Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Foleying around

Some members of Congress have suggested that the page system should no longer be under their purview or that the system should be done away with altogether because of the Mark Foley scandal. Dr. John Maynor, political science, was a page in 1986. He says, “Unfortunately, I think that the negative effects of the way the leaders of Congress have handled this affair will threaten the existence of the page program itself. To lose the page program would be a terrible loss for not only those young men and women who serve, but for the country as well … Pages go onto careers in law, public service, nonprofit (organizations), international aid, and academia, to name a few.”

Contact Maynor at 615- 494-8758.
jmaynor@mtsu.edu

“Fit for the Future”

Find out how to ensure a healthier experience at school for your children at the Tennessee School Health Coalition “Fit for the Future” conference Oct. 16 and 17 at MTSU. Musician Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, who heads an anti-bullying movement called Operation Respect, will deliver his message in music and words at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 17 at Tucker Theatre. Yarrow’s appearance will be free and open to the public. Other sessions scheduled for the conference include discussions of “How Schools Can Provide Daily Physical Education,” “Keeping Sales Up with Fat and Sugar Down,” and “School Health Services—It’s More than Just the Nurse.” Media welcomed.

For more information, contact Dr. Doug Winborn, health and human performance, at 615-898-5110.
jwinborn@mtsu.edu

Dynamism and sensitivity

Masaaki and Chikako Tanaka, two distinguished Japanese artists, will display their word from Monday, Oct. 16 through Friday, Nov. 3 in the Todd Gallery at MTSU. Receptions for the Tanakas are slated for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 16 an from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in the gallery. The receptions are free and open to the public. “(Masaaki Tanaka) is a master in the use of the paper stencil technique of screenprinting, the process by which colors and shapes are layered onto paper and coalesce, after many applications, into the finished image,” Dr. Lon Nuell, professor of art, says. By contrast, Nuell says Chikako Tanaka’s work is “fanciful, ethereal in some instances, suggesting the dream-like imagery of the surrealists.”

Contact Nuell at 615-898-5653 or 615-898-2505.
lrnuell@mtsu.edu

TR EXTRA

THE SWEET SMELL OF SCIENCE--Registration is open for the 2006 Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science. The conference for girls in grades 5-8 will be held from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, across the MTSU campus. Open to the first 300 girls who register, EYH will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on campus. To register, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/~EYH. Look for the registration button on the left side. Complete, print out, and mail the form to: Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, c/o MTSU EYH, P.O. Box X161, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 37132. REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13. For more information, contact Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross at 615-904-8253 or eyh@mtsu.edu or jiriarte@mtsu.edu

REAL MEN DON’T HIT WOMEN--Author and educator Rus Funk (spelling is correct) will deliver an address titled “What’s a Guy to Do?” from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. TONIGHT, Oct. 10, in the Keathley University Center (KUC) Theatre. Funk will talk about the effects of domestic violence, prevention strategies and educating men to be allies in this Domestic Violence Awareness Month event sponsored by the June Anderson Women’s Center and the student organization Women 4 Women. In addition, Funk will provide specific training for various groups in the campus community in a workshop from 4 p.m to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 in the KUC Theatre. The author of Reaching Men: Strategies for Preventing Sexist Attitudes, Behaviors and Violence, Funk is on the faculty of the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville and the Spalding University School of Social Work. Contact the Women’s Center at 615-898-2193 or jawc@mtsu.edu

CONCERT NUMBER TWO—The Austrian-Filipino pianist Aima Maria Labra-Makk will perform in the second event of the Presidential Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. TONIGHT in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 615-898-2493.

BEARING WITNESS--The “Silent Witness” exhibit in conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month will resume THROUGH WEDNESDAY and Oct. 23-25 on the second floor of the Keathley University Center. This powerful and effective display is intended to promote healing for the victims. It features blood red T-shirts, each of which is emblazoned with the story of a different domestic violence victim. One T-shirt tells the story of 26-year-old “Dorothy” of Murfreesboro, who was stabbed four times and left for dead by her boyfriend. The perpetrator, who had been charged previously with domestic assault, was tried on a charge of first-degree murder and convicted. For more information, contact the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193 or jawc@mtsu.edu