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The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
Safety first: tornado FAQ now on Web
by Tom Tozer
After nearly a year of work, the MTSU tornado-alert plan is ready to be put to the test.
Although far from perfect or comprehensive, the plan is a positive step toward securing the campus community in the event of a tornado or tornado warning.
Please visit the university home page and click on "Tornado Information" under MTSU News, where you'll find several documents.
The first is "Safest Places." While not yet complete, this may be the most important information, because it lists what university safety officials have determined as the safest area in each building on campus and at several off-campus sites.
Some of the "safest areas" are simply the least precarious, because some MTSU facilities weren't designed with tornado safety in mind. Where officials haven't been able to prescribe a surefire "safest area" in a particularly challenging facility, they have suggested advisable behavior under difficult circumstances.
The "Safest Places" document is useful to everyone who is on campus on weekdays and also will be helpful to students and professors on campus at night or on weekends. This information also will be invaluable to university personnel who are playing host to off-campus groups, such as youth camps, CUSTOMS or TSSAA.
Tornadoes aren't picky about where or when they strike; therefore, the "Safest Places" document is an important resource. Everyone at MTSU needs to read it and learn where the safe areas are in buildings they visit, study or work in.
The Web site also has a list of "Building Runners." These 150-plus volunteers are primarily clerical personnel who are willing-in the event of a tornado warning in Rutherford County-to spring into action, knock on office and classroom doors and announce that there is a tornado warning and everyone needs to go immediately to that building's designated safe area. These people will be "running" their circuits with the support and approval of the MTSU administration and safety personnel.
The "Preparation Alert" document is worth reading immediately; it's exactly what it says. This alert will be sent out to the entire campus community in advance of possible tornadic activity, whether a day or hours in advance. It requires all of us to take hazardous weather seriously and be prepared for action at home, school, daycare center, office and elsewhere. Following the suggestions in the "Preparation Alert" document will lessen last-minute anxieties.
The FAQ document addresses pertinent issues brought up during tornado-alert information sessions across campus over the last few weeks. This document will evolve, change and expand over time as more questions are asked and more information is discovered. Please read it periodically.
In addition, there are documents that provide basic information about the behavior of tornadoes, as well as a tornado poster that can be downloaded and displayed. All of this information can save lives.
We've all seen recent examples of what tornadoes can do. We cannot ignore the warnings, and we cannot pretend that our office or building or classroom at MTSU will somehow be exempt from a tornado touchdown.
When a tornado warning is sent out, here's what we know will happen: classes will be interrupted, people will wonder if they can go home, concerned parents will call to check on their children-and most of us will be inconvenienced. We can't control the weather, but we can be prepared for it.
With preparation, the very best that can happen is that our routines will be temporarily disrupted ... and nothing else.
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The play's the thing
A RAKE'S COSTUME'S PROGRESS-MTSU senior Chris Ford, who portrays the rogue Jasper Horner in MTSU's CenterStage production of the Restoration comedy "The Country Wife," holds still as costume shop manager Marjorie Miller makes alterations to his costume. The 17th-century play opens March 30; for more, see page 6.
photo by Ryan Chittaphong/MTSU Speech & Theatre |
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
ABC's Sherr is keynote speaker for 'Women and Media' March 26
from Staff Reports
ABC News' "20/20" correspondent Lynn Sherr is the keynote speaker for a Women's History Month event at MTSU Monday, March 26, on "Women and Media: Are Women's Voices Heard in Main-stream Journalism?"
The Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies is sponsoring the event, which is free and open to the public. All talks will be held in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU'S Business and Aerospace Building.
"Women and Media" kicks off at 2:20 p.m. with a panel that addresses the main topic. The panelists are:
- Laurie Goodstein, national religion correspondent at The New York Times;
- Cindy Dampier, freelance journalist and former People magazine bureau chief;
- Rita Henley Jensen, founder and editor-in-chief of Women's eNews;
- Cynthia Williams, anchor/ reporter at WSMV-TV in Nashville; and
- Jennifer Brooks, reporter at The Tennessean.
Beverly Keel, director of the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence, will moderate the panel.
"This will certainly be a memorable day for our students, faculty and guests," said Keel, who also is a mass communication professor at MTSU.
"I am eager to hear what these national journalism leaders in the fields of broadcast, print and Internet have to say. They will provide fascinating insights about their personal experiences and their professional opinions about the state of women in journalism today."
Sherr will deliver the keynote address, "Women, Politics and the Media," at 6 p.m. She has traveled the world as a correspondent for "20/20" and reported on presidential elections, NASA shuttle launches and HMO fraud.
Sherr won George Foster Peabody Awards for her coverage of the millennium in Bombay and her report on an alternative treatment for anorexia and bulimia. She has received awards for stories on presidential elections, Ireland's abortion amendment, tattooed cosmetics, the abortion pill, breast-cancer victims and sexual harassment.
Sherr is the author of several books, including Outside the Box, Tall Blondes and Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words.
Goodstein joined the Times in 1997 after working at The Washington Post for eight years. She has covered religion and politics, the challenge of increasing religious diversity in communities and schools, clergy sexual abuse, government funding of "faith-based" charities and the conflicts over gay marriage, abortion and stem cell research.
Dampier is a freelance journalist who spent 17 years at People magazine. She spent 10 years as the Chicago bureau chief and was the youngest bureau chief in the magazine's history. She oversaw the magazine's coverage in 14 states and part of Canada and worked on stories involving Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Renee Zellweger.
Jensen founded Women's eNews (www.womensenews.org), an award-winning independent daily news service covering issues of concern to women. A former senior writer for The National Law Journal and a New York Times Syndicate columnist, she has more than 20 years of experience in journalism and journalism education. Jensen also is a survivor of domestic violence and a former welfare mother who earned degrees from The Ohio State University and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Williams has anchored, reported and produced series pieces for sweeps at WSMV-TV in Nashville. She also is the accomplished author of a series of four children's books that focus on a fictional inner-city neighborhood. The main character is "Enid," a young, adventurous girl who triumphs by using her leadership skills to improve her troubled community.
