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Master gardeners help others learn to grow
S t a f f , U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s a t U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n
June 15, 2006
Vol. 25, No. 23

By Sharita Forrest more than 600 people go through gardener coordinator and an Ex-

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Assistant Editor the training annually. tension specialist in the depart-
helley Siuts said she To achieve the designation ment of natural resources and en-
always has loved gar- master gardener, participants un- vironmental sciences, administers
dening, but for some dergo 60 hours of training by UI the state program by overseeing
unknown reason all Extension staff or university fac- 78 local program coordinators,
her houseplants seemed to with- ulty and staff members, a non- teaches the online curriculum and
er away. At the urging of some credit course that covers all facets assists with plant pathology edu-
friends, Siuts joined the UI Mas- of horticulture – such as botany, cation.
ter Gardeners program. Siuts, an soils, diseases and landscape de- “I think the real importance of
information technology specialist sign. The training is offered Janu- the program is what the master
in the College of Liberal Arts and ary – May each year and rotates to gardeners give back to the com-
Sciences, began the online train- sites around the state. The online munity,” David said. “A common
ing course in January and soon program, begun in 2002, covers misconception is that they’re just
solved the mystery about why her the same material, but enables stu- people who know a lot about gar-
houseplants were withering: the dents to complete the course from dening, and they have beautiful
water-softener salt in her tap water home. The Junior Master Garden- gardens in their homes. That re-
was toxic to them and she needed er program offers horticulture and ally isn’t the case. Their greatest
to rotate the pots around the house environmental science education love is sharing their knowledge. photo by L. Brian Stauffer

to vary their exposure to sunlight. activities for youth as well. Both Our motto is: ‘Helping Others Business is blooming Monica David, Illinois master gardener
Begun in 1972, the Illinois programs require that the garden- Learn to Grow.’ ” coordinator, is shown in the Idea Garden of the UI Arboretum with
Master Gardener program now ers share their expertise through Once they graduate from the a topiary nicknamed “Harry Dood,” a face composed of purple
has more than 3,475 active mas- community service activities. course, participants serve 60-hour fountain grass, coral bells and other low-growing plants. Local
ter gardeners around the state, and Monica David, Illinois master internships performing communi- master gardeners help tend the 14,264-square-foot garden on south
ty service, and they share their ex- Lincoln Avenue, which is used to demonstrate environmentally
pertise in myriad ways, including responsible gardening practices and to encourage gardeners to
Illinois Master Gardeners writing newsletters and speaking experiment with plants and techniques.
www.extension.uiuc.edu/mg on radio and television programs
Champaign County Master Gardeners or giving talks to clubs and scout Program participants share the the Chicago Botanical Garden in
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/champaign/mg/ troops. They also answer consum- palliative powers of gardening by Glencoe.
ers’ questions at Extension offices coordinating therapy gardens or But, more important, the master
Champaign County Master Gardeners Garden Walk or at community events. Last year, horticultural activities in nursing gardeners’ green thumbs help feed
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 the master gardeners fielded near- homes and correctional facilities. the hungry by growing produce
Eight private gardens and the award-winning Idea Garden on ly 50,000 consumer questions, They also lead after-school pro- to donate to food banks, either in
the UI campus will be featured. Tickets ($8 in advance or $10 David said. grams, judge 4-H exhibits and their own gardens, in collective
the day of the walk) are available at the Champaign County A familiar face to Central Illi- tend a number of demonstration plots or in gardens sponsored by
Extension Office, 801 Country Fair Drive, Champaign, and at nois television viewers is that of gardens around the state, such as churches and other charitable or-
local gardening centers. For more information: 333-7672 or Extension educator Sandra Mason, the Idea Garden at the southeast ganizations. During 2005, Illinois’
e-mail champaign_co@extension.uiuc.edu. who heads the Champaign County corner of Lincoln and Florida av- master gardeners donated more
Master Gardeners chapter. enues on the Urbana campus, and SEE GARDENERS, PAGE 2

New contrast agents may be on horizon for better medical imaging
By Melissa Mitchell modal” contrast agents that could and molecular imaging. as I would do imaging studies, I and McDonald started by break-
News Bureau Staff Writer work within a host of medical im- Use of these new agents may, would see the devastation of che- ing nanoparticles down into even
Research by scientists based at aging platforms – from ultrasound in turn, significantly improve the motherapy and radiation therapy smaller particles. Next, they suc-
the UI may lead to the develop- and computed tomography (CT) diagnosis and treatment of can- to individuals from a psychosocial cessfully coated the particles with
ment of a new breed of “multi- to magnetic resonance imaging cer, according to Kenneth Watkin, and a body point of view. So I got dextran, a naturally occurring car-
a professor in the department of to thinking, ‘How could we treat bohydrate.
speech and hearing science and the head and neck cancers differently – The chemical coating – which
Beckman Institute for Advanced using fewer chemotoxins?’ ” Watkin compares to the thin, outer
Science and Technology. The tiny carriers Watkin and shell of an M&M candy – func-
Watkin’s findings, the result of McDonald are proposing would, in tions as a spacer, preventing the
work with former graduate student effect, zero in on tumors in much nanoparticle from undergoing a
Michael McDonald, who is now the same way that smart bombs chemical reaction when it comes
completing a postdoctoral fellow- take aim at strategic targets. in contact with water. It also keeps
ship at Stanford University, were Watkin’s transport system of the nanoparticles from clumping
published recently in the journal choice are nanoparticles of gado- and behaving erratically.
Academic Radiology. linium oxide. Watkin said gadolinium oxide
“The goal of this work for me The best way to visualize these is a superb imaging agent because
was to be able to create advanced nanoparticles, Watkin said, is to of its superparamagnetic proper-
methods for the treatment of dis- think of them as “exceptionally ties – “meaning that they work
ease, specifically cancer, that re- tiny pouches.” Or better yet, “like well within a magnetic resonance
duce the toxic effects that we see the trailer on a semi-truck. The imaging machine.”
photo by L. Brian Stauffer with our current treatments, Wat- deliverer is the targeting body and Its properties as an effective
Better imaging Research by Kenneth Watkin, a professor in the kin said. “And to do that, I had to the trailer is the little shell that emitter of radiation sources also
department of speech and hearing science and the Beckman Institute develop really, really, really small contains the material.” make it well-suited for use with a
for Advanced Science and Technology, may lead to the development carriers. To put things in perspective: type of cancer therapy called neu-
of a new breed of “multimodal” contrast agents that could work “I got into this field – which is The width of a single human hair tron capture therapy.
within a host of medical imaging platforms – from ultrasound and really nanomedicine – because my measures about 80,000 nanopar- “What it means,” Watkin said,
computed tomography (CT) to magnetic resonance imaging and area of interest is imaging and head ticles. In their work with gadolin- “is that these little particles cap-
molecular imaging. and neck cancer,” he said. “And ium oxide nanoparticles, Watkin SEE IMAGING, PAGE 8

INDEX
Child’s-eye view Ultrasonic laser?
BRIEF NOTES 6
In This Issue

A new study looks at The uaser produces
ultrasonic waves that CALENDAR 7
experiences of children
of methamphetamine are coherent and of one DEATHS 8
abusers to help those frequency that could ON THE JOB 3
children adjust to foster be used to study laser
dynamics and detect On the Web
care and beyond. www.news.uiuc.edu/ii
subtle changes in
PAGE 4 modern materials.
