SHSU
Update For Week Of Jan. 29
Air Force Officer To
Discuss Terrorism
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Brig. Gen. Dana
A. Simmons |
Brig. Gen. Dana A. Simmons, director of the Air Force Office
of Special Investigations, will discuss the AFOSI’s
role in the war on terrorism on Feb. 6 in the Kerper Courtroom
of the George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center.
The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. and is expected to last for
one hour, with some time for questions following the presentation.
Simmons’ distinguished career includes service as vice
commander and now commander at AFOSI Headquarters at Andrews
Air Force Base in Maryland.
Previously, he has served as commander of AFOSI Field Investigation
Squadrons around the world and has filled a number of leadership
positions spanning 28 years of service.
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations has been the
Air Force's major investigative service since Aug. 1, 1948,
and is responsible for protecting the Air Force and Department
of Defense personnel and resources worldwide through its services.
The presentation is open to SHSU students, faculty and staff,
as well as members of the Huntsville community.
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Athletics Seeks Talented
Singers
The Sam Houston State Athletic Department is looking for
talented singers to perform the National Anthem at selected
Bearkat athletic events.
Tryouts will be held on Monday (Jan. 30).
If interested, contact Ashley Kees in the Bearkat Athletic
Marketing Office at 936.294.1729 to set up an appointment.
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Education Methods Block
Application To Open Feb. 1
The curriculum and instruction department will open online
applications for elementary and secondary education methods
blocks for the fall 2006 semester on Wednesday (Feb. 1).
Education students may apply through the SHSU
Web site by first clicking on the SamInfo
link, followed by the "Education
Students" link, the third block down on
the right side of the screen.
From there, students should select either “Elementary
Methods Application” or “Secondary Methods Application,”
and follow the instructions from there to complete the application,
according to curriculum and instruction secretary Susan Hayes.
In order for the application to be completed, students must
remember to select fall 2006 because the screen defaults to
the current semester, and all boxes must be completed or th
application won’t go through, Hayes said.
After the application is processed, the student will receive
an e-mail telling which sections that person should register
for.
For more information or help with the process, contact Hayes
at cai_sch@shsu.edu,
Charlene Crocker at csc001@shsu.edu
or call 936.294.1146.
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Theatre To Present Two
One-Act Plays
Senior theatre majors Rachel Saunders and Joshua Amyx will
direct two one-act plays Wednesday through Saturday (Feb.
1-4) in the University Theatre Center’s Showcase Theatre.
“The Lover” and “Zoo Story” will be
played at 8 p.m. nightly, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee.
“The Lover,” directed by Saunders, explores the
marriage of Sarah, played by Ashley Flatt, and Richard, played
by Jason Cochran, whose marriage has become such a sham that
they develop a fantasy life filled with mysterious lovers.
Or are these lovers fantasy? Playwright Harold Pinter keeps
the audience guessing in his play, which premiered on Sept.
18, 1961, at the Arts Theatre.
“Zoo Story,” directed by Amyx, tells the story
of a discontented loner, Jerry, played by Benjamin Solis,
and Peter, a well-to-do publisher played by Jon-Michael Hamman,
who strike up a conversation on a bench in Central Park.
Based on Edward Albee’s second play, which premiered
in Germany in 1959, the critically-praised story asks the
question, “How far can one be pushed until one’s
animal instinct is aroused?”
Stage managers for the performances are senior theatre majors
Ashley Simone, for “The Lover,” and Christie DeBacker,
for “Zoo Story.” Designers for both shows include
senior theatre major Marissa Marsh, costumes; sophomore theatre
major Greg Hall, sets; and senior theatre major Sheena Cooper
and sophomore theatre major Justin Beard, lighting.
Tickets are $8 for general admission. Children under three
will not be admitted, as the plays contain adult content.
For more information, or to make reservations, call the UTC
Box Office at 936.294.1339.
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Library To Help Students Cite
Right
The Newton Gresham Library will help students learn the
proper way to deal with “those pesky citations”
for research papers with a RefWorks Citation Workshop on Monday
(Jan. 30).
The first of many workshops that will be held this semester
will be held from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Newton Gresham
Library Room 157.
“RefWorks helps you organize and enter citations in
the format designated by your professional organization, journal,
or publisher,” said Ann Holder, director of library
services.
The program allows users to select one of 247 formats for
citations.
“Start using it when you're finding your citations and
at least the citing portion of the writing process will be
a breeze,” Holder said.
The workshop is open to all SHSU students, faculty and staff.