Brooks is a reporter for The Tennessean who also has worked as a White House and congressional correspondent for various Washington news outlets, including United Press International and Gannett News Service. Over the course of a 15-year journalism career, she has covered stories ranging from the presidential impeachment and trial to the Olympics and Hurricane Katrina.
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
In Brief
WHAT'S THAT DEGREE GOOD FOR? LEARN AT MARCH 28 MAJORS FAIR
Students: Have you ever wondered what kind of jobs best fit your major? Check out the Second Annual Majors Fair, sponsored by the MTSU Career & Employment Center, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in the Keathley University Center's second-floor lobby. Advisers from each MTSU college will be available to discuss job opportunities for specific majors as well as strategies for post-graduation job searchers. All students and all majors are welcome. For more information, contact 615-898-2500.
FEASTING, FELLOWSHIP ON MENU FOR INTERNATIONAL BANQUET
Tickets for the International Banquet are on sale now through Friday, March 30, at the International Programs and Services office, KUC 124. This year's banquet will be held Saturday, March 31, in the James Union Building's Tennessee Room, and the menu will include Irish stew, shrimp coconut curry, Asian cole slaw, Yager-style German schnitzel, beef fajitas, tandoori chicken, sushi and more. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. to view cultural exhibits, and dinner will be served promptly at 5 p.m. Prices are MTSU students, $10; adults, $16; children 12 and under, $14; and other college students, $14. Tickets won't be sold at the door, so please buy yours early! For more information, call 615-898-2238.
HAVE FUN, GET HEALTHY AT COMMUNITY FAIR IN KUC
Join the fun and learn more about your health at the Community Health & Education Fair, Thursday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 314 of the Keathley University Center. This event is free, open to the public, and features education on chronic health conditions affecting African-Americans. Free services include blood-pressure screenings; hearing and vision screenings; body-fat and flexibility measurements; STD, HIV/ AIDS and hepatitis education; organ/ tissue donation awareness; bone-marrow testing; hemoglobin and oxygen-saturation testing; pregnancy information; alcohol and drug information; mental health issues; financial planning and general health information. For more about the event, contact 615-898-2987.
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
16th Windham Lecture features Rory Kennedy
from Staff Reports
Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy, the co-founder and co-president of Moxie Firecracker Films Inc., will help MTSU's Windham Lecture Series celebrate its 16th anniversary by serving as this year's Windham Lecturer on Thursday, April 5, at 5 p.m., in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business and Aerospace Building.
In preparation for her visit, two of Kennedy's films, "American Hollow" and "A Boy's Life," also will be shown in the Keathley University Center Theater on campus Tuesday through Thursday, March 27-29, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. The screenings are free and open to the public.
Kennedy, one of the nation's most prolific independent documentary filmmakers, will speak on "The Camera Doesn't Lie" during her appearance at MTSU. Her work has tackled some of our most pressing social concerns, including poverty, domestic abuse, drug addiction, human rights, AIDS and mental illness, and have garnered numerous awards and been featured on HBO, A&E, MTV, Lifetime, The Oxygen Network, Court TV, The Learning Channel and PBS. Her most recent film, "The Ghost of Abu Ghraib," premiered on HBO.
Through her films, Kennedy aims to illuminate larger social issues by telling the stories of everyday people. Kennedy's "American Hollow," an award-winning documentary about an Appalachian family caught between century-old tradition and the encroaching modern world, premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast as part of HBO's America Undercover series and received a Non-Fiction Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Kennedy directed and produced "A Boy's Life," a portrait of the troubling forces that have shaped the life of a seven-year-old boy from an impoverished region of Mississippi, touching on drug abuse, family dysfunction and religion. She also directed and produced "Pandemic: Facing AIDS," which follows the lives of five people living with AIDS and which ultimately connects audiences with the heartache and triumph of living under the extreme conditions of the disease.
Her other films include "Epidemic Africa," "Fire in Our House," "Juvies," "The Changing Face of Beauty," "Travelers," "Different Moms," "Healthy Start," "The Nazi Officer's Wife," "Sixteen" and "Girlhood."
Kennedy is a committed social activist and human rights advocate. She has been a member of the board of directors for a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Legal Action Center and the Project Return Foundation. She served as chairwoman of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Associate Trustees Program and continues as a member of the board and was a member of the 1999 Presidential Mission on AIDS in Africa.
Kennedy initiated and helped develop the Teacher Transfer Program between the United States and Namibia after her work at the Dobra Resettlement Camp. She has also been a member of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Human Rights delegations in South Africa, South Korea, Japan, El Salvador and Poland, and she is a graduate of Brown University with a bachelor's degree in women's studies.
The Windham Lecture Series in Liberal Arts was established by William and Westy Windham through the MTSU Foundation. Dr. William Windham was a member of the MTSU faculty from 1955 to 1989 and served as chairman of the Department of History the last 11 years. Westy Windham (1927-1991) earned a master's degree in sociology at MTSU and was the founder of Great American Singalong.
The Windham series is sponsored annually by the College of Liberal Arts with the assistance of the assorted departments within the college. For more information, contact 615-494-7628.
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
ERC on the rise after upgrade
by Claire Rogers
Students channel-surfing past Comcast's Channel 9 recently may have noticed a lot of dead air. Channel 9, MTSU's Education Resource Channel, is in the process of an upgrade due for completion in mid-spring.
Outdated audio, video and satellite equipment is being replaced to improve signal quality while providing less expensive satellite time. Channel 9, which is run by MTSU's Instructional Technology Support Center, offers programming produced both on and off campus. The ITSC will broadcast K-12 and teacher development programs to viewers in 14 Tennessee counties and in Huntsville, Ala.
Channel 9's improvements provide new educational and community-oriented programs, although most are created outside of MTSU. These shows include professional studies by the Research Channel and NASA Education TV, showcases from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the child development and education series "I Am Your Child."
