicken,program director, at x4143. Or stop by thestation on the ground level of Comptonhall. Our entrance is across from thePerforming Arts Center.

Telemarketing AlertThe University Advancement’s Office

of Annual Giving will be conducting itsannual fall telemarketing campaignbeginning Monday, Oct. 30, and con-tinuing to Tuesday, Nov. 21. Studentswill be calling alumni Sundays throughThursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. in the CordtsCenter Leake Room to ask for contribu-tions to this year’s Annual Fund.

The Annual Fund provides financialsupport through unrestricted contribu-tions to the University’s greatest needs,including student scholarships, class-room equipment, cultural events,athletic programs, faculty and staffdevelopment and alumni programs. Forinformation, contact Chris Harmon,Director of Annual Giving, x4758.

Department of SocialWork Sets Info. Session

The Department of Social Work at FSUwill hold an information session Tues-day, Nov. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m.; at theDepartment of Social Work Offices inGuild Center 029, for persons interestedin a career in social work. The meetingwill include information on the curricu-lum requirements of the social workprogram at FSU.

The session is designed for peoplewho want to learn more about the socialwork profession and FSU’s undergraduatesocial work program.

Those who plan to attend are asked tocall the Department of Social Work atx7497 at least one day in advance of thesession.

The FSU undergraduate social workprogram is fully accredited by theCouncil on Social Work Education.

For information about FSU’s socialwork program, contact Kathleen H.Powell, M.S.W., at x4695.

Grad Fair forGraduating Seniors

Enjoy punch and cookies whilesigning up to win prizes at the GRADFAIR on Nov. 14 between 10 a.m. and 2p.m. in the Manicur Assembly Hall(formerly multi-use room) in the LaneCenter. Visit with the Career Servicesand Alumni offices, or place your orderfor personalized graduation announce-ments, an FSU class ring or engraveddiploma frame. For more information,contact the Bookstore at x4341.

New Dates Set forExtended Orientation

Due to some unanticipated conflicts,we have had to reschedule the next twoworkshops in the Extended OrientationProgram for new faculty and administra-

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tors. (Please be aware that any inter-ested faculty and administrators mayjoin these sessions.)

RESCHEDULED: Student InformationSystem and the Intranet

Monday, Nov. 13, 2-4 p.m. — Pullen105A/Training Lab

Space is limited and going fast! Callx4736 TODAY to reserve a space andobtain an SIS account.

Morris Willey, Registrar, will intro-duce you to the Student InformationSystem (SIS) screens that are useful toteachers and advisors. He also will coverinformation available to you and yourstudents on the Intranet. Finally,participants get a step-by-step SISHandbook to take with you in case youforget your lesson or want to do some-thing more advanced.

RESCHEDULED: Research and Spon-sored Programs

Tuesday, Nov. 21,1-2 p.m., OR Thursday, Nov. 30,3-4 p.m. President’s Conference Room, Hitch-

ins 215SAME DATES: International Programs Monday, Dec. 4, 2-3:30 p.m., OR Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2-3:30 p.m.Seminar Room, Fuller House

Women of ColorLuncheon Set Dec. 5

The 14th Annual Women of ColorLuncheon, celebrating achievements inhigher education, sponsored by theMaryland Affiliate, American Council onEducation National Network for WomenLeaders in Higher Education will beTuesday, Dec. 5, at noon at GoucherCollege.

The speaker is Gwendolyn JordanDungy, Executive Director of NASPA,Student Affairs Administrators in HigherEducation. The cost is $30 and reserva-tions may be made now. Contact MaryGartner, ACE Institutional Representa-tive, x4121, for reservation informationand to arrange shared transportation.Join us for this special celebration!

“Children, Youth andFamily” Presentation

There will be a presentation on“Children, Youth and Family” at theNovember meeting of Frostburg Branch,American Association of UniversityWomen Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. inthe Community Room of the FrostburgLibrary, Main Street.

Participants will be Dan Arnold,Allegany County Board of Education;Sheila Dillon, Allegany County HealthDepartment; Jay Atkinson, Department ofJuvenile Justice; Dave Morgan, AlleganyCounty Sheriff’s Office; and Karen Crosby,Department of Social Services.

Light refreshment will be servedfollowing the presentation. The public iswelcome.

Women’s Opportunity AwardsSoroptimist International of the

Americas is sponsoring Women’s Oppor-tunity Awards to women who areseeking to improve their employmentstatus by gaining additional educationalskills. The program is designed toprovide assistance to women who serveas the primary breadwinners for theirfamilies. To be considered for this award,an applicant must meet the followingcriteria:

-- Be a female head of household,with primary financial responsibility forsupporting her family (includingchildren, spouse and parents)

-- Be accepted into an undergraduatedegree program

-- Can show demonstrated financialneed.

Completed applications with tworeferences must be received by no laterthan Dec. 15.

