Monday, April 30, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Cyberslime

There are as many disadvantages as advantages to the permanence of information, correct or incorrect, in cyberspace. Dr. Larry Burriss, journalism, suggests that we try the following: “Do an Internet search for your own name. Look at how many people have exactly the same name as you. Then look at how much information has your name attached to it. It is not about you. That is information anyone could assume is about you, and they can do with it whatever they want, including spreading scurrilous stories about you that you have absolutely control over. It used to be that the only sure things were death and taxes. Now you can add to that list wrong information about anyone and everyone, including you.”

Contact Burriss at 615-898-2983.
lburriss@mtsu.edu

Lock your door. Take your keys.

Why do some college students have a more cavalier attitude toward safety than they did when they were living at home? Sarah Sudak, executive director, MTSU Housing Administration, says, “We consistently remind them that their residence hall room should be treated like their parents’ house. If they wouldn’t leave Mom’s or Dad’s front door unlocked when they ran to the store, they shouldn’t leave their residence hall room door unlocked either. We try to emphasize that we have provided a number of security features for their safety, but they are only as effective as they make them. If they don’t use them, they won’t work.”

Contact Sudak at 615-898-2860.
ssudak@mtsu.edu

There’s good news and bad news.

Confidence among Middle Tennessee consumers is in a slump. The overall Middle Tennessee Consumer Confidence Index from the MTSU Office of Consumer Research (OCR) fell from 319 in February to 278 in April, largely due to rising gas prices. “Even though it is expected that some consumers will forego smaller purchases (like eating out at restaurants), it remains to be seen if consumers will forego larger purchases, like cars and homes,” says Dr. Tim Graeff, director of the OCR. “Most local consumers (90 percent) expect their personal financial situation to remain the same or improve in the next 12 months, and perceptions of the local job market are strong and stable. In addition, those saying that the Middle Tennessee economy will be better in the next six months increased to 35 percent from 32 percent.”

Contact Graeff at 615-898-5124.
tgraeff@mtsu.edu

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SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

WE PAWS FOR THIS MESSAGE OF INTEREST.--MTSU’s Office of Student Organizations & Community Service will present the second annual See Spot Run at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 12, on campus. The 5K run/walk will give humans and their canine companions a chance to exercise at the same time. All proceeds, including entry fees, admissions, and sponsorships, will go to Habitat for Humanity. The goal is to raise the $50,000 necessary to sponsor a “blitz build,” an intensified construction effort, on campus. The entry fee is $15 before May 1 and $20 thereafter. Entry fees include T-shirts to the first 250 participants. Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. on race day at Peck Hall. Also, registration is available at http://www.mtalumni.com or 615-898-5812.

ALL THAT JAZZ--MTSU faculty and student ensembles are slated to perform at JazzFest 2007 May 4 and 5 on the public square in Murfreesboro. More than 20,000 people attended last year’s event, which is free and open to the public. Seven high school jazz bands from Rutherford County will entertain in the Friday evening segment. Middle and high school bands from Murfreesboro and Nashville also will play Saturday on the second stage along with rising saxophone sensation Chris West, an MTSU jazz studies graduate, and the Music City Swing Band. Louis Hayes will cap the festival Saturday with his Cannonball Legacy Band, reviving the great sound of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, with whom Hayes performed fro 1959-65. For more information, call 615-8995-1887 or go to http://www.mainstreetjazzfest.com.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Last night’s Demofest

There seemed to be a determination on the part of the Democratic Party candidates for president not to turn their town hall meeting (aired on MSNBC) into a circular firing squad last night. “I don’t think any of the candidates made major missteps,” Dr. John Vile, chair of political science, says, “I think Governor (Bill) Richardson did well by focusing on his experience as a governor and diplomat. (Sen.) Barack Obama was probably the most personable with references to ordinary citizens and his family. … I personally found (Sen.) Hillary Clinton’s voice to be somewhat grating, but I was impressed that she managed to get positive references to both Arkansas and New York (in). … I thought (former Sen. John) Edwards came across as a bit ‘slick,’ although he did get some details of his proposed war on poverty out.”

Contact Vile at 615-898-2596.
jvile@mtsu.edu

Safety first

While universities take a fresh look at their security procedures in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, college officials remind students that there are certain common sense steps they can take to enhance their own safety. Sarah Sudak, executive director of Housing Administration, says, “We consistently tell students to keep their keys with them at all times, keep their room doors locked even when they’re in their room, and use the peephole or adjacent window to view the visitor before allowing access. If they have an adjoining bathroom, we recommend they keep this door locked at all times. We recommend that they close and lock their windows when they leave the room or when they go to bed.”

Contact Sudak at 615-898-2860.
ssudak@mtsu.edu

We aren’t buying it.

It appears the tax-free weekend in Tennessee couldn’t come at a better time. Consumer confidence among consumers in Middle Tennessee declined in April 2007. The Middle Tennessee Consumer Confidence Index, compiled by MTSU’s Office of Consumer Research (OCR), is a poll of 437 randomly selected adult residents of Davidson, Rutherford and Williamson counties conducted the evenings of April 19 and April 24. Dr. Tim Graeff, director of the OCR, says, “It appears that negative feelings about the recent increases in gas prices have cast a pessimistic cloud over the mindset of local consumers. In fact, 53 percent of consumers say they expect to reduce their overall level of consumer spending due to the recent increases in gas prices. However, it is not clear if the higher gas prices will significantly stifle the growth of the local economy.”

Contact Graeff at 615-898-5124.
tgraeff@mtsu.edu

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SHOW THEM THAT SOMEBODY CAIRS.--Community Assistance for International and Refugee Students (CAIRS) will conduct a yard sale from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 28, at the St. Rose of Lima School gymnasium, 1601 N. Tennessee Blvd. in Murfreesboro. CAIRS is a not-for-profit organization that helps international students who are at MTSU on student visas or who have come to the U.S. permanently as refugees. Frequently, these students have no family support and work at minimum wage jobs to cover tuition with no money left over for health insurance or groceries. In the two short years CAIRS has been in existence, the fund has assisted MTSU students from India, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Turkey with small grants and loans. Donations will be accepted from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the gym. Volunteers are also welcome to pitch in and help. For more information, contact Karen Case at 615-427-9411 or kcase@mtsu.edu.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

WE PAWS FOR THIS MESSAGE OF INTEREST.--MTSU’s Office of Student Organizations & Community Service will present the second annual See Spot Run at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 12, on campus. The 5K run/walk will give humans and their canine companions a chance to exercise at the same time. All proceeds, including entry fees, admissions, and sponsorships, will go to Habitat for Humanity. The goal is to raise the $50,000 necessary to sponsor a “blitz build,” an intensified construction effort, on campus. The entry fee is $15 before May 1 and $20 thereafter. Entry fees include T-shirts to the first 250 participants. Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. on race day at Peck Hall. Also, registration is available at http://www.mtalumni.com or 615-898-5812.

