SHSU
Update For Week Of Dec. 3
Basketball Toy Drive To Benefit
Good Shepherd Mission
Fans who bring a new unwrapped, unopened toy to the Bernard
G. Johnson Coliseum for any of SHSU’s three pre-Christmas
men's and women's basketball games will receive half-price
admission during the teams’ Holiday Toy Drive.
The Holiday Toy Drive, which will be held during the Dec.
6, Dec. 17 and Dec. 22 games, will benefit the Good Shepherd
Mission in Huntsville.
"The Bearkat Athletic Department and Good Shepherd Mission
are happy to partner together to help our community in this
worthy cause,” said SHSU athletics director Bobby Williams.
“We are excited to offer area fans this opportunity
to get into the Christmas spirit while enjoying three great
basketball games.”
The Good Shepherd Mission will have a van outside the main
entrance of the Johnson Coliseum on game day with a collection
box for all toys.
Everyone who donates a toy will be given a voucher to redeem
at the ticket window for half price admission. Each person
must bring a toy to receive the half price admission, according
to athletic development coordinator Bobby Jordan.
Regular admission price to each game is $6, or $3 for those
who bring a toy.
The Bearkat men’s team will play Loyola-Marymount on
Wednesday (Dec. 6) at 7 p.m. and Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Dec.
22 at 7 p.m. The women’s team will play Centenary on
Dec. 17 at 5 p.m.
"Each one of the three contests matches our teams against
a top NCAA Division I opponent,” Williams said.
“Loyola-Marymount was a finalist in last year's West
Coast Conference tournament, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee was an
NCAA tournament participant with a 22-9 record,” he
said. “On the women's side, our past two meetings with
Centenary have been decided by last minute baskets. These
are three great games that we know the fans will enjoy."
The Good Shepherd Mission helps underprivileged children during
the holiday season who might not otherwise have an enjoyable
Christmas, Jordan said.
For more information, call Jordan at 936.294.3443 or visit
www.gobearkats.com.
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Rec Sports To Provide Finals
Relief
The Department of Recreational Sports will give students
some alcohol-free study relief, as well as a quiet place to
prepare from finals by opening the Health and Kinesiology
Center on Monday (Dec. 11).
Finals Relief, which will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight,
will include food, prizes and massages.
“This time of year, students are looking for stress
relievers, and we want to offer them a positive way to relieve
stress,” said Tina De Ases, assistant director for wellness
programs.
Students who need a study break can take aerobic classes,
color pictures, play games or watch funny movies, all of which
Rec Sports will be hosting or providing.
Students who need a quiet place to study can also seek refuge
in the HKC, and a limited number of computers for students
to use throughout the event will also be provided, De Ases
said.
“We have quiet study rooms and group study rooms for
people who just need somewhere to study but also want to be
close enough to some action to take a break when they need
it,” De Ases said.
The event will be held in conjunction with the Alcohol
Abuse Initiative.
For more information, contact De Ases at 936.294.3658 or tdeases@shsu.edu.
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History Professor’s
First Book Gets Published
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| The cover illustration of Bruce's recently-published
book comes from an early-20th Century postcard found by
Joe Gannon, managing editor of TheWildGeese.com, in an
antique shop in New York City. |
A book detailing the motivations and experiences of Irish-American
volunteers in the Union Army during the Civil War has received
rave reviews.
Assistant professor of history Susannah Bruce’s first
book, “The Harp and the Eagle:
Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865,”
was published in November by New York University Press.
"Walt Whitman's famous caveat that anyone writing on
the Civil War will never get the ‘real war’ into
the books does not hold true for Susannah Bruce's ‘The
Harp and the Eagle,’” said Randall M. Miller,
history professor at Saint Joseph's University.
“With remarkable sensitivity and acuity she goes digging
among the personal and public accounts of the Irish soldiers
in the Union army to find and reveal a variegated and vigorous
Irish commitment to and understandings of the Union cause,
Irish ‘nationality,’ faith, and honor, among several
topics she essays,” he said. “Much has been written
about individual Irish regiments, but until now no one has
entered the larger compass of the Irish experiences in the
war.”
The 320-page book is grounded in extensive research in soldiers’
and civilians’ letters and diaries from U.S. and Irish
archives, as well as church, military, and diplomatic records,
and community newspapers.
It has been called “the first to offer a sweeping study
of their service and the ideology behind (the Irish involvement
in the war),” according to the book’s summary.
“The Harp and the Eagle” can be purchased for
$22 for paperback or $70 for hardback through the Amazon,
Barnes
& Noble, or NYU
Press Web sites.
Bruce has also written “Hood’s Texans: A History
of the Texas Brigade and Southern Society in the American
Civil War,” which is under contract with Louisiana State
University Press and is expected to be published in 2008,
as well as served as editor for the book “Ethnicity
in the American Civil War,” under contract with the
University of Nebraska Press and expected to be published
in 2007.
For more information or a complete summary of the book, visit
Bruce’s Web site, at http://www.shsu.edu/~his_sub/harpeagle.htm.
