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A LIE OF THE MIND: The fourth production of the University Theatre season is A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard. The award-winning play recounts how the brain damage suffered by a severely battered wife may provide the language of raw truth. The New Yorker said Sam Shepard was "the only dramatist alive who could tell a story as sad and frightening as this one and make such a funny play of it without ever skimping on its emotional depth." A Lie of the Mind will be performed at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, April 7 and 8 and 14 and 15; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9. For more information, call the University Theatre box office at 977-3327.
MONTESI AWARDS: The 2000 A.J. Montesi Achievement Awards Competition recognizes undergraduate student works in the following categories: fiction (short story, novel excerpt), poetry, drama, creative non-fiction, painting/visual art forms, sculpture/plastic arts, mu-sic/dance/performance art and film/video. Winners will be announced on Friday, April 7, and will be recognized at an English department awards reception on Tuesday, April 18. Three cash prizes will be distributed among the eight categories.
PREP COURSES: Saint Louis University's Student Educational Services Center is offering Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) preparatory courses each semester. The courses are open to the general public and cost $400, which includes the Cambridge Review printed materials, a textbook and practice standardized tests. For an additional charge of $16, participants may purchase a CD -ROM. Schedules for the courses vary. Classes average between 21 and 28 instructional hours and are taught by experienced individuals familiar with the content of the tests. Participants are offered follow-up assistance once the course is completed. Those interested in a master of business administration should consider taking the GMAT preparatory course. Those interested in attending graduate school should consider taking the GRE preparatory course. The GMAT preparatory course covers math, critical reading and writing. The GRE preparatory course includes instruction in verbal skills, logic and math. Both courses assist with essay writing and have ample time for practice tests with discussion. For more information about either course, call 977-2930.
PIPE MUSIC: The Invera'an Pipe Band, St. Louis' award-winning bagpipe band, will present a concert of Scottish music at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Samuel Cupples House. Tickets are $10, with a discounted rate of $5 for Cupples House members. The concert is free to students with ID. For reservations, call 977-3575.
MBA PREVIEW: The School of Business and Administration has planned an information session for prospective full-time master of business administration students from 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 14, beginning in the Pre DeSmet Room of Busch Memorial Center. The SLU MBA offers areas of emphasis in international business, operations and supply chain management, management information systems, accounting, finance, marketing, economics, entrepreneurial studies and management. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to make a reservation, call 977-2013.
SWING LESSONS: The department of campus recreation is sponsoring a new instructional program this spring on swing dancing. The dance lessons are held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday nights, March 24 to May 5. The program is $30 per person, and one person in each couple must be a member of the Simon Recreation Center. For more information, call 977-3181.
MACS IN ACTION: Saint Louis University is featured on Apple's World Wide Web site illustrating how Macintosh computers are helping students grasp complicated mathematical concepts. The entry reads, in part, "With a grant from the NSF the university was able to create a state-of-the-art computer classroom, consisting of Power Macintosh G3 computers. As a result, faculty members can easily explain and illustrate complex mathematical concepts and equations, students can immediately put them into practice, comprehension levels are increasing appreciably." To read the full story, visit http://www.apple.com/education/hed/macsinaction/saintlouis/.
CLUB NEWS: Bannister House, the University's faculty, staff and alumni club, is open daily from 7 to 9 a.m. for breakfast and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch. The club also specializes in catering special gatherings, including weddings, rehearsal dinners, departmental meetings, receptions, luncheons and dinners. Call 977-CLUB for dining reservations or to make plans for a special event.
SWIM MEET: Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to compete in a "Fun, Fun, Fun Swim Meet" sponsored by the department of campus recreation. Three races (a 25-meter open swim, a 500-meter open swim and a 1,000-meter open swim with fins) will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 14, in the Rec Center pool. Participants can swim in one race or in all three. Prizes will be awarded for first through sixth places. For more information, call Hossein Dastgah at 977-3973.
ALLERGY UPDATE: The March SLUnch, a bimonthly SLUCare lunch program providing information on topics relating to health, will feature the SLUCare faculty from the division of allergy and immunology. Discussion will include answers to allergy-related questions and tips on determining the differences between asthma, sinusitis, allergies and a cold. The session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in MacDonald Building conference room at the Health Sciences Center. Guests are asked to bring their own lunch and drinks. Space is limited. For reservations or more information, call 268-5880.
PARKING REMINDER: The reciprocal parking arrangements for faculty and staff registered in the parking program include the Hickory Garage East, Hickory Garage West and the Vista Garage at the Health Sciences Center. On the Frost campus, reciprocal parking can be found in the non-reserved areas of the Olive Garage, the visitor parking section of the Laclede Garage and the Santa Clara lot, located on Forest Park near Grand Boulevard. Please note that the Laclede Garage visitor section is located at the east entrance and is painted in yellow. This is the only area available for all visitors and HSC permit holders conducting University business at the Frost campus. This area is not available for Frost campus faculty/staff permit holders. Parking in the visitor section is on a first-come, first-served basis, with additional parking available in the Olive Garage. All other areas of the Laclede Garage are reserved between 2 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
AIRFARE SAVINGS: Members of the University who are planning last-minute trips might save money by joining an existing Billiken AirExpress trip. If the traveler is going in the same general direction as a previously booked Billiken AirExpress trip, the Billiken AirExpress staff usually can add the destination to an existing itinerary at the regular low rates. Call the Billiken AirExpress office at (618) 337-9550 for information.
RICHEY LECTURE: Re-nowned psychologist Dr. Carol Tavris will speak on "Genes, Brains and Promiscuity: The Science and Politics of Gender Research" at the third annual Marjorie H. Richey Lecture in Social Psychology at Saint Louis University. The 90-minute lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in Busch Memorial Center. The Dr. Majorie H. Richey Endowed Lectureship in Social Psychology was established for Richey, who was on the University's faculty for nearly 30 years.
LATE NIGHT DINING: The Griesedieck Hall cafeteria is open from 7 to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The cafeteria features a variety of foods, including deli sandwiches, made-to-order grill items, Belgian waffles and Godfather's pizza. If 11 p.m. isn't late enough, Busch Memorial Center's "The Coffee Shop" brews Starbucks coffee until 3 a.m. The caf is open late nights Sunday through Thursday and recently added computers with Internet access.
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