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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: September 1, 2006 </div>
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<div align="left"><strong>WHAT THE LATEST COLLEGE GUIDES, SURVEYS
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<p><b>September</b> </p>
<p><strong>1</strong> Men’s soccer vs. The University of Texas at
Tyler, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>2</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Hardin-Simmons University, 6
p.m.<br>
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<strong>4</strong> Labor Day holiday<br>
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<strong>5</strong> Faculty recital, Eri Lee Lam, violin, 7 p.m.,
Caldwell-Carvey Foyer<br>
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<strong>6</strong> Men’s soccer vs. McMurry University, 4 p.m.<br>
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<strong>7</strong> Opening reception for Chris Campbell ceramics
exhibit, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery<br>
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<strong>9</strong> Southwestern Invitational, cross country<br>
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<strong>10</strong> Southwest Wind Quintet, 11 a.m., McCombs
Ballroom<br>
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<strong>12</strong> Women’s soccer vs. The University of Texas at
Tyler, 4 p.m.<br>
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<strong>15</strong> Board of Visitors meeting<br>
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<strong>15</strong> Volleyball vs. The University of Texas at
Dallas, 3 p.m.<br>
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<strong>15</strong> Volleyball vs. Emory University, 7 p.m.</p>
<p><strong>16</strong> Volleyball vs. Houston Baptist University,
2 p.m.</p>
<p> <strong>16</strong> Volleyball vs. East Texas Baptist
University, 6 p.m.</p>
<p> <strong>19</strong> Faculty recital, Kiyoshi Tamagawa,
piano, 7 p.m., Caldwell-Carvey Foyer<br>
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<strong>22</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Millsaps College, 2 p.m.</p>
<p> <strong>22</strong> Women’s soccer vs. Millsaps College, 4
p.m.<br>
22 Friday Night Live, Amalia Ortiz, 8 p.m., The Cove</p>
<p> <strong>24</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Rhodes College, noon</p>
<p> <strong>24</strong> Women’s soccer vs. Rhodes College, 2 p.m.</p>
<p> <strong>29</strong> Women’s soccer vs. University of Dallas,
2 p.m.</p>
<p> <strong>29</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Colorado College, 4 p.m.<br>
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<p align="left">Several recently published college guides and
surveys show that Southwestern is on its way to becoming a model for
undergraduate liberal arts education.</p>
<p align="left">The new edition of Lauren Pope’s book, <em>Colleges
That Change Lives</em>, includes Southwestern among its 40 featured
schools. The book says the University is “one of the few jewels of the
Southwest whose mission is to prepare a new generation to contribute to
a changing society, and to prosper in their jobs, whatever and wherever
in the world they may be.”</p>
<p align="left">In the 2007 <em>U.S. News & World Report</em>
rankings, Southwestern was ranked 57th in the country among liberal
arts colleges, tied with Kalamazoo College in Michigan, St. Lawrence in
New York and Wofford College in South Carolina. This is up from 61st in
2006. Southwestern remains the top-rated national liberal arts college
in Texas. </p>
<p align="left">Southwestern also is included in The Princeton
Review’s 2007 edition of <em>The Best 361 Colleges</em>, a book its
authors say chooses schools “primarily for their outstanding
academics.” The book says Southwestern is “one of the best ‘sleepers’
in the nation.” </p>
<p align="left">The second annual College Golf Guide published by
<em>Golf Digest </em>ranked Southwestern as one of the top 50
schools in the country for women who want excellent academics but also
a chance to play golf.</p>
<p align="left">Southwestern also improved compared to peer
institutions in the 2006 report from the National Survey of Student
Engagement (NSSE). </p>
<p align="left">The annual survey, which is sponsored by The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, measures five key
areas of educational performance: level of academic challenge, active
and collaborative learning, student-faculty interaction, enriching
educational experiences, and supportive campus environment.</p>
<p align="left">Among graduating seniors, Southwestern was in the
top 10 percent of schools nationally in two areas this year: enriching
educational experiences and student-faculty interaction. It tied with
or ranked above its peer group in the other three areas.<br>
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<div class="style11" align="left">EXHIBITION OF CHRIS CAMPBELL
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<p align="left">The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art Department,
presents Chris Campbell: Recent Works, a solo exhibit of wood-fired
ceramics. For a preview of his work, visit <a
href="www.chriscampbellpotter.com">www.chriscampbellpotter.com</a>.
Campbell will be exhibiting his work in the Fine Arts Gallery Sept.
5-Oct. 13. There will be a reception and brief gallery talk by the
artist Thursday, Sept. 14, from 6-8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery.<br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">Thomas Howe, professor of art history, was quoted
in articles in the <a
href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/arts/content/arts/stories/0818LVcarlos.html"><em>Atlanta
Journal-Constitution</em></a>, <a
href="http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Aug02/0,4670,ArtRomeapossLuxuryResort,00.html">Fox
News.com</a>, <a
href="http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2006/08/02/rediscovered_roman_malibu_tours_us/">
<em>The Boston Globe</em></a> and <a
href="http://www.sandiegomag.com/issues/march06/agenda50306.asp"><em>San
Diego Magazine</em></a> about his “In Stabiano” project. </p>
<p align="left">The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an
article about former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky who is coming to
Southwestern to speak at the Writer’s Voice Nov. 8. <br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">NOTABLES</div>
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<p align="justify"><strong>Eileen Cleere</strong>, associate
professor of English, had an article accepted for publication in the
journal ELH (English Literary History). The essay, “Homeland Security:
Political Economy, Domestic Economy and Hannah More's Coelebs in Search
of a Wife,” is about female popularization of conservative economic
programs during the Napoleonic wars.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Aaron Prevots</strong>, assistant
professor of French, completed his translation of <em>Return to Calm</em>,
a 1989 poetry volume by noted French writer Jacques Réda, and began
submitting query letters to publishers. <em>Return to Calm</em>, which
gathers together chapbooks and other texts from this period in Réda's
career, captures in rhymed stanzas scenes from everyday life that evoke
time passing. Sample translations may be viewed at <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/%7Eprevots/indexreda.html">http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/indexreda.html</a>.<br>
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