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IN FOCUS
 
March 24, 2006
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*TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE 2006 SHILLING LECTURE*
 
The 2006 Roy and Margaret Shilling Lecture features The Hon. Thomas H. 
Kean, chair of the 9/11 Commission and former Governor of New Jersey. 
Gov. Kean will speak at 2 p.m. Friday, March 31, in the Corbin J. 
Robertson Center. Faculty and staff may reserve their two complimentary 
tickets to the Shilling Lecture by contacting June Cody at 
codyj at southwestern.edu. Tickets are available to the public for $10 and 
can be ordered by calling 512-863-1483 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by 
sending a message to codyj at southwestern.edu 
<mailto:codyj at southwestern.edu>. 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 
<http://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. 
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*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.
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FACULTY FORUM *
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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.
 
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*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.
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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.
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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

 

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