ALL THAT JAZZ--MTSU faculty and student ensembles are slated to perform at JazzFest 2007 May 4 and 5 on the public square in Murfreesboro. More than 20,000 people attended last year’s event, which is free and open to the public. Seven high school jazz bands from Rutherford County will entertain in the Friday evening segment. Middle and high school bands from Murfreesboro and Nashville also will play Saturday on the second stage along with rising saxophone sensation Chris West, an MTSU jazz studies graduate, and the Music City Swing Band. Louis Hayes will cap the festival Saturday with his Cannonball Legacy Band, reviving the great sound of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, with whom Hayes performed fro 1959-65. For more information, call 615-8995-1887 or go to http://www.mainstreetjazzfest.com.

PULL!--As part of the Blue Raider Athletic Association’s ongoing renewal phase for current members, the BRAA will sponsor the Shooting for Scholarships clay target event at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at Big Springs Clay Targets south of Murfreesboro just off U.S. 41. Director Alan Farley says he is encouraging existing members to “renew and participate in the 110 percent club, giving 10 percent more than they did last year.” Farley says the BRAA, the Department of Athletics, and the Office of Alumni Relations are working to build chapters in surrounding areas, particularly Bedford, Cannon, Williamson, Davidson and Sumner counties. For more information about Shooting for Scholarships, call 615-898-2210 or go to http://www.goblueraiders.com.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Pickin’ and grinnin’

MTSU students in need of a study break can kick back with The Stones River String Band at 7 o’clock TONIGHT in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. The group includes students who are enrolled in a course on traditional music of the rural South taught through the McLean School of Music. Members of the band include Rebekah Weiler and Ben Bateson on banjo, Brian Vollmer on fiddle and banjo, Jessica Watson and Matt Petree on mandolin, Emily Cavender and Chandlin Ringgold on bass and Josh Philpott on fiddle and guitar. Instructors for the class are Paul Wells of the Center for Popular Music and Amy Macy, a professor in the Department of Recording Industry. The concert is free and refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Georgia Dennis at 615-898-5645.

Pull!

As part of the Blue Raider Athletic Association’s ongoing renewal phase for current members, the BRAA will sponsor the Shooting for Scholarships clay target event at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at Big Springs Clay Targets south of Murfreesboro just off U.S. 41. Director Alan Farley says he is encouraging existing members to “renew and participate in the 110 percent club, giving 10 percent more than they did last year.” Farley says the BRAA, the Department of Athletics, and the Office of Alumni Relations are working to build chapters in surrounding areas, particularly Bedford, Cannon, Williamson, Davidson and Sumner counties.

For more information about Shooting for Scholarships, call 615-898-2210 or go to http://www.goblueraiders.com.

All that jazz

MTSU faculty and student ensembles are slated to perform at JazzFest 2007 May 4 and 5 on the public square in Murfreesboro. More than 20,000 people attended last year’s event, which is free and open to the public. Seven high school jazz bands from Rutherford County will entertain in the Friday evening segment. Middle and high school bands from Murfreesboro and Nashville also will play Saturday on the second stage along with rising saxophone sensation Chris West, an MTSU jazz studies graduate, and the Music City Swing Band. Louis Hayes will cap the festival Saturday with his Cannonball Legacy Band, reviving the great sound of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, with whom Hayes performed fro 1959-65.

For more information, call 615-8995-1887 or go to http://www.mainstreetjazzfest.com.

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SHOW THEM THAT SOMEBODY CAIRS.--Community Assistance for International and Refugee Students (CAIRS) will conduct a yard sale from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 28, at the St. Rose of Lima School gymnasium, 1601 N. Tennessee Blvd. in Murfreesboro. CAIRS is a not-for-profit organization that helps international students who are at MTSU on student visas or who have come to the U.S. permanently as refugees. Frequently, these students have no family support and work at minimum wage jobs to cover tuition with no money left over for health insurance or groceries. In the two short years CAIRS has been in existence, the fund has assisted MTSU students from India, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Turkey with small grants and loans. Donations will be accepted from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the gym. Volunteers are also welcome to pitch in and help. For more information, contact Karen Case at 615-427-9411 or kcase@mtsu.edu.

DON’T WORRY! JOAN RIVERS WON’T BE THERE!--Some proud MTSU students and alumni will have a chance to find out what the “red carpet” experience is like tonight when the movie they helped to make is screened at the Nashville Film Festival. “My Name is Wallace,” written and directed by Dr. Bob Pondillo, electronic media communication, will be shown along with other short films at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 Theater, 3815 Green Hills Village Drive in Nashville. “Wallace” tells the story of a lonely, socially inept man who, in all innocence, reaches out for companionship without realizing the phone number he calls is a phone sex hotline. Contact Pondillo at 615-904-8465 or pondillo@mtsu.edu.

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE--The MTSU Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies will hold an open house from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Tom H. Jackson Building (formerly Alumni Center). The open house will be open to the campus community and the general public. Numerous posters will be on display regarding current research projects, student capstone projects and national student team competitions including NASA Moon Buggy, Solar Bike, Mini Baja, Space Elevator, Construction Management Competition and SAE Formula One. “The Lead Elimination Program and Concrete Industry Management program will have booths,” Sally Swoape of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies says. Also, a plug-in hybrid auto and other project vehicles will be on display. Media welcomed. Call Swoape at 615-898-5009 or send an e-mail to sswoape@mtsu.edu.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

WE PAWS FOR THIS MESSAGE OF INTEREST.--MTSU’s Office of Student Organizations & Community Service will present the second annual See Spot Run at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 12, on campus. The 5K run/walk will give humans and their canine companions a chance to exercise at the same time. All proceeds, including entry fees, admissions, and sponsorships, will go to Habitat for Humanity. The goal is to raise the $50,000 necessary to sponsor a “blitz build,” an intensified construction effort, on campus. The entry fee is $15 before May 1 and $20 thereafter. Entry fees include T-shirts to the first 250 participants. Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. on race day at Peck Hall. Also, registration is available at http://www.mtalumni.com or 615-898-5812.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Show them that somebody CAIRS.

Community Assistance for International and Refugee Students (CAIRS) will conduct a yard sale from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 28, at the St. Rose of Lima School gymnasium, 1601 N. Tennessee Blvd. in Murfreesboro. CAIRS is a not-for-profit organization that helps international students who are at MTSU on student visas or who have come to the U.S. permanently as refugees. Frequently, these students have no family support and work at minimum wage jobs to cover tuition with no money left over for health insurance or groceries. In the two short years CAIRS has been in existence, the fund has assisted MTSU students from India, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Turkey with small grants and loans. Donations will be accepted from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the gym. Volunteers are also welcome to pitch in and help.

For more information, contact Karen Case at 615-427-9411 or kcase@mtsu.edu.

Barry would have been proud.

Taylor Arnold Barnes, a junior chemistry/physics major and Honors College student from Jackson, Miss., has been named a winner of a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2007. This award is the first major success for the Honors College’s Undergraduate Fellowships Office. Goldwater scholarships are awarded to the nation’s top students in science, mathematics, and engineering. These awards also often serve as stepping stones to additional awards such as the Marshall and Rhodes scholarships. Barnes came to MTSU as a 15-year-old student. In March, he presented a poster paper on his research at the meetings of the American Chemical Society in Chicago. His key research advisors and mentors are Drs. Preston MacDougall and Gary Wulfsberg of the Department of Chemistry.

