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Alternative Spring Break 2006 ... wish you'd gone, too!
RAIDERS TO THE RESCUE-Students and faculty in MTSU's EXperiential Learning Program gather for a group photo outside the remaining school gym in Pass Christian, Miss., while renovating a playground for the hurricane-devastated area during Alternative Spring Break. Another MTSU group built a Habitat for Humanity home in Florida during the break. Shown at the Delisle Elementary School in Pass Christian are: relaxing in front, Jacob Hall; front row: A.J. Fox, Elizabeth Jarrell, Shelia Umayam, Audrey Chamberlain, Paul Wills, Patrick Canfield, Brent Miller, Jill Austin; second row: Kawan Baxter, Jennifer Lynch, Anna Robinson, Morgan Petty, Tarra Thompson, Liz Beeson; third row: Peter Cunningham, Leslie Sharp, Wendi Cook, Kevin Vaughn, Doug Phelps, Tanya Cupp, Tene Hudson, Brent Miller, Michael Fulton, Mistina Brown and Carole Carroll. For more on MTSU's Alternative Spring Break adventures, see page 8.
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Seigenthaler Chair turns 20
by Gina E. Fann
Twenty years of critiquing and defending a free and vital press has brought the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at MTSU to a celebration and a crossroads.
April 4-6, the Seigenthaler Chair will celebrate its 20th anniversary by sponsoring "Self-Inflicted Wounds-Fact and Fiction in Journalism: Fabrication, Plagiarism and Confidential Sources," a conference hosted by the College of Mass Communication.
"This three-day conference is dedicated to the study of the problem of credibility that can be raised by three different sources: the outright fabrication of stories by journalists; plagiarism, literally stealing stories and claiming the information is yours; and the problem and great importance of confidential sources to the reporting of significant events, especially in Washington," said Dr. Edward Kimbrell, journalism professor, media critic and interim director of the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence.
"The conference is dedicated to not only these problems but some solutions and hope that this practice can be curtailed, while at the same time protecting sources who give us vital information about policies that the White House and Congress do not want the American people to know of."
Each event during the three-day conference is free and open to the public. Former Vice President Al Gore is set to kick off the conference at 12:30 p.m. April 4 in the Tennessee Room of MTSU's James Union Building with the opening address, "Media and Democracy."
Seigenthaler, chairman emeritus of The Tennessean and a nationally respected advocate for First Amendment rights, will follow at 2:40 p.m. with the keynote address, "The Self-Inflicted Wounds," in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU's Business and Aerospace Building.
A panel discussion, "Fabrication and Plagiarism," follows at 3:20 p.m. Moderator Dr. Jane Kirtley, director of The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota, will be joined by Jonathan Landman of The New York Times; Bill Hilliard, former editor of The (Portland) Oregonian; USA Today Executive Editor John Hillkirk; and Joann Byrd, retired editorial page editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., attorney Michael Missal of the Washington, D.C., firm Missal, Kirkpatrick and Lockhart will discuss the independent review report of a "60 Minutes" 2004 story on President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service. The report will be followed by a 6:30 p.m. reception and a 7:30 p.m. showing of the Oscar-nominated film "Good Night, and Good Luck" in the BAS.
Wednesday, April 5, begins with an 11 a.m. showing of "Absence of Malice" in the Keathley University Center Theater, followed at 2:40 p.m. by "Rush to Judgment? The CBS Crisis," a conversation with former "CBS Evening News" producer Mary Mapes and Wallace Westfeldt, executive producer of "NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor." MTSU professor Beverly Keel will moderate in the BAS State Farm Lecture Hall.
The conference will continue at 3:30 p.m. in the BAS as Dr. Carol Pardun, director of MTSU's School of Journalism, moderates a panel discussion, "The Ethical Issues," featuring journalism educators Dr. Tom Cooper of Emerson University, Dr. Renita Coleman of the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Lee Wilkins of the University of Missouri.
Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist for The Washington Post and now assistant managing editor for investigations there, will introduce a showing of the movie "All the President's Men" beginning at 7 p.m.
The conference's final day begins with an 11 a.m. showing of "Capote" in the KUC Theater, followed at 2:40 p.m. by "Confidential Sources," a panel discussion in the BAS State Farm Lecture Hall moderated by John Mashek, retired national political correspondent for The Boston Globe and a visiting professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Panelists include:
¥ Earl Caldwell, writer-in-residence at the Scripps-Howard School of Journalism and Communications;
¥ Barbara Cochran, president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association and Foundation;
¥ Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press; and
¥ Lee Levine, attorney for Wen Ho Lee, the former NASA scientist accused of passing weapons design secrets to China.
And at 4:30 p.m. on April 6, Kimbrell will moderate the conference's final discussion, "In Cold Blood Revisited." University of Nebraska at Lincoln journalism professor Susan Gage and three former students, Melissa Lee, Patrick Smith and Crystal Wiebe, will talk about their Pulitzer-nominated eight-part series on In Cold Blood that was published in the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World.
In 1986, the university instituted The John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies, honoring Seigenthaler's lifelong commitment to free expression. The Seigenthaler Chair funds a variety of activities related to freedom of the press and other topics of concern for contemporary journalism, including distinguished visiting professors and visiting lecturers at MTSU, research and seminars and meetings related to the study, promotion and defense of free speech and First Amendment values.
"The Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence has been a moving force in media introspection for two decades and has had a national impact in raising the standards of journalistic practice," said Dr. Anantha Babbili, dean of the College of Mass Communication. "It will continue to facilitate self-criticism that aims to make American journalism the best in the world."
For more information or to register for the conference, e-mail Kimbrell at ekimbrel@mtsu.edu.
Owens returns to MTSU
from Staff Reports
The magnetism of MTSU has drawn another dedicated veteran back into the fold, just weeks after her retirement following 20 years guiding what has evolved into the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning.
