Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University
GRITS are good for you.
The GRITS Collaborative Project and MTSU invite you to participate in their 2010 forum from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The keynote speaker will be Lee Rennick, executive director of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce’s Business Education Partnership. Her address is titled “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.” Guest speaker Donna M. Inch, newly appointed Chairman and CEO of Ford Land, will discuss the importance of attracting and retaining women in the engineering and science pipeline. GRITS stands for Girls Raised in Tennessee Science. Its collaborative project brings together organizations and individuals committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The registration fee is $10. Students may attend for free.
Contact Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross at 615-904-8253.
jiriarte@mtsu.edu
“R” is for recovery.
Economists are prone to ask themselves whether the economic recovery will be a “V” shape (sharp rise upward) or an “L” shape (weaker, more of a plateau without further downturn). In an economic outlook presented to the Tennessee Gas Association in June, Dr. David Penn, director of MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center, said the most likely scenario would be a “check mark” shape with rapid decline followed by slow growth. Penn said a “W” shaped economy, indicative of a double-dip recession, is less probable, but the likelihood is rising. But here’s good news for people irked about American jobs going overseas. Penn writes, “Some manufacturers are discovering foreign plants are not the cost savers they once were.” He says this is attributable to quality control problems, intellectual property rights issues, transportation costs and a labor strike in China.
Contact Penn at 615-898-2610.
dpenn@mtsu.edu
Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from jail in Los Angeles early yesterday morning after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for probation violation. She is required now to spend at least three months in rehab. Dr. Larry Burriss, journalism, writes, “What’s interesting here is that no matter what they do, people who are famous today will continue to be famous, even if they try to escape their fame. Suppose, for example, that Lohan decides to figuratively drop off the face of the earth. Suppose she gets a real job and just goes to work each day like the rest of us. You can be assured that will generate a lot of news stories. After all, wouldn’t you think it interesting someone as rich as she is would work at a regular job?”
Contact Burriss at 615-898-2983.
lburriss@mtsu.edu
TR EXTRA
“A HEALTHY STATE ENCOURAGES MANY VOICES—AND LOTS OF LISTENING.”—HHS SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS--Expressions of confidence, faith, defiance, togetherness, satire and sobriety characterize the second edition of Voices We Haven’t Heard, a publication of MTSU’s June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students. The latest Voices is larger than last year’s edition, and it includes feminist poetry and prose nestled between glossy, colorful covers. Center Director Terri Johnson says the magazine empowers students by providing them with a creative outlet for their observations on racism, sexism, classism, homophobia and other forms of oppression. Voices We Haven’t Heard is free and available from the June Anderson Center in its new home, Room 320 of the Keathley University Center. For more information, call 615-898-5989 or go to www.mtsu.edu/jac.
I’M PLAYING WITH MY BOOKS, MOMMY.--“Books and Children in the 19th Century: A Small Portrait” is the theme of an exhibit on display now and throughout this summer in the fourth floor Special Collections area of MTSU’s James E. Walker Library. The purpose is to show the variety of ways children and the adults around them engaged with books in the 1800s and early 1900s. The works available for viewing are indicative of the children’s book as an object of moral and educational value. The idea behind the books is to teach values and build character. Entertainment techniques are employed strictly to attract the children and hold their interest. Highlights include several movable books, which are books that contain text or illustrations that the child can manipulate. Pop-up books are one such type of movable book. Many items in the display have never been exhibited previously. Call the James E. Walker Library at 615-898-2772.
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