The ERC also will present part of the Media Ethics Summit, held earlier this month and filmed in one of MTSU's studio classrooms.
"The station tries to film guest lectures whenever we can with the professor's permission," said Station Manager Gail Fedak.
An ERC original show, "Access Nine," with information on issues like health care and home-schooling resources, is scheduled to premiere as well.
"The show will be produced and anchored entirely by broadcast journalism students ... supervised by their professors," said Dr. Connie Schmidt, station director.
The ITSC now carries a live webcast of Channel 9 programming through its Web site, www.mtsu.edu/~itsc. Teacher responses to webcasts show that viewers are pleased with the video quality.
Schmidt and Fedak also are discussing plans for an online library of MTSU and outside programs.
"We are projecting the (online) library will be completed by fall 2008 and hope Channel 9 has a future in podcasting as well," Dr. Schmidt said.
Among the ERC programming returning is "Perils for Pedestrians," concerning problems for walkers and the disabled, and the university's current-events show, "Middle Tennessee Record." The ERC also continues to show an updated university bulletin board several times a day.
Submissions for bulletins and independent programming are accepted, but programs must meet copyright criteria and be educational, dramatic or informative in nature. Information and a complete schedule may be found on the ERC's Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~ercmt.
Questions about programming, bulletins and involvement in the ERC may be directed to ercmt@mtsu.edu.
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Music Row mogul Brown to speak
from Staff Reports
Famed music industry executive Tony Brown, producer of more than 100 No. 1 hit singles and winner of more than a dozen Grammy and other music awards, will share his expertise and experiences with MTSU Tuesday, April 3, as part of the 2007 SunTrust Lecture Series.
During his visit to campus, Brown, who is nominated for three 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards at the upcoming May 15 ACMs, will present a free lecture for students in MTSU's Department of Recording Industry and the public.
Brown's visit, made possible through the support of SunTrust Bank, is set for 7 p.m. in the State Farm Lecture Hall of the Business and Aerospace Building.
"Tony has been very generous with his time and has visited the MTSU recording industry department whenever we have asked him," said Dr. Bob Wood, coordinator of production and technology for the department.
"His commitment to helping educate the next generation of music industry professionals is laudable, and our recording industry students profit immeasurably from the advice of such an industry luminary."
Brown, a native of North Carolina, was the son of an evangelist and played piano in his family's gospel group as a teenager. That experience helped him land a touring job with the Oak Ridge Boys and ultimately put him on the piano bench for Elvis Presley's final U.S. tour. He then joined Emmylou Harris's famous "Hot Band" and played piano for bandmate Rodney Crowell's Cherry Bombs when Crowell went solo.
Brown soon wound up in Nashville working A&R for RCA Records and was asked to produce gospel singer Shirley Caesar in 1983. That work got him noticed by then-MCA chief Jimmy Bowen, whose mentorship helped to guide Brown's talent and experience onto the road that led to the president's office at MCA Nashville in 1993 and work with superstars like Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood and Wynonna as well as favorites like Steve Earle, Patty Loveless, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith and The Mavericks.
In 2002, Brown joined pal Tim DuBois to form Universal South Records, aiming to create what they said would be "a home for truly inventive, highly creative artists." The pair stepped down from the label last December, with Brown saying he wanted to devote himself once again to full-time music production.
Brown's 2007 ACM nominations, announced earlier this month, include Album of the Year for Brooks & Dunn's "Hillbilly Deluxe" and for George Strait's "It Just Comes Natural," Single of the Year for Strait's "Give It Away" and Vocal Event of the Year for "Building Bridges" with Brooks & Dunn, Gill and Sheryl Crow.
Brown also is the reigning Country Music Association producer for "Believe," the 2006 Single of the Year by Brooks & Dunn.
For more information about the visit, contact Wood at 615-898-2532.
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U.S. Bank gift helps dyslexia grad program
by Tom Tozer
U.S. Bank recently helped to fund a graduate scholarship program for the Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia at MTSU with a check for $2,000 to the MTSU Foundation.
Bryan Nale, branch manager of the bank and 2002 MTSU graduate, presented the check to Dr. Diane Sawyer, holder of the Katherine Davis Murfree Chair of Excellence in Dyslexic Studies.
"We strongly believe that education and outreach services are the keys to improving the quality of life for those who struggle with dyslexia," Nale stated. "U.S. Bank is pleased to be a good neighbor and supporter of the center's efforts."
The MTSU Dyslexia Center was established in 1993 and provides assistance to students in grades K-12 who are diagnosed with dyslexia to help them become successful in school and life. It also offers support to the parents of these children.
"In addition to our work with students throughout Tennessee, we have helped teachers and administrators to better understand dyslexia-how to identify it and how effectively to educate these children," Sawyer explained. "We provide no-cost workshops and we offer graduate-level courses to meet this goal. The generous contribution by U.S. Bank will help us to start a scholarship fund for teachers who might not be able to take these courses without tuition assistance.
"This gift will have ripple effects throughout our community and throughout Tennessee. We at the Center and Middle Tennessee State University are grateful for this expression of support."
U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank with assets of $219 billion. The sixth largest commercial bank in the United States, it operates 2,472 banking offices throughout the nation.
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READY TO LEARN-Friends and guests of the Dyslexia Center discuss U.S. Bank's recent scholarship gift to the center's graduate program. Listening to bank branch manager Bryan Nale explain the goals for the $2,000 gift are, seated from left, parent Beth Holder, center student Andrew Holder and graduate student Trina Shelton, and standing, Drs. Diane Sawyer of the center and Stuart Bernstein, psychology.
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Partnerships fueling Ricketts' research
by Randy Weiler
Long before MTSU's recent trend to build community and business partnerships, Dr. Cliff Ricketts was building corporate bridges in his career-long quest to find alternative fuels.
