SHSU
Update For Week Of Oct. 1
AAI To Explain How Alcohol,
Sex Is ‘Risky Combination’
National statistics show that 400,000 students between the
ages of 18 and 24 have had unprotected sex while intoxicated,
and more than 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and
24 report having been too intoxicated to know if they even
consented to having sex, according to the College Drinking
Task Force.
To address possible consequences of mixing alcohol and sex,
the Alcohol Abuse Initiative will host “Risky Combination,”
on Tuesday (Oct. 3), from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lowman
Student Center Mall Area.
“Alcohol can increase a person's libido and make them
more outgoing, but it will decrease a person's ability to
make good sexual decisions,” said Michelle Lovering,
AAI member and health programming coordinator for the Student
Health Center. “In addition to having unplanned sexual
encounters and putting themselves at risk for sexual assault,
while intoxicated, they may not even have the ability to use
a condom correctly.”
The event will include an activity to simulate the difficulty
of using protection while intoxicated, and participants will
be given “condom compacts,” which are containers
designed to protect the “protection” from punctures
and damage that can make them ineffective.
The compacts have a message to remind students that mixing
alcohol and sex is a risky combination, according to Lovering.
“Unprotected sex can lead to sexually transmitted infections,
including HIV, and can lead to an unplanned pregnancy, all
outcomes that can greatly affect one’s ability to pursue
an education,” she said.
The event is part of the AAI’s Six Weeks of Alcohol
Awareness Training program, an educational series aiming to
increase awareness of alcohol abuse issues among students.
Through SWAAT, students earn prizes by attending events, which
accumulate as students attend more programs.
For more information, contact Lovering, at 936.294.4347 or
mlovering@shsu.edu,
or visit the AAI Web site at http://www.shsu.edu/aai.
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Caricatures To
Be Exhibited In Walker Center
The works of Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias will be on
display in the Katy and E. Don Walker, Sr. Education Center
Exhibit Gallery Oct. 3 through Nov. 26.
Considered one of the foremost Mexican artists of the 20th
Century, Covarrubias was a social critic who drew caricatures
that provide a window into the social, cultural and political
milieu of the 1920s and 1930s America.
His works and celebrity caricatures have been featured in
“The New Yorker” and “Vanity Fair”
magazines.
A true Renaissance man, Covarrubias also made important contributions
to the disciplines of anthropology and archaeology and to
the creative fields of dance and theater.
As an anthropologist, he documented a vanishing way of life
on the Indonesian island of Bali.
He was also an expert in indigenous Mexican art and culture,
amassing with his wife Rosa a private collection of considerable
historical breadth and artistic quality, according to the
Web site for the Texas Council for the Humanities, which loaned
the exhibit to the Sam Houston Memorial Museum.
He died in 1957.
An exhibit opening reception will be held on Friday (Oct.
6), from 6-8 p.m. in the Walker Education Center’s Atrium.
For more information, call the Sam
Houston Memorial Museum at 936.294.1832.
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Music To Give ‘An
American Salute’
The SHSU Symphony Orchestra will salute America with a number
of patriotic songs, as well as a song arranged by former School
of Music chair Fisher Tull, on Saturday (Oct. 7) at 7:30 p.m.
at University Heights Baptist Church.
Conducted by director of orchestral studies Carol Smith, “An
American Salute” will feature songs such as John Williams’
“Summon the Heroes,” written to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the modern Olympic games in 1996 in Atlanta,
Ga.; New York City native Morton Gould’s “An American
Salute;” and “From Sea To Shining Sea,”
with special guest conductor School of Music chair Mike Bankhead.
What is “likely the premiere” of Tull’s
arrangement of George Gershwin’s “Love Is Here
To Stay” will also be performed by the orchestra and
will be dedicated to the memory of Isaiah William Ray, a May
2006 SHSU graduate and former principal trombone of the SHSU
symphony and wind ensemble who died on Aug. 6, according to
Smith.
