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Presidential inauguration Sept. 19

Friday, Sept. 19 will be a historic day for Missouri Southern State University.

Inauguration ceremonies are scheduled for 2 p.m. that day in Taylor Performing Arts Center for Dr. Bruce Speck, the 4th president in Missouri Southern State University's history as a four-year institution.

State officials, presidents from other universities and dignitaries have been invited to participate.

Missouri Southern invites members of the public to reserve this date and time on their calendars and plan to join the campus community in the celebration of this event at Missouri Southern.

RSVPs are requested. To RSVP, complete the form available online at www.mssu.edu/inauguration08 or e-mail inauguration08@mssu.edu or call (417) 782-7236.

Reservations will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5.

Flu Clinic planned

The Student Health Center will hold flu shot clinic on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 8 - 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Health Center (Kuhn Hall 306).

The cost is $10 for students and $15 for staff.

No appointment is necessary

Contemporary Film Series resumes

Recent foreign and independent films will be shown this semester as part of the Continuing Education “Foreign Film” class. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France; 112 min.) is slated for 7 p.m. tonight in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a stunning adaptation of the memoir of the same title by Jean-Dominique Bauby, an affluent, sophisticated fashion magazine editor, who, as a result of a terrible automobile accident, was almost entirely paralyzed.

The film is striking in the range of cinematic techniques directorJulian Schnabel employs to convey the protagonist’s condition and his struggle to communicate. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best cinematography, best direction and best achievement in editing. The New YorkTimes’ A. O. Scott called the film “astonishing…a beautiful and inspiring movie.”

Those who want to attend the film series will be asked to register and pay a $10 course fee to offset the cost of purchasing the films on DVD. A brief discussion will follow the screening of each film. For more information on the films and the class, should contact Bill Kumbier, English, at kumbier-w@mssu.ed u.

German folklore, castles topics of presentations

Beverley Driver Eddy, Ph.D., a professor emeritus at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., will speak twice on campus today. Both presentations are free and open to the public.

Eddy's first presentation, "German Folklore: A Key to History," will begin at 8 a.m., Friday Sept. 5 in W. Robert Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall.
Eddy's second presentation, "The German Castle: From Fortress to Museum and Youth Hostel," will begin at 10 a.m. the same morning in W. Robert Corley Auditorium.

Eddy will trace the history, architecture, and evolving romance of the German castle. While she will concentrate on the castles of the Rhine river valley, she will also discuss Germany's two best-known castles: Burg Eltz and Neuschwanstein.

Although it is common to look at legends for their universal attributes, Dr. Eddy will examine them for their basis in fact, showing how most German legends about dragons and devils actually relate to specific historical events that occurred at specific sites in the Rhine river valley.

Beverley Driver Eddy has a Ph.D. in German from Indiana University, studied for two years at the Freie Universität Berlin, worked for a time as a bi-lingual tour guide at a German castle, and taught at Middlebury and Dickinson colleges. She specializes in German and Scandinavian literary relations, but has a strong secondary interest in German folklore, and has published on the folk history of the Rhine river valley and on the history of the fictional character Dracula.

Presentation on pop culture next Thursday

Alexander Ganz, graduate assistant in the German program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, will present “Pop-Cultural Relations between Germany and the U.S.: The Simpsons, Family Guy and Music as a Learning Experience” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9 in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall.

The event is free and open to the public.

This presentation will feature pop culture and pop icons that are present in both the United States and Germany. Ganz will focus on the ways certain TV series and popular music represent culture, language and society and why they are important.

Ganz will discuss not only what is popular in Germany, but also the role of pop culture in the language-learning experience as it applies to Germans learning English and learners of German as a second language.

A native German, Ganz spent over two years in the United States prior to his graduate studies working as an au pair and a designer in an advertising agency. He received a B.A.- equivalent in American Studies and Communication at the University of Leipzig in Germany.

Relay for Life meeting this morning

Almost everyone knows someone who has been affected in some way by cancer. Each spring, the Cancer Association holds a Relay for Life to raise awareness and funds to help fight this disease.

Help MSSU's Relay for Life team by coming to our first meeting for this school year. Last year, we didn't even form our team until May as school was just letting out and we had only one month before the actual event. Even so, we had a great team effort, lots of fun, and managed to raise almost $1,000 to add to the total for the event which was $24, 418.

This year's first meeting will be held at 10 a.m., this morning, Friday, Sept. 5, in Spiva Library, room 413A. The first meeting will be to discuss fund raising plans that won't require a lot of time, effort, and hassles. The goal is to have fun as well as raise awareness and funds to help fight this disease.

