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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: December 1, 2006 </div>
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<div align="left"><strong>2007 WRITERS VOICE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED</strong></div>
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<p><strong>December</strong></p>
<p><strong>1-3</strong> “Durang, Durang,” Friday and Saturday, 8
p.m., and Sunday 3 and 7 p.m., Jones Theater<br>
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<strong>1</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Millsaps College, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>1</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Millsaps College, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>2</strong> Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, 7 p.m.,
Georgetown High School Performing Arts Center<br>
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<strong>3</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Rhodes College, noon<br>
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<strong>3</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Rhodes College, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>7</strong> Candlelight service, 5:30 and 7 p.m., Lois
Perkins Chapel<br>
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<strong>9</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Texas A&M
International, 7:30 p.m.<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Hanover College, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>19</strong> Women’s basketball vs. University of Mary
Hardin Baylor, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>28</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Concordia (Ill.), 5
p.m.<br>
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<strong>29</strong> Consolation/championship basketball game, 1
and 3 p.m.<br>
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<strong>29</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Swathmore College, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>30</strong> Men’s basketball vs. University of
Pittsburgh-Greensburg, 8 p.m.<br>
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<p>Amy Tan, author of the 1989 bestseller <em>The Joy Luck Club</em>,
will be the 2007 speaker for the Writers Voice series sponsored by the
A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library at Southwestern. The 2007 Writers Voice
lecture has been set for Oct. 23, 2007.<br>
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Tan has written several other novels since <em>The Joy Luck Club</em>,
including <em>The Kitchen God’s Wife</em> (1991), <em>The Hundred
Secret Senses</em> (1995), <em>The Bonesetter’s Daughter</em> (2001)
and <em>Saving Fish from Drowning</em> (2005). Her first work of
non-fiction, <em>The Opposite of Fate</em>, was published in 2003. Tan
also has written two children’s books, <em>The Moon Lady</em> (1992)
and <em>The Chinese Siamese Cat</em> (1994).<br>
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“ Tan has received wide public support of her work and also has been
well received by literary critics,” said Lynne Brody, dean of library
services. “Her visit will offer many possibilities for study and
discussions in classes.”<br>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the SU Wind Ensemble
in concert at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Georgetown High School
Performing Arts Center, conducted by Lois Ferrari. </p>
<p>The eclectic program will feature Adrien Barthe’s
“Passacaille,” performed by Category 5 Winds, SU’s student woodwind
quintet; Gordon Jacob’s “Introduction and Rondo,” played by the
eight-member SU Clarinet Choir Malcolm Arnold’s “English Dances”
performed by the full ensemble. Then senior Walter P. Sterneman III
will conduct Sergei Prokofiev’s wonderfully absurd and whimsical
“Scherzo and March” from “The Love for Three Oranges,” and American
composer Richard Saucedo's “To This Heartbeat There Is No End,” an
homage to the unrelenting perseverance of all those who were affected
by Hurricane Katrina. It will conclude with Guy Woolfenden’s “Illyrian
Dances” composed with Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” in mind, and Gustav
Holst’s “Jupiter,” from perhaps his most famous composition (and the
inspiration for many outer space film scores), “The Planets.” </p>
<p>The concert is open to the public and is free of charge. For
more information, call 512-863-1379.<br>
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<p><strong>SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSTS CANDLELIGHT SERVICES
DEC. 7</strong></p>
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Southwestern University will hold two Candlelight Services at 5:30 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Lois Perkins Chapel. The services
are free and open to the public.<br>
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Candlelight is a century-old tradition at Southwestern that celebrates
the Christmas season through a service of Advent Lessons and Carols.
Liturgists for this year’s services will be Southwestern University
President Jake B. Schrum, University Chaplain Beverly Jones and
Chaplain Intern Aaron Rohre, a 2003 Southwestern graduate.<br>
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Music for the services will be provided by the Southwestern University
Chorale and the Southwestern University Singers, conducted by Professor
of Music Kenny Sheppard. The Southwestern University Woodwind Quintet
will perform at the 5:30 p.m. service and the String Quartet will
perform at the 7 p.m. service. Both services end with audience members
lighting candles and processing out of the chapel.<br>
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Following the 5:30 p.m. service, Southwestern’s dining service will be
available until 7:30 p.m. in the McCombs Campus Center. The cost is
$8.50 for adults and $4.25 for children. <br>
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After the 7 p.m. service, the community is invited to attend a holiday
reception sponsored by Southwestern in the McCombs Campus Center.<br>
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<p>There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Dec. 4.<br>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">The <em>Austin American-Statesman</em> ran an
article about construction starting on Southwestern’s new residential
apartment complex.<br>
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The <em>Waco Tribune-Herald</em> ran an article on Professor Star
Varner’s exhibit titled “The Mysteries Revisted,” which opened in Waco.<br>
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The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an article on senior Jack’s
O’Brien’s study abroad experience.<br>
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<p align="left"><strong>Alicia Moore</strong>, assistant
professor of education, has been selected to receive the 2006 Exemplary
Teaching Award from the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The
United Methodist Church. Each year the Board allows the university to
designate one teacher to receive this award. Criteria for receiving the
award include excellence in teaching; civility and concern for students
and colleagues; commitment to value-centered education; and service to
students, the institution and the community. Moore has received several
previous awards for her work, including the Unity in Action Diversity
Award and the 2005 Academic Advising Award.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Todd K. Watson</strong>, associate
director of systems and networks, co-authored a paper that was
published in the Nov. 1 issue of the <em>Astrophysical Journal</em>.
The paper titled, “Further Evidence for Variable Synchrotron Emission
in XTE J1118+480 in Outburst,” was the result of observations conducted
in January 2005 at both the McDonald Observatory in West Texas and Kitt
Peak National Observatory in Arizona. XTE J1118+480 is a black hole
that is consuming an orbiting star and is the first of its type
identified in the halo of our galaxy.<br>
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