Clips for June 2002



NATIONAL NEWS

Administration

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Dr. Duane Stucky, vice president for business and finance, is one of eight finalists for the presidency of the University of Central Arkansas.

Dr. Barbara Haskew, former provost and vice president for academic affairs, was one of three finalists for the presidency of Southwest Texas State University, reported the San Antonio Express-News.

Athletics

The Minneapolis Star Tribune called MTSU Athletic Director Boots Donnelly one of the "top mid-level athletic directors" in the country.

Donnelly testified before a congressional subcommittee about how sports agents ruin student-athletes' lives with promises of cash or gifts, reported Gannett News Service.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a man posing as a reporter has deceived female college athletes from coast to coast, including female athletes at MTSU.

Business

Dr. William Ford, Weatherford Chair of Finance, discussed recent decisions by the Federal Reserve Board on CNBC and CNNfn.

Liberal Arts

Dr. Charles Wolfe, English, told the Roanoke (Va.) Times that banjo master Earl Scruggs is a musical genius worthy of comparison with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

Wolfe told Cox News Service and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that musician Kasper "Stranger" Malone is one of the few survivors of an era when Atlanta, not Nashville, was the home of country music.

The Page News and Courier (Luray, Va.) interviewed Dr. John Vile, political science, about his new book, "Presidential Winners and Losers: Words of Victory and Concession."

Dr. Rick Moffett, psychology, told the Monitor of Psychology that industrial/organizational students work with area businesses and organizations, which often leads to internships and jobs.

Mass Communication

Ray Wong, journalism, is an instructor for the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, "a training program designed for people of color who want to become journalists but have not had formal journalism training," according to U.S. Newswire.

A "Downbeat" magazine article about the Nashville jazz scene gave WMOT-FM a prominent favorable mention.

Student Affairs

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that MTSU senior Chris Jones is working as an intern at the newspaper's business desk this summer.

Louisiana Weekly profiled Kasimu Harris, who has served as Student Government Association chief of staff and has been a member of the Student Activity Committee.



General Interest

Lisa L. Rollins, assistant director, News and Public Affairs, recently had several feature stories published in a Colorado-based magazine titled "Images of Colorado Springs," as well as feature stories published in a Glasgow, Ky.-based magazine.

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Rachel Anne Kirk, winner of Dialog's Roger K. Summit Scholarship Award for the North American region, has accepted a teaching position at MTSU, noted the Internet Wire.

MTSU's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon has been placed on disciplinary probation for violations of university regulations, reported the University Wire.

The Chronicle of Higher Education spotlighted former Vice President Al Gore's course on family-centered community building at MTSU.METROPOLITAN NEWS

Administration

Dr. Barbara Haskew, former provost and vice president of academic affairs, was one of three finalists for the presidency of Southwest Texas State University, reported WMOT-FM.

MTSU President Sidney McPhee was interviewed for the debut issue of "Onyx," a new magazine targeted to middle-class African-Americans, according to The Tennessean.

David Climer, a columnist for The Tenessean, noted McPhee's acknowledgment that a budget impasse would affect the MTSU campus.



Basic and Applied Sciences

The MTSU Center for Environmental Education was among those organizations and individuals honored by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for environmental stewardship, according to WMOT-FM and The Tennessean.

Nearly 60 teams competed in the MTSU Regional Sixth Grade Mathematics Contest, noted Nashville Westview.

MTSU faculty members instructed 20 fifth-graders in aerospace, industrial studies, agriculture and other subjects at Camp PRISM, Practice in Science and Math, noted The Tennessean.

Dr. Preston MacDougall, chemistry, wrote a guest column for The Tennessean opposing a U.S. government ban on therapeutic cloning.

WPLN-FM interviewed Dr. Thomas Cheatham, dean, basic and applied sciences, about MTSU's partnership with the University of Tennessee Space Institute.

Business

The Tennessean reported that Dr. Kathleen Vinlove, associate director, Business and Economic Research Center, attributes the influx of nouveau riche into Belle Meade to the growth of the Metro Nashville area over the past 15 years.

The Nashville Scene noted that Paul Allen will leave his job as executive director of Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., in August to teach and pursue a doctorate in economics at MTSU.Page Four

Liberal Arts

Dr. Keith Taylor, English, has developed a Web site (www.modestneeds.org) to help people who need small amounts of money for unexpected expenses, reported WMOT-FM and WKRN-TV.

Dr. Janet Belsky, psychology, said children don't need to be stimulated or busy every moment of the summer, noted WMOT-FM.

Dr. John Vile, political science, talked about his new book, "Presidential Winners and Losers: Words of Victory and Concession," on WMOT-FM.

