AARNESS NAMED MSU’S
DIRECTOR OFACADEMIC
SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Janet Haak Aarness, who taught speech and theatre and served as theatre director at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls for the past nine years, has been named MSU’s new director of academic support.
She’s replacing Sharon Ferris, who retired this winter after a 35-year career on campus.
Aarness, a 1984 Concordia College graduate, worked five years as an actor, singer, administrative assistant, costumer and writer for Plain People Entertainment in Fargo after completing her degree. She then earned her master’s degree in theatre arts at the University of North Dakota.
In her new position, Aarness will supervise the university’s student advisor program, chair the academic appeals committee and coordinate the appeals process; coordinate the suspension appeals process; chair the convocations committee; coordinate advising for undeclared majors; and organize the opening academic convocation, the honors convocation and the faculty service awards program.
Originally from Holloway, Minn., she and her husband Jeff live in rural Pelican Rapids with their two children.

SENIOR ADDRESSES MSU
HONORS CONVO SUNDAY
Matt Baumgartner, a senior biology/chemistry major from Bismarck, N.D., has been chosen as the main speaker for the university’s annual honors convocation at 4 p.m. Sunday,  April 30 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre.
The program recognizes exceptional academic achievement.
Radtke was selected to deliver the address by a vote of the university’s convocations committee. He’s a 1996 graduate of Bismarck St. Mary’s High School and the son of Todd and Mary Baumgartner. The title of his talk: "MSU and Life: More than a Destination."
More than 800 students will be recognized for academic achievement during the convocation

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
GETS MSU NEW CENTER’S
CORRICK SPIRIT AWARD
Wendy Pauluk a 1991 MSU graduate who’s now a psychologist at Montevista Hospital in Las Vegas has been named the recipient of the fourth annual Delmar G. Corrick Spirit and Vision Award
It’s presented annually by the faculty of MSU’s New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies to a graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Corrick, who retired in 1997 after 21 years at the university, 16 of them as director of the New Center.
Corrick’s egalitarian vision of higher education and his belief in the potential of the human spirit prompted the New Center to create an award in his honor.
The New Center is an alternative entry program at MSU, established for students who don’t meet the university’s requirements for admission, but show promise to succeed in college.
Pauluk, originally from Hankinson, N.D., entered the New Center in 1986 and graduated cum laude with an MSU psychology degree. She then earned both her master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology at the United States International University in San Diego. She and her husband Dan, also an MSU graduate, now live in Las Vegas with their two daughters.
Pauluk will be asked to accept the award on behalf of all students—past, present and future—who’ve been touched by Corrick’s vision and spirit.

LOOMING TEACHER SHORTAGE PUSHES NUMBERS UP IN MSU’S
ELEMENTARY ED PROGRAM
The number of elementary education majors at Moorhead State University increased from 415 to 600 over the past four years, reflecting what may be a renewed interest among college students for careers in elementary school teaching.
"They keep coming and coming," says Roberta Shreve, who chairs MSU’s elementary and early childhood education program. "The word is out that a teacher shortage is looming."
That’s despite a rash of local and regional cutbacks in classroom teachers due to budgetary constraints and enrollment drops, she said.
The United States is projecting a teacher shortage of more than 2.2 million positions over the next decade, Shreve said, mostly the result of attrition and retirement.
About 20 percent of all new hires leave teaching within three years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In urban districts, close to 50 percent of newcomers flee the profession during their first five years of teaching. Meanwhile, more than a million veteran teachers are nearing retirement.
That, coupled with increasing demand for smaller class sizes and competition from higher paying jobs outside of education, will expand the demand for new teachers.
"There will be lots of jobs available for education graduates," Shreve said. "But they must be mobile and willing to move out of state. Most of the shortages will develop on the East and West coasts, in the Sunbelt states, and in urban areas."
Despite what seems like overwhelming evidence, Shreve said, some groups contend there isn’t a teacher shortage.
According to the National Center for Education Information, a source of information about alternative teacher preparation and certification, universities and colleges in this country are producing over 200,000 teachers a year, more than enough to meet demand. It contends that government uses these statistics to get more money, more programs, more publicity and more political points.
Yet the American Federation of Teachers reports that some schools are already offering signing bonuses to attract new teachers. Baltimore’s lure was $5,000 toward a house closing for teachers willing to live in the city, plus $1,200 in moving expenses. Detroit offered $3,000 just for signing on the dotted line. Massachusetts put up $20,000 over four years for 100 of the top candidates.
It’s not just jobs driving the numbers. "Many people consider teaching a calling," she said. "I’ve seen quite a few people in the middle of their careers who are coming back to get an education degree because they believe that teaching is a noble career choice. They want to make a contribution."
That’s the case with Marty Malmberg, 47, a successful local businessman for the past 20 years. Now he’s close to being a senior in MSU’s elementary education program.
"I decided I wanted to do something important during my next 20 years before I hang it all up," he said. "I’d like to be able to look back and say I made a difference.
During the 1970s Malmberg was an MSU elementary education major, but dropped out to support his family. "I did well in the business world. But I went to work everyday to make a living, not for the love of it. My wife was a hospice nurse for
13 years and she just couldn’t wait to go to work in the morning. I wanted that kind of joy for myself. That’s why I want to teach. Because it’s an important calling."
Nevertheless, demand for teachers is an ever-changing landscape. When the children of the "baby boom" generation reached school age in the mid-1980s, enrollment in elementary and secondary schools began to shoot up. By 1996, a record 51.4 million students were enrolled in the nation’s public and private schools, 14 percent more than the decade before.
In 1989, in the middle of that bulge, MSU had a record 920 elementary education majors, which gradually dropped to a low of 415 in 1996 and then began another ascent.
The National Education Association projects that by 2008, public school enrollment will exceed 54 million, an increase of nearly 2 million children over today. Elementary school enrollment is expected to increase by 17 percent.
Also putting pressure on MSU elementary education numbers, Shreve said, is the new state teacher licensure guidelines implemented by the Minnesota Board of Teaching that will take effect Sept. 1, 2001. "It will require students to take an extra 16 credits to qualify for licensure," she said.
"A number of students obviously want to avoid that requirement and graduate as soon as possible. So instead of 60 elementary education majors in their fourth and final year, next fall we’ll have 120."
To deal with the increase, Shreve said, MSU has added two new fixed term positions in the elementary and early childhood education department, which already employs 13 faculty. "We’re trying to keep class size within reason," she said, "so we’re teaching more sections. It’s going to be quite a fall semester."

CHILDREN’S RESPONSE TO
’97 FLOOD FOCUS OF
APRIL 26 PROGRAM AT MSU
How young children responded to the 1997 Red River Valley flood is the focus of a free program starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 in MSU’s Livingston Lord Library porch.
Called "Responding to Children’s Understanding of Disaster," it’s the conclusion of a study that explored the art and writing of children following the devastating flood.
The study was conducted by MSU professors Roberta Shreve and Karen Danbom along with Sara Hanhan, a professor at the University of North Dakota.
The study found clear indications that the flood experience affected children in a variety of ways. The results have implications for how teachers can best respond to the needs of children during disasters.
The program will include slides and suggestions for curriculum planning.

 COUNSELING/STUDENT AFFAIRS, SOCIAL
WORK HOST PRACTICUM LAB OPEN HOUSE
An open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 to celebrate the completion of the Nemzek House, a facility that will be used for clinical and didactic training by both MSU’s Counseling and Student Affairs program and the Social Work department. The Nemzek House has been renovated to provide a laboratory in which counseling and social work students can practice interviewing and counseling skills.
Faculty, staff, students, and community members are invited to attend the open house. It will be held at the Nemzek House, 515 South 11th St., Moorhead. Light refreshments will be served and tours of the facility will be provided.

COLLEGE FOR KIDS
This summer MSU will be hosting the first annual College for Kids on campus. Children ages eight through twelve will be provided with academic enrichment through the wonderful resources that we have here at MSU. Students will have the opportunity to explore new academic areas, meet new friends, and be exposed to a learning atmosphere in specialized fields beyond the regular classroom curriculum.
Classes will run Monday through Friday from
8:30 a.m.-noon in two sessions from July 10 -14 and July 17-21. Classes may be taught in 1 1/2 or 3-hour blocks depending on the course topic.
We are currently recruiting instructors for this exciting new program to teach classes for kids and for parents. Possible topics include: Computer Art, Acting for Kids, Astronomy for Kids, Writing Your Story, Japanese for Kids, and Creating a Reading-Rich Environment for Your Kids. Honoraria will be provided to instructors for developing and teaching classes for College for Kids.
For more information, please e-mail Kerry Finn, Continuing Studies, at finnk@mnstate.edu or call mornings at x2394.

READING APRIL 27 FEATURES
19TH ANNUAL EDITION
OF MSU’S RED WEATHER
A publication reading featuring the work published in this year’s "Red Weather," MSU’s campus literary magazine, starts at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 27 in the university’s Library Porch.
The 132-page publication, the largest ever, includes poetry, fiction, non-fiction and photography by more than 40 MSU students, faculty and alumni.
This year, for the first time, Red Weather was also offered as a new English course at MSU.
Another reading is scheduled outdoors at Atomic Coffee in Moorhead starting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30. Copies of the new edition of Red Weather, each $6,  will be available that evening. It’s also available at the MSU Bookstore and other local bookstores.

TRAVEL AND TEACH IN CHINA
WITH MSU’S SANDRA GORDON
You are invited to join MSU elementary and early childhood education professor Sandra Gordon at the Global Language Village in Jinan, China, this summer to examine firsthand many facets of the Chinese culture including its people, sites, businesses and more. This is an opportunity for all teachers, regardless of subject area and grade level, to teach in one of 14 sites in China for a few weeks in Summer 2000.
Spend three weeks in China. Tour the first four to five days in one of the three primary regions - Canton, Beijing or Shanghai. Then teach for 13 days at one of fourteen Global Language Villages.  Teach Chinese students ages 10-18 while working with other Americans and Chinese teachers of English. Each Language Village provides a simulated cultural setting so that the Chinese students learn both language and culture. Said differently, each village provides a "little America" experience. Each American teacher should plan to be fully occupied for the two-week term of the language village.
Travel from Fargo to China will begin about July 15. Approximate cost is $1,795. The cost includes travel from most U.S. airports, meals, entrance fees and guide services. If you are a teacher, have a college degree, have comparable or needed training or experience, you will also receive 2000
Yuan while in China. Selected college students will also receive this sum. The cost does not include passports or visa fees, airport taxes in China, guide tips or personal expenses such as laundry or drinking water.
For details, contact Dr Sandra Gordon at 236-3580 or at gordon@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu. Her office is Lommen 215.  Global Language Villages are in collaboration with Concordia College. Get an application from the WEB site at cord.edu/dept/clv/glv
Gordon will be the dean of a GLV in Jinan this summer. Last summer she was the dean of one in Changchun, China. Gerald Haukebo, a retired MSU public affairs vice president, initiated the concept for the Global Language Villages. He continues to be an active leader in GLV. His son, John Haukebo, graduated from MSU and teaches in the Detroit Lakes School District. John has spent the last few summers in China with the program. Bob Onstad, currently enrolled at MSU, worked as a teacher with Gordon last summer.

MSU BLACKFRIARS CELEBRATE 20TH
CENTURY MUSIC AND DANCE MAY 3
The MSU Blackfriars present a celebration of music and dance from the 20th century featuring The FM Repertory Theatre with special guests The MSU Dance Team and The MSU Heritage Dancers at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Auditorium.
Performances will include everything from ragtime to Ricky Martin, from the hand-jive to Michael Jackson.
Adult tickets are $5, and children’s tickets are $3. They’ll be available at the door.
The FM Dance Repertory Theatre provides students with a hands-on experience in dance. This concert provides a showcase for the students work as dancers and choreographers.
Craig Ellingson, MSU theatre department, directs the FM Dance Repertory Theatre.