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Trustees discuss financial outlook, approve appointments
By Sharita Forrest final budget proposal at its regular Septem- tiative, a new university entity that would Lizanne DeStefano, a professor of edu-
Assistant Editor ber meeting. offer degrees, certificates and outreach cational psychology in the College of
UI President B. Joseph White predicted The trustees approved a list of 19 retired programs on a large scale via the Internet. Education, as interim dean of the col-
that FY07, which begins July 1, would be employees who were proposed for rehire White urged the trustees to review the re- lege from June 16 through July 31 until
a good year for the university in terms of between June 5 and July 13. White said af- port carefully prior to the July meeting. Mary Kalantzis begins as dean Aug. 1;
marshaling the $100 million in resources ter careful review that he and the chancel- Pursuant to discussion at the board’s of C. Renee Romano as vice chancellor
needed to help the UI meet its most urgent lors supported the rehires because of “value May meeting, White said that “a great deal for student affairs beginning July 1; and
needs and objectives. He made his com- and urgency.” White said that a policy on re- of work has been done” on the UIC Medi- Elyne Cole, currently director of em-
ments about the FY07 preliminary operat- tiree re-employment would be presented at cal Center renovation project and that staff ployment services in academic human
ing budget during a teleconference meeting the board’s July meeting, and added: “The members would update the board soon. resources, as associate provost, effective
of the UI Board of Trustees on June 5. goal is to prevent abuses, to utilize wisely a Other business June 16.
The $3.7 billion preliminary budget was valuable pool of talent for the benefit of our • The board awarded a $1.7 million con- Trustee Kenneth Schmidt expressed
an increase of 5.9 percent over the current students, our research enterprise and the en- tract to Nogle and Black Mechanical Inc. concern about Romano’s $200,000 sal-
fiscal year and was based upon estimated tire university, and to ensure that the board of Urbana for heating work related to ary, a figure that he and Michele Thomp-
increases of $67.9 million or 4.5 percent in is in proper control of the situation.” construction of the College of Business son, board secretary, said often elicits
unrestricted funds and $136.6 million or White also told the board that within the Instructional Building; the lowest bidder, questions. Chancellor Richard Herman
6.9 percent increase in restricted funds. Re- week he and Vice President Chester Gard- Gingher Process Piping Inc. of East Peo- said that he believed the proposed salary
stricted funds – which include revenue from ner would send the board a comprehensive ria, rescinded its bid of $1.6 million. was “the right number” and offered to
grants and contracts, federal appropriations report on the proposed global campus ini- • The board pproved the appointments of share the analysis used to derive it. u
and private gifts – are designated for spe-
cific uses by the donor, grantor, contractor
or state statute. Unrestricted funds can be
allocated at the discretion of the university.
UI expert: Post-employment costs will darken
White projected a good year in terms of
striving toward his five-year/$500 million
plan, which aims to garner $500 million
Illinois retiree system outlook
over the next five years. However, “a diffi- By Mark Reutter account for benefits that employees are ex-
cult but necessary 2.5 percent reallocation”– News Bureau Staff Writer pected to earn in the future as well as for
a total of $2.5 million – will be necessary by New accounting rules requiring state benefits that the employees already have
all “budget holders” next fiscal year, White governments to disclose health-care and earned.
said. State appropriations are expected to other non-pension retiree costs will re- The root of the state’s retiree benefits
total $12.8 million next year; tuition and the veal more long-term revenue shortfalls in problem has been the diversion of revenues
new Academic Facilities Maintenance Fund Illinois’ retiree systems, a UI tax expert from pension funds to other state programs.
Assessment – a fee that new students will warns. Underfunding of pensions can be traced
begin paying this fall to help address the After Dec. 15, 2006, Illinois and other back to the governorship of James Thomp-
backlog of deferred maintenance projects governments with annual revenues of $100 son in the 1980s, Giertz said.
– will generate $45.6 million. The projec- million or more must recognize OPEB, or When faced with a pension-funding cri-
tions also included a $10.5 million increase “other post-employment benefits.” These sis in 1995, the state passed a law to bring
in private giving, which White called a con- are benefits earned by employees that will up the retirement systems to 90 percent full
servative estimate. not be received until after they leave gov- funding by 2045, but left the funding ratio
Trustee Robert Sperling voiced concerns ernment service. They generally include low for the first 15 years.
about the board’s approving the preliminary health insurance, prescription-drug ben- Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Democratic
budget through a conference call, and sug- efits, and dental, vision and some types of legislative leaders agreed to contribute only
gested that such items be addressed at regu- life insurance provided to retirees. $1.4 billion to the five retirement systems in
lar meetings in the future. “Out of courtesy J. Fred Giertz, an economist specializing 2007, rather than the $2.5 billion required
to all our board members, this is a pretty in state tax issues, consistently has sounded under the 1995 law. Most of the diverted
significant issue when you’re approving a an alarm over the state’s underfunding of funds are going to new spending.
budget … and I believe we owe it to every- retiree obligations. The funded ratio of the state’s retirement
one to deal with these types of matters at a For more than 20 years and across four systems is expected to drop to 58 percent in UI photo
board meeting,” Sperling said. governorships, Illinois has not paid enough fiscal year 2007 and unfunded liabilities to A dollar short A new accounting
Chairman Lawrence Eppley responded into its five pension systems to cover the rise to about $45 billion, according to pro- requirement that compels states to
that the proposal was only a preliminary long-term promises made to state workers, jections by the Commission on Government report future benefits to be earned by
budget and that the board would review the schoolteachers, university employees and Forecasting and Accountability. employees – such as health insurance and
judges. The state currently faces a $38 bil- OPEB costs are funded by the state on a some types of life insurance provided to
GARDENERS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lion shortfall in its pension funds. pay-as-you-go basis, with no accumulated retirees – coupled with a multibillion-
than 200,000 pounds of produce. Concern over the state’s pension obli- revenues earmarked for long-term costs, dollar shortfall in pension funding
Many of the Illinois master gardeners gations led Fitch Ratings, a leading Wall even though the cost of retiree health ben- may exacerbate the financial problems
have been actively involved in the master Street bond house, to issue a negative out- efits is rising rapidly. facing the state of Illinois, according to
gardeners’ program for years, some for as look of Illinois’ finances in April. Unlike state pensions, OPEBs are not economist J. Fred Giertz.
long 20 or 25 years, David said. Giertz said the unfunded OPEB liabili- protected by the state constitution. The
In Illinois, master gardeners who have ties have, for the most part, been factored non-impairment clause of the constitution 362 percent of gross domestic product.”
distinguished themselves through sustained into the ratings and may not lead to a fur- prevents the state from reducing or other- By sticking to the state’s 1995 law (as
excellence and teamwork are honored at a ther downgrading of Illinois’ AA bond sta- wise altering pensions earned by employ- modified in 2003) and making full an-
three-day annual conference. Master gar- tus. Downgrades generally increase the cost ees. “The state could begin to ask retirees nual contributions, the state could reverse
deners around the U.S. and Canada also of state borrowing by millions of dollars. to pay a larger portion of health-care and the current pattern and begin to replenish
convene for a biennial conference, which “Bond rating agencies are well aware of other OPEB costs,” Giertz said. “That can- the retirement funds. This in turn could
was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, dur- the pension and OPEB liabilities in Illinois not happen in the case of pensions short of strengthen the state’s credit rating, accord-
ing 2005. Two Illinois chapters won honors that impair its credit quality,” he said. “But a constitutional amendment.” ing to Giertz.
at the conference: the Champaign County the publication of OPEB costs may serve The Illinois scholar said that while seri- The state of Illinois funds five retirement
chapter, for its rose garden program, and as a way of highlighting the problem to the ous, the state’s funding problem is not in- systems for employees and retirees: State
the Vermilion County chapter, for its First public, which might lead to more respon- surmountable. Employees Retirement System (SERS),
Tuesday gardening classes. sible behavior by the governor and Legis- “At present, the unfunded liability repre- Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), State
David and Ken McPheeters, who is an lature.” sents only 6 percent of the gross state prod- Universities Retirement System (SURS),
instructional support team leader in the The disclosure of OPEB liabilities is uct. In comparison, private-sector pension Judges’ Retirement System (JRS) and Gen-
College of Agricultural, Consumer and required by the Governmental Accounting exposure is estimated at $450 billion, or 4.3 eral Assembly Retirement System (GRS).