For information, contact Lora Burch, Career Services, at ext. 3138.

Give the "gift of life"

A blood drive, hosted by Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, will take place from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10 in a Mobile Unit on the MSSU oval.

Sheila Hart, Nursing, says a free cholesterol screening will be offered to all those giving blood.

Please bring photo identification. Visit the blood donation website at www.cbco.org

Calling acoustical musicians

Advising, Counseling & Testing Services is hosting a Lawn Party/Acoustic Jam Session on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 8 p.m.-Midnight

Students, faculty & staff are invited to showcase some of their acoustical music. If you are interested, please contact Natalie Bruce, ACTS, at 625-9529 or e-mail bruce-n@mssu.edu.

Census workshops scheduled

Free census workshops will be presented from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1 in Room 303 of Plaster Hall. Wendy McGrane, Library, says the workshops will cover: 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 2007 American Community Survey, and 2002 Economic Census

This 3-hour workshop will teach you how to access data from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing from the Census Bureau's American Factfinder webpage, the new 2007 data from the American Community Survey webpage, Population Estimates and Populations Projection data, the Economic Census, and other Census Bureau data. We will focus on data and maps that feature Joplin.

Both workshops are alike in content. Registration is not required. Participants will learn how to:

* Gather 100% of the Census data and maps for the area around home or business street addresses
* Gather economic data for your zip code or county or metropolitan area
* Locate current data for the major Leading Economic Indicators
* Access 2007 data for all cities and counties in Missouri with a population of 65,000 or more
* Find Missouri Employer and Non-Employer data
* Find online press releases about newly-available Census data
* Find the number of school-age children living in families in poverty in Missouri
* Find the number of Missourians without health insurance and the number of school-age children without insurance

Those with questions should contact Steve Beleu, Director, Oklahoma State Data Center Coordinating Agency by e-mailing sbeleu@oltn.odl.state.ok.us or calling (405) 521-2502.

German Film Festival features satire Good Bye, Lenin!

The German Film Festival will present the 2003 film Good Bye, Lenin! at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 in W. Robert Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall.

Directed by Wolfgang Becker, action begins before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

A young dissident’s pro-Communist mother slips into a coma and awakens to a world that has changed beyond recognition. Knowing the shock might kill her, he tries to keep the change a secret.

The community is invited to enjoy this lively and poignant satire. The film is free and open to the public.

Bicycles needed

Do you have a bike that is taking up room in your garage and is gathering dust? Is it still in good condition? Do you want to make an international student happy and let him or her use it for a semester or a year? Consider donating the bicycle to the International Club.

Those wanting to donate a bike should contact Betty Willems, International Club Advisor, at willems-b@mssu.edu.

Men's basketball casino and auction night

A Men's Basketball Casino and Auction night will take place the evening of Saturday, Sept. 6 (tomorrow night) at the Butcher's Block on S. Main Street in Joplin. A $50 ticket includes $100 of casino money and chances to win prices.

For information, contact Robert Corn, Athletics, at 625-9330 or Ron Ressel, Athletics, at 625-9701. For details, click on this line to visit an informational link.

MSIPC programs airing on KGCS-TV

Highlights of the 2008 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition begin airing Monday, Sept. 8 on KGCS-TV. The programs will air weekly at 8 p.m.

The first program will feature the opening concert by the head of the Judge Panel, Nancy Weems. After that, the performances will feature the competition rounds, beginning with the Junior Division.

KGCS-TV recorded all of the competition rounds while the piano competition was held in Joplin in April of 2008. "Airing these programs gives area viewers a chance to see the high quality of the pianists who participated," says Judy Stiles, KGCS-TV General Manager.

KGCS-TV may be seen over the air on UHF channel 57, Cable One Channel 7 and Mediacom Channel 77. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University.

Program focuses on theme semester

An upcoming edition of the Newsmakers interview program will feature a discussion about the many activities for the Germany Semester at Missouri Southern, as well as a visit with a Missouri Southern staff member who visited Germany this summer.

Guests are Chad Stebbins, Institute of International Studies, and Rod Surber, University Relations and Marketing.

The program will begin airing the week of September 9 on KGCS-TV. Airdates include:

Tuesday, 9/9 - 6 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/16 - 6 p.m.
Sunday, 9/21 - 5:30 p.m.
Monday, 9/22 - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/24 - 5:30 p.m.

The program will also air at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 13 on KOAM-TV.