THREE MSU STUDENTS ATTTEND
NAVAL ACADEMY CONFERENCE
Three MSU students--Bill Heinis, Jen Montgomery, and Janette Bonkowski--attended the US Naval Academy's Foreign Affairs Conference in Annapolis April 17-20. The conference is by invitation only and all delegates must be nominated by their schools. MSU students were nominated by political science professor Andrew Conteh.
This year's conference topic was "The Role of the Military in the Post-Modern Era." A number of analysts have suggested that there is a growing gap" between the military and the society it is sworn to protect."
Others; however, suggest that there is no crisis in civil-military relations, merely a search for a new equilibrium in the post-Cold War environment."
Two critical issues in this debate are the attitude of civil society toward the military and its missions and the attitude of the military towards civil society. These factors will shape the decisions that determine the roles and missions of the military in the 21st century.
Activities over the four days included presentations of student papers at round table discussions and various guest speakers, including the Honorable Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy.

 UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS
The MSU Jazz Ensembles will be in concert Tuesday, April 25 at 8 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium. Jazz Ensemble II will perform "Honeydew," "Birth of the Blues," "Dancing on a Dime," and "Blue Birdland." Jazz Ensemble I will perform "Flight to Nassau," "Rush-Hour Traffic," "Summertime," and "Things Ain’t What They Used to Be." The Jazz Ensembles are directed by Ted DiSanti.
The MSU Orchestra will present a concert at
8 p.m. Friday, April 28, also in Weld Hall Auditorium. Both concerts are free and open to the public.

GUEST COMPOSER
AT MSU APRIL 27
Guest composer and percussionist Allen Otte will perform at MSU Thursday, April 27 at 8 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Otte’s activities on Friday, April 28 include:
* Movement Study at 10 a.m. in CA 148
* Master Class at noon in CA 102B
* Percussion Master Class at 3 p.m. in the Fox Recital Hall.
For more information on these events, contact the music department at 236-2101.
Otte founded the Blackearth Percussion Ensemble in 1972. The three members of the group are faculty and ensemble-in-residence at the conservatory, with an international touring schedule of concerts, concerto appearances, master classes and children’s programs. Otte teaches percussion instruments, eurhythmics, composition, various literature seminars and coaches and conducts traditional and contemporary chamber music at the University of Cincinnati.
Otte also founded Percussion Group Cincinnati in 1979, which includes Otte, James Culley and Russell Burge, all faculty members and ensemble-in-residence at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. Their national and international tour schedule has included performances at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Center, plus many others.
MSU FACULTY RECITAL
PREMIERS "ENDGAME",
DOUBLE EDGE
An MSU faculty recital featuring the works of composers Ross Feller and James Harley will be presented at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
Feller will premier "Endgame" for wind quintet and percussion, performed by the F-M Woodwind Quintet and David Eyler.
An 8 p.m. concert will feature Double Edge, a dance and music collaborative project featuring choreographer/dancer Kora Radella and composer/saxophonist Ross Feller. Double Edge explores the interdisciplinary space between dance and music through playful disorientation. Radella and Feller are veteran performers who ground their collaboration on metaphors of sound and motion.
Both events are free and open to the public.

ALL CHOIRS CONCERT MAY 2
An MSU concert featuring the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Festival Mixed Choir and Festival Women’s Choir will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 at St. Joseph Catholic Church,
202 10th St. S., Moorhead.
Rod Rothlisberger directs the Festival Choirs and Charles E. Ruzicka directs the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers.
The concert is free and open to the public.

MSU JUNIOR GIVES
GUITAR RECITAL
MSU junior Eric Klotz will present a guitar recital at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 in the Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall. The recital, free and open to the public, is in partial fulfillment of a bachelor of music-jazz guitar performance degree.
He’ll perform works by Chick Corea, Charlie Parker and Wayne Shorter. He’ll be accompanied by Nathan Fryett, drums; Steve Setzepfandt, bass; Karl Koopmann, guitar; Kylah Aull, keyboard; and Nick Goodroad, bass.

AMERICA READS
MSU has been awarded a grant from Americorp to pay for one year of funding for a VISTA position to coordinate our America Reads Program. Funded by Federal work funds several students are providing reading tutoring to 45 first grade children in the Moorhead public school system.
MSU has worked with Moorhead for three years. This position will allow program expansion by increasing the level of service to children and increasing the number of student tutors and the number of children served.
The coordinator will receive a monthly living allowance of $752 per month, a post-service educational award of $4275 or $1200 cash. Health and life insurance are also provided. If the coordinator has college student loans a student loan deferment is available.
The coordinator should have a college degree, a B.A., B.S. or A.A. and knowledge of educational systems, tutoring programs or other literacy efforts. This individual needs to possess strong organization skills, including training, project management, event planning and implementation.
Responsibilities include:
Developing/sustaining America Reads programs
Recruiting/selecting college student tutors
Planning and conducting training of college student
Working with community partners
Collaborate with other offices, especially Financial Aid and Education
Department, on campus
Designing/implementing evaluations
The position starts in the last week of July and will last for one year. Interested applicants should contact Susan Rostvedt Johnson of the Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid at 236-2084 for more information.

UPCOMING STUDENT
DESIGN PRESENTATIONS
Several MSU students will deliver graphic design presentations this week, all in room 165 of the Center for the Arts. The presentations are in partial fulfillment of a bachelor of fine arts degree.
* Kris Delaney at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.
* Louise Helm, featuring CKarat Jewelers, at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27.
* Stacy Fischer at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 2.
* Ryan Jacobs at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 3.
* Brian Gunderson presenting Bag Design/Apt 3 at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4.

MAY DAY SALE
APRIL 27 - MAY 4
April Showers bring May Flowers and more great sales at your MSU Bookstore 20% OFF Sweatshirts Tradebooks (regular priced)

 NCTM ANNUAL MEETING
Bonita Schmidt, Charlene Schwert, Vernon Wolff and Barbara Rath, mathematics department, joined more than 20,000 mathematics educators from around the country for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 78th Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12-15.
Leading this year’s meeting agenda was the official release of "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics," NCTM’s updated standards. It represents a timely, updated vision of school mathematics, describing a future where all students have access to high-quality, engaging mathematics instruction. The documents present guidelines for excellence in mathematics education and issue a call for all students to engage in more challenging mathematics. It updates NCTM’s original "Standards" documents for school mathematics, the first of which was released in 1989.
NCTM’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of mathematics educators in the world. More than 1,300 workshops, sessions, and panel discussions ­ led by nationally renowned education experts ­ took place, with the focus on helping teachers strengthen skills and teaching methods for the 21st century mathematics classroom. In addition, more than 260 businesses were on-hand to demonstrate the latest in curriculum and testing materials, student-centered manipulatives, and state-of-the-art technological advances that teachers and students can use to enhance learning.
With more than 100,000 members NCTM is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving mathematics education in grades K-12. NCTM is dedicated to ongoing dialogue and constructive discussion with all stakeholders about what is best for our nation’s students.

REGISTER FOR MSU INSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE MAY 17
On Wednesday, May 17, the Lead Faculty Group for Technology is sponsoring a mini-conference titled "Reaching Students in New Ways: Instructional Technology at MSU." The overall purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of the potentials and problems of incorporating technology in instruction, and to consider how it can be done successfully. The keynote speaker will be William Trochim, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University. The conference will be held from 9:30a.m.-2:45 p.m. in the MSU Center for Business and is free to MSU faculty and staff. For further information, visit the conference Web site -- www.mnstate.edu/LeadFaculty
The conference will feature a keynote on "Web-based Instruction at MSU" by Trochim, who has expertise in methodology and evaluation research as well as in teaching via the Web.  Trochim’s visit, and the conference, are being sponsored by the MSU Lead Faculty Committee.
Prior to his visit to MSU, Trochim is using a concept mapping methodology he's developed to gather information on the major issues, concerns, and problems associated with web-based instruction at Moorhead State, and will address those concerns in his presentation. The concept mapping is taking place via online discussion facilitated by him at Cornell with MSU faculty and staff participating from our campus. To participate in this online discussion and research project, go to the following Web site --
http://omni.human.cornell.edu/projects/Moorhead/phase1.htm
Hands-on workshops will be held to give you experience using the following instructional software tools ­ WebBoard (online discussion software), Altiris (decision-making software) & SmartBoard, WebCT (online course environment & development), and PowerPoint (presentation software for both online and face-to-face teaching).
These workshops will be held in the Center for Business computer labs. Enrollment is limited for these sessions.
Another conference feature will be poster sessions by MSU faculty who have received Lead Faculty mini-grants for projects which employ instructional technology in the teaching of their on-campus classes during the past two years.
The conference also includes a number of roundtable discussions on issues such as Online Class Discussions, Utilizing MSU's new Student Web Server, Customized CD-ROM Materials, Online Courses, and Off-Campus Delivery of Courses -- Lessons Learned.
Hands-on demonstrations of some of the instructional technologies and software available at MSU will also be part of the conference. Demos will include CDs available for student & faculty use (WebCT, WebMail, Listserv, NetG); PowerPoint; SmartBoard; NetMeeting; Altiris Vision (classroom control software); WebBoard; and WebCT.
Call Continuing Studies for a brochure, 236-2182.

MISCELLANEA
* John Benson, elementary and early childhood education, presented a poster at the annual Association of American Geographers Conference in Pittsburgh, PA on April 6. The poster was entitled, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Using Obituaries as a Method of Studying Interregional Migration Patterns."  An analysis was made of a month's worth of Fargo Forum obituaries and examined migration within and from outside of this region. In addition, migration by key points in people's lifetime were examined. The circle refers to how many people choose to be buried near their birthplaces or childhood homes.
* Padmaja Challakere, English, presented a paper entitled "The Ideology of Literary Imagination:Representation of London in Hanif Kureishi's Black Album (1995) and Sammy and Rosie get Laid (1987) at the Red River World Literature Conference, April 13-17, Fargo.
* Kathy Scott, student development, and Siobhan Kleinwolterink, student coordinator for Academic Service Learning, presented a session on service learning at the Region 5 National Orientation Directors’ Conference in Minneapolis, MN April 7-9. Also, Scott, and Assistant Orientation Coordinator Stephanie Rasmussen, along with five student orientation counselors (SOCs) presented at the Regional Conference for the National Orientation Directors’ Association. They presented a session on "Building A Team Of Allstars."
* Bonita Schmidt and Barbara Rath, mathematics department, presented the program for the April 19 meeting of the FM chapter of Women in Mathematics and Science. The title of their presentation was "What’s New in Geometry? Fractal Geometry!". The FM chapter is a network of women in the area employed in professions involving mathematics or science. In addition to their monthly meetings, the group sponsors a fall banquet honoring area high school women outstanding in mathematics and science. Most of the women also present workshops for Expanding Your Horizons, a spring workshop for junior high school girls encouraging them to continue to take mathematics and science in high school, by show casing careers in math and the sciences.
* Jim Kaplan, languages, will present a paper at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS), held May 4-6 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His topic will be "Birger Sandzen as Author in the Swedish-American Press." Kaplan will also chair a session on Scandinavian Art.