For more information, contact Michelle Arnold, coordinator of the Undergraduate Fellowships Office, at 615-898-5464.
marnold@mtsu.edu

We paws for this message of interest.

MTSU’s Office of Student Organizations & Community Service will present the second annual See Spot Run at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 12, on campus. The 5K run/walk will give humans and their canine companions a chance to exercise at the same time. All proceeds, including entry fees, admissions, and sponsorships, will go to Habitat for Humanity. The goal is to raise the $50,000 necessary to sponsor a “blitz build,” an intensified construction effort, on campus. The entry fee is $15 before May 1 and $20 thereafter. Entry fees include T-shirts to the first 250 participants.

Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. on race day at Peck Hall. Also, registration is available at http://www.mtalumni.com or 615-898-5812.

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DON’T WORRY! JOAN RIVERS WON’T BE THERE!--Some proud MTSU students and alumni will have a chance to find out what the “red carpet” experience is like tonight when the movie they helped to make is screened at the Nashville Film Festival. “My Name is Wallace,” written and directed by Dr. Bob Pondillo, electronic media communication, will be shown along with other short films at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 Theater, 3815 Green Hills Village Drive in Nashville. “Wallace” tells the story of a lonely, socially inept man who, in all innocence, reaches out for companionship without realizing the phone number he calls is a phone sex hotline. Contact Pondillo at 615-904-8465 or pondillo@mtsu.edu.

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE--The MTSU Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies will hold an open house from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Tom H. Jackson Building (formerly Alumni Center). The open house will be open to the campus community and the general public. Numerous posters will be on display regarding current research projects, student capstone projects and national student team competitions including NASA Moon Buggy, Solar Bike, Mini Baja, Space Elevator, Construction Management Competition and SAE Formula One. “The Lead Elimination Program and Concrete Industry Management program will have booths,” Sally Swoape of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies says. Also, a plug-in hybrid auto and other project vehicles will be on display. Media welcomed. Call Swoape at 615-898-5009 or send an e-mail to sswoape@mtsu.edu.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Don’t worry! Joan Rivers won’t be there!

Some proud MTSU students and alumni will have a chance to find out what the “red carpet” experience is like tonight when the movie they helped to make is screened at the Nashville Film Festival. “My Name is Wallace,” written and directed by Dr. Bob Pondillo, electronic media communication, will be shown along with other short films at 9 p.m. at the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 Theater, 3815 Green Hills Village Drive in Nashville. If you miss it tonight, it will be shown again at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. “Wallace” tells the story of a lonely, socially inept man who, in all innocence, reaches out for companionship without realizing the phone number he calls is a phone sex hotline.

Contact Pondillo at 615-904-8465.
pondillo@mtsu.edu

Welcome to the machine

The MTSU Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies will hold an open house from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Tom H. Jackson Building (formerly Alumni Center). The open house will be open to the campus community and the general public. Numerous posters will be on display regarding current research projects, student capstone projects and national student team competitions including NASA Moon Buggy, Solar Bike, Mini Baja, Space Elevator, Construction Management Competition and SAE Formula One. “The Lead Elimination Program and Concrete Industry Management program will have booths,” Sally Swoape of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies says. Also, a plug-in hybrid auto and other project vehicles will be on display. Media welcomed.


Call Swoape at 615-898-5009.
sswoape@mtsu.edu

A “teaching moment”

The Tennessee Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Center at MTSU has received from the Tennessee Department of Education a $2.5 million grant for three years to direct a statewide Math/Science Partnership Project. “The grant will provide high-quality professional development opportunities to high-school teachers of mathematics and science which are coherent with Gov. Phil Bredesen’s vision for mathematics and science learning,” project director Dr. Ray Phillips says. The most motivated teachers from across the state will compete for the opportunity to work with exceptional faculty from MTSU, UT-Knoxville, and the University of Memphis, as well as master teachers from across the state.

Media, contact Dr. Ray Phillips at 615-904-8573.
Interested teachers may request information through jcarter@mtsu.edu

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SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Requiem for a Hokie

Dr. Preston MacDougall, chemistry, lends his voice to the national chorus of support for the grief-stricken students, faculty, staff, and administrators of Virginia Tech. He singles out for acknowledgement a fellow scientist, Romanian-born engineering professor Liviu Librescu, whose body was laid to rest in Israel last week. Librescu, MacDougall says, “specialized in materials designed for unsteady aerodynamics, survived the Holocaust, and escaped a brutal Communist dictatorship. But, in what might have been his most heroic moment, his body’s life force was spent dissipating the chaotic whirlwind of hate that has sent shockwaves all around the world from the campus of Virginia Tech.”

Contact MacDougall at 615-898-5265.
pmacdoug@mtsu.edu

Sayonara, Sensei.

MTSU’s busiest one-man cultural and educational exchange society will have a somewhat smaller “to do” list as of June 2. Dr. Kiyoshi Kawahito, professor of economics and finance and director of the Japan-U.S. Program, will be feted at a retirement roast at 5 p.m. Monday, April 23, in the Tom Jackson Building. Kawahito is personally responsible for bringing Music from Japan, an exclusive annual tour of the finest practitioners of traditional Japanese music, to MTSU year after year. Not the least of his many contributions to the campus community is the establishment of partnerships with universities in Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.

Contact Jennifer Campbell, director of International Education and Exchange, at 615-898-5179.
jjcampbe@mtsu.edu

Willie, we hardly know ye.

Today is the 443rd anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth. But a report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni says only 15 or 70 institutions it studied require English majors to take a course on Shakespeare. The president of the council, Anne Neal, calls earning a bachelor's degree in English without the study of Shakespeare "tantamount to fraud." Dr. John McDaniel, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and an old buddy of The Bard, says he would echo Neal’s sentiments by quoting Polonius: “’Tis true, ‘tis pity, and pity ‘tis ‘tis true.’ And if that observation is not familiar to our students—along with so many more that make Shakespeare the spokesman not only for an age, but for all time—well, that’s a pity, too. One of the Bard's most ardent admirers, acclaimed critic Harold Bloom, has maintained that Shakespeare has given us not only the language, but also the psychological apparatus that uniquely ‘contains’ us as humans--indeed INVENTS us as humans, providing so much more than is dreamt of in our quotidian philosophies. Not required reading for all students claiming to be English majors? Pity.”

Contact McDaniel at 615-898-2534.
mcdaniel@mtsu.edu

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BLACK AND WHITE AND SHADES OF GRAY--Bruno Marcotulli and Brian Sparks, the fathers of the families in the 2006 FX television channel reality series "Black.White," will speak about their experience at 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, in Tucker Theatre. In the series, two American families--one black and one white--lived together under the same roof in Los Angeles. Makeup was applied to each participant to make white participants appear black and vice versa. Their observations about how they were treated in society as members of another race made for provocative and compelling viewing. "Black.White," which has been rescheduled from an earlier date, is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Black History Month Committee, the Student Government Association, and the National Panhellenic Council.Contact the Student Government Association at 615-904-8231.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

An artful start from the heart

“Start With the Arts” is a national educational approach which shows how the arts can be used as a bridge in communication, especially in education. Lori Kissinger, an instructor of speech and theatre, and about 25 MTSU students will host a festival for about 20 children with disabilities to demonstrate this approach from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in the Business and Aerospace Building. Registration will take place on the main floor, but most of the activities will take place on the second floor. The participants will be divided into five groups, and the groups will move between five experiences: dance, drama, music, visual arts and a fun time with snacks and games. Also, students will be able to sign a banner of sympathy and support which will be sent to Virginia Tech.