Environmental Sciences and a horticulture Standards Board under Statements 43 and percent of the gross domestic product, and The enrollment in the five systems to-
instructional materials specialist with the 45. The new rules require governments to the future liability for Medicare and Social taled 666,952, according to the 2007 Illi-
master gardeners program, are coordinat- Security is $38 trillion, which represents nois State Budget. u
ing an 11-day trip to the Pacific Northwest,
where participants will tour 14 public and InsideIllinois
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quit sleeping on – and crushing – her out-
June 15, 006 InsideIllinois PAGE

Colorful, rare-patterned male
On the Job Rose Julius
guppies have survival advantage
By Jim Barlow survival. No matter which pattern was rare or
News Bureau Staff Writer common, the rare type had higher survival.”
Any owner of a freshwater aquarium After 15 or 17 days, depending on lo-
likely has had guppies (Poecilia reticula- cation, the researchers again sought and
ta), those small brightly colored fish with a captured all adult-sized guppies. The rare
propensity for breeding. Now guppy popu- males had higher survival at all three sites.
lations manipulated in natural habitats in Overall, 84 percent of the rare-type males
Trinidad have taught researchers an evolu- survived, while only 69 percent of the com-
tionary lesson on the survival of a rare ge- mon-type males survived.
netic trait. The most important source of mortality
Reporting in in wild guppies is
the June 1 issue “No matter which pattern predation by larger
of the journal was rare or common, the rare fish species. “It’s
Nature, scientists possible that guppy
from six institu- type had higher survival.” predators, which
tions detail how –Kimberly A. Hughes are known to hunt
male guppies with visually, may be
photo by L. Brian Stauffer the most colorful – more focused on
At work and at home Rose Julius enjoys helping people. Julius, who is closing and most rare – patterns are more likely than common color patterns,” Hughes said.
in on her 30-year anniversary at the UI, began working in the department of their more commonly colored counterparts “Predators can form ‘search images’ of
accountancy in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, now to survive in the wild. the most common prey types, and can be
the College of Business, in September 1976 after she graduated from Villa “This study provides very solid support less efficient at locating and capturing prey
Grove High School. Julius also worked for nine years at La Casa Cultural Latina for frequency-dependent survival,” said that look different from the norm,” she
before she moved to her current position in 1990 as a staff secretary in the principal investigator Kimberly A. Hughes, said. “These predators have limited atten-
Office of Minority Student Affairs. a UI animal biologist. “We found that rare tion. Perhaps this generates a frequency-
color patterns of these guppies had a highly dependent predation pattern that by its very
Tell me what you do.
significant survival advantage.” operation acts to maintain polymorphism.”
I’m the office manager, so I try to make sure that the main office runs
In evolutionary terms, frequency- An alternative theory is that male gup-
smoothly. In January we moved our tutoring services, OMSA East, to a new
dependent survival means that individuals pies altered their own behavior in response
location on Gregory Street. They have a large staff of student employees
with rare gene variants have a survival ad- to the manipulated changes in their com-
who tutor students in many different subjects. I assist them as needed with
vantage relative to common variants, sim- mon vs. rare numbers, and that the changed
financial transactions. I do the payroll, the financial transactions, oversee the
ply as a function of being rare. This process behaviors affected predation, the authors
student workers and do the Banner transactions for our office here.
is important because it leads to the mainte- wrote. They suggest new experiments to
Our department coordinates the Campus Student Retention Services for nance of many different variants (polymor- study behaviors in both predators and prey
the President’s Award Program, the Educational Opportunity Program and phism) in the same population. to determine which theory is at work.
other programs. We coordinate several major events each year, including the The same process could be important in In earlier studies, Hughes and colleagues
Minority Student and Parent Orientation Program, the Mom’s Day Awards the maintenance of genetic variants in hu- had shown that female guppies prefer to
Program, two career fairs, and the Mid-Year Congratulatory. We have three mans, said Hughes, who also is a member of mate with males with color patterns novel
federal grant programs, and I work directly with two of them – the Ronald E. the UI Institute for Genomic Biology. to the females. It could be, the authors sur-
McNair Scholars Program and the Student Support Services Program – and For example, she said, it has been hy- mise in the Nature paper, that females might
assist with the third program, Upward Bound. pothesized that genes involved in pathogen prefer the rare males because mating with
What are the Student Support Services and McNair Scholars programs? resistance (the Human Leukocyte Antigen them lowers their own risk to predation.
The Student Support Services Program assists minority and underrepresented or HLA genes) are highly polymorphic The six co-authors with Hughes were
students with their academics and adjusting to the campus, so we have because pathogens are most successful at Robert Olendorf, a postdoctoral researcher
counselors that arrange tutors and other services. attacking individuals with common vari- in the School of Integrative Biology at Il-
The McNair program pairs students with faculty mentors for the summer to do ants, and individuals with rare variants have linois; F. Helen Rodd and David Punzalan,
research. We have about 42 students this summer, three of whom are from higher survival. department of zoology at the University of
Louisiana. I deal with the financial aspects of the program: I help get their The guppy system provided a way to test Toronto; Anne E. Houde, department of
stipend checks and work with their faculty mentors to get their expenses paid. whether this kind of selection could really biology at Lake Forest College in Illinois;
promote polymorphism in a natural setting, Carla Hurt of the Smithsonian Tropical
Each year our staff members organize a national McNair conference in
because guppies are highly polymorphic for Research Institute, Naos Marine Labora-
November. We work on it steadily – getting students registered from all across
a visible trait and they are easy to work with tory, Panama City, Panama; and David N.
the country, getting the funds in – from about August through mid-November.
in field experiments. Reznick, department of biology, University
I deal with the registration and help design the conference booklet and
Researchers conducted 34 separate ma- of California at Riverside.
materials.
nipulations across 19 replicate pools in three The work was supported by grants from
Even though it’s a whole lot of work, it’s fun to do. When you see the students streams over four years. They collected gup- the National Science Foundation to Hughes,
from universities all over the country presenting their work, it’s worth it. pies from two tributaries of the Quare River Houde and Reznick, and by a grant from the
There are several national McNair conferences, but ours is the oldest and and the main branch of the Mausica River, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
largest. This will be our 15th conference this year. We limit it to about 600 sorted the males and females, and then re- Council of Canada to Rodd. During 1996,
participants, which includes faculty and staff members, undergraduates and turned them to the streams. Hughes also was supported by a National Re-
recruiters from graduate schools across the country. We hold it at Lake Lawn “We had two different color patterns at search Service Fellowship from the National
Resort, Delavan, Wis. It is co-sponsored by the MidAmerica Association of a particular site,” Hughes said. “(Our meth- Institutes of Health, and Rodd by a grant
Educational Opportunity Program Personnel, and we originally decided to hold ods) allowed us to determine that it was rar- from the Center for Population Biology at the
our conference there so that the McNair directors could stay and attend the ity itself, and not any specific aspect of the University of California at Davis. u
MAEOPP conference afterward. The MAEOPP conference left, but we stayed color pattern that had the biggest effect on
because the attendees enjoy the site.
What does your office do in terms of counseling?
Incoming freshmen are assigned a counselor, either a full-time staff member
or one of about 40 graduate counselors. They report weekly on how the
students are doing, so that if a student is starting to have problems – needs
tutoring or help with career decisions or problems with their financial aid – we
can help them or direct them to another office.
Two of our staff members are advisers for two student groups: the Minority
Association of Future Attorneys and the Minority Pre-health Students.
What’s kept you here in the Office of Minority Student Affairs – and on
campus – so long?
I think it’s because we have the different programs going on at different times.
And from the beginning I liked being at the university because I knew there
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were a lot of job opportunities available within the system.
What do you like to do when you’re not working?
Right now, I’m trying to housetrain two 13-week-old Chihuahuas, Duncan
and Gabrielle. I also have a 2-year-old Chihuahua named Hercules and a
Doberman pinscher/German shepherd mix named Lady.
I enjoy watching Illini basketball and am looking forward to another great
season. I also try to help out a couple of elderly neighbors with errands and
version
things like that.
