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 IN FOCUS: April 4, 2008
 
* TOP NEWS *
	  	*CALENDAR*
SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK APRIL 9 	  	*CAMPUS CALENDAR *

To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click 
here <http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php>.
The many talents of Southwestern students will be on display Wednesday, 
April 9, as the university hosts its 9th annual Student Works Symposium, 
formerly known as the Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium.

The event, titled "From Every Voice," will begin at 5 p.m. in the Red 
and Charline McCombs Campus Center and the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center. 
Creative works, music and theatre pieces will be presented in the Fine 
Arts Center, and research projects will be presented in the ballrooms of 
the Campus Center. The Southwestern University Chorale will perform in 
the Cove, which is located on the ground floor of the Campus Center.

The event is free and open to the public.

Student projects will address topics such as the design of a computer 
game for interactive language learning, re-designed admissions materials 
for Southwestern University from a student's perspective, the economics 
of ethanol, the politics of Facebook, costume designs from the recent 
production of Fiddler on the Roof, and much more. Some students 
participating in the symposium have been working on their projects since 
the spring of 2007.

For more information, read the story here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=77> or 
visit www.southwestern.edu/fromeveryvoice.

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NEW WOMEN'S SOCCER COACH NAMED

After a thorough national search, Southwestern University has hired 
Jene' Baclawski to become the third head women's soccer coach in program 
history. She begins work April 14.

"I'm extremely excited to be a part of such a prestigious academic 
institution as Southwestern," Baclawski said. "The Athletic Department 
and women's soccer program prides itself on success. I look forward to 
building on last year's success and getting the opportunity to coach a 
great group of young ladies. I'm excited about the reputation of the 
school academically as well as the facilities and the conference 
Southwestern is a part of. I am honored to be joining the Southwestern 
family."

Baclawski comes to the Pirates after serving the last two years as the 
assistant women's soccer coach and coordinator of the Athlete Tutor 
Program at Emory University. She brings experience working at a 
nationally renowned university with a strong academic background which 
will suit her well at Southwestern. A Texas native, Baclawski comes to 
Southwestern with a knowledge of the state. That knowledge, along with 
her dynamic personality, will be a major asset in recruiting.

To read the rest of the story, click here 
<http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=76>.

EVENTS
FRATERNITY HOSTS TEXAS SENATOR FOR LEADERSHP LUNCHEON APRIL 11

The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Southwestern will hold its next 
Leadership Luncheon Series on Friday, April 11, at noon. The event will 
feature Texas District 14 Senator and former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson. 
Sen. Watson is vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation and 
Homeland Security. Most recently, he was named legislative "Rookie of 
the Year" by Texas Monthly Magazine. Sen. Watson will speak to the 
Southwestern University campus community on the topics of leadership in 
the legislature and law.

Pi Kappa Alpha will provide a free lunch to the first 50 attendees with 
the help of McAlister's Deli of Georgetown.

For additional information on Pi Kappa Alpha or its Leadership Luncheon 
Series, please contact Alexander Pacelli at 512-819-7301 or visit 
www.AOPikes.com.

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OPERA THEATRE FOR CHILDREN APRIL 11-12

The Sarofim School of Fine Arts' Music Department presents opera for 
children by Southwestern University Opera Theatre. "Chanticleer" by 
Seymore Barab is a one-act comic opera about a hen, a rooster and a fox. 
The performance will be directed by Bruce Cain, associate professor of 
music, and assisted by David Utterback, part-time instructor of music. 
The opera will be held at the Alma Thomas Theater on Friday, April 11, 
and Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m.

For more information, please contact Lacy Vain at 512-863-1379 or 
vainl at southwestern.edu or visit the Sarafim School of Fine Arts website 
here <http://ssfa.southwestern.edu/>.

This event is free and open to the public.

MEDIA COVERAGE

. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about the upcoming Large 
Act Concert featuring Cake.

. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran an article about the 2008 Keyboard 
Percussion Festival held at Southwestern.