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Internationally-Known Specialist
To Discuss Math
Nira Dyn, a distinguished professor from Tel-Aviv University
in Israel and an internationally-known specialist in the area
of applied mathematics, will discuss "Subdivision Schemes
for the Refinement of Geometric Objects" on Thursday
(Dec. 7).
The lecture, part of the department of mathematics and statistics’
"Seminar in Applied and Constructive Mathematics"
series, will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Lee Drain Building Room
418.
During the event, Dyn will review the theory of linear stationary
subdivision schemes and its applications in geometric modeling.
“The first part is concerned with ‘classical’
schemes refining control points,” said mathematics professor
Yuliya Babenko. “The second part reviews subdivision
schemes refining other objects, such as compact sets and nets
of curves.”
Currently a visiting professor in Rice University’s
computer science department, Dyn works in the area of numerical
analysis, computer aided geometric design, and multivariate
approximation.
The lecture is open for all students.
In addition, refreshments will be served at 3 p.m. in LDB
419 for students to meet and speak with Dyn, Babenko said.
For more information, contact Babenko at 936.294.4884 or babenko@shsu.edu.
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Music Ends Semester On High
Note
Two ensembles of student musicians will give the School
of Music’s final performances of the fall semester beginning
on Tuesday (Dec. 5).
On that day, the Raven Brass Quintet will present a variety
of works written specifically for the instruments at 7:30
p.m. in the Recital Hall.
Coached by assistant professor Randy Adams, trumpet, the recital
will include works such as Victor Ewald's “Quintet No.
1 in B-flat Major,” as well as Leonard Bernstein's “West
Side Story,” arranged for brass by Jack Gale.
The Raven Brass Quintet is comprised of Edgar Jaime and Jason
Robb, trumpet; Justin Lewis, horn; Stephen Buescher, trombone;
and Casey Tucker, tuba.
On Wednesday (Dec. 6), the Piano Collaborative class will
present a variety of piano duets and quartets, as well as
works for instruments with the piano, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Recital Hall.
This will feature many students from the School of Music,
all of whom have been coached by Ilonka Rus, a piano faculty
member.
Among the 10 pieces scheduled for the recital are “Polka”
by Josef Low, “Three’s A Crowd Rag” by Joyce
Grill, “Symphony op.67 No. 5” by Ludwig van Beethoven,
“Un Petite Suite” by Claude Debussy and “Overture
to the Nutcracker Suite” arranged by Beatrice Miller.
Both concerts are free to the public.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Exhibit To Display, Give Away
‘Pie’
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| Jennifer Guest's "There's a World
Outside Your Own Misshapen Head," a 22 inch by 30
inch work on paper in colored pencil and acrylic, will
be on display in the LSC Gallery through Dec. 18. |
Senior art major Jennifer Guest will be exhibiting and giving
away “Free Pie” during her exhibit in the Lowman
Student Center Art Gallery beginning Monday (Dec. 4).
The eight-piece exhibit of paintings and drawings will include
her “Hair Pie” and “Squid Pie,” which
are referenced in the name of her exhibit, as well as "There's
a World Outside Your Own Misshapen Head," a piece on
paper in colored pencil and acrylic that measures 22 inches
by 30 inches, she said.
“My work is influenced by outsider art, Surrealism,
and the American vernacular,” Guest said.
As an incentive for people to attend, free pie, the dessert,
and drinks will be served during her reception, on Thursday
(Dec. 7). The reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the
LSC Gallery.
The exhibit will run through Dec. 18.
For more information, contact Gayle Bullard, LSC reservations
coordinator, at 936.294.1760 or bullard@shsu.edu.
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Graduating Seniors
To Exhibit Works
Graduating art majors will reveal their paintings, drawings,
photography, jewelry, mixed media, animation and graphic design
portfolios beginning Dec. 7 in the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery.
The Graduating Senior Exhibit will be held through Dec. 16,
when a reception will be held following the commencement ceremony.
The reception, expected to begin around noon, is open to the
public, and refreshments will be served, according to slide
librarian Debbie Davenport.
The exhibit will feature Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates,
who will receive degrees in studio art, graphic design and
photography.
The Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, located in Art Building F, is
open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.
For more information, call the art
department at 936.294.1317 or visit http://www.shsu.edu/~gallery/.
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Ag Student Earns Spot At ‘Prestigious’
Internship
SHSU agriculture major Asha Govia will be spending her spring
semester in Lexington, Ky., after recently being accepted
into the “very competitive and prestigious” Kentucky
Equine Management Internship program, according to assistant
professor of biology Justin Williams.
Govia was one of 29 who was selected nation-wide, from an
“unusually large number of applications” for the
class, according to her acceptance letter.
She is also the first SHSU student to be admitted to the program,
Williams said.
The KEMI program “is dedicated to improving the opportunities
for college students wishing to pursue an interest in the
field of equine management,” that integrates academic
studies with practical experience, leadership and responsibility
according to the organization’s Web site.
The 22-week program, held on a Central Kentucky horse farm,
is offered two times each year, once during the spring breeding
and foaling season and once during the fall sales and yearling
breaking and training season.
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Jennifer Gauntt
Dec. 3, 2006
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