Contact Kissinger at 615-494-8772.
lkissing@mtsu.edu

Just wing it!

Kappa Delta will hold its fourth annual Wing Fling from noon until 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, on the MTSU campus. Thirteen restaurants, 10 fraternities, and four sororities will compete for the title of “Best Wings in the ‘Boro.” Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children in advance or $10 at the door. Attendees are invited to vote for their favorite wings. The judges will be Barb Ford, the Daily News Journal’s “Easy Way Gourmet;” Dr. Anantha Babbili, dean of the College of Mass Communication; and Mary Gollapalle, Babbili’s wife. Kappa Delta will provide drinks and desserts. Children’s activities, a silent auction, and a wing-eating contest are also slated. Eighty percent of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Exchange Club/Family Center. The remaining 20 percent will go to Prevent Child Abuse America.

Contact Sara Anne Culbertson at 615-424-9234
sac3d@mtsu.edu
or Grace Schettler at 931-212-7163.
gas2k@mtsu.edu

Enjoy the preview

Openings remain for the second of two MTSU Spring Preview Days, which will be held Saturday, April 21. Students and parents or guardians interested in attending Spring Preview Day are being directed to the Office of Admissions’ new registration system, Book-It-Now. Prospective students can schedule a visit at http://www.mtsu.edu/~admissn/tour by clicking on the “Schedule Campus Tours” hotlink.

Contact J. Christopher Fleming at 615-898-5670.

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BLACK AND WHITE AND SHADES OF GRAY--Bruno Marcotulli and Brian Sparks, the fathers of the families in the 2006 FX television channel reality series "Black.White," will speak about their experience at 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, in Tucker Theatre. In the series, two American families--one black and one white--lived together under the same roof in Los Angeles. Makeup was applied to each participant to make white participants appear black and vice versa. Their observations about how they were treated in society as members of another race made for provocative and compelling viewing. "Black.White," which has been rescheduled from an earlier date, is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Black History Month Committee, the Student Government Association, and the National Panhellenic Council.Contact the Student Government Association at 615-904-8231.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

THE KEILLOR CONNECTION--Recent MTSU graduates Rich and Andy Karg have been selected from 500 entries to perform Saturday, April 21, on National Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” The Nashville duo will compete against five finalists from around the country in the “People In (their) Twenties Talent Show.” The live broadcast will air locally on WPLN-FM (90.3) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The studio audience and listeners at home can vote during the show with host Garrison Keillor announcing the winner at the end of the broadcast. At-home listeners can vote online at http://www.prairiehome.org. Dr. Tom Hutchison, recording industry, submitted The Karg Boys to the contest. Hutchison describes their music as “a retro sound reminiscent of the Everly Brothers. Contact Hutchison at 615-898-5695 or thutchis@mtsu.edu.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Looking for love in all the wrong places

“My Name is Wallace,” an independent movie filmed in Murfreesboro and winner of numerous awards at film festivals worldwide, will be screened at 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, and at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Nashville Film Festival. “Wallace” tells the story of an odd, lonely socially challenged man who looks for love through a phone sex advertisement following the death of his mother. This funny, poignant film was written and directed by Dr. Bob Pondillo, an associate professor of electronic media communication at MTSU. Many members of the crew are MTSU students or alumni. “Wallace” has been entered in more than 270 film festivals, and it has been accepted by 38 of them.

To order tickets for the showing of “My Name is Wallace” at the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 Theater, 3815 Green Hills Village Drive in Nashville, go to http://www.nashvillefilmfestival.org. For more information about “My Name is Wallace,” go to http://mynameiswallace.com.

The Keillor connection

Recent MTSU graduates Rich and Andy Karg have been selected from 500 entries to perform Saturday, April 21, on National Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” The Nashville duo will compete against five finalists from around the country in the “People In (their) Twenties Talent Show.” The live broadcast will air locally on WPLN-FM (90.3) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The studio audience and listeners at home can vote during the show with host Garrison Keillor announcing the winner at the end of the broadcast. At-home listeners can vote online at http://www.prairiehome.org. Dr. Tom Hutchison, recording industry, submitted The Karg Boys to the contest. Hutchison describes their music as “a retro sound reminiscent of the Everly Brothers.

Contact Hutchison at 615-898-5695.
thutchis@mtsu.edu

Black and white and shades of gray

Bruno Marcotulli and Brian Sparks, the fathers of the families in the 2006 FX television channel reality series "Black.White," will speak about their experience at 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, in Tucker Theatre. In the series, two American families--one black and one white--lived together under the same roof in Los Angeles. Makeup was applied to each participant to make white participants appear black and vice versa. Their observations about how they were treated in society as members of another race made for provocative and compelling viewing. "Black.White," which has been rescheduled from an earlier date, is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Black History Month Committee, the Student Government Association, and the National Panhellenic Council.

Contact the Student Government Association at 615-904-8231.

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SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT--Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization. For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com. To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Views of Islam

“The emphasis on ‘headline events’ often means a predominant focus on the negative, sensational, violent. The ‘dark side’ of religion predominates over coverage of religion’s more transcendent and transformative aspects. … Most glaringly in recent years, Islam and Muslims have come to be viewed primarily through the lens of religious extremism and terrorism.” These are the words of Dr. John Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University, who will speak on “Islam and the West” at 7 o’clock TONIGHT in the State Farm Lecture Hall in the Business and Aerospace Building at MTSU. Esposito’s lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Middle East Center.

Contact Dr. Allen Hibbard at 615-494-8809
ahibbard@mtsu.edu
or Chantal Rich at 615-494-7906.
cfrich@mtsu.edu

Google this

Do you see what you think you see when you look at a satellite or aerial photograph of a given locality on Google? Actually, the company has not been using current images for its map files. Dr. Larry Burriss, journalism, says, “One of the disadvantages of new technology is that it makes it easier for someone to manipulate reality. And it’s not just the Internet. Every new technology—writing, the telegraph, movies and videotape—have made it easier for those with sinister purposes to change both the past and the present. So we just have to watch out for those who would give us their own version of reality, rather than the plain truth. It’s like Thomas Jefferson said—‘The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.’”

Contact Burriss at 615-898-2983.
lburriss@mtsu.edu

Smells like teen spirit

Your musically talented youngster could produce his or her own CD before he graduates high school. Ryan York, a 21-year-old MTSU student and teacher of guitar, bass and drums lessons, continues his recording workshops for kids ages 12-17. For a fee of $125 per student, the kids will be introduced to cassette four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording, and electronic music. All proceeds will help pay for the equipment. The next workshop classes are slated for May 10 through June 17 on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building at MTSU. Registration for these classes is in progress and will continue through April 30. The recording workshops are sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a function of Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities (YEAH!), a nonprofit Murfreesboro-based organization.

For more information about the workshops, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com.
To learn more about the Youth Culture and Arts Center, go to http://www.youthculturecenter.org.

