Current Issue: Volume 27 - Number 3 - January 30, 2009
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Workshop to discuss DTV readiness
The Federal Communications Commission is partnering with Missouri broadcasters and local universities to discuss the upcoming transition by television stations to digital-only operation and what steps many viewers may need to take to continue to receive programming after the transition.
The public is invited to attend an upcoming open forum to learn about the transition, to ask questions about how the DTV change may impact them, how to install a digital converter box, and how to apply for the $40 converter box coupons.
Date: Monday, Feb. 2, 7 - 9 p.m.
Location:
Corley Auditorium, Webster Hall
Moderator:
Judy Stiles, General Manager, KCGS-TV
Panelists:
William Freedman, Associate Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, FCC
Arlen Diamond, General Manager, KOZK (PBS)
Danny Thomas, General Manager, KOAM (CBS)
John Hoffmann, General Manager, KSNF/KODE (NBC/ABC)
Darren Dishman, General Manager, KFJX (Fox)
Gary Kenny, General Manager, KJPX (Pax)
The workshop will be televised live on MSSU's television station KGCS-TV. The station airs on channels: 22 (over-the-air digital UHF); 7 (Cable One); and 77 (Mediacom).
The forums are open to public to ask questions of the FCC and local broadcasters, sign up for $40 converter box coupons, view a demonstration of how to hook up a converter box to an analog television, and learn about the importance of re-scanning.
Converter box installation handouts and a list of local organizations that will assist with installation will be available.
bordertown submissions sought
Missouri Southern’s literary journal, bordertown, is accepting writing submissions for the 2009 publication. Current students, alumni, and faculty are encouraged to submit. The staff is looking for unique, fun, interesting, and obscure creative fiction, non-fiction, prose, poetry and critical essays.
The submission deadline is Feb. 11. Chosen writers will be published and featured with their pictures and biographies.
Please submit to: bordertown, c/o Joey Brown, Hearnes Hall Room. 300, Missouri Southern State University, 3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801.
Missouri Southern Live!
Don't miss two interviews on this Friday's edition of "Missouri Southern Live!" with host Jeff Skibbe.
First, MSSU President Bruce Speck discusses student enrollment, recent University initiatives, and his recent fund-raising concert appearance.
Then, a portion of an interview with author David Sheward, whose new book, Rage and Glory, chronicles the life of the late actor George C. Scott. Sheward's book is the first detailed biography of the star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove. In between, Garrison Keillor checks in with the Friday edition of "The Writer's Almanac."
Missouri Southern Live! airs 5-6 p.m. this Friday on 88.7KXMS/Fine Arts Radio International. The program is a frequent platform for local and international interviews and occasionally preempts Southern Serenade.
Lions' Den grand reopening next week
Sheila Immesote, Sodexho, invites everyone to the grand reopening of the Lions' Den in the Billingsly Student Center next week.
"When you come in, make a puchase and get your name entered in a drawing to win prizes," Sheila says.
Prizes include T-shirts, hats, an amp clock, a Dr. Pepper clock, a six-pack cooler and a Coleman party grill. The grand prize will be a stainless steel Coleman cooler, a case of Amp, and an Amp hat and shirt.
Sheila says the Lion's Den's hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Job Search Workshop Feb. 4
MSSU's Career Services will offer a Job Search Workshop from 5:30 - 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4 in Spiva Library, Room 420.
The workshop will cover all types of job search topics including resume review, access to the Southern Job Network, interviewing skills, preparation for the April 1 job fair, a job search action plan and salary negotiation.
The workshop is free and open to currently enrolled students and alumni.
Space is limited, so please call 417-625-9343 or go to http://www.mssu.edu/career/ to register for this event.
Bandit on the loose
Warning! A “bandit” will be on campus from 9 - 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 6. This “bandit” will be looking for any loose change that you might want to donate to MSSU’s Relay for Life team. ALL donations will go directly to the American Cancer Society in support of cancer research.
Cancer Awareness Night
Breast and Prostate Cancer Awareness Night is set for Jan. 31 at the MSSU Basketball games vs. Southwest Baptist. The MSSU women play at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men. The night is sponsored by Freeman and St. John's.
MSSU's women will be wearing pink uniforms that night and those will be auctioned off to the 13 highest bidders. All proceeds from the sale of the uniforms will be donated as well. Those who are interested in bidding on a jersey can go to http://www.mssu.edu/athletics/09breastcancer.htm for more information.
"Bids will also be accepted at the game," says Kevin Greim, Athletics. "We encourage all faculty and staff to come out that night to support the Lions and the cause. Since admission is free for faculty and staff, please consider making a donation on the way in."