Dr. J. Brandon Wallace, sociology and anthropology, told WMOT-FM that workers' caring for aged family members costs business an estimated $29 billion in productivity each year.

WMOT-FM interviewed Dr. Mark Byrnes, political science, about the so-called "CATS" budget, a proposed alternative to higher taxes and spending cuts in state government.

Byrnes told The Tennessean that the "CATS" budget proposal is more difficult to understand than a state income tax.

Dr. Charles Wolfe, English, called the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers "the last of the true old-time mountain string bands" in The Tennessean's obituary of the Hilltoppers' leader, Joe Birchfield.

Mass Communication

Dr. Larry Burriss, journalism, offered his opinions on zoo privacy, the hiring of an advertising agency by the National Security Agency, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on filtering software in school and library computers and the notion that the U-S. government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in commentaries on WMOT-FM.

Geoffrey Hull, recording industry, told The Tennessean that making it possible for independent artists and labels to compete would be healthy for the record business.

Dr. Anantha S. Babbili, a specialist in international communication, will begin work Aug. 1 as MTSU's Dean of the College of Mass Communication, reported The Tennessean.



Student Affairs

Traci Jones of McMinnville and Mitzi Gargus of Murfreesboro have received scholarships to attend MTSU from Nissan North America, Inc., according to The Tennessean.

Kimika Thorpe, Miss MTSU, told The Tennessean that each contestant in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant "should abide by the rules and not be a state-hopper."

MTSU students Leah Leonard (Miss Tennessee Valley), Leeann Goldston (Miss Upper Cumberland), and Courtney Blooding (Miss Southeast Tennessee) are also contestants in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant, reported the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.

The Tennessee Tribune printed a photo of MTSU student Angela Gardenhire, who recently was welcomed into Phi Kappa Phi.

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WKRN-TV, WTVF-TV and The Tennessean reported that Murfreesboro police are investigating allegations that officers used excessive force in arresting MTSU student Leroy Lewis on charges of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, criminal impersonation and resisting arrest.

The Tennessean reported that MTSU graduate student Dan Reimers has become the father of a baby believed to be the smallest infant ever born in Nashville, a mere 12 ounces.

MTSU students Sheryl Eady and Landom Sessoms have been inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, noted the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.

General Interest

For the sixth year in a row, MTSU will attract more valedictorians and salutatorians than any other institution of higher learning in Tennessee, reported The Tennessean.

MTSU would have to send letters to 900 students rescinding their acceptance for the fall term if the state legislature passes a no-new-taxes budget, according to The Commercial Appeal (Memphis).



LOCAL NEWS

Administration

Dr. Robert Glenn, vice president for student affairs and vice provost for enrollment management, wrote a guest column in the DNJ to rebut two letters about MTSU published by the newspaper.

MTSU President Sidney McPhee told the DNJ that the university is considering several changes in enrollment practices.

McPhee told the DNJ that MTSU would have to eliminate 32 faculty positions and 82 staff positions if the General Assembly passes a bare-bones budget.

McPhee told the DNJ that summer classes, programs and orientations would have to be delayed if the legislature failed to pass a budget by July 1.

MTSU would lose $7.3 million under the proposed no-new-taxes budget, reported the Kingsport Times-News, the Oak Ridger, the Bristol Herald-Courier, the Paris Post-Intelligencer, the Jackson Sun, the Southern Standard, the Cookeville Herald-Citizen and the Athens Post-Athenian.

Athletics

MTSU Athletic Director Boots Donnelly testified before a congressional subcommittee about how sports agents ruin student-athletes' lives with promises of cash or gifts, reported the DNJ and the Murfreesboro Sun.

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Basic and Applied Sciences

Numerous 4-H Club members competed in the MTSU Youth and Central District Horse Judging Contest, reported the Marshall Gazette.

Dr. Thomas Cheatham was chosen from a sextet of candidates to be Dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences at MTSU, noted the DNJ and the Murfreesboro Sun.

Dr. Kevin Downs, agribusiness and agriscience, said the Tennessee Youth Block & Bridle Club Beef Camp at MTSU will teach young people about the beef cattle industry, reported the Marshall Gazette.

MTSU faculty members instructed 20 fifth-graders in aerospace, industrial studies, agriculture and other subjects at Camp PRISM, Practice in Science and Math, noted the DNJ.

Students representing numerous schools across the Middle Tennessee area competed in MTSU's math competitions for youngsters in grades six, seven and eight, reported the Grundy County Herald.

MTSU math and science professors conducted workshops for low-income students who recently completed the eighth grade, according to the DNJ.