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“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

A different take on the Don Imus controversy

For all the finger-pointing that has transpired following shock jock Don Imus’ dismissal by MSNBC and CBS Radio, why hasn’t anyone taken to task the hypocritical corporate executives who hired Imus in the first place? Dr. Bob Pondillo, electronic media communication, says if Imus deserves to be fired, CBS President Les Moonves and Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone should get the ax, too (Viacom is the parent company of CBS.). “These are the guys that put Imus on the air and kept him there for years as the goose that laid the golden eggs,” Pondillo says. “They KNEW what Imus was up to. They KNEW everything. Now, in typical management save-your-own-ass style, they back away and leave Imus hanging in the wind. Imus did not become Imus without the help and encouragement of top management. That’s one essential puzzle piece that’s not being talked about.”

Contact Pondillo at 615-904-8465.
pondillo@mtsu.edu

Hot enough for you?

The “Stop Global Warming College Tour” comes to MTSU TONIGHT with global warming activist Laurie David, co-producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. The event, which is open only to MTSU students, faculty and staff, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Murphy Center. Clips from “An Inconvenient Truth” will be shown, followed by performances by comedians and a question-and-answer session. There will be a press briefing with Laurie David and Sheryl Crow in the Kennon Sports Hall of Fame. Reporters, be advised that the briefing has been moved to 6 p.m. instead of 4 p.m.

Contact the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.

Because the night belongs to us

The June Anderson Women’s Center’s annual “Take Back the Night” event will begin at 5 p.m. TODAY on the Keathley University Center knoll at MTSU. The goal of the event is to raise awareness of unsafe conditions women face when they are alone on the streets at night. Marchers will embark from the knoll, circle the library, and return to the knoll, where speakers will voice their concerns at an open microphone and a candlelight vigil will be held.

For more information, contact the Women’s Center at 615-898-2193.
jawc@mtsu.edu

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“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

The horror of the Holocaust

Dr. Emanuel Tanay, internationally known forensic psychiatrist and homicide expert, will speak at MTSU at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, on “The Psychology of Genocide.” The lecture will take place in the State Farm Lecture Hall in the Business and Aerospace Building. This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the MTSU Holocaust Studies Committee. Tanay, his mother and his sister hid their Jewish identity when he was a boy in occupied Poland. In 1943, they escaped from Poland to Slovakia and from there to Hungary. They were liberated in January 1945. Subsequently, he became a post-war German government expert on Holocaust survivor syndrome.

Contact Dr. Nancy Rupprecht at 615-898-2645.
nrupprec@mtsu.edu

The agonies of aging

The MTSU School of Nursing will make continuing education units available for attendance at the “Best Friends: Person-Centered Care” conference Thursday, April 12, and Friday, April 13, at the St. Clair Street Senior Center, 325 St. Clair Street in Murfreesboro. This is the 13th in an annual series offering information and education for lay and professional caregivers in Middle Tennessee. The conference will address common, challenging behaviors in persons with dementia. There will be discussion of strategies to help families who may be in denial or reluctant to use elderly care services. The goal is to explore ways to help families and professionals care for loved ones in all the various phases of elder care.

Contact Linda Lawrence at 615-898-5950.
lawrence@mtsu.edu

The rigors of writing

Students in MTSU’s Individualized Writing Project (English 3990) can take part in the next edition of “Saturday Morning Live!,” a series of youth-oriented writing camps sponsored by the Middle Tennessee Writing Project. At 9 a.m. Saturday, April 14, in Room 104 of the Kirksey Old Main building, Angie Mitchell will speak on “How Long Does It Have to Be? Collaborative Writing to Build Student Academic Confidence.” Students also may attend the Youth Writers’ Camp in June to receive credit for the University 3001 Service Learning Practicum. The overall experience is a unique opportunity for education majors interested in learning more about the writing process.

Contact Dr. Trixie Smith at 615-904-8153
tgsmith@mtsu.edu
or Dr. Ron Kates at 615-898-2595.
rkates@mtsu.edu
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GET HEALTHY!--The MTSU School of Nursing Student Nurses Association presents the 2007 Health and Education Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Keathley University Center. The fair will feature nutritionists, vision screenings, live demonstration, STD information, HIV testing, psychologists and counselors, a bone marrow and blood drive, and much more. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., blood chemistry and cholesterol testing will be available at Student Health Services for a small fee. Co-sponsors are MTSU Multicultural Affairs, Faculty Senate Health and Wellness Committee, President’s Commission on the Status of Women Health and Safety Subcommittee, Health Services, and the Tennessee Office of Minority Affairs. Contact the School or Nursing at 615-898-2437 or Student Health Services at 615-898-2988.

STACKS OF WAX AND MOUNDS OF SOUND--WMTS-FM (88.3) will present its inaugural record convention featuring local and regional vendors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at the Holiday Inn, 2227 Old Fort Parkway in Murfreesboro. All proceeds from this vinyl show will benefit MTSU’s student-run radio station. Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, sheet music, and music memorabilia will be available, as well as door prizes from Cat’s Music and Lost Highway Record and celebrity appearances. This event is sponsored by Grand Palace Records in Murfreesboro and Grimey’s in Nashville. Admission is $3 per person. For more information, contact Davis Cox or Stan McCloud at 615-898-2636 or go to http://www.mtsu.edu/~wmts/recordshow/index.html, or write an e-mail to program@wmts.org or manager@wmts.org.

E.T. PREFERS REESE’S PIECES--A recent study of important American and British corporate mission statements shows that values have changed over time. Marketing also evolves. Lately, marketing professionals have become interested in written fiction--product placement is appearing in literature. Professor Mireille Hardy of the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, IUT Cherbourg Manche, will lecture on “Company Communication: From Mission Statements to ‘Fictomercials’” from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. TODAY in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building at MTSU. Hardy will present different forms of “fictomercials” and show how they fit with the new orientation of corporate mission statements. Contact the University Honors College at 615-898-2152.

THE BEST OF THE BEST--MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and the MTSU Alumni Association will present the fourth annual President’s Celebration of Excellence. The event will be held Friday, April 13, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The celebration, which is held each spring, honors students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the university for their outstanding accomplishments and service to MTSU. Various Student Government Association, Division of Student Affairs, Blue Raider Athletics, MTSU National Alumni Association, MTSU Foundation and Office of the President awards will be presented. For more information, call 1-800-533-MTSU (6878) or visit http://www.mtalumni.com.

GENDER AND RACE--Naomi Tutu, founder and former chair of the Tutu Foundation for Development and Relief in Southern Africa, will speak on “Building Gender Coalitions Across Racial Lines” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in MTSU’s Keathley University Center Theater. Tutu, the third daughter of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu and his wife, Nomalizo, speaks on South African issues to audiences across the U.S. Since 2003, Tutu has worked as the associate director of the Office of International Relations and Programs at Tennessee State University. Her awards include citations from the California General Assembly, the Boston City Council, the Kentucky branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Outstanding Youth Women of America, and an honorary doctorate from the Universal Orthodox College of Ogun State in Nigeria. This event is free and open to the public. Media welcomed. Contact the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193 or jawc@mtsu.edu.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Get healthy!