Dr. Rosemary W. Owens, former dean of the college, is now the interim special assistant to the executive vice president and provost for university and community partnerships, offering the university her expertise on continuing education and distance-learning developments that will long affect MTSU and its surrounding communities.
"Through her persistence, wisdom and leadership, Dr. Owens created a program that truly meets the educational needs of our citizenry," said MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee.
"From her years as a kindergarten and elementary-school teacher to her tenure as an MTSU administrator, Dr. Owens has left an indelible stamp of excellence at every stop along the way. While we'll miss her in her role as dean, we look forward to our continuing association with this very gifted lady."
Owens also was recently honored with the university's John Pleas Faculty Award, an honor earned for her ongoing standards of excellence and significant contributions to the university and community.
Under her guidance, continuing ed expanded from a division serving a few hundred students in summer and evening courses to a multifaceted college offering off-campus courses, telecourses, correspondence courses and online courses to more than 12,858 students during the 2004-05 academic year.
For example, in 1994, MTSU installed its first videoconferencing classrooms. By the next year, the division had implemented telecourses. In 1997, MTSU was offering courses online, and just four years later, the division led the effort to implement the Regents Online Degree Program at MTSU.
Along the way, the division added flagship programs like The Writer's Loft and Mini-University (now the Summer Youth University), fostered an advisory board to help improve its operations, developed strategic partnerships via an ever-growing number of contracts and grants, created a unified Web site (www.mtsu.edu/~learn) and added a development officer to help with financial goals.
And in July 2005, the booming little division became a full-fledged college at MTSU, still with the goal of providing academic outreach, lifelong learning opportunities and workforce training and evaluation for middle Tennessee residents and their employers.
"Dean Owens has been the driving force behind expanding distance-learning offerings at MTSU," said Dianna Rust, director of academic outreach and distance learning, who has worked with Owens since 1993.
"The changes she has ushered in have benefited many students who needed greater access to higher education in the state of Tennessee. She has dedicated herself to helping others succeed in life and has been an advocate for lifelong learning. For many staff members, her support significantly influenced their decision to continue their education and earn their degree. There is no way to measure the positive impact she has had on her staff, the community and MTSU while serving as dean."
"She is a great motivator and always has time for the students," noted Maureen Young, coordinator of computers, industry and technology in the College's Department of Professional and Personal Development. "I am sure there are many students who could point to Dr. Owens as their reason for continuing their education."
Young added that she started working in continuing ed in 1989 in a part-time temporary position. "Be-cause of Dean Owens' influence, I wanted to come back and continue my education," said Young, who earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from MTSU.
Dr. Jack Thomas, vice provost for academic affairs, is now also serving as interim dean of the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning while the search is on for a permanent dean.
"I don't know another person that works any harder than she (Owens) does," said Becky Snow, administrative assistant in the College.
"She doesn't require the rest of us to be just like her-only to be our best. She's not only a great leader and friend, but a wonderful human being. The world needs more like her."
A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE-Dr. John Pleas (right), psychology, presents Dr. Rosemary Owens with his namesake honor, the 2006 John Pleas Faculty Award. The honor is presented annually to a minority faculty member at MTSU who has set a standard of excellence and contributed in significant ways to the university and community.
photo by Ken Robinson
Watching meter helps Rec Center save power, cash
by Carrie Hargett
MTSU's Recreation Center is watching meter readings in an effort to lower energy consumption, and it's already paying off.
From September 2005 to January 2006, the facility has seen a 10 percent reduction in energy consumption compared with previous years.
That four-month reduction has saved the center approximately $11,000, according to Joe Whitefield, associate director of facilities services.
"We are constantly working to save that money," said Charlie Gregory, director of campus recreation.
The Recreation Center started using new computer software to program lights to turn on and off at certain times. When the lights are needed depends on the time of day and season, Gregory said, adding that he reviewed what areas of the center were used the most at what times.
For example, he said, it isn't necessary to turn on the lights for all the basketball courts at 8 a.m. if only one court is used.
Gregory said the computer program is easier to use than relying on people, because people tend to forget to turn out the lights. He also said the student staff has done a terrific job with letting him know when lights are needed.
"We've always been energy-conscious," added Ray Wiley, associate director of campus recreation.
Whitefield said buildings all across campus are trying to conserve energy, but it's easier to see the Rec Center's progress because the building has a separate meter. Other buildings on campus share meters.
The center's funding comes solely from student fees. Any money saved through conserving energy goes into the student programs at the center, Wiley said.
"There is a need to conserve," he said. "We have gotten more aggressive across campus."
Gregory said it's exciting to see the staff's efforts paying off, and it's worth all the work that went into getting the kinks out of the system.
"It has paid off," he added. "We just have to keep it up."
In Brief
SPRING-CLEAN YOUR LIBRARY TO FUND AAUW SCHOLARSHIPS
The Murfreesboro branch of the American Association of University Women is collecting books for its annual book sale, set April 3-4 outside Phillips Bookstore in the KUC. All sale proceeds fund scholarships for MTSU students. All kinds of books, videos and recorded music are welcome, but children's books, cookbooks, recorded media and fiction are most needed. You can arrange a donation pickup or drop-off time by e-mailing mfoster@mtsu.edu or ychao@mtsu.edu.
SGA NEEDS YOUR FEEDBACK FOR MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEEK
MTSU's Student Government Association needs to hear from you! The SGA, which is teaming up with Student Organizations and Community Service to present Make A Difference Week April 7-11, needs feedback from faculty and staff for campus beautification day. E-mail suggestions to SGA Vice President Clay Kennedy at jck2d@ mtsu.edu.
START STRETCHING NOW FOR APRIL 8 DIABETES WALK
The American Diabetes Association is encouraging MTSU students, faculty and staff to lace up their walking shoes and join the "Walk on the Wild Side" Saturday, April 8, at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. Check-in for the two-mile walk through the zoo begins at 8:30 a.m., and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m. Participants can walk alone or in teams to raise funds for diabetes research, education and awareness. For more information or to register for the walk, visit www.diabetes.org/walk and click on the "walks near me" link, or call 615-298-3066, extension 3332.
OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS NOMINATIONS DUE BY APRIL 12
The MTSU National Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Young Alumni Achievement Award. Three Distinguished Alumni and one Young Alumnus are chosen annually. Simply visit www.mtsu.edu/~alumni/ to download a nomination form and see a list of past winners. The deadline is Wednesday, April 12. For more information, call Alumni Relations at 615-898-2922.
ITD offers MT network security tips; protect your data, personal info with vigilance
by Tom Tozer
If the staff members in the Information Technology Division could post just one message on everyone's screen saver throughout campus, they say it would be that they're doing everything possible to protect the university network as well as every user on the network.
"We are always walking a fine line between accessibility and security, and we do all we can within reason," said Lucinda Lea, ITD vice president and MTSU's chief information officer.
"The user is more than half the equation here. Their openness or, in some cases, lackadaisical attitude about firewalls, antivirus software, sensitive data and so on-that's a problem. They must understand they bear a huge responsibility and accountability."
Lea says that many people think if the campus has a firewall, then everything is protected. That's just not the case.
"There are vulnerabilities and weaknesses, no matter how good the firewall is," she noted.
"A firewall blocks certain kinds of traffic-it's only used in specific situations," added Al Roeder, IT security manager. "If a person goes to a Web site through the firewall and the site has malicious activity, they can still be infected. To help prevent that, you should always have antivirus software installed and up to date."
Roeder said PC users can go to www.mtsu.edu/~itd/ and click on a link for virus protection software, Trend Micro OfficeScan. Mac users can contact ITD for information about Virex antivirus software from Network Associates.
Greg Schaffer, ITD network director, says in the case of a university environment, it's a matter of using discretion in blocking the flow of information.
"The corporate world usually says, 'Let's allow a few things through and block all other traffic.' But in the case of a public university where there's a lot of research going on, you can't limit the types of connectivity that you have," Schaffer explained. "So our firewall implementation is, more or less, that we block some known threats and let through everything else."
"It also goes to the issue of academic freedom," Lea added. "We're open to the world; that's our nature. Every professor and student needs to be able to have worldwide access to all kinds of information-and by the same token, the outside world has to be able to come in."
Roeder compared IT's many protective measures to the layers of an onion. There is protection from the outside and many types of protection within the network itself, including constant monitoring of network traffic and use of security measures.
"We're not monitoring to try to catch someone doing something," Lea interjected. "We're not spying. What we're doing is simply monitoring traffic patterns and loads to see where there might be unusual activity."
"The ultimate protection is the end user," Schaffer said. "You need to make sure your Windows patches are updated. You should lock your computer when you leave it for a long period of time. Use a password that is harder to guess than your name, and don't give it to anyone ... and don't post it on your computer screen. The only way to completely secure a computer from threats from the network is to unplug it. That's not feasible, of course, and we don't want to keep people from doing their jobs."
"People need to learn the terminology and what a firewall and other security devices will and will not do," Lea said. "We offer workshops to help educate the university community. The other thing is that we would be happy to have Al or Greg come to anyone's department and talk to faculty and staff. Education is the real key here."
There are additional precautions that people on campus can and should take, they advised. Students who bring laptops to campus must register them and have the proper antivirus software installed on the laptop.
Users should be more conscious of sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, birthdates, driver's license numbers and other forms of ID earmarks that are stored on their computers, they pointed out. Does the information really need to be stored on a faculty or staff member's computer? If it is necessary to have it, could it be stored on a secure server?
"Even if you have that kind of sensitive data stored on a CD, if that CD is in a machine and the machine is infected, that data on the CD has already been compromised," Schaffer said.
"Make sure third-party software is up-to-date, do not open e-mail from an unfamiliar sender and do not let anyone else use your computer," he added, rounding out the suggested user checklist.
11th IT Conference fosters learning
by Randy Weiler
Nationally recognized experts Stephen Downes, Susan Metros and Robert Kvavik will be featured speakers for the 11th annual MTSU Instructional Technology Conference.
The conference, which will be held April 2-4 in four university buildings across campus in addition to the Murfreesboro Doubletree Hotel, has a 2006 theme of "Fostering Successful Learning," IT representatives said.
Downes, a senior researcher for the National Research Council based in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, will discuss "Distributed Learning" starting at 8:15 a.m. Monday, April 3, in the Keathley University Center Theater. He is best known for his daily research newsletter, "OLDaily."
Metros, professor of visual design technology, deputy chief information officer and executive director for eLearning at The Ohio State University, will speak on "Seeing 'Read:' Visual Fluency in the Age of the Big Picture" during the 7 p.m. banquet April 3 at the Doubletree Hotel.
Kvavik, professor of political science and associate vice president at the University of Minnesota, will speak on the "EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Study of Students and Information Technology 2005" at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the KUC Theater.
MTSU faculty and staff making track presentations will include Drs. Andrew Owusu and Jan Hayes, Dr. Mohammed Albakry, Brenda Kerr and Christine Poythress, Eric Jackson, Dr. Albert Smith and Stephanie Dennis.
Go to www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/ for more information about the conference and to register.
New CHP book ready
from Staff Reports
The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, which is administered by the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU, has a new publication about the transition from slavery to freedom after the Civil War.
Freedom and Work in the Reconstruction Era: The Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts of Williamson County, Tennessee is the result of a partnership between the Heritage Area and the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County.
The seeds of this partnership go back to 1993, when Heritage Foundation historian Rick Warwick found a treasure in Franklin's old jail. While moving dusty volumes of Williamson County history to the new Archives building downtown, he noticed a copy of Labor Contracts Book 1866. It was a complete set of the first labor contracts entered into by newly freed slaves in Williamson County after the Civil War.
