LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The spectacle of the landing of the voyageurs and military drills will mix with the aroma of dozens of foods cooked over the open fire Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28 at the 41st Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. More than 3,000 re-enactors at Fort Ouiatenon near West Lafayette, Indiana will bring history to life as they demonstrate the crafts and dances and daily activities of an 18th French fur-trading post.

Discounted tickets for the Feast may now be purchased in advance. Adult advance tickets are $10 and tickets for children age 4 to 16 are $5. Children under 4 are free. At the gate, adult tickets will be $12 and children’s tickets $6.

Families can save even more by purchasing a one-day family pass for $25. The pass covers admission for two adults and four children between the ages of 4 and 16.

Advance sale tickets are available at all March Supermarket, Chase Bank, Lafayette Bank and Trust, PEFCU and Regions Bank locations as well as at the Historical Association’s Battlefield Museum in Battleground and Frank C. Arganbright Genealogy Center on South Street in Lafayette.

Tickets may also be purchased online at: http://www.tcha.mus.in.us/feast.htm

Hours for the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EDT, Saturday September 27 and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm EDT, Sunday, September 28 at Fort Ouiatenon Historical Park on South River Road near West Lafayette, Indiana. The Feast is presented annually by the Tippecanoe County Historical Association in cooperation with the Tippecanoe County Parks and Recreation Department.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers in the Department of Child Development and Family Studies are recruiting families with children from 3.5 to 4 years old for a study on child-mother relationships and children’s behavior with peers and other adults.

The primary investigators are Germán Posada, associate professor, and Ting Lu, doctoral student researcher.

Participation in the study includes two contacts 1.5 years apart, when children are 3.5 and 5 years of age. In each contact year, child- mother dyads will participate in one home visit and two playground visits. Also, teachers and mothers will answer questionnaires about child behavior in the preschool setting.

Participating families will receive a monetary gift after each visit as a token of appreciation for their time. At the end of each contact year, children will also receive a book.

For more information, please contact Ting Lu at jtinglu@purdue.edu or 765-430-2125, or Germán Posada at gposada@purdue.edu or 765-49-41029.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Signup is under way for the Sept. 27-28 Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament, which benefits local charities.

Organizers include the Lafayette Rotary Club and the Purdue University Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.

“This is a fun, competitive event for kids to adults,” said Tom Moran, leader of the Rotary effort. “Teams are placed in brackets in which they will be most competitive. Age groups begin at under10, and no one is too old to play. This is a great opportunity to spend the weekend with your friends and show off your game, all while helping us raise critical funds for local charities.”

Just as they did last year when the event raised $33,000, the proceeds will build a Habitat for Humanity home and will support a new program to feed Miami Elementary School students on the weekends. Rotary this fall will begin its Backpacks for Kids program, buying food from Food Finders Inc. and filling backpacks for 80 Miami students each Friday, providing food when school is not in session.

The tournament, which will be held at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, costs $116 per team. The three groups hope to attract 400-500 teams – as many as 2,000 players plus their families and friends. To sign up, visit the Gus Macker Web site at http://www.macker.com/mackertown/Lafayette_IN/. The deadline for online registration is Sept. 8.

Registration forms also are available at Arni’s. Mailed registration forms must be postmarked by Sept. 5.

Basham Rentals, the presenting sponsor, contributed $20,000. Major sponsors include Arni’s; Burkhart Advertising Inc.; F.C. Tucker Co. Realtors; Hoffman, Luhman and Masson; Lafayette Real Estate Marketing Corp.; Mar-Jean Village; University Book Store; and Wal-Mart. Media sponsors include the Lafayette Journal and Courier and WLFI-TV. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available and range from $116 to sponsor a team to $500 to sponsor a court to higher levels.

“Sponsors makes the event possible,” Moran said. “Rotary, Rotaract and the Purdue Habitat Chapter handle the organization and provide the peoplepower.”

This is the third year that the Lafayette Rotary Club, which has 230 members, and the Purdue Habitat Chapter, which has 300 members, have partnered to organize the local Gus Macker tournament. Dan Guildenbecher, a graduate student in mechanical engineering from Carmel, Ind., leads participation of Purdue Habitat.

“We are one of the largest student groups on campus,” Guildenbecher said. “We are encouraging all Boilermakers to sign up for Gus Macker, which will support very worthwhile community projects as well as provide a weekend full of competitive fun.”

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University will sponsor Green Week on Sept. 15-19 to raise environmental awareness on campus and in the Greater Lafayette community.

Each day will focus on one aspect of preserving the environment and practicing conservation. There will be opportunities for students, faculty and staff, and community members to participate throughout the week.

“We need to all start talking about what we do every day,” said Robin Ridgway, Purdue’s environmental regulatory consultant and chair of the Purdue Sustainability Council.

“The value of Green Week is in encouraging conversation about sustainability and what it means for Purdue and the broader community. We need to move together as a group.”

