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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: November 10, 2006 </div>
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<div align="left"><strong>FOUR SOUTHWESTERN FACULTY MEMBERS
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<p><strong>November</strong><br>
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<strong>10 </strong>Viewing night at the Fountainwood Observatory</p>
<p><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>Four Southwestern University faculty members have been named
2006 recipients of awards from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund. <br>
The fund provides monetary awards for the continuing education and
development of full-time faculty members of United Methodist colleges
and universities in Texas. The highly competitive grants may be used
for graduate study or postgraduate research. Applicants are required to
submit programs that will “contribute to the improvement of the quality
of intellectual, community or religious life of the state of Texas and
the nation.” <br>
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The 2006 Southwestern University recipients will use their funds for
projects ranging from a study of sanitation in Victorian England to
development of podcasts on the history of science. The recipients and
their projects are as follows: <br>
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• Eileen Cleere, associate professor of English, will use the funds to
complete research for her book titled The Sanitary Arts: Aesthetic
Philosophy and the Victorian Cleanliness Campaign. <br>
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• Elizabeth Green Musselman, associate professor of history, will use
her funds to develop a series of monthly podcasts on the history of
science.<br>
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• Laura Hobgood-Oster, associate professor of religion and philosophy,
will use her funds to research a new book tentatively titled The
Culture of Sacrifice. The book will cover how the concept and reality
of animal sacrifice functioned in pre-Christian European cultures
through modern U.S. culture, where dramatically increasing numbers of
animals are killed for food and research. <br>
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• Michael Saenger, assistant professor of English, will use his award
to travel to Paris to receive training on French language and the study
of Renaissance French books. This training will help him on a project
titled “Speaking Foreign Tongues: The Impersonation of Strangeness in
Shakespeare.”<br>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Art and Art History
Department, will host an exhibition titled Monumental Mountains: Order
and Stability in Chinese Landscape Painting. The Chinese facsimile
(exact copy) scrolls feature landscape paintings dating from the Five
Dynasties Period through the Yüan Dynasty. </p>
<p>The exhibit was planned and organized by the students in Diana
Tenckhoff’s Capstone Seminar in Chinese Painting. The scrolls will be
displayed in the Fine Arts Gallery, Nov. 10 through Dec. 6.<br>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, presents
the SU Jazz Band, directed by George Oldziey, in concert Nov. 15 at 7
p.m. in the Bishops Lounge of the McCombs Center. </p>
<p>The band includes two trumpet players, two trombonists, one
French horn player, one saxophonist, a violinist (fiddler), three
guitarists, a bass player and two pianists. Oldziey, an accomplished
arranger, has created arrangements for the unique ensemble such as Duke
Ellington’s relatively obscure piece “Johnny Come Lately,” Joe
Henderson’s “No Me Esqueca,” Thelonious Monk’s “I Mean You” and many
more. Every band member will improvise at least one solo.<br>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Music Department, brings
guest composer Karim Al- <br>
Zand to campus for a series of events for students, faculty and the
general public. These <br>
events will include an open seminar on contemporary music and a
lecture/recital featuring Al-Zand and members of the music department
faculty. The recital on Friday, <br>
Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer will include Al-Zand’s
“Violin <br>
Sonata (Imaginary Scenes),” performed by violinist Eri Lee Lam and
pianist Kiyoshi <br>
Tamagawa, and “Tagore Love Songs,” performed by Tamagawa and baritone
Bruce Cain.</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>Southwestern University will host a public viewing at the
Fountainwood Observatory from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. The
Observatory is located on the northeast side of campus adjacent to the
Rockwell Baseball Field. <br>
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Physics department faculty and talented observers from the Williamson
County Astronomy Club (<a href="www.williamson-astro.org">www.williamson-astro.org</a>)
will be on hand to guide visitors through their viewing experience. On
this evening, the moon will not rise until 10:26 p.m. If the sky is
clear and the air is dry, beautiful star clusters, nebula and ghostly
galaxies will be visible through telescopes. <br>
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Fountainwood viewing nights are always free and open to the public. For
weather-related updates, call the Fountainwood Observatory hotline at
512-863-1242.</p>
<p>Note: This is the last Public Night of the Fall 2006 Semester.
Public Nights will begin again in January 2007. <br>
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<p>There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Nov. 13.</p>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">The<em> Austin Business Journal</em> featured
Roger Young, director of career services, in an article about higher
education’s role in preparing students for the workforce.</p>
<p align="left">The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an
editorial about Bill Jones’ book <em>To Survive and Excel: The Story
of Southwestern University 1840-2000</em>.</p>
<p align="left">The <em>Sun</em> also published an article about
students who live with their parents on campus and a feature story
about Sally Teinert, university operator.</p>
<p align="left">Political Science Professor Tim O'Neill was
quoted in a <em>Houston Chronicle</em> story about possible future
plans for the candidates who lost the Texas governor's race. </p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Bob Bednar</strong>, associate professor
and chair of the Communication Studies Department, presented a paper
titled “Touching Images: Towards a Visual/Material Cultural Study of
Roadside Shrines” at TRANS: A Visual Culture Conference on Oct. 20, in
Madison, Wis.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Jennifer Lovell</strong> ’06, <strong>Abby
Diehl</strong> ’06, <strong>Elizabeth Joyce</strong> ’07, <strong>Jenifer
Cohn</strong> ’06, <strong>Jose Lopez</strong> ’06 and <strong>Fay
Guarraci</strong>, assistant professor of psychology, had a manuscript
titled “Some Guys Have All The Luck: Mate Preference Influences
Paced-Mating Behavior in Female Rats” accepted for publication in
Physiology & Behavior.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Mary Hale Visser</strong>, professor of
art, and her sculpture students <strong>April Mosher</strong> ’07, <strong>Elizabeth
Keating</strong> ’07, <strong>Gerald Chapa Jr.</strong> ’07, <strong>Lisa
De la Cruz</strong> ’08, <strong>Larcy Levins</strong> ’08 and <strong>Carling
Hale</strong> ’08 presented their work in the 12X12X12 sculpture
exhibition at the 9th Texas Sculpture Symposium at Texas Tech
University Nov. 3, 4 and 5. The title of this Collaborative Project is
“Visual Linking Beyond the Singular: 6 Sculptures.”<br>
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