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<div class="style3" align="left"> IN FOCUS: November 9, 2007</div>
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<div align="left"><b> TOP NEWS </b></div>
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<div align="left">RENOVATED FINE ARTS CENTER REOPENS FOR CLASSES,
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<td rowspan="30" bordercolor="#000000" valign="top" width="97"><b>CAMPUS
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To view upcoming events at Southwestern by day, week or month, click <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/sucalendar/main.php">here</a>.<br>
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<td class="style6" scope="row" valign="top">After two and half
years of work and more than $10 million, Southwestern’s Alma Thomas
Fine Arts Center reopens this weekend – just in time for a flurry of
holiday performances.
<p>The renovations included a complete makeover of the Alma
Thomas Theatre, which was originally built in the 1950s. The theatre
was totally gutted and rebuilt to provide additional storage space, a
real orchestra “pit” and all new seats, in addition to new lighting and
sound systems. Handicapped access has been improved throughout the
theatre.</p>
<p>To read the rest of the story, go <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=49">here</a>.</p>
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KING CREATIVITY AWARDS ANNOUNCED</th>
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<p>Is it possible to write and produce a play in 24 hours? Can
solar heat be used to operate a refrigerator?</p>
<p>These are just some of the topics students will explore thanks
to funding from the <br>
2007-08 King Creativity Program.</p>
<p>The King Creativity Program was started in 2000 with an
endowment provided by Southwestern alumnus W. Joseph “Joey” King. Each
year, the endowment fund supports up to 20 “innovative and visionary
projects” of enrolled students. This year, 11 projects were funded for
a total of $21,224.</p>
<p>To read the rest of the story, go <a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/cgi-bin/newsroom/article.cgi?id=48">here</a>.</p>
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<td scope="row" valign="top">Southwestern students Karin Arnhamn,
Christy Catlin, Sara Escjeda and Jon Jonse, led by Mary Grace Neville,
assistant professor of business and Paideia® professor, traveled to
Fort Worth Nov. 1-2 to participate in the 4th annual Ethics Debate
Match sponsored by the Texas Independent College Foundation. Out of 20
competing teams, the team placed fourth overall and second in their
division. This was Southwestern’s first time to place at the event.
<p>The students received two trophies as well as a $500 check for
Southwestern to conduct forums, debates and dialogue on campus about
business ethics and social responsibility. <br>
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<p>The redesign of Southwestern's Web site will get under way
next week with a three-day visit from White Whale Web Services, the
company selected to manage the site redesign process. Company
representatives will meet with selected student, faculty, staff and
alumni representatives throughout the day on Monday through Wednesday.
Two open sessions have been scheduled on Wednesday for anyone who would
like to drop by and provide input on what they think Southwestern's
next Web site should look like. The open sessions will be held from
noon to 1 p.m. and from 3-5 p.m. in the Dan Rather Room, which is
located in the back of the Commons.<br>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts presents the SU Wind Ensemble
in concert <br>
at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, conducted by Lois Ferrari. The program
will feature Galop from "Moscow Cheremushky" by Dmitri Shostakovich,
“Resting in the Peace of His Hands” by John Gibson, “My Jesus, Oh What
Anguish!” by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Wind Dancer” by Jared Spears and
“Dies Natalis” by Howard Hanson.<br>
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<td scope="row" align="left" valign="top">The Sarofim School of
Fine Arts will present the work of Southwestern’s choreographers and
dancers Nov. 15-16 at 7 p.m. in the newly refurbished Alma Thomas
Theater. Directed by Judy Thompson-Price, the Dance Repertory Theater
will feature different types of dance.
<p>This event is free and open to the public.</p>
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<p>The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Art, presents
American Modernist sculptor Bruce Beasley, exhibiting his latest
sculptures in bronze at the Fine Arts Gallery in The Alma Thomas Fine
Arts Center. The exhibit will be available from Nov. 1 through Dec. 9.
There will be a reception with the artist on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. in the
Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibition and reception are free and open to
the public.</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 a
feature story on Southwestern’s police department. </p>
<p>• <em>University Business</em> magazine included Southwestern
in an article about how some schools are finding ways to incorporate
the liberal arts into business programs. Read the article at <a
href="http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=895">http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=895</a></p>
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<p align="left"><strong>Aaron Prevots</strong>, assistant
professor of French, presented a paper titled "Transcribing Sacred
Moments: The Writer as Watchperson in Jacques Réda's Europes" at the
105th annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
conference. Prevots also has added MP3s and articles to his educational
web-site, "French through Songs and Singing" (<a
href="http://www.southwestern.edu/%7Eprevots/songs/">http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/songs/</a>),
which had 42,000 user "hits" in October.</p>
<p><strong>Carl Robertson</strong>, assistant professor of
Chinese, has had an article accepted by the Tamkang Review, a
comparative literature journal published in Taipei, Taiwan, titled,
"Untangling the Allegory: The Genuine and the Counterfeit in Xiyou
zhengdao shu (The book to enlightenment of the journey west)" to be
published in December. Roberston also was recently elected as board
member of CLTA-TX (Chinese Language Teachers Association - Texas),
facilitating language teaching in public, private and higher education
in the state of Texas. Board members serve for two years. Robertson
also recently participated in the ACS China Initiative Meeting held at
Rollins College in Florida on Oct. 20 to discuss ways in which
China-related programs can be coordinated among ACS schools, including
ideas for a China Center with services for faculty, students and
alumni. </p>
<p>Junior <strong>Justin Thurman</strong> presented his research
paper titled "The Printed Voice" at the 2007 Ohio Valley Shakespeare
Conference. The conference was held in Akron, Ohio, Oct. 11-13. Thurman
gave a podium presentation in the session titled "Appropriation and
Non-Shakespearean Renaissance Writing." Thurman received a grant from
the Mundy Fund in the maximum amount for travel and conference
expenses. The paper was the result of research done with <strong>Michael
Saenger</strong>, professor of English literature. The conference
attracted international scholars, and Thurman was the only
undergraduate presenting.</p>
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