Current Issue: Volume 25 - Number 12 - October 19, 2007
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Johnson and Bates Homecoming Royalty
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Missouri Southern students Elbert “EJ” Johnson and Lauren Bates were crowned 2007Homecoming King and Queen last Friday on the MSSU campus. This year's theme was Let the Good Times Roar: Celebrating 70 Years of Lion Pride.
The candidates were presented at the annual Homecoming all-campus cookout on the campus oval. The King and Queen, along with other finalists, participated in the Homecoming parade and were introduced at the football game on Saturday, Oct. 13.
MSSU students chose Johnson and Bates in balloting earlier this week. Johnson represents Southern IMPACT. Bates represents Southern Orientation Leaders.
Elbert “EJ” Johnson, senior Marketing and Management major, is the son of Elbert and Elaine Johnson of Kansas City.
Johnson, an Eagle Scout, was an All-Conference MSSU Lion football player from 2004-06 and a football captain. He is a member of Southern IMPACT and the Campus Activities Board. His extra-curricular activities include sports, roller skating and relaxing with friends. Following graduation from Missouri Southern, he contemplates seeking employment in the sports management or sports marketing fields.
Lauren J. Bates, senior Marketing and International Business major, is the daughter of Jeanie and the late Laurel Bates of Salem.
She is a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Honor Society, International Poets Society, Missouri Southern Student Senate, DEX, the Pre-Law Club and the International Business Club. She received a 2004-06 Patrons scholarship and has won an International Scholarship to study in Italy. She is an Orientation Leader and was a member of the MSSU Volleyball team.
Her plans after graduation from Missouri Southern are to attend law school and eventually open her own practice.
Safe Halloween 2007
McCormick Hall, on the campus of Missouri Southern, will open its doors once again for Safe Halloween. Bring the family and experience a safe trick-or-treating experience indoors!
The fun starts on Wednesday, Oct. 31 and lasts from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. All area youth (6th grade and under) are invited to come and join in the fun!
For questions, contact McCormick Hall Office at 659-4190.
Safe Halloween is sponsored by the Residence Hall Association, Student Activities, and Sodexho Food Management.
Liu presentation October 22
Victoria Liu, a native of China and Missouri Southern graduate, will present "From the Heartland of China to the Heartland of America" at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 22 in Webster Hall Auditorium.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Liu traveled to the United States in 1997 with nothing but a dream and two suitcases packed full of 22 years of her life in China. At Missouri Southern, she met several people who became instrumental in her personal growth and career choice.
During this presentation, she shares one of the most important lessons she learned from her time here: nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. In her 10 years in America, Liu has discovered herself and learned how to keep her dreams alive.
Victoria Liu, a 2001 MSSU graduate, earned a Ph.D. in cellular physiology and cancer research at Northwestern University in June 2007. She has started a post-doctoral fellowship at the Medical Research Center at the University of Chicago.
Today's Brown Bag
Betsy Griffin, Academic Affairs, reminds faculty/staff about the Brown Bag lunch for today, Friday, Oct. 19. Dr. Nanette Philibert, Business, will speak on "Using Rubrics in the Class Place."
The Brown Bag will be held from 12:10 - 12:50 p.m. in the Keystone Room on the 3rd floor of the BSC. Lunch is provided courtesy of Academic Affairs and Sodexho.
Just pick up your lunch at the buffet and prepare for an interesting presentation. All faculty/staff are welcome to attend.
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Last two nights for Home Front
Southern Theatre presents the final two nights of a poignant story of social strife and a family in turmoil with James Duff’s Home Front, tonight and tomorrow night Oct. 19 - 20 at the Bud Walton Theatre.
Jay Fields, Theatre, directs this riveting drama that blends comedy and tragedy as it illuminates the dilemma of a middle-class Texas family unable to comprehend and deal with the deep-seated disaffection of their Vietnam veteran son.
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 at (417) 625-3190 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket prices are free to MSSU 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.