The Tullahoma News reported that MTSU is forming a partnership with the University of Tennessee Space Institute.

Business

Dr. William Ford, Weatherford Chair of Finance, believes state lawmakers should use inflation and population growth as economic indicators instead of personal income, reported the Columbia Daily Herald.

Ford thinks 40 percent of Tennesseans would pay the $1.1 billion that could be raised through an income tax, according to the Jackson Sun and the Cleveland Daily Banner.

Ford believes gasoline prices will rise by about a dime a gallon this summer, reported the Tullahoma News.

In an editorial in the DNJ, Ford opined that Tennessee needs spending reform, not tax reform.

MTSU's Tennessee Small Business Development Center will host a full-day workshop titled "Monopolize Your Marketplace," noted the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, the DNJ Business Pulse and the Lebanon Democrat.

The center also sponsored a free workshop on employee benefits June 18, according to the DNJ Business Pulse and the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.

A report by MTSU's Business and Economic Research Center says Tennessee's export growth rate is better than the national rate, but the state still has some catching up to do in export trade, noted the Tullahoma News.

Dr. Jim Burton, dean, told the DNJ that inflation is probably responsible for an increase in household incomes in Rutherford County over the past 10 years.

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Burton offers advice for entrepreneurs at www.realsmallbusiness.com, reported the DNJ.

The DNJ reported that Burton has been chosen as the recipient of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants' 2002 Accounting Educator of the Year Award.

In a letter to the DNJ, C. Alex Meacham cited Burton's comments in advocating no increase in the Rutherford County property tax.

Dr. Timothy Graeff, director, Office of Consumer Research, told the DNJ that Middle Tennessee consumers are "more confident and more optimistic" than the nation as a whole.

Forty-nine teams of high school students competed in an economic summit at MTSU, noted the Lebanon Democrat.

The Columbia Daily Herald and the Elk Valley Times printed photos of MTSU students participating in the Executives-in-Residence program.

Thirty-one people were in the 2002 graduating class of Leadership Middle Tennessee, a program to contribute to future economic and community growth, noted the DNJ and the Dickson Herald.

Education and Behavioral Science

Dr. Dawn Shelar, HPERS, told the DNJ that people should look how their leisure activities affect their physical, social, intellectual and emotional well-being.

Shelar will oversee a program to provide therapeutic recreation for traumatic brain injury patients in 13 Tennessee counties, reported the Tullahoma News.

Dr. Malissa Martin, HPERS, has been named 2002 Outstanding Educator/Administrator for the Southeast Athletic Trainer's Association, reported the DNJ.

Dr. Nancy Crews, elementary and special education, is also director of Reading Academy, a program for students in kindergarten through fourth grade at Murfreesboro's Bradley School funded by the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, according to the DNJ.

A DNJ editorial hailed the Reading Academy as "a breath of fresh air" in times of tight funding for education in Tennessee.

Dr. Janet McNaughton, human sciences, spoke to the Rutherford County Farm Bureau Women about how dietary guidelines have changed in the last 20 years, reported the DNJ.

Dr. Janet Belsky, psychology, told the DNJ that the proposed no-new-taxes budget would deprive elderly people and their caregivers of things they need desperately.



Liberal Arts

MTSU will use a $1.5 million donation from an anonymous benefactor to purchase 53 Steinway pianos for use by music students and faculty, according to the Crossville Chronicle and the Lewisburg Tribune.

MTSU co-sponsors VOICES, a collaborative monthlong art camp for kids ages 7-13, noted the DNJ and the Murfreesboro Sun.

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Robert Rucker, social work, conducted interviews in Murfreesboro with participants in Tennessee's Blue Ribbon Program, a statewide program aimed at getting children to drink milk, reported the DNJ.

The DNJ interviewed Dr. Charles Wolfe, English, about Wade Mainer, winner of the Heritage Award at the 25th annual Uncle Dave Macon Days festival in Murfreesboro.

Dr. John Vile, political science, has written a new book titled "Presidential Winners and Losers: Words of Victory and Concession," reported the DNJ.

The Children's Book Collection at MTSU's James E. Walker Library has more than 35,000 titles, noted the DNJ.

An all-student cast from MTSU's Summer Stock Theatre performed William Inge's play "Bus Stop" at the Murfreesboro/Rutherford County Center for the Arts, noted the DNJ, the DNJ Extra and the Murfreesboro Sun.

WMOT-FM won top honors for Best Series/Feature in the Large Market Radio Division of the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association's annual competition, reported the Murfreesboro Sun.

