Current Issue: Volume 22 - Number 9 - September 29, 2006
Blue Railroad Train to play at Missouri Southern October 2
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The internationally known band Blue Railroad Train will play in concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2 in Webster Hall Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
Combine an American veteran bluegrass player and four top French musicians who share a common passion for traditional bluegrass and country music and you get Blue Railroad Train.
The repertoire is delightfully unpredictable and includes bluegrass and old-time classics as well as country, swing, and even rock’n’roll tunes. The band also has several original songs and instrumentals.
Blue Railroad Train brings a French touch to their music with French folk tunes, chansons de marin (sea shanties), Cajun songs, and even occasional French lyrics for American country standards. Members have played at festivals in Switzerland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom over the summer and can also be heard at concerts and clubs in the Paris area.
The appearance by Blue Railroad Train is sponsored by the Institute of International Studies at Missouri Southern State University and is part of activities in connection with the “France Semester” at MSSU.
Carthage Maple Leaf Bike Ride
The Carthage Maple Leaf Bike ride will take place on Saturday, Oct. 14. Proceeds will benefit Ruby Jack Trail. All types of bicycles are welcome, including recumbents.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Kellogg Lake Pavilion, located one mile east of Carthage on Highway 96. Start time is 8:30 a.m. Registration costs for the bike ride are as follows:
- 15 mile ride $20
- 30 mile ride: $30
- 50 mile ride $30
- 70 mile ride $30
- Family rate $65 (includes parents and their children under 16)
Those taking the 50 and 70 mile rides can enjoy a snack at Cooky’s Cafe in Golden City (not included in ride fee). For complete information, check out http://www.joplintrailscoalition.org/maple_leaf_bike_ride.htm.
Don’t miss the Kids’ Safety Rodeo, including tips on bicycle safety and ride around Kellogg Lake. Also on Oct. 14, don't miss the Carthage Maple Leaf Eat Out from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m at Kellogg Lake Pavilion. Bring a lawn chair and help cheer the riders in from the Carthage Maple Leaf Bike Ride. Choose from burgers and hotdogs for only $5.50 ($4.50 with paid ride registration).
For more information contact Christine Murphey (417) 358-5070 or Chip Curtis (417) 625-9714.
Caws to speak on Picasso this morning
Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French at the Graduate School of the City University of New York, will deliver a free lecture at 10 a.m. this morning, Friday, Sept. 29.
Her many areas of interest in 20th century avant-garde literature and art include Surrealism, poets René Char and André Breton, Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury group, and artists Robert Motherwell, Joseph Cornell, and Pablo Picasso.
Conceptually, one of her primary themes has been the relationship between image and text. Dr. Caws’ books include: Pablo Picasso (Critical Lives series); To the Boathouse: A Memoir; Marcel Proust (Illustrated Lives); Robert Motherwell with Pen and Brush; Virginia Woolf (Illustrated Lives); Joseph Cornell’s Theater of the Mind; and Picasso’s Weeping Woman: The Life and Art of Dora Maar.
Keck to speak on Satie, Poulenc Thursday
Dr. George Keck, chair of the Department of Music History and Literature and director of the Honors Program at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., will speak twice on Thursday, Oct. 5 at Missouri Southern State University.
* Dr. Keck will present “Before the Parade Passes By: Erik Satie and Musical Modernism” at 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 5 in Webster Hall Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
On 18 May 1917, during the darkest days of World War I for the French, Satie’s modernist ballet, Parade, premiered in Paris. With a scenario by Cocteau, sets and costumes by Picasso, choreography by Massine, and music by Satie, the work provoked the second Parisian musical scandal of the decade and established Satie’s reputation as the leader of the musical avant garde in France.
* Dr. Keck will speak on “Francis Poulenc: The Man, The Music, The Legacy” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 5 in Webster Hall Auditorium, prior to a concert of Poulenc's works..
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) ranks among the most important composers of the 20th century. Coming to prominence in 1920s Paris during a period of great social and cultural changes, he quickly established himself as one of the leaders of the circle that formed under the influence of Erik Satie. Virtually all of his compositions were performed in public during his lifetime, most to critical acclaim. Interpreters have also recorded and/or performed most of his work.
