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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: October 5, 2007</div>
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<div align="left">SOUTHWESTERN PARTICIPATES IN NATIONWIDE PROJECT
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<td rowspan="21" bordercolor="#000000" valign="top" width="167"><b>NEW
CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS</b><br>
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Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus
community. The calendar, which is accessible through the <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu">home page</a>, will feature large
university events and events that are open to the entire campus
community. <br>
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The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the
calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff,
and the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request
for an event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will
approve them. <br>
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For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or
contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event
location or venue. <br>
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View the calendar <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<p>Southwestern has joined more than 600 colleges and
universities nationwide that are participating in a new initiative
designed to aid students and their families in their college search.</p>
<p>The initiative is called “U-CAN” and is sponsored by the
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU),
of which Southwestern is a member. By going to a free website,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ucan-network.org">http://www.ucan-network.org</a>, prospective students and their parents
have the opportunity to look at statistics of colleges and universities
and compare characteristics of different schools. </p>
<p>For more of the story, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=41">here</a>.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents
trombonist Eileen Meyer Russell in a faculty recital at 3 p.m. on
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown.
Russell will be joined by her faculty colleagues, harpist Delaine
Fedson and pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa.</p>
<p>This concert is free and open to the public. Contact Lacy Vain
at 512-863-1379 for more information.</p>
<p>For more events from the Sarofim School of Fine arts, go <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/academic/sfa-site/calendar.htm">here</a>.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre,
presents the play, “The Country Wife,” by William Wycherley and
directed by Jared J. Smith. The play is a 17th-century Restoration
comedy full of seduction, devotion, cuckolds and lust and contains a
plot filled with outrageously racy comedy. After its release in 1675,
it was banned for 170 years because of its licentious plot and
language. </p>
<p>Performances are scheduled Wednesday-Sunday, Oct 24-28. On
Wednesday and Thursday, the performance will be at 7 p.m. On Friday and
Saturday, the performance will begin at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, the
performance will begin at 3 p.m. All performances will be held in the
Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater at Southwestern University.</p>
<p>On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24 & 25, following the 7
p.m.<br>
performances, audience members will have a chance to meet with the
director, the cast, and the production team after the show and engage
in a conversation about the play and its possible meanings today.</p>
<p>Prior to the 3 p.m. performance on Sunday, October 28,
Professor and Chair <br>
of the English Department Jim Kilfoyle will introduce audience members <br>
to the play and the Restoration Period. A question and answer will <br>
follow the presentation. This will occur at 2pm in the Caldwell-Carvey <br>
Foyer, adjacent to the Jones Theater.</p>
<p>Tickets for the event may be purchased in person or over the
phone by calling the box office at 512-863-1378, or you may purchase
tickets online at <a href="infocus/www.southwestern.edu/boxoffice">www.southwestern.edu/boxoffice</a>.
Tickets prices are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and youths. For
any questions, contact Rick Roemer, chair and artistic director, at
512-863-1548 or contact the box office for all other information and
schedules. </p>
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This play is recommended for mature audiences. </strong> </p>
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<p>The Southwestern University Sarofim School of Fine Arts
Department of Theatre is again sponsoring two New York Theatre trips,
one this Thanksgiving 2007 and one Easter 2008. Both of these trips
include tickets to the Tony award-winning musical <em>Curtains</em>,
starring David Hyde Pierce, plus two other exciting theatrical
productions, the critically acclaimed and Tony award winning musical <em>The
Drowsy Chaperone</em> and <em>Spring Awakening</em>, which won the
2006 Tony award for Best Musical.</p>
<p>The Thanksgiving tour dates are Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007,
through Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, which also puts you right in the center
of the spectacular Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Prices vary
depending on the number of people per room, but includes round-trip
airfare from Austin to New York City, three Broadway shows, four nights
at The Edison Hotel right in the theatre district, airport-hotel
transfers by private motor coach and all hotel taxes and tips. The
Easter trip is Thursday, March 20, 2008, through Monday, March 24,
2008. </p>
<p>Register by sending a non-refundable deposit of $100 per
person, with the check payable to Southwestern University, together
with your name, address, telephone number, your choice of
accommodations (four, triple, double or single) for either or both
trips. Send the check to: Kathleen Juhl, Tour Director (Thanksgiving)
or Sergio Costola, Tour Director (Easter).</p>
<p>The balance is due approximately one month prior to departure.
For more information regarding the Thanksgiving trip, please call
Kathleen Juhl at 512-863-1368. Space is limited.</p>
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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
item about Hector Amaya receiving Southwestern’s Young Investigator
Award.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Aaron Prevots</strong>, assistant
professor of French, published a bilingual edition of a poetry volume
by French writer Jacques Réda titled “Return to Calm” (Host, 2007).
“Return to Calm” immerses the reader in Réda’s lyrical observations of
the everyday. Its seven distinct sections offer an initiation into the
world's beauty through the eyes of a writer deeply attuned to the
passing of time and space. Prevots also had his translation of Réda's
“Europes” accepted for publication (Host, 2008). “Europes” features
travel recollections in prose and poetry that take the reader through
seven countries including France, emphasizing personal views of cities,
landscapes and people closely observed. A third bilingual
French-English book of work by Réda translated by Prevots, “Thirteen
Songs of Dark Love,” was accepted for publication by Editions VVV and
is expected to be appearing soon.</p>
<p>A sculpture by <strong>Mary Visser</strong>, professor of
art, "The Resurrection of Persephone" has been accepted for the juried
professional division sculpture exhibition at Texas State University in
San Marcos, Texas. The exhibition runs from Oct. 25 – Nov. 18th in the
Fine Arts Gallery of Texas State University.</p>
<p>Two Southwestern University sculpture students, <strong>Lisa
DelaCruz</strong> and <br>
<strong>Ricardo Levario</strong>, had their work juried into the
student division <br>
sculpture exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture Network of Texas at <br>
Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The exhibition runs from <br>
Oct. 25 – Nov. 18th in the Student Gallery of Texas State University.</p>
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