Since 1991, Ricketts, professor in the agribusiness and agriscience department, has had a sponsorship-turned-partnership with Brentwood-based Tractor Supply Co. TSC has contributed more than $118,000 to Ricketts' research efforts.
"We were trying to set the land speed record in '91, and I wrote to about six companies. The only one to respond was Tractor Supply," Ricketts said. "(The late) Tom Hennessey was the president and CEO. He was the National Future Farmers of America Foundation chairman. The timing was right. He said he'd sponsor us."
TSC gave Ricketts' endeavor $4,750 for nine years, then upped it to $9,500 for each of the past eight years. MTSU has matched every dollar, Ricketts said.
"They're proud of the research we've done," he said of TSC. "We wouldn't have done as much without their help and the university's matching support."
Additionally, at the National FFA Convention attended by more than 50,000 people annually, Ricketts said he and his student participants have had their booth space, which can cost upwards of $10,000, paid by TSC. He laughs when he says he now works for MTSU alumna Michelle Butler, one of his former students and former Student Government Association president. She is a TSC merchandising coordinator.
Ricketts recently attended the TSC Manager's Convention at the Nashville Convention Center. He carried his alternative fuel message to the U.S. Congress in 2006 and a 30-minute "futuristic" outlook to the State House Agriculture Committee March 6.
Other partnerships Ricketts has crafted through the years include Valspar Corp. (paint) of Minneapolis, the Tennessee Valley Authority (Green Power Switch) and Bridgestone/Firestone (tires). Valspar hauled, painted and added MTSU and sponsor decals to two Corvettes in the research program for about $30,000, he said.
Ricketts participated March 14-16 in a meeting of Hypowerfuel Advisory Committee members at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
In May, Ricketts hopes to conduct a run across the state in a Toyota Tercel converted to run on hydrogen. The hydrogen is taken from water through an electrolysis unit that is on the MTSU campus in the vocational ag shop. The unit is powered by the sun's energy, which is stored in the gridline of Murfreesboro Electric through the TVA Green Power Switch program.
Ricketts hopes to make the 600-mile run from Bristol to Memphis, with a stopover in Murfreesboro, in one day, with sun and water as the only two energy sources.
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Women engineers await March 29 panel
Brenda Sanford, Susan Ferrell and Fiona King will participate in the first Women in Engineering Panel, event co-coordinator Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross said.
It will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Davis Science Building Room 100. Students and others interested in engineering careers are welcome. The event is part of National Women's History Month activities.
Each panelist will share for 10 to 15 minutes how they decided on engineering as a career and field questions, Iriarte-Gross said.
Sanford is conservation engineer for the Prince George's County Soil Conservation District in Maryland. Farrell is nuclear assurance project manager at TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. King is an infrastructure marketing specialist for Gresham, Smith and Partners in Nashville.
Dr. Sid Sridhara, professor in engineering technology and industrial studies, is working with Iriarte-Gross on the event.
For more information, contact Iriarte-Gross at jiriarte@mtsu.edu or 615-904-8253.
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Martin golf tourney again teeing off for scholarships
by Randy Weiler
Organizers and Insurance Liaison Committee members continue to work to raise student scholarship funds through the 23rd annual Martin Chair of Insurance Invitational Golf Tournament.
The tournament will be held Tuesday, April 17, at Champions Run Golf Course in Rockvale. The event is sponsored by the MTSU Foundation.
"Having a good golf tournament involves having a full complement of players, a nice prize for each player and a large number of hole sponsors," Jim Cavendish, chairman of the 36-member committee, told more than 20 of his insurance colleagues during a Feb. 9 luncheon at Stones River Country Club.
"We cannot fail in either of these areas if we wish to do well," he added. "However, securing hole sponsorships is possibly the most important, because hole sponsorship money flows straight to the bottom line with very little expense, if any at all. Unlike players, there is no limit on the number of hole sponsors we can accept."
Cavendish said to "increase our intake from last year is going to take a concerted effort from every member of the committee. We were able to generate $33,000 for the (Martin) Chair of Insurance last year. We left some on the table, so I hope that we can do better this go-round."
Dr. Ken Hollman, Martin Chair of Insurance chairholder, said between $40,000 and $45,000 in scholarship money will be awarded to 56 students for the 2006-07 academic year.
"For the first time in perhaps 15 years, we have increased the amount of money that scholarship winners get," Hollman said.
"This year, majors receive $1,000, up from $750, and minors receive $750, up from $500."
Hollman said the program has awarded more than 820 scholarships to 425 students since 1983-84. "We will have a big to-do when the 1,000th scholarship is presented," he added.
The tournament schedule features lunch and registration from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.; a shotgun start, rain or shine, at noon; and a 4:30 p.m. meal and awards presentation.
Events of the day include best ball scramble play, a putting contest, par-3 contest, longest drive award and first hole-in-one on par-3 hole No. 17.
The latter wins a two-year lease privilege for the new car on display, courtesy of Alexander Ford Lincoln Mercury in Murfreesboro.
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Conference set for March 30: Tigers' McLain to put spin on Baseball & Lit event
by Gina K. Logue
Denny McLain, whose pitching brilliance propelled the Detroit Tigers to the 1968 World Series championship, will deliver the luncheon address at MTSU's second annual Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture Friday, March 30, in the James Union Building.
McLain, the last major league pitcher to win more than 30 games in a season, chalked up 31 victories in 1968, capturing the league's most valuable player and Cy Young awards. The three-time American League All-Star compiled 131 wins against 91 losses and registered a 3.39 earned run average during his major league career, which lasted from 1963 to 1972.
In 1985, McLain's life took a tragic turn when he was convicted on federal racketeering and extortion charges relating to his partnership in a Florida financial services company. The conviction was overturned on procedural issues in 1987. When McLain was reindicted, he pleaded guilty and received a 12-year sentence but was credited for time served and got five years' probation instead.