FACULTY/STAFF

Joey Brown, English-Philosophy has had two poems, "Pryor" and "Tornado Poem," accepted for the fall issue of the literary journal Argestes. Her poem "Meridian, Oklahoma" has been selected to appear in the fall/winter issue of The Chaffin Journal.

Gwen Murdock, retired Psychology faculty, is teaching classes in Kyrgyzstan, including Cognitive Psychology. This weekend, she will go to a Journalism department retreat at a resort on Lake Issyk-Kul, once visited by Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev.

Sarah Johnson, Small Business Development Center, graduated in May from M.S.U. with a Master of Business Administration degree

Giuseppe Lupis, Music taught piano at the University of Georgia Summer Camps in Athens, Ga., the first week of June. He performed and gave a master class at Valdosta (Ga.) State University within the Governor Honors Program that VSU runs each year. Giuseppe taught jazz at "Mid Summer Macon," a summer program held at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., and taught piano at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Mich. and performed a solo piano concert in Blodgett Auditorium. Following that, he toured Italy for ten days (July 16 - 25) performing in Perugia, Sezze Romano, Anzio, and Monte S. Savino.

CLASSIFIED

For Sale: Toshiba 65 inch flat screen home theater. $1,000 o.b.o.. 4 years old. Works great. Had to replace with smaller TV due to move to smaller space. Cost over $4,000 new. Call Dave 529-0463.

Rental Wanted in the Joplin area: 2 or 3 bedroom home for responsible renter (MSSU staff). Potential renter owns a home in another city but needs to rent here. Well-mannered animals. Willing to pay pet deposit. Call 625-9886.

For Sale: Girl's 20-inch bicycle. Contact Judy Stiles at ext. 9777 for details.

For Sale: Walnut coffee table, excellent shape $50. Also have Futon with blue cover; very clean, like new, $50. Contact Becky Gallemore 659-5425 or 540-3423.

For Sale: Brand new, unused Windows Vista Ultimate w/Service Pack 1 for sale. This is the most complete version available. Lowest price anywhere is $279. Will sell for $260. If interested, call Al Carnine at ext. 9633.

Free to Good Home: Two male Great Pyrenees dogs. 1½ years old. Kind and lovable. Call Alan at 624-0439.

For Sale: Rock Band game and instruments for XBox 360, in excellent condition, $90. Call Drew at 624-0439.


