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Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday

The annual breakfast to honor Dr. Martin L. King Jr. will take place Monday, Jan. 15. This event, which begins at 7 a.m., will be held on the third floor of Billingsly Student Center.

Seating is limited. Faculty and staff wanting to attend should R.S.V.P. at 659-4426 or e-mail at cade-a@mssu.edu no later than 12 noon today, Friday, Jan. 12.

An invitation-only breakfast will feature Michelle Ducre, Executive Director for the Community Clinic in Joplin as keynote speaker. A native of New Orleans, La., Ducre earned a Bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge in 1992. In the past she has served in the following capacities:

Worker with abused children at an adolescent hospital;
Legislative Assistant to (now retired) U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston;
Personal assistant to former Lt. Governor (now Governor) Kathleen Blanco;
Legislative Aide to State Representative Sharon Weston Broome;
Advocate for social justice education and legislation in the Baton Rouge Catholic Diocese; and
Non-profit community organizer to teach citizens to work with government officials for social change in their cities and states.

Students must R.S.V.P. with the Student Support Center at ext. 9324, or in the Student Activities Office (BSC) ext. 9346. For questions contact Al Cade, Education, at ext. 4426.

The MLK Keynote Speaker will be writer and scholar Bakari Kitwana. He will speak at 11 a.m. Monday in Webster Hall Auditorium.

His subject will be " Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy and the Hip-Hop Generation." The presentation is free and open to the public.

Bakari Kitwana is co-founder of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention and the author of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture (Basic Books, 2002). The former executive editor of The Source, Kitwana has been acknowledged as an expert on hip-hop politics by the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, The O'Reilly Factor and other leading news outlets.

The author of The Rap on Gangsta Rap (Third World Press, 1994), he has been a visiting scholar in the political science department at Kent State University and has lectured on hip-hop at colleges and universities across the country for the last decade, including Harvard University, New York University, Columbia University and Stanford University.

His new book Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America (Basic Books, June 2005) is about race and hip-hop culture. Kitwana holds Master's degrees in English and Education from the University of Rochester.

Music to honor Dr. King

88.7/KXMS Fine Arts Radio International will feature a musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at three times during programming on Monday, Jan. 15.

Jeff Skibbe, KXMS General Manager says the works will include the inspiring words of Dr. King. Tune it at the following times for the following selections:

1 p.m. Dave Brubeck's The Gates of Justice
3 p.m. Stephen Flaherty's With Voices Raised
4:32 p.m. Joseph Schwantner's New Morning for the World

Details on Jan.15 holiday programming available at: http://www.mssu.edu/kxms/January.htm#15

News conference this morning

State Sen. Gary Nodler will join State Treasurer Sarah Steelman at a news conference on campus this morning to discuss legislation creating the Missouri Legacy Fund, which will be used to provide increased college financial assistance.

The legislation to create the Fund was introduced by Senator Nodler today in Jefferson City.

The news conference will be held at 10 a.m. today, Friday, Jan 12, in Room 310 of the Billingsly Student Center.

Noises Off begins spring theatre season

What goes on behind the scenes during a theatrical production? You’ll find out when Southern Theatre presents Michael Frayn’s Noises Off Jan. 24.-27 at Taylor Performing Arts Center at Missouri Southern State University.

Ben Horine directs this wild ride into life in the theatre. If you think things are crazy onstage, wait till you see what happens backstage. In a review of Noises Off, the New York Post said, " [It is] the funniest farce ever written . . . . Never before has side-splitting taken on a meaning dangerously close to the non-metaphorically medical."

Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. each evening. Tickets may be reserved in person in the lobby of Taylor Auditorium or by calling the box office on or after Jan. 17 at 625-3190 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

No refunds or exchanges will be given. Ticket prices are as follows: Admission is free to students, faculty and staff. Tickets cost $3 for adults in the community and $1 for senior citizens and high school students. The play is rated “M” for mature audiences.

Requests for accommodations related to a disability need to be made to Terri Spencer at (417) 625-9393 at least 72 hours before the program.