Dr. Charles Frost, social work, was scheduled to speak about how religious and spiritual issues are depicted in films in an address at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Tullahoma June 30th, noted the Tullahoma News.

Mass Communication

Dr. Anantha S. Babbili, a specialist in international communication, will begin work Aug. 1 as MTSU's Dean of the College of Mass Communication, reported the DNJ.

Student Affairs

Sheila Freeze of Coffee County is one of this year's recipients of a Neill-Sandler Scholarship, noted the Manchester Times.

Kelley Dodd of Paris received the Outstanding Journalism Graduate award from MTSU's College of Mass Communication, reported the Paris Post-Intelligencer.

Jessica Rucker and Carrie Beth Lamb each earned a $1,000 scholarship to MTSU from the Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors, according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette and the Jasper Journal.

The M.T.A.R. also gave a $500 scholarship to Alicia Puhek of Franklin County, reported the Winchester Herald-Chronicle.

Andrea Leigh Starkey was named Outstanding School Psychology Student and Julie Caroline Chambers received the Health Education Outstanding Senior award from MTSU's College of Education and Behavioral Science, noted the Southern Standard.

The Tullahoma News reported that Joshua Grant Rice of Tullahoma has accepted membership in Golden Key International Honour Society at MTSU.

According to the Manchester Times, Jason Tomberlin of Manchester was awarded six of the top honors bestowed by MTSU's military science program.

Mary Rebecca Liggett, a recent MTSU graduate, is the recipient of the first state scholarship for Outstanding Women Educators awarded by Tennessee Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Sorority, noted the Lewisburg Tribune.

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Clint Patrick Holt received MTSU's Accounting Alumni Appreciation Day Award and a scholarship for academic excellence for the second year in a row, according to the Lewisburg Tribune.

Kristina Latta of Columbia has been named to the nationally ranked MTSU Lightning Dance Team for the second year in a row, noted the Columbia Daily Herald.

The Tullahoma News printed photos of honors graduates Cindy Turner Hasty and Andrea Perry with MTSU President Sidney McPhee.

Perry received the Barbara S. Haskew Provost's Award, reported the Manchester Times and the Murfreesboro Sun.

Adam Haynes Wilson of Christiana was awarded the Marian Clark Scholarship for 2002-03, noted the DNJ.

The DNJ reported that Kimika Thorpe, Miss MTSU, will appear at Kidsfest 2002, an event sponsored by the Murfreesboro Lions Club.

Jonathan Griffith of Liberty has been presented MTSU's John Griffin Scholarship, noted the Middle Tennessee Times.

The Macon County Times profiled MTSU sophomore Andrea Scruggs, who is making a comeback from a traumatic brain injury she suffered in a car accident.

The Winchester Herald-Chronicle printed a photo of Keith Morris of Decherd, recipient of a Neill-Sandler scholarship to MTSU.

MTSU music students Katie Rowe, Olivia Hogle and Jackie O'Kain performed for the Frances Bohannon Music Club, noted the DNJ.

Chip Hoover, who took former Vice President Al Gore's family-centered community building class, told the DNJ that Gore was a "serious and well-prepared" instructor.

Cindy Hasty received the Business Education Award and the National Business Association Award of Merit, noted the Tullahoma News.

The Bolivar Bulletin-Times reported that Mariellen Cherry was selected to join Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.

The Tullahoma News printed a photo of the newest inductees of MTSU's Phi Kappa Phi chapter.

Aspen Stewart was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, according to the South Pittsburg Hustler.

Miranda Young, Brandon Hanson, Stacey Stewmon, Sonya Sanderson, Michael Cook, Crystal Farnsworth and Christopher Clemons were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, reported the Scott County News, the Lewisburg Tribune, the Wilson World, the Cannon Courier and the Winchester Herald-Chronicle.

General Interest

Paul W. Martin, Jr., director and chief managing member of Clarity Resource, LLC in Knoxville, delivered the Spring 2002 commencement address to an expected 1,375 degree candidates, reported the Jackson Sun, the Bolivar Bulletin-Times, Middle Tennessee Times, the Milan Mirror-Exchange, the Humboldt Courier Chronicle, the Dyersburg State Gazette, the Lauderdale Voice, the Maryville Daily Times, the Paris

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Post-Intelligencer, the Polk County News, the Trenton Herald-Gazette, the South Pittsburg Hustler, the Dunlap Tribune, the Rogersville Review, the Camden Chronicle, the Macon County Times, the Dickson Herald, the Cleveland Daily Banner, the Sweetwater Advocate/Democrat, the Hickman County Times, the Jasper Journal, the Selmer Independent-Appeal, the Elk Valley Times, the Grundy County Herald, the Carthage Courier, the Waverly News-Democrat, the Brownsville States-Graphic, the Alamo Times, the Lenoir City News-Herald, the Dayton Herald-News, the Wilson World, the Lawrenceburg Advocate, the Overton County News, the Lewisburg Tribune, the Lawrenceburg Democrat-Union, the Southern Standard, the Morgan County News, the Hendersonville Star News, the Athens Post-Athenian, the Columbia Daily Herald, the Pikesville Bledsonian-Banner and the Tullahoma News.

