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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: October 27, 2006 </div>
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<p><b>October</b> </p>
<p> <strong>27-29</strong> “The House of Bernarda Alba,” Fridays
and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m., Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater<br>
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<strong>29</strong> Guest artist recital, Bruce Rameker,
baritone, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church<br>
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<strong>November</strong><br>
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<strong>4</strong> Women’s soccer vs. Trinity University, noon<br>
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<strong>4</strong> Men’s soccer vs. Trinity University, 4 p.m.<br>
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<strong>6</strong> Guest artist recital, University of Arizona
Steel Pan Band, 5 p.m., Bishops Lounge<br>
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<strong>10-Dec. 6</strong> Chinese painting exhibit, Fine Arts
Gallery<br>
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<strong>12</strong> Southwestern University Chorale, 7 p.m., Lois
Perkins Chapel<br>
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<strong>15</strong> Southwestern University Jazz Band, 7 p.m.,
Bishops Lounge<br>
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<strong>18</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Texas Lutheran
University, 7 p.m.<br>
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<strong>18</strong> Southwestern University Orchestra, 7 p.m.,
Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center<br>
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<strong>21</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons
University, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>21</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Hardin-Simmons
University, 8 p.m.<br>
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<p>Southwestern has been placed on the first President’s Higher
Education Community Service Honor Roll, a program designed to increase
public awareness of the contributions that students, faculty and staff
are making within their local communities and across the country
through volunteer service. <br>
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The program is sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community
Service, the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation,
and the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development.<br>
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Last year, 60 percent of Southwestern students reported that they
participated in some form of community service – twice the national
rate of 30 percent reported in a recent survey by the Corporation for
National and Community Service. These students contributed an estimated
22,500 hours of service to the community. <br>
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Southwestern was one of only 16 colleges and universities in Texas to
be named to the honor roll. Others were Austin College, Blinn College,
Collin County Community College, Houston Community College - Southwest,
Howard Payne University, Kingwood College, LeTourneau University,
Richland College, Sam Houston State University, St. Edward’s
University, St. Mary’s University, Texas A&M University, Texas
A&M University-Kingsville, the University of St. Thomas and the
University of Texas at El Paso.<br>
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For more information on the President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll, visit <a href="www.nationalservice.gov">www.nationalservice.gov</a>.
To read more about some of the community service projects Southwestern
students were involved with last year, go to <a
href="www.southwestern.edu/academic/exp/exp-community.html">www.southwestern.edu/academic/exp/exp-community.html</a>.<br>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents singer Bruce Rameker
with pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of music, in recital Sunday,
Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist
Church, 410 East University Ave. in Georgetown. </p>
<p>Rameker possesses the unique ability to perform as both a
baritone and a countertenor. He has appeared on the stages of Lincoln
Center, Kennedy Center, Town Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and
the Spoleto Festival in a diverse repertoire that includes ancient
music, operetta, oratorio and tango. A specialist in Baroque opera and
oratorio, Mr. Rameker has sung with the Skylight Opera Theatre, Chicago
Opera Theater, New York City Opera, Anchorage Opera, Sacred Music in a
Sacred Space, Waverly Consort, Voices of Ascension and New York
Ensemble for Early Music. </p>
<p>The concert is free and open to the public. Please call Lacy
Vain at 863-1379 for more information.<br>
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<p>The Fleming Lecture series presents David Noel Freedman,
endowed chair in Hebrew Biblical Studies at the University of
California, San Diego, on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. in Olin 105. He
will be speaking on “The Tsunami: The Song of the Sea and the Song of
Deborah or Vice Versa.” Freedman is the general editor of the Anchor
Bible. He has had many publications and teaches in the Department of
History. </p>
<p>For more information, please contact David Stewart at 863-1431.<br>
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<p>The members of the Director of Faculty Development search
committee, Elizabeth Green Musselman, Marty Gonzales, Diana Tenkhoff
and Dirk Early, will be on hand to hear from the faculty regarding this
position at the noon Faculty Forum Monday, Oct. 30, in the Lynda
McCombs Room. Jack Green Musselman, who held a similar position at St.
Edward’s University, will also be present to provide some general
information about this position.</p>
<p>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.<br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">The <em>Denton Record-Chronicle</em> ran an
article that featured Francie Larrieu Smith and her involvement in the
Dallas Race for the Cure.<br>
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<p align="left"><strong>Shana Bernstein</strong>, assistant
professor of history, spoke at the Western History Association in St.
Louis Oct. 14 as an invited roundtable panelist. The roundtable she
participated in was titled “Comparative Perspectives on Mexican
American Citizenship from Law, History and Cultural Studies.”</p>
<p align="left"><strong>David Gaines</strong>, associate
professor of English and director of the Paideia® Program, presented
“Bobby’s in the Canon and I’m in the Classroom Mixin’ Up the
Curriculum” on Oct. 25 at the New School in New York City. Gaines was
one of the invited lecturers for a New School colloquium regarding the
life and work of Bob Dylan. He is currently turning his lecture into a
paper for publication.</p>
<p align="left">The lead article in the October issue of Teaching
Sociology is titled “Bridging the Gap between Cultures of Teaching and
Culture of Research.” The article presents data from job listings for
academic sociology positions in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and
documents an increasing call for faculty who combine teaching and
research in their careers in academia. The author of the research
article, <strong>Edward L. Kain</strong>, professor of sociology and
University Scholar in the Sociology and Anthropology Department,
provides a series of suggestions for changes that are needed to help
bridge the gap between teaching and research within the changing
landscape of higher education in the United States.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Helene Meyers</strong>, professor of
English, gave an invited lecture to the Women’s Studies program at
Texas A&M. The title of her talk was “Jewish Gender Trouble.”<br>
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<strong>Aaron Prevots</strong>, assistant professor of French,
interviewed Colin Newman, a prime mover on the British music and arts
scene since the late 1970s, for his Creative Process series. Newman is
a songwriter, record producer, label owner and founding member of the
group Wire. The interview may be read at <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/%7Eprevots/colin_newman_interview.html">http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/colin_newman_interview.html</a>.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Eric Selbin</strong>, professor of
political science, presented a lecture on Oct. 24 titled “Is Revolution
Still an Option in Latin America?” at The University of Texas’ Teresa
Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Kim Smith</strong>, associate professor
of art history, gave a talk titled “Expressionist Art History and the
Return of the Repressed” on Oct. 1 at the annual German Studies
Conference in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Ron Swain</strong>, senior advisor to the
president, led a roundtable discussion on the Partnership for Engaged
Diversity at the American Association of Colleges and Universities'
(AAC&U) Diversity and Learning Conference in Philadelphia. The
partnership, involving five liberal arts institutions, is designed to
create a culture of engaged diversity on each campus through joint
programs, shared resources, and the meaningful interactions of students
and faculty. The three-year project is funded through a grant from The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</p>
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