FERPA Presentation canceled

Meetings on Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) sponsored by the Registrar's office for today have been canceled. Cheryl Dobson, Registrar, says speaker Brenda Selman of the University of Missouri-Columbia has notified her that she is unable to make the trip to Joplin.

Cheryl says the presentation will be rescheduled for later in the year.

MLK Speaker and Luncheon rescheduled for February 5

Author Bakari Kitwana will speak at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5 in Webster Hall Auditorium on the topic "Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy and the Hip-Hop Generation."

The presentation, designed to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, was delayed due to inclement weather approximately two weeks ago.

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. 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, his writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Savoy, The Nation, the Village Voice, Black Book and other publications.

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 Masters degrees in English and Education from the University of Rochester.

A free luncheon immediately following lecture in BSC Connor Ballroom at 12 noon.

Al Cade, Teacher Education, says the Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Breakfast has been rescheduled for 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12 in the Billingsly Student Center. Michelle Ducree will speak. The previous RSVP list will be maintained.

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 through today, Friday, Feb. 2.

Offerings on exhibit include everything from ceramics to painting and photography to drawing.

The Spiva Art Gallery's hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For further information contact V. A. Christensen, Art Gallery Coordinator, at ext. 9631.

Contemporary Film Series continues

The Contemporary Film Series will continue this semester as a Friday night continuing education class. To enroll, simply come to the first film tonight, Friday, Feb. 2, and pay tuition of $10 per person.

Tonight's film is Joyeux Noel (France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, 2005; 116 minute). The film recreates the real-life story of how Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I spontaneously declared a truce and came together to celebrate Christmas, in what turns about to be a life-changing event both for the soldiers and for two civilian musicians who find themselves at the front. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film of 2005.

The film, presented on DVD format, begins at 7 p.m. tonight at Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall.

Your tuition payment will go toward purchase of videos for our film series and will entitle you to attend seven acclaimed foreign films, none of which have yet had public screenings in Joplin.

Former Ambassador Perkins to speak

Dr. Edward J. Perkins

The Social Science Department at MSSU will host Dr. Edward J. Perkins at 7 p.m., tonight, in Webster Hall Auditorium.

The appearance by Dr. Perkins is the result of a Teaching American History Grant awarded to the Carthage R-IX School District which is working in partnership with MSSU.

Dr. Perkins enjoyed a long and distinguished diplomatic career. After holding a number of posts in the U.S. military and Foreign Service he was appointed Ambassador to Liberia in 1985. He then served as Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa from 1986-89.

In 1992 he was appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Representative in the UN Security Council, where he served from 1992-1993. Dr. Perkins served as Ambassador to Australia from 1993-1996.

On August 31, 1996, Dr. Perkins retired with the rank of Career Minister in the United States Foreign Service. He is currently William J. Crowe Chair in Geopolitics and Executive Director of the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma.

For more information contact Steven Wagner, Social Science Department at ext. 9587 or visit www.mssu.edu/news/perkins07.htm.

College Goal Sunday

College Goal Sunday, a program designed to assist college-bound high schools students in the completion and filing of important student financial aid documents, will return for a fourth year to the Show-Me State.

Kathy Feith, Financial Aid, says the program will take place in workshop format from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11 at Cornell Auditorium on campus.

The workshops also will be held primarily on college campuses located throughout the state and will be staffed by financial aid experts from a variety of institutions. There is no charge to participate. The workshop focuses on assisting students and families is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. It is required by most educational institutions to determine eligibility for a wide range of grants, loans and scholarships.

The website, located at www.collegegoalmissouri.com contains basic information about college financial aid and provides information regarding specific program locations, a list of items needed for the event and driving directions.

More details, including contact e-mail addresses and phone numbers, are available at www.mssu.edu/news/collegegoalsundayspring07.htm.

Faculty/Staff Health Fair 2007

The MSSU Wellness Office will provide health screenings for all MSSU employees, retirees and spouses from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, Wednesday & Thursday, Feb. 7-8 in the Connor Ballroom of Billingsly Student Center.

For best results, food and drink, except water, should be avoided for 8 hours prior to testing. For glucose testing only, avoid food and drink, except water, 4 hours prior.

Drink plenty of water and please take any routine medications.

The FREE health screening will include these services:

• Lipid Panel/Blood Cholesterol*
• Glucose*
• Prostate Cancer Screening*
• Body Fat Composition
• Nutritional Counseling
• Osteoporosis Screening
• Vision Screening
• Blood Pressure/Pulse

The following lab work will be available and may be purchased at the fair. Check, VISA, Master Card, or Discover will be accepted (no cash).

• TSH and T4 (thyroid)* $30
• Complete Blood Count* $20Basic Metabolic Panel* $20
• Hepatic Function* $20
• Health Profile $80
  (*all tests above and free screenings included in profile - a $10 savings)
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $30
• A1C $25
• Gout Screening (Uric Acid) $15
• Cardio Reactive protein $30
• Homocystine Level $50

For more information, call Darren Fullerton, Wellness, 625-9392.

Visions Unlimited Highlights Fish Hatchery

The February edition of the television program Visions Unlimited takes viewers on a tour of the Neosho Fish Hatchery, and explores the operations of the hatchery.

Host Betty Marty visits with hatchery director, Dave Hendrix and Neosho author, historian and member of the "Friends of the Fish Hatchery" organization, Kay Hively. They share information about hatchery operations, special programs, and community involvement.

Visions Unlimited is produced by senior citizen members of the Retired Volunteer Program working at KGCS-TV. The group produces the monthly television program and assists with other programs at the station.

