BLOOD
DRIVE

COLLOQUIUMS

Wed., Sept. 27, 4 p.m. "Debating the Land Question in Africa," an Anthropology colloquium with Sara Berry; 400 Macaulay. HW

Wed., Sept. 27, 4 p.m. "Contextual Cueing of Visual Attention," a Psychology colloquium with Marvin Chun, Vanderbilt University; 234 Ames. HW

Wed., Sept. 27, 4:15 p.m. "Designing Transition Metal Activated Diradical Intermediates as Unimolecular Biological Reagents," a Chemistry colloquium with Jeffrey Zaleski, Indiana University; 233 Remsen. HW

DISCUSSIONS/
TALKS

EXHIBIT

LECTURES

Wed., Sept. 27, 12:30 p.m. "Mexico Election 2000: Implications and Prospects for Democracy in Mexico," a Social Change and Development brown bag lecture by Eric Olson, Washington Office on Latin America. No reservations required. 535 Rome Bldg. SAIS

MUSIC

OPEN
HOUSES

Mon., Oct. 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m. PreHealth: School of Medicine information session with James Weiss, dean of admissions; Paul White, director of admissions; and Robert Siliciano, director of M.D./Ph.D. Program. AMR1 Multipurpose Room. Sign-up is required, in 122 Merryman Hall East. HW

RELIGION

Conservative: Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 9:30 a.m.; Sun., 9:30 a.m.; Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Reform: Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 9:30 a.m.; Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. HW

SEMINARS

Mon., Sept. 25, 12:15 p.m. "Embryogenomics: Systematic Analysis of Genes Expressed in Mouse Early Embryos," a Carnegie Institution of Washington seminar with Minoru Ko, NIH/NIA; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Sept. 25, 4 p.m. "Inner-City Neighborhoods on the Brink: Is There a Point of No Return?" an Institute for Policy Studies/Economics/Health Policy and Management seminar with George Galster, Wayne State University; The Eisenhower Room, Johns Hopkins Club. HW

Mon., Sept. 25, 4 p.m. "On the Completeness of the Photochemical Description of Stratospheric Ozone: Lessons from the Three Bears," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Anne Douglass, NASA/GSFC; 305 Olin. HW

Tues., Sept. 26, noon. "Stepping Out with Myosin V," a Biological Chemistry seminar with James Sellers, NIH; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m. "Efficient Coding of Natural Sounds," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Michael Lewicki, Carnegie Mellon University; 100 Shaffer. HW

Thurs., Sept. 28, noon. "SUMO-1: Regulating Protein-Protein Interactions and Protein-DNA Interactions through Post-translation Protein Modifications," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Michael Matunis; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Sept. 28, 1 p.m. "Regulation of Gene Expression in Neurons and Glial by Action Potentials," a Neuroscience research seminar with Douglas Fields, NIH/ NICHD; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Sept. 28, 4 p.m. "Epigenetic Spreading of Dosage Compensation in Drosophila," a Biology seminar with Mitzi Kuroda; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Sept. 28, 4 p.m. "Generalized Weighted Chinese Restaurant Processes for Species Sampling Mixture Models," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Lancelot James; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Sept. 28, 4 p.m. "Sustainability: Confluence of Earth Science and Global Culture" by George Fisher; and "Dietary Consumption and Global Food Security" by Robert Lawrence," an Institute for Global Studies in Culture, Power and History seminar; 404 Macaulay. HW

Mon., Oct. 2, noon. "Immediate Early Genes Provide Novel In-sights into Memory," a Neurology and Neuroscience seminar with Paul Worley; 1-191 Meyer. JHMI

Mon., Oct. 2, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Rubber Hands, Rubber Gloves, Talking Heads and Split Brains: New Methods for Studying Crossmodal Attention and Multisensory Integration" with Charles Spence, Oxford University. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Oct. 2, 4 p.m. "Why Earth Has Plate Tectonics and Why Venus Does Not," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Mark Richards, University of California, Berkeley; 305 Olin. HW

SPECIAL
EVENTS

FROM DOWN UNDER: Traditional dance by Burrnya Warrma (which means "heart dance") will be featured when the Upstart Aussies, a multiethnic dance and performance group from Australia, visit the Homewood campus Sept. 28. The five young performers are descendants of one of the oldest Aboriginal dance troupes.

Thurs., Sept. 27, 8 p.m. MSE Symposium 2000--"Unfinished Business: Addressing Race, Class and Gender at the Turn of the Mil-lennium." Tonight's topic: "A Modern Dilemma--Enforcing and Ensuring Civil Rights for All," a talk with assistant attorney general for civil rights Bill Lann Lee. Co-sponsored by the Inter-Asian Council. Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. Upstart Aussies, a multiethnic performance troupe, featuring Aboriginal dancers, musicians and singers. For tickets, call 800-955-5566. Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., Sept. 28, 10 p.m. Hopkins 24/7. Last episode. For details, see photo, p. 5. ABC-TV

Mon., Oct. 2, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 2000 BioSciences Job Fair, a chance to speak with company representatives, circulate resumes, investigate specific career opportunities and research new career directions. Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association and the Graduate Student Association. Turner Concourse. JHMI

SPORTS

Tues., Sept. 26, 7 p.m. Women's Soccer, vs. Swarthmore

Wed., Sept. 27, 5 p.m. Field Hockey, vs. Dickinson

Thurs., Sept. 28, 4 p.m. Women's Soccer, vs. Western Maryland

Thurs., Sept. 28, 7 p.m. Men's Soccer, vs. Cabrini

Fri., Sept. 29, 7 p.m. Football, vs. Gettysburg

Sat., Sept. 30, 1 p.m. Field Hockey, vs. Swarthmore

Sat., Sept. 30, 7 p.m. Men's Soccer, vs. Muhlenberg

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