– Interview by Sharita Forrest
Assistant editor
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Study elicits child’s view of methamphetamine abuse, effects
By Craig Chamberlain things together and in making
News Bureau Staff Writer sense, in knowing that their feel-
The children’s stories are dis- ings have reasons.”
tressing: They had been left alone The study involved 18 chil-
and hungry for days, were physi- dren, ages 7-14, from 12 families.
cally abused, forced to get high, All were involved with the child-
told to steal from loved ones and welfare system because of their
to lie to authorities, and they had parents’ methamphetamine abuse.
seen their parents “hyper” and de- At the time of their interviews,
lusional. they had been in foster care any-
They had been traumatized, where from five to 39 months,
many of them, but they had also with 15.6 months the average.
been resourceful and resilient. The central focus of the study
All had been taken from their ru- were semi-structured interviews
ral homes and were now in foster with each child, conducted by a
care, with some struggling to ad- psychiatrist or child clinical psy-
just and some doing remarkably chologist, which lasted about 30
well. minutes and were audio-taped. The
They are the children of meth- interviews were then transcribed
amphetamine users, and they were and coded by other researchers to
the subject of a study, apparently produce specific data.
the first, to get a child’s-eye view Methamphetamine can have
of what happens in these families profound effects on the user,
and how it affects the children. Haight said, including extreme ir-
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
The study will be published in ritability, paranoia and heightened
the journal Children and Youth sexual arousal. Users can go on Child’s-eye view Part of the team involved in the ongoing UI research project on methamphetamine
Services Review (CYSR) and is days-long highs, followed by days use in seven Central Illinois counties: (sitting) Teresa Ostler, professor of social work; (from left) Rebecca
available online at www.childwel- of sleep. “These are adults behav- Jones, retired DCFS professional supervising aspects of the project; Anne Robertson, Kathryn Sheridan,
fare.com/kids/cysr.htm (click on ing in very unpredictable, danger- Marcia Martinez and Ga-young Choi, all doctoral students involved with the project; and Wendy Haight,
Article in Press). ous ways, and the child is there professor of social work and the lead researcher on the project. Missing from the photo are study co-
The aim of the study was to too,” she said. authors James Black, a psychiatrist with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, and Linda
gather information that could help In most of these families, par- Kingery, a child-welfare worker in the Charleston field office of DCFS.
these children and others like them ents also were making the drug,
in the often-difficult adjustment to sometimes involving their children “sad or scary times,” they talked influence. One child asked who a meth-induced paranoia. Some
foster care and beyond, said Wen- in criminal behavior, and possibly first or most often about the expe- would watch over her mother have been actively socialized into
dy Haight, a UI professor of social exposing some to toxic fumes and rience of losing their parents, even when she was “sick,” Haight said. a rural drug culture. “It becomes a
work and the lead researcher. the danger of explosions or fires. months later, Haight said. “Most They also experience emotional huge blockage” to intervention in
“We want to help foster par- “Meth has such a rapid effect want desperately to be with their harm from the stigma of being the some cases, Ostler said.
ents understand more about what that you see parenting just break families and feel a great deal of children of methamphetamine us- For children raised from an
the child has gone through,” said down literally,” Ostler said. “Fam- pain and grief over being sepa- ers, many of whom face years in early age with their parents using
study co-author Teresa Ostler, ilies change rapidly in that time rated from their parents.” prison. methamphetamine, even routine
a social work professor at Illi- and I think that’s very terrifying Another complication is that The children often also carry a aspects of family life, like regular
nois who specializes in clinical for children,” she said. some of these children had taken strong distrust of authority figures, meal and bed times, may represent
psychology. “A lot of it involves Yet despite those conditions, on the role of caring for their par- passed on from their parents as a “culture shock,” the authors say.
experiences of trauma, where the the researchers found that when ents, as well as younger siblings, result of the criminal activity in- The researchers are using what
child needs huge help in putting the children were asked about when their parents were under the volved, sometimes reinforced by SEE METH ABUSE, PAGE 5

Exhibition on child art inaugurates UI, Phillips collaboration
By Melissa Mitchell Illinois at The Phillips outside a large, metropolitan area.
News Bureau Staff Writer Collection Program: “This is a perfect program for
A new partnership between the www.art.uiuc.edu/projects/ anyone considering a career in
UI and The Phillips Collection phillips/ museums or in the arts,” Fineberg
in Washington, D.C., begins this The Phillips Collection: said. “The academic program’s
month with a book and exhibition www.phillipscollection.org/ structure is flexible to accommo-
that examine children’s creativity, “Klee and America” and date students from many back-
art and “giftedness.” “When We Were Young”: grounds and at various stages in
“When We Were Young: New www.phillipscollection.org/html/ their academic careers.” It is also
Perspectives on the Art of the exhibits.html#upcoming geared toward continuing-educa-
Child” opens June 17 at the Phil- tion students, including profes-
lips as the premiere initiative of its one component of the new center. sionals working in Washington.
Center for the Study of Modern Visiting artist programs, public The curriculum will emphasize
Art. forums, symposia and discussion scholarship and critical inquiry,
The exhibition will travel to the groups also will be offered. Fineberg said, and students will
UI’s Krannert Art Museum in the “It’s a unique initiative – the have the option of participating in
fall. Also this fall, undergraduate, first research center of its kind internships linking them with staff
graduate and continuing educa- devoted to modern art,” said Fine- members from various museum
tion students from the university, berg, who also chairs the Phillips’ departments.
the D.C. area and elsewhere will board of trustees committee on The “When We Were Young”
participate in a new academic the center. “As we develop en- exhibition will serve as a focus
program focusing on the study of dowments for the center, we will exhibition in conjunction with
modern art called “IIlinois at The be able to create an even richer the June 17 opening of the larger
Phillips Collection.” Classes will program.” “Klee in America” exhibition at
be taught by UI faculty members Jay Gates, the director of The the museum. The Klee show is the
as well as Phillips’ staff mem- Phillips Collection, said he be- first major American exhibition of
bers. lieves the new center and the col- the artist’s work in two decades.
The Phillips Collection, Amer- laboration with Illinois hold great Fineberg, who is curating
ica’s first museum of modern art, promise for both institutions. “When We Were Young” with
was founded in 1921 in the former “Like the museum itself, The Elizabeth Hutton Turner, senior
home of Duncan Phillips, in Wash- Phillips Collection’s Center for curator at the Phillips, said the ex-
ington’s Dupont Circle neighbor- the Study of Modern Art will hibition will function as “a study
hood. The museum houses some deepen the public’s understanding exhibition of children’s drawings
of the best-known impressionist and appreciation of modern art that will focus on issues of authen-
and modern masterpieces by art- and its sources,” Gates said. “We ticity and talent, driven by aes- photo by L. Brian Stauffer

ists including Cezanne, Degas, van are thrilled and gratified to partner thetics and the mind of the gifted Creative partnership Jonathan Fineberg, the Gutgsell Professor
Gogh, Kandinsky, Klee, Matisse, with Illinois on this project.” child.” of Art History at the UI, is the founding director of Illinois at The
O’Keeffe, Renoir and Rothko. Richard Herman, the chancel- The show will spotlight the cre- Phillips Collection and co-curator of “When We Were Young: New
According to Jonathan Fine- lor of the UI’s Urbana campus, ative roots of two of the modern Perspectives on the Art of the Child.”
berg, the Gutgsell Professor of Art said the institutional partnership period’s most recognizable artists:
History at the UI and the found- will give students from Illinois Klee and Picasso. published by the University of berg and essays by Turner and Ru-
ing director of Illinois at The Phil- and elsewhere direct exposure to The exhibition will be accom- California Press, that will include dolf Arnheim, a founding figure in
lips Collection, the program is just resources otherwise unavailable panied by a book-length catalog, an introduction and essay by Fine- the psychological study of art. u
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METH ABUSE, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
they’ve learned from this study and previ- Researchers build an ultrasound version of the laser
ous research to develop materials for use
not only by foster parents, but also by child- By James E. Kloeppel
welfare workers and other professionals. News Bureau Staff Writer
“We get more requests than we can accom- Researchers at the UI and at the Univer-
modate from people just desperate for some sity of Missouri at Rolla have built an ultra-
information,” Haight said. sound analogue of the laser.
