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Updated 4/16/2013
MAC East Division Baseball Player of the Week
Nick Glanzman, Bowling Green
Freshman, 3B, Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington North)
Glanzman led the Falcons to a 4-0 week, their first four-game win streak since May of 2010. Glanzman batted .500 (6-12) on the week, with an on-base percentage of .600. Glanzman came through in the clutch numerous times during the week, scoring seven runs, driving in four runs, drawing three walks, knocking his first two career extra-base hits, and going a perfect 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts. In Tuesday's win over Ball State, Glanzman went 2-for-3 with a run scored. In the weekend sweep - BGSU's first MAC sweep since May of 2010 - of Toledo, Glanzman was unstoppable with the game on the line. In Friday's 5-0 win, he went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two RBI, two runs scored, and a walk. In Saturday's 14-1 trouncing of the arch-rival Rockets, Glanzman scored three runs, knocked in two RBI, and had two walks. In Sunday, leading just 4-3 as the game entered the 9th, Glanzman delivered a lead off single, eventually coming around to score a critical insurance run in the inning.
MAC East Division Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Tyler Skulina, Kent State
Junior, RHP, Virginia
The pre-season All-American proved he was everything the accolade claimed him to be in what was Skulina's most dominant pitching performance of his career. Skulina took a no-hitter through 7.2 innings against a team battling for the top spot in the MAC East. In all, he pitched eight innings while only allowing one hit and tying his strikeout career-high with ten.
MAC West Division Baseball Player of the Week
Neal Jacobs, Central Michigan
Redshirt Freshman, OF, Avon, Ohio (Saint Ignatius)
Jacobs was on fire at the plate last week, batting .563 (9-for-16) with five runs scored and four RBI in the Chippewas' four games versus Oakland and Ball State, leading the Chippewas to a 3-1 record. More importantly, Jacobs batted .615 (8-for-13) in CMU's series win at Ball State, recording at least two hits in all three games and stealing a pair of bases. Jacobs drove in a run in all four games on the week and hit his team-best fourth home run of the season on Saturday afternoon versus the Cardinals.
MAC West Division Baseball Co-Pitchers of the Week
Scott Baker, Ball State
Sophomore, P, North Manchester, Ind. (Manchester)
Baker improved to 8-0 on the season after pitching a complete game victory in Ball State's 6-1 win over Central Michigan Saturday. Baker allowed only one earned run on six hits, while striking out 10 en route to the victory. Baker, who entered last week ranked third in the nation in victories, owns a 1.91 earned-run average on the season. He held Central Michigan to a .188 batting average Saturday and is holding opponents to a .226 mark in his nine appearances this season.
Eli Anderson, Northern Illinois
Junior, RHP, Glenview, Ill. (New Trier)
Anderson improved his record in the Mid-American Conference to 4-0 Saturday as the junior pitched his fourth straight complete game versus Western Michigan to defeat the Broncos, 3-2. Anderson went on to strikeout a career-high 12 batters in the contest and allowed zero walks in the affair. He scattered five hits from the mound, only one for an extra base, and gave up zero earned runs in the game. The junior pounded the strike zone as 87 of his 121 pitches were for strikes (.719). Anderson owns a 0.75 ERA with 32 strikeouts and six walks in Mid-American Conference play.
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Samuel Trecaso, Akron
Senior, SP, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (St. Vincent-St. Mary)
Trecaso notched his third and fourth wins of the season this weekend, with both wins coming in extra-inning contests. Trecaso holds a record of 4-1 following the wins, a team-leading win total. Trecaso pitched 2.0 scoreless innings on Friday evening with one strikeout. Registered outings on back-to-back days, as the senior totaled 3.0 innings pitched with two earned runs allowed on Saturday. Prior to Ohio scoring two earned runs on Saturday, Trecaso had an unearned run streak of 17.1 innings.