Freedom and Work contains all 476 of those contracts, as well as two introductory essays, illustrations, a map, annotations, suggested readings and a comprehensive proper name index that will be a gold mine for local genealogists. The Office of Publications and Graphics at MTSU designed the book.
The publication fulfills the Heritage Area's mission to tell the whole story of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
To obtain a copy of Freedom and Work in the Reconstruction Era, contact Rick Warwick at the Heritage Foundation at 615-591-8500. For more information, visit histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar/ or call 615-898-2947.
LT&ITC sets workshop
from Staff Reports
Would you like to learn what the best college teachers do to make them the best?
Ken Bain, director of The Center of Teaching Excellence at New York University and author of What The Best College Teachers Do, will be the featured speaker at the culminating workshop for the College Showcase Series, sponsored by MTSU's Learning, Teaching and Innovative Technologies Center, Friday, April 21.
Bain has spent more than 15 years researching the "best" college teachers in different disciplines and universities throughout the United States. His workshop will address what makes a "great" teacher; how to integrate new technologies into teaching; why students remember some professors long after college; how the great teachers engage and challenge students; how professors can use a variety of technology and non-technology-based tools; how teaching matters; and how all students can learn.
The workshop, "Teaching the Basics with New Technologies," will be conducted at the Consolidated Utility District Conference Center at 709 New Salem Road from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and includes a continental breakfast and lunch for attendees.
Seating is limited. To make a reservation, call the center at 615-494-7671 or send an e-mail with "Ken Bain Workshop" in the subject line and your name, department and phone number to ltanditc@mtsu.edu.
The Learning, Teaching & Innovative Technologies Center encourages excellence by providing faculty with a variety of opportunities, including research and development grants, faculty-in-residence programs, instructional technology development workshops and faculty recognition activities.
Critser's 'Fat Land' is Summer Reading choice
by Carrie Hargett
MTSU's 2006 Summer Reading selection is Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser, who also is scheduled to be the guest speaker during Fall Convocation.
Fat Land explores the issue of obesity in America not only as a health issue but also as a business and psychological issue. The book also ties in with MTSU's Obesity Project, which started this year.
"The Summer Reading committee looks for a book each year that will excite the freshmen, that will engage them in an academic pursuit, that will allow them to examine an issue from many perspectives and make up their own minds," said Laurie Witherow, director of the Academic Support Center.
Incoming freshmen will be expected to have read the book before fall classes start on Aug. 28. All University 1010 classes will discuss Fat Land.
Witherow also is trying to recruit faculty from other academic departments to use the text. She's suggested that the book would be a perfect starting point for discussions on a wide range of topics and is especially recommended for use in education, child development, nutrition, economics, journalism, wellness, psychology, sociology and social work courses.
"I want everyone on campus to read the book, so that when the freshmen come, we can show them that we've been anticipating their arrival and want to welcome them to an engaged academic community," Witherow said.
Critser will speak at Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. He will then attend the President's Picnic immediately following Convocation. On Aug. 28, Critser will speak to Dr. Bob Pondillo's Understanding Mass Media class.
Critser, a writer specializing in nutrition, health and medical issues, is regularly published in USA Today and in the Sunday opinion section of the Los Angeles Times. His essays and features also have appeared as cover stories in Harper's, Worth, Washington Monthly and the Washington Post Magazine. His writing on obesity earned a James Beard nomination for best feature writing in 1999. Fat Land is his first book; he's also the author of Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies.
Fat Land may be purchased on campus and at local bookstores. It's available in hardback and paperback, and online sellers also may have used copies. Faculty interested in using Fat Land in their classrooms this fall may contact Sumer Patterson at the Academic Support Center (615-898-2339 or spatters@mtsu.edu) to receive a review copy for evaluation.
Windham Lecture: Creation vs. evolution
by Lisa L. Rollins
Dr. Edward J. Larson will visit MTSU to present an open lecture beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, as this year's guest speaker for the William and Westy Windham Lecture in Liberal Arts.
"The Creation/Evolution Controversy: From Scopes to Intelligent Design" is the title of Larson's talk, which will take place in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Larson, who holds the Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and is the Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, is the author of six books and more than 100 published articles and writes mostly about issues of law, science and medicine from a historical perspective.
His first book, Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution (1985, expanded editions 1989 and 2002), chronicles the legal battles over teaching evolution in American public schools. For his 1997 book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, Larson became the first sitting law professor to receive the Pulitzer Prize in history.
Dr. John Vile, chairman of the political science department, said Summer for the Gods is "probably the single best book on the Scopes Monkey Trial that took place in Dayton, Tenn.
"The Windham Lecture Series has had a number of successful speakers, but with recent disputes over the teaching of evolution and intelligent design, it is difficult to think of a much more engaging or relevant topic," Vile remarked.
The 1925 State v. John Scopes trial, commonly referred to as "The Monkey Trial," centered on then-24-year-old John Scopes, a biology teacher and part-time football coach, who was tried by a jury in Dayton for illegally teaching the theory of evolution.
"If Larson can speak as clearly as he writes-and I have been told that he can-the audience is in for a real treat," Vile observed.
Immediately following his lecture, Larson will be available to sign copies of his books. A representative from Phillips Bookstore will be on hand in the JUB with copies of three of Larson's books for sale.
The Windham Lecture Series is sponsored annually by the College of Liberal Arts, with the assistance of MTSU's political science, social work, geosciences, and sociology and anthropology departments. It was established in 1990 through the MTSU Foundation to honor Dr. William Windham, who was a member of the MTSU history department's faculty from 1955 to 1989 and served as the department chairman during the last 11 years, and Westy Windham (1927-1991), who earned a master's degree in sociology at MTSU and founded the Great American Singalong.
For more information, please call the College of Liberal Arts at 615-898-2534.