They also are conducting weekly ses- Called a uaser (pronounced WAY-zer) –
sions, or interventions, in the foster homes for ultrasound amplification by stimulated
of the children who took part in the study, emission of radiation, the instrument pro-
with support from the Illinois Department duces ultrasonic waves that are coherent
of Children and Family Services. They are and of one frequency, and could be used
working to develop a model in which local to study laser dynamics and detect subtle
professionals are the ones directly involved changes, such as phase changes, in modern
with the families, but with supervision from materials.
university psychologists and psychiatrists. “We have demonstrated that the essential
As a result of the study, the researchers nature of a laser can be mimicked by clas-
suggest that additional resources and ser- sical mechanics – not quantum mechanics
vices, in particular mental health services, – in sound instead of light,” said Richard
need to be more accessible for these chil- Weaver, a professor of theoretical and ap-
dren and their foster parents. plied mechanics at Illinois.
Haight also pointed out that teachers To make a uaser, Weaver, Illinois re-
in rural schools are often the first to know search associate Oleg Lobkis and UMR
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
and get involved when methamphetamine physics professor Alexey Yamilov begin by
abuse comes into a family, giving children mounting a number of piezoelectric auto-
Move over, laser Richard Weaver, a professor of theoretical and applied mechanics
at Illinois, and colleagues at Illinois and the University of Missouri at Rolla, have built
everything from extra attention to food oscillators to a block of aluminum, which
an ultrasound analogue of the laser, called the uaser (pronounced WAY-zer).
and clothes. With additional funding, the serves as an elastic, acoustic body. When
schools could play a larger role, she said. an external acoustic source is applied to the
The research was funded by an Arnold body, the oscillators synchronize to its tone. why we shouldn’t be able to design a uaser materials, such as thin films or high-tem-
O. Beckman Award from the University Like fireflies trapped in a bottle, the oscil- to generate a narrow, highly directional perature superconductors.
Research Board at Illinois. lators synchronize to the frequency of the beam.” “Uasers can produce an ultrasonic ver-
The study is part of an ongoing UI re- source. Optical lasers are useful because of their sion of acoustical feedback – an ultrasonic
search project, also led by Haight, in sev- In the absence of an external source, the coherent emission, high intensity and rapid howl similar to the squeal created when a
en Central Illinois counties (Clark, Coles, tiny ultrasonic transducers become locked switching. These features are of little value microphone is placed too close to a speak-
Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and to one another by virtue of their mutual ac- in acoustics, where coherence is the rule er,” Weaver said. “By slowly changing the
Shelby). The counties are served by the cess to the same acoustic system. and not the exception, intensity is limited temperature while monitoring the ultrason-
Charleston field office of DCFS, which is “The phases must be correct also,” by available power, and maximum switch- ic feedback frequency, we could precisely
collaborating on the project. Weaver said. “By carefully designing the ing speeds are limited by moderate frequen- measure the phase change in various mate-
Other co-authors of the study were transducers, we can assure the correct cies. rials.”
James Black, a psychiatrist with the South- phases and produce stimulated emission. Nevertheless, uasers may be useful. With Weaver described the uaser and present
ern Illinois University School of Medicine As a result, the power output scales with the their longer wavelengths and more conve- his team’s latest experiments at the annual
in Springfield; Linda Kingery, a child-wel- square of the number of oscillators.” nient frequencies, uasers could prove useful meeting of the Acoustical Society of Amer-
fare worker in the Charleston field office of The uaser more closely resembles a for modeling and studying laser dynamics. ica, held at the Rhode Island Convention
DCFS; and Kathryn Sheridan, a graduate “random laser” than it does a convention- They could also serve as highly sensitive Center in Providence, June 5-9.
student in social work. u al, highly directional laser, Weaver said. scientific tools for measuring the elastic The work was funded in part by the Na-
“In principle, however, there is no reason properties and phase changes of modern tional Science Foundation. u

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I space exhibition
Chicago neighborhoods evolution explored Summer jazz concerts, festival announced
A new exhibition that explores how socially diverse

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neighborhoods in Chicago have emerged and continue to azz takes center stage in June and July at the Woody Herman Orchestra performs under the direction
evolve will be on view through June 30 at I space, the Chi- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and at of Frank Tiberi.
cago gallery of the UI’s Urbana-Champaign campus. Allerton Park’s new Music Barn, with the School The festival finale, July 1 at Allerton Park, will fea-
“The Design of Diversity,” curated by UI urban and re- of Music’s Summer Jazz Festival ture performances by the UI School
gional planning professor Emily Talen, draws attention to 2006, June 29-July 1. of Music jazz faculty members, with
recently completed research she and her students conducted Even more jazz is on the bill at guest trombonist Slide Hampton. A
in the city as part of a community design workshop. Krannert Center, with concerts by $25 ticket includes the concert and
Talen, the author of “New Urbanism and American Plan- the UI Summer Jazz Band sched- hors d’oeuvres. To reserve tickets,
ning: The Conflict of Cultures,” said the exhibition “probes uled the week before and two weeks call 333-3287 or 762-7011.
the kinds of places social diversity inhabits, how this di- after the festival. Bookending the festival are con-
versity can be explained, and what the physical context of All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. certs by the music school’s Summer
diversity means – for residents who live there, for the vi- in Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Jazz Band, led by McNeill.
ability of diverse neighborhoods, and for the planners and Theater, with the exception of the fi- On June 21, the band will per-
designers who want to support them.” nal performance, set for 8:30 p.m. at form works by Sammy Nestico and
Lisanne Lyons
I space is located at 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. Gal- Allerton Park, near Monticello. Thad Jones that focus on arrange-
lery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The jazz fest kicks off June 29 with a performance by ments and original compositions featuring flugelhorn,
the UI Concert Jazz Band and Studio Orchestra, direct- trumpet, saxophone and other instruments.
University YMCA
ed by music professor Chip McNeill, and guest vocalist On July 12, the band will play compositions by UI
Register now for Communiversity courses Lisanne Lyons. On the program will be songs by George jazz composers and arrangers who are still writing, in-
From dance to martial arts to arts and crafts, the Univer- Gershwin, including Nelson Riddle arrangements re- cluding Jim Knapp, professor emeritus Morgan Powell
sity YMCA’s Communiversity program offers a variety of corded between 1957-59 by Ella Fitzgerald, and Harold and Kim Richmond.
classes to the local community. Now in its 30th year, the Arlen tunes arranged by McNeill and others. Tickets for the Krannert Center concerts may be pur-
program connects those with a passion to teach with those On June 30, the program focuses on the big band chased at the center’s ticket office, 333-6280; e-mail kran-
willing to learn. Classes begin as early as June 19, so early sounds of one of America’s most beloved bandlead- tix@uiuc.edu or online at www.krannertcenter.com. u
registration is encouraged. ers: Woody Herman and his “Thundering Herd.” The
A registration form and additional information is online
at www.universityymca.org/communiversity. For ques-
tions, contact Becca at 337-1514 or communiversity@uni- To enroll, contact Joan Fiesta, 333-1216, or jmfiesta@uiuc. museums.
versityymca.org. edu. More information is available online at www.dps.uiuc. The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum
edu or www.radkids.org. Studies, in collaboration with the science education depart-
WILL Radio and Uni High
ment of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Students document the life of local Jews Illinois Statistics Office
launched the Goode Smithsonian lecture series in early
Growing up in Champaign as one of a handful of Jewish Consulting and short courses offered June. All lectures will be broadcast live on the Web through
children in town, Ruth Kuhn Youngerman enjoyed friend- The Illinois Statistics Office provides statistical consult- a link at http://museumstudies.si.edu. The site also includes
ships with people from a variety of faiths. The Jewish com- ing to members of the university community. The first con- lecture schedule updates.
munity was small and close-knit. sultation is free. Summer hours are Monday to Thursday, Named after the Smithsonian’s earliest proponent of
University High School students interviewed Younger- 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. museums as educational institutions, the series allows S.I.
man and 13 other leaders of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish The consulting office also offers data analysis courses museum staff and S.I. affiliates everywhere the opportunity
community for a new radio documentary, “The 20th Cen- on topics ranging from data management to widely used to keep abreast of emerging developments in education per-
tury Exodus: The Triumphant Life and Journey of the Jew- statistical methods such as linear regression, analysis of taining to many aspects of their work, from exhibit design
ish in Our Community.” It will be broadcast on WILL-AM variance, logistic regression and mixed models. to outreach in schools.
