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Jamail to speak on Cuban baseball Sept. 4-5
Dr. Milton Jamail will deliver two talks on baseball in Cuba Sept. 4-5 at MSSU. The presentations are sponsored by Missouri Southern's Institute of International Studies as part of the "Cuba Semester" which focuses on the history, culture and contemporary life of the island nation. Both presentations are free and open to the public. Dr. Jamail will speak on the subject "Cubans and U.S. Professional Baseball, 1871 to 2003: From Esteban Bellan to Jose Contreras" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday Sept. 4 in Webster Hall Auditorium. This talk will focus on the contribution of Cuban players to professional baseball in the U.S. In 1871, Cuban-born Esteban Bellan became the first player from Latin America to play in the U.S. Jose Contreras, the most recent, made his debut with the New York Yankees in April 2003. Because most of the early Cubans were forced to play in the Negro Leagues the talk also will discuss the issue of the color line in baseball. It will also look at the period between 1947, when baseball was integrated in the United States, and the early 1960s, when the flow of Cuban players was cut off. The last part of the talk will look at recent defectors who have played in the major leagues. Milton Jamail also will speak on "Cuban Baseball: From Rebel Game to Revolutionary Baseball" at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 5, in Webster Hall Auditorium. This talk traces the evolution of baseball in Cuba from 1866 to the present. When baseball was first brought to the island by Cuban students returning from their studies at universities in the United States, it was seen as a "rebel game." Milton Jamail has published more than 200 articles or columns on baseball since 1989. Most are concerned with the increasing international nature of the game. He wrote Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball, published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2000. Dr. Jamail is currently a lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Texas.Dealership to make donation to Foundation
Joplin's R&S Chevrolet-Cadillac dealership is working to involve itself in efforts to benefit Missouri Southern. Having already made donations to help MSSU's Athletic Department and other areas on campus, the dealership has made an additional proposal regarding auto sales.Rob Robertson, President of R&S, says that for each vehicle purchased in September and October by any member of the student body, faculty/staff or MSSU Lionbackers, the dealership will donate $100 to the Missouri Southern Foundation. The Foundation oversees charitable giving for MSSU efforts.
Active Living Seminar Friday, Sept. 12
Robert Sweetgall, who has walked across America 7 times and written 17 books on walking and health, will present an "Active Living Seminar" at MSSU on Friday, Sept. 12. Individual sessions will include such topics as "Walking to Lose Weight and Reduce Heart Disease Risk" and "Using Pedometers" along with a stride across the MSSU campus. The seminar is sponsored by Kinesiology and the Campus Wellness Office. For information, contact Pat Lipira at ext. 9573 no later than Sept. 9. Look for information in next Friday's "Accents!"
Film Festival features "eight from eight"
The 42nd Annual International Film Festival's 2003-04 season will feature eight motion pictures from the same number of countries. Included will be the works of such celebrated filmmakers and performers as David Lean, Jean-Pierre Melville, Harold Lloyd, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard and Marcello Mastroianni. Films scheduled to run are as follows:
- Sept 16: The Freshman, a delightful silent comedy with Harold Lloyd as an overly ambitious boy, from the U.S.A.
- Sept. 30: Brief Encounter, David Lean's deeply-felt love story adapted from Noel Coward's screenplay, from England.
- Oct 14: Bed and Sofa, Abram Room's masterpiece of intimate relations, minutely observed, from Russia.
- Oct. 28: Bell 'Antonio, Mauro Bolognini's sex comedy/satire featuring Marcello Mastroianni, from Italy.
- Feb. 24: To be announced.
- March 9: Les Enfants Terribles, Jean-Pierre Melville's eloquent study of a complex combative relationship, from France.
- March 23: Angi Vera, Pal Gabor's award-winning portrait of a naïve but earnest young woman, from Hungary.
- April 6: Summerskin, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's intense depiction of a dying man and his friend, from Argentina.
Dr. León on Newsmakers
MSSU President, Dr. Julio León, will discuss the new academic year in an upcoming Newsmakers interview program. Dr. León will reflect upon Southern's achieving University status. He also will talk about the changes and opportunities involved, including the statewide mission for international education and development of graduate programs. Newsmakers may be seen at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3 on KGCS-TV. It will also air at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 6 on KOAM-TV and at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12 on KOZJ-TV.
Cuba photos on display through Friday, Sept. 19
An exhibit of photos from Cuba, City on the Edge of Forever, will take place at the Spiva Art Gallery of MSSU from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Monday through Friday through Sept. 19. Mary Katherine Crabb, University of Oklahoma, John Sleezer, The Kansas City Star, John Couper, Pittsburg State University, and David Locher and Andy Tevis, Missouri Southern, took the exhibit's photos. Crabb's photos, all taken in Havana and Santiago, Cuba in 1997-98 have previously been exhibited at Emory and Mercer universities in Atlanta. Sleezer and Kansas City Star sportswriter, Wright Thompson, visited Cuba earlier this year for a special section on Cuban baseball in the paper's sports section. Couper and Locher have made two recent trips to Cuba and Tevis, director of photography for the MSSU student newspaper, The Chart, accompanied the MSSU Alumni Association on a trip to the island nation in December, 2002 and January of this year. The exhibit is free and open to the public.Support the Redbirds!
If you're a St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan, be sure to stop by the KGCS-TV table at the Campus Organizational Fair this Friday. Judy Stiles, station manager, says the station is holding a contest to give away tickets. Two people will win a set of tickets (2 each) for the Saturday, Sept. 6 Cardinal baseball game against Cincinnati. The contest is open to faculty, staff and students. Be sure to watch the Cardinals on KGCS as they battle for the Central Division title and a position in the post-season playoffs!