Psychology conference scheduled April 22
by Lisa L. Rollins
The sometimes-controversial ideas surrounding pseudoscience in the world of mental health will be a centerpiece of the 2006 Middle Tennessee Psychological Association conference, scheduled for 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in MTSU's Business and Aerospace Building.
Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, a member of Emory University's psychology faculty since 1994 and the current editor of the Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, will deliver the daylong event's keynote address: "Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health Practice: Challenges, Problems and Remedies."
Dr. William Langston, associate professor of psychology at MTSU, said Lilienfeld's ideas, in addition to holding wide appeal, likely will "generate some controversy" as well.
"(Lilienfeld) claims that most of what therapists do either isn't supported by research evidence or actually flies in the face of the evidence that we have," Langston explained.
So, according to Lilienfeld's views, "if psychology as a discipline is going to help people, the people in psychology ought to be providing treatments that have some evidence of effectiveness," Langston added.
Lilienfeld's address is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. and is open to the public.
Admission to the conference, which is sponsored by MTSU's psychology department, is $5 per person. Advance registration is recommended.
For more information, visit www.mtsu.edu/~wlangsto/MTPAHome.html or call the psychology department at 615-898-2706.
Randolph earns 1st Arnhart Scholars nursing award
by Randy Weiler
Murfreesboro native Hannah Elisabeth Randolph, who was accepted into the upper division nursing program last fall, has become the first recipient of the James R. Arnhart Scholars award, School of Nursing director Lynn Parsons said.
"Her goal is to specialize in pediatric or neonatal nursing and to later pursue missionary work," Parsons said.
Randolph, who graduated from Blackman High School, was valedictorian of her class with a grade point average of 4.0 and scored a 28 on the American College Test, Parsons said.
"Hannah was very involved in athletics in high school," Parsons said, mentioning basketball, volleyball, softball and track and field. "She was nominated for numerous athletic awards and voted Most Outstanding Scholar-Athlete."
Randolph also was a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and senior class treasurer, and her MTSU GPA is 3.55.
Several years ago, Murfreesboro-based Christy-Houston Foundation donated $150,000 to the School of Nursing to honor Arnhart, who was hospital administrator at Rutherford Hospital from March 1, 1953, until Sept. 4, 1986, the same year the hospital's name changed to Middle Tennessee Medical Center.
The Christy-Houston Foundation has a history of supporting MTSU's nursing program. It contributed $3.1 million in 1992 to help build Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building and another $2 million last fall toward the 24,000 square foot addition currently being constructed.
Carl McNair to honor brother's educational legacy at MTSU
from Staff Reports
Motivational speaker Carl McNair, who continues to promote the educational legacy of his late brother, astronaut Ronald E. McNair, will be on the MTSU campus Wednesday, April 5, to speak to classes and deliver an address, "Quitting Is Not an Option."
The appearance, which will include a sit-down dinner and lecture, will be held in the James Union Building's Tennessee Room from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Approximately 200 students, faculty and administrators are expected to attend the invitation-only event, sponsored by the McNair Program at MTSU, named for the astronaut killed in 1986 in the Challenger shuttle disaster.
Carl McNair, president of the McNair Achievement Programs in Atlanta and an aspiring motivational speaker at Fortune 500 companies and universities around the country, has been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC television networks. He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from North Carolina A&T State University and an MBA from Babson College in Massachusetts.
McNair is visiting MTSU as a Distinguished Lecturer under the sponsorship of the McNair Program, Distinguished Lecture Fund, the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Jennings A. Jones College of Business and Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.
The McNair Program at MTSU is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It serves first-generation college students with financial need and under-represented undergraduate students, helping them prepare for and succeed in graduate school. Students who have 60 or more credit hours and who have maintained a 3.0 GPA or better are eligible to participate.
The McNair Program pays scholars a $2,600 stipend to conduct mentor-guided research, provides them with GRE prep and sends them to professional conferences to present their research and to graduate schools for interviews. For more information, visit the McNair Program Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~mcnair.
Headliner for double-billed series: 'Reigning champ' of alto sax graces Hinton Hall
by Lisa L. Rollins and Tim Musselman
Renowned jazz saxophonist Phil Woods will perform with the MTSU Jazz Ensemble I in the upcoming double-billed series known as the MTSU Presidential Concert Series and the MTSU Jazz Artist Series at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building.
"Phil Woods has been one the most dynamic saxophonists in jazz for years, said Don Aliquo, professor of saxophone and coordinator of jazz studies for the McLean School of Music.
"Looking over his discography from the 1950s to the present was stunning," Aliquo continued. "He has performed with everyone from Benny Carter to Thelonious Monk and has been the 'reigning champ' of the alto for decades."
During the MTSU-sponsored event, Woods will perform a set of his original compositions and arrangements with the MTSU Jazz Ensemble I.
"The experience he brings to jazz will make for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students," Aliquo noted.
Although probably best known by music listeners for his alto sax solo on the Billy Joel hit "Just the Way You Are," Woods also worked with Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Raney, George Wallington, the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Buddy Rich, Quincy Jones and Benny Goodman, but he's mostly headed his own groups since 1955, including co-leadership of "Phil & Quill," a combo with fellow altoist Gene Quill.
The April 8 concert will be the culmination of the daylong events known as the MTSU Jazz Festival. For more information on the MTSU Jazz Festival, the April 8 concert or guest artist Woods, please contact the McLean School of Music at 615-898-2493.
JAZZ MAN-Alto saxophonist Phil Woods, shown at left, will headline MTSU's Presidential Concert Series and Jazz Artist Series on Saturday, April 8.
photo submitted
Midstate executives taking over classes April 7
by Tom Tozer
About 50 area executives will take over morning classes at MTSU on Friday, April 7, for what has become one of the university's signature events linking textbook wisdom to the trenches of the real-world workplace.
The 15th Annual University Takeover/Executives-in-Residence program at MTSU, sponsored by the Jennings A. Jones Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise, is the largest event of its kind in the Southeast, according to event organizers in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business.