In 1996, McLain was convicted of conspiracy, theft, money laundering and mail fraud for looting the pension fund of a Michigan meat-processing company he co-owned. He served more than six years in a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
McLain's colorful past explains the title of his latest book, I Told You I Wasn't Perfect, written with Eli Zaret and slated for release by Triumph Books this year. His previous two books are Nobody's Perfect (1975) and Strikeout: The Story of Denny McLain (1988).
The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Gerald Wood, chairman of the Department of English and dean of humanities at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. He will speak on "Doctor Smoke: Joe Wood, Yale University and the 1926 Baseball Controversy," a spinoff from a biography he is writing.
Wood also is co-editing Northsiders: Essays in the Social History of the Chicago Cubs, to be released later this year by McFarland Press. He describes himself as a baseball player as a "good-field, no-hit second baseman for Wabash College" in 1965-66.
Scholars from all over the country will present papers under the broad topics of "Baseball and Critical Theory," "60s, 70s and 80s," "Baseball and American Culture," "Baseball in Language, History and Cinema," "Baseball in Contemporary American Literature" and "Fiction, Poetry and Memoirs."
The conference registration fee of $50 includes breakfast, lunch and the conference program. Public attendance at presentations, excluding meals, is free.
For more information, contact Warren Tormey, assistant professor of English, at 615-494-7878 or tormey@mtsu.edu.
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Recognizing excellence
GREAT WORK!--Christopher Crowell, right, chairman of MTSU's Employee Recognition Committee, presents Lisa Wales, acquisitions account clerk II for the James E. Walker Library, with the latest Quarterly Secretarial/Clerical Award as library assistant professor Rachel Kirk, left, looks on. The Employee Recognition Committee salutes staffers who make outstanding contributions and demonstrate excellence in their roles. To nominate an administrative, secretarial/clerical, classified or technical/service co-worker for the quarterly award program, download an employee recognition nomination form at hrs.web.mtsu.edu/forms.html and submit it to Human Resource Services in CAB 217.
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Executives take over classes April 6
by Tom Tozer
Nearly 40 regional executives will take over morning classes at MTSU Friday, April 6, for what has become one of the university's signature events linking textbook wisdom to the trenches of the real-world workplace.
The 16th 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, directors and managers will meet with 10:20 and 11:30 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. This event represents everything that Jennings Jones was about-vision, achievement and giving back."
Jones, philanthropist and great friend of education, passed away in 2005.
Following the morning classes, there will be an invitation-only luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The luncheon speaker will be Joel C. Gordon, principal of The Gordon Group, a private investment firm founded in 1996.
A leader in the healthcare service industry for more than 35 years, Gordon founded General Care Corp. in 1969, a model company in the acute-care hospital industry. In 1980, General Care was sold to HCA. Two years later, Gordon launched Surgical Care Affiliates, the second largest operator of outpatient surgery centers in the nation. It was subsequently sold to HealthSouth in 1996, for which Gordon served as director from 1996 to 2005.
Gordon, who served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1954, has received TPAC's Applause Award and the Joe Kraft Humanitarian of the Year award, among many others.
During the luncheon, Burton will present Gordon with the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award-an honor presented to a businessperson who has demonstrated the best of the spirit of America through significant contributions in government, education and/or civic and charitable organizations.
Ambassador Joe M. Rodgers is former holder of the Free Enterprise Chair of Excellence and an avid supporter of higher education.
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Love! Lust! Lies! Big wigs! See it all CenterStage at MTSU
by Lisa L. Rollins
William Wycherley's comedy of manners, "The Country Wife," will come to life at 7:30 nightly March 30-31 and April 4-7 in MTSU's Tucker Theatre as the next offering in the MTSU CenterStage Series.
"Love, lust, deception, curious wives and jealous husbands make this 1675 Restoration Comedy one of the funniest and most vulgar plays of its time," remarked Jeff Gibson, assistant professor of speech and theatre, who adds that for 200 years, it was considered too outrageous to be performed.
According to the play's storyline, London's elite are reeling from the news that its most notorious playboy, Jasper Horner, is back from France and rumored to be a medically certified eunuch. Consequently, husbands practically throw their wives at him, delighted that they can have affairs without losing their honor. Horner, however, has not been so honest, and he seduces the wives of his all-too-trusting friends. His cleverness is taxed when he becomes involved with Margery Pinchwife, a newlywed from the country whose husband is an extremely jealous fop determined to protect her innocence at any cost.
"Most of our students have never performed in a play from the Restoration period, so this show is an exceptional opportunity for them to learn the style of that time," said Deborah Anderson, professor of speech and theatre and the show's producer.
"I have spent a lot of time with the students in developing the movement, posture and language of the Restoration period, because we want this show to be as historically true and authentic as possible," she added.
Production organizers said the dedicated work of Tommy Macon, director of costume, played a vital role in making the show authentic. It was the job of Macon and his staff to recreate the embellished fashion of the late 1600s, including big wigs, elaborate clothing and fancy footwear.
"We are extremely privileged to have Tommy Macon on our faculty," said Anderson. "He is a true professional in his field and has designed absolutely stunning costumes for our production."
Not only will the production be beautiful to view, but it also promises to provide much humor and wit for audiences.
"I have been having such a blast doing this show," said Ryan Chittaphong, a senior theater major who plays the jealous Mr. Pinchwife.
"I don't think I have ever laughed so much in rehearsals than I have for this production. There are just so many clever puns and sharp lines within the dialogue, and I think the audiences are truly going to love every minute of it."
Tickets for "The Country Wife" may be purchased at the door on the evening of the performance. Prices range from $4 to $8. MTSU students will be admitted free with a valid ID.
For more information, call 615-494-8810 or visit www.mtsu.edu/~theatre.
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LAYING THE FOUNDATION-Scene Shop manager Sean Williams, left, and technical director Amethyst Cantrell build the customized raked stage for MTSU's upcoming CenterStage production of the Restoration comedy "The Country Wife."
photo by Ryan Chittaphong/MTSU Speech & Theatre
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The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
Summer sign-ups under way now; employee wellness program still making strides
by Jennifer Posey
Twenty dollars could drastically change your life-maybe even save it. That's the cost for one semester in the MTSU Faculty-Staff Health and Wellness Program, under the leadership of Dr. Mark Anshel, and participants say it's well worth the price of admission.