KGCS programming may be seen on UHF channel 57, Cable One channel 7 and Mediacom channel 77 in the Joplin area. The fish hatchery program may be seen on the following times and dates:

* 6 p.m. Wed. Feb. 7
* 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12
* 6 p.m. Wed. Feb. 14
* 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18

The program may also be seen on Sunday evening through the Southern Instructional Television (SITV) cable channels airing on cable systems around the region.

“W.E.B. DuBois, Democracy and World War” is the title of a presentation slated for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13 in Webster Hall Auditorium.

Dominic Capeci, professor of African American History at Missouri State University (MSU) in Springfield and Jack Knight, professor of Philosophy at MSU, will deliver the presentation in connection with Black History Month.

W.E.B. DuBois was the most prominent intellectual leader and political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. He was labeled "The Father of Pan-Africanism." DuBois felt that they should, and with a group of like-minded supporters, he helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. For 25 years, Du Bois worked as Editor-in-Chief of the NAACP publication, The Crisis.

In his later years, DuBois came into conflict with the government due to his vocal criticism of the policies of the American government. He eventually moved to Ghana and died there in 1963.

The presentation, sponsored by the Social Science Department at MSSU, is free and open to the public.

Come Chill with the Lions at Legacy Day

Legacies of alumni will receive the opportunity to find out what Missouri Southern is all about at this year’s annual Legacy Day.

A legacy is a kid lucky enough to have one or even two relatives that attended or graduated from MSSU. On Saturday, Feb. 24, these legacies will have the opportunity to chill with some of Missouri Southern’s fellow Lions and have a little fun at the same time.

An exact schedule will be released soon.

For more information, please contact Elisa Bryant, Alumni Association, at ext. 9355.

88.7KXMS interviews Trumpeter Alison Balsom  

Alison Balsom

The English trumpeter Alison Balsom recently signed an exclusive three-disc contract with EMI Records. The rising star is on the concert circuit with an instrument that, she admits, is normally associated with male performers.

Host Jeff Skibbe talked to her in London this past week and their 12-minute conversation will air on today's edition of "Southern Serenade" from 5-6 p.m. on 88.7KXMS.

Balsom studied trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music, the Paris Convervatoire, and with Hakan Hardenburger. She has performed at the BBC Proms, Barbican's Mostly Mozart Festival with the Bamberg ( Germany) Symphony and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. She has recently premiered a new trumpet concerto written by Joby Talbot.

A link to Alison Balsom's Web site can be accessed through the KXMS web site at http://www.mssu.edu/kxms/kxmshome.htm .

A description and information on the sale of her latest EMI recording, Caprice can be viewed at the KXMS Store, also on the same site.

Gorlock Gala

MSSU's Speech and Debate Squad competed in the Gorlock Gala at Webster University in St. Louis Jan 25-28. A total of 96 tournament debaters from 42 colleges and universities representing 15 states took part.

At the tournament in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, sophomores Whitney Hart and Matt Templeton from Carthage, sophomore Cody Snyder from Neosho and freshman Valerie Melton from Mt. Vernon qualified for double octo-finals rounds (the round of 32) but were defeated on close decisions.

In the junior LD division, freshman Richard Brown, Joplin, qualified for the quarter-final round of debate with a 5-1 record. Brown was defeated by a participant from Creighton University.

Richard Brown, Whitney Hart, and Matt Templeton joined fellow teammates as national tournament qualifiers this weekend. The debate National championships will be held at Berry College in April.

The team is traveling next to the Air Force Academy Feb. 9-11 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

FACULTY/STAFF

Russia and Sweden Tour: Highlights include Kremlin, Red Square, Hermitage/Winter Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress, Vasa Ship; Stockholm Town Hall. We leave with EF Tours on the June 25 and return July 5 (11 day tour). $3,243 for round trip air, lodging, ground transportation, full time bilingual guide. Includes 2 meals a day; plus several option tours. Go eftours.com and go to the tour Russian Rhapsody for complete details. Contact Becky Gallemore in Taylor Hall 229B at gallemore-r@mssu.edu or call at 659-5425. "I have led 7 tours for EF and have found to be fun and very educational," she says.

Joaquin Rodriguez Suro, Foreign Languages, was head translator for the Spanish edition of the 2006 Blunt Facts, U.S. Congressman Roy Blunt´s annual newsletter directed to the Southwest Missouri community that he represents.

CLASSIFIED

For Sale: Golf bag travel case. (Black hard shell travel case for golf clubs and bag). New condition. $40. Call Dave at (417) 529-0463.

For Sale: $1,000. A size 12 wedding dress- never worn. Absolutely Gorgeous!! White, Lots of beads and lace, long train, absolutely beautiful! Not a halter or off the shoulder; about 1/4" spaghetti straps. Can be altered down 2 sizes or up one size. If interested, email for picture! $350.00 firm. Contact gallemore-r@mssu.edu or call 659-5425.

For Rent : A week of timeshare near Orlando, Fla. The 7- night week starts Saturday, June 23. Property is a two bedroom, two bath unit that sleeps eight (8). Price: $750. If interested e-mail tipton-j@mssu.edu or see John Tipton Wednesday and Thursday evenings or 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays at Spiva Library.

For Sale: 2005 Honda Rebel Motorcycle. Price: $2,500. Has a 250 cc engine, only 800 miles. Black with a custom smoke windshield. Contact Paul or Sheira at 781-7645.

For Sale: King size mattress,only about 3 years old, white, excellent condition, $50, call 782-7187.