Leftovers from a hectic 24 hours spanning Friday and Saturday when a UW-Green Bay visit by Al Gore still seemed a very real possibility — The campaign advance team toured campus venues Friday and inquired about indoor sites including the Weidner Center, the University Theatre and Phoenix Sports Center. A potential conflict for the Weidner was Monday's load-in for a touring musical; questions about the UT involved the limited seating and striking the set from the campus theatrical production. The PSC was agreed upon as the backup to the Cofrin Library/Rose Hall outdoor site. Operations were well under way to turn the Union's Phoenix Room into a communications center (with umpteen dozen phone lines for the national press corps) when word came Saturday that the rally would be held downtown. It was the second time in an as many weeks that a national campaign had toured UW-Green Bay and chosen facilities elsewhere. The Cheney forces looked here but booked the Bay Beach Pavilion instead for the candidate's Oct. 20 appearance in Green Bay.

As of mid-morning, despite all the hype about the harmonic convergence of Democrat Al Gore and the NRA's Charleton Heston within blocks of each other this noon in downtown Green Bay, plans for political forums on campus remain unchanged. 30th Senate candidates Dave Hansen and Gary Drzewiecki are scheduled to face off in Alumni B at noon today (Oct. 30). On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 90th Assembly District candidate Brent Weycker speaks in the Point Sable Room.

UW System President Katharine C. Lyall Friday announced the names of three finalists for the position of chancellor of UW-Madison. The names have been forwarded to the Board of Regents' Special Committee, which will interview the finalists this Thursday and Friday. The finalists are Nancy E. Cantor, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, University of Michigan; Susan Westerberg Prager, provost and chief academic officer, Dartmouth College; and John D. Wiley, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, UW-Madison.

The annual Service Awards program is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 15, beginning in Phoenix B of the University Union. If you or someone you know started during calendar year 1990, 1980, 1975, 1970 or 1965, it's your day. More info will come — mark your calendar.

The men's soccer team hosts an MCC Tournament first-round game at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 31) at Phoenix Field. The match has No. 3 seed UW-Green Bay hosting No. 6 seed Wright State for the right to advance to the semifinals.

The much-publicized program "Can You See My Pain?" airs at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Monday, Oct. 30) on Wisconsin Public Television. Immediately following is the NEWIST-produced "Parent Connection: Parents Talk About Self-Injury," originating live from the studios on campus.

Standup comic Wendy Fox comes to campus this week to share her thoughts, experiences and personal opinions on how alcohol abuse has become "a national catastrophe." She'll entertain a general audience at 8 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 2) in the Phoenix Club. Previously announced was an Employee Assistance Program performance for all interested faculty, academic staff and classified staff at 11 a.m. Friday in Phoenix C.

Here's a simple way you can promote the joys of reading and prevent the problems of illiteracy! Individuals, families, businesses and organizations are encouraged to donate new books through the 11th annual Give-A-Kid-A-Book Campaign. Most of the books are distributed as holiday gifts through organizations such as the Salvation Army; others reach children through community programs to promote reading year-round. Bring your donations (new, unwrapped, hardcover or paperback books for babies through age 18) to Sherry Rasmussen, Outreach and Extension, WH 480, by Thursday, Dec. 14. Questions? Call Sherry at 2164.

Bob O'Donnell, media services manager, recently conducted a day-long seminar on the "Essentials of Electronic Commerce" for UW-Madison's Small Business Development Center Program. The seminar discussed electronic commerce tools and technology, including on-line security, financial management, and successful web business strategies.

Encompass Child Care has honored a family with UW-Green Bay connections for their contributions to the organization. Prof. John Stoll, PEA, his wife Pam Stoll, president of the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association, and children were recognized with the Encompass Family Award for promotion of the agency.

Vicki Medland, adjunct in Natural and Applied Sciences and web coordinator for the Center for Biodiversity, is co-recipient of a $23,559 National Science Foundation research grant, "Reproductive tactics in an androdioecious crustacean." Working with a University of Akron colleague, Medland will investigate in the laboratory a clam shrimp that can reproduce via two methods. The species includes both hermaphrodites, which can self-fertilize, and males, but no true females. Medland says the study will add to knowledge about the evolution and advantages of sexual reproduction.

Prof. Bob Howe, Natural and Applied Sciences, is principal investigator for a project funded by a $138,760 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office. The project, "GIS Framework for Bird Conservation and Monitoring," will create predictive models of bird/habitat associations and result in comprehensive maps that illustrate areas of high conservation priority or vulnerability in the northern forest regions of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. The study will arrive at models by using more than 15 years of bird count results, climate data, and vegetation cover information from satellite imagery. Howe will work with colleagues from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Great Lakes Regional Office of the Natural Conservancy, UW-Green Bay student field assistants and a web coordinator, also located at UW-Green Bay.

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