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MSU STUDENTS SHOW THEIR
‘MOCUMENTARY’ ON FILMMAKING
APRIL 14 AT FARGO THEATRE
"This is a Student Film," a full-length "mocumentary" produced by MSU film studies students, will be shown free at The Fargo Theatre at 9 p.m. Friday, April 14 as a feature of a new student filmmakers series.
In the nature of "This is Spinal Tap" and "The Blair Witch Project," the film is a parody that captures the cliches, the oddities, the personalities and the realities that face young filmmakers.
Directed and produced by recent MSU graduate Peter Gregg and current senior T.J. Lackner, the 82-minute wide-screen film, captured on digital video, follows the escapades of two student filmmakers played by Gregg and Lackner. Also cast in the film are MSU students Mike Kolloen and Angie Schoemer and graduate Leah Johnson.
The two filmmakers started the film as a small class project, but it eventually snowballed into seven hours of footage and became their final class project for a film directors class taught by Ted Larson.
"It’s the first feature-length film produced by students here," Larson said, "and it’s very entertaining. Because it was written, produced, directed, edited and acted by these two students, it has a consistency of tone and mood that comes across very well. It’s a gentle and warm satire that will definitely appeal to anyone who’s ever tried making a film."
Although the scenes were scripted ahead of time, all the dialogue was improvised by the actors and all the footage was shot in Fargo and Moorhead.
Gregg recently was accepted into graduate school at the University of Minnesota. Lackner, after graduating this May, intends to pursue a career in films.

DUNKIRK DELIVERS
DILLE FACULTY
LECTURE APRIL 24
Shawn Dunkirk, an MSU chemistry professor, has been selected to deliver this year’s Roland and Beth Dille Distinguished Faculty Lecture.
It’s scheduled at 7 p.m. Monday, April 24 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts thrust stage theatre. Her topic: "Bringing Chemistry to the Campus and Community: Commentaries, Opinions and Reflections. Questions and answers will follow.
The lecture is funded by the Dille Fund for Excellence, a permanent endowment  honoring former MSU President Roland Dille and his wife Beth that raised nearly $3.2 million in gifts and pledges during 1994.

EARLY CHRISTIAN ART TOPIC OF
APRIL 25 MSU LECTURE SERIES
 Kathleen Enz Finken, a MSU art history professor, will present a lecture on "An Early Christian Construction of Time: Salvation History in the Catacomb of Callistus, Rome" at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts room 165. It’s a feature of the university’s College of Arts and Humanities Faculty Colloquium Series.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Her talk, with accompanying slides, will focus on catacomb paintings dating from A.D. 200-210, which are some of the earliest surviving Christian art. It draws on her dissertation research and is the basis for a talk she’ll deliver at the 30th International Congress of Art in London later this year.
Enz Finken writes and speaks regularly on art history from pagan Rome to the 19th century. A member of the MSU art department since 1993, she is currently president of the Plains Art Museum’s board of directors.
FORMER ISRAELI COP,
NEO-NAZI INFILTRATOR
SPEAKS AT MSU APRIL 12
Yaron Svoray, a former Israeli commando and now one of the world’s best-known anti-terrorist fighters, will talk about his undercover exploits exposing the growing Neo-Nazi movements in Germany and the United States at  8 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in MSU’s student union ballroom.
Svoray, the son of Holocaust survivors, is the author of "In Hitler’s Shadow" and the focus of the HBO original film, "The Infiltrator."
As an Israeli commando, and later as a detective sergeant in the Israeli Central Police Command, Svoray learned the skills to become an anti-terrorist fighter.
Working with the help of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Svoray went undercover as a fictional right-wing American magazine editor and Nazi sympathizer. By ingratiating himself to the members of the movement, he came in contact with key Nazi leaders and a vast network of middle-class citizens who subscribe to the Nazi platform of racial hatred, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
Svoray said he was easily embraced by hate groups throughout Germany and the United States because "everyone wanted to talk about themselves."
Svoray said his experiences showed him the beliefs of hatred were not limited to hooligans and drunkards but included "bankers, members of the police, professors in universities and mayors of little towns." He said a 1995 party commemorating Hitler's birthday brought nearly 10,000 celebrants.
While spending more than 11 months risking his life to learn about the depth of the current Nazi movement, Svoray revealed his findings following a 1995 New York City press conference.
"I showed over 700 photos and revealed secret [Nazi] bank accounts, and after all that, not one Nazi was brought in for questioning, and not one Nazi spent a night in prison, and not one Nazi stopped being a Nazi," he said. "We can't be silent -- otherwise history will repeat itself."
For this MSU Campus Activities Event, admission is $2 for students and $3 for the general public.
 WOMEN AND THE LAND
TOPIC OF MSU TALK
Women who homesteaded North Dakota territory in the late 1800s until 1910 are the topic of a talk on "The Many Faces of Strength" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in MSU’s Library Porch.
Dr. H. Elaine Lindgren, a professor of sociology at North Dakota State University, will deliver the free, public lecture. She says that some pieces of land in North Dakota are still known by the names of their past owners. "These women are remembered as landowners, as well as wives and mothers," Lindgren said. "History is beginning to recognize the variety of roles undertaken by women in the settlement period, which paints a picture of ‘movers and shakers.’"
The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed individuals to homestead a 160-acre parcel of land in return for making improvements on the land and residing on the property. Lindgren says this occurred rapidly in North Dakota’s history, from 1890 to 1910.
Women homesteaders tended to be single women or widows. A married woman could not take title to property unless she was the head of household. These women came from all ethnic backgrounds, married later in life or not at all, and most had other careers as teachers, retail owners, seamstresses or domestics.
However, their motivations for homesteading were the same as men. "These women were motivated by establishing economic well-being and by adventure," Lindgren said.
Lindgren will relate the stories of several North Dakota women homesteaders, illustrated with slides. A photo exhibit of some of these women is on display in the circulation lobby of the MSU library through April 20.
She is the author of the book "Land in Her Own Name" (1991), which provides insights into the lives of more than 300 homesteading women.

Mark your calendars…
BOOKS ARE FUN RETURNS!
Books are Fun will be on campus this week from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in the Flora Frick-MacLean Hall connection
And just in time for Easter, Mother’s Day and any other special occasion.
"Books Are Fun" offers hardcover children and adult books and creative gift ideas at 40 to 70 percent off retail prices. These books are of the highest quality, durability and value. They make great gifts for children to adults. Check it out for a great deal.
Representative Joan Greving promises lots of great adult and children’s books, gifts, and children’s activities. And your purchase will benefit MSU’s Early Childhood Education Center. For every 10 books sold, the Center will receive one free book.
Mark your calendar now for this great gift-buying event!

MSU TO BE AT
WOMEN’S SHOWCASE
MSU staff and an MSU booth will be at the Women’s Showcase this Saturday, April 15 from
9 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Fargodome. A variety of events are scheduled, including Richard Simmons, a fashion show, health and wellness workshops, a car clinic, career and business workshops, food court and more than 350 interactive shopping exhibits.
Tickets are $7 in advance, $8 at the door, and $5 for teens. They’re available at Cash Wise Foods, Stop-N-Go stores, Dayton’s and the Women’s Business Institute.
A big thank you to the following people for volunteering to represent MSU at this event: Connie Lillehoff, Jackie Seifert, Carolyn Jacobson, Karen Gaard, Judy Lacher, Clare Hauck, Kathy Scott, Sara Lindberg, Marla Smith, and student Krista Young.
ENVISIONING AN AMERICAN MILLENNIUM
"This new world is probably now discovered…that God might in it begin a new world in a spiritual respect, when he creates the new heavens and new earth." Jonathan Edwards (1742)
What has an American millenium meant in the past? What does it mean today? Faculty from MSU and NDSU will give talks about visions of America'’ millenial destiny from the era of the American revolution to the present day, Saturday, April 15, 7 p.m. at The Spirit Room, 111 Broadway, Fargo
Speakers, Paul Harris, history, "Visions of the End: Political and Ethical Implications’; Susan Imbarrato, English, "The Great Awakening as a Social Movement toward the Inclusion of Women and Minorities:, Jim Bense, English "The Transcendentalist Response to the Millennial Legacy of the American Revolution"; Catherine Cater, Emerita, NDSU English and philosophy, "Occasion, Time, and Vision as Millennial Concepts in the Modernist Era." This event is free and open to the public.

 SURVIVING ‘MCMEDICINE’
TOPIC OF HEALTHCARE
LECTURE APRIL 17 AT MSU
A Fargo-Moorhead healthcare ethics lecture on "Surviving McMedicine: The Contest for Souls of Ill People and Those Who Care for Them," featuring Arthur Frank, a sociology professor at the University of Calgary, will be held Monday, April 17 at
7:30 p.m. in MSU’s student union ballroom.
Frank’s award-wining book, "At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness," tells his own story of surviving a heart attack and testicular cancer. Another of his books, "The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics," presents personal accounts of illness showing how people find meaning in suffering.
In his lecture, Frank will argue that today’s medicine is shaped by the larger forces of "McWorld"—a society characterized by fast food, fast communications and instant pleasures. And out of that, a new culture of care is developing.
Frank will also speak on "Post-Autonomy Ethics" at 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 17 in the Dakota Clinic Auditorium and at noon Tuesday, April 18 in the MeritCare Medical Center Auditorium. In these sessions, he’ll discuss the dilemmas of clinical practice within managed care, a newly emerging clinical ethics and future ethical challenges.
The Healthcare Ethics Lectureship was established in 1992 to promote education and dialogue about healthcare and the multiple ethical and moral perspectives that shape the delivery of care in this region. It is funded and planned by local hospitals, clinics, colleges and universities with additional funding from the Dakota Medical Foundation.

MSU SINGERS PLACE
The following MSU music students placed in the final competition of the North Dakota State National Association of Singing; Susan Andersen ? 2nd place, Freshmen Women; Jill Brendemuhl ? 1st place, Sophomore Women; Phillip Hermann ? 2nd place, Junior Men; Kiernan Hulet ? 1st place, Adult; Devon McConnell ? honorable mention, Freshmen Women.
The competition was held Saturday, April 1 at the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND.

GLOBAL WARMING
CONFERENCE
BEGINS APRIL 18
A three-day conference on "Global Warming: Science and Solutions" will run Tuesday, April 18 through Thursday, April 20 on the Moorhead State University, North Dakota State University and Concordia College campuses.
Keynote speaker will be Dr. John Firor, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. His talk, "The Bumpy Road to a Better Climate," will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in MSU’s Thrust Stage Theater. His talk will focus on the rapid change in the climate that has occurred during the past 20 years. He’ll also present some national and international steps that we can take to prevent radical climate changes and economic burden. He’s the author of the book "The Changing Atmosphere: A Global Challenge," published in 1990.
All talks are free and open to the public.
Faculty members from the participating colleges will deliver many of the talks, which are a part of
Tri-College Earth Week.
Scheduled activities:
* "Prehistoric Changes in Earth’s Climate: Clues to the Future" at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 18 in MSU’s Weld Hall Auditorium. It will feature what we know about past climate changes and how past climate changes have affected human and other populations. Speakers: MSU archaeologist Mike Michlovic and NDSU geologist Allan Ashworth; Russ Colson, introduction.
* "Current Research on Global Climate Change" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in Science 212 at Concordia College. This talk will examine the research that provides the most compelling evidence of the greenhouse hypothesis. Speakers: Steven Dahlberg, physics professor at Concordia College and William Gosnold, geology professor at the University of North Dakota.
* "Application and Development of Weather Prediction Models" at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 20 in MSU’s Weld Hall Auditorium. This presentation will describe the efforts required to effectively utilize mesoscale weather prediction models for forecasting. Speakers: Leon Osborne, director of the Regional Weather Information Center at UND; John Wheeler, meteorologist at WDAY television; John Mewes, chief scientist at Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., in Grand Forks, N.D.; and Brad Brammer, who’s a science and operations officer with the National Weather Service; Asoka Marasinghe, coordinator.
* "Solutions to Curb Global Warming and Elected Officials Policy Plans" at 2 p.m. Thursday,
April 20 in NDSU’s Century Theatre. This talk will explore the actions we can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which scientists believe cause global warming. Elected officials have been invited to this session. Speakers: Christopher Reed, energy services and marketing director, Moorhead Public Service; Donald Reicosky, USDA, North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory; and Dennis Jacbobs, MSU professor of multidisciplinary studies. Isis Stark, coordinator.
The following organizations have contributed to this conference: MSU’s Beta Beta Beta; MSU Environmentalists; MSU Science Center; MSU College of Education and Human Services; MSU College of Social and Natural Sciences; Dr. Bette Midgarden, MSU vice president for academic affairs; and Dakota Resource Council.

