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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: October 26, 2007</div>
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To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click <a
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<p>Southwestern University dedicated its new Dorothy Manning Lord
Residential Center Oct. 25. The center, which is named after the late
wife of Georgetown philanthropist W. Grogan Lord, includes three new
residence halls: The Eddy C. Scurlock-Edward A. Clark Hall, The
Genevieve Britt Caldwell Hall, and The Frank and Louise Britt Carvey
Hall. Together, these new residence halls house 66 students in an
additional 29,000 square feet of living space. The residence halls
offer apartment-style living, with kitchens in each apartment, fully
furnished rooms, a community room and recreation areas. The Frank and
Louise Britt Carvey Hall serves as a “Community Engagement/Green Hall,”
where students will work together to build a community dedicated to
sustainable living and community service. With the addition of these
new residence halls, approximately 85 percent of Southwestern students
will be able to live on campus. The university hopes to eventually have
enough housing on campus for 95 percent of its students.</p>
<p>To see pictures of the new complex, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/newsroom/apts.html">here</a>.</p>
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<p>The Engaged Diversity chapter of Southwestern, along with the
Department of Diversity Education, will present Voices from Darfur, a
national speaking tour featuring Darfuri refugees, on Tuesday, Oct.
30th, at 8 p.m. in the Julie Puett Howry Center at Southwestern. Voices
from Darfur features a short documentary film followed by first-hand
accounts of the genocide from survivors. As many as 400,000 people have
been killed and 2.5 million displaced. </p>
<p>The event is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact Michele Amerson at 512-863-1342 or
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amersonm@southwestern.edu">amersonm@southwestern.edu</a>.</p>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The author of many
well-known Spanish novels, short stories and children’s stories will
visit Southwestern on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. She will share tales
of her career as an author. The event will be in Room 105 of the F.W.
Olin Building. For additional information, contact Katy Ross at
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Art, will
present an exhibit by American Modernist sculptor Bruce Beasley from
Nov. 1 through Dec. 9. Beasley’s sculptures in bronze will be on
display at the Fine Arts Gallery in The Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center.
There will be a reception with the artist on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. in the
Fine Arts Gallery.</p>
<p> The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.</p>
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<p align="left">• The <em>Williamson County Sun </em>ran a
preview of the Writer’s Voice lecture by Amy Tan.</p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Phillip Cantu</strong>, senior sociology
major, presented a paper titled “Growing Pains: Trends in Diabetes and
Obesity from 1976 to 2005” at the Southern Demographic Association
meetings in Birmingham, Ala., on Oct.13. Cantu conducted this research
as part of The University of Texas at Austin’s National Science
Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates summer program.</p>
<p><strong>Stephen M. Cherry</strong>, visiting instructor of
sociology, won the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 2006
Distinguished Article award along with Michael Young from The
University of Texas for their co-authored article “The Secularization
of Confessional Protests: The Role of Religious Processes of
Rationalization and Differentiation.” The article was published in the
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion in December 2005. </p>
<p><strong>Jennifer Esperanza</strong>, visiting instructor of
anthropology, successfully completed her dissertation titled
“Outsourcing Otherness: Pursuing Modernity in the Global Handicrafts
Market” at the UCLA Department of Anthropology in October 2007.</p>
<p><strong>James Gaeta</strong>, director of financial aid, was a
guest on “The Ladies Room with Lolis,” a talk radio show that airs in
El Paso. Gaeta was invited on to the show through his work with College
Forward. The show focused on the college application and financial aid
process. </p>
<p><strong>Maria R. Lowe</strong>, associate professor of
sociology, published an article “‘Sowing the Seeds of Discontent:’
Tougaloo College’s Social Science Forums as a Prefigurative Movement
Free Space, 1952-1964” in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Black
Studies. </p>
<p><strong>Helene Meyers,</strong> professor of English,
presented a paper titled “Wrestling with a Perceived Oxymoron: On
Jewish Feminism” at the second annual Feminist Pedagogy Conference
sponsored by the CUNY Graduate Center. </p>
<p>Southwestern University sculpture student <strong>April
Mosher’s</strong> proposal for a site work sculpture for the city of
San Marcos has been accepted for the duration of the sculpture
exhibition sponsored by the Sculpture Network of Texas at Texas State
University. The exhibition runs from Oct. 25 – Nov. 18 and Mosher will
install her sculpture “Silent Wall” (16 ft. x 5 ft.) on the park
grounds in San Marcos.</p>
<p><strong>Emily Niemeyer</strong>, associate professor of
chemistry, recently published an article titled “Isomeric
Differentiation of Green Tea Catechins using Gas-Phase
Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Reactions” with Jennifer Brodbelt,
professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. The
article appeared in the October 2007 issue of the Journal of the
American Society for Mass Spectrometry.</p>
<p><strong>Eric Selbin</strong>, professor of political science,
spoke about “Understanding Revolutions” at The Bush School of
Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University on Oct.
16-17. Selbin also presented a paper on Political Violence and
Political Change at the 2nd Regional Latin Americanist Conference.</p>
<p>Four Southwestern students - <strong>Karin Arnhamn</strong>, <strong>Christy
Catlin</strong>, <strong>Sara Escjeda</strong> and <strong>Jon Jonse</strong>
- will travel to Fort Worth Nov. 1-2 to participate in the annual
Ethics Match sponsored by the Texas Independent College Foundation.<br>
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