The MTSU School of Nursing Student Nurses Association presents the 2007 Health and Education Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Keathley University Center. The fair will feature nutritionists, vision screenings, live demonstration, STD information, HIV testing, psychologists and counselors, a bone marrow and blood drive, and much more. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., blood chemistry and cholesterol testing will be available at Student Health Services for a small fee. Co-sponsors are MTSU Multicultural Affairs, Faculty Senate Health and Wellness Committee, President’s Commission on the Status of Women Health and Safety Subcommittee, Health Services, and the Tennessee Office of Minority Affairs.

Contact the School or Nursing at 615-898-2437 or Student Health Services at 615-898-2988.

Stacks of wax and mounds of sound

WMTS-FM (88.3) will present its inaugural record convention featuring local and regional vendors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at the Holiday Inn, 2227 Old Fort Parkway in Murfreesboro. All proceeds from this vinyl show will benefit MTSU’s student-run radio station. Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, sheet music, and music memorabilia will be available, as well as door prizes from Cat’s Music and Lost Highway Record and celebrity appearances. This event is sponsored by Grand Palace Records in Murfreesboro and Grimey’s in Nashville. Admission is $3 per person.

For more information, contact Davis Cox or Stan McCloud at 615-898-2636 or go to http://www.mtsu.edu/~wmts/recordshow/index.html.
program@wmts.org
manager@wmts.org

Wide world of wisdom

In an age when people wonder “Is anyone in charge of the Internet?” and “Are there any global ethics?,” international legal, ethics, and compliance expert Tara Giunta will address the increasingly complex global media scenarios in which multiple cultures have different rules about media law, ethics, and gender. Her guest lecture is titled “Who Will Referee the Global Game: The Intersection of Culture, Gender, Law, and Ethics?” and will be presented from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. TODAY in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. Giunta is a partner in the Corporate Department of the global law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, resident in the Washington office. She represents companies before government agencies, including the International Telecommunication Union, the Federal Communication Commission, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of State.

For more information, contact Dr. Tom Cooper at 615-904-8281.
twcooper@comcast.net


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E.T. PREFERS REESE’S PIECES--A recent study of important American and British corporate mission statements shows that values have changed over time. Marketing also evolves. Lately, marketing professionals have become interested in written fiction--product placement is appearing in literature. Professor Mireille Hardy of the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, IUT Cherbourg Manche, will lecture on “Company Communication: From Mission Statements to ‘Fictomercials’” from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building at MTSU. Hardy will present different forms of “fictomercials” and show how they fit with the new orientation of corporate mission statements. Contact the University Honors College at 615-898-2152.

JUMPING THE HIGH HURDLES--Ten Middle Tennessee high school seniors who have overcome obstacles and become successful in life will be honored for their tenacity Tuesday, April 10, during the ninth annual Neill-Sandler Strive for Excellence Banquet at MTSU. The invitation-only event will start at 6 p.m. in the Tennessee Miller Coliseum’s Miller Room. The students, who have been nominated by their schools and school systems, have persevered through rough times. Despite their situations, they have performed well in the classroom and on their college entrance examinations and exhibited leadership skills in and out of school. Some have worked to assist themselves and family members financially. Scholarships will go to students from the county school systems of Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Rutherford, Warren, Williamson, and Wilson, as well as the Tullahoma City Schools. Contact Kippy Todd at 615-898-5756 or Randy Weiler of the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.

THE BEST OF THE BEST--MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and the MTSU Alumni Association will present the fourth annual President’s Celebration of Excellence. The event will be held Friday, April 13, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The celebration, which is held each spring, honors students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the university for their outstanding accomplishments and service to MTSU. Various Student Government Association, Division of Student Affairs, Blue Raider Athletics, MTSU National Alumni Association, MTSU Foundation and Office of the President awards will be presented. For more information, call 1-800-533-MTSU (6878) or visit http://www.mtalumni.com.

GENDER AND RACE--Naomi Tutu, founder and former chair of the Tutu Foundation for Development and Relief in Southern Africa, will speak on “Building Gender Coalitions Across Racial Lines” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in MTSU’s Keathley University Center Theater. Tutu, the third daughter of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu and his wife, Nomalizo, speaks on South African issues to audiences across the U.S. Since 2003, Tutu has worked as the associate director of the Office of International Relations and Programs at Tennessee State University. Her awards include citations from the California General Assembly, the Boston City Council, the Kentucky branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Outstanding Youth Women of America, and an honorary doctorate from the Universal Orthodox College of Ogun State in Nigeria. This event is free and open to the public. Media welcomed. Contact the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193 or jawc@mtsu.edu.

ON MY HONOR--MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma will induct 100 new members at 6 p.m. TODAY in Room 102S of the Business Aerospace Building. Tau Sigma is a national transfer student academic honor society. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the country who have transferred to MTSU with at least 24 hours and have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in their first semester at MTSU are invited to join. MTSU’s chapter also inducts members transferring from and enrolled in programs at various satellite campuses. This year, 50 students from other Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges will be inducted into the honor society. For more information, contact Dr. Virginia Donnell at 615-898-5728.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Monday, April 9, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

E.T. prefers Reese’s Pieces.

A recent study of important American and British corporate mission statements shows that values have changed over time. Marketing also evolves. Lately, marketing professionals have become interested in written fiction--product placement is appearing in literature. Professor Mireille Hardy of the University of Caen Basse-Normandie, IUT Cherbourg Manche, will lecture on “Company Communication: From Mission Statements to ‘Fictomercials’” from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building at MTSU. Hardy will present different forms of “fictomercials” and show how they fit with the new orientation of corporate mission statements.

Contact the University Honors College at 615-898-2152.

Jumping the high hurdles

Ten Middle Tennessee high school seniors who have overcome obstacles and become successful in life will be honored for their tenacity Tuesday, April 10, during the ninth annual Neill-Sandler Strive for Excellence Banquet at MTSU. The invitation-only event will start at 6 p.m. in the Tennessee Miller Coliseum’s Miller Room. The students, who have been nominated by their schools and school systems, have persevered through rough times. Despite their situations, they have performed well in the classroom and on their college entrance examinations and exhibited leadership skills in and out of school. Some have worked to assist themselves and family members financially. Scholarships will go to students from the county school systems of Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Rutherford, Warren, Williamson, and Wilson, as well as the Tullahoma City Schools.

Contact Kippy Todd at 615-898-5756 or Randy Weiler of the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.

The best of the best

MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and the MTSU Alumni Association will present the fourth annual President’s Celebration of Excellence. The event will be held Friday, April 13, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The celebration, which is held each spring, honors students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the university for their outstanding accomplishments and service to MTSU. Various Student Government Association, Division of Student Affairs, Blue Raider Athletics, MTSU National Alumni Association, MTSU Foundation and Office of the President awards will be presented.

For more information, call 1-800-533-MTSU (6878) or visit http://www.mtalumni.com.

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GENDER AND RACE--Naomi Tutu, founder and former chair of the Tutu Foundation for Development and Relief in Southern Africa, will speak on “Building Gender Coalitions Across Racial Lines” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in MTSU’s Keathley University Center Theater. Tutu, the third daughter of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu and his wife, Nomalizo, speaks on South African issues to audiences across the U.S. Since 2003, Tutu has worked as the associate director of the Office of International Relations and Programs at Tennessee State University. Her awards include citations from the California General Assembly, the Boston City Council, the Kentucky branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Outstanding Youth Women of America, and an honorary doctorate from the Universal Orthodox College of Ogun State in Nigeria. This event is free and open to the public. Media welcomed. Contact the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193 or jawc@mtsu.edu.