Upcoming MSU music events…
MSU’S SNOWFIRE
PRESENTS APRIL 14 CONCERT
MSU’s SnowFire will present a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 14 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
Free and open to the public, it will feature "Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat," "Stormy Weather," and "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," among many others.
David Ferreira directs SnowFire.
MSU WIND ENSEMBLE
PERFORMS APRIL 16
The MSU Wind Ensemble, directed by John Tesch, will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16 in Weld Hall Auditorium. It’s free and open to the public.
The Wind Ensemble will select from a variety of works, including "Celtic Hymns and Dances," "Mexican Pictures" and Shenandoah." The Wind Ensemble is comprised of 48 students from all academic majors.

MSU JAZZ COMBOS, JAZZ GUITAR
IN CONCERT APRIL 18
The MSU Jazz Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Combos will perform Tuesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. in Weld Hall Auditorium. The program will include works by Glenn Ginn, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker, among others.
The Jazz Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Combo I are directed by Glenn Ginn; Jazz Combo II is directed by Ted DiSanti. The concert is free and open to the public.

 CONCERT BAND PERFORMS APRIL 19
The MSU Concert Band, directed by Ed Christianson, will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in Weld Hall Auditorium. It’s free and open to the public.

MSU FACUTLY RECITAL
PREMIERS "ENDGAME",
DOUBLE EDGE
An MSU faculty recital featuring the works of composers Ross Feller and James Harley will be presented at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
Feller will premier "Endgame" for wind quintet and percussion, performed by the F-M Woodwind Quintet and David Eyler.
An 8 p.m. concert will feature Double Edge, a dance and music collaborative project featuring choreographer/dancer Kora Radella and composer/saxophonist Ross Feller. Double Edge explores the interdisciplinary space between dance and music through playful disorientation. Radella and Feller are veteran performers who ground their collaboration on metaphors of sound and motion.
Both events are free and open to the public.

COUNCIL ON COMMITTEES
Council on committees still has openings on the following university committees:
* Student Activities Budget Committee
* Student Health Advisory Committee
* Student Organization Advisory Council
* Cultural Diversity Committee
* Enrollment Management Committee
* Financial Aid and Scholarship Advisory Committee
* Institutional Assessment Committee
* Institutional Outreach Committee
* Institutional Review Board
* Liberal Studies Assessment Committee
* Strategic Budget Committee
* Strategic Planning Committee
* Student Computer Fee Committee
* Technology Committee
* Tuition Refund Appeals Committee
COC urges faculty and staff to recommend any student(s) they feel would serve well on a committee. All applications are due on April 23rd. Please direct questions to Teresa Helfter-Glover (gloverte@mhd1) in the CMU. Thank you.
HAPPY EASTER
Spring is here and Easter is near
Hop to the bookstore for some MSU Gear!
April 13-21 purchase a regular priced item and
receive 50% off 2nd item of equal or lesser
value on......
* Selected tops
* Shorts
* Childrens Clothing
* Posters
* Imprinted gifts
We will be open Saturday April 15th from 12 p.m. ? 3 p.m.

STRANDNESS RECEPTION
You are cordially invited to attend a reception honoring Dr. Jean Strandness for her service as Tri-College University Provost, Friday, April 14, 2000, 4:30-6 p.m. (program at 5 p.m.) in the Library Porch.

3rd ANNUAL "POKER" WALK FOR FITNESS
Did You Know…Just 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day, (like walking), can: cut your risk of heart disease by 30%; reduce your risk of hypertension, diabetes and colon cancer by 30%; reduce body fat by an average of 18%; and eliminate undue stress.
We encourage you to participate in the 3rd Annual "Poker" Walk For Fitness to be held on Tuesday,
April 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The objective is to walk to each of the 7 (seven) MSU departments listed in this memo, draw a card at each, and try to acquire the best poker hand. NOTE: The best 5 out of 7 cards can be used… Jokers are wild!
To coincide with Easter, pick a colored egg in the HR office for a chance to draw an additional card!
Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 hands, plus there will be a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING for a Portable CD Player at the conclusion of this walk.
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:
* CSIS Department, Bridges 160
* Dragon Stop, MacLean Hall (next to Bookstore)
* Physics Department, Hagen 313
* Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Lommen, 214V
* Computer Center, Library 201
* New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, Murray 206
* Human Resources, Owens 210
NOTE: A beverage and jellybeans will be served in HR at the finale of your walk.
Draw a card at each department, your name and card will be recorded. Keep your card and proceed to the other departments. You do not have to walk to all seven departments at one time, walk on your breaks or lunch hour. Human Resources must be the last department you walk to --before 4:00 p.m. You will draw your last card, and submit your best hand. You can also throw your name into the hat for the grand prize drawing, to be held at the conclusion of the walk.
This is a great opportunity to familiarize you with the MSU campus and get some exercise!
If you have questions, please call Deb Lewis at 2158.

SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY
WEDNESDAY APRIL 26
In conjunction with Earth Day, the Facilities & Grounds committee is organizing a campus wide clean-up day on April 26. (April 28 if it rains) Please join in the efforts to clean up our campus! Kick off the afternoon with free pizza, by the West side of the Library, then get your assignment anytime between 12:00-3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to help. Questions? Contact Gordy Bergman
236-3967 or Kathy Abraham at 236-2156.

NEW TITLES AT LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles (among many others):
You want fries with that?: a collection, by Ken Hoffman. PN6231 .F66H64 1999
The best stage scenes of 1998. PN2080 .B47 1998
Counseling children, 5th edition, by Charles L. Thompson and Linda B. Rudolph. RJ504 .T49 2000
Everybody belongs: changing negative attitudes toward classmates with disabilities, by Arthur Shapiro. LC1201 .S53 1999
Social work practice in the military, edited by James G. Daley. UH755 .S63 1999
Final drafts: suicides of world-famous authors, by Mark Seinfelt. PN452 .S45 1999
The search (the Birkenau boys), by Gerhard Durlacher. D804.3 .D8713 1998
Biostatistical analysis, 4th edition, by Jerrold H. Zar. QH323.5 .Z37 1999
Elective mutism: a handbook for educators, counsellors, and health care professionals, by Norman H. Hadley. RJ506 .M87H3 1994
Climbing high: a woman’s account of surviving the Everest tragedy, by Lene Gammelgaard. GV199.44 .E85G35 1999
Reason before identity: the Romanes lecture for 1998, by Amartya Sen (Nobelist, economics). BJ1474 .S46 1999
Ziegfeld girl: image and icon in culture and cinema, by Linda Mizejewski. PN2287 .Z5M58 1999
Hard choices: moral dilemmas in humanitarian intervention, edited by Jonathan Moore. HV639 .H37 1998
Shakespeare’s sonnets: critical essays, edited by James Schiffer. PR2848 .S46 1999
Delights, desires, and dilemmas: essays on women and the media, edited by Ann C. Hall. P94.5 .W65D45 1998
Hitler’s professors: the part of scholarship in Germany’s crimes against the Jewish people, by Max Weinrich. DS146 .G4W3913 1999
Writing successful science proposals, by Andrew J. Friedland and Carol L. Folt. Q180.55 .P7F75 2000
Debt and disposession: farm loss in America’s heartland, by Kathryn Marie Dudley. HD1773 .A3D83 2000
The life stories of undistinguished Americans as told by themselves, expanded edition, by Hamilton Holt. E184 .A1L52 2000
Network exchange theory, edited by David Willer. HM131 .N452 1999
From slavery to freedom: a history of African Americans, 8th edition, by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, jr. E185 .F8266 2000
Introduction to organic chemistry, 2nd edition, by William H. Brown. QD253 .B74 2000
Astronomer’s computer companion, by Jeff Foust and Ron Lafon. QB51.3 .E43F68 2000
Bernini and the art of architecture, by T. A. Marder. Oversize NA1123 .B5M369 1998
Jerusalem: an anthology of Jewish Canadian poetry, edited by Seymour Mayne and B. Glen Rotchin. PR9194.5 .J48J47 1996
Crowding out Latinos: Mexican Americans in the public consciousness, by Marco Portales. E184 .M5P67 2000
Nanotechnology, edited by Gregory Timp. T174.7 .N373 1999
Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern: a companion to the second Viennese school, edited by Bryan R. Simms. ML390 .S389 1999
Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences, 5th edition. HA29 .W445 2000
The Cambridge companion to Thomas Hardy, edited by Dale Kramer. PR4754 .C23 1999
Elementary geometry of algebraic curves: an undergraduate introduction, by C. G. Gibson. QA565 .G5 1998
All the anxious girls on earth: stories, by Zsuzsi Gartner. PR9199.3 .G34A79 1999
Managing death-sentenced inmates: a survey of practices, 2nd edition, by Daniel Hudson. HV9469 .H8 1999
Neurofibromatosis: phenotype, natural history, and pathogenesis, 3rd edition. RC280 .N4R525 1999
The essential theatre, 7th edition, by Oscar Brockett with Robert J. Ball. PN2101 .B72 2000
Women’s America: refocusing the past, 5th edition, edited by Linda K. Kerber and Jane Sherron De Hart. HQ1426 .W663 2000
Shady business: confronting corporate corruption, by Irwin Ross. HV6769 .R67 1992
The Middle East, 9th edition. DS63.1 .M484 2000
Stolen harvest: the hijacking of the global food supply, by Vandana Shiva. HD9000.5 .S454 2000
Childhood, by Patrick Chamoiseau. PQ3949.2 .C45Z46313 1999
Lucy’s legacy: sex and intelligence in human evolution, by Alison Jolly. GN281 .J6 1999
Mothers of all children: women reformers and the rise of juvenile courts in Progressive Era America, by Elizabeth J. Clapp. KF9794 .C58 1998
Walking since daybreak: a story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the heart of our century, by Modris Eksteins. DK502.74 .E39 1999
The Oxford companion to the year, by Bonnie Blackburn and Leofranc Holford-Stevens. CE73 .B553 1999
The best guide to allergy, 3rd edition. RC584 .B45 1994
Polk’s folly: an American family history, by William R. Polk. E179 .P76 2000
Plays for the theatre: a drama anthology, 7th edition, by Oscar G. Brockett with Robert J. Ball. PN6112 .P57 2000
Towards equity in global communication: MacBride update. HM258 .T69 1999
The impact of humanism, edited by Lucille Kekewich. CB361 .I4 2000
Care for the caretaker: how Jim Backus’ wife did it: an upbeat guide for those who care for others, by Henny Backus. RC523 .B3 1999
Quark Xpress, version 4, by Christopher Lumgair. Z286 .D47L8 1999
Plunderphonics, ‘pataphysics, and pop mechanics: an introduction to musique actuelle, by Andrew Jones. ML197 .J6 1995
The orphans’ home cycle, by Horton Foote. PS3511 .O344O7
The mammoth book of true war stories, edited by Jon E. Lewis. U21.2 .M3 1999
Franz Liszt: selected letters. ML410 .L7A4 1998
Writing online: a student’s guide to the internet and world wide web, 2nd edition, by Eric Crump and Nick Carbone. PE1408 .C734 1998
Paralegal: an insider’s guide to one of today’s fastest growing careers, 3rd edition, by Barbara Bernardo. KF320 .L4B473 1997
Up against the corporate wall: modern corporations and social issues of the nineties, 5th edition, by S. Prakash Sethi and Paul Steidmeier. HD60.5 .U5S47 1991
The advancing frontier of survival: life tables for old age, by Väinö Kannisto. HB1322 .K35 1996
Surveillance, closed circuit television and social control, edited by Clive Norris, Jade Moran, and Gary Armstrong. JC596.2 .G7S87 1998
Controlling reproduction: an American history, edited by Andrea Tone. HQ766.5 .U5C56 1997
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