Poulenc was fortunate in forming his style early in his career, and, although he continued to develop and to refine that style to the last composition, he never really changed his basic approach. This lecture examines the influences that formed musical style in Poulenc’s compositions and reveals ways in which he fulfilled the goals for French art and culture.
Dr. George Keck was awarded a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Iowa and completed post-doctoral studies at Harvard University and Princeton University. Dr. Keck is the author of Francis Poulenc: A Bio-Bibliography and a frequent lecturer on French music, the composer Francis Poulenc, and 19th century American music.
Cifelli to perform works of Poulenc Thursday, Oct. 5
Cheryl Cifelli, assistant professor of music at Missouri Southern, will present a recital of the works of Francis Poulenc at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 5 in Webster Hall Auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public.
Cheryl’s concert consists of chamber works by Francis Poulenc, including the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano, and the Sonata for Two Clarinets. A reception will follow the concert.
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, born Jan. 7, 1889, was a French composer and a member of the French Group Les Six.
Poulenc contributed to the perceived style of Les Six in pieces inspired by popular music such as Cocardes (1919), though he would later write profoundly religious works. He embraced the Dada movement's techniques, creating melodies that would have been appropriate for Parisian music halls. At this time, a charming vulgarity replaced any sort of romantic sentiment.
Among Poulenc's last series of major works is a series of works for winds and piano. He was particularly fond of the woodwind instruments, and planned a set of sonatas for all of them, yet only lived to complete four: the Flute Sonata (1956), the Oboe Sonata (1962) the Clarinet Sonata (1962) and the Elégie for Horn and Piano (1957).
Martin joins Suzuki Violin Academy faculty
Carolann Martin, Professor Emeritus at Pittsburg State University, has joined the faculty of the Suzuki Violin Academy at Missouri Southern. Martin taught at PSU from 1977 to 2001. During that time she was Musical Director and Conductor of the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Martin was the first woman ever to conduct the national orchestra in Paraguay, the Orquesta Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Asuncion. Dr. Martin was winner of the National Adult Conducting Competition in 1980. She was the first woman ever to win or reach the finals in that contest.
Dr. Martin is also an accomplished cellist and teacher of cello and bass. She was principal cellist with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Civic Orchestra and the Sioux City Symphony in Iowa. She currently plays with the North Arkansas Symphony in Fayetteville and has played with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Missouri.
Her education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Oklahoma City University, Master of Arts from Ohio State University and Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a double emphasis on cello performance and conducting from Arizona University. She has had further study at Indiana University and at numerous workshops and clinics.
Dr. Martin is teaching both Suzuki students and university students this fall. She is accepting new students For enrollment information, please contact Suzuki Violin Academy Director Dr. Kexi Liu at (417) 625-9681 or e-mail liu-k@mssu.edu.
McKinley provides perspective on politics and culture in French business
Mary McKinley, a professor of marketing at the Ecole Superieur de Commerce et Management (ESCEM) in Tours, France, will speak at MSSU on Tuesday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct. 6. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
* Dr. McKinley will speak on “The Role of Politics and Culture in French Business” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3 at Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at Missouri Southern State University.
* Dr. McKinley will speak on “Marketing in the 25 Countries of the European Union-French Global Effects” at 12 noon, Friday, Oct. 6 at Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall at MSSU.
Mary McKinley is in charge of courses in strategic marketing, international marketing, green marketing, and consumer behavior at the Ecole Superieur de Commerce et Management (ESCEM). From 1992 to 2002, she lived in Budapest, Hungary and taught marketing, negotiations and conflict resolution, organizational communications, and business ethics at the International Management Center, the University of Economics and Pazmany Peter Catholic University.
She is presently an adjunct professor at the Central European University in Budapest, where she teaches each summer. Dr. McKinley has had a long career in marketing and communications in such diverse fields as architecture, marketing research, public relations, higher education, politics, and environment. She has also worked for several agencies of the United Nations, USAID, and the European Commission.
In 1996, the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva commissioned her to design the first WWW-based distance education university. Her work has taken her to more than 20 countries.
Domitrz to address students, public next week
Before you kiss your date, do you ask permission Will you feel like an idiot? Most people do not ask their partner before engaging in intimacy. Yet, the far majority of individuals love being asked.