Contemporary Foreign Film Series continues
The Contemporary Foreign Film continuing education class continues tonight, Friday, Oct. 19, with a showing of the provocative and disturbing Saraband (Sweden/Italy/Germany/Finland/Denmark/Austria - 2003) at 7 p.m. in Cornell Auditorium, Plaster Hall. The film was the final directing effort by Ingmar Bergman.
After 30 years without seeing each other, Marianne (Liv Ulmann) has a strong need to visit Johan (Erland Josephson), who is living in an isolated house that belonged to his grandparents after inheriting a fortune from a distant aunt. In the nearby cottage, Johan's son from another marriage, Henrik, is living with his daughter Karin, after the death of his beloved wife Anna. Marianne becomes involved in the troubled relationship between Johan and his son, and Henrik and his daughter.
Subsequent films will be shown this semester on Nov. 2, Nov. 16 and Dec. 7.
For further information about this film series, contact Bill Kumbier, English, at kumbier-w@mssu.edu or
Nick Kyle, Art, at kyle-n@mssu.edu.
Vocal ensembles to perform Tuesday, Oct. 23
The Missouri Southern Concert Chorale, Chamber Choir and Southern Exposure will perform beginninga at 7:30 p.m., next Tuesday, Oct. 23 in Taylor Performing Arts Center on the MSSU campus.
These choirs, directed by Bud Clark, Music, are made up of both majors and non-majors that demonstrate a love for choral music and have a willingness to strive for continued improvement of choral techniques and vocal skills.
The choirs perform in concerts several times each semester with a repertoire that ranges from classical works to gospel and contemporary literature.
"We invite everyone to come out to this fall performance," Bud says. "This concert gives our performers the chance to entertain the community with a variety of excellent selections."
The performance is free and open to the public.
KOZJ Wine Feast slated
The KOZJ (Ozarks Public Television) Wine Feast 2007 will be held on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Hammons Convention Center in Joplin. Advance purchase Wine Feast tickets are $25 ($35 at the door).
This event will be held from 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Over 60 different wines can be sampled along with food from some of Joplin's finest restaurants.
The "Spotlight on Reserve Wine" tickets are $60. This includes a sit down presentation with reserved wine served along with foods prepared by the Holiday Inn's executive chef. This event starts at 12:15 p.m. and includes early entrance to the Wine Feast.
Anyone interested in purchasing tickets can contact Brad Kleindl, School of Business, at 625-3120 or e-mail kleindl-b@mssu.edu.
Jazz Orchestra to perform October 25
The kickoff concert of the 2007-08 concert season of the 21-piece Missouri Southern Jazz Orchestra will take place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 in Taylor Performing Arts Center.
Admission is free. No tickets are required.
Under the leadership of newly-appointed director Jeff Macomber, Music, the Jazz Orchestra will perform an entertaining variety of “big-band” jazz selections including classics like Duke Ellington’s In a Mellow Tone, Jerome Kern’s All the Things You Are (featuring flugelhornist Tom Smith), and Maria, from West Side Story (featuring trumpeter Paul Equihua).
The band will feature other student soloists in original arrangements like Bob Mintzer’s El Caborojeno, Mark Taylor’s Federal Blues Express, Bill Holman’s Kingfish, and Oliver Nelson’s Emancipation Blues..
To meet the Southern Jazz Orchestra, visit the group’s website at www.mssu.edu/music/newjazzorchestra.html.
For more information, contact Jeff Macomber, Director, Southern Jazz Orchestra, at (417) 625-9635 or e-mail macomber-j@mssu.edu.
Pre-registration for Six Sigma Green Belt Course starts now
The Division of Lifelong Learning at Missouri Southern State will host Six Sigma Green Belt training on the MSSU campus beginning this December.
Six Sigma is a data-driven methodology used to improve a product or process.
The eight-day Six Sigma Green Belt training will be taught from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. from Dec. 4 - 7 of this year and Jan. 7 - 10 of next year.