NEW LIBRARY REFERENCE TITLES
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles in the Reference Room:
A dictionary of contemporary history: 1945 to the present. Ref. D842 .T69 1999
Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics. Ref. E184 .A1E574 2000
The Penguin dictionary of geography, new edition. Ref. G63 .C562 1998
Companion encyclopedia of anthropology. Ref. GN25 .C65 1997
The dictionary of anthropology. Ref. GN307 .D485 1997
Major marketing campaigns annual, 1998. Ref. HF5837 .M35 1998
The almanac of women and minorities in American politics. Ref. HQ1236.5 .U6M3778 1999
Nimmer on copyright: congressional committee reports on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and concurrent amendments. Ref. KF2991.5 .N52 2000
Rankings and estimates: rankings of the states 1999 and estimates of school statistics 2000. Ref. LA212 .N36a 1999
Teacher certification requirements in all fifty states: how and where to get a teaching certificate in all fifty states, 17th edition. Ref. LB1771 .T4 1999-2000
Peterson’s guide to distance learning programs. Ref. LC5805 .P48 2000
The American musical film song encyclopedia. Ref. ML102 .M68H57 1999
Encyclopedia of interior design. Ref. NK1165 .E48 1997
The astronomical almanac, 2001. Ref. QB8 .U1 2001
Dictionary of military terms. Ref. U24 .B69 1999b
Where to find what: a handbook to reference service, 4th edition. Ref. Z1035.1 .H54 2000
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

On Tuesday, April 11, Dave Holsen turned 55. Wish him happy birthday to our boy in the physical plant.

MISCELLENEA
* Lynn Harter and Scott Titsworth, speech communication and theatre arts, published a pedagogy article entitled "Using Plato's Allegory of the Cave to Illustrate Communication Principles."  The article was published in volume 3 of Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course, edited by L. Hugenberg and B. Hugenberg (1999), Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
*  Louis J. De Maio, SLHS, gave a presentation at the Merit Care Parents' Fair on Saturday, March 25. The title of his presentation was "Parent-Child Communication." The SLHS Department also had a display at the fair promoting Speech/Language and Hearing services at MSU. Featured on the display was the Regional Assistive Technology Center (RATC), Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD) clinic, and the Parent-Child Communication Program (PCCP).
* Olivia Melroe, Peg Potter, and Lisa Stewart, psychology, along with graduate students Jill Roper and Julie Schreiner, attended the annual conference of the National Association of School Psychologists in New Orleans. Roper and Stewart did a presentation titled "Homework: Opportunity for Family/School Partnership and Academic Consultation" based on Jill Roper's master's thesis. Stewart also presented on "Successful Reintegration of Students Using CBM and a Team Approach," and Potter did an interactive session titled "To Test or Not to Test: What Do You Think?" MSU graduate and practicum supervisor Terese Schaefer took second place in her age bracket in the annual 5K Run/Walk. This follows a first place finish for student Scott Vosper last year.
* On March 31 and April 1 James Hatzebuhler, Don Mattson, Brian Hagelstrom, Lian Ng, Derald Rothmann and Vernon Wolff attended the spring meeting of the north central section of the Mathematical Association of America which was held in conjunction with associations for k-12 and community college teachers of mathematics. Students Angela Hodge and David Wolff also attended. Hodge, Ng, and Wolff conducted a presentation entitled "Mathematics in Nutrition" which involved participation by elementary and middle schoolteachers who were in attendance Mattson presented the paper "Can a Countably Infinite Hausdorff Space Have the Fixed-Point Property?" to a session of the M.A.A. portion of the meeting.
* James Reese Weckler, languages, attended the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT) in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 16-18, and participated in a workshop on Spanish Immersion Programs. He also successfully presented and defended his dissertation, "Atacando la hipocresía: El idealismo en la antipoesía de Nicanor Parra", on March 21 at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
* Theodore Gracyk, philosophy, delivered a public lecture at Valparaiso University, Indiana, on April 6. The lecture was entitled "Speaking in Tongues: Issues of Appropriation in Rock Music." While at Valparaiso, Gracyk also lectured to a class in Christ College, the school’s Honors College.
* Lowell Schmitz, biology 1997, was named the 2000 Outstanding Wildlife Graduate Student of the Year by the South Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society. He is finishing a master of science degree in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at South Dakota State University on a thesis project entitled "Development of lure forages for minimizing winter depredation by deer in South Dakota".
* Larry Nickolson building services and Moorhead city council member, was recently elected president of the U.S. Highway 75 "Historic King of Trails." The "Historic King of Trails" is recognized as a "Prairie Passages" by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and marketed as an attraction for travelers from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Monterey, Mexico.
* Nathan Davis, music, was elected president-elect of Mnsota, the Minnesota chapter of ASTA (America String Teachers Association) with NSOA (the National School Orchestra Association). This is a six-year commitment, two as president-elect, two as president, and two as past-president. ASTA with NSOA is the preeminent national organization for string/orchestra playing and teaching.
* Jim Bense, English, reviewed The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene in The Journal of Mind and Behavior 20 (1999) 437-43

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 FORMER ISRAELI COP,
NEO-NAZI INFILTRATOR
SPEAKS AT MSU APRIL 12
Yaron Svoray, a former Israeli commando and now one of the world’s best-known anti-terrorist fighters, will talk about his undercover exploits exposing the growing Neo-Nazi movements in Germany and the United States at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in MSU’s student union ballroom.
Svoray, the son of Holocaust survivors, is the author of "In Hitler’s Shadow" and the focus of the HBO original film, "The Infiltrator."
As an Israeli commando, and later as a detective sergeant in the Israeli Central Police Command, Svoray learned the skills to become an anti-terrorist fighter.
Working with the help of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Svoray went undercover as a fictional right-wing American magazine editor and Nazi sympathizer. By ingratiating himself to the members of the movement, he came in contact with key Nazi leaders and a vast network of middle-class citizens who subscribe to the Nazi platform of racial hatred, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
Svoray said he was easily embraced by hate groups throughout Germany and the United States because "everyone wanted to talk about themselves."
Svoray said his experiences showed him the beliefs of hatred were not limited to hooligans and drunkards but included "bankers, members of the police, professors in universities and mayors of little towns." He said a 1995 party commemorating Hitler's birthday brought nearly 10,000 celebrants.
 While spending more than 11 months risking his life to learn about the depth of the current Nazi movement, Svoray revealed his findings following a 1995 New York City press conference.
"I showed over 700 photos and revealed secret [Nazi] bank accounts, and after all that, not one Nazi was brought in for questioning, and not one Nazi spent a night in prison, and not one Nazi stopped being a Nazi," he said. "We can't be silent—otherwise history will repeat itself."
For this MSU Campus Activities Event, admission is $2 for students and $3 for the general public.

CHARLES BAXTER TO PRESENT
MSU’S ANNUAL CLARENCE
‘SOC’ CLASRUD LECTURE APRIL 6
Novelist and short story writer Charles Baxter will talk on "Fast Readers, Slow Stories" at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 6 on the MSU Library Porch as the feature of this year's Clarence "Soc" Glasrud annual lecture series.
He’ll also read from his fiction at 8 p.m. that day at the Roland Dille Center for the Arts thrust stage theatre.
Baxter, who lives in Ann Arbor and teaches at the University of Michigan, is the author of novels and books of stories, including "Believers," " Shadow Play" and "First Light." He has also published "Burning Down the House," essays on fiction, and edited "The Business of Memory," an anthology about memoirs. His own stories have been widely anthologized, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's and The Paris Review.
His lecture will explore the problem of speed in relation to storytelling. "I'm bothered," Baxter said, "by the addiction of the younger generation—I never thought I would use that phrase—to speed, and their way of saying that art that is slow is bad."
The lecture series honors Clarence "Soc" Glasrud, a Detroit Lakes native who taught in a country school before enrolling at MSU in 1930 and graduating in 1934. Following a stint in the Army Air Corps during World War II, Glasrud earned both a master's degree and a doctorate at Harvard University. He returned to his alma mater in 1947 to teach, eventually serving 23 years as chair of MSU's English Department. He retired in 1977.
Glasrud has since written two comprehensive histories of the university: "The Moorhead Normal School" and "Moorhead State Teachers College." He's now working on the final chapter of the University's history.
HENDRIX HEALTH FAIR APRIL 5
MSU’s annual Hendrix Health Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 5 in the student union ballroom. It will feature 50 booths from campus and community representatives promoting life-long wellness. Included will be body fat testing, massages, blood pressure screening, blood sugar testing, hearing screenings and cholesterol screening. Free food samples and entertainment will be provided throughout the day, including the MSU cheer team, American Gold Gymnastics, aerobics, belly dancing, yoga and tai chi chih demonstrations. The event is sponsored by Dakota Medical Foundation.

MSU’S 5th ANNUAL UNITY CONFERENCE
ON HISPANIC CULTURE SET APRIL 6-7
MSU’s fifth annual Unity Conference focusing on Latino culture, history, education and legislation will be held Thursday and Friday, April 6 and 7, in the Comstock Memorial Union.
In the Cass-Clay area, Latinos are already the largest minority, having grown at the rate of 68 percent in Cass County and 49 percent in Clay County between 1990 and 1997. The conference, following the theme "Principios: Recovering the Past, Charting the Future," begins at noon Thursday. To register or for more information call Abner Arauza at (218) 236-2721, or e-mail at arauza@mnstate.edu. Registrations will also be accepted the day of the conference the cost is $20 for students, $40 for non-students. (MSU students, staff, and faculty do not have to pay the registration fee unless they want to attend the keynote dinner, want a T-shirt, and plan to attend the Friday noon meal.)
Dr. Joseph Diaz, a sociology professor at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minn., will deliver the keynote address during a 6 p.m. dinner Thursday in the student union ballroom, when local Outstanding Latino Student Awards will also be presented. Diaz is a specialist in the study of ethnicity, gambling, suicide, homelessness, poverty and immigration.
Workshops scheduled during the two days include: The Latino families, Latinos in Minnesota, Latino youth and self-identity, legislation that affects Latinos, Latino education, and a student panel from area universities commenting on issues related to the conference.
Other presenters include published Minnesota chronicler Dr. Dennis Valdez and Dr. Marta Montero-Sieburth, who will discuss the influence of a community on Latino families and youth.
"Chicano! Taking Back the Schools" will be shown from 2:30 to 3:50 p.m. that Thursday in MSU's student union. The video explores the educational conflicts that have marked relationships between Mexican American and Anglo American institutions in the United States.
Local Latinos will read original short stories, poetry, essays and pieces from MSU's Latino creative arts journal at 4 p.m. Thursday, also in the student union.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
IN MSU WEB-BASED
RESEARCH PROJECT
The Lead Faculty Group for Technology is sponsoring a mini-conference titled "Reaching Students in New Ways: Instructional Technology at MSU" on Wednesday, May 17. The overall purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of the potentials and problems of incorporating technology in instruction, and to consider how it can be done successfully. The keynote speaker will be William Trochim, professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University.
In preparation for this conference, Trochim and the Lead Faculty Group are conducting an online concept mapping project, for which we ask your assistance and participation—it will take only a few minutes of your time.
Trochim, as the developer of the concept mapping groupware process, has offered to host this process in advance of the conference and report results to us as part of his talk. Concept mapping is a general method that can help us assess our Internet needs. At the end of the project, pictures or "maps" of what the participant group thinks will be generated. These maps can be used to identify important ideas, stimulate conversation, encourage consensus, and serve as the basis for detailed reports and action plans.
Web-based brainstorming is the first phase of the process and will run until April 14. Please take a few minutes to share your ideas and concerns about technology in education. To participate, point your web browser to: http://omni.human.cornell.edu/projects/Moorhead/phase1.htm
The brainstorming phase simply asks you to enter as many brief responses as you'd like to this statement, "One specific issue related to incorporating Web-based technology in instruction at Moorhead State is . . ."
In the next phase, which will run from April 24-May 5, we will ask you to organize the information that we brainstorm in this phase. Subsequently, Trochim will analyze the data and bring the results to us at the conference.
Any questions or comments about this process can be addressed to Philip Baumann via email at baumannp@mnstate.edu. Thank you for your help.