Devan Ahart, Akron
Sophomore, CF, Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Orchard Lake, Mich.)
Registered six total base hits in four games played this past week. Totaled four runs scored and drove in three runs in 15 at-bats. On Saturday vs. Ohio, went 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a walk in the extra-inning win. Recorded two multi-hit games on Friday and Saturday. Went 1-for-2 in the weather-shortened game on Tuesday vs. Canisius with one double, one RBI, one run scored and one stolen base. Currently riding an eight game hit streak.
Cody Apthorpe, Bowling Green
Redshirt Junior, RHP, Windham, Ohio (Windham)
Apthorpe was dominant for the third straight week, extending his streak of not allowing an earned run to 22.2 straight innings. For the second time in three weeks, Apthorpe was a part of a combined shutout, going eight innings of shutout baseball against the Mid-American Conference's top offense. Apthorpe set the tone for the weekend sweep of Toledo, as the Rockets scored just four runs in 27 innings on the weekend, hitting just .204 (19-93) in the process. In Friday's 5-0 win over Toledo, Apthorpe struck out four batters in his eight innings pitched. Apthorpe would hand the ball to Nick Bruns in the ninth, as that duo combined for their second Friday shutout in the last three weeks. Apthorpe has now won three straight starts.
Alex Baldock, Buffalo
Senior, 1B, Ottawa, Ontario (St. Joseph Catholic)
Baldock was the heart and soul of the Buffalo offense in its series at Eastern Michigan, batting .462 (6-13) with four extra-base hits over the three games to lead the team to the series win. He scored five runs, drew two walks to just one strikeout, and drove in the game-winning run in Sunday's victory. He slugged .846 (11 total bases) and also was perfect in the field in 19 chances. On Friday, he went 2-5 with two doubles and two runs scored. On Saturday he was 3-5 with two more doubles, and he capped the weekend with two walks and an RBI triple on Sunday.
Mike Burke, Buffalo
Junior, RHP, Cleveland, Ohio (St. Ignatius)
Burke pitched his second shutout of the season to earn a 4-0 shutout win over Eastern Michigan on Sunday, clinching the series for the Bulls. Burke had one of his best games of the season, allowing just three hits and holding the Eagles to a .100 batting average as a team. None of the hits went for extra bases, and he struck out four. The three hits allowed matched the previous best for UB in MAC play, as Burke also allowed three hits in a 7-0 win over Central Michigan on March 24. He got better as the game wore on, allowing no base runners at all for the final three innings, highlighted by a nine inning where he used just seven pitches to end the day.
Jason Gamble, Central Michigan
RHP, Freshman, Wixom, Mich. (Wallad Lake Western)
Gamble was key in a pair of Central Michigan's win last week, pitching 5.2 innings out of the bullpen and earning his first career win with a stellar outing versus Ball State Sunday. After the Chippewas went down 3-2 in the seventh, Gamble came out of the 'pen to pitch CMU out of the jam and shut down the Cardinals down the stretch, allowing the Chippewas to come from behind and score four runs in the ninth for a key series victory. Gamble did not give up an earned run in each of his two appearances, striking out four and giving up just two hits.
Brian Hill, Eastern Michigan
LHP, Sr., Flagstaff, Ariz./Sinagua (Phoenix College)
Hill (4-1) won his third straight start while helping the Eagles even up their series with Buffalo Saturday, April 13. The Eagles won the game, 9-2, behind a five-inning, five-strikeout performance from Hill.
Lee Longo, Eastern Michigan
DH, Jr., Mayfield, Ohio (Mayfield)
Longo had a terrific outing Saturday, April 13, in a 9-2 home victory over Buffalo, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and 4 RBI. For the series, Longo was 3-for-12 (.250) with a .667 slugging percentage.