Applications and additional informa-tion about the awards program isavailable in the Financial Aid Office, 114Pullen.

United Campus MinistryUCM will get together for a Halloween

movie/pizza night at Larry Neumark’shouse at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.

The program for the week will be“How Ethical Do You Think You Are?”Come to Library Room 237 Wednesday,Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. and find out. Youmay be surprised.

Any Nader’s RaidersOut There? Join Up

All students interested in the RalphNader for President campaign areencouraged to attend an informationalmeeting hosted by Students for Nader onWednesday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. in LaneCenter 205. We will be discussing theissues raised during the campaign, aswell as campaign efforts in AlleganyCounty. We will also be handing outNader buttons, signs and bumperstickers to any interested students. Feelfree to come even if you are stillundecided! E-mailleftistnut@hotmail.com if you wouldlike to help with the campaign.

College DemocratsThe FSU College Democrats will be

holding a 50/50 raffle in the LaneCenter lobby on Wednesday, Nov. 1, from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be ameeting later that evening at 6 p.m. inLane Center 205. We will be holdingsign-ups for poll-watching on ElectionDay, and making plans for an electionnight party. We will also discuss ideasfor events following the election. Anynew members are welcome to attend.

Sudhir Singh presented his paper (co-authored with Allen Shin), both of theCollege of Business, “Certifiable Tax

Liens: Origin, Benefits, and Pitfalls” atthe Northeast Business and EconomicsAssociation Conference in Islandia, N.Y.,Oct. 6-7. The paper was also publishedin the conference proceedings.

James Saku, assistant professor ofgeography, published a paper titled“Aboriginal Census Data: A ResearchNote” in The Canadian Journal of NativeStudies, Summer 2000 edition. He alsopresented a paper titled “Towards aDemographic Characterization ofAboriginal Canadians” at the 2000annual meeting of Mid-Atlantic Divisionof The Association of American Geogra-phers at George Washington UniversityOct. 6. He chaired a session on Geo-graphic Philosophy, Tools and Outreachat the same meeting.

The following faculty members havebeen promoted:

Promoted to professor are Dr. MarthaDolly, English; Dr. Barbara Hurd,English; Linda McColloch, PerformingArts and Dr. John Neral, Economics.

The following individuals have beenpromoted to the rank of associateprofessor: Dr. Barry Fischer, Health,Physical Education and Recreation; Dr.Bonnie Hircock, Health, PhysicalEducation and Recreation; Dr. ArtSiemann, Health, Physical Educationand Recreation; Dr. Donald AlanBensley, Psychology and Dr. WilliamSeddon, Biology.

Dr. Maria-Luisa Sanchez, ForeignLanguages and Literature was promotedto the rank of assistant professor.

Prestigious Awards toGo to Exotic Locations

The National Security EducationProgram (NSEP) offers U.S. students anopportunity to strengthen internationalawareness and communication incountries deemed crucial to nationalsecurity. Each year the NSEP awards anumber of scholarships to students whowant to take part in overseas study incountries worldwide except in WesternEurope, Canada, Australia and NewZealand. Scholarships cover a semester,summer or year abroad and are substan-tial awards. Returning students benefitfrom employment opportunities with theU.S. Government. This year’s FSUdeadline for applications is Nov. 15.

International DinnerStudents, faculty and staff are invited

to a buffet of international cuisineWednesday, Nov. 15, in Ort Library room237 from 6 to 8 p.m. Students andfaculty will prepare dishes and provideentertainment from their native coun-tries. This is a rare opportunity to learnabout the many cultures represented atFSU. This event is co-sponsored byCampus Ministry and the Center forInternational Education.

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Semester Overseas forSame Price as FSU

The International Student ExchangeProgram allows FSU students to registerat FSU, pay FSU tuition and housing,and then study overseas for a semester,year or summer at one of over 200locations. Students may take financialaid with them and may apply forscholarships from the CIE. Students maychoose programs taught in eitherEnglish or in other languages. Applica-tions for the 2001-2 academic year andfor summer 2001 are now being ac-cepted. Deadline is Nov. 14.

Intersession Programsin Quebec and Ecuador

Students who want to spend a fewweeks living, studying and traveling ineither Quebec or Ecuador over theintersession should visit the CIE to findout more. Deadlines are nearing!

Study Abroad ProgramsThe Center for International Education

offers a variety of ways for FSU studentsto see the world. In many cases studentsregister at FSU during a semester abroad,and can take all financial aid with themand transfer course credit back to FSU.For information on any of the programsor scholarships that may be available,check with Dr. Amy Simes at the CIE inthe Fuller House on Braddock Road, callher at x3091 or e-mail her atasimes@frostburg.edu.