"I have lost 30 pounds and 30 inches in 118 days!!! I am so thankful for the fitness program and MTSU for providing for us. I truly believe that you all have and are saving my life," exclaims Linda Feagans, a current participant in the second semester of the program.
The program is made up of three 10-week sessions and serves approximately 100 faculty, staff and administrators per semester. Thanks to the Office of the President for underwriting the expense, $20 is all you need to participate.
Jaws are dropping over data from the first session of the 10-week program:
- Fitness scores skyrocketed.
- Blood tests reflected a decrease in bad cholesterol and an increase in the good kind.
- Only 12 percent of participants dropped out compared to the average 30 percent in similar programs.
- Post-evaluation results show participants enjoyed the rigorous program.
"There's a need on campus to help people improve their habits to go from unhealthy to healthy," says Anshel. "People generally need coaching; they need support; they need structure to create a new lifestyle, to improve their health and their energy. My job was to create that structure."
The program focuses on four areas. First, organizers gather data such as blood testing for cholesterol, body fat percentage and blood pressure from participants. Data are taken at the beginning, middle and end of the program and reported to each participant.
Second, fitness coaches make individual prescriptions for cardiovascular and strength training, then monitor progress, instruct, motivate and hold participants accountable.
Third, a routine is developed to "make health-related habits a staple part of their day," Anshel says.
Finally, participants are encouraged to think about their values and how those relate to their health and well-being. Most find that their life is not in line with their values, and their unhealthy habits carry a heavy expense.
With the help of the program, Anshel says, participants agree that they're getting their lives realigned with their values and are feeling better.
"I have never felt better than I do right now. I am even trusting myself more," Feagans noted in an e-mail to Anshel. In the past 35 years, she says, her weight has fluctuated and her closet has reflected those ups and downs. However, since beginning the program she has gained the confidence to get rid of the larger clothes in her closet.
"You all have given me the strength and power to understand why and how to achieve and keep my goal weight forever," Feagans says. "I no longer am going to hold onto the baggage of the extra clothes in case I might need them someday, because that day is never going to happen again. The baggage is gone."
Each participant receives two sessions with a registered dietitian, a complete inventory on mental barriers for maintaining efforts by a licensed psychologist, weekly meetings with a fitness coach and two seminars with Anshel on implementing the skills learned.
"The information stayed with me," says Karen Nunley, a participant from the first semester. "I have a little more confidence and am able to do things physically that I wasn't able to do just a few weeks ago. I want everyone to know how thankful I am that the program was put in place, and I hope other companies will follow suit."
Anshel thanked President Sidney A. McPhee for his support of the program and his willingness to help provide a program to benefit the health and wellness of the university staff.
"The goal here is to create the skills and the self-motivation to do it on their own, so eventually they do this as part of their lifestyle," Anshel says.
Registration is under way now for the summer semester wellness program, which begins June 4 with orientation and testing and ends Aug. 17. As with the previous semesters, the program is limited to 100 participants and costs $20 per person.
For more information, contact Anshel by e-mail at manshel@mtsu.edu or the Campus Recreation Office at 615-898-2104. You can also visit the program's new Web site, www.mtsu.edu/~wellness.
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
Safety chief offers tips for handling emergencies
by Jennifer Posey
If you thought a student was carrying a concealed weapon in class, would you know what you should or should not do to safely handle the situation?
During a recent interview, Buddy Peaster, director of public safety at MTSU, responded to this and similar questions on emergencies that could arise. His answers explain what faculty and staff should and should not do in emergency situations.
Q: What should I do if I suspect that someone in class is concealing a weapon of some type?
Peaster: "Do not confront the person. Report the person to Public Safety and let them determine the best way to handle it."
Q: What should I do if a fight suddenly breaks out inside my classroom?
A: "Call 9-1-1. Don't strike a student in an attempt to stop the fight."
Q: What if I hear an argument or violent confrontation in the hall outside my classroom or office?
A: "It depends on the severity of the argument. Do what you would if it was occurring in your neighborhood. If it sounds bad enough to call the police or to be disruptive to the class, call 9-1-1. Stay in the classroom unless you feel there is imminent danger. If the argument is simply too loud or bothersome, you may ask the parties to please quiet down.
"Don't intervene physically in a shouting match or physical altercation."
Q: What if I suspect a student of being under the influence of something?
A: "Deal with the student's behavior. If he or she is not causing extreme disruptive problems, talk with the student after class or at a later date. If he or she is belligerent, call the police.
"Don't try to physically restrain or fight with the student or embarrass him/her in class."
Q: What should I do if students or I smell a strange odor in the classroom and people start complaining of dizziness or nausea?
A: "Inquire about the smell with the students. If no one knows the source of the odor, leave the classroom and possibly the building, depending on the area of the smell. Let others in the general building vicinity know about the situation, evacuate the area and call 9-1-1.
"Do not try to withstand the odor and continue class."
Q: How about if class members or I detect an electrical odor in the classroom?
A: "Ask others for their opinion on the smell. Look for its origin. If it can be found and it is a fire risk or the smell continues to get stronger, follow the directions above regarding a strange odor.
"Do not completely ignore it without comment."
Q: How about if a student suddenly passes out or has some kind of seizure?
A: "Move people and objects away from the victim. Call 9-1-1. Never try to hold the person down or put a spoon, rag or other object in the person's mouth."
Q: What should I do if someone falls down inside or outside my building and he or she says, 'Don't worry, I'm OK?'"
A: "Believe them. Never perform a physical exam on their injured parts."
Q: What if someone falls down inside or outside my building and he or she does not respond?