Other workshops for the semester are scheduled as follows:
Feb. 9, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Feb. 15, from 3-4 p.m.;
Feb. 21, from 4-5 p.m.; Feb. 27, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15
p.m.; March 9, from 1-2 p.m.; March 22, from 1-2 p.m.; March
27, from 2-3 p.m.; and April 4, from 4-5 p.m.
For more information contact Jeannie Colson at 936.294.4782
or 936.294.1599 or by e-mail at lib_vjc@shsu.edu.
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Local Artist To Reveal ‘Death
And Art’
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| This photo is one of many Barbara Sloan
will have on display at the Walker Education Center between
Feb. 1-26 for her exhibit, "Death and Art." |
Twenty years after taking pictures in an Italian cemetery,
local photographer Barbara Sloan will display those portraits
for the first time at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum’s
Katy E. Don Walker Education Center, beginning Wednesday (Feb.
1).
The exhibit, “Death and Art,” is a collection
of silver prints taken in 1986. A fashion photographer at
the time, Sloan was preparing to leave Italy to return home
to see her father, who was dying of cancer, when she found
Cimitero Monumentale.
Never having developed the pictures, Sloan recently found
the negatives in a closet and developed the black-and-white
images in her own darkroom.
The exhibit, which will run through Feb. 26 with the support
of the Huntsville Arts Commission, will be dedicated to her
father, H.W. Sloan, Jr.
The Walker Education Center, located at 1402 19th St., is
open Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
on Sunday, from noon to 4:30 p.m.
For more information call the museum at 936.294.1832 or visit
the museum’s Web site at http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/.
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February Filled With Card
Tourneys In Kat Klub
Texas Hold 'em will kick off another month of card tournaments
for the Kat Klub beginning Wednesday and Thursday (1-2).
A second Texas Hold’em tourney will be held Feb. 15-16,
followed by a Blackjack tournament on Feb. 22-23.
All tournaments are held at 5 p.m. in the Kat Klub, located
on the first floor of the Lowman Student Center.
Games are open to all SHSU students, faculty and staff, and
the winners of the Texas Hold’em tournaments go on to
compete in a tournament of champions held at the end of the
spring semester.
The Kat Klub is open Monday through Thursday, from 9:30 a.m.
to 8:30 p.m.; Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday,
from 1-5 p.m.; and Sunday, 3:30-7:30 p.m.
Participants are encouraged to sign-up ahead of time and may
do so by calling Gary Roark at 936.294.1722.
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‘Broken Blue’
Earns Morphew More Recognition
A poem by SHSU associate professor of English Melissa Morphew
was recently featured in the Winter 2005 issue of “Shenandoah:
The Washington and Lee University Review.”
“Broken Blue,” her poem, has appeared in “The
Georgia Review” and “Parnassas” and has
earned Morphew distinction by winning her the W.B Yeats Society
Poetry Award. She is also the recipient of a Tennessee Arts
Commission Grant.
Morphew’s books include “The Garden Where All
Loves End,” published by La Jolla Poets in 1997, and
“Fathom,” which is forthcoming in 2006 from Turning
Point Press.
Copies of “Shenandoah 55/3” may be purchased for
$10 at local booksellers or ordered directly from “Shenandoah,”
Mattingly House, 2 Lee Ave., Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, VA, 24450-2116.
Edited by R.T. Smith, “Shenandoah” has published
award-winning fiction, poetry, essays and interviews since
1950.
Work published in the magazine is regularly included in “The
Best American Short Stories,” “Prize Stories:
The O. Henry Awards,” “The Best American Essays,”
“The Best American Poetry,” “New Stories
from the South,” and “The Pushcart Prize: Best
of the Small Presses” annual anthologies.
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Press Book Leads Instructor
To Distinction (parsons06.jpg 150)
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David M. Parsons |
A book published by the Texas Review Press was one of the
factors resulting in a Montgomery College English instructor
receiving a unique honor.
David M. Parsons, whose book “Editing Sky” won
the 1999 Texas Review Poetry Prize, is the first-ever poet
laureate of Montgomery County and the only person to hold
the poet laureate designation in any Texas county.
Parsons has taught creative writing at Montgomery College
since 1996, has written and edited several books of poetry.
He is in the process of writing another book that will be
published by the Texas Review.
Over the last decade he founded and guided the Montgomery
County Literary Arts Council Writers in Performances Series,
bringing well over 100 of the most distinguished authors to
Montgomery College and other Conroe area venues.
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Jennifer Gauntt
Jan. 29, 2006
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