A portion of gate receipts, plus all money donated at the gates will be donated to the Hope 4 You Breast Cancer Foundation (designated for breast cancer research/awareness) and the American Cancer Society (designated for prostate cancer research/awareness). Members of both Hope and ACS will be staffing the entrances to accept donations and to disperse information on breast and prostate cancer.
Wildwood Ranch to be honored Feb. 6
A 2,000-acre Joplin-area residential, commercial and industrial property development-Wildwood Ranch Development Inc., a client of the Missouri Southern State University Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC), is among 20 outstanding small businesses in Missouri receiving the 2009 Rising Star of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award.
Wildwood Ranch Development Inc. will be honored in an award ceremony at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb.6, in Cornell Auditorium in The Robert W. Plaster School of Business Administration on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.
Representative Marilyn Ruestman and Senator Gary Nodler will present Wildwood Ranch Development Inc. with legislative resolutions honoring the impact of their enterprise on the economic development of the state.
The multi-use master development is a project envisioned by James Pinjuv, a southwest Missouri resident and veteran property developer. The development is southwest Missouri's largest planned community offering residential, commercial and industrial opportunities.
Commonalities
Seven original works on paper created by Josie Mai reflect the imagery, color, pattern and spirit of a meditation on Boyer’s commonalities. The mixed-media paintings are variations on the thematic imagery of a figure, the literal text of the commonalities, the mandala, the vessels, and the fabric. They hopefully challenge the viewer toward positive reflection and change toward unity rather than divisiveness.
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face.africa Thirty young women from Carolina for Kibera’s Binti Pamoja program were matched with 30 emerging young artists from the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. Binti Pamoja means “Daughters United” in Kiswahili, and provides a forum for Kenyan women. The Academy provides a unique program of artistic, extracurricular, and social opportunities to Missouri’s talented high school students. The artwork has been shown at George A Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Citizens for the Arts in Jefferson City, and the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City. The portraits here will be delivered to the young Kenyan women at a ceremony in Kibera, Kenya in July 2009. Josie Mai, Art, is a member of the Visual Arts Faculty at Missouri Fine Arts Academy, and the Director of Soulfari Kenya Inc, a non-profit organization engaged in humanitarian service in Kenya. |
Two Exhibits by MaiDodge Cancer Dodgeball Tournament
Join the MSSU Relay for Life Team on Feb. 14 for the first ever Dodge Cancer Dodgeball Tournament. The charity event will be held at Young Gymnasium (connected to the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center) on the MSSU Campus beginning at 9 a.m. Teams may be co-ed, if desired, and consist of 6-10 players with an entry fee of $10 per person. Concessions will be available and a Silent Auction will be taking place in the lobby of the gymnasium from 9 a.m. - 12 noon.
Do your last minute shopping for Valentine’s Day while at this event. Admission is free to the public with all proceeds from the entry fee and silent auction going to the American Cancer Society to help support research in their mission to cure cancer. For more information please contact Josh Doak, Housing, at (417) 659-4460 or e-mail him at doak-j@mssu.edu.
To register your team, go to FACEBOOK and search for MSSU Relay for Life Dodgeball Tournament and sign up today.
Spring Piano Festival’s Second Program Features Andreini
The Music Department will hold the second program in its Spring Piano Festival 2009 later this month. The Festival includes performances by several musicians this semester. The upcoming program features pianist Matteo Andreini.
Master Class
Andreini will give a master class in Corley Auditorium from 3 - 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The class is free and open to all piano students in the community. To attend the master class, contact Guiseppe Lupis at (417) 625-9543 or e-mail Lupis-G@mssu.edu
Performance
Andreini will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 in Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall.
Matteo Andreini was born in Arezzo, Italy in 1969 and began studying piano at a very young age under the guidance of Professor Itala Balestri Del Corona. Subsequently, as a student of Maestro Orazio Frugoni, Mr. Andreini obtained his diploma with Honors from the “Santa Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome.
In 2000, Mr. Andreini performed with baritone Claudio Del Tin in a series of concerts in Germany. In 2006 he was invited to play in various Swiss cities and in Salzburg, Austria, where he performed in the wonderful setting of the Archbishop’s Palace, once so dear to Mozart.
Matteo Andreini has appeared as soloist with various orchestras among which the “Guido d’Arezzo” and “Città di Grosseto” Symphonic Orchestras, the Lecco Lyrical-Symphonic Orchestra, the Oradea State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Craiova “Oltenia”, Bacau “Mihai Jora” and Vidin Philharmonic Orchestras.
In 1998 and 1999 Matteo Andreini attended a specialization course for Orchestra professionals held in Milan at the Scala Theatre. During the course he participated in the staging of Strauss’s opera La Donna Senz’Ombra, directed by Maestro Giuseppe Sinopoli with the Scala Theatre Orchestra.
