This week at Wake Forest University

HOW THE WAR ON TERRORISM AFFECTS TEACHING AND RESEARCH

Should classes go on as usual during a wartime situation? What is the function of research during a time of war? Does war change the relationship between a university and its community? Gordon R. Mitchell, a communication professor at the University of Pittsburgh, will discuss these questions at a symposium on wartime research and teaching on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in Carswell Hall’s Annenberg Forum. Mitchell, a Wake Forest graduate, is an expert on missile defense and foreign policy. He will also lead a communication class on Nov. 15 in Carswell Hall, Room 301, from 6-9 p.m. Members of the media are invited to both events. Mitchell’s debate team from the University of Pittsburgh will debate several issues at the National Debate-In on Sunday. To arrange an interview with Mitchell, contact Sarah Smith at smithsr@wfu.edu or 336-758-5237.

SALZBURG MARIONETTE THEATRE GIVES BACKSTAGE TOUR, VISITS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

On Nov. 20, the Salzburg Marionette Theatre will host a backstage tour for Wake Forest students, then give children at Brenner Children’s Hospital a close-up look at their two-foot-tall, hand-carved puppets. The Salzburg Marionettes are scheduled to perform Mozart’s opera, “The Magic Flute,” as part of Wake Forest’s Secrest Artists Series on Nov. 19, 20 and 21. Austria’s celebrated marionette theatre troupe, founded in 1913, is known for creating remarkably lifelike movements in the elaborately costumed puppets, which are manipulated by strings from above the stage. This is their first visit to North Carolina. The 12 p.m. backstage tour is not open to the public, but media may attend. To arrange coverage, contact Cheryl Walker at walkercv@wfu.edu or 758-5237. Media are also invited to cover the 2 p.m. visit to Brenner Children’s Hospital. To cover the Brenner visit, contact Rae Beasley at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 716-6878.

STUDENTS TURN TO LOCAL COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Some sociology students at Wake Forest have gained a fictional family and an education about social inequality this semester. The students are in Assistant Professor of Sociology Angela Hattery’s class and are grouped in fictional families for three months. The groupings range from a two-parent, upper-income family to a single-parent family on welfare. Each group will make class presentations regarding the job, housing, school and childcare options available in Winston-Salem for their fictional families. Presentations will begin at 11 a.m. Nov. 30 in Carswell Hall, Room 208. “I want them to see that social class and income level affect the house you live in, the school your kids attend, the food you can afford to buy,” Hattery said. As part of the project, students had to shop for a week’s worth of groceries based on the weekly income of their “families.” They will take the groceries to Samaritan Ministries after the class. For more information on the class, contact Cheryl Walker at walkercv@wfu.edu or 758-5237.