Nationally-renown expert and author, Mike Domitrz, explains that asking takes away all the pressures and eliminates potential confusion. Domitrz will speak at 6 p.m., Monday Oct. 2 in Taylor Performing Arts Center. Domitrz's appearance is free and open to the public.
Known for his interactive, humorous, and hard-hitting approach with audiences, Domitrz inspires by providing simple solutions. Domitrzs critically-acclaimed book, May I Kiss You? A Candid Look at Dating, Communication, Respect, & Sexual Assault, Awareness is being used as a model by people of all ages around the world. Domitrz will have a book signing at the end of the presentation.
To learn more about Domitrzs' presentation, call Kelly Wilson, Student Support Center, at (417) 625-9559. For more information, visit www.canwekiss.com.
Harriet Welty Rochefort to speak five times next week
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Author and speaker Harriet Welty Rochefort, an Iowa native who has lived in France since 1971, will speak four times at Missouri Southern State University. All the presentations are free and open to the public as part of “France Semester” activities.
• Rochefort will speak on “Cultural Adjustments, or How to Survive without Ice Cubes and Air Conditioning” at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4 in Webster Hall Auditorium.
• Rochefort will speak on “French Education, or Going to School the French Way” at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4 in Webster Hall Auditorium.
• Rochefort will deliver the lecture “French Bashing - What’s Behind It?” at 9 a.m., Friday, Oct. 6 in Webster Hall Auditorium.
• Rochefort will speak on the subject of “French Food — Why It’s Revered, Respected, and Relished” at 10:a.m., Friday, Oct. 6 in Webster Hall Auditorium.
A freelance journalist and speaker, Ms. Rochefort is the author of two books about the French, French Toast, a humorous tale of Franco-American cultural differences based on her life in France, and French Fried, a memoir of French cuisine in which she divulges some of her French family’s favorite recipes. Both books were published by St. Martin’s Press. She is currently working on a third book.
Career Development Day, Networking Session slated
Career Development Day will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4 on the 3rd floor of the Billingsly Student Center at Missouri Southern State University.
This job fair is designed to help MSSU students make wise career choices by providing them with real-world information about a variety of careers. Professional dress is recommended and career-seekers are advised to bring a number of resumes. All students and alumni are encouraged to attend. Career Break-Out Sessions, one-hour panel discussions, will help job seekers in various academic disciplines learn more about specific careers.
Also, from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3, a special Networking Reception will be featured on the 2nd floor of the Billingsly Student Center. Marlene Chism of ICARE Presentations will speak. The event will feature valuable networking opportunities with employers.
The events are sponsored by the Office of Career Services at Missouri Southern State University. A list of employers registered to attend Career Development Day can be viewed at www.mssu.edu/career.
Debate Team Opens Semester at annual tournament
The Missouri Southern State University Speech and Debate Squad competed in the Annual Truman State Show-Me Speech and Debate Tournament hosted at William Jewell University by Truman State University, Sept. 22-24 in Liberty, Mo. A total of 57 tournament debaters from 26 colleges and universities represented 11 states.
At the tournament, Missouri Southern sophomore Whitney Hart of Lamar qualified for elimination rounds after the preliminary competition. She was defeated in the partial octo-final round by a participant from Washburn University. Sophomore Michael Baca of Neosho narrowly missed qualifying for elimination rounds.
“The Missouri Southern program has high hopes for the national tournament to be held this year at Berry College in Georgia,” says Kelly B. Larson, Debate. “We hope to build on our success at upcoming events."
Chili Cook-Off planned for October in BSC
The First Annual Homecoming Chili Cook-Off is scheduled for the noon hour on Monday Oct. 9 on the first floor of the Billingsly Student Center. Here is a list of guidelines that will need to be followed in order to participate:
Awards will be given to participants for: Best Overall Taste, Best Name of Chili and Best Presentation of Chili. A panel of judges will make the decision on the winner. Faculty/staff students and others on hand will sample the individual chili selections. Awards will be given at 1 p.m. in Billingsly Student Center, bottom floor.
Forms must be returned to the Alumni Office no later than Thursday, Oct. 5. For information about rules or to sign up, contact Elisa Bryant, Alumni Association, at ext. 3068 at bryant-e@mssu.edu for registration information.
