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<div class="style10" align="left"> IN FOCUS: February 9, 2007</div>
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<div align="left"><strong>SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PLAYS
ROLE IN 2007 GRAMMY AWARD SELECTION </strong></div>
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<p><strong>February</strong></p>
<p><strong>9-17</strong> Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness,
Fine Arts Gallery<br>
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<strong>9</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Trinity, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>9</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Trinity, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>10</strong> Baseball vs. Schreiner, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>11</strong> Baseball vs. Schreiner, 1 p.m.<br>
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<strong>12</strong> Women’s basketball vs. University of Dallas,
6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>12 </strong>Fleming Lecture in Religion, 7 p.m., McCombs
Ballroom<br>
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<strong>12</strong> Men’s basketball vs. University of Dallas, 8
p.m.<br>
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<strong>15</strong> Baseball vs. Huston-Tillotson University, 3
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<strong>16-18</strong> Family Days<br>
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<strong>16</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Austin College, 6 p.m.<br>
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<strong>16</strong> Men’s basketball vs. Austin College, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Honors Convocation, 9:30 a.m., Lois Perkins
Chapel<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Guest artist recital: Walter Stout, organ, 3
p.m., Lois Perkins Chapel<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Baseball vs. Concordia, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.<br>
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<strong>17</strong> Women’s basketball vs. Hendrix, 6 p.m.<br>
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17 Men’s basketball vs. Hendrix, 8 p.m.<br>
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<strong>21</strong> Baseball vs. McMurry, 2 p.m.<br>
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<strong>23-March 4</strong> Company, Fridays and Saturdays, 8
p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m., Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater<br>
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<strong>25</strong> Baseball vs. University of Dallas, 1 p.m. and
4 p.m.<br>
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<p>When the 49th Annual Grammy Awards are presented this weekend,
one Southwestern University instructor will be watching with a little
more than just casual interest.</p>
<p>George Oldziey, who teaches jazz piano and composition in The
Sarofim School of Fine Arts, played a role in selecting the finalists
for several of this year's awards, which are considered the most
coveted of the many music industry awards.</p>
<p>Oldziey chaired a committee responsible for selecting the
finalists in the categories of Best Original Composition, Best
Instrumental Arrangement and Best Vocal Arrangement.</p>
<p>He was chosen for the task because he is a member of the Texas
Chapter of the Grammy Association-an honor he earned because of his own
reputation as a composer. In order to be invited to join the Grammy
Association, artists must have their work featured in a certain number
of commercial recordings. Oldziey has written the music for several
Hollywood films, including "Spy Kids," "Once Upon a Time in Mexico,"
"Sin City" and "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D." He also
has written music for some of the biggest hits in the computer game
industry, including the "Wing Commander" and "Ultima" game series, and
the Playstation 2 version of "Spongebob Squarepants."</p>
<p>Oldziey explained that Grammy Association chapters across the
country coordinate the judging of several categories. Committees such
as his are appointed to screen the nominations that come in for the
various categories and recommend five nominees in each category for all
members of the Grammy Association to vote on. Ballots for the final
voting are mailed to all Association members.</p>
<p>Although he received an invitation to attend the awards
ceremony this weekend, Oldziey had to turn it down because he his busy
working on the score for a new Robert Rodriguez film called
"Grindhouse," which is scheduled for an April release.</p>
<p>Read the entire story <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/news/070208.html">here</a>.
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<p>The University Events Office is accepting applications for
Summer Conference Assistants. Persons selected for these positions will
have the opportunity to use their leadership and communication skills,
work with diverse populations, and learn the details involved in
conference and event planning.</p>
<p>Interested applicants must not be attending summer school and
be willing to work weekdays, evenings and weekends as necessary. The
position requires a 30-60 hour workweek at $5.90 per hour, plus free
room and board. Hours exceeding 40 hours in one workweek will be paid
at time and a half. Current first-year, sophomore and junior students
are eligible to apply and must be willing to live on campus in assigned
housing during the conference season. The period of employment is
approximately May 30 through July 31, 2007.</p>
<p>To access the job description and application, please go to <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/events/2007_SC_Job_Description_and_Application.doc">http://www.southwestern.edu/events/2007_SC_Job_Description_and_Application.doc</a>
or stop by the University Events Office, Cullen 33, and ask for a job
description and application. Applications are due in the University
Events Office by 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19. Feel free to attach your
resume to your application.</p>
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<p>Robert Alter, professor of Hebrew and comparative literature
at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of <em>The Art
of Biblical Narrative</em>, <em>The Art of Biblical Poetry</em>, <em>Necessary
Angels: Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem</em>,
and numerous other books and publications, will present the 2007
Fleming Lecture in Religion on “The Body in Psalms” Monday, Feb. 12, at
7 p.m. in the McCombs Ballroom. A reception will follow.</p>
<p>As a scholar of comparative literature, Alter caused a
revolution in Biblical studies by applying newer methods of literary
analysis to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. His translation and notes
for <em>Genesis</em>, and also for the books of Samuel under the title
of <em>The David Story</em>, are probably the best that exist in
English.</p>
<p>The Fleming Lecture in Religion, a series named in honor of
former President Durwood Fleming and his wife, is funded by a gift from
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Houston.</p>
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<p>There is no Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday, Feb. 12.</p>
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<div class="style8" align="left">MEDIA COVERAGE </div>
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<p align="left">The <em>Williamson County Sun</em> ran an
article on a collaborative service project with Southwestern and
Georgetown High School students. As part of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Day celebration, the students filled backpacks with school supplies for
homeless children.</p>
<p align="left">The <em>Austin American-Statesman</em> ran an
article about Southwestern University receiving a $2 million gift
toward the Center for Lifelong Learning.<br>
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<p align="left"><strong>Helene Meyers</strong>, professor of
English, published an article titled “Jewish Gender Trouble: Women
Writing Men of Valor” in the latest issue of Tulsa Studies in Women’s
Literature. </p>
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