[InFocus] In Focus 9/21/2007

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 IN FOCUS: September 21, 2007
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR*
SOUTHWESTERN, CANADIAN RESEARCHERS COLLABORATING ON NEW ANTI-CANCER DRUGS
	  	*NEW CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS*

Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus 
community. The calendar, which is accessible through the home page 
<http://www.southwestern.edu>, will feature large university events and 
events that are open to the entire campus community.

The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the 
calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff, and 
the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request for an 
event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will approve them.

For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or 
contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event 
location or venue.

View the calendar here <http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php>.
Since the 1970s, a drug known as Doxorubicin has been one of the 
mainstays in treating solid tumors such as breast cancer, prostate 
cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer. Although effective in treating 
cancer, the drug has a dangerous side effect: Too much exposure can 
damage heart muscle.

" Doxorubicin is a very useful drug, but people can only take a certain 
amount of it in their lifetime," says Frank Guziec, a professor of 
chemistry and holder of the Dishman Chair in Science at Southwestern. 
"Beyond that it becomes far too toxic."

Guziec and his wife, Lynn, an assistant professor of chemistry, are 
collaborating with Brian Hasinoff, a professor of pharmacy at the 
University of Manitoba, on new drugs that would have the effectiveness 
of Doxorubicin without the toxicity.

For the rest of the story, go here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=36%20>.

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WRITER'S VOICE TICKETS AVAILABLE SEPT. 24

The A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library will present Amy Tan, best-selling 
author of The Joy Luck Club and Saving Fish for Drowning, at the annual 
Writer's Voice event Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Lois Perkins Chapel.

Reservations for free tickets to the 2007 Writer's Voice series will be 
available to current students, faculty and staff beginning Monday, Sept. 
24. Each person may reserve up to two tickets. To reserve tickets, call 
(512) 863-1561, email baxtera at southwestern.edu or visit the Writer's 
Voice website. Remaining tickets will be released to the general public 
Tuesday, Oct. 9.

For more information about this years Writer's Voice series, go here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/library/writers-voice/Amy-Tan/index.html%20>.

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EVENTS
ANNUAL HISTORY COLLOQUIUM ON SEPT. 27

The History department and the History Colloquium presents Monica Green, 
professor of history at Arizona State University, to discuss her 
research on midwifery in the fifteenth century. The talk, "The Trial of 
Floreta d'Ays (1403): Jews, Christians, and Obstetrics in Later medieval 
Marseille." will examine the trial record, setting it into the context 
of Marseille legal procedure, obstetrical knowledge of the time, and 
developments in anti-Judaic sentiment in early fifteenth-century Marseille.

The colloquium will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. in Olin 105. 
There will be a reception to follow. For more information, contact 
Elizabeth Green Musselman at (512) 863-1595.

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SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS CONCERT

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents violinist
and violist Stephanie Schweigart in a guest artist recital at 7 p.m.
on Sunday, Sept. 23, at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown.

Spend the evening with Stephanie Schweigart and Eri Lee Lam, associate
professor of music at Southwestern, in a performance of Mikhail, Glinka's
beautiful sonata for viola and piano, the exciting Handel-Halvorsen duo
for violin and viola, the melodious Shostakovich duets for two violins,
and Beethoven's masterful "Kreutzer" Sonata, op. 47 for violin and
piano. Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of music at Southwestern, will
accompany on the piano.

For more events from the Sarofim School of Fine arts, go here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/academic/sfa-site/calendar.htm>.

MEDIA COVERAGE

. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story about Southwestern's Career 
Services office being rated number seven in the country by the Princeton 
Review book titled /The Best 366 Colleges/.

NOTABLES

*Romi Burks*, assistant professor of biology and chair of the animal 
behavior program, recently had an article accepted for publication in 
Aquatic Ecology. The article is titled "Comparing applesnails with 
oranges: the need to standardize measuring techniques when studying 
Pomacea" and was written with *Abby Youens* '07.

*Alisa Gaunder*, assistant professor of political science and chair of 
the international studies program, recently published "Reform Leadership 
in the United States and Japan: A Comparison of John McCain and Ozawa 
Ichiro." The article appeared in the May 2007 issue of /Leadership/.

Senior *Kalie Trueper* and graduate *Laura Brown *'07 will present their 
research paper titled "Being a Sister: Race and Gender in Sorority Life" 
at the 2007 Annual Convention for the National Communications 
Association. The meeting will be held in Chicago on Nov. 15-18 and is 
titled "Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics." Trueper and 
Brown will be giving a podium presentation in the session titled 
"Women's Worldviews, Ethics, & Intellects: Ideological Struggles in 
Sororities, in 'On the Outs' and in Academe." Trueper has received a 
grant from the Fleming Fund in the maximum amount for travel and 
conference expenses. The paper was the result of research done in a 
class taught by* Julia R. Johnson*, assistant professor of communication 
studies.

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