Sustainability is defined as meeting current needs in ways that won’t compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Purdue has launched a green Web site at http://www.purdue.edu/green. It offers information on Purdue’s green initiatives, tips on conservation and an interactive portion where people can write about their environmental successes.

The Web site will be ongoing, but it also is serving as a clearinghouse for information about Green Week, including constantly updated lists of activities.

Each day of Green Week will have a theme: Monday, sustainability; Tuesday, reduce, reuse, recycle; Wednesday, energy; Thursday, research; and Friday, water. Events are still being developed but are likely to include activities such as clean-up efforts, recycling opportunities and incentives for trying alternative transportation.

Green Week will culminate with a full day of programs Friday, Sept. 19, and a speech that night by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author Thomas Friedman.

Discovery Park’s Energy Center, Center for the Environment and Purdue Climate Change Research Center plan a morning of lectures by outside experts on the environment, conservation and energy, and an afternoon town hall forum, all free and open to the public.

“The centers are collaborating on these Green Week activities to spark a lively discussion of research and reality at the intersection of climate, environment, energy technology alternatives and policy,” said Jay Gore, the Reilly Professor in Engineering and Energy Center director. “As a community, we will explore the new paths we must take to determine how we can live and grow our global community.”

A cleanup along the banks of the Wabash River is planned for late afternoon, with volunteers from both the campus and community pitching in to collect trash.

Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Elliott Hall of Music about his latest book, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America.” He will sign books after the talk.

The speech is free and open to the public, but reserved tickets are required. Tickets can be picked at the Hall of Music box office between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets also can be reserved by calling the box office at (765) 494-3933.

“The impetus for Green Week was Tom Friedman’s visit,” Ridgway said. “Friedman’s writings focus on the importance of having a very serious conversation about what’s happening now and what we can do in the future.”

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University on Wednesday (Aug. 27) formally reprimanded and sanctioned a faculty member after a university appeal committee unanimously denied an appeal from two findings of research misconduct.

Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan, who researches sonofusion, will remain a member of the university’s faculty but will no longer have a named professorship, and he will not be allowed to serve as a major professor for graduate students for at least the next three years, according to a letter outlining the sanctions from Purdue Provost Randy Woodson.

“In considering the sanctions to impose, I have been guided by the principle that the sanctions should address and be proportional to the specific findings of research misconduct,” Woodson wrote in the letter.

“In my judgment as Purdue’s chief academic officer, it is inappropriate for a faculty member who has been found guilty of research misconduct to hold a title of a named university professor. … All rights and privileges associated with the distinction, including the allocation of discretionary resources, are hereby withdrawn.”

In a report released to Purdue on July 18, a Purdue investigative committee found that Taleyarkhan falsified the research record on two occasions. Taleyarkhan arranged for one of his students to appear as co-author of a paper to create the appearance that the student had witnessed the experiment reported in the paper. Taleyarkhan then announced that the paper was an independent confirmation of Taleyarkhan’s sonofusion experiments. The complete report of the July investigative committee’s findings is available online at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080718PurdueReport.pdf

In addressing the involvement of the graduate student, the provost’s letter stated: “I concur in the assessment of the Investigative Committee that ‘the effects of this matter on the students and postdoctoral fellows are especially deplorable. Mentors of young scientists need to exhibit the highest standard of ethical behavior and collegiality.’

“For a minimum of three years from the date of this letter, your status as a member of the Purdue University Graduate Faculty will be limited to that of ‘Special Graduate Faculty.’ You will be permitted to serve on graduate committees, but will not be able to serve as a major professor or co-major professor for graduate students during this time.”

At the end of that period, according to the letter, Taleyarkhan’s conduct will be reviewed to determine whether he may apply to be reinstated to full faculty status with the Graduate School.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On Saturday, September 6th, learn about and taste new and heirloom produce varieties, taste ripe fruit at peak, and sample cheeses, meats, etc. as vendors cook, grill and provide samples of their produce and products. Enjoy the aroma and grab a sample as you browse through the Lafayette Farmers’ Market area.

A local chef will be demonstrating healthy cooking tips using foods available at the Market. The Lafayette Flute Choir will also be performing from 9:00am-11:00am.

The Market, located in Downtown Lafayette on Fifth Street between Main and Columbia Streets, is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7:30am – 12:30pm and on Thursdays from 4:00pm-7:00pm.

Ride the free trolley to visit our downtown merchants while also learning about community history. Tour guides will be on board the Wabash Trolley Line to share tales of Old Tippecanoe during free 30-minute tours. Trolleys depart from 5th and Main Streets at 9:40 am and 10:40 am.

In the evening, from 6:00pm until Midnight, pedestrians can “Mosey Down Main Street” for live music, dancing, arts and crafts, local fare, and sidewalk sales.

For more information, contact Jane Ness at the Lafayette-West Lafayette Development Corporation at 765/742-4044