The training fee is $2,200.
Six Sigma Green Belt course topics include Six Sigma fundamentals, DMAIC model (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control), project management, team effectiveness, project selection, project charter, process maps, measuring defects, customer analysis, data collection plans, descriptive statistics, check sheets, cause and effect diagrams, histograms, Statistical Process Control (SPC), capability analysis, graphical improvement tools, Pareto charts, root cause analysis, correlation analysis, scatter plots and measurement systems analysis.
Pre-registration starts now: To request registration forms or inquire further about the program, contact Elke Howe at (417) 625-9849 or send an e-mail to howe-e@mssu.edu.
Squared Scotch Cups
Squared Scotch Cups, a set of reduction-fired stoneware cups by Frank A. Pishkur, Art are currently on exhibit at the "Art of Fine Craft Regional Juried Exhibition" at the Elder Gallery, part of the Vance D. Rogers Center for the Fine Arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Artists from Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, S. Dakota, N. 
Dakota, and Wyoming are featured in this exhibition.
This exhibition is in conjunction with the fifth biennial Art of Fine Craft 2007: Original Mind/Modern Matter regional conference held at the Lux Center for the Arts in Lincoln, Neb. in association with the University. One facet of the conference which was held Oct. 4-5 was to address the viability of the contemporary crafts movement and the relevance of the artisan in contemporary culture. For more information about the conference visit www.luxcenter.org.
The exhibition was juried by printmaker Hiroki Morinoue, studio potter Kathryn Finnerty, ceramic sculptor Jeanne Quinn and author Paulus Berensohn. The exhibition runs from Oct.4 - Nov. 2.
Kung Fu Theatre featured on KGCS
KGCS-TV will present a taped program featuring the performance "Kung Fu Theatre: Tales from the Beijing Opera," at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21. The theatre presentation was held Oct. 6 at Missouri Southern as part of the China Semester activities. KGCS students taped the presentation in its entirety for broadcast.
Dorothy Bay, Biology, along with students, George Keeler and Andrew Jecman, attended the 54th Annual Systematics Symposium in St. Louis, Mo. All the presentations and posters were concerned with Biodiversity and Conservation in the Andes especially in light of global warming. One special concern was the failure of many National Parks and Reserves in the tropics due to lack of money and protection personnel.
Beverly Block, Business, co-authored and presented two papers at the Association for Business Communication Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10-12. One paper was entitled, "Comparing Online vs. In-class Business Communication Students." The co-author for this paper was Janet Buzzard, Business. The second paper was entitled, "Bad E-mail Messages: What Can Be Done." The co-author for this paper was Jean Anna Sellers, Fort Hays State University.
Patricia Murphy, English, was asked by Victorian Studies to review a recent book examining the intersection of gender and colonial discourses in late-Victorian novels. The review will appear in the next issue.
Dinner for A Cause: Enjoy a wonderful buffet dinner at Pizza Inn, 1101 Range Line from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 22. 20% of the sales will go to help Marybeth Wawrzyniak, a single mother with a daughter in High school. One year ago, Marybeth's funds were exhausted while fighting cancer which has returned. Please take advantage of this opportunity to raise monies to pay for her treatment. For information, contact Penny Richeson at ext. 9770.
For Sale: 1991 Nissan Maxima. Ugly but runs great. AC and heat. Lots of highway miles. Dependable transportation. Asking $995. Contact (417) 625 9305 or (816) 522 2181( cell ). Good as a stand- by car or to fetch groceries or what not.
For Sale: 2006 Chevrolet Equinox LT 10,500 Miles; All Wheel Drive. Like new. Must sell. $17, 500 or best offer. Sunroof, CD player, AC in back, factory warranty, Black with Silver-grey cloth interior; automatic. 25 mpg on the highway, 20-22 in town. Call Becky Gallemore at 659-5425, ( 417) 540-3423, cell or 782-9643, home.