Pubs & Clubs in Newcastle, UKStudents interested in studying at the

University of Northumbria in Newcastle,England, during spring 2001 shouldcontact the CIE. Newcastle is one of theliveliest cities in the UK, just across theChannel from Amsterdam, and threehours north of London (one hour southof Edinburgh) by train. Courses areavailable in a wide variety of subjects.The cost of the program is the same asone semester (in-state) at FSU, and allfinancial aid will transfer. Applicationsare being accepted for fall 2001.

Many ways to experience Culture ShockFSU affiliates with the American

Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) whichoffers study abroad programs in universi-ties around the world. Programs are opento all majors. The CIE is taking applica-tions for spring semester 2001 programs.Spaces are still available in many loca-tions. You may register at FSU and useyour financial aid for all programs.

Denmark for Future TeachersFSU has established an exchange

program for education majors at ateacher’s college in Copenhagen. Studentsspend spring semester with other interna-tional students, taking part in practiceteaching and other academic projects.

Octoberfest und Mayfest in GermanyFSU students who would like to take

part in UMUC’s semester programs inSchwabisch Gmund in southern Germanyshould apply to the CIE. The campus ispart of the University of Maryland

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30Spring 2001 and Intersession Registration (through November 17)Alumni Dinner Series: Al Martin – “The Empowering Leader”

6:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson Room* SAFE Speaker: Mike Green – “Kegs, Kicks, Kompetition”

7:00 p.m. ..... Manicur Assembly Hall* Women’s Volleyball: LaRoche College ............... 7:00 p.m. ................................. Away* Monday Night Football: Tenn. @ Washington .... 9:00 p.m. .....Derezinski Lounge/Loft

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31* Men’s Soccer: Univ. of Pittsburgh-Johnstown .... 3:00 p.m. ................................. Away* African American Film: “Nothing But A Man” ...... 7:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson Room

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1* CCM Mass ...................................................... noon & 8:00 p.m. ............... Cook ChapelFaculty Senate Meeting ......................................... 4:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson RoomRHA Meeting .......................................................... 5:00 p.m. ........................ Dunkle 218BURG - Eating Disorders ....................................... 7:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson RoomCAB Meeting ........................................................... 7:00 p.m. ..... Manicur Assembly HallBSA Meeting ........................................................... 8:00 p.m. ........................... Lane 202* UCM Meeting: “How Ethical Do You Think You Are?”

7:30 p.m. ........................ Library 237

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2* Fall 2000 Convocation ......................................... 3:30 p.m. ............... PAC Recital Hall* SGA Senate Meeting ........................................... 7:30 p.m. ................. Atkinson Room

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3* Men’s Soccer: AMCC Tournament (3-4) .................................................................. TBA* CAB Film Series: “The Perfect Storm” ................ 7:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson Room* Jazz Ensemble Performance ............................... 8:00 p.m. ............... PAC Recital Hall* Center Stage Survivor Carnival ........................... 9:00 p.m. .... Lane Center Loft/Lobby

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4* Women’s Volleyball: AMCC Championships ........................................................... TBAGRE Testing .................................................. 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ............... Dunkle 218* Football: Greensboro College ............................. 1:00 p.m. ................................. Away* CAB Film Series: “The Perfect Storm” ................ 2:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson Room* Psychic Fair .......................................................... 8:00 p.m. .....Derezinski Lounge/Loft

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5* CCM Mass ...................................................... noon & 8:00 p.m. ............... Cook Chapel*Planetarium – “Galaxies: Star Kingdoms” .......1:30 & 7:00 p.m. ................... Tawes Hall* CAB Film Series – “The Perfect Storm” .............. 7:00 p.m. ................. Atkinson Room

* Open to the public. Questions? Call 301-687-4411. All information subjectto change.

FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services, and activities accessibleto persons with disabilities. You may request accommodations through the ADACompliance Office, 302 Hitchins, (301)-687-4102, TDD (301)-687-7955.

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system, and all credits transfer back toFSU. Live in a beautiful village and studyon a campus with students from over 80countries. All teaching is in English.

Work/Volunteer OverseasStudents interested in working abroad

should come by the CIE for informationabout internships, volunteer organiza-tions and paid work overseas. Manyorganizations help students obtain jobsand work permits, and some help toarrange housing as well. Students canchoose from short experiences (1-2months) to longer experiences (4-12months), or even look into a more

serious commitment (1-3 years).

Information Sessions Every TuesdayEach Tuesday students are invited to

the Fuller House for a free study abroadinformation session. Sessions begin at 3p.m. in the CIE library. Students mayaccess catalogs, videos and the Internet.

Listen to the World on WFWMEvery Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m.,

listen to “Planet Frostburg” on WFWM,91.9 FM. Amy Simes plays music fromaround the world and catches everyoneup on the latest news in overseas studyand international programs.

FSU Events CalendarLook for the FSU weekly events calendar on the Web at

www.frostburg.edu/weekcal.htm