HELP YOUR STUDENTS FIND YOU!
A new Web page has been developed which lists faculty/staff Web pages. This page lists the employee by last name with a link to his/her homepage. The page is located at http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/home/employee/webs.htm
Students will able to access this page through the Current Students section of the homepage and Faculty/Staff will be able to find it under Employees.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! We don't have all faculty/staff Web locations. Please send an e-mail to wst@mnstate.edu with your name and Web location if you would like to be included on this page. Thanks, MSU Web Team

SURVIVING ‘MCMEDICINE’
TOPIC OF HEALTHCARE
LECTURE APRIL 17 AT MSU
A Fargo-Moorhead healthcare ethics lecture on "Surviving McMedicine: The Contest for Souls of Ill People and Those Who Care for Them," featuring Arthur Frank, a sociology professor at the University of Calgary, will be held Monday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in MSU’s student union ballroom.
Frank’s award-wining book, "At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness," tells his own story of surviving a heart attack and testicular cancer. Another of his books, "The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics," presents personal accounts of illness showing how people find meaning in suffering.
In his lecture, Frank will argue that today’s medicine is shaped by the larger forces of "McWorld"—a society characterized by fast-food, fast communications and instant pleasures. And out of that, a new culture of care is developing.
Frank will also speak on "Post-Autonomy Ethics" at 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 17 in the Dakota Clinic Auditorium and at noon Tuesday, April 18 in the MeritCare Medical Center Auditorium. In these sessions, he’ll discuss the dilemmas of clinical practice within managed care, a newly emerging clinical ethics and future ethical challenges.
Healthcare Ethics Lectureship was established in 1992 to promote education and dialogue about healthcare and the multiple ethical and moral perspectives that shape the delivery of care in this region. It is funded and planned by local hospitals, clinics, colleges and universities with additional funding from the Dakota Medical Foundation.

Mark your calendars…
BOOKS ARE FUN RETURNS!
Books are Fun returns for two special dates at MSU this spring:
Friday, April 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union
Thursday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Flora Frick-MacLean Hall connection
And just in time for Easter, Mothers Day and any other special occasion.
"Books Are Fun" offers hardcover children and adult books and creative gift ideas at 40 to 70 percent off retail prices. These books are of the highest quality, durability and value. They make great gifts for children and adults. Check it out for a great deal.
Representative Joan Greving promises lots of great adult and children’s books, gifts, and children’s activities. And your purchase will benefit MSU’s Early Childhood Education Center. For every 10 books sold, the Center will receive one free book.
Mark your calendar now for this great gift-buying event!

IMAGES OF WOMEN IN
THE MEDIA TOPIC OF
TCU WOMEN UNITED DINNER
"Images of Women in the Media" is the topic of a Tri-College Women United Spring Networking Dinner Tuesday, April 11 in MSU’s Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom. The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with a presentation and discussion following at 6:30 p.m. Free parking is available in Lot C or A (corner of 9th Ave. S. and 14th St. S.)
The presentation is free and open to the public. Speakers will be Christine Smith, assistant professor of psychology at MSU, and Lynn Peterson, coordinator of MSU’s sexual assault services. They’ll talk about the images of women in the media, the messages that are being sent to women, and how those images and messages have changed over time. A Q&A and group discussion will follow the presentation.
Dinner cost is $8.50 or $4 for TCU students. Dinner choice is champagne chicken or veggie stir-fry. Dinner reservations and payment must be made by April 5 to MSU’s campus representative, Carolyn Jacobson, 2478 (mornings) or 2239 (afternoons).

MSU’S TERRIE MANNO TOURS
ITALY WITH "A CELEBRATION
OF AMERICANA IN THE 1940s"
MSU music Professor Terrie Manno will begin a month-long lecture-recital tour of Italy beginning April 17.
Titled "Red-White-Blues: A Celebration of Americana in the 1940s", the lecture-recital was initially developed in coordination with the opening of the exhibit "American Landscapes" at the Plains Art Museum.
Manno’s Italy tour follows a three-week tour she performed in California. Her concert itinerary in Italy includes a private concert at Hausmusik, hosted by Paolo Viola in Milan, presentations at several music conservatories, a concert series, an international conference at the University of Padova, and the annual meeting of "Seminario di Filosofia e Sociologia della Musica."
After studying Italian for one year and spending five weeks in Italy last summer, Manno will deliver the lecture portion of the recital in Italian.
"The connection with my Italian heritage and the Italian language had a profound effect on me. In developing this lecture-recital, I decided that I'd like to return to Italy, and it seemed natural that I should deliver the lecture in Italian," Manno said. "It has been an incredible journey to learn the language and translate the material."
The lecture focuses on American composers in the 1940s who were exploring new compositional paths, drawing from the new American jazz idiom, folk music, and traditional music.
"It was in the 1930s that the true spirit of America began to emerge in the music of some composers whom we call Nationalists," Manno said. "Their basic musical language was primarily European. They were internationalists in their training, their style, and their life experiences. Yet they were trying to find their American voice."
The music Manno will perform during the tour features a mix of traditional and innovative music, drawing upon American idioms such as jazz, boogie-woogie, folk, and the blues. "This repertoire is remarkable for its accessibility, its beauty and eloquence, and its reflection of American life," Manno said.
Manno is a professor of piano and coordinator of keyboard studies at Moorhead State. She’s an active performer, guest lecturer and adjudicator, specializing in the performance of new music and the presentation of lecture-recitals that feature an interdisciplinary approach to listening and understanding music.
She holds a doctorate in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Arizona at Tucson, and has achieved highest honors in the National Guild piano examinations, earning a special award for the performance of Bach’s music, as well as the prestigious Paderewsky Gold Medal for Performance.
Last summer Manno toured Tuscany, Umbria, and parts of Switzerland performing as a piano soloist and chamber recitalist. She’s currently on sabbatical from teaching at MSU and is collaborating with composer Benjamin Boretz and is touring the United States and Italy with her lecture-recital.

WOMEN AND THE LAND
TOPIC OF MSU TALK
Women who homesteaded North Dakota territory in the late 1800s until 1910 are the topic of a talk on "The Many Faces of Strength" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in MSU’s Library Porch.
Dr. H. Elaine Lindgren, a professor of sociology at North Dakota State University, will deliver the free, public lecture. She says that some pieces of land in North Dakota are still known by the names of their past owners. "These women are remembered as landowners, as well as wives and mothers," Lindgren said. "History is beginning to recognize the variety of roles undertaken by women in the settlement period, which paints a picture of ‘movers and shakers.’"
The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed individuals to homestead a 160-acre parcel of land in return for making improvements on the land and residing on the property. Lindgren says this occurred rapidly in North Dakota’s history, from 1890 to 1910.
Women homesteaders tended to be single women or widows. A married woman could not take title to property unless she was the head of household. These women came from all ethnic backgrounds, married later in life or not at all, and most had other careers as teachers, retail owners, seamstresses or domestics.
However, their motivations for homesteading were the same as men. "These women were motivated by establishing economic well-being and by adventure," Lindgren said.
Lindgren will relate the stories of several North Dakota women homesteaders, illustrated with slides. A photo exhibit of some of these women is on display in the circulation lobby of the MSU library through April 20.
She is the author of the book "Land in Her Own Name" (1991), which provides insights into the lives of more than 300 homesteading women.

MSU ART EXHIBIT
ON DISPLAY APRIL 3-21
An MSU student art exhibit will be on display April 3-21 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6 in the foyer of the art gallery. Both are free and open to the public.
The exhibit will feature works by MSU students Carolyn Mahoney, illustrations; Anthony Kulig, sculpture; Darcy Siverson, paintings; Takashi Kanno and Brad Smarjesse, paintings/sculpture.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday, and noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is closed on holidays.

MSU FLUTE CHOIR
PRESENTS APRIL 9 CONCERT
The MSU Flute Choir will present a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 9 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall.
It’s free and open to the public, and will feature works by Paul Morgan, Catherine McMichael, Johnny Mandel and Sonny Burnette, among others.
Peggy Hammerling directs the Flute Choir. The following students are members of the Flute Choir: Kerri Barchenger, Teresa Brenden, Cathleen Calrow, Deb Dobrava, Leah Harsbargen, Jenni Kulawczyk, and Diatra Zimbrick.

TRI-COLLEGE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE,
MARIMBA CHOIR PRESENT APRIL 9 CONCERT
The Tri-College Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Choir will present a free, public concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9 in the Memorial Auditorium at Concordia College.
The program, presented by the music departments at Concordia College, MSU and North Dakota State University, will the world  premier of "Bangala" by Dr. David Childs, chair of Concordia’s music department.
Ensemble members Nate Bjork, Thomas Graff, Blake Hofferber and Peter Jacobson will be featured solosits in a special tribute to Clair Musser, father of the modern marimba. The Percussion Ensemble will be assisted by the Concordia Choir in a special arrangement of Sibelius’ "Finlandia." Other selections will include Vernon Duke’s "April in Paris" and Grieg’s "In the Hall of the Mountain King."
David P. Eyler directs the Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Choir and is director of percussion studies for the Tri-College University.

MSU’S SNOWFIRE
PRESENTS APRIL 14 CONCERT
MSU’s SnowFire will present a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 14 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
Free and open to the public, it will feature "Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat," "Stormy Weather," and "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," among many others.
David Ferreira directs SnowFire. The following students are members of the vocal jazz ensemble:

MSU WIND ENSEMBLE
PERFORMS APRIL 16
The MSU Wind Ensemble will begin their spring tour April 10-12 performing in both Winona and Lake City. The Wind Ensemble, directed by John Tesch, will present a final tour concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16 in MSU’s Weld Hall Auditorium. It’s free and open to the public.
The Wind Ensemble will select from a variety of works, including "Celtic Hymns and Dances," "Mexican Pictures" and Shenandoah." The Wind Ensemble is comprised of 48 students from all academic majors.

JAZZ COMBOS IN
CONCERT APRIL 18
The MSU Jazz Combos will present a free, public concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in Weld Hall Auditorium. Jazz Combo I is directed by Glenn Ginn, and Ted DiSanti directs Jazz Combo II.