The 2002 MTSU Photography Student Show ran through June 24 in the Baldwin Photographic Gallery, noted the Lawrenceburg Democrat-Union and the Tullahoma News.

Former Vice President Al Gore will again teach a class in "Family-Centered Community Building" at MTSU during the Fall 2002 semester, according to the Lewisburg Tribune.

In a letter to the DNJ, Karen Garner slammed Tim Rudd of the Tennessee Republican Party's Executive Committee for supporting cuts in MTSU's budget.

The Tennessee Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will perform at "Celebration Under the Stars" on the intramural field across from the MTSU recreation center, noted the Rutherford Courier, the Murfreesboro Sun, the DNJ, the DNJ Business Pulse and DNJ Extra.

Karen Milstead, human resources, fought thyroid cancer and breast cancer in her early 30s and credits the American Cancer Society for her survival, reported the DNJ.

MTSU will help the Cannon County school system implement a $200,000 federal grant to bolster health services in the schools, according to the Cannon Courier.

The DNJ printed a photo of Tara Arnold and Jennifer Sullivan planting flowers on the MTSU campus.

In a letter to the DNJ, Jeanne S. Lund wrote, "To continue to be the kind of institution that our community, state and country need, MTSU will require our support."

MTSU's CUSTOMS program runs for six weeks and is designed to help new students become familiar with the campus and student services, according to the DNJ.

MTSU's Mini-University is a one-week course to give gifted children in grades 6-11 an introduction to law, medicine, economics and technology, according to the Lawrenceburg Advocate, the Lewisburg Tribune, the Lebanon Democrat, the Tullahoma News, the Murfreesboro Sun and the Gallatin News-Examiner.

State Rep. Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), who has been criticized for not being supportive of MTSU, said attending budget hearings on Capitol Hill is unnecessary, reported the Lebanon Democrat and the Johnson City Press.

For the sixth year in a row, MTSU will attract more valedictorians and salutatorians than any other institution of higher learning in Tennessee, reported the Lebanon Democrat and the Columbia Daily Herald.

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The Shelbyville Times-Gazette, the Grundy County Herald, the Lewis County Herald, the Henderson Independent, the Milan Mirror-Exchange, the Middle Tennessee Times, the Crossville Chronicle, the Trenton Herald-Gazette, the Morristown Citizen-Tribune, the Waverly News-Democrat, the Dickson Herald, the Winchester Herald-Chronicle, the Pikeville Bledsonian-Banner, the Alamo Times, the Dunlap Tribune, the Lewisburg Tribune, the Wayne County News, the DNJ and the Tullahoma News printed names of MTSU dean's list students.

Sgt. Matthew Foster, an MTSU police officer, was awarded a Crime Stoppers/Chamber of Commerce award, according to the DNJ.

In a letter to the DNJ, Dr. Stuart Bernstein, psychology, urged readers to support the flat income tax plan sponsored by Tennessee House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh (D-Covington) so that MTSU will be funded adequately.

Some of the proceeds from the Murfreesboro Noon Rotary Club's 1st Annual Rotary 200 Sporting Clays Tournament and Fun Shoot will go to fund academic scholarships at MTSU, reported the Murfreesboro Sun.

MTSU police are investigating numerous complaints by students who say they have received harassing phone calls, noted the DNJ.

Murfreesboro City Attorney Susan McGannon told the DNJ it is not certain whether MTSU police would remain on duty if a state government shutdown forces the university to close.

State Rep. John Hood (D-Murfreesboro) told the DNJ he met with MTSU faculty members who asked him to distribute to his colleagues a position paper advocating a 3 percent income tax.

The DNJ printed a photo of INROADS intern Martez Davis; Brenda Wunder and Ed DeBoer, event coordinators; and Cindy Randles, associate director, student programming at the site of this year's Main Street benefit in Murfreesboro.

Former state Senator Andy Womack, who was chairman of the education committee during his 12 years in the Senate, told the DNJ that none of the budgets under consideration by the General Assembly will benefit MTSU or higher education.

The DNJ reported that MTSU will continue classes July 1-2, but classes will be suspended beginning July 3 pending legislative action.