In addition, music faculty members Kristin Hightower, soprano,
and Christopher Michel, baritone, will perform during Gershwin’s
“Porgy and Bess,” which will be conducted by faculty
member Allen Hightower, and faculty member Sergio Ruiz will
accompany Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
on the piano.
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and non-SHSU
students, and free for children under 11, as well SHSU faculty,
staff and students.
University Heights Baptist Church is located at 2400 Sycamore
Ave.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Chamber Musicians To
Give ‘Winded’ Recital
The School of Music faculty musicians will present four
selections during the Woodwind Faculty Chamber Recital on
Tuesday (Oct. 3).
The concert, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital
Hall, will feature faculty member Kathy Daniel playing flute,
Spring Hill playing oboe, Patricia Card playing clarinet,
Scott Phillips playing bassoon, and Scott Plugge, playing
saxophone, as well as special guest Jay Whatley playing piano.
Featured pieces will include Paul Harvey’s “Trio,”
a lighthearted work for flute, clarinet and saxophone; Dan
Welcher's “Mill Songs,” for oboe and bassoon,
based on melodies written by Schubert, according to Card.
In addition, Ch. Koechlin’s “Epitaphe de Jean
Harlow, Op. 164,” a “wonderful work for flute,
saxophone and piano” and Jean Francaix's “Quartuor,”
featuring the flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, will also
be played.
The recital is free and open to the public.
For more information, call the School
of Music at 936.294.1360.
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Animator To Discuss
Gaming Design
Migo Wu, a senior animator with Farsight Studios, will discuss
his contribution to the company’s most recent video
game titles, as well as introduce some of the methods he uses
to generate texture maps for the PlayStation Portable, Xbox
and PlayStation 2 as a speaker for the SHSU animation program
on Monday (Oct. 2).
The lecture will be held from noon to 2 p.m. in Farrington
Building Room 213.
Wu, who previously worked as the lead texture artist at Artifacts
Entertainment on the MMO Horizons, will explain some of the
intricacies involved in designing the HUD, the interface used
by the player, for a game as well as video editing for game
cinematics.
Farsight Studios, an experienced developer of video games
on many different platforms that has been in business since
1988, has produced such games as Pinball Hall Of Fame for
Crave, ESPN NFL Primetime 2002 for Konami, and NASCAR road
racing for Electronic Arts.
In addition, the company developed the NCAA '98 and '99 series
for EA Sports, which won the Editor's Choice Award from PC
Gamer magazine, and was honored as runner-up Sports Game of
the Year at the 1999 Game Developers Conference.
Farsight Studios’ football games alone have sold over
two million units worldwide.
For more information, contact David Dawson, assistant professor
of art and animation, at 936.294.3200 or dsd002@shsu.edu.
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Activities To Increase
Cancer Awareness
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Program
Council and several sororities on campus will host a week
full of events to “remember those who have suffered
from breast cancer and to spread and encourage awareness,”
according to PC president Catie Duhon.
Activities slated for the week include a kick off on Sunday
(Oct. 1) that will include tying ribbons on trees around campus
and information and ribbon distribution on Monday by the PC,
Zeta Tau Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., at 11 a.m.
in the LSC Mall Area.
On Tuesday, a mini-breast cancer march will be held at 10:30
a.m. in the LSC Mall Area in remembrance of breast cancer
survivors and victims. Cake and pink lemonade will also be
served.
The events will be rounded out on Thursday with an ice cream
social at 3 p.m. in LSC Room 320.
“The social is for faculty and staff, and we will be
recognizing survivors of breast cancer as well as remembering
and paying tribute to the victims of breast cancer,”
Duhon said. “We hope that we can spread the importance
of breast cancer awareness and stress the importance of being
tested early.”
For more information, call the Program
Council at 936.294.1763.