Tommy Monnot, Kent State
Sophomore, C, Canton GlenOak
Monnot led the Golden Flashes offensively in a weekend sweep of Miami to claim the number one spot in the MAC East. He began his week going 1-for-3 in a loss against Penn State and went on to hit .556 on the weekend. On Friday, Monnot was the hero, smacking a pinch-hit double to score Kent State's first run to tie the game at one. The ball was the hardest hit all game in what was a classic pitcher's duel. In the start on Saturday, he hit his first career homerun. Monnot finished the weekend with five RBI in nine at-bats. His slugging percentage was a whopping 1.000 in three games and he was errorless behind the plate with 17 putouts.
Landon Tenhagen, Northern Illinois
Junior, LF, Burlington, Wis (Madison Area TC)
Tenhagen provided solid power for the Huskies over the weekend as he homered versus Western Michigan on Saturday and Sunday, both with heavy wind blowing in from the outfield. Tenhagen doubled on Friday versus the Broncos to drive in one run and registered one RBI versus Illinois State in the Huskies midweek game Tuesday.
Ben Otto, Ohio
Senior, 3B, Menomonie, Wis. (Menomonie)
Otto helped the Bobcats to a 2-2 record this past week as he batted a team-best .500 on the week, going 6-for-12 with a double and three RBI. Otto opened the week by going 2-for-3 in the Bobcats 10-3 win over Eastern Kentucky. He then collected a hit and an RBI in each of Ohio's first two games against Akron. In the series finale against the Zips, Otto went 2-for-3 with a run scored as he helped Ohio defeat Akron 4-2.
Connor Sitz, Ohio
Freshman, RHP, Westerville, Ohio (Westerville Central)
Sitz picked up his first career victory Sunday afternoon at Bob Wren Stadium as he went the distance, allowing just one earned run. Sitz scattered just seven hits in 102 total pitches as Ohio defeated Akron 4-2.
Anthony Smith, Toledo
Sophomore DH/3B, Hinkley, Ohio (Holy Name)
Smith hit a team-high .429 (6-for-14) with two runs scored in four games this past week. Smith also tallied a .500 on-base and slugging percentage. He hit safely in every contest, including one multi-hit effort. The second-year Rocket began the week with a 1-for-3 performance with one run scored, one double and one RBI vs. Dayton on Tuesday. In Friday's series opener vs. BGSU, Smith hit 1-for-4. The following afternoon, he tied his season high with three hits and finished 3-for-4. Smith ended the week with a 1-for-3 effort and one run scored. Smith has now hit safely in a season-tying best six-consecutive games. Overall this spring, Smith is batting an impressive .326 (30-for-92) with 15 runs scored, three doubles and 12 RBI in 25 games.
Jared Kujawa, Western Michigan
Sophomore, OF, Temperance, Mich. (Bedford)
Kujawa led Western Michigan with a .400 batting average over four games this past week. He had a .667 slugging percentage and a .438 on-base percentage. Kujawa went 6-for-15 at the plate with a double, a home run and four RBIs. His home run against Northern Illinois Sunday was his first of the season and tied the game in the seventh inning.
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Current News
- Sociology graduate conducting field research in India
- Psychology major and sister among recipients of Adult Learner Scholarship
- Art graduate to intern at Washington, D.C. museum
- The New Harmony Theatre's summer on stage
- Fresh Faces: Jaclyn 'Jaci' Wells
- USI Chamber Choir performed at Carnegie Hall
- English and Psychology major named Outstanding Student
- USI radio station The Edge wins five state awards
- USI's radio station The Edge receives national awards
- Dr. Leigh Anne Howard receives Sydney L. and Sadelle Berger Faculty Community Service Award
- Stoll presents Cooper Award lecture on ethics in higher education
- Faculty receive research awards
- Faculty receive promotions
- Elliot Wasserman named artistic director for New Harmony Theatre
- Psychology faculty receive USI Foundation teaching awards
- University appoints dean of College of Liberal Arts
- Bonnell receives second Bigham Award for third installment of "Snapshots of Southern Indiana"
- Winners announced in the 2010 Write Away Hunger Poem & Short-Short Fiction Contests
- Stoll wins Cooper Award for creative teaching in the Core
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Sociology graduate conducting field research in India
Amy Brown, a 2011 graduate in sociology, is one of three students conducting field research in India for two weeks in an internationally known project on social and economic empowerment in resource-strapped communities.