A: "Perform CPR and/or (use an) AED (automated external defibrillator), if appropriate. Call 9-1-1. Do NOT try to move the victim unless absolutely necessary. You do not want to cause further injury."
Q: What about when I see someone on campus speeding or driving erratically?
A: "It depends on the degree of hazard associated with the driving. A car creating an extreme or potentially dangerous public situation should be reported to the police.
"Don't try to force the car to pull over."
Q: What phone number(s) should students, faculty and staff always carry with them?
A: "The University Police, 615-898-2424, and 9-1-1."
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
Scholars Week schedule update
Monday, April 2
Scholars Week Kick-Off, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Library Quad; 11:30 a.m. salsa music, noon comments by Drs. Gebert and Allen. Contact: 615-898-2953.
Featured college: Business
Poster Session, 12:30-2:30 p.m., BAS South Lobby.
Featured speaker: Dr. Lee Martin, "Techonomics," 2:30-3:30 p.m., BAS State Farm Lecture Hall. Contact: 615-898-2736.
Tuesday, April 3
Featured college: Basic and Applied Sciences
Hands-On Learning Showcase, noon-2 p.m., Library Quad (or KUC first- and second-floor lobbies if rain). Contact: 615-898-5540.
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Grant Writers and Mentors Reception, 2-3:30 p.m., JUB 100. Contact: 615-898-5005.
Wednesday, April 4
Featured College: Liberal Arts
Talks, Panels and Performances, HONR 117, 1-5 p.m. Contact: 615-898-2351.
Thursday, April 5
Featured ccolleges: Mass Communication, Education and Behavioral Science, and Graduate Studies
"Life's Major Questions Luncheon," 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., JUB Hazlewood Dining Room; Dr. Stuart Bernstein, "The Literacy Crisis"; Dr. Bill Compton, "Positive Psychology and Health"; Dr. Chuck Higgins, "Are We Alone in the Universe"; Dr. Steve Howard, "The Emergence of Thinking Computers"; Dr. Tom May. $5 (subsidized) tickets in advance. Contact: 615-898-5897.
College of Graduate Studies Conversation Hour: "Bioterrorism and the Corrosion of Truth in the Age of Enron: Ethics in the University and the 'Real World,'" Drs. Thomas May and Thomas Cooper, 2-3:30 p.m., HONR 202. Contact: 615-898-2840.
College of Mass Communication Showcase of Scholarly and Creative Work, 4:05-5:45 p.m., COMM 103.
McNair Dinner and Lecture, 4:30-6 p.m., JUB Tennessee Room; Dr. Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland. Contact: 615-898-5472.
College of Liberal Arts Windham Lecture: Rory Kennedy, Moxie Firecracker Films Inc., 5-6 p.m., BAS State Farm Lecture Hall. Contact: 615-494-7628.
Friday, April 6
Universitywide Poster and Multimedia Exposition
Faculty mingling and lunch, noon-12:30 p.m.; faculty session, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; undergraduate and graduate student session, 2-4 p.m.; awards at 4 p.m.; JUB Tennessee Room. Contact: 615-898-2071.
For more information and any last-minute changes, visit the Scholars Week Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~research/scholars week_ schedule.html.
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
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CELESTIAL GUIDES-Lights illuminate the columns of MTSU's acclaimed "interactive monument," the Naked Eye Observatory, at night on campus in the photo above, while at left, students create a path between the observatory and Walnut Grove on their way to daytime classes.
photos courtesy Hart Freeland Roberts Inc.
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Places Around Campus:
Naked Eye Observatory earns design acclaim
from Staff Reports
MTSU's Naked Eye Observatory has garnered more statewide acclaim for its designers, Nashville engineering firm Hart Freeland Roberts Inc., with the recent announcement of an Honor Award for Engineering Excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee.
Hart Freeland won in the special projects category for its work on the $1.2 million observatory, located in the open common area alongside Walnut Grove and the Cope Administration Building southwest of Wiser-Patten Science Hall.
Four other Nashville firms also were honored March 6 for projects ranging from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville to the Interstate 124 reconstruction project in Chattanooga.
"ACEC of Tennessee sponsors this annual competition to turn the spotlight on the important contributions that Tennessee engineering firms make to the health, safety and quality of life of the people in our state and nation and throughout the world," noted Joe Chester, PE, chairman of the Engineering Excellence Awards program for ACEC of Tennessee and vice president for infrastructure services, Tennessee region, at engineering firm URS in Franklin.
Describing MTSU's Naked Eye Observatory as "an interactive monument," ACEC noted that the project involved highly complex and precise calculations and required engineers to use astronomy and the graphical application of geometry. The orbits of the various planets related to the earth's orbit, plus the rotation of the earth, the viewer's location on earth and the time of year the viewer is present, all had to be taken into account.
"Intended primarily as a teaching tool, the observatory is also open to the general public, bringing knowledge and the potential appreciation of astronomy to all who use it, while offering the experience of personally locating actual stars and planets with the naked eye," judges noted in their report. "Not subject to technological advances, the observatory's value is fundamentally timeless."
Construction on the Naked Eye facility got under way in late spring 2005 and was completed about a year later. The second phase of the observatory project includes a building that will house the university's telescope, which will be located across Old Main Circle from the Naked Eye facility between Smith Hall and Wiser-Patten.
The Record, March 26, 2007, V15.17
Campus Calendar
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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.
TV Schedule
"Middle Tennessee Record"
Cable Channel 9
Monday-Sunday, 5 p.m.
NewsChannel5+
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Through March 30
"Sound in Print: The Art of the Contemporary Music Poster"
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
Todd Gallery
For information, contact: jsjohnso@mtsu.edu.
"No Longer on the Sidelines: 35 Years of Title IX at MTSU"
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday-Friday (except March 27 and 29)
Gore Research Center, Todd Hall 129
For information, contact: 615-898-2632.
Through April 19
"Kenda North: Urban Pools"
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday
Baldwin Photo Gallery, LRC
For information, contact: 615-898-2085.