(580) at 2 p.m. July 4. For more information, go to www.stat.uiuc.edu/iso or For more information about the campuswide benefits
Many of those interviewed said that living in Cham- e-mail statconsulting@ad.uiuc.edu. of the Smithsonian affiliation, contact Scott Schwartz,
paign-Urbana enhanced their lives as Jews. The Jewish SACAM archivist and primary contact between the UI and
Non-radioactive tracer techniques
community of about 2,000 is large enough to be diverse, the affiliates’ program.
yet small enough so that all Jews who make the effort can Mass spectrometry facility available For more information about the lecture series, contact
get to know one another. A mass spectrometry facility specializing in quantifica- Bruce C. Craig, Smithsonian Center for Education and Mu-
Students in the Uni High class of 2009 conducted the in- tion of stable isotope enrichments is now available to all seum Studies at 202-357-3148 or bcraig@si.edu.
terviews and produced and narrated the program. AM 580’s UI researchers on the Urbana-Champaign campus who are
Visiting Japanese college students
Dave Dickey and Uni teacher Jenny Yi Kim directed the interested in using tracer techniques.
project. “Stable isotope tracer techniques are some of the most Summer host families sought
In addition to the history of the Jewish community, the effective tools in nutrition and biomedical research,” said Total immersion in American English is the goal one Il-
documentary includes stories about rituals and daily prac- Peter Garlick, a professor of animal sciences. “Stable iso- linois summer program sets for its visiting Japanese college
tices, and the discrimination some people faced before topes of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen can all be students.
coming to Champaign-Urbana. used to trace biological reactions.” But immersion involves more than classroom instruc-
Garlick explained that stable isotope tracers are particu- tion, says Stan Van Horn, a lecturer in the Intensive English
UI hosts ‘See Your Soldier’ event
larly suited for studies of the kinetics of glucose, protein, Institute at the UI who is coordinating the institute’s sum-
Technology connects soldiers, family cholesterol, and fat metabolism in vivo that might other- mer language program. To promote fluency, the program
The UI is using advanced videoconferencing technol- wise be expensive and cumbersome, if not impossible. also involves student home stays with local families.
ogy to connect Illinois families with loved ones who are With the help of analytical methods developed by Liying Toward that end, Van Horn and the institute are seeking
stationed in Iraq. On July 11 and 12, individuals and entire Zhao, a research specialist with experience in isotope tracer local families and individuals who can host one or more
families can come to one of several sites around the state techniques in metabolic and nutrition research, the lab is Japanese college students this summer in their homes, and
of Illinois for live, interactive 30-minute videoconferenc- able to conduct two sequential measurements of muscle in the process, help them advance their English language
ing sessions in which they can see and talk with their sol- protein synthesis rates in the same subject without a long skills and introduce them to various aspects of American
diers stationed at either Camp Al Asad (Air Force) or Camp waiting time. culture.
Taji/Cooke (Army) in Iraq. The “See your Soldier” event is “This protocol is particularly suited for human subjects Individuals, families and couples, including “empty-
being led by the National Center for Supercomputing Ap- because it only requires a 10-minute tracer infusion and col- nesters,” are welcome to apply as host families, Van Horn
plications and UI Extension. lects a single, small piece of muscle for a biopsy sample,” said. Home-stay hosts put the students up in their homes
The NCSA building is the only campus site for the she said. “We can obtain very accurate information about and provide meals for them, as well as spend time with
event. Family members can register and get more infor- how protein synthesis rates alter in response to different nu- them in typical household or leisure-time activities.
mation, such as a complete list of videoconference sites, tritional, physiological, and pathological conditions.” The 44 Japanese students who will be on the UI campus
at www.seeyoursoldier.uiuc.edu. Registration is on a first- To learn more about the research and the facility, contact in late July and August come from universities in Hiroshi-
come, first-served basis and will close at the end of the day Garlick at 244-2870. ma and in Kobe.
June 28. Home-stay hosts receive a stipend to help defray the
Smithsonian Institution
This is the second time NCSA has helped bridge the dis- costs of room and board.
tance between Illinois and Iraq. In December 2005, area Web series to focus on museum studies The IEI works with OvECS, a private company that spe-
family members spoke with soldiers at Camp Taji and Emerging developments in elite museum studies are cializes in coordinating international student-home stays
Camp Al-Asad through real-time videoconferencing at the now only a click away for UI faculty and staff members during the summer and the regular school year. The OvECS
NCSA Building. and students. coordinator holds orientation sessions for hosts, either in
The work and world of the museum, as seen through the small groups or individually.
Public Safety
lens of one expert at a time, is now available to anyone at The Homestay Program application is available online
Kids learn how to avoid violence Illinois, by means of the Smithsonian Institution’s new G. at http://www.azhomestay.com/hostfamapp.htm.
This summer, the UI Division of Public Safety will of- Brown Goode Smithsonian Education Lecture Series. The institute also runs a Conversation Partners Program
fer two courses to teach children realistic safety plans and The lecture series and a myriad of other services and in which short- and longer-term international students are
physical skills to help them avoid violence. The radKIDS benefits are available to the people and programs at the UI matched with members of the local community and with UI
Personal Empowerment Safety Education course will be of- because the university is a full-fledged affiliate of the insti- students who serve as their “conversation partners,” talk-
fered June 26-30 for boys and girls ages 5 to 7 and July 10- tution in Washington, D.C. ing with them and exposing them to the community and to
14 for boys and girls ages 8 to 12. Both programs will take Illinois gained affiliate status last September. It is among student life and culture. Anyone interested in serving as a
place from 2 to 4 p.m. at MAC Gym at CRCE. a handful of institutions of higher education that have conversation partner can apply online at https://webtools.
Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. been granted affiliate status; most affiliates are individual uiuc.edu/formBuilder/Secure?id=6275883. u
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Note: $ indicates Admission Charge June 15 to July 9
colloquia LOST& FOund
1 Saturday UI Concert Jazz Band, “The 24 Saturday The Lost&Found listing is maintained online. If you’ve lost or
28 Wednesday “The Matchmaker.” Peter R. Gershwin Songbook.” Guest: Summer Symposium: “Cher-
“Pleiomorphism of Supramo- Reynolds, director. 8 p.m. Stu- Lisanne Lyons. 7:30 p.m. Try- nobyl, 20 Years Later: Health, found something on campus, send a description of the item,
lecular Assemblies.” Willy dio Theater. $ Summer Studio on Festival Theater, Krannert Environment and the Sociol- where and when it was found or lost and an e-mail address and
Wriggers, University of Texas Theatre Company. Center. $ School of Music. ogy of a Disaster Zone.” Key- phone number to dkdahl@uiuc.edu. E-mail addresses will be
Health Science Center, Hous- note speaker: David Marples, posted. To see if someone else has found your lost item, consult
ton. 2 p.m. 3269 Beckman In- 2 Sunday 30 Friday University of Alberta. 2-5:30 our online listings:
“Einstein and the Polar Bear.” Summer Jazz Festival 2006:
stitute. Beckman Institute. The Woody Herman Orches- p.m. 314A Illini Union. Rus- www.news.uiuc.edu/ii/lostandfound.html
Caroline Kava, director. 7 p.m. sian, East European and Eur-
Studio Theater, Krannert Cen- tra. Frank Tiberi, director. 7:30
theater p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, asian Center. Open to the public. 8 a.m.- after performances.
ter. Adult content. $ Summer 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Ticket Office: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
16 Friday Studio Theatre Company. Krannert Center. $ School of 26 Monday
Music. Lunch served 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily, and 10 a.m. through first
“Einstein and the Polar Bear.” Allerton Explorers Camp, Ses- For monthly menu, www. intermission on performance
Caroline Kava, director. 7:30 5 Wednesday sion I. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Education
p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert “Einstein and the Polar Bear.” 1 Saturday Center, Allerton Park. For stu-
beckman.uiuc.edu/café/. days.