Area CEOs, business owners, entertainment executives, and media personalities will meet with 10:15 and 11:20 a.m. classes to share their experiences and answer questions from students on subjects ranging from job interviewing to climbing the corporate ladder.
"The Executives-in-Residence program provides an opportunity for our students to interact with some very dynamic executives in Middle Tennessee and gives them a chance to see some of the theory they're being taught in actual practice," said Dr. Jim Burton, dean of the Jones College of Business.
"The classroom experience will also give visiting executives an opportunity to know more about the quality of the students that we're making available to them as future employees."
Following the morning classes, there will be an invitation-only luncheon at 12:15 p.m. in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.
The luncheon speaker will be Jack O. Bovender Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America, the nation's leading provider of health-care services. Bovender is a 35-year veteran of the health care industry and has worked at HCA for more than 20 years. Bovender serves on numerous boards and is a founding member of the Nashville Health Care Council.
During the luncheon, the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award will be presented to a business person who has demonstrated the best of the spirit of America through significant contributions in government, education, and/or civic and charitable organizations. Rodgers is former holder of the Free Enterprise Chair and an avid supporter of higher education.
'Take Me Out' opens March 31
by Lisa L. Rollins
Richard Greenburg's 2003 Tony Award-winning baseball drama, "Take Me Out," will open the 2006 CenterStage Series with performances at 7:30 p.m. March 31, April 1 and April 5-8 in MTSU's Tucker Theatre.
"Take Me Out" is the story of Darren Lemming, the young, rich and famous center fielder of the world-champion New York Empires who is so convinced of his popularity that, when he casually announces he's gay, he assumes the news will be readily accepted by everyone.
But it isn't. Instead, friends, fans and teammates react with disgust. Luckily, however, Darren finds unlikely support in the form of friendship with his new business manager-a brilliant but repressed guy who is ecstatic in his discovery of baseball.
"When I read the script, I was intrigued by its nontraditional structure, having no unity of time," director Deborah Anderson, speech and theatre, said of her selection of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama. "I also grew up loving baseball, and in this play the sport develops a mystical nature.
"I also believe that there is no better time in our history to present a play that addresses society's view on homosexuality."
Nonetheless, presenting a play about baseball does create some difficulty.
"Our actors have to look like professional baseball players, so we have started a vigorous workout program for them so that they have the right look by performance time," said Anderson.
"The characters of 'Take Me Out' have many layers and so much is not expressed verbally," she continued. "The actors have to delve into every single corner of the play to bring out the depth of these characters in performance."
Another challenge in the play comes from staging the actors in shower scenes and in various states of undress in the locker room of the team clubhouse. The play has scenes with brief moments of nudity, and for the young actors and for most in the audience, this is uncharted territory, organizers noted.
"We are taking every precaution to protect the audience and actors from an uncomfortable situation," Anderson said, "but the nudity and the sense of realism created by it are important to the development of the relationships being built between the team members and Darren.
"The playwright also believes that the nudity in the locker room is extremely important to the story, as it shows how Darren's homosexuality creates uneasiness and tension in the clubhouse."
Scott Boyd, professor of scenic design at MTSU, said he also feels that "Take Me Out" is a top-notch script and is excited about the production.
"It is one of the best scripts I have worked with in a long time," Boyd remarked. "The story deals with every aspect of humanity, and about being true to oneself."
Tickets for "Take Me Out" will go on sale March 27 at the CenterStage Ticket Office in the Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building at MTSU. Office hours are noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Ticket prices range from $4 to $8. MTSU students are admitted free of charge with a valid MTSU ID.
Please note that this show is recommended for mature audiences only and MTSU does not contend that this drama is suitable for all ages.
For reservations, please call 615-494-8810.
Africa Week celebrates a continent
by Gina K. Logue
Faculty and students will shine a bright light on the "Dark Continent" during MTSU's Africa Week, March 27-31. Numerous events are planned to raise awareness of the culture, cuisine, fashion and politics of African nations.
Amanda Ryan, president of the student organization G.L.O.B.A.L., says understanding Africa is extremely important because misconceptions and stereotypes about the continent are prevalent.
"I think people forget that there are cities that dwarf American cities in population and think that the continent is no deeper than zebras, safaris and native tribes that live in the wilderness," Ryan said. "Africa has so much more to offer, and its resources and people are often overlooked."
The activities aimed at correcting that oversight will begin with displays of artifacts from more than 20 African nations represented by MTSU faculty and students. These items, along with photos and flags, will be on exhibit on the second floor of the Keathley University Center from 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 27.
From 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, models from Savoir-Faire will show off multicolored African fashions in the Tom H. Jackson Building, formerly the Alumni Center. A party will follow the fashion show.
African nationals and other interested parties will address the pressing issues of the day at the Pan-African Panel discussion set 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business and Aerospace Building. Panelists will include Dr. John Omachonu, associate dean, College of Mass Communication; Dr. Adetola Kassim, physician, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Neill-Sandler scholar Daniel Kut; and Uche Egbujor, president of the African Students Association.
A variety of delectable African cuisines representing the nations of Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe will tempt the taste buds at the Taste of Nations Thursday, March 30. The dinner is slated for 5-7:30 p.m. in McCallie Dining Hall. The cost is $8 per person or free for children under age five. MTSU students may use their meal plans for the feast.
A film fest depicting two African crises will start at 6 p.m., Friday, March 31, in BAS Room S328. The documentaries on tap are "The Lost Boys of Sudan," which follows two boys orphaned by Sudan's brutal civil war as they travel on their perilous journey from Africa to America, and "Invisible Children," which chronicles the terror of Ugandan children trying to avoid being kidnapped and turned into guerillas by the Lord's Resistance Army.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. For more information, contact Ryan at 615-217-9117 (or at global@mtsu.edu) or Jennifer Campbell, director, International Education and Exchange, at 615-898-5179 (or at mtabroad@mtsu.edu).