Art Faculty, others to exhibit

The work of MSSU art faculty, retired art faculty, and others who have taught classes will be on display in the MSSU Spiva Art Gallery from Jan. 15 through Feb. 2.

Participating art department faculty are Burt Bucher, V. A. Christensen, Pam Harris, Nick Kyle, Josie Mai, and Frank Pishkur. Former faculty members Jim Bray and Jon Fowler, along with Peggy Beckam and Jed Schlegel also will have works exhibited. The exhibit will include a wide variety of media ranging from paintings to prints, and ceramics to jewelry.

The campus community is invited to attend a reception for the exhibitors in the gallery from 4-6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 15.. The regular hours of the gallery are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For further information contact V. A. Christensen, Art Gallery Coordinator, at ext. 9631.

Patricia Murphy, English, has published a new book. In Science’s Shadow: Literary Construction of Late Victorian Women is now offered by University of Missouri Press.

The Victorian era was characterized by great scientific curiosity—as exemplified by the publication of Darwin’s Descent of Man—as well as by new questions regarding the place of women in society. In her new book, Murphy explores the tenuous interplay of gender and science to show how the era’s literature both challenged and reinforced a constrictive role for Victorian women.

Focusing on a specific body of literature involving women intensely associated with scientific pursuits, and examining selected writings, Murphy demonstrates how these works informed the “Woman Question” by reinforcing or rejecting presumed truths about gender and science.

Murphy is also the author of Time Is of the Essence: Temporality, Gender, and the New Woman. For more information about the book, see www.mssu.edu/news/murphy_book07.htm.

KGCS-TV will air Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's State of the State Address, scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 24.

During the address, Blunt will discuss the state's accomplishments over the past year, his legislative goals, and the budget he will send to the Missouri General Assembly. The speech will be shown on television stations throughout the state of Missouri.

KGCS-TV programming may be seen on UHF channel 57, Cable One Channel 7, and Mediacom Channel 77 and Southern Instructional Television (SITV) aired on local cable systems. The station is operated as a service of the Department of Communications.

The 14th annual Food and Wine Tasting evening in support of 88.7KXMS/Fine Arts Radio International will run from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 23 at the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Building at 32O E. Fourth Street in Joplin.

Area restaurants and wine merchants will again show their support for 88.7KXMS with a sumptuous spread of food and beverages. $20 per person. Consult the Web page at www.mssu.edu/kxms/winetaste.htm for detailed information as it evolves.

For new employees and others who may not know, 88.7KXMS/Fine Arts Radio International, MSSU's classical radio station, is now in its 21st year of service to the Four States and it began international service via the Internet in 1998.

Also, the Klassix/Society/Friends of KXMS received a gift of $1,000 from the estate of the late Rose Mary Brotherton. Public Radio always encourages estate gifts, and the Klassix Society thanks the late Ms. Brotherton and her attorney, James Fleischaker, for the bequest.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu season can begin as early as October and last as late as May. Being vaccinated after the first of the year can still be beneficial to individuals.

For anyone who missed the Flu Shot Clinic held last semester, the Student Health Center still has some flu vaccine available. All students, faculty, staff, retirees, and family members are welcome to make an appointment to get a flu shot. Cost is $10 for students and $15 for faculty, staff, retirees, and family members over age 15.

Please contact the Student Health Center at (417) 625-9323 to schedule an appointment.

Missouri Southern basketball fans can see televised replays of Missouri Southern Women's and Men's basketball games by watching Southern Sports Sunday, which airs Sunday evenings on KGCS-TV. Students in the Department of Communication direct and produce the telecasts and serve as on-air announcers and camera operators. Games are taped and replayed at 7 p.m. on Sundays.