Current Issue: Volume 26 - Number 19 - September 5, 2008
Home Page Index Calendar Faculty/Staff Classified	Presidential inauguration Sept. 19 Friday, Sept. 19 will be a historic day for Missouri Southern State University. Inauguration ceremonies are scheduled for 2 p.m. that day in Taylor Performing Arts Center for Dr. Bruce Speck, the 4th president in Missouri Southern State University's history as a four-year institution. State officials, presidents from other universities and dignitaries have been invited to participate. Missouri Southern invites members of the public to reserve this date and time on their calendars and plan to join the campus community in the celebration of this event at Missouri Southern. RSVPs are requested. To RSVP, complete the form available online at www.mssu.edu/inauguration08 or e-mail inauguration08@mssu.edu or call (417) 782-7236. Reservations will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5. Flu Clinic planned The Student Health Center will hold flu shot clinic on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 8 - 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Health Center (Kuhn Hall 306). The cost is $10 for students and $15 for staff. No appointment is necessary Contemporary Film Series resumes Recent foreign and independent films will be shown this semester as part of the Continuing Education “Foreign Film” class. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France; 112 min.) is slated for 7 p.m. tonight in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a stunning adaptation of the memoir of the same title by Jean-Dominique Bauby, an affluent, sophisticated fashion magazine editor, who, as a result of a terrible automobile accident, was almost entirely paralyzed. The film is striking in the range of cinematic techniques directorJulian Schnabel employs to convey the protagonist’s condition and his struggle to communicate. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best cinematography, best direction and best achievement in editing. The New YorkTimes’ A. O. Scott called the film “astonishing…a beautiful and inspiring movie.” Those who want to attend the film series will be asked to register and pay a $10 course fee to offset the cost of purchasing the films on DVD. A brief discussion will follow the screening of each film. For more information on the films and the class, should contact Bill Kumbier, English, at kumbier-w@mssu.ed u. German folklore, castles topics of presentations Beverley Driver Eddy, Ph.D., a professor emeritus at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., will speak twice on campus today. Both presentations are free and open to the public. Eddy's first presentation, "German Folklore: A Key to History," will begin at 8 a.m., Friday Sept. 5 in W. Robert Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall. Eddy's second presentation, "The German Castle: From Fortress to Museum and Youth Hostel," will begin at 10 a.m. the same morning in W. Robert Corley Auditorium. Eddy will trace the history, architecture, and evolving romance of the German castle. While she will concentrate on the castles of the Rhine river valley, she will also discuss Germany's two best-known castles: Burg Eltz and Neuschwanstein. Although it is common to look at legends for their universal attributes, Dr. Eddy will examine them for their basis in fact, showing how most German legends about dragons and devils actually relate to specific historical events that occurred at specific sites in the Rhine river valley. Beverley Driver Eddy has a Ph.D. in German from Indiana University, studied for two years at the Freie Universität Berlin, worked for a time as a bi-lingual tour guide at a German castle, and taught at Middlebury and Dickinson colleges. She specializes in German and Scandinavian literary relations, but has a strong secondary interest in German folklore, and has published on the folk history of the Rhine river valley and on the history of the fictional character Dracula. Presentation on pop culture next Thursday Alexander Ganz, graduate assistant in the German program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, will present “Pop-Cultural Relations between Germany and the U.S.: The Simpsons, Family Guy and Music as a Learning Experience” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9 in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall. The event is free and open to the public. This presentation will feature pop culture and pop icons that are present in both the United States and Germany. Ganz will focus on the ways certain TV series and popular music represent culture, language and society and why they are important. Ganz will discuss not only what is popular in Germany, but also the role of pop culture in the language-learning experience as it applies to Germans learning English and learners of German as a second language. A native German, Ganz spent over two years in the United States prior to his graduate studies working as an au pair and a designer in an advertising agency. He received a B.A.- equivalent in American Studies and Communication at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Relay for Life meeting this morning Almost everyone knows someone who has been affected in some way by cancer. Each spring, the Cancer Association holds a Relay for Life to raise awareness and funds to help fight this disease. Help MSSU's Relay for Life team by coming to our first meeting for this school year. Last year, we didn't even form our team until May as school was just letting out and we had only one month before the actual event. Even so, we had a great team effort, lots of fun, and managed to raise almost $1,000 to add to the total for the event which was $24, 418. This year's first meeting will be held at 10 a.m., this morning, Friday, Sept. 5, in Spiva Library, room 413A. The first meeting will be to discuss fund raising plans that won't require a lot of time, effort, and hassles. The goal is to have fun as well as raise awareness and funds to help fight this disease. For information, contact Lora Burch, Career Services, at ext. 3138. Give the "gift of life" A blood drive, hosted by Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, will take place from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10 in a Mobile Unit on the MSSU oval. Sheila Hart, Nursing, says a free cholesterol screening will be offered to all those giving blood. Please bring photo identification. Visit the blood donation website at www.cbco.org Calling acoustical musicians Advising, Counseling & Testing Services is hosting a Lawn Party/Acoustic Jam Session on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 8 p.m.