. Biology professor Max Taub's research about the effect of rising CO2 
levels on food nutritional content was featured in the April issue of 
the /Science for Environment Policy/ news alert, the European 
Commission's environmental news service for policy makers. The 
newsletter is distributed to 7,000 subscribers.

. The /Austin American-Statesman/ highlighted the Rudy Pozzatti exhibit 
at Southwestern.

. The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a feature story on Southwestern's 
Upward Bound program.

. A /Williamson County Sun/ story about the upcoming Relay for Life 
fundraiser in Georgetown mentioned the participation of Southwestern 
students in the event.

NOTABLES

*Eileen Cleere*, associate professor of English, was recently invited by 
the Women's Studies Program at Texas A&M University to present material 
from her book-in-progress, "The Sanitary Arts: Aesthetic Philosophy and 
the Victorian Cleanliness Campaigns." On March 28, she delivered a 
lecture titled "Intensive Culture: Aesthetics and Purity in the Eugenic 
Novels of Sarah Grand."

*Edward L. Kain*, professor of sociology and University Scholar is 
presenting a paper titled "If You Build It, They Will Learn: Using 
National Standards to Create a Challenging, yet Flexible, Sociology 
Curriculum" at the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological 
Association, being held April 10-13 in Portland, Ore. The paper is in a 
session titled "Creating a Standardized, Rigorous Undergraduate 
Sociology Curriculum." Kain is also co-leading a workshop titled 
"Information Literacy: The Partnership of Sociology Faculty and Social 
Science Librarians."

*Alicia L. Moore*, associate professor of education and member of the 
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., would like to thank the following 
faculty and staff members for sponsoring student admission tickets for 
the 50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair: *Eric Selbin*, *Stephen Marble*, 
*Sherry Adrian*, *Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton* and *Michele Amerson*. She 
also thanks *Sharon Johnson*, *Michael Kamen*, *Mary Grace Neville*, 
*Joni Ragle* and *Kimele Carter* for attending the show. Some 30 
Southwestern students attended the event, which held at the Palmer 
Events Center in Austin March 27.

At the 2008 meeting of the International Studies Association, *Eric 
Selbin*, professor of political science and University Scholar, 
presented a paper titled "Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution: The 
Persistence, Power, and Prevalence of Story," which outlines his 
forthcoming book "Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of 
Story." He also chaired the annual meeting of the New Millennium Books 
in International Studies series he co-edits for Rowman & Littlefield 
Publishers.

Eight sociology majors from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology 
will be presenting their research at the 2008 annual meetings of the 
Southern Sociological Society in Richmond Va., April 10-12. Students 
presenting their research are: *Tristine Baccam*, "Rebuilding the House 
that Jack Built: Comparative Analysis of Immigration and Residential 
Crowding in the US"; *Megan Collins*, "Bureaucratic Traditions, 
Consensus and the Role of the Media in the American Civil Liberties 
Union Central Texas Chapter";* Lauren Cox*, "Trabajadores Unan!: 
Leaders, Collective Identity, and Conflict Resolution among Latino 
Immigrant Workers"; *Rachael Die*, "Communities of Color Fighting Toxic 
Contamination: A Case Study of Grassroots Environmental Justice and 
Community Advocacy"; *Sarah Fankhauser*, "Guardian Angels at the 
Grassroots: A Study of the Factors that Shape Individuals Into 
Activists"; *Cody Faulk,* "Fighting the Religious Right in Texas: How 
Political Activist Organizations Recruit and Maintain Members in the 
Fight for a Division Between Church and State"; *Anne Olson*, "Which 
Side Are You On? An Examination of the Recruitment Tactics of a Local 
Education Union"; and *Nicole Powell*, "Examining Social Class: 
Comparisons Between Attitudes and Composition of a College Campus and 
the United States." The papers resulted from individual research 
projects in the sociology capstone seminar under the direction of *Maria 
Lowe*, and the Research Methods course taught by *Edward L. Kain*.

 

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Southwestern University
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