From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Mar 3 09:10:01 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Mar 3 09:20:15 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 03/03 Message-ID: <44085C49.7030405@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS March 3, 2006 *SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS TO **HELP** **REBUILD** **GULF** **COAST** DURING SPRING BREAK* Students from Southwestern University will be joining hundreds of college students from across the country who plan to spend their spring break helping rebuild areas along the Gulf Coast that were destroyed by hurricanes last fall. Eleven Southwestern students and two staff members will be going to Long Beach, Miss., March 11-18 to assist with the Episcopal/Lutheran Relief Effort (see http://campcoastcare.com). The students will spend the week rebuilding houses. View the entire article at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060301.html. *FOUR NEW STUDENTS SELECTED TO RECEIVE SUMNERS SCHOLARSHIPS* Southwestern awards four Sumner scholarships a year for students majoring in political science, history, pre-law or education. Students are selected for the scholarships based on their academic history, extracurricular activities and leadership experience. The scholarships are awarded in the sophomore year and are good for the junior and senior years. Students recently named Sumners Scholars are sophomores Jaime Perez, Clare Brock, Frances Moss and Elizabeth Knox. *WILLIAMSON COUNTY SUN RECEIVES FIRST **GEORGETOWN** COLLEGE AWARD FROM SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY* Southwestern has presented its first-ever Georgetown College Award to the /Williamson County Sun/. The award was created this year to recognize citizens, organizations or businesses that have worked to make Georgetown seem more like a college town. Linda Scarborough and Clark Thurmond, the co-owners and co-publishers of the paper, accepted the award Feb. 17 at a ceremony held during halftime of the men's basketball game featuring Southwestern versus Centre College. View the entire article at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060220.html. * * *FREE CAR WASH FOR FACULTY AND STAFF MARCH 9* * * The sisters of Delta Delta Delta invite all faculty and staff members to attend their Apple Polishing Car Wash on Thursday, March 9, from noon to 2 p.m. in the parking lot near the Kappa Sig house. We appreciate all the hard work and dedication you have for students and SU, and we hope you can stop by for a free wash during this two hour period. If the weather is bad the event will be postponed until a later date. For questions, contact pinnellm@southwestern.edu . * FACULTY FORUM * The next Faculty Forum will be held March 20. * * *NOTABLES* *David Tabb Stewart*, assistant professor of religion, has been named to /Who's Who Among //America//'s Teachers/ for a second time. Nominated both times by Southwestern students, he will next appear in the 10th edition. Stewart also presented two papers at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature in November 2005. "The Parturient's Ritual for a Girl: The Puzzle of Double Pollution" is slated to appear in /Feminist Hermeneutics, Gender and Biblical Law/ in 2007. "Does the Priestly Purity Code (Leviticus 11-15) Domesticate Women?" will appear in /Perspectives on Purity and Purification in the Bible /in 2006. *Eric Selbin*, professor of political science, presented a paper titled "Whither Revolution: Stories of Resistance, Rebellion, and, Yes, Revolution in the Neo-Liberal Age" at the annual meeting of Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies. *Janel E. Owens* '03 and *Emily D. Niemeyer*, associate professor of chemistry, have published an article "Analysis of chemical contamination within a canal in a Mexican border colonia" in the most recent issue of /Environmental Pollution/. Their study examines industrial and urban pollution levels within /Derechos Humanos/, a /colonia popular/ in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. *Todd K. Watson*, associate director of systems and networks, co-authored a paper published last month in the /Astronomical Journal/. The paper titled, "Cataclysmic Variables from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. The Fifth Year (2004)," includes results of research Watson conducted in February 2005 at UT's McDonald Observatory. The paper presents those observations and others which focus on pre-release data obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. A string quartet consisting of SU student violinists *Kate Bizzell* and *Victoria Chang*, violist *Rohan Sreenivasan* and cellist *Kevin High *performed at the Texas Music Educators' Association annual convention in San Antonio as participants in their Student Showcase. Showcase performers, selected by competitive audition, played full-length prelude concerts to performances by the All-State student ensembles (bands, choirs and orchestras) on Saturday, Feb. 18, the final day of the convention. The string quartet has been together two years and is coached by *Eri Lee