CONCERT BAND PRESENTS
APRIL 19 CONCERT
The MSU Concert Band, comprised of approximately 35 students from all academic majors, will present a free, public concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in Weld Hall Auditorium. Ed Christianson directs the Concert Band.
OTHER UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS
(All events are in Weld Hall Auditorium unless otherwise indicated.)
Jazz Combos, Tuesday, April 18 at 8 p.m.
Concert Band, Wednesday, April 19 at 8 p.m.

MSU HOSTS TEACHING SYMPOSIUM
FOR MUSIC EDUCATORS
MSU will host the second annual Robert Pattengale Saturday Symposium in Music Education April 15 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts room 144. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the first session starting at 9:30 a.m.
The symposium will focus on teaching music ensembles for kindergarten through high school. Workshop topics include practical approaches to teaching musical concepts, developing curriculums, and selecting literature.
Symposium speakers are LaVonne Rustad, choral director at Agassiz Middle School in Fargo; Denese Odegaard, who teaches orchestra for fifth, eighth and ninth graders in Fargo; and Charlette Moe, director of choral music at Moorhead Junior High School. Each has developed curriculums for ensembles, particularly through the Kodaly method. Moe was the 1999 Moorhead Public School Teacher of the Year, and she recently directed the Moorhead Junior High Honor Choir at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter Clinic.
The workshop will conclude with a performance by the Moorhead Junior High School Choir at 3 p.m. in the Center for the Arts gallery foyer.
Symposium fee is $15 and students are free for registrations received by April 10. Registrations will also be taken at the door, $20 adults, $2 students.
This symposium is funded by the S. G. Comstock Fund of MSU, Minnesota Elementary Music Educators, and Eckroth Music.
For more information or to pre-register, contact David Gonzol, MSU music department, 218-236-4607, or visit the web site at http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/music/ed/symposium.htm

MSU HOSTS INFORMATION MEETING
ON GRADUATE NURSING PROGRAM
MSU will host an information meeting for people interested in a graduate degree in nursing on Tuesday, April 18 from 5-7 p.m. in Murray Commons, Room 219 (15th St. and 9th Ave. S., Moorhead). Parking is available adjacent to the building.
The graduate program is a partnership model between the University of Minnesota and MSU. Courses leading to a master of science degree in nursing from the U of M are available at MSU.
For more information, call Jane Giedt at the MSU nursing department, 218-236-4699.

MSU STUDENTS SHOW THEIR
‘MOCUMENTARY’ ON FILMMAKING
APRIL 14 AT FARGO THEATRE
"This is a Student Film," a full-length "mocumentary" produced by MSU film studies students, will be shown free at The Fargo Theatre at 9 p.m. Friday, April 14 as a feature of a new student filmmakers series.
In the nature of "This is Spinal Tap" and "The Blair Witch Project," the film is a parody that captures the cliches, the oddities, the personalities and the realities that face young filmmakers.
Directed and produced by recent MSU graduate Peter Gregg and current senior T.J. Lackner, the 82-minute wide-screen film, captured on digital video, follows the escapades of two student filmmakers played by Gregg and Lackner. Also cast in the film are MSU students Mike Kolloen and Angie Schoemer and graduate Leah Johnson.
The two filmmakers started the film as a small class project, but it eventually snowballed into seven hours of footage and became their final class project for  a film directors class taught by Ted Larson.
"It’s the first feature-length film produced by students here," Larson said, "and it’s very entertaining. Because it was written, produced, directed, edited and acted by these two students, it has a consistency of tone and mood that comes across very well. It’s a gentle and warm satire that will definitely appeal to anyone who’s every tried making a film."
Although the scenes were scripted ahead of time, all the dialogue was improvised by the actors and all the footage was shot in Fargo and Moorhead.
Gregg recently was accepted into graduate school at the University of Minnesota. Lackner, after graduating this May, intends to pursue a career in films.

 BILL GATES IN HELL
Shortly after Bill Gates was killed in a freak accident, he found himself being sized up by Saint Peter.
"Bill, this is a tough call. You've made great technological advancements with Microsoft, but you've also given us Windows 95. I think I'm going to let you choose between Heaven and Hell."
"That sounds fair," Gates replied. "May I have a look at hell first?"
And so first Saint Peter took him to Hell.
"This is hell? Wow, look at all those gorgeous women, the ones that laughed when I asked them out on dates in high school. And look at those mansions!" exclaimed Bill.
"And see all those coders? They work 24 hours a day for free just because they really love you, Bill, and live only to please you."
"Shazam, this is all virtual, isn't it, Saint Peter?"
"Yep. With no bugs, Bill."
"If this is hell, what can heaven be like?"
(Saint Peter makes sweeping gesture) "Like this!"
"People wearing robes and playing harps while they sit on clouds? What a boring cliche. I'll take Hell!" replies, Gates.
And so two weeks later, St Peter paid a little visit.
"Hey what the hell's going on? It's nearly 200 degrees and the air is terrible. There's no food or drink. Goblins jab me in the ribs constantly. I'm crawling with vermin and weak with disease. They play the Beastie Boys at all hours, for all eternity. There are NO COMPUTERS! Where are the women, the program slaves, the virtual wonders? Where is the splendid hell you promised me?" cries Gates.
"Oh that, that was just a demo."

PLANETARIUM PRESENTATION
Faculty and staff cancel your luncheon engagements for Thursday, April 13 and come to the Planetarium for a showing of "Explorers". Dave Weinrich, Director, has graciously agreed to do this presentation free to faculty and staff. This is an exciting new production for the Planetarium that chronicles human exploration of our planet as well as NASA’s plans for space exploration. Bring your lunch and rediscover your voyaging roots. The program begins at noon on April 13 and is sponsored by the Quality Council.

INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY
Jill Holsen is purchasing currency for students going on the Scottish Art Tour. If you are interested in purchasing foreign currency for an upcoming trip abroad, let her know by Friday, April 7 by calling her at the International programs office, 4389.

CONGRATULATE DRAGON
WRESTLERS APRIL 5
On Wednesday, April 5 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the library porch, the campus will hold a reception for our MSU wrestling team and coach. The team had a great year and several accomplishments including:
Coach of the Year
Conference Most Valuable Wrestler
Conference Tournament Most Valuable Wrestler
Five National Qualifiers
Three Academic All-Americans and
Two National Tournament All-Americans
Refreshments will be served.

FLOWERS NOW AVAILABLE
Student Appreciation Week runs April 3rd to 7th. Show your students you care! Stop by The Compass Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays to pick up flowers!  Depending on demand, we plan to keep offering flowers at MSU!  A variety of spring bouquets and roses are for sale!  Prices $2.50 to $7. Include a discounted movie ticket for your students, good at all area theaters! We're by the Comstock Memorial Union Main Lounge, call 2260 if you need information before you shop.
There will be a HIV/STD Update Training held at Moorhead State University in Comstock Ballroom Section F from 5:30-8:15 on Tuesday April 11. Interested faculty and students should contact Kari L. Berg at 2308 to pre-register. Space is limited and dinner will be served.
There will be a HIV/STD Update Training held at Moorhead State University in Comstock Ballroom Section F from 5:30-8:15 on Tuesday April 11. Interested faculty and students should contact Kari L. Berg at 2308 to pre-register. Space is limited and dinner will be served.

This wild turkey found its way into the King Biology Hall courtyard Monday morning.

RECYCLING PHONE BOOKS
Moorhead State and MinnKota Recycling will recycle your old telephone books until April 10 only. For us to recycle your phone books, please follow these procedures.
1. Deliver your old phone book to your department main office.
2. When all phone books from your department have been delivered to your main office, e-mail holsend@mhd1 and he will arrange for pick up. This is only for M & E building and only until
April 10.

 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION
ISSUES APRIL 7 IN FARGO
The eighth annual conference on professional issues related to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people and their families runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 7 in the Fargo Holiday Inn’s Great hall.
Kay Bornstein, author of "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us," will deliver the keynote address at 8:30 a.m. , a performance piece called  "y2Kate: Gender Virus 2000" that mixes dramatic monologues, slam poetry and interactive lecture. She is one of the nation’s bast-known transgender activists.
Also, Bishop Paul Egertson, a former North Dakotan who currently serves as bishop of the Southern California West Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, will give a 12:30 p.m. keynote address on "Confessions of a Disordered Bishop." He’s an advocate for full inclusion of gay and lesbian persons in the life and ministry of the church.
Break-out sessions and panel discussions will follow each of the keynote addresses.

NEW TITLES AT MSU LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles (among many others):
Arts of the 19th century: 1780 to 1905, by William Vaughan. Oversize N6757 .V38 1999
Engineering tomorrow: today’s technology experts envision the next century, edited by Janie Fouke. Oversize T174 .B451 2000
The visionary position: the inside story of the digital dreamers who are making virtual reality a reality, by Fred Moody. QA76.9 .H85M67 1999
Making love modern: the intimate public worlds of New York’s literary women, by Nina Miller. PS255 .N5M55 1999
Fair and foul: beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport, by D. Stanley Eitzen. GV706.5 .E567 1999
Wild fruits: Thoreau’s rediscovered lost manuscript, by Henry David Thoreau. QK98.5 .T48 2000
How good is David Mamet, anyway?: writings on theatre—and why it matters, by John Heilpern. PN2583 .H45 2000
Architects of the information society: thirty-five years of the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT, by Simson L. Garfinkel. QA76.36 >M37G36 1999
The constitutional underclass: gays, lesbians, and the failure of class-based equal protection, by Evan Gerstmann. KF4754.5 .G47 1999
Democracy, risk, and community: technological hazards and the evolution of liberalism, by Richard P. Hiskes. T174.5 .H57 1998
Getting started with 3D: a designer’s guide to 3D graphics and illustration, by Janet Ashford and John Odam. Oversize T385 .A7747 1998
Legacy: Southwest Indian art at the School of American research, edited by Duane Anderson. Oversize E78 .S7L44 1999
In God’s country: the patriot movement and the Pacific Northwest, by David A. Neiwert. HN79 .A19N45 1999
The making of the mosaic: a history of Canadian immigration policy, by Ninette Kelley and Michael Trebilcock. JV7233 .K45 1998
Salinger: a biography, by Paul Alexander. PS3537 .A426A44 1999
The development of romantic relationships in adolescence, edited by Wyndol Furman, B. Bradford Brown, and Candice Feiring. BF724.3 .L68D48 1999
Help your lawyer win your case, 2d edition, by J. Michael Hayes. KF311 .Z9H39 1999
The journey home: how Jewish women shaped modern America, by Joyce Antler. E184.36 .W64A57 1997
Art nouveau in Catalonia, by François Loyer. Oversize NA1309 .C2L6913 1997
Prize essay on the freedom of the will, by Arthur Schopenhauer, edited by Gunther Zoller. B3144 .U352E5 1999
The European Renaissance: centres and peripheries, by Peter Burke. CB361 .B79 1998
The Cambridge companion to Benjamin Britten, edited by Mervyn Cooke. ML410 .B853C36 1999
Memory: from mind to molecules, by Larry R. Squire and Eric R. Kandel. QP406 .S663 1999
Race, money, and the American welfare state, by Michael K. Brown. HN57 .B659 1999
Ritalin is not the answer: a drug-free, practical program fo children diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, by David B. Stein. RJ506 .H9S68 1999
The Cambridge history of American literature, volume 7: prose writing, 1940-1990. PS92 .C34 1994
Women playwrights: the best plays of 1995, 1996, 1997. PS628 .W6W654 1995/1996/1997
The complete idoit's guide for dummies: a how-to book on dumbing down : a parody of Complete idiot's guides and For dummies books, by Thomas Dolt and Ian Dullard. PN6231 .P3C64 1999x
Literacy theory in the age of the internet, edited by Todd Taylor and Irene Ward. LC149.5 .L49 1998
The dawning: a novel, by Milka Bajic-Poderegin. PG1418 .B235S8613 1995
Women in the milieu of Leonard and Virginia Woolf: peace, politics, and education, edited by Wayne K. Chapman and Janet M. Manson. PR6045 .O72Z925 1998
The student’s introduction to Mathematica: a handbook for precalculus, calculus, and linear algebra, by Bruce F. Torrence and Eve A. Torrence. QA76.95 .T67 1999
The Oxford literary history of Australia. PR9604.3 .O93 1998
The United States and post-Cold War interventions: Bush and Clinton in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia, 1992-1998, by Lester H. Brune. E881 .B77 1999
An introduction to modern cosmology, by Andrew Liddle. QB981 .L534 1999
Women and the death penalty in the United States, 1900-1998, by Kathleen O’Shea. HV9466 .O74 1999
Africa works: disorder as political instrument, by Patrick Chabal and Jean-Pascal Daloz. JQ1875 .C5 1999
Mysteries of the alphabet: the origins of writing, by Marc-Alain Ouaknin. P211 .O913 1999
Healing communities in conflict: international assistance in complex emergencies, by Kimberly A. Maynard. HV553 .M39 1999
Moral combat, by Hedi A. Hurd. K247.6 .H87 1999
City of God, by E. L. Doctorow. PS3554 .O3C57 2000
Valuing pop music: institutions, VALUES, and economics, by Wilfred Dolfsma. ML3470 .D65x 1999
NMR data processing, by Jeffrey C. Hoch and Allan S. Stern. QD96 .N8H63 1996
Voices of a generation: teenage girls onsex, school, and self, by Pamela Haag. HQ798 .H278 1999
American beauty : the shooting script, by Alan Ball. PN1997 .A3425 1999
The Frasier scripts. PN1992.77 .F72F73 1999
Ibsen, Strindberg, and the intimate theatre: studies in TV presentation, by Egil Törnqvist. PT8899 .T676 1999
Sports and athletes: opposing viewpoints. GV706.3 .S668 1999
Imaging education: the media and schools in America, edited by Gene I. Maeroff. P96 .E292U65 1998
Social work values and ethics, 2d edition, by Frederick G. Reamer. HV10.5 .R427 1999
You must remember this: an oral history of Manhattan from the 1890s to World War II, by Jeff Kisseloff. F128.5 .K55 1999
Transforming practices: finding joy and satisfaction in the legal life, by Steven Keeva. K116 .K44 1999
Andy Warhol: drawings 1942-1987, by Mark Francis and Dieter Koepplin. Oversize NC139 .W37A4x 1999
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the collection management librarian and his phone number is x2353.