-Midnight Students, faculty & staff are invited to showcase some of their acoustical music. If you are interested, please contact Natalie Bruce, ACTS, at 625-9529 or e-mail bruce-n@mssu.edu. Census workshops scheduled Free census workshops will be presented from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1 in Room 303 of Plaster Hall. Wendy McGrane, Library, says the workshops will cover: 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 2007 American Community Survey, and 2002 Economic Census This 3-hour workshop will teach you how to access data from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing from the Census Bureau's American Factfinder webpage, the new 2007 data from the American Community Survey webpage, Population Estimates and Populations Projection data, the Economic Census, and other Census Bureau data. We will focus on data and maps that feature Joplin. Both workshops are alike in content. Registration is not required. Participants will learn how to: * Gather 100% of the Census data and maps for the area around home or business street addresses * Gather economic data for your zip code or county or metropolitan area * Locate current data for the major Leading Economic Indicators * Access 2007 data for all cities and counties in Missouri with a population of 65,000 or more * Find Missouri Employer and Non-Employer data * Find online press releases about newly-available Census data * Find the number of school-age children living in families in poverty in Missouri * Find the number of Missourians without health insurance and the number of school-age children without insurance Those with questions should contact Steve Beleu, Director, Oklahoma State Data Center Coordinating Agency by e-mailing sbeleu@oltn.odl.state.ok.us or calling (405) 521-2502. German Film Festival features satire Good Bye, Lenin! The German Film Festival will present the 2003 film Good Bye, Lenin! at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 in W. Robert Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, action begins before the fall of the Berlin Wall. A young dissident’s pro-Communist mother slips into a coma and awakens to a world that has changed beyond recognition. Knowing the shock might kill her, he tries to keep the change a secret. The community is invited to enjoy this lively and poignant satire. The film is free and open to the public. Bicycles needed Do you have a bike that is taking up room in your garage and is gathering dust? Is it still in good condition? Do you want to make an international student happy and let him or her use it for a semester or a year? Consider donating the bicycle to the International Club. Those wanting to donate a bike should contact Betty Willems, International Club Advisor, at willems-b@mssu.edu. Men's basketball casino and auction night A Men's Basketball Casino and Auction night will take place the evening of Saturday, Sept. 6 (tomorrow night) at the Butcher's Block on S. Main Street in Joplin. A $50 ticket includes $100 of casino money and chances to win prices. For information, contact Robert Corn, Athletics, at 625-9330 or Ron Ressel, Athletics, at 625-9701. For details, click on this line to visit an informational link. MSIPC programs airing on KGCS-TV Highlights of the 2008 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition begin airing Monday, Sept. 8 on KGCS-TV. The programs will air weekly at 8 p.m. The first program will feature the opening concert by the head of the Judge Panel, Nancy Weems. After that, the performances will feature the competition rounds, beginning with the Junior Division. KGCS-TV recorded all of the competition rounds while the piano competition was held in Joplin in April of 2008. "Airing these programs gives area viewers a chance to see the high quality of the pianists who participated," says Judy Stiles, KGCS-TV General Manager. KGCS-TV may be seen over the air on UHF channel 57, Cable One Channel 7 and Mediacom Channel 77. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University. Program focuses on theme semester An upcoming edition of the Newsmakers interview program will feature a discussion about the many activities for the Germany Semester at Missouri Southern, as well as a visit with a Missouri Southern staff member who visited Germany this summer. Guests are Chad Stebbins, Institute of International Studies, and Rod Surber, University Relations and Marketing. The program will begin airing the week of September 9 on KGCS-TV. Airdates include: Tuesday, 9/9 - 6 p.m. Tuesday, 9/16 - 6 p.m. Sunday, 9/21 - 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9/22 - 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 9/24 - 5:30 p.m. The program will also air at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 13 on KOAM-TV. FACULTY/STAFF Joey Brown, English-Philosophy has had two poems, "Pryor" and "Tornado Poem," accepted for the fall issue of the literary journal Argestes. Her poem "Meridian, Oklahoma" has been selected to appear in the fall/winter issue of The Chaffin Journal. Gwen Murdock, retired Psychology faculty, is teaching classes in Kyrgyzstan, including Cognitive Psychology. This weekend, she will go to a Journalism department retreat at a resort on Lake Issyk-Kul, once visited by Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev. Sarah Johnson, Small Business Development Center, graduated in May from M.S.U. with a Master of Business Administration degree Giuseppe Lupis, Music taught piano at the University of Georgia Summer Camps in Athens, Ga., the first week of June. He performed and gave a master class at Valdosta (Ga.) State University within the Governor Honors Program that VSU runs each year. Giuseppe taught jazz at "Mid Summer Macon," a summer program held at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., and taught piano at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Mich. and performed a solo piano concert in Blodgett Auditorium. Following that, he toured Italy for ten days (July 16 - 25) performing in Perugia, Sezze Romano, Anzio, and Monte S. Savino. CLASSIFIED For Sale: Toshiba 65 inch flat screen home theater. $1,000 o.b.o.. 4 years old. Works great. Had to replace with smaller TV due to move to smaller space. Cost over $4,000 new. Call Dave 529-0463. Rental Wanted in the Joplin area: 2 or 3 bedroom home for responsible renter (MSSU staff). Potential renter owns a home in another city but needs to rent here. Well-mannered animals. Willing to pay pet deposit. Call 625-9886. For Sale: Girl's 20-inch bicycle. Contact Judy Stiles at ext. 9777 for details. For Sale: Walnut coffee table, excellent shape $50. Also have Futon with blue cover; very clean, like new, $50. Contact Becky Gallemore 659-5425 or 540-3423. For Sale: Brand new, unused Windows Vista Ultimate w/Service Pack 1 for sale. This is the most complete version available. Lowest price anywhere is $279. Will sell for $260. If interested, call Al Carnine at ext. 9633. Free to Good Home: Two male Great Pyrenees dogs. 1½ years old. Kind and lovable. Call Alan at 624-0439. For Sale: Rock Band game and instruments for XBox 360, in excellent condition, $90. Call Drew at 624-0439.