SynThink5.0

(EF-)FACING CHAOS:
Turbulent Trajectories & Fatal Attractors

                                                                                  
Sponsored by
Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture & the Arts
The College of Liberal Arts
The Department of English








Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002         3 - 7 p.m.

University Hall 1857

Opening Remarks: Dr. Paul Harris (Director, SynThink)

J.T. Fraser(International Society for the Study of Time):
        Chaos and Conflict: De-Mystifying Chaos Theory

Ralph Greenspan (Neurosciences Institute):
       Complexity in Living Creatures: Many Paths to Zen

Catherine Daly (Poet)
        Realism? Romance? Querying Chaos and Constraint

Mary Hurst (Graduate Program, LMU)
   They Don't Make Fractals Like they Used To! Or, Granny got there First




Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002        3 - 7 p.m.
University Hall 1857

Wiley Feinstein (Loyola Chicago):
        The Sistine Chapel and the Holocaust: Notes For A Novel

Matt Dillon (Loyola Marymount):
        Hesiod's Chaos

Student Panel Discussion       Matt George (Loyola Marymount), Moderator
        Turbulent Times: The Free Love Movement 1965-75

Presentations from Seminar on Chaos

          Melissa Bruno, Magnetization and Magnification
        Marleigh Riggins, The [f] of Technology:  Chaotic Models and Musical Structure
        Gabriela Jauregui, Improvisation and Attractors: Seeking Pattern in Coltrane


Reception / Party:
Wednesday, Feb, 27,  7 p.m. English Village, UH(3rd fl.)

Refreshments   &
Live Jazz with Marty Krystall Quartet

For more information: Dr. Paul Harris, (310) 338-4452