In Brief

Essay receives national attention

About 35 faculty members here received an anonymous anti-Semitic essay last month. The essay was also mailed to at least six other universities, "the fourth such mass mailing in the past two years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Titled Anti-Semitism--Found, the eight-page essay was sent to faculty at Lehigh and Stanford Universities; the University of California campuses at Berkeley, Irvine, and San Diego; and the University of Pennsylvania. "Investigators have no clues as to who might have sent the essay, and they have found no pattern among the recipients, some of whom are Jewish and some of whom are not," the Chronicle said.

Anyone receiving such a mailing at the University should call Security, x5-3340.

Customer Service hours

During this week of Thanksgiving, the Customer Service Center on the first floor of Susan B. Anthony Hall will be open Monday, November 24, through Wednesday, November 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center will be closed from Thanksgiving Day through Saturday, November 29. Regular operating hours will resume Monday, December 1.

Computer Sales

University Computer Sales carries several lines of computers, printers, and related products including: Apple Macintosh, Dell, Epson America, IBM ThinkPad, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Tectronix, and Toshiba Notebook computers. Computer Sales offers educationally discounted prices (typically 50 to 70 percent) on Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec, Claris and many more software titles. Loan financing is available and payments can be made as a payroll deduction for faculty and staff through the Advantage Federal Credit Union.

Visit the Computer Sales web site, urcs. fauver.rochester.edu, or visit the store in the lower level of Fauver Stadium or Room G-7220, Medical Center, or call x5-8353.

Craig Owens Memorial Lecture

The Program in Visual and Cultural Studies will host the second annual Craig Owens Memorial Lecture, Friday, December 5.

The lecture, The Future Is Kid Stuff: Queer Theory, Disidentification, and the Death Drive, will be presented by Lee Edelman, professor of English at Tufts University. His talk begins at 7 p.m. in the Gowen Room, Wilson Commons.

Edelman is the author of a book on Hart Crane and of Homographesis: Essays in Gay Literary and Cultural Theory. Both the lecture and the reception are free and open to the public.

For more information, call x5-9249.

Sneak a peak

Local viewers can enjoy sneak previews of two upcoming movies and an HBO concert at the University in early December. All three events will be held in Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, and admission is free.

• The premiere of Half Baked will air at 9 p.m., Tuesday, December 2. The movie tells the story of a pair of pot smokers who try to sell stolen marijuana to raise money to free one of their friends from prison.
• Stomp Out Loud, the first television special of the acclaimed international sensation, STOMP, will premiere at 9 p.m., Wednesday, December 3. Thirty members of the troupe, known for finding rhythm and music in the most unexpected places, have created a new production for the special.
• The movie Still Breathing, a romance shot on location in San Antonio and Los Angeles, will premiere at 9 p.m., Tuesday, December 9. The movie is the debut of writer, producer, and director James F. Robinson.

For more information, call x5-5911.

Hindi cinema

Scholars will discuss Imperial democracy and Hindi cinema in a presentation here Friday, December 5.

Antoinette Burton, who teaches history at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss Tongues Untied: Lord Salisbury's "Black Man" and the Boundaries of Imperial Democracy. Jyotika Virdi, a member of the English department faculty at George Washington University, will talk about Imag(in)ing the Nation: Popular Hindi Cinema in Postcolonial India.

The talks will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Room 407, Schlegel Hall.

For more information, call the Susan B. Anthony Institute, x5-8318.

MERT members needed

Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) members are technicians who respond to emergency calls in the Medical Center area, providing care and transportation for employees, visitors, and patients who are not in inpatient care. (MERT members respond to emergencies only when doing so does not interfere with work responsibilities at the University.)

To find out more about volunteering for MERT, call x5-3285.

Volunteer interpreters needed

Patient Access Services is in need of employees or students who are native speakers of foreign languages (excluding Spanish) to serve as volunteer interpreters within the Medical Center.

For more information, call x5-4778.

PCOS research

The University's Endocrine Metabolism Unit is looking for premenopausal women between the ages of 18 through 40 with diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) for a clinical research trial. The investigation will examine the use of drug therapy in improving the symptoms of PCOS.

For more information, call x3-3972.

Parent/child relationships

The University's Toddler Center is studying learning in children and parent/child relationships, in families with a depressed parent. Researchers are looking for volunteer families with children from three to eight years old who meet a list of other criteria, including one depressed parent. All families will be required to complete one visit to the University and will be paid $20 for the visit.

For more information, call x5-2014.

Donors sought

Sperm donors between the ages of 18 and 40 are needed for the University's artificial insemination program. Volunteers must be willing to be a donor for at least a year and undergo routine blood and urine testing.

For more information, call x5-2491.

Asthma study

The Pulmonary Clinical Group is looking for people with mild asthma ages 19 through 60 for asthma research. Volunteers need to be non-smokers and will receive an honorarium of $35.

For more information, call x5-4163.