Monday, March 26
Women's Tennis vs. South Alabama
11 a.m., Buck Bouldin Tennis Center
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
National Women's History Month:
"Women and Media: Are Women's Voices Heard in Mainstream Journalism?"
2:20 p.m. panel discussion, 6 p.m. keynote by ABC News' Lynn Sherr
BAS State Farm Lecture Hall
For details, see page 1 or contact: 615-898-5150.
Honors Lecture Series
Dr. James Tate, "Causes of Crime"
3-3:55 p.m., HONR 106
For information, contact: 615-898-2152.
Nathan B. Forrest Educational Forum: "Middle Tennessee and the Reconstruction Era"
4:30 p.m., LRC 221
For information, contact: Dr. Colette Taylor, 615-898-5812.
Stones River Chamber Players
7:30 p.m., WMB Hinton Music Hall
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-898-2493.
March 27-29
Rory Kennedy Film Screenings:
American Hollow and A Boy's Life
11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily, KUC Theater
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-494-7628.
Tuesday, March 27
MT Baseball vs. Austin Peay
6 p.m., Reese Smith Field
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
Legends in Forensic Science Lectureship: Dr. William Bass of UT's "Body Farm"
7 p.m., BAS State Farm Lecture Hall
For information, contact: 615-494-7628.
Wednesday, March 28
National Women's History Month: "This is What a Feminist Looks Like"
11 a.m.-3 p.m., KUC Knoll
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
Second Annual Majors Fair
sponsored by the MTSU Career & Employment Center
11 a.m.-1 p.m., KUC second floor
For information, contact: 615-898-2500.
Thursday, March 29
National Women's History Month: "Opportunities and Careers for Women in Engineering" panel
7 p.m., Wiser-Patten Science 102
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
March 30-April 1
MT Baseball vs. Louisiana-Monroe
March 30, 6 p.m.; March 31, 4 p.m.; April 1, 1 p.m., Reese Smith Field
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
Friday, March 30
Second Annual Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture
James Union Building
For information, e-mail tormey@mtsu.edu or contact: 615-494-7878.
Women's Tennis vs. UAB
2 p.m., Buck Bouldin Tennis Center
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
Ideas & Issues: Dr. N.G. Berrill, "Get Inside the Criminal Mind"
7 p.m., KUC Theater
For information, visit www.mtsu.edu/~events/lectures.html.
April 1-3
12th Annual Instructional Technology Conference
For details, visit www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/mtsufac/ or contact: 615-898-2214.
\Sunday, April 1
"MTSU On The Record-MIMIC"
Guests: Drs. Andrienne Friedli and Marion Wells
7 a.m., WMOT 89.5-FM
Podcast available at ww.mtsunews.com or free subscription at iTunes.
National Women's History Month: Spring Out! Nashville in Harmony Concert
5 p.m., KUC Knoll
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
April 2-3
AAUW Annual Book Sale
KUC first floor outside bookstore
For information, e-mail AAUWBooksale@mtsu.edu.
April 2-6
Scholars' Week
For event details, see page 7 or visit www.mtsu.edu/~research/scholarsweek_schedule.html.
Monday, April 2
African American History Month:
"Race, the Death Penalty and Criminal Justice" panel discussion
9:10-10:05 a.m., LRC 221
For information, contact: astaples@mtsu.edu.
National Women's History Month: Spring Out! Info Fair and Carnival
10 a.m.-4 p.m., KUC Knoll
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
Honors Lecture Series
Dr. Gloria Hamilton, "Crime: Intervention and Prevention-What Works?"
3-3:55 p.m., HONR 106
For information, contact: 615-898-2152.
National Women's History Month: Photographer Kenda North lecture
7:30 p.m., LRC 221
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-898-2085.
Faculty Piano Recital: Caleb Harris
8 p.m., WMB Hinton Music Hall
For information, contact: 615-898-2493.
Tuesday, April 3
JAWC Career/Professional Development Brown Bag
Terri Johnson & Dr. Gloria Hamilton, "Bullying in the Workplace"
Noon-1 p.m, BAS SunTrust Room
For information, contact: 615-898-2193.
National Women's History Month: Spring Out! GLBT Issues and Religion panel discussion
co-sponsors: MT Lambda Association and Raiders for Rationalism
4 p.m., BAS S213
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
Tuesday, April 3
MT Baseball vs. Tennessee Tech
6 p.m., Reese Smith Field
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
2007 SunTrust Lecture Series: Tony Brown
7 p.m., BAS State Farm Lecture Hall
For details, see page 2 or contact: 615-898-2532.
Wednesday, April 4
National Women's History Month: Spring Out!
Kevin Lawson of Nashville CARES, "Let's Talk About Sex"
7-9 p.m., BAS S316
For information, contact: 615-898-5910.
MT Softball vs. Memphis
5 and 7 p.m., Blue Raider Softball Field
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
Thursday, April 5
Graduate Studies Conversation Hour:
Drs. Thomas May and Thomas Cooper, "Bioterrorism and the Corrosion of Truth in the Age of Enron"
2 p.m., HONR 202 (conference room)
For information, contact: 615-898-2840.
Windham Lecture: Rory Kennedy, "The Camera Doesn't Lie"
5 p.m., BAS State Farm Lecture Hall
For information, contact: 615-494-7628.
Stones River Chamber Players
7:30 p.m., WMB Hinton Music Hall
No admission charge
For information, contact: 615-898-2493.
Friday, April 6
First Friday Star Party
Dr. Eric Klumpe, "White Dwarf Stars"
6:30-8:30 p.m., WPS Room 102
For information, contact: 615-898-2483.
April 7-8
MT Softball vs. North Texas
April 7: 1 p.m., 3 p.m.; April 8: 11 a.m.
Blue Raider Softball Field
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
Saturday, April 7
Women's Tennis vs. Arkansas State
1 p.m., Buck Bouldin Tennis Center
For information, visit www.goblueraiders.com
or contact: 615-898-2103.
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