Andreini has collaborated with orchestra directors including Lorenzo Castriota Skanderbeg, Paolo Biancalana, Carlo Moreno Volpini, Roberto Gianola, Ovidiu Balan, Franz Anton Krager, Francesco Seri, and Mario Rorunda; with violinist Francesco Fidel; with accordionist Alessandro Moretti; with the Soloists of the Teatro Regio of Turin; with sopranos Eva Mei, Alessandra Rossi Trusendi, Luz de l’Alba Rubio, and Anastasia Tomacewska; and with baritone Mario Cassi.
Mr. Andreini is piano professor at the State Music Institute “P. Giannetti” in Grosseto where he has also collaborated in 2002 and 2003 with the city’s opera seasons. In 2006 and 2007 Mr. Andreini served as accompanist at the State Institute “R. Franci” in Siena within classes held by Professor Paolo Miccichè, participating in the staging of Mozart’s opera “Bastien und Bastienne” organized by the Institute and performed in Florence and Ravenna during the Ravenna Festival.
In 2008 Andreini was called to serve as pianist at the“Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy. He is also founder and director of the “Guido d’Arezzo” Symphonic Orchestra.
Festival Web Page: http://www.mssu.edu/music/pianofestival.html.
Debaters compete at Gorlock Gala
The MSSU Speech and Debate Squad competed in the Annual Gorlock Gala Debate tournament Jan. 29 – Feb. 1 at Webster University in St. Louis. The Gorlock Gala has become one of the biggest debate tournaments in the country. A total of 43 colleges and universities representing 16 states fielded 80 debaters in the Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate division. Additionally, there were 87 parliamentary debate teams at the tournament.
Whitney Hart, senior political science major from Lamar, qualified for elimination rounds at the tournament in the open division of LD debate. Hart went to the octo-final were she was defeated by a competitor from Western Kentucky University. Hart was also named 8th individual speaker in the open division.
Rayce Lashley, freshman Communication major from Carthage, went 5-1 in preliminary rounds too. Lashley was also defeated in the octo-final in the open division. In the parliamentary division of debate, the team of Rayce Lashley and Kyle Buzzard, sophomore political science from Lamar, qualified for elimination rounds in the junior varsity division.
Lashley and Buzzard (who went 4-2 in the preliminary rounds) went to the semi-final round before losing a close decision to Central Michigan University.
The MOSO forensics squad is now preparing to travel to Point Loma University in San Diego next weekend for one of the biggest debate tournaments held on the West coast, according to Kelly B. Larson, Forensics Director at Missouri Southern.
Andrea B. Hellman, Teacher Education and Project S.P.E.A.K., will present two workshops at the Missouri Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (MACTE) conference April 2-3 in Jefferson City. On April 2 she will present Current research and best practices for accommodating English language learners in the mainstream classroom. She will review current best practices of accommodating English language learners in mainstream classes will be reviewed and will discuss findings from the Report on the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. The second day, she wull present Help! My students don’t speak English: The session will include what teachers should do if some of their students speak little or no English or if they speak some English but are not literate on grade levels. Also covered will be teachers’ responsibilities, best classroom practices for developing students’ English proficiency and ways to help English language learners thrive in learning environments beneficial for all students.
The next issue of "Marginalia: A Literary Review" (Volume 4, 2009)will be dedicated to the memory of Arthur Saltzman. His humorous essay on football announcing, "Confucian in the Huddle," written shortly before his death, will also appear in the journal.
Raffle: LAST CHANCE. Joplin High School Project Graduation 2009 is holding a raffle for a China Off Road 50cc Scooter. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. The scooter is generously donated by Roper Honda. Tickets available in Brad Kleindl’s office, Room. 302, Plaster Hall. Drawing to be held Feb. 6. Need not to be present to win
Situation Wanted: Former Nanny, now MSSU staff member, available for night and weekend babysitting. For more information call (816) 519-1586.
For Sale: BLACKBERRY 8800 AT&T w/ 2 gig memory card. 4.5 O.S. No contract, unlocked. $170 or best offer. Call 627-9154.
For Sale: IBM Laptop;Pentium II, currently 256 mb (can upgrade to 512 mb), ethernet ready, Window XP Pro 2, DVD drive,10 months subscription, spy & virus protected. Asking $150. Add ons USB wireless high gain adapter-- pulls great on campus for $25. Also have Microsoft wireless mouse, $15. Call 627-9154.
For Sale: 2004 Toyota 4 x 2, 4 door, white, bed liner, new tires, 83,000 miles. EXCELLENT condition. $12,000. Lots of extras! Call Becky Gallemore (417) 540-3423 or (417) 659-5425.