ON MY HONOR--MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma will induct 100 new members at 6 p.m. TOMORROW in Room 102S of the Business Aerospace Building. Tau Sigma is a national transfer student academic honor society. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the country who have transferred to MTSU with at least 24 hours and have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in their first semester at MTSU are invited to join. MTSU’s chapter also inducts members transferring from and enrolled in programs at various satellite campuses. This year, 50 students from other Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges will be inducted into the honor society. For more information, contact Dr. Virginia Donnell at 615-898-5728.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

BRICK BY BRICK--Each and every brick to be laid in the MTSU Veterans Memorial will represent the support of an entire community for the enlightenment and inspiration of future generations. The bricks may be reserved by all those who wish to honor a veteran or active-duty service member or merely acknowledge their support for the construction of a permanent on-campus memorial to MTSU faculty, students, staff and administrators who perished while serving their country. The bricks will be integrated into the overall memorial design. All proceeds will help to pay for the memorial, which will be an outdoor classroom that includes a wall with the names of the military personnel. To purhcase a brick with a memorial message, send a tax-deductible check of $150 payable to “MTSU Foundation—Veterans Memorial,” to P.O. Box 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. Credit cards also are accepted. Address any questions about brick purchases or donations to Robyn Kilpatrick at 615-898-5223 or rkilpatr@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Friday, April 6, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

The marketplace of ideas

What is a university? On traditional campuses, deans are apt to say something like “a university is a marketplace of ideas.” But Dr. Preston MacDougall, chemistry, says the buyer should beware when entering such marketplaces. MacDougall says, “Various accrediting agencies exist to set standards, but these can be just as diverse as the educational institutions themselves. In chemistry, the American Chemical Society certifies bachelor degree programs that meet its rigorous curriculum standards, which range from advanced theoretical coursework to hands-on experiences in laboratories with modern instrumentation. Not all universities have the faculty and/or equipment to offer such a ‘Professional Chemistry’ degree. Some students learn this the hard way.”

Contact MacDougall at 615-898-5265.
pmacdoug@mtsu.edu

Not exactly business as usual

Nearly 40 executives from the region will take over morning classes at MTSU TODAY for what has become one of the university's signature events linking textbook wisdom to the trenches of the real-world work place. The 16th Annual University Takeover/Executives-in-Residence program enables area CEOs, business owners, directors and managers to meet with 10:20 and 11:30 a.m. classes to share their experiences and answer questions from students on subjects ranging from job interviewing to climbing the corporate ladder. “The Executives-in-Residence program provides an opportunity for our students to interact with some very dynamic executives in Middle Tennessee and gives them a chance to see some of the theory they’re being taught in actual practice,” said Dr. Jim Burton, dean of the Jones College of Business.

Contact Burton at 615-898-2764 or Tom Tozer in the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.

Gender and race

Naomi Tutu, founder and former chair of the Tutu Foundation for Development and Relief in Southern Africa, will speak on “Building Gender Coalitions Across Racial Lines” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in MTSU’s Keathley University Center Theater. Tutu, the third daughter of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu and his wife, Nomalizo, speaks on South African issues to audiences across the U.S. Since 2003, Tutu has worked as the associate director of the Office of International Relations and Programs at Tennessee State University. Her awards include citations from the California General Assembly, the Boston City Council, the Kentucky branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Outstanding Youth Women of America, and an honorary doctorate from the Universal Orthodox College of Ogun State in Nigeria. This event is free and open to the public. Media welcomed.

Contact the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193.
jawc@mtsu.edu

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ANY LANDING YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM …--Captain Al Haynes had some 30,000 flight hours under his belt when he was at the controls of United Airlines Flight 232 en route from Denver to Chicago on the afternoon of July 19, 1989. But the number two engine failed, destroying all three of the plane’s hydraulic systems. Haynes managed to make an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport, but the plane broke up, killing 110 passengers and one crew member. Haynes’ skill in landing the plane, along with the help of a DC-10 instructor pilot who was on board, is credited with saving the lives of 175 passengers and 10 crew members. Al Haynes will speak on “Crisis Management and the Crash of United Flight 232” at 5 p.m. TODAY in MTSU’s State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business Aerospace Building. This event, presented by Women in Aviation, AHP, and the MTSU Flight Team, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Aerospace at 615-898-2788.

ON MY HONOR--MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma will induct 100 new members at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, in Room 102S of the Business Aerospace Building. Tau Sigma is a national transfer student academic honor society. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the country who have transferred to MTSU with at least 24 hours and have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in their first semester at MTSU are invited to join. MTSU’s chapter also inducts members transferring from and enrolled in programs at various satellite campuses. This year, 50 students from other Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges will be inducted into the honor society. For more information, contact Dr. Virginia Donnell at 615-898-5728.

ALL THAT JAZZ--Two MTSU faculty members will be among the featured composers for the second annual Jazz Writers Night with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra (NJO) TONIGHT. Trumpeter Jamey Simmons’ written works have been performed by groups ranging from the Glenn Miller Orchestra to the Rochester Philharmonic and the Buffalo Symphony Pops. He won the Best Arranger Award from Downbeat magazine in 2001 and 2002. Jim Williamson, an instructor at MTSU and the University of Tennessee, is director of the NJO. The founder of two high school jazz programs, Williamson has performed with a variety of artists ranging from Dinah Shore to B.B. King. There will be two shows, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., in the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall at Vanderbilt University. For ticket information, call 615-889-6335 or 615-322-7651.

TWINKLE, TWINKLE--Learn all about “White Dwarf Stars” at the MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy’s latest First Friday Star Party TONIGHT from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Wiser-Patten Science Building. Dr. Eric Klumpe will deliver a 30-45 minute public lecture followed by outdoor telescope observation, weather permitting. This event is free and open to the public. There will be free parking behind Wiser-Patten after 4:30 on Friday only. Contact Dr. Charles Higgins at 615-898-5946 or Dr. Eric Klumpe at 615-898-2483.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

BRICK BY BRICK--Each and every brick to be laid in the MTSU Veterans Memorial will represent the support of an entire community for the enlightenment and inspiration of future generations. The bricks may be reserved by all those who wish to honor a veteran or active-duty service member or merely acknowledge their support for the construction of a permanent on-campus memorial to MTSU faculty, students, staff and administrators who perished while serving their country. The bricks will be integrated into the overall memorial design. All proceeds will help to pay for the memorial, which will be an outdoor classroom that includes a wall with the names of the military personnel. To purhcase a brick with a memorial message, send a tax-deductible check of $150 payable to “MTSU Foundation—Veterans Memorial,” to P.O. Box 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. Credit cards also are accepted. Address any questions about brick purchases or donations to Robyn Kilpatrick at 615-898-5223 or rkilpatr@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Any landing you can walk away from …

Captain Al Haynes had some 30,000 flight hours under his belt when he was at the controls of United Airlines Flight 232 en route from Denver to Chicago on the afternoon of July 19, 1989. But the number two engine failed, destroying all three of the plane’s hydraulic systems. Haynes managed to make an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport, but the plane broke up, killing 110 passengers and one crew member. Haynes’ skill in landing the plane, along with the help of a DC-10 instructor pilot who was on board, is credited with saving the lives of 175 passengers and 10 crew members. Al Haynes will speak on “Crisis Management and the Crash of United Flight 232” at 5 p.m. FRIDAY in MTSU’s State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business Aerospace Building. This event, presented by Women in Aviation, AHP, and the MTSU Flight Team, is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact the Department of Aerospace at 615-898-2788.

