[InFocus] In Focus Oct. 26

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 IN FOCUS: October 26, 2007
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR*
NEW RESIDENTIAL CENTER DEDICATED
	  	*CAMPUS CALENDAR *

To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click 
here <http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php>.

Southwestern University dedicated its new Dorothy Manning Lord 
Residential Center Oct. 25. The center, which is named after the late 
wife of Georgetown philanthropist W. Grogan Lord, includes three new 
residence halls: The Eddy C. Scurlock-Edward A. Clark Hall, The 
Genevieve Britt Caldwell Hall, and The Frank and Louise Britt Carvey 
Hall. Together, these new residence halls house 66 students in an 
additional 29,000 square feet of living space. The residence halls offer 
apartment-style living, with kitchens in each apartment, fully furnished 
rooms, a community room and recreation areas. The Frank and Louise Britt 
Carvey Hall serves as a "Community Engagement/Green Hall," where 
students will work together to build a community dedicated to 
sustainable living and community service. With the addition of these new 
residence halls, approximately 85 percent of Southwestern students will 
be able to live on campus. The university hopes to eventually have 
enough housing on campus for 95 percent of its students.

To see pictures of the new complex, click here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/apts.html>.

EVENTS
VOICES OF DARFUR TO BE PRESENTED OCT. 30

The Engaged Diversity chapter of Southwestern, along with the Department 
of Diversity Education, will present Voices from Darfur, a national 
speaking tour featuring Darfuri refugees, on Tuesday, Oct. 30th, at 8 
p.m. in the Julie Puett Howry Center at Southwestern. Voices from Darfur 
features a short documentary film followed by first-hand accounts of the 
genocide from survivors. As many as 400,000 people have been killed and 
2.5 million displaced.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 
Michele Amerson at 512-863-1342 or amersonm at southwestern.edu.

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SPANISH AUTHOR FLAVIA COMPANY TO LECTURE AT SOUTHWESTERN
The author of many well-known Spanish novels, short stories and 
children's stories will visit Southwestern on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4 
p.m. She will share tales of her career as an author. The event will be 
in Room 105 of the F.W. Olin Building. For additional information, 
contact Katy Ross at 512-863-1421
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SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS EXHIBIT

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Art, will present an 
exhibit by American Modernist sculptor Bruce Beasley from Nov. 1 through 
Dec. 9. Beasley's sculptures in bronze will be on display at the Fine 
Arts Gallery in The Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center. There will be a 
reception with the artist on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery.

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

MEDIA COVERAGE

. The /Williamson County Sun /ran a preview of the Writer's Voice 
lecture by Amy Tan.

NOTABLES

*Phillip Cantu*, senior sociology major, presented a paper titled 
"Growing Pains: Trends in Diabetes and Obesity from 1976 to 2005" at the 
Southern Demographic Association meetings in Birmingham, Ala., on 
Oct.13. Cantu conducted this research as part of The University of Texas 
at Austin's National Science Foundation Research Experiences for 
Undergraduates summer program.

*Stephen M. Cherry*, visiting instructor of sociology, won the Society 
for the Scientific Study of Religion 2006 Distinguished Article award 
along with Michael Young from The University of Texas for their 
co-authored article "The Secularization of Confessional Protests: The 
Role of Religious Processes of Rationalization and Differentiation." The 
article was published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of 
Religion in December 2005.

*Jennifer Esperanza*, visiting instructor of anthropology, successfully 
completed her dissertation titled "Outsourcing Otherness: Pursuing 
Modernity in the Global Handicrafts Market" at the UCLA Department of 
Anthropology in October 2007.

*James Gaeta*, director of financial aid, was a guest on "The Ladies 
Room with Lolis," a talk radio show that airs in El Paso. Gaeta was 
invited on to the show through his work with College Forward. The show 
focused on the college application and financial aid process.

*Maria R. Lowe*, associate professor of sociology, published an article 
"'Sowing the Seeds of Discontent:' Tougaloo College's Social Science 
Forums as a Prefigurative Movement Free Space, 1952-1964" in the Oct. 15 
issue of the Journal of Black Studies.

*Helene Meyers,* professor of English, presented a paper titled 
"Wrestling with a Perceived Oxymoron: On Jewish Feminism" at the second 
annual Feminist Pedagogy Conference sponsored by the CUNY Graduate Center.

Southwestern University sculpture student *April Mosher's* proposal for 
a site work sculpture for the city of San Marcos has been accepted for 
the duration of the sculpture exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture 
Network of Texas at Texas State University. The exhibition runs from 
Oct. 25 -- Nov. 18 and Mosher will install her sculpture "Silent Wall" 
(16 ft. x 5 ft.) on the park grounds in San Marcos.

*Emily Niemeyer*, associate professor of chemistry, recently published 
an article titled "Isomeric Differentiation of Green Tea Catechins using 
Gas-Phase Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Reactions" with Jennifer Brodbelt, 
professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. The article 
appeared in the October 2007 issue of the Journal of the American 
Society for Mass Spectrometry.

*Eric Selbin*, professor of political science, spoke about 
"Understanding Revolutions" at The Bush School of Government and Public 
Service at Texas A&M University on Oct. 16-17. Selbin also presented a 
paper on Political Violence and Political Change at the 2nd Regional 
Latin Americanist Conference.

Four Southwestern students - *Karin Arnhamn*, *Christy Catlin*, *Sara 
Escjeda* and *Jon Jonse* - will travel to Fort Worth Nov. 1-2 to 
participate in the annual Ethics Match sponsored by the Texas 
Independent College Foundation.

  	  	 

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