Caroline Kava, director. 7:30 Jazz Concert at Allerton Park Bevier Café Tours: 3 p.m. daily; meet in
Center. Romantic comedy with Barn. 7:30 p.m., cash bar; 8:30 dents entering grades 6-8. Call main lobby.
adult content. $ Summer Stu- p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert 762-2721 for a registration 8:30-11 a.m. coffee, juice and
Center. Adult content. $ Sum- p.m., concert. Allerton Park baked goods; and 11:30 a.m. Law Café
dio Theatre Company. Barn, south side of park, 588 packet; continues through June 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
mer Studio Theatre Company. 30. $ Allerton Park and Con- to 1 p.m. lunch.
17 Saturday Allerton Road, Monticello. UI Campus Recreation 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-
ference Center.
“Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, 6 Thursday faculty members. $ Allerton IMPE, 201 E. Peabody Drive, Thursday; 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater, “Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, Park and Conference Center. 30 Friday Champaign. Serving full breakfast, hot and
Krannert Center. Psychological director. 7:30 p.m. Studio The- Horseback Riding Clinic. CRCE, 1102 W. Gregory, cold lunch entrees, salads and
thriller. $ Summer Studio The- ater, Krannert Center. $ Sum- et cetera 8:30 a.m. Stable near Lodge, Urbana. desserts and coffee. More info:
atre Company. mer Studio Theatre Company. Ill. Register at the Outdoor See www.campusrec.uiuc.edu 244-6017.
16 Friday Adventures; call 333-8747. $ for complete schedule. Library Tours
18 Sunday 7 Friday Kayak Clinic. 10 a.m.-noon.
Campus Recreation. Kenney Gym and pool will be Self-guided of main and
“Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, “The Matchmaker.” Peter R. Register at the Outdoor Center. undergraduate libraries: go
More info: 333-8747. $ Cam- open to all faculty/staff at no
director. 7 p.m. Studio Theater, Reynolds, director. 7:30 p.m. 5 Wednesday charge during scheduled hours to Information Desk (second
Krannert Center. $ Summer Studio Theater. $ Summer pus Recreation. Junior Artists Camp, Session I. with valid ID card. floor, main library) or Media
Studio Theatre Company. Studio Theatre Company. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Visitor’s Center, Center (undergrad library).
17 Saturday Allerton Park. For students
English as a Second
22 Thursday 8 Saturday Fisher Forum: “Book Arts,
entering grades 1-3. Call 762-
Language Course Meat Salesroom
“The Matchmaker.” Peter “Einstein and the Polar Bear.” Culture and Media in Russia, 7-8:30 p.m. LDS Institute 102 Meat Sciences Lab. 1-5:30
Eastern Europe and Eurasia: 2721 for a registration packet; Building, 402 S. Lincoln p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 8
R. Reynolds, director. 7:30 Caroline Kava, director. 8 p.m. continues through July 7. $
p.m. Studio Theater. Thornton Studio Theater, Krannert Cen- From Print to Digital.” 8:30 Ave., Urbana. Weekly on a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. For price
Allerton Park and Conference
Wilder’s 1954 classic that ter. Adult content. $ Summer a.m. 210 and 406 Illini Union.
Center.
Thursdays. list and specials, 333-3404.
inspired “Hello, Dolly!” $ Studio Theatre Company. More info: www.library.uiuc. Ice Arena Robert Allerton Park
Summer Studio Theatre edu/spx/FisherForum2006/. Closed for the summer. Open 8 a.m. to dusk daily.
9 Sunday Russian, East European and exhibits
Company. Illini Union Ballroom “Allerton Legacy” exhibit at
“Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, Eurasian Center. “Rain Forest Visions” Visitors Center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-
23 Friday director. 7 p.m. Studio Theater, Canoe/Kayak Day Trip. 8:30 Through July 30. Friday. Second floor, NE daily; 244-1035. Garden tours,
“The Matchmaker.” Peter R. Krannert Center. $ Summer a.m. Register at the Outdoor Five galleries featuring the 333-2127.
Studio Theatre Company. corner. For reservations, 333-
Reynolds, director. 7:30 p.m. Center. More info: 333-8747. cultures of the world. 0690; walk-ins welcome.
Studio Theater. $ Summer $ Campus Recreation. Spurlock Museum, 600 S. organizations
Studio Theatre Company. music Japan House
Storytelling Concert, Chil- Gregory St., Urbana. Noon-5 For a group tour, 244-9934.
p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Association of Academic
24 Saturday 21 Wednesday dren’s Program: “Tackety
Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4
Tea Ceremony: 2nd and 4th Professionals
“Einstein and the Polar Bear.” UI Summer Jazz Band. Chip Boots and Other Old Tales.” Thursday monthly. $5/person. Happy hour, third Friday each
McNeill, leader. 7:30 p.m. Try- Taffy Thomas, storyteller. p.m. Saturday; Noon-4 p.m.
Caroline Kava, director. 8 p.m. Sunday. Krannert Art Museum and month. 5 p.m. Bread Company,
Studio Theater, Krannert Cen- on Festival Theater, Krannert 2 p.m. Spurlock Museum. Kinkead Pavilion 706 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana.
ter. Adult content. $ Summer Center. $ School of Music. Spurlock Museum. n Tours: By appointment, call www.ieanea.org/local/aap/.
Studio Theatre Company. Storytelling Concert: “Tackety “Project 66: An Exploration of 333-8218. Book Collectors’ Club – The
24 Saturday Boots and Other Old Tales.” Utopia” Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- No. 44 Society
25 Sunday Illinois Summer Youth Music. Taffy Thomas, storyteller. “Pour la Victoire: French Saturday, until 9 p.m. 4 p.m. First Wednesday of
“Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, Recital Hall, Smith Hall. 10:30 7 p.m. Spurlock Museum. Ages Posters and Photographs Thursday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday.
a.m. Advanced Piano Camp; each month. Rare Book and
director. 7 p.m. Studio Theater, 14 and older. $ Spurlock Mu- of the Great War” The Fred and Donna Giertz Manuscript Library. More info:
Krannert Center. $ Summer 3:30 p.m. Musical Theater. seum. “Designing Experiences: How Education Center: 10 a.m.-
School of Music. 333-3777 or www.library.uiuc.
Studio Theatre Company. Graphic and Industrial De- noon and 1-5 p.m. Tuesday- edu/rbx/no44.htm.
Illinois Summer Youth Music. 19 Monday sign Shape Daily Life” Friday, until 7 p.m. Thursday,
27 Tuesday Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Junior Explorers Camp, Ses- Through July 30. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
Council of Academic
“Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, Center. 11 a.m. Senior Chorus; sion I. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Educa- Professionals
“Sacra Imago: Devotional Art Palette Cafe: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. First Thursday
director. 7:30 p.m. Studio The- 1 p.m. Senior Orchestra; 2:30 tion Center, Allerton Park. For of the Middle Ages” Monday-Saturday.
ater, Krannert Center. $ Sum- p.m. Senior Symphonic Band; students entering grades 3-5. monthly. More info: www.cap.
“Canvas: An Electronic Gallery” Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. uiuc.edu or mjreilly@uiuc.edu.
mer Studio Theatre Company. 4 p.m. Senior Concert Band. Call 762-2721 for a registra- Ongoing. Monday-Friday.
School of Music. tion packet; continues through Krannert Art Museum and Classified Employees
28 Wednesday Music in Nature Outdoor June 23. $ Allerton Park and Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5
Krannert Center for the Association
“The Matchmaker.” Peter R. Conference Center. Performing Arts 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. first Thursday
Reynolds, director. 7:30 p.m. Concert. Big Grove Zydeco, p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, until Interlude: Open one hour
and Holly Holmes and Mat- 9 p.m. Thursday; 2-5 p.m. monthly. More info: 244-2466
Studio Theater. $ Summer
thew Warnock. 5-9 p.m. Visi-
21 Wednesday Sunday. Free admission; $3
before until after events on or nblackbu@uiuc.edu.