The locally televised replay games will air on KGCS-TV (UHF channel 57, Cable One channel 7, Mediacom channel 77) They may also be seen on local cable systems served by Southern Instructional Television (SITV)

Wed. Jan. 10 games with Northwest MO State-- replay Sun. Jan. 14
Sat. Jan. 20 games with Fort Hays State -- replay Sun. Jan. 21
Wed. Jan. 24 games with Washburn -- replay Sun. Jan. 28
Sat. Feb. 10 games with Southwest Baptist -- replay Sun. Feb. 11
Wed. Feb. 21 games with Pittsburg State -- replay Sun. Feb. 28

In addition to covering the games for re-broadcast, student crews are producing the video portion of the live webcasts of Southern basketball games, available to fans over the Internet.

Live webcasts of ALL MIAA Southern basketball games, home and away, are available to fans outside of the "648" zip code via webcasts at a cost of $4 per game. However, to encourage actual home game attendance, anyone who has a zip code beginning with "648" will not be able to view home games. Only road games will be available to those fans.

The web address for the pay-per-view games is http://www.themiaa.tv. Fans can also utilize the link on the MSSU athletic website.

The informal event "road trip" to a great career starts the spring semester at Career Services. The trip begins Wednesday, Jan. 17 in the 2nd Floor Lounge, BSC.

This informal event is an informational look at the career paths of people who enjoy their careers. Video clips from the PBS Series, Roadtrip Nation, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Every summer, Roadtrip Nation sends three teams of students out on the road to interview inspirational leaders across the country.

Career Services assists students with career planning and employment strategies. Free information packets on resume writing, effective interviewing and job fair etiquette will also be available.

The next Contemporary Foreign Film series gathering will take place Friday, January 19 at the Cafe on the Route in Baxter Springs—now an annual event. Those on hand will view the film L'Enfant (Belgium, 2005; 96 minutes) and will enjoy a complete Belgian dinner.

The $15 cost for dinner w/dessert (wine and beverages provided by Ron Forgey) includes tax and tip. .

Reservations should be made no later than Wednesday, Jan. 17, by contacting rforgey@jscomm.net. Please respond quickly in order to provide accurate head count to send to the restaurant.

The evening at Cafe on the Route in Baxter Springs will begin with a 6 p.m. social hour followed by a 6:30 p.m. dinner. and the movie at 7 p.m.

L'Enfant probes the life of Bruno, a petty thief who sells his newborn son on the black market but, to redeem himself in the eyes of the child's mother, has to struggle to recover the baby. The film, the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, was directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardienne.

For further information about this film series, please contact Bill Kumbier, English, at kumbier-w@mssu.edu or Nick Kyle, Art, at kyle-n@mssu.edu.

Spiva Library invites you to travel through time with the traveling exhibit, Mapping Missouri. This exhibit features more than 100 maps from the Missouri State Archives' collection, some of which have never been shown before.

“Drawing from such diverse examples as the land survey maps made by Antoine Soulard in St. Louis from 1796-1806, to the computer generated Lewis and Clark maps created by Jim Harlan and the University of Missouri's Geographic Resources Center in 2002, this exhibit explores the history of cartography in Missouri and the role maps have played in our everyday lives," says Amber Carr, Library.

Mapping Missouri uses stunning examples of colorful cartography to show how maps express our attitude about the world around us, illustrating such topics as the evolution of land surveying methods, the process of creating geographical inventories of natural resources, and methods of using maps to recreate events that took place long ago.”

Mapping Missouri will be on display on the main (3rd) floor of the library through March 4. The library invites everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about how Missouri became what it is today.

FACULTY/STAFF

Five faculty and administrators attended the Showcase on Teaching and Learning at Missouri State University in Springfield Wednesday, Jan. 10. The group participated in several sessions regarding student success, classroom effectiveness strategies and research issues. The luncheon speaker was Belinda McCarthy, Provost. Missouri Southern guests at the showcase were Nii Abrahams, Finance/Economics and International Business; Mark Comstock, Accounting; Delores Honey, Assessment and Institutional Research; and Richard McCallum, Academic Affairs.

Art Saltzman, English, has had an essay accepted for publication in After Hours. "Mine" will appear in the Winter 2007 issue.

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