On my honor

MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma will induct 100 new members at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, in Room 102S of the Business Aerospace Building. Tau Sigma is a national transfer student academic honor society. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the country who have transferred to MTSU with at least 24 hours and have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in their first semester at MTSU are invited to join. MTSU’s chapter also inducts members transferring from and enrolled in programs at various satellite campuses. This year, 50 students from other Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges will be inducted into the honor society.

For more information, contact Dr. Virginia Donnell at 615-898-5728.

Helo here

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter will fly into the heart of the MTSU campus TODAY. The chopper will land between 9:15 and 9:30 a.m. CST in the Keathley University Center knoll area and will remain there until about 2 p.m. CST. A climbing wall and a light armor vehicle also will be on site. MTSU’s Department of Military Science will have personnel available to talk about money for college through the ROTC, National Guard, and Army Reserve.

For more information, contact Maj. Chuck Giles at 615-898-2470.

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ALL THAT JAZZ--Two MTSU faculty members will be among the featured composers for the second annual Jazz Writers Night with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra (NJO) this FRIDAY. Trumpeter Jamey Simmons’ written works have been performed by groups ranging from the Glenn Miller Orchestra to the Rochester Philharmonic and the Buffalo Symphony Pops. He won the Best Arranger Award from Downbeat magazine in 2001 and 2002. Jim Williamson, an instructor at MTSU and the University of Tennessee, is director of the NJO. The founder of two high school jazz programs, Williamson has performed with a variety of artists ranging from Dinah Shore to B.B. King. There will be two shows, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., in the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall at Vanderbilt University. For ticket information, call 615-889-6335 or 615-322-7651.

TWINKLE, TWINKLE--Learn all about “White Dwarf Stars” at the MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy’s latest First Friday Star Party this FRIDAY from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Wiser-Patten Science Building. Dr. Eric Klumpe will deliver a 30-45 minute public lecture followed by outdoor telescope observation, weather permitting. This event is free and open to the public. There will be free parking behind Wiser-Patten after 4:30 on Friday only. Contact Dr. Charles Higgins at 615-898-5946 or Dr. Eric Klumpe at 615-898-2483.

LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING--Scholars Week at MTSU continues TODAY, when the College of Mass Communication and the College of Graduate Studies will showcase their scholarship. The festivities on tap for the celebration of academic excellence include talks, readings, performances, posters, multimedia performances, invited speakers and luncheons. Updates on details, including times and locations, may be found at http://www.mtsu.edu/~research/scholarsweek.html. Contact Dr. Andrienne Friedli at 615-898-2071 or afriedli@mtsu.edu.

TO TELL THE TRUTH--“Bioterrorism and the Corrosion of Truth in the Age of Enron: Ethics in the University and the Real World” will be the subject of the Ethics Conversation Hour from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. TODAY in the conference room on the second floor of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building at MTSU. Dr. Tom May of The Medical College of Wisconsin and Dr. Tom Cooper, MTSU’s Ethicist-in-Residence for the College of Mass Communication will lead the discussion with Tara Prairie, MTSU Compliance Officer, as the moderator. This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the College of Graduate Studies in conjunction with the MTSU Committee for the Responsible Conduct of Research. Contact Dr. Pam Knox at 615-898-5331 or
pknox@mtsu.edu.

THE CAMERA NEVER BLINKS--Documentarian Rory Kennedy, co-founder and co-president of Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc., will be this year’s Windham Lecturer at 5 p.m. TODAY in the State Farm Lecture Hall at MTSU. Kennedy’s most recent film, The Ghost of Abu Ghraib, recently premiered on HBO. Her films also have aired on A&E, MTV, Lifetime, Oxygen, Court TV, The Learning Channel, and PBS. Kennedy’s body of work tackles social issues including poverty, domestic abuse, drug addiction, human rights, AIDS and mental illness. Her human rights work includes the development of the Teacher Transfer Program between the U.S. and Namibia following her work at the Dobra Resettlement Camp. Contact the Events Coordination office of the College of Liberal Arts at 615-494-7628 for more information.

SPRING OUT!--MTSU’s Lambda Association will present its annual “Spring Out!” activities this week, and the media are welcomed. Comedian and political satirist ANT will perform at 7:30 p.m. TODAY in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the BAS. And the film “Imagine Me and You” will be shown at 8 p.m. FRIDAY in the Keathley University Center Theatre. For more information, contact Dr. Trixie Smith at 615-904-8153 or mtlambda@mtsu.edu.

“DIVERSE TALES FOR DIVERSE TOTS”--The Diversity Subcommittee of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women is requesting donations of children’s books about any aspect of diversity now through April 27. The books could be old or new and for any age group. Gift certificates from your favorite bookstore also are welcome. These donations will be presented to MTSU’s Project HELP Program to help build up its new Dede Rucker Memorial Library collection. You can drop off your donations at several on-campus locations, including the Sociology and Anthropology mailroom (Room 335 in the Todd Building), the Upper Division English office (Room 323 in Peck Hall), the June Anderson Women’s Center (Room 206 of the James Union Building), and the Study Abroad office (Room 103A of Peck Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Ida Fadzillah at 615-904-8275 or ifadzill@mtsu.edu.

BRICK BY BRICK--Each and every brick to be laid in the MTSU Veterans Memorial will represent the support of an entire community for the enlightenment and inspiration of future generations. The bricks may be reserved by all those who wish to honor a veteran or active-duty service member or merely acknowledge their support for the construction of a permanent on-campus memorial to MTSU faculty, students, staff and administrators who perished while serving their country. The bricks will be integrated into the overall memorial design. All proceeds will help to pay for the memorial, which will be an outdoor classroom that includes a wall with the names of the military personnel. To purhcase a brick with a memorial message, send a tax-deductible check of $150 payable to “MTSU Foundation—Veterans Memorial,” to P.O. Box 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. Credit cards also are accepted. Address any questions about brick purchases or donations to Robyn Kilpatrick at 615-898-5223 or rkilpatr@mtsu.edu.

GET INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS--The works of Kenda North are on display through April 19 in a photography exhibit titled “Urban Pools” at MTSU’s Baldwin Photographic Gallery. This exhibit is comprised of color Iris prints ranging in sizes up to 33” x 47”. The images were photographed underwater with a Nikonos 35mm camera. The original color negatives have been scanned and worked through Photoshop. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Exhibitions and lectures are free and open to the public. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the National Women’s History Month Committee. Contact Tom Jimison at 615-898-2085 or tjimison@mtsu.edu.