SHSU
Update For Week Of March 28
Physics Hosts Five-Planet
'Star Party'
The SHSU Physics Department, Society of Physics Students,
and the Huntsville Amateur Astronomy Society are hosting a
star party on Saturday (April 3) from 5:30-9 p.m.
Starting at sunset (6:30 p.m.), observers will be able to
see all five planets that can be seen with the naked eye -
something that won't happen again until 2036.
If the weather is cloudy, the star party will be postponed.
For the latest information on the status of the star party,
call 936.294.3664.
For a map to the SHSU Observatory, visit the SHSU Physics
Department Website.
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Student Government Sets
Academic Town Hall Meeting
On Thursday the Student Government Association is holding
its Annual Academic Town Hall Meeting at 6 p.m. in the back
half of the LSC Ballroom.
This is a chance for students to ask deans from their college
about present or future issues about their college. This is
also a chance for students to meet their deans and SGA officers
and senators.
There will also be food and prizes. For further information
contact the Student Government Office at 936.294.1978 or Armando
Lopez, Student Government Association caucus chair and senator
by email.
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Dance Company To Perform
‘Flight’
The Kista Tucker Dance Company will present its performance
of “Flight” from April 1-3 at the SHSU Dance Theater.
All performances begin at 8 p.m.
“Flight,” will be comprised of seven dances, including
the Korean War Veterans Memorial Project, “Forgotten
No More,” and has expanded since its first performance
last November to include two newly created sections.
The program also consists of group performance “Three
Faces of Woman,” solo performance “Fractured,”
quartet performances “In the Garden” and “Elvis,”
and duet performances “The Archetypes” and “Progress.”
Fractured, the solo performed by Tucker, who is an assistant
professor of dance at SHSU, utilizes five active coffee makers
that brew coffee on stage during the dance. This coffee will
be served to the audience after the concert.
“The title Flight represents the fact that KTDC is on
the move, traveling about the country, and definitely in motion.
Be prepared when attending the performance; there are vibrant,
full range flying dances, introspective works, and entertaining
“just fun” works that will leave the audience
fully satisfied—like a well composed meal,” Tucker
said.
The project is supported in part by a $26,500 grant from SHSU
Research Enhancement funds.
Tickets for the concert are $8 for general admission and $5
with an SHSU or senior citizen ID. For more information on
the Kista Tucker Dance Company or the concert, call 936.294.3525
or e-mail kista@shsu.edu.
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Art Auction To Honor
Retiring Professor
The SHSU Art Association and the Clay Club will honor art
professor Jimmy Barker at the 2004 Art Auction on Saturday
(April 3). Works to be auctioned will be available for previewing
from 5:30-7 p.m., with silent and live auctions beginning
immediately afterwards.
The event will be held at Richmond Hall, at 1029 12th St.
in Huntsville.
SAA and Clay Club members will raffle off jewelry made by
Barker, who will retire after the fall semester, according
to Sharon King, art assistant professor.
“It is a way for students and faculty to honor him and
show our appreciation for his many years of dedicated service,”
she said.
Featured artwork, including paintings, photography, ceramics,
drawings, sculpture, jewelry and printmaking, usually sells
from anywhere between $20 to $700, according to King.
Proceeds from the two- and three-dimensional artworks produced
by faculty and alumni will benefit the endowed art scholarship,
and proceeds from student artists will be divided, with 60
percent going back to the artist and 20 percent going to each
of the two sponsoring organizations.
“It all goes back to the students,” King said.
The auction is open to the public, and cash and checks will
be accepted for payment.
“We would love to have anyone come out who is interested
in purchasing art,” King said.
For more information, call the art
department at 936.294.1315.
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Crime Victim Services Career
Fair To Be Held April 1
Representatives from more than a dozen crime victim services
programs and agencies will be on hand to talk about their
roles as crime victim advocates and to answer questions at
the Crime Victim Services Career Opportunities Fair on Thursday
(April 1).
The event, sponsored by the Crime Victim Services Alliance
and the College of Criminal Justice, will be held from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Beto Criminal Justice Center.
A cross-section of programs representing the criminal justice
system on the state and local level, as well as private victim
assistance programs and membership organizations, will attend.
“This is a terrific opportunity for students in victim
studies, criminal justice, social work, psychology and other
helping fields to learn more about careers in crime victim
services,” said Raymond Teske, event organizer. “With
literally tens of thousands of victim advocates employed across
the United States, it’s a growing field looking for
sharp, committed men and women interested in working with
victims of crime.”
