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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: November 17, 2006 </div>
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<div align="left"><b> TOP NEWS </b></div>
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<div align="left"><strong>SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUES TO HAVE MAJOR
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<p><strong>November</strong><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.,
McCombs Ballroom<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 University had an estimated direct economic
impact of nearly $94 million on the Georgetown-Williamson County area
in 2005-06, according to figures released last month by the
university’s Office of Fiscal Affairs. <br>
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This was an increase of more than $3 million from the estimated
2004-2005 economic impact of $90.5 million.<br>
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The figures cover the period from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006. The
total economic impact was derived by taking the direct expenditures of
the university and applying a standard economic multiplier of 2.5,
according to Richard Anderson, vice president for fiscal affairs. This
multiplier indicates the number of times each dollar is spent and
re-spent before leaving the community.<br>
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Officials estimated the local impact of Southwestern students at more
than $3.6 million. Student expenditures include outlays for food and
housing, as well as school expenses, living costs and recreational
spending. <br>
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Read the entire story <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/061114.html">here</a>.
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<div align="left"><b> EVENTS </b></div>
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<p>Two years ago, the Writer's Voice presented Pulitzer and Tony
Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of “Angels in America”
and other provocative stage works, in a public performance on campus.
Kushner impressed students and faculty alike with his creative spirit
and generosity.</p>
<p>Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock filmed part of
Kushner’s visit to SU for inclusion in a documentary about Kushner. The
film is called “Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner.” <br>
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Saturday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m., a special Southwestern University sneak
preview of ”Wrestling with Angels” will be shown at the Dobie Theatre
in Austin for SU students, faculty, staff, alumni and their guests. It
is not necessary to have a reservation to attend this screening, but
the first 40 to sign up and attend will receive a free mini-poster from
the film. E-mail Arden Baxter at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:baxtera@southwestern.edu">baxtera@southwestern.edu</a> to sign up or
for more information. Tickets are $8 at the door.</p>
<p>The independent film explores the mystery of creativity, and
is an inspiring tale of how a passionately committed person can make a
difference for social justice. It has played to packed festival
audiences since its Sundance debut in January and began its national
release in New York to great press a few weeks ago. The trailer for the
film, which includes brief footage of SU students in Jones Theater, can
be viewed at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.actualfilms.net/shadow/WWA.faststart.mov">http://www.actualfilms.net/shadow/WWA.faststart.mov</a></p>
<p>The Dobie Theatre
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.landmarktheaters.com/market/Austin/DobieTheatre.htm">http://www.landmarktheaters.com/market/Austin/DobieTheatre.htm</a>) is
located at 2025 Guadalupe St. in the Dobie Mall, adjacent to The
University of Texas campus. Parking is free in the Dobie Garage on the
east side of the mall.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Theatre Department presents
“Durang, Durang,” four short plays by Christopher Durang: “For Whom The
Southern Belle Tolls,” “A Stye In The Eye,” “Death Comes to Us All Mary
Agnes” and “’dentity Crisis.” Student directors are Alison Brooks, Eric
Feldman, Cliff Miller and Jaclyn Suffel. </p>
<p>These inventive, imaginative, and hilarious one-act plays full
of audacious originality and brilliant parody come from one of
America’s funniest and most outrageous and eccentric playwrights.
“Durang, Durang” delivers a pungent potpourri of biting satire, dark
comedy and clever parody crammed into a compilation guaranteed to shock
both sense and sensibility. </p>
<p>The show opens Nov. 29 and runs through Dec. 3; Wednesday and
Thursday at 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 and 7
p.m. in the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater. Admission is free
for SU students, faculty and staff with reservations. Call the box
office at ext. 1378 to reserve your tickets.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts Music Department presents the
SU Orchestra, conducted by Lois Ferrari, in concert Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.
in the McCombs Center Ballroom. </p>
<p>Featured on this program are student soloists Victoria Chang,
piano, and soprano Dolores Noel, both winners of the SU Concerto
Contest held last spring. Chang, also a member of the Orchestra’s
violin section, will perform the third movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s
“Piano Concerto No. 1.” Noel will sing the czardas, “Klange der
Heimath,” from Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus.” Also included on the
program are Paul Hindemith’s “Eight Pieces for String Orchestra” and
Mendelssohn’s “Italian Symphony,” which will be preceded by a brief
lecture given by J. Michael Cooper, professor of music and holder of
the Brown Chair in Fine Arts.</p>
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<p>There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Nov. 20.<br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">Rick McKelvey, vice president for institutional
advancement, was quoted in an <em>Austin Business Journal</em> story
about local colleges conducting fundraising drives. </p>
<p align="left">A.J. Senchack's Financial Analyst Program was
featured in a story in the <em>Austin Business Journal</em>.</p>
<p align="left">Mike Rossman, director of admissions, was quoted
in an <em>Austin Business Journal</em> story about a new Austin-based
company that helps students apply to colleges.</p>
<p align="left">The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran a feature
story on Southwestern student Lauren Sekel, who works as a volunteer
case manager at the Caring Place.<br>
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The<em> Williamson County Sun</em> ran a feature story on students from
the Alpha Phi Omega service organization who organized a dance for
residents of the Wesleyan Retirement Home in Georgetown on Veterans Day.</p>
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<p align="left">During the week of November 6, <strong>Edward L.
Kain</strong>, professor of sociology and University Scholar, chaired
the site visit team for the Sociology Department at Colorado College.
Other members of the team were Jan Thomas from Kenyon College and
Mustafa Emirbayer from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.<br>
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<strong>Alicia Moore</strong>, assistant professor of education,
received a grant to enable Southwestern education students to
participate in this month’s national “Mix it Up at Lunch Day,” a
program designed to get students to interact with people they might not
otherwise interact with (see mixitup.org). <br>
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Southwestern students went to Huston-Tillotson University Nov. 16 to
eat lunch in their cafeteria and engage in conversations about social
justice teaching. On Nov. 28, the HTU students will come to
Southwestern to have lunch and continue this conversation. <br>
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<strong>Elizabeth Green Musselman</strong>, associate professor
of history, chaired the women’s caucus at this year’s History of
Science Society meeting in Vancouver. She organized two sessions
sponsored by the Women’s Caucus, one on gender-and-science pedagogies
and one on improving the diversity of the field.</p>
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