Lam*, assistant professor of music. *SU IN THE NEWS * *Bob Bednar*, associate professor of communication, was featured in an article about the controversy surrounding roadside memorials in /The Salt Lake Tribune/. *Thomas Noble Howe*, professor of art history, appeared in an article about the touring exhibition "In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite" in the San Diego Union-Tribune. * **CALENDAR* March 3 Fountainwood Observatory public viewing night, 7:30-11 p.m. 6 Careers in Entrepreneurship, 6-7 p.m., Howry Center 7 Men's tennis vs. Wabash College, 3 p.m. 7 Pre-Shilling Lecture panel discussion with Teena Gabrielson, Tim O'Neill and Bob Snyder, 4 p.m., Olin 105 8 Men's tennis vs. University of Texas at Dallas, 3 p.m. 10 Women's tennis vs. University of South Dakota, 2 p.m. 11 Men's baseball vs. Hendrix College, 2 p.m. 11-19 Spring break 12 Men's baseball vs. Hendrix College, 2 p.m. 21 Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture, Donna Haraway, 4 p.m., McCombs ballroom 22 Men's baseball vs. Cardinal Stritch University, 7 p.m. 23 Men's baseball vs. Carleton College, 7 p.m. 25 Austin Chamber Ensemble, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer 26 Guest artist recital, Oscar Ghiglia, guitar, 3 p.m., Mood Atrium 26 Men's lacrosse vs. Baylor University, 2:30 p.m. 28 Men's baseball vs. McMurry University, 2 p.m. 28 SU Chorale and Georgetown High School Choir, 4 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 30 Pre-Shilling lecture with Sarah Daly, 4 p.m., Olin 105 30-31 Board of Trustees meeting 31 Men's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m. 31 Women's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m. 31 "Thinking Ahead" Campaign Kickoff 31 Shilling Lecture, Thomas Kean, 2 p.m., Robertson Center 31-April 9 /Man of No Importance/, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20060303/47204abf/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Fri Mar 10 08:57:59 2006 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Fri Mar 10 08:58:19 2006 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus Message-ID: <441193F7.2070104@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS March 10, 2006 *SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS FOR KINESIOLOGY PAPERS* Two Southwestern students received awards for papers they presented recently at the annual meeting of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sport Medicine. Junior kinesiology major *Wade Green* won third place among undergraduate student research papers for his paper titled "Effects of Intermittent Cervical Traction on Glenohumeral Flexion and Internal and External Rotation." The paper focused on determining the effects of intermittent cervical traction on shoulder flexion, external and internal rotation. The idea behind the paper centers on how intermittent cervical traction increases the area between the vertebrae that the nerves, running from the neck into the upper limb, pass through, and this increase in space facilitates an increased range of motion in the shoulder. December graduate *John Hobbs* won first place among undergraduate student research papers for his paper, "Use of the Critical Power Model to Prescribe the Elements of Intermittent Exercise." *SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGISTS SHOWCASE RESEARCH SUCCESS AT **TEXAS** **ACADEMY** OF SCIENCE MEETING* * * Twelve biology students and seven faculty members journeyed to Beaumont, Texas, to share their research with other scientists at the 109^th annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. SU students captured five of 14 possible presentation awards in the Collegiate Academy, which represents all undergraduate researchers across the state. A cash prize to the student accompanied each of the following awards: The Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (first place) went to *Brandon* *Boland* for his talk titled "Distinct palettes: feeding preferences between native and exotic applesnail populations" in collaboration with *Romi* *Burks*. *Manjah* *Fernandez *received Honorable Mention for his talk titled "Ubiquitin and heat shock proteins in the severed ventral nerve cord of the crayfish /Procambarus clarki,"/ which is co-authored with Biology Department Chair *Rebecca* *Sheller*. *Sheeba* *Varughese *received Second Place in Outstanding Poster Presentation for her research titled "Salt tolerance mechanisms of panicoid grasses." This work represented an MERCK interdisciplinary effort between Varughese, *Max* *Taub* and *Emily* *Niemeyer*. *Tracey* *Einem *captured Third Place for Outstanding Poster with her presentation titled "Effects of 4-OH tamoxifen on HEC 1B endometrial cancer cells." The Merck Scholars Program also sponsored Einem's collaborative research with M*aria* *Cuevas* and *Maha* *Zewail*-*Foote*. *Elizabeth* *Williams* received an Honorable Mention for her poster presentation titled "Determination of the Lon recognition site on the UmuC protein in /Escherichia coli/" co-authored with *Mart?n* *Gonzalez*. In addition to representing the University well in presentations, junior *Brandon* *Boland* and senior *Matthew* *Barnes* each received a $750 grant for continued research. The two tied for one of only two grants given by the Texas Academy of Science for undergraduate research. To qualify for this award, Barnes and Boland each submitted six-page research proposals at the beginning of the semester with the help of their advisor, *Romi Burks*. Boland will continue his research as a BSRP student this coming summer. His project, "Eat to live or live to eat? Feeding preferences at different life history stages of exotic versus native applesnail populations," will extend his work comparing Texas and Uruguayan populations of applesnails. Barnes' award will contribute to his Senior Honors Thesis. His research has explored fecundity and early life history in applesnails. This new project, "The Snail or the Egg: determining susceptibility to predation of different life history stages of applesnails," will extend his work into examining survivorship. * FACULTY FORUM * The next Faculty Forum will be held March 20. * * *SU IN THE NEWS* *Miguel Benevides*, director of the athletic training education program, was interviewed for a story that will appear in the April issue of /Training and Conditioning/ magazine. /The Williamson County Sun/ published an article about *Christiana Griffin's* Anti-Defamation League-sponsored trip to Israel. *NOTE* * * In Focus will not be published the week of spring break. The next issue will be published March 24. CALENDAR March 10 Women's tennis vs. University of South Dakota, 2 p.m. 11 Men's baseball vs. Hendrix College, 2 p.m. 11-19 Spring break 12 Men's baseball vs. Hendrix College, 2 p.m. 21 Jessie Daniel Ames Lecture, Donna Haraway, 4 p.m., McCombs ballroom 22 Men's baseball vs. Cardinal Stritch University, 7 p.m. 23 Men's baseball vs. Carleton College, 7 p.m. 25 Austin Chamber Ensemble, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer 26 Guest artist recital, Oscar Ghiglia, guitar, 3 p.m., Mood Atrium 26 Men's lacrosse vs. Baylor University, 2:30 p.m. 28 Men's baseball vs. McMurry University, 2 p.m. 28 SU Chorale and Georgetown High School Choir, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 30 Pre-Shilling lecture with Sarah Daly, 4 p.m., Olin 105 30-31 Board of Trustees meeting 31 Men's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m. 31 Women's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m. 31 "Thinking Ahead" Campaign Kickoff 31 Shilling Lecture, Thomas Kean, 2 p.m., Robertson Center 31-April 9 /Man of No Importance/, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Reserved tickets may be picked up in the University Events Office, located in Cullen 33, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning March 27 through March 30, or on the day of the event in the Robertson Center Foyer beginning at noon. Seating begins at 1 p.m. *FREE PRE-SHILLING LECTURE* *Sarah Daly* '95 will give the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Lecture titled, "Reinventing Itself: Al-Qaida Post-9/11" Thursday, March 30 at 4 p.m. in Olin 105. Daly is an international policy analyst for the RAND Corporation and one of the country's leading experts on terrorism. *WORK BY SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WILL PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF AMERICANS LIVING IN POVERTY* Dirk Early, professor of economics, has been selected to prepare a report that will help government agencies more accurately determine the number of people living in poverty in the United States. Currently, the U.S. government uses the same income thresholds to define poverty, regardless of whether families live in rural Texas or New York City. Realizing this, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) decided to commission a report that would come up with good estimates of what a modest unit of rental housing such as a two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment would cost in different areas. As a member of HUD's Assisted Housing Research Cadre, Early was selected to prepare this report. Read the entire article at http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/060321.html. *COLLABORATIVE CONCERT MARCH 28* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the Southwestern University choirs joined by the Georgetown High School Chamber Choir in a free concert Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Southwestern's Lois Perkins Chapel. Each choir will present portions of the program, and they will join together for a finale. Mike Ware and Kenny Sheppard, directors of the choirs, have been planning this joint venture for about a year. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call The Sarofim School of Fine Arts at 512-863-1379. *TWO FREE CONCERTS ON CAMPUS* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Music Department presents two concerts on campus. The Austin Chamber Ensemble will present works by Dmitri Shostakovich on Saturday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer. This concert is part of the 100 Shostakovich: Austin Celebrates festival and is titled "Peace and Harmony/Mir da Lad." Four of the 10 members are Southwestern University faculty: soprano Claire Vangelisti, pianist David Utterback, violinist Eri Lee Lam, and bassoonist Eric Stone-Miller. For more information about 100 Shostakovich: Austin Celebrates, visit www.classicalmusicaustin.org/shostakovich.html . Internationally-known Italian guitarist, Oscar Ghiglia will perform Sunday, March 26, at 3:00 p.m. in the atrium of Mood-Bridwell. Both performances are free and open to the public. For more information about these events and other fine arts events, call Lacy Vain at 512-863-1379. * * *THEATRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS "A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE"* The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre, presents "A Man of No Importance," directed by Rod Caspers at the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theatre March 31, April 1, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. and April 2 and 9 at 3 p.m. Based on the 1994 movie of the same name, this funny and tender Irish musical tells the tender story of Alfie Byrne, an Oscar Wilde-loving bus driver in 1960s Dublin, who spends his off-hours directing an amateur group of thespian misfits called St. Imelda's Players at the local Catholic parish hall. The dedicated group is determined to stage the controversial "Salome" (complete with its scandalous 'Dance of the Seven Veils') to humorous and disastrous results. The play's sensuality raises the ire of church authorities, and in the ensuing struggle for art, Alfie is finally forced to confront his own sexual identity and take a stand in the world. Beautiful and spirited Irish melodies weave their way through this sometimes comic, ultimately moving, story of human passion that asks us to walk in the shoes of others and listen with our hearts. (Contains material suited for mature audiences.) Tickets may be purchased in person or over the phone with a Visa or MasterCard by calling the box office at 512-863-1378 Monday through Friday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 1 hour prior to curtain. Adult ticket prices are $12 and senior (62 and over) and students (with valid ID) are $10. There are also discounts available for groups of 15. Call the box office at 512-863-1378 for all information and schedules. * FACULTY FORUM * * * Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton, associate professor of English and director of the Debby Ellis Writing Center will lead a round table discussion on integrating the work of Robert Pinsky, former U.S. poet laureate and next fall's Writer's Voice author, into courses across the curriculum at the noon Faculty Forum on Monday, March 27, in the Lynda McCombs Room. Sodexho will provide a hot lunch for $4.25 per person and coffee and tea will be available for 50 cents. Faculty, staff and guests are welcome to attend. * * *NOTABLES* *Katy Ross*, assistant professor of Spanish, had her article, "Carmen de Icaza: Novela Rosa as Feminist Discourse?" accepted for publication in the academic journal /Letras peninsulares/. It also was submitted to Brown Working Papers. * * State University of New York Press has just released Associate Professor of History *Elizabeth Green Musselman's* first book, /Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain/. The book discusses 18th- and 19th-century British scientists' surprisingly frequent bouts with nervous disorder, and argues that scientists used their ability to transcend these bodily problems as an argument for the sciences becoming a more authoritative, central part of public life in industrial Britain. More information about the book can be found at http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61237. * SU IN THE NEWS * KTSM (NBC affiliate) in El Paso aired a story on Southwestern's Destination: Service participants who built straw bale homes in New Mexico. /The Chronicle of Higher Education/, the /Austin American-Statesman/, the /Austin Student/ and /The Williamson County Sun/ featured the students who went to Gulfport, Miss. /The Williamson County Sun/ also ran an article about a spring break trip to Washington, D.C., for five local high school students who participate in Southwestern's Upward Bound program. *CALENDAR* March 25 Austin Chamber Ensemble, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer 26 Guest artist recital, Oscar Ghiglia, guitar, 3 p.m., Mood Atrium 26 Men's lacrosse vs. Baylor University, 2:30 p.m. 28 Men's baseball vs. McMurry University, 2 p.m. 28 SU Chorale and Georgetown High School Choir, 7 p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel 30 Campus Campaign Kickoff, noon, Bishop's Lounge 30 Pre-Shilling lecture with Sarah Daly, 4 p.m., Olin 105 30-31 Board of Trustees meeting 31 Men's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m. 31 Women's tennis vs. University of Texas at Tyler, 3 p.m. 31 Shilling Lecture, Thomas Kean, 2 p.m., Robertson Center 31 "Thinking Ahead" Campaign Kickoff Gala, 7 p.m. 31-April 9 /Man of No Importance/, Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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