SHSU offers the only Bachelor of Art degree in victim studies
in the United States.
Participating agencies include: Texas Office of the Attorney
General; Crime Victim Compensation; SAAFE House; Department
of Public Safety, Victim Services; Disaster Mental Health
Services; Montgomery County Women’s Center, TDCJ Victim
Services; Arlington Police Department; Mothers Against Drunk
Driving, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Victim Services;
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Victim
Services; Children and Adult Protective Services; Texas Victim
Services Association, Harris County District Attorney’s
Office, Victim Services; and Texans for Equal Justice.
The purpose of the Crime Victim Services Alliance is to advance
knowledge and awareness of victim services as a movement and
a profession among students interested in the criminal justice
system, crime victim rights, and crime victim services.
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Alabama Professor To Discuss
Book On Tuesday
Amilcar Shabazz will discuss his latest book “Advancing
Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle for Access and
Equality in Higher Education in Texas” on Tuesday (March
30) at 6 p.m. in the Olson Auditorium, in Academic Building
4.
His book reveals how the development of black higher education
in Texas played a pivotal role in the challenge to Jim Crow
education nationwide.
In addition, Shabazz details the creation of the Texas University
Movement in the 1880s and credits the efforts of blacks who
fought for better resources for segregated black colleges
in the years before the Brown versus the Board of Education
decision.
Shabazz, co-editor of “The Forty Acres Documents: What
Did the United States Really Promise the People Freed from
Slavery?” is an American studies professor and director
of the African American studies program at the University
of Alabama.
The event, sponsored by the history
department, is open to the public. For more information,
call 936.294.1487 or 936.294.1491.
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Notable Scholars To Teach
Summer Classes In CJ
The College of Criminal Justice will bring two internationally-known
scholars to the SHSU campus this summer to offer courses in
correctional policies, comparative law, and criminal justice
systems.
Jess Maghan, a former assistant commissioner of corrections
in New York City and retired faculty member from the University
of Illinois in Chicago, will return to SHSU to teach a special
topics, graduate level class, CJ 694.04, entitled “Efficacy
Of Justice Agancies and Organizations” in the second
summer session.
Maghan has lectured throughout the world on correctional systems
and administration.
“I am looking forward to a ‘return engagement’
at Sam,” he said, “and to seeing some old friends
and former students.”
Mamdooh Abdelhameed, who is currently a legal advisor to the
Sharjah Police Department in the United Arab Emirates, will
teach a course on comparative legal systems, CJ 477.03, in
the first summer session and a course on comparative criminal
justice, CJ 361, in the second summer session.
A former police official in Egypt, who also taught at the
Police University in Cairo, Abdelhameed has written on issues
related to international crime, terrorism and police systems
in the Middle East.
Dean Richard Ward said the college is pleased to bring the
two, who will help broaden the summer course offerings, to
SHSU this semester.
“The courses that Dr. Maghan and Dr. Mamdooh will be
offering should be of interest to any students on campus who
wish to develop a better understanding of global issues related
to crime and justice,” he said.
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UT Chair To Speak On Thursday
King Davis, holder of the Robert E. Sutherland chair in
mental health and social policy at the University of Texas
at Austin, will deliver a talk entitled "The President’s
Commission and Cultural Competence: Promise and Reality"
on Thursday (April 1).
The event, sponsored by the forensic clinical psychology program,
will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Criminal Justice Center Courtroom.
Davis also serves as the executive director of the Hogg Foundation
for mental health at UT.
His most recent book is entitled "The Color of Social
Policy."
The event is open to all SHSU faculty, staff and students.
For more information, contact Donna Desforges, professor and
chair of the department
of psychology and philosophy at 936.294.1178 or psy_dmd@shsu.edu.
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Office Urges Students
To ‘Walk-In And Win’
To familiarize cardholders with its new location and with
the OneRewards program, the Bearkat OneCard Services Office
and financial partner, Higher One, will host a 'Walk-in and
Win' campaign throughout April.
Every cardholder who visits the OneCard office during the
month will be entered into a drawing to receive 1250 OneReward
points.
To participate students “simply visit the OneCard office
and swipe your OneCard,” according to OneCard Services
director Troy Voelker.
The Bearkat OneCard Services Office is open Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located Lowman Student
Center Suite 330.
The OneCard office serves as a site for making deposits into
students’ OneAccounts; card activation assistance; SHSU
refund management assistance; temporary card issuance for
damaged, lost, or stolen cards; and other card customer service
issues.