Passion for the Ivories to air in coming days, weeks
"Passion for the Ivories," a 30 minute documentary of the 2002 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, will be broadcast on the following stations in the near future:
- Saturday, Aug. 30, 5:30 a.m., KOAM
- Monday, Sept. 8, 5:30 p.m., KGCS
- Wednesday, Sept. 10, 5:30 p.m., KGCS
- Friday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m., KOZJ
- Sunday, Sept. 21, 2:30 p.m., Ozark Public Television (OPT)
The documentary reviews the activities of the 2002 competition, including concerts, Master Class and lecture-demonstration for area schools and competition rounds by pianists from around the world. Intense competition in both the Junior and Senior Divisions resulted in outstanding winners. Cash prizes of over $30,000 were awarded and the grand prize-winner Robert Henry presented a debut concert in Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City. The Competition is a nonprofit organization supported by contributions.
University Java Coffee Shop
Bottom Floor, Spiva Library
7:30 a.m.- 9:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday
Java, drinks, sandwiches, salads and more!
Program to feature legislative issues
Issues facing Missouri lawmakers will be featured in an upcoming edition of Missouri Legislative Update, airing on KGCS-TV. The program takes a look back at the bills passed during the past legislative session as well those vetoed by the Governor. It also takes a look ahead to the Veto Session of the General Assembly. Missouri Legislative Update will air at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 1 and at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3 on KGCS-TV. The program is produced by the Missouri Legislative Information Services in Jefferson City. Programming may be seen on UHF channel 57 and cable channel 7 in Joplin-Webb City.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Beverly Block, Business, presented a paper at the Association for Business Communication European Convention at the University of Lugano in Lugano, Switzerland, May 28-31. The theme for the convention was, "Communicating in Business: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World." The title of the paper was, "Teaching Soft Skills."
The first book written by Larry Cebula, Social Science, titled Plateau Indians and the Quest for Spirit Power: 1700-1850, has been nominated for the American Historical Association's Albert P. Beveridge Award. The prize is given annually for "a distinguished book in English on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada" which uses "new methodological or conceptual tools or that constitute significant reexaminations of important interpretive problems." The Beveridge is one of the most prestigious awards for American historians.
May Doll, Ticket Office, reminds all faculty/staff that tickets are on sale for the Renaissance Festival in Kansas City. The festival runs through Oct. 13, including weekends, Labor Day and Columbus Day. Prices are $10 for adults (almost $5 less than the gate price) and $5 for children (a $2 savings). The Ticket Office is located on the bottom floor of the Billingsly Student Center.
Gerrie-Ellen Johnston, Theatre, says her department is forming a touring Children's Theatre Company called " Show-Me Again" as a result of budget cuts in area school systems. Those cuts have eliminated funds to bus students to Children's Theatre shows at MSSU. She has submitted a grant for future funding and, so far, has booked 21 shows for approximately 3,500 children. Casts are being formed now. All interested parties, with or without experience, may inquire. A total of eight actors, 4 women and 4 men, are needed to rotate into two groups. Visit room 256 in Taylor Performing Arts Center or call ext. 3195 for more information.
William Huffman, Business Administration, made a presentation on August 6 entitled "Fluency Training as a Pedagogical Tool to Improve Performance of Undergraduate Students Enrolled in the First Financial Accounting Course" at the American Accounting Association's annual meeting in Honolulu.
Dewane Hughes, Art, is having a solo exhibition at the Olive DeLuce Gallery at Northwest Missouri State University from Sept. 8-Oct. 3, 2003. The exhibition will include a lecture Dewane and a reception on Sept. 8.
Richard Miller, Social Science, participated in the annual council meeting of the Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Atlanta, August 15-19. Richard is the Region VII representative, which includes Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
Richard Miller, Social Science, served as a judge on the Undergraduate Student Research Paper Competition at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Atlanta, August 16-19.
Jeremy Kushner, Music, recently performed a work for percussion and voice on the Musicology Lecture Series at the University of Florida School of Music.
Jeff Skibbe, 88.7KXMS, says an interview with former Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Larry Martin, reflecting on his 38 years at MSSC/U-J is available in streaming audio at www.mssu.edu/pages/kxms/Archival_Audio.htm. The radio broadcast of the same will take place in early September, but the DSL version may be more convenient for your schedule at work or home.
Amber Tankersley, Child Development Center, says the CDC has a limited number of child care openings for children ages 3 to 5 years old. Children must have turned three by August 1. The parent must be student, alumni or faculty/staff member. For more information, please contact Amber at 625-3178.
Ree Wells, Social Science, presented a roundtable with Norm Dolch, LSU-S, entitled "Outcomes of Internship Experiences" in the Section on Teaching and Learning at the American Sociological Association's annual meetings in Atlanta, Aug. 16-19.
For Sale: 1993 Honda Civic DX, 4 door. 83K miles. Very good condition, one owner. Runs great and gets excellent mileage. $4,000 or best offer. Call ext. 3061 or 626-9328.
For Sale: Antique Mason-Hamlin pump organ in good condition. Dated to 1876. Asking $400. Phone 417-782-5102 or ext. 9791.
Want to Buy: Good quality used keyboard with multiple functions, preferably with MIDI capability. Call ext. 9506.
For Sale: Three Items: Tan LazyBoy Queen Sleeper Sofa, $100; Riverside coffee and end table, $90 for the pair; Conn Alto Saxophone in good condition, $325. Contact Jeff Gibson at 623-0826.