EMC student crews to provide 'coverage' of terror simulation
by Gina E. Fann
Preparing for disasters is now a familiar concept to those who saw the devastation at the World Trade Center and the calamity of Hurricane Katrina.
Media preparedness is essential, too, because citizens demand fast, accurate reporting to get themselves and their loved ones to safety.
That's why MTSU's Department of Electronic Media Communication is leading the College of Mass Communication in a new partnership with the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management in Nashville.
April 7-8, the EMC department, in conjunction with the School of Journalism, will create simulated news organizations to provide coverage of one of the nation's largest local terrorism preparedness exercises.
"This will be as close to teaching and covering real-world news as we can hope to get," Dr. Bob Spires, EMC department chairman, said of the two-day "Emergency Preparedness Challenge."
"That's the problem we've faced in teaching; we can't cover breaking news in classes because we don't know when it's going to break. This will allow us to handle all the behind-the-scenes coverage, on-air reporting ... the benefit of this experience for our students is amazing."
Almost 150 students, including some from Belmont University's new media program, and a half-dozen faculty and staff will create two media outlets for the simulation: a Video News Network to provide continuous field and studio reporting of the events in the simulation, and an independent Web site to provide its own event coverage.
VNN will include a studio newscast anchored from WNPT-Nashville studios by students from Electronic Media Reporting and Producing classes, Advanced Electronic Media Seminars, Single-Camera Directing and Producing and Individual Problems in Mass Communication courses. Field reports will be live via satellite.
Students in the School of Journalism's Advanced Media Design classes will create the news Web site, and students enrolled in EMC's Digital Media Applications will provide the site's content.
The student media outlets will be active from hour one of the simulation until it's "resolved," organizers said, but they'll be encoded and only available for viewing by designated users to prevent the public from mistaking the simulation for an actual event.
"For the people involved in this simulation, as far as they're concerned, it's a real event," said Spires. "It will be as if they're watching it on CNN or NBC or a news site."
The partnership began when Nashville OEM officials contacted MTSU about the potential for students helping with simulated news coverage of a disaster preparedness exercise. Grant applications, budgeting and scheduling talks followed, and the event was planned for Sept. 23-24.
Then a real disaster, Hurricane Katrina, struck the Gulf Coast. Teams that normally would have been involved in the simulated event were busy helping real victims survive, and the Nashville simulation was rescheduled.
"This is going to be the largest one we've ever done, and the largest local disaster exercise since Hurricane Katrina," said Heidi Jordan, the OEM's exercise coordinator, noting that the simulation will involve first responders from Davidson, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties and local, state and federal agencies, and crews at 14 area hospitals, ultimately bringing in thousands of participants.
The exercise will examine the district's strategy for responding to mass casualties, search and rescue, triage and transportation, hospital processing and treatment, processing of deceased victims and other disaster management efforts, including crisis communications.
"One of the most important objectives of this exercise is to evaluate crisis communications, and that's why MTSU's news coverage partnership is so critical to us," said Jordan. "The students will get more experience in their field, and we'll get students who already know what they're doing to provide us with a record of the response."
Jordan said volunteers are needed to role-play victims in the Emergency Preparedness Challenge to make the exercise as realistic as possible. More information is available at the exercise Web site, www.HSD5exercise.org, or by calling Hands On Nashville at 615-298-1108.
People Around Campus: Spring Break '06 - sunscreen and sawdust
by Stephanie Kirsch
As students all across the country rushed to get ready for their spring break trips to the beach, 40 MTSU students were preparing for a different kind of break-Alternative Spring Break.
MTSU's Student Organizations and Community Service Office hosted the Alternative Spring Break trip to DeFuniak, Fla., where 18 students volunteered eight hours a day for a Habitat for Humanity project. And 22 students affiliated with the university's Experiential Learning program worked to repair and relocate a school playground in hurricane-devastated Pass Christian, Miss.
The diverse group of volunteers went through interviews and were chosen from dozens of applicants.
"The most rewarding thing about the trip was going down there with a group of complete strangers from different lives and backgrounds, and coming back as a family," said participant Rachel Edington, a senior physical education major who also joined the "Raiders to the Rescue" Alternative Fall Break trip to nearby Gulfport, Miss., last October.
Instead of tanning, shopping and checking out potential dates, the students spent their spring break in Florida painting walls, working on flooring, landscaping and cleaning up future housing lots.
Those who went to Mississippi disassembled, moved and reassembled a school playground, landscaped portable classrooms and conducted a career day for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at the lone remaining Pass Christian school, Delisle Elementary.
"Career day books with information about 20 different careers were developed by MTSU students from Honors Sociology 1010 and Management 3940 classes," said Dr. M. Jill Austin, an EXL trip organizer.
"Those materials were provided to the (Pass Christian) students, along with notepads, pencils, pens, stickers, calculators and bookmarks. At the end of the day, almost 350 children were wearing MTSU stickers, hats or shirts."
Austin noted that the Mississippi excursion had its share of challenges, including finding food for the workers in a rebuilding town with only two operational restaurants.
"The MTSU and Murfreesboro communities were generous in providing money and donating items such as water, breakfast foods, snack foods and our first night meal for the trip," she said.
"The final day, we were shoveling sand into the playground area and didn't want to take time to leave the site to get lunch, so our students and faculty were invited into the Delisle Elementary School cafeteria for one of the best meals of the trip."
Added Jonathan Sanders of the Florida group: "It was a very rewarding experience. There are two parts to Alternative Spring Break: the volunteering and making new friendships."
The Student Organizations and Community Service Office also plans an Alternative Fall Break trip. Applications for that trip will be available this fall. For more information, visit the office's Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~campusorgs.