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SAM Center Offers Grad School
Advice
On Tuesday (Oct. 3), the Student Advising and Mentoring
Center will host the second of three Graduate School Seminars.
The workshop will discuss the application timeline and hints
regarding letters of recommendation, writing a personal statement
and financial aid.
Time will also be reserved for a question and answer session.
The final grad school information night of the semester will
be held on Nov. 13.Space is limited, and students must call
or stop by the SAM Center to sign up.
For more information, e-mail Gerri Johnson at gerri@shsu.edu,
call 936.294.4444 or visit the SAM
Center, in Academic Building 4 Room 210.
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CJ Prof Studies
Prisons For ‘Global Encyclopedia’
Sam Houston State criminal justice professor Mitchel Roth
has a new book titled “Prisons and Prison Systems: A
Global Encyclopedia,” that tells you everything you
may need to know about prisons and more.
Roth’s study of prisons worldwide gives a glimpse of
important prisons, prison reformers, famous prisoners, prison
architecture, prisoner culture, and many other subjects.
“This book is dedicated to offering the most current
research available on all the prison systems in the world,
past and present,” Roth said, “there is no other
comparison book out there like this one.”
The body of the book consists of nearly 500 alphabetically
arranged, cross-referenced entries ranging in length from
a paragraph to several pages.
It also covers some writings by prisoners and prison employees,
prison museums, French prison slang from Devil’s Island,
and some prison argot/glossary/slang.
“The scope is impressive, covering everything from famous
prisons (Alcatraz), famous prisoners (Nelson Mandela), and
prison reformers (Dorothea Dix) to prison architecture (panopticon),
prison innovations (supermaximum prisons), prison terminology
(“parole”), prison slang (“shank”),
prison organizations (Amnesty International), and much more,”
according to Choice Reviews.
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McNair Scholars Present
At Research Conference
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| Eight McNair scholars recently presented
their research on the SHSU campus in preparation for conference
presentations later in the year. |
Eight students in the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate
Achievement Program recently presented their research to the
campus community in preparation for regional and national
conferences they will attend later in the year.
“As part of the McNair Program, scholars are required
to collaborate on a research project with a faculty mentor
and present it to the campus community at the end of the summer,”
said Lydia C. Fox, McNair program director.
Participating students included Karen Escobar, who discussed
“A Continuing Epidemic of Femicide in Juarez, Mexico:
Justice Not Served;” Perla Hernandez, who discussed
“English Language Learners’ Anxiety when Solving
Mathematical Word Problems;” Belen Polanco, who discussed
“Attitudes of South Texas Chicanos Towards Mexican Immigration
and the Minuteman Project;” and Angela Quebedeaux, who
discussed “Mock Jurors’ Expectation of Witness
Nervousness: Does the Yerkes-Dodson Model Apply?”
Other presenters included Andrea Shanks, who discussed “Adolescents’
Perceptions of Closeness to Grandparents from Divorced and
Non-divorced Families;” David Sweeten, who discussed
“Essence of the American Epic: Truth, Justice, and the
Homeric Way;” Jerry Westergaard, who discussed “The
Crash at Crush: A Media Event for the 19th Century;”
and W. Ryan Williamson, who discussed “ Molecular Genetic
Analysis Of Two Long-Lived Mutations In Drosophila Melanogaster.”
The McNair Program strives to prepare students for a doctoral
education, serving students from low-income families, first-generation
college students, and underrepresented minority students.
Faculty mentors for the program include Kimberly Bell, English;
Marc Boccaccini, psychology; Ted Brummel, biology; Tony DeMars,
mass communication; Margo Frasier, criminal justice; Marsha
Harman, psychology; Craig Henderson, psychology; Michele Richter,
criminal justice; and Jennifer Schulenberg, criminal justice.
For more information on the program, call 936.294.3279, e-mail
McNair@shsu.edu
or visit www.shsu.edu/mcnair.
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Jennifer Gauntt
Oct. 1, 2006
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