Studio Theatre Company. Kid’s Horseback Riding Clin- performance nights.
tor Center, Allerton Park. $ ic. 9-11 a.m. Register at the donation suggested. Krannert Uncorked: Wine UIUC Falun Dafa Practice
29 Thursday Allerton Park and Conference tastings at 5 p.m. most group
Champaign Park District, 706 4:10-6:10 p.m. Sundays. 405
“Einstein and the Polar Bear.” Center. Kenwood Road, Champaign. ongoing Thursdays.
Caroline Kava, director. 7:30 Illini Union. 244-2571.
Concert Commemorating the Ages 8-14. $ Campus Recre- Intermezzo Cafe: Open
p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert 20th Anniversary of the Cher- ation and the Champaign Park Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on non- French Department: Pause
Center. Adult content. $ Sum- nobyl Accident. 7:30 p.m. Mu- District. 12:30-1 p.m. Monday-Friday. performance weekdays; Café
mer Studio Theatre Company. sic Building auditorium. Fea- Enter through 323 Altgeld Hall. 7:30 a.m. through weekday 5-6 p.m. Thursdays, Espresso
Kid’s Kayak Clinic. 10 a.m.- To arrange a concert or Bell Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana.
turing a composition by Scott performances; weekends from
30 Friday Wyatt, UI. Russian, East Euro-
noon. Kaufman Lake. Register Tower visit, e-mail chimes@ 90 minutes before until after Illini Folk Dance Society
“Dead Guilty.” Ron Schaeffer, at the Champaign Park uiuc.edu or call 333-6068.
pean and Eurasian Center. District, 706 Kenwood Road, performances. 8-10 p.m. Tuesday and
director. 7:30 p.m. Studio The- Arboretum Tours Promenade gift shop: 10 a.m.- Saturday, Illini Union. 398-
ater, Krannert Center. $ Sum- 29 Thursday Champaign. Ages 8-14. $
Campus Recreation and the To arrange a tour, 333-7579. 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; one 6686.
mer Studio Theatre Company. Summer Jazz Festival 2006: Beckman Institute Café hour before until 30 minutes SEE CALENDAR, PAGE 8
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Mildred Alice Baker, 87, died June 2 at
her home in Arcola. Baker worked at the UI
Memorials: FarmHouse Foundation, 11020
NW Ambassador Drive, Suite 330, Kansas
Italian Table For schedule, call 244-1289 or 1-3 p.m. Wednesday. The Film Center for 25 years, retiring in 1988 City, MO 64153.
Italian conversation Mondays 244-1843. Bread Company, 706 S. as a data entry operator II. Memorials: Lin- James William Westwater, 86, died
at noon, Intermezzo Cafe, Scandinavian Coffee Hour Goodwin Ave., Urbana.
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colnland Hospice of Sarah Bush Lincoln March 31 at Meadowbrook Health Care
4-6 p.m. Wednesday. The
Lifetime Fitness Program Bread Company, 706 S. Poetry and fiction reading, 7:45 Health System, 1000 Health Center Drive, Center, Urbana. Westwater was a professor
6-8:50 a.m. Monday-Friday. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. p.m. Second Thursday of each P.O. Box 372, Mattoon, IL 61938. of chemical engineering at the UI for many
Kinesiology, 244-3983. Secretariat month. The Bread Company, Richard Mather Forbes, 90, died June 7 at years. He was the head of the chemical en-
Normal Person’s Book 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. third 706 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana.
Discussion Group Wednesday monthly. Illini Women’s Club Meadowbrook Health Care Center, Urbana. gineering department from 1962 to 1980
7 p.m. 317 Illini Union. Read Union. More info: 333-1374, For male and female faculty Forbes taught in the department of animal and retired in 1988. Memorials: American
“The Ha-Ha,” by Dave King for mdavis@uiuc.edu or www. and staff members and sciences for 36 years. He was an associate Stroke Association, Greater Midwest Af-
July 13. More info: 355-3167 uiuc.edu/ro/secretariat. spouses. More info: 398-5967,
or www.uiuc.edu/~beuoy. kmarshak@prairienet.org or professor of animal nutrition from 1949 to filiate, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL
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1962 and then a professor of nutritional
IMAGING, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 biochemistry until he retired in 1985 as pro-
ture the neutrons and emit alpha and gam- ers initially chose to investigate the effects fessor emeritus.
ma rays, and that energy – sent out from of adding a dextran coating was because it C. Dale Greffe, 97, died May 31 at Provena Academic Human Resources
an accelerator – is what can be used to kill makes it possible to “target” the nanopar- Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Greffe Suite 420, 807 S. Wright St., MC-310
was a professor of mechanical engineering 333-6747
cancer cells. ticle.
“These little gadolinium particles cap- “By that, we mean we put a ligand – an from 1943 until his retirement in 1975. Me- Listings of academic professional
ture neutrons at four times a greater rate organic substance, such as a monoclonal morials: Lions Clubs International Founda- and faculty member positions can be
tion, 300 W. 22nd St., Oakbrook, IL 60523- reviewed during regular business hours
than boron, (boron is currently used). This antibody – on the outside that searches out
or online.
means it (gadolinium oxide) is potentially in the bloodstream. Antibodies seek their 8842.
a multimodal agent” … in other words, antigens. So we target something to seek N. Frederick Nash, 70, died May 29 at his For faculty/teaching positions: www.ahr.
uiuc.edu/jobs/faculty/ahrjobrg1.htm
“a contrast agent that would work with a out a substance that’s expressed by cells home in Urbana. Nash was an associate
number of different medical imaging tech- – cancer cells, in my work. Cancer cells professor of library administration and cu- For acpro employment opportunites:
rator of rare books and head of rare books https://hrnet.uihr.uillinois.edu/panda-cf/
niques.” express particular antigens to which an an-
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Among the most promising applications tibody attaches itself. So, if we put the ap- and special collections. He retired from the
for using gadolinium oxide nanoparticles propriate glioblastoma antibody on the end UI Library in 1997. Memorials: Chapel Current UI employees and students
Completion Fund at the Episcopal Chapel can receive e-mail notification of open
as a neutron capture therapy agent is in the of a particle, as it passes through the blood-
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“Treating brain tumors – typically It could be years before the research Champaign, IL 61820. ahr.uiuc.edu/#acjob
called glioblastomas – is very difficult,” results in diagnostic or treatment methods Ruby A. Mosley, 82, died May 29 at Prove-
na Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Mos- Personnel Services Office
Watkin said. “Irradiating them is really dif- used in clinical practices. “We have a lot of
52 E. Gregory Drive, MC-562
ficult because you alter all kinds of tissues potential research directions ahead of us,” ley worked at the UI for 22 years, retiring 333-3101
in the brain. And getting little bubbles like he said. “I think one of the directions this in 1989 as a telephone operator I with the
Information about staff employment
this or other kinds of contrast agents into is going to take is exploring its use at the Office of Telecommunications. Memorials:
is online at www.pso.uiuc.edu. Paper
the brain is difficult because the holes that molecular level with various types of other Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Cham- employment applications or paper civil
allow plasma and other substances to flow high-resolution imaging systems. And if paign. service exam requests are no longer
through the brain are very small – about it’s of interest for use within humans in the Fay M. Sims, 89, died June 6 at Clark- accepted by PSO. To complete an
25 nanometers. With such a small opening, end, all of the pharmacological attributes Lindsey Village, Urbana. Fay was profes- online employment application and to
“you’ve got to have something pretty tiny of this will have to be explored. sor of farm management at the UI’s College submit an exam request, visit the online
to get in there. So these little gadolinium “That is … where do the nanoparticles of Agriculture from 1957 to 1986. He was Employment Center: https://hrnet.uihr.
uillinois.edu/panda-cf/employment/index.
oxide particles can be really useful.” go? What are its effects? How long does trust relations associate at the UI Founda-
cfm
Watkin noted another reason research- it last? ” u tion from 1987 to 1996. He retired in 1996.

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