[InFocus] In Focus 12/1

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 IN FOCUS: December 1, 2006
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR *
*2007 WRITERS VOICE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED*
	  	

*December*

*1-3* "Durang, Durang," Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., and Sunday 3 and 7 
p.m., Jones Theater

*1* Women's basketball vs. Millsaps College, 6 p.m.

*1* Men's basketball vs. Millsaps College, 8 p.m.

*2* Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 7 p.m., Georgetown High 
School Performing Arts Center

*3* Men's basketball vs. Rhodes College, noon

*3* Women's basketball vs. Rhodes College, 2 p.m.

*7* Candlelight service, 5:30 and 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel

*9* Men's basketball vs. Texas A&M International, 7:30 p.m.

*17* Women's basketball vs. Hanover College, 2 p.m.

*19* Women's basketball vs. University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 6 p.m.

*28* Women's basketball vs. Concordia (Ill.), 5 p.m.

*29* Consolation/championship basketball game, 1 and 3 p.m.

*29* Men's basketball vs. Swathmore College, 8 p.m.

*30* Men's basketball vs. University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, 8 p.m.


Amy Tan, author of the 1989 bestseller /The Joy Luck Club/, will be the 
2007 speaker for the Writers Voice series sponsored by the A. Frank 
Smith, Jr. Library at Southwestern. The 2007 Writers Voice lecture has 
been set for Oct. 23, 2007.

Tan has written several other novels since /The Joy Luck Club/, 
including /The Kitchen God's Wife/ (1991), /The Hundred Secret Senses/ 
(1995), /The Bonesetter's Daughter/ (2001) and /Saving Fish from 
Drowning/ (2005). Her first work of non-fiction, /The Opposite of Fate/, 
was published in 2003. Tan also has written two children's books, /The 
Moon Lady/ (1992) and /The Chinese Siamese Cat/ (1994).

" Tan has received wide public support of her work and also has been 
well received by literary critics," said Lynne Brody, dean of library 
services. "Her visit will offer many possibilities for study and 
discussions in classes."

* EVENTS *

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the SU Wind Ensemble in concert 
at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Georgetown High School Performing 
Arts Center, conducted by Lois Ferrari.

The eclectic program will feature Adrien Barthe's "Passacaille," 
performed by Category 5 Winds, SU's student woodwind quintet; Gordon 
Jacob's "Introduction and Rondo," played by the eight-member SU Clarinet 
Choir Malcolm Arnold's "English Dances" performed by the full ensemble. 
Then senior Walter P. Sterneman III will conduct Sergei Prokofiev's 
wonderfully absurd and whimsical "Scherzo and March" from "The Love for 
Three Oranges," and American composer Richard Saucedo's "To This 
Heartbeat There Is No End," an homage to the unrelenting perseverance of 
all those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. It will conclude with 
Guy Woolfenden's "Illyrian Dances" composed with Shakespeare's "Twelfth 
Night" in mind, and Gustav Holst's "Jupiter," from perhaps his most 
famous composition (and the inspiration for many outer space film 
scores), "The Planets."

The concert is open to the public and is free of charge. For more 
information, call 512-863-1379.

 

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*SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSTS CANDLELIGHT SERVICES DEC. 7*


Southwestern University will hold two Candlelight Services at 5:30 p.m. 
and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Lois Perkins Chapel. The services 
are free and open to the public.

Candlelight is a century-old tradition at Southwestern that celebrates 
the Christmas season through a service of Advent Lessons and Carols. 
Liturgists for this year's services will be Southwestern University 
President Jake B. Schrum, University Chaplain Beverly Jones and Chaplain 
Intern Aaron Rohre, a 2003 Southwestern graduate.

Music for the services will be provided by the Southwestern University 
Chorale and the Southwestern University Singers, conducted by Professor 
of Music Kenny Sheppard. The Southwestern University Woodwind Quintet 
will perform at the 5:30 p.m. service and the String Quartet will 
perform at the 7 p.m. service. Both services end with audience members 
lighting candles and processing out of the chapel.

Following the 5:30 p.m. service, Southwestern's dining service will be 
available until 7:30 p.m. in the McCombs Campus Center. The cost is 
$8.50 for adults and $4.25 for children.

After the 7 p.m. service, the community is invited to attend a holiday 
reception sponsored by Southwestern in the McCombs Campus Center.

*FACULTY FORUM*

There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Dec. 4.

MEDIA COVERAGE

The /Austin American-Statesman/ ran an article about construction 
starting on Southwestern's new residential apartment complex.

The /Waco Tribune-Herald/ ran an article on Professor Star Varner's 
exhibit titled "The Mysteries Revisted," which opened in Waco.

The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article on senior Jack's O'Brien's 
study abroad experience.

NOTABLES

*Alicia Moore*, assistant professor of education, has been selected to 
receive the 2006 Exemplary Teaching Award from the Board of Higher 
Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church. Each year the 
Board allows the university to designate one teacher to receive this 
award. Criteria for receiving the award include excellence in teaching; 
civility and concern for students and colleagues; commitment to 
value-centered education; and service to students, the institution and 
the community. Moore has received several previous awards for her work, 
including the Unity in Action Diversity Award and the 2005 Academic 
Advising Award.

*Todd K. Watson*, associate director of systems and networks, 
co-authored a paper that was published in the Nov. 1 issue of the 
/Astrophysical Journal/. The paper titled, "Further Evidence for 
Variable Synchrotron Emission in XTE J1118+480 in Outburst," was the 
result of observations conducted in January 2005 at both the McDonald 
Observatory in West Texas and Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. 
XTE J1118+480 is a black hole that is consuming an orbiting star and is 
the first of its type identified in the halo of our galaxy.

 
 
 
 
  	  	 

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