Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.

Athletic conferences affiliated with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) commit significantly more major recruiting violations than non-BCS conferences. That’s one finding of an article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision (JSAS), released this month by MTSU’s Sport Management Program. The journal also features articles on social problems in Major League Baseball, the effectiveness of product endorsements by athletes, and much more. Dr. Colby Jubenville, co-founder and publisher of JSAS, says, “This issue will be a landmark event in turning the attention of the sport management academy toward serving the practitioner population of the sport industry, and we believe that its revolutionary approach to scholarship will continue to attract cutting-edge research that can make a difference in sport institutions everywhere.”

Read the articles and/or their whitepaper summaries online at www.jsasonline.org. Contact Jubenville at 615-898-2909.
jubenvil@mtsu.edu

Collegians who care about cancer

Junior Samantha Nichols has started “Colleges Against Cancer” at MTSU, an organization affiliated with the American Cancer Society. Nichols, an organizational communication major from Jackson, is recruiting students, faculty and staff to help educate the campus community about cancer-related issues. “I really wanted to start this organization because everybody in some way has been affected by cancer,” Nichols says. “I have had an uncle and a grandmother pass away from cancer, and two cousins have fought it and beat it.” According to 2007 figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 24 percent of adults in Tennessee smoke cigarettes compared to the national average of 19 percent. Forty-one percent of Tennessee students in public high schools smoke cigarettes.

Contact Nichols at 731-499-1505.
sln2t@mtsu.edu

I’ll take “I know that answer!” for $1000, Alex!

The three-member Omicron Delta Kappa honor society team, titled the “Leaders Circle,” bested 10 other four-person teams from across the MTSU campus to capture the Scotty Tucker Memorial Quiz Bowl recently. Omicron team members Rachel Simes, Merranda Holmes and Gina Logue, received $175 for their first-place finish. The team from the student newspaper Sidelines, comprised of Michael Stone, Chris Martin, Tiffany Gibson and Alicia Wilson, finished second and earned $100. Third-place honors went to the Honors College I team of Shannon Murphy, Jarett McCall, Mattie Ragland and Rebekah Horton. Omega Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma fraternity and Phi Kappa Phi honor society co-sponsored the Quiz Bowl.

Contact Randy Weiler of MTSU News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.
jweiler@mtsu.edu

TR EXTRA

GREEN IS UNIVERSAL.--Water testing, computer demonstrations, and rock and fossil identifications are all part of MTSU’s celebration of Earth Day, today, April 22, with events in the Kirksey Old Main building. From 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., students in Dr. Warner Cribb’s Geology 4000 class will conduct 100 free geochemical analyses of metals in drinking water in the MTSU inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry lab. Dr. Clay Harris will identify fossils and rocks from 4-6 p.m. in Room 300. Also from 4-6 p.m., faculty members will explain the use of computers to identify environmental problems in the Global Information Science Lab (Room 308). The Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” will be shown at 6 p.m. in Room 452. After the film, Drs. Jim Henry and Melissa Lobegeier will facilitate a question-and-answer session. All events are free and open. Media welcomed. For more information, contact Dr. Mark Abolins at 615-494-4210 or mabolins@mtsu.edu.

DIDN’T OLE HANK SING ABOUT A LOST HIGHWAY?--Megan Akerstrom, an MTSU master’s candidate in public history, will present the final springtime Community Heritage Lecture sponsored by the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area at 7 p.m. tomorrow, April 23, at the Heritage Center, 225 West College St. Akerstrom will talk about the history of the Dixie Highway system, its impact on Rutherford County and the highway remnants that still can be seen today. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the center at 615-217-8013 or send an e-mail to jbutt@mtsu.edu.

TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE--The late feminist author Audre Lorde said about sexual assault, “Your silence will not protect you.” That’s why MTSU students, faculty and staff will speak out through today, April 22, during the June Anderson Women’s Center’s annual Clothesline Project activities. The Clothesline Project uses T-shirts with messages that protest violence against women. These shirts will be displayed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through today on the Keathley University Center knoll. For more information, contact the Women’s Center at 615-898-2913.

PEDAL PUSHERS--The 3rd annual Tour de Boro, a Century Cycling Event sponsored by the MTSU Department of Recreation and Leisure Services, is slated for Saturday, April 25. There are three routes—16.5 miles, 31 miles, and 57.5 miles. All routes are along scenic, low traffic back roads winding through southern Rutherford County. Onsite registration on the day of the event is $35 beginning at 6 a.m. For more information, contact Crystal Barnett at 615-491-4398.

GET A CLUE!--MTSU is expanding its popular CSI: MTSU four-day program for students entering the 10th, 11th and 12th grades in Rutherford and surrounding counties. This year’s event is slated for June 16-19. The goals of CSI: MTSU are: to allow students to explore many unique career possibilities in forensic science; to provide a “real life” reasons to tackle higher level math and science courses; and to develop skills in teamwork, seeing and understanding details, critical thinking and presentation skills. The student investigators will be presented with a re-creation of an actual crime scene. Each student is trained in the fundamental processes of collecting evidence, including DNA, fingerprints, hair and fibers, simulated blood spatter, and shoe prints. For more information or to register, call 615-898-2462 or send an e-mail to eshockle@mtsu.edu.

DESIGN FOR LIVING--Sixth-grade students from Reeves-Rogers Discovery School will visit the MTSU Interior Design Program on a walking field trip today, April 22. They will see how math in design professions, such as interior design, architecture, and engineering is applied in the real world. The youngsters are slated to arrive at 9:15 a.m. between the Ellington Human Sciences Building and the Ellington Human Sciences Annex. For more information, contact Dr. Janis Brickey at 615-898-5724 or jbrickey@mtsu.edu.