WHAT A WEEK-MTSU students pose outside the Habitat House they helped construct in Florida during Alternative Spring Break. Shown in front are Justin Phalichanh, Brian Singleton and Rachel Edington; middle row (left to right) Brett Bowen, Ashley Youmans, Kristin Snyder, Sidney Schaad, Kellie Smith and Elizabeth Pinnix; back row (left to right) Jonathan Sanders, Josh Pearce, Corey Perkins, Josh Robbins, Tabetha Brown, Nicki Martin, Chelsee Gray, Catherine Coffey and Missy Bond.
photo submitted
The Record, March 27, 2006, V14.18
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March 27-April 9
TV Schedule:
"Middle Tennessee Record"
Cable Channel 9
Monday-Sunday-5 p.m.
NewsChannel 5+
Saturdays-1:30 p.m.
Through April 15
Women's History Month Event
"The Faces of Poetry" exhibit
Baldwin Photographic Gallery
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; Sunday, 6-10 p.m.
For information, contact: 615-898-5910 or 615-898-2085.
Monday, March 27
Honors Lecture Series
Dr. Michael Principe, "Marx, Class and Revolution"
3-3:55 p.m., HONR 106
For information, contact: 615-898-2152.
March 28-29
MTSU Baseball vs. Samford
7 p.m. March 28; 3 p.m. March 29
Reese Smith Field
For information, contact: 615-898-2103.
Wednesday, March 29
MTSU Softball vs. Tennessee State
2 p.m., Observatory Park
For information, contact: 615-898-2103.
Women's History Month Event
Int'l. Women's Poetry Reading
3:30 p.m., Tom H. Jackson Building
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
"Bangin' in the Boro: Rap Music Showcase"
MTSU Urban Music Society
8 p.m., Sweetwater Saloon
For information, e-mail: UrbanMusicSociety@yahoo.com.
Thursday, March 30
Free Legal Clinic
7-9 p.m., June Anderson Women's Center (JUB 206)
Appointments required
For information, contact: 615-898-2193.
March 31-April 1
MTSU CenterStage Series: "Take Me Out"
7:30 p.m., Tucker Theatre
Admission: $8 general, $6 MTSU employees & seniors, K-12 $4; MTSU students free
For information, contact: 615-494-8810.
Friday, March 31
11th Annual Conference on Baseball in Literature & Culture
For information, visit mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11072/baseball/
or contact: 615-494-7628.
MTSU Men's Tennis vs. South Florida
2 p.m., Buck Bouldin Tennis Center
For information, contact: 615-898-2103.
Women's History Month Event
Poetry Slam
7 p.m., JUB Dining Room C
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
Saturday, April 1
Tennessee Paint Horse Show
9 a.m., Tennessee Livestock Center
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-412-4000.
Sunday, April 2
"MTSU On the Record-Joe Hawkins"
Guest: Professor Joe Hawkins
7 a.m., WMOT 89.5-FM
Podcast at www.mtsunews.com
April 3-4
11th Annual Instructional Technology Conference
7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. daily, campuswide
Registration: $150 per person
For information, visit www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/
or contact: 615-898-2512.
Monday, April 3
Women's History Month Event
SpringOut Information Fair
11 a.m.-1 p.m., KUC Knoll
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
Honors Lecture Series
Dr. Jack Purcell, "The Measure of the Postmodern"
3-3:55 p.m., HONR 106
For information, contact: 615-898-2152.
Tuesday, April 4
African-American History Month Event
"Night of Smooth Jazz"
featuring student groups and recording artist Ben Tankard
6:30 p.m., JUB Tennessee Room
Admission: $10 per person
For information, contact: 615-494-8911.
Women's History Month Event
"Sex is Not a 4-Letter Word"
Kevin Lawson, Nashville CARES
7 p.m., Peck Hall 321
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
April 5-8
MTSU CenterStage Series: "Take Me Out"
7:30 p.m., Tucker Theatre
Admission: $8 general, $6 MTSU employees & seniors, K-12 $4; MTSU students free
For information, contact: 615-494-8810.
Wednesday, April 5
Women's History Month Event
"How Traditional Women's Studies Teaches Transphobia"
Simon Strikeback workshop
12:40 p.m., CKNB 121
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
Women's History Month Event
"Transgender Issues and Feminism" panel discussion
4 p.m., LRC 221
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
April 6-7
MTSU Opera-"Dialogue of the Carmelites"
7:30 p.m., Hinton Music Hall
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-494-8810.
Thursday, April 6
Books from Birth Kickoff
11 a.m., The Quad at Walker Library (if rain, Alumni Gym)
For information, visit www.rutherfordbooks.org.
Friday, April 7
College of Mass Communication Board of Visitors' Meeting
10 a.m.-3 p.m., MC TV Studio
For information, contact: 615-898-2814.
First Friday Star Party
Dr. Chuck Higgins, "What About the Dark Matter?"
6:30 p.m., WPS Room 102
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-898-2130.
April 8-9
MTSU Men's Tennis
"Sun Belt Shootout"
Match times vary, Buck Bouldin Tennis Center
For information, contact: 615-898-2103.
Saturday, April 8
Spring Preview Day
Prospective student tours, campuswide
For information, contact: 615-898-5670.
MTSU Jazz Festival
High-school ensemble performances every half-hour beginning at 9 a.m.
No admission for spectators
For information, contact: 615-904-8362.
2006 International Banquet
5 p.m., JUB Tennessee Room
Admission: $15 adults, $8 MTSU students,
$13 children 12 and under and other college students
For information, contact: 615-898-2238.
MTSU Jazz Artist Series:
Alto saxophonist Phil Woods
7:30 p.m., Hinton Music Hall
General admission: $12, MTSU students free
For information, contact: 615-898-2493.
Sunday, April 9
"MTSU On the Record-Katrina Oral History Project"
Guest: Sarah Elizabeth Hickman
7 a.m., WMOT 89.5-FM
Podcast at www.mtsunews.com
Calendar Items Welcomed
Submit your campus event/calendar items (at least three weeks in advance of the event, please) to gfann@mtsu.edu or via fax to 615-898-5714. |