NEW LIBRARY REFERENCE TITLES
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles in the Reference Room:
Contemporary American religion, edited by Wade Clark Roof. Ref. BL2525 .C65 2000
Companion encyclopedia of archaeology, edited by Graeme Barker. Ref. CC70 .C59 1999
Historical dictionary of the Holocaust, by Jack R. Fischel. Ref. D804.25 .F57 1999
Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience, edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Ref. DT14 .A37435
The Cambridge encyclopedia of hunters and gatherers, edited by Richard B. Lee and Richard Daly. Ref. GN388 .C35 1999
Encyclopedia of things that never were: creatures, places, and people. Ref. GR35 .P33 1998
The new Dickson baseball dictionary, by Paul Dickson. Features understandable definitions of Earned Run Average and Infield Fly Rule. Ref. GV862.3 .D53 1999
Significant contemporary American feminists: a biographical sourcebook, edited by Jennifer Scanlon. Ref. HQ1412 .S56 1999
Patterson’s American education, 2000 edition. Ref. L901 .P3 2000
Patterson’s elementary education, 2000 edition. Ref. L901 .P33 2000
The Oxford companion to Australian music, edited by Warren Babbington. Ref. ML101 .A9O94 1997
The Oxford dictionary of art, new edition. Ref. N33 .O93 1997
The big book of beastly mispronunciations, by Charles Harrington Elster. Ref. PE1137 .E56 1999
Dictionary of the theatre: terms, concepts, and analysis, by Patrice Pavis. Ref. PN2035 .P2913 1998
The Oxford companion to New Zealand literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie. Ref. PR9620.2 .O88 1998
The Columbia GRANGER’S index to African-American poetry. Ref. PS153 .N5C65 1999
National Geographic atlas of the world, 7th ed. Atlases Ref. G1021 .N38 1999
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the collection management librarian and his phone number is x2353.

VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Coordinator for Sexual Assault Services
Qualifications: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Social Work/Sociology; D.A.P.A. certification specialty-Sexual Assault/Domestic violence Issues; Professional Social Work Licensure/certificate in Minnesota; three years experience in field of sexual assault services, working with adolescents and young adults including group facilitation, public speaking and program planning.
For more information contact: Penny Klien, Search Chair, Moorhead State University, 1104 7th Avenue South, Box 415, Moorhead, MN 56563. Phone 218-236-2211 FAX 218-299-5867
Position: Instructor/Assistant Professor of Special Education
Qualifications: Required: Masters degree in Special Education with licensure in Physical and Health Disabilities. Doctrine in Special Education required prior to tenure. Minimum two years teaching experience with students with physical and health disabilities. Knowledge of assistive technology including adaptive software, adaptive access for microcomputers, and other adaptive equipment. Desirable: Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Special Education-emphasis in Physical and Health Disabilities. Degree in general education.
For more information contact: Dr. Deanne Borgeson, Chair of search Committee, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. 56563. Telephone 218-236-2002; FAX: 218-299-5850; e-mail: borgeson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

UPCOMING NIH REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PROGRAM FUNDING AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION ON JUNE 1 & 2
Notice of a National Institute of Health regional seminar to provide participants with an opportunity to learn about NIH policies and procedures through a series of presentations targeted to new and senior researchers, research administrators, post doctoral researchers and trainees. The seminars also allow participants to meet, mingle with, and get answers from NIH program, grants management, policy and review staff, as well as from some of their own institutional officials.
The meeting is scheduled to take place on June 1, and 2, 2000, at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, located at 200 W 12th Street, Kansas City, MO.
Contact: Lynette Humphreys, 913/345-1990  Fax: 913/345-0893
E-mail: lhumphreys@thewellingtongroup.com. For information on future seminars or regarding content, contact Megan Columbus, 301/435-0937.
E-mail: megan.columbus@nih.gov. (Another NIH Regional Meeting Seminar is planned on July 13, and 14, 2000 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Economic Research Service is pleased to announce the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program for Fiscal Year 2000. This competitive program is designed to support high-priority research important to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food assistance and nutrition programs.
This year's program focuses on the following broad research categories: Reaching Underserved Populations; Food Programs as a Safety Net and Client Well-being; Child Nutrition; and Behavioral Nutrition. Priority research topics are identified in the program announcement; however, proposals are also welcomed on other topics under the four major research categories. Proposals may address one or more of the issues, but must specify one of the four priority research program categories. To learn about other components of our program, visit the ERS website at http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/foodasst. An application booklet is available in Owens 205.

STRATEGIC BUDGET COMMITTEE
MARCH 23, 2000
Present: Nancy Kruse, David Crockett, Rose Bakke, David Wheeler, Ron Jeppson, Mark Wallert, Dorothy Suomala, Layne Anderson, Bryan Kotta, Cliff Schuette, Judy Strong Ex Officio, Mark Rice Ex Officio and Stacy Enger.
Absent: Abbas Pezeshk
It was moved, seconded and passed to approve the committee minutes February 24, 2000.
The Committee went over the FY 2000 goals.
Strategic Grants Initiatives Hearing schedule
Thursday March 30 Doug Hamilton
Acting VP Warren Wiese
Thursday April 6 Dean Virginia Klenk, & Dean Steve Grineski,
Thursday April 13 Dean Ron Jeppson, & Carol Dobitz
Thursday April 20 VP David Crockett, & Dean Larry Reed
The committee will be going over the Operating budget and Student Workers budget. They will be recommending percent of distribution to the Colleges and Divisions of the additional $100,000 per budget to the President.
The meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m. Next meeting will be March 30, 2000 at 2:00 in MA 268
Rose Bakke Secretary
MISCELLANEA
John Early, English, and Sigma Tau Delta students Crystal Gibbon, Jade Kendall, Valerie Nies, Kim Sjurseth, Kylie Howk, and Chris Kauffman attended a session of the UND Writer's Conference on Thursday, March 23, to hear Irish poet Eavan Boland.
Michael Paul Gallo, elementary and early childhood education, on Sunday, March 26 Gallo presented a program for the Father/Son Banquet at the North Buffalo Lutheran Church. The program, "Stories, Songs, and Personal Narratives: Creating Lasting Memories and Bonds" included storytelling, music, and reflections on personal experiences.
Faculty and students from psychology attended the 15th Annual Red River Psychology Undergraduate Conference, hosted by NDSU's Psychology Department, March 23. Two students gave verbal presentations: Jennifer L. Iveland, on "What is Sexy? A study of men's and women's perceptions of sexiness vs. attractiveness." Jacqueline Hendricks, on "Hey self, do I look jealous? The relationship between self-perception and jealousy." The following students/faculty presented posters: Amanda M. Herrmann, on "Human color perception in relation to emotion." Tasha K. McGregor, on "The false-consensus effect and its influence on people's perceptions of smoking." Trina Lunstrum, on "How do people look at you? The effects of framing on decision making." Melissa Wijetunga, on "Memory aids." Janelle Rogers, on "The misinformation effect and eyewitness testimony." Meredith Haugen and Magdalene Chalikia, on "Perception of the tritone paradox by listeners in the midwest." Fredrik H. Leinfelt and Magdalene Chalikia, on "Perception of the tritone paradox by listeners in Sweden." Chad Kammerer, on "The interaction of ambient temperature and cognitive tasks: The effect of heat stress on recall." Angeline M. Norberg and Magdalene Chalikia, on Perception of the tritone paradox by listeners in Greece." Jean Grismer, on Hypermnesia and memory in recall." Stephannie Sieben, on "So you think your attention is easily divided? A further look at how we deal with multiple tasks." Lesli Newton, on "The nose knows: The power of olfactory memory."
Tracy Scholl, philosophy, has had her dissertation (completed May 1999), The Role of Imagination in Descartes's Imagination, accepted for publication as a book by Peter Lang.
John Early, English, and Sigma Tau Delta students Crystal Gibbon, Jade Kendall, Valerie Nies, Kim Sjurseth, Kylie Howk, and Chris Kauffman attended a session of the UND Writer's Conference on Thursday, March 23, to hear Irish poet Eavan Boland.
Joy Janzen, English, presented a paper at the international conference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in Vancouver over spring break. She is a member of the TESOL Awards Committee, and this year she was responsible for organizing the conference raffle, which raises funds for the Awards Committee.
Doris Walker-Dalhouse, EECE, was recently elected to a three year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association. The association has over 90,000 members (1,200 councils, and 46 national affiliates) in over in over 100 countries. Walker-Dalhouse has served the organization as a member of the IRA Nominating and Gender Issues committees, as President of the Minnesota Reading Association and Red River Reading Council; and as advisor to MSU’s Alpha Tau Chapter of Alpha Upsilon Alpha Honor Society.
David P. Eyler, music, was a guest conductor for the "AA" Concert Band Festival in Great Falls, MT March 7-8. The band students participating in this festival represented four high schools from Billings and Great Falls. Eyler also presented several clinics for the percussion students. Under his direction, the percussionists presented three percussion ensemble selections in addition to their performances with the bands. Eyler has been the director of percussion studies for the Tri-College University for the past 13 years.