February 10, 2000

Members of the media question attorney Joseph Murphy (front center, facing reporters) following oral arguments before the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District. Murphy represents Brian T. Stewart in his appeal of a life sentence for infecting his son with the Human Immuno- deficiency Virus (HIV). The court session was held in the School of Law's Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom as part of an educational program for students. Two members of the three-judge panel, the Honorable William H. Crandall Jr. and Richard B. Teitelman, are law school alumni.

Social work lectures focus on diversity, poverty Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Ph.D., professor and chair of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, will discuss "Black and White and Beyond: Race in the 21st Century" in a lecture at 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Brown Hall Lounge. Hu-DeHart received a B.A. with honors in political science from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Latin American history from the University of Texas at Austin. She has published three books on the Yaqui Indians of Northern Mexico and Arizona. The lecture is part of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work's spring lecture series, which runs through April 13. Other lectures in the series are: March 16: "Multicultural Practices in Social Work: What It Means and What It Should Look Like," by Lorraine M. Gutierrez, Ph.D., associate professor, Social Work Department, University of Michigan. Gutierrez received an A.M. in social service administration from the University of Chicago and both an A.M. in psychology and a Ph.D. in social work and psychology from the University of Michigan. Click to see entire article

'Ancestral Voices' fill Edison Feb. 26 By Liam Otten Internationally renowned folksinger Buffy Sainte-Marie will be joined by the Native American a cappella trio Ulali for "Ancestral Voices," a special one-night-only performance at Edison Theatre Feb. 26. The show begins at 8 p.m. Born on a Cree reservation, Buffy Sainte-Marie first achieved international recognition in the early 1960s, while a student at the University of Massachusetts, where she earned a doctorate in fine arts. Over the years, her music has been recorded by Janis Joplin, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, the Highwaymen and many others. In 1982 her song "Up Where We Belong," recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the film "An Officer and a Gentleman," won an Academy Award. Sainte-Marie left recording in 1976 to begin a five-year stint on the PBS program "Sesame Street" with her son Dakota Wolfchild Starblanket. In 1993 she released the come-back album "Coincidence and Likely Stories"; later that year France named her "Best International Artist," and the United Nations chose her to announce the International Year of Indigenous People. At once political, romantic and humorous, Ulali is known for its sweeping renditions of traditional and contemporary Native American song, as well as for energetic forays into gospel, jazz and blues. The group, which formed in 1987, takes its name from a legendary tribal singer whose beautiful voice caused her to be known as "ulali," or songbird. Click to see entire article

Folksinger Buffy Sainte-Marie comes to Edison Theatre Feb. 26.