Faculty, staff, retirees and alumni can be redeem OneRewards
points for merchandise such as Pizza Pro pizza, gift certificates
to Lee Baron and CD players.
“Currently these redemption options are managed through
e-mail to Higher One,” Voelker said. “In April,
Higher One expects to see the first phase of the online redemption
center launch.
“This will allow cardholders to choose from an array
of items on the www.bearkatone.com
Web site.”
For specific questions about OneRewards, both from cardholders
and merchants interested in participating, call 936.294.2274.
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Health Center To Help Smokers
Kick The Habit
You have the power to stop smoking with the SHSU Student
Health Center’s Smoking Cessation Program, according
to Keith Lott, director of the Health Center.
The program, consisting of four weekly sessions, will kick-off
April 5-9 and is free to all currently enrolled students.
The program provides education, resources, and support for
those wanting to kick the habit.
For more information, contact the peer education office at
936.294.4347.
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Librarians To Be On Location
To Help Students
Grabbing a bite to eat at the Lowman Student Center?
Feed your mind with "Librarians on Location," research
assistance in the LSC from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesdays and 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
During this time, SHSU librarians will set up a portable reference
desk with wireless laptops, research handouts and promotional
information about Newton Gresham Library.
Students can stop by to receive assistance in finding sources
for papers and projects, learn how to navigate the library
Web site, use the library catalog to find books and get hands-on
help in searching the library's database to locate articles.
"The Newton Gresham Library is committed to finding better
ways to serve the SHSU community. ‘Librarians on Location’
is an outreach program designed to bring Library services
to the students where they congregate,” said Ann Holder,
director of library services.
“The idea is not only to answer questions and assist
in research, but to encourage students to go use library resources
and librarians as their primary sources of information."
“Librarians on Location" is located on the 3rd
floor of the LSC on Tuesdays evenings and on the ground floor
near the food court on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The program began on March 23 and will run into April. For
questions, call the NGL reference desk at 936.294.1599.
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Workshop Presents Comedy-Filled
Opera
The SHSU Opera Workshop will present “Too Many Sopranos,”
on April 2-3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
The opera tells the story of four divas who, upon arrival
in heaven, meet St. Peter and Gabriel at the “pearly
gates” and are informed that there are two many sopranos
in the heavenly chorus due to the fact that so many tenors
and basses are in hell.
After the divas audition, St. Peter struggles with a decision
and is reminded by Gabriel of the “redemption clause,”
which states if the sopranos go to hell and do a selfless
deed, they can bring back to heaven as many tenors and basses
as needed.
In the end, they all rejoice and vow to “never sing
opera again.”
The opera, commissioned and premiered by the Cedar Rapids
Opera Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2000, proves that
not all opera is high brow and humorless, according to Mary
Kay Lake, director of operatic studies.
“With its contemporary, yet engaging, music and broad
comedy, it is sure to entertain everyone in the family,”
she said.
Music for the comic opera was written by Edwin Penhorwood,
with libretto by Miki L. Thompson.
Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for student and
senior citizens and will be available at the door.
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Outdoor Recreation To
Take Trip To Central Texas
The Outdoor Recreation division of Recreational Sports will
host a Radical Reimers Weekend on April 3-4.
The mountain biking and sport climbing trip in Central Texas
will take place at the Reimers Ranch in Bee Cave, Texas, with
camping on Lake Travis and Pace Bend Park.
The sign-up deadline is April 1, with a pre-trip meeting at
5:30 in Health and Kinesiology Center Room 104.
The cost to attend is $65. For more information, contact Marvin
Seale, associate director of Outdoor
Recreation, at 936. 294.3656.
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Library Rounds Up Texas,
History Exhibit
From Sam Houston's birthday and Texas Independence Day on
March 2 to the anniversary of the Alamo's fall March 6 and
the Goliad Massacre on March 27, the month is filled with
historical events for the state.
To celebrate Texas and Texas History, the Newton Gresham Library
has displayed highlights of Texas heroes in the fight for
Independence as well as more recent notable Texans.
Also on display is the “Of Birds and Texas” oversized
bookplate featuring the state bird, the Mockingbird.
The exhibit will end March 31, and many display books are
available for checkout.
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news see the public relations Web page Today@Sam.
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SHSU Media Contacts: Frank
Krystyniak, Julia May,
Jennifer Gauntt
March 28, 2004
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