International Film Festival to present Les Diaboliques
The Missouri Southern Institute of International Studies and the Missouri Southern Film Society are sponsoring the 45th Annual International Film Festival in the fall semester of 2006-07.
The series features classic and contemporary French films appropriate for the Missouri Southern's France-themed semester.
The film Les Diaboliques (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot ) will be shown at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3 in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall (formerly Matthews Hall).
This famous and influential thriller about a murder plot contains repeated surprises as its suspense builds to an explosive climax. The film is a masterpiece of steadily escalating terror. No admission fee will be charged.
For more information call (417) 625-9614 or visit http://www.mssu.edu/film/filmhome.htm.
Miller, Stiles and Thomason to appear on Education Digest
Education Digest, a show hosted by Jerry Williams, Lifelong Learning, focuses on topics that are of great interest to our community. During the second segment, "Between the Covers," a faculty member of MSSU will discuss a recent book they have enjoyed reading. This week's program discusses animal abuse. Guests Allen Miller and Wayne Thomason, Criminal Justice, talk about animal abuse and how to report it. After that, Judy Stiles, KGCS-TV, discusses the book, Face the Nation.
Those interested in participating as a guest on this show please e-mail Robin Douglas, Lifelong Learning, at douglas-r@mssu.edu. The show will air on KGCS at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, and 7 p.m. on Sundays in Joplin, Webb City and Carterville on Cable One and on Mediacom outlets in surrounding areas and on channel 57. It will also air at 6:30 p.m., Saturday nights and 7 p.m., Sundays on SITV available in Monett, Lamar, Carthage, and surrounding areas on Cox Cable systems and in Neosho on the Cebridge Cable system.
Family Homecoming Weekend planned
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Castetter Memorial Scholarship offered
Christine Castetter-Speno and her husband, Angelo, are pleased to announce the Christopher Lee Castetter Memorial Scholarship.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Deputy Chris Castetter’s death in the line of duty while serving as a deputy in the Barry County Sheriff’s Office. Christine was married to the deputy at the time of his death. Christine and her family’s wishes are that this memorial be a tribute to Chris’ life and his commitment to law enforcement, not a remembrance of his death and the sad days that followed.
This year’s scholarship award is made possible by the contributions of Christine and her family and will be offered through the Missouri Southern Criminal Justice Administration Department at Missouri Southern. Deputy Castetter graduated from the MSSU Police Academy.
Katrina Buchholz, a senior Criminal Justice major currently living in Webb City, MO, is the beneficiary of this year’s scholarship. Buchholz plans a career as a United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector. The agency is dedicated to fighting criminals who attack our nation’s postal system to defraud, endanger and threaten American citizens.
Donations to the scholarship fund will be accepted by the Missouri Southern Foundation. For further information, please contact Christine at cspeno@cfl.rr.com or Curt Betebenner, Executive Director of the Foundation at betebenner-c@mssu.edu.
Green and Gold Friday
Support your Lions by wearing green and gold on Green and Gold Friday. The Bookstore item of the week is a dark green Southern t-shirt. Shirts come in sizes from small to XL and cost only $11.99! Visit the Bookstore on the lower level of Billingsly Student Center.
Alan Adkins, Mathematics, and Laura Adkins, Mathematics, attended the Missouri Kansas Teachers of Mathematics Conference at Pittsburg State University on Sept. 21. Laura participated in a panel discussion of reform/integrated mathematics.
Rusty Raymond, Music, served as a judge and clinician for the Raytown Roundup Parade and Marching Band Festival in Kansas City on Sept. 23.
For Sale: Mangusto, German made Aluminum frame road bike, Shimano gears, good entry level bicycle, 18 gears, $300. Call (417) 659-5425 or 782-9643 or e-mail gallemore-r@mssu.edu.
For Sale: Two golf carts, electric and gas, call Jan for information at ext. 9558.
For Sale: FFA finest products, fruit, sausage, turkeys, popcorn, peanuts and cheese. To order, call 358-3431 or ext. 9322 or drop by Kuhn Hall Room 210. Must pay when ordering. Delivery of items will be after Dec. 12.