The opportunity resulted from relationships established by Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, provost, and faculty members during two recent trips to India to explore academic partnerships with several organizations.
The students will conduct the field research and analysis under the guidance of Society for Development Studies (SDS) faculty and Dr. Niharika Banerjea, USI assistant professor of sociology. Banerjea's research interests include globalization, urban and community sociology, and South Asia. She will be in India with the students for a portion of their stay.
The academic pursuits and interests of the students selected for the fieldwork mesh with the interdisciplinary nature of the empowerment project.
Brown also completed minors in anthropology, biology, and psychology. Her interest is behavioral ecology - specifically, human adaptations to environmental change. During spring break, she pursued research in Guatemala on a trip led by Dr. Michael Aakhus, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She is completing the field research as a USI internship.
The other students on the trip to Delhi and Alwar, India, from June 27 through July 10, 2011, are Chanse Ford and Daniel "D.J." Horstman. In Alwar, they will interview families that have been involved for several years with an "empowerment model" developed and implemented by the SDS, a partner institution of the United Nations.
Psychology major and sister among recipients of Adult Learner Scholarship
Serena and Sharona Fowler
Evansville natives Serena and Sharona Fowler have more in common than most sisters. Only 11 months apart in age and having lost both parents several years ago, they rely heavily on each other for help and support as they work toward their educational goals. Parents to one young child each, they both attend the University of Southern Indiana as nontraditional students where they will complete bachelor's degrees in May 2012. In addition, they are also recipients of USI's 2011-2012 Adult Learner Scholarship, an annual scholarship program for adult learners designed to recognize academic achievement.
Prior to attending USI, Serena, a nursing major, and her sister Sharona, a psychology major, successfully completed course work at Ivy Tech Community College.
Serena was the first in her family to attend college and is currently participating in an externship in the Cardiovascular Care Center at Deaconess Hospital. Her career goal is to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist and stresses that anything worthwhile takes hard work and dedication.
"Even working 50 to 60 hours per week I wasn't able to provide my daughter with the kinds of opportunities I wanted for her" said Serena. "I often talk to my daughter about the importance of education. Even though it is not easy balancing care for Soffia and succeeding in the nursing program, I wouldn't change a thing. Soffia is by far my biggest motivator."
Sharona followed in Serena's footsteps and started her USI journey in the spring of 2010. Her passion is conducting research in different aspects of discrimination. She has participated in numerous research projects and has presented at several professional conferences, working closely with her peers and professors.
"My son, Gavin, sacrifices a lot for our family and I know it's difficult for him to understand the amount of work I have to do for my classes" said Sharona. "However, I believe exposing him to college at such an early age is very beneficial. He often talks about the day when he will get to attend college."
To qualify for the Adult Learner Scholarship, applicants must be a current USI student, be at least 25 years of age, and be working on his or her first undergraduate degree. Applicants submitted an essay describing their academic goals and experience as an adult student and a letter of recommendation from a USI staff or faculty member. Scholarship winners receive up to $2,000 for tuition, fees, books, and other educational expenses.
Other recipients of the 2011-2012 Adult Learner Scholarship include Cindy Criss and Jennifer Ruff, Boonville Jeffrey Andrews, Amy DeVries, Ernest Griffin, Marta Hollen, Joshua Luedeke, Tamra Marx, Wendy Painter, Debra Pellant, and Mary Schwambach, Evansville Linda Berg, Holland Heather Lindall, Newburgh Eric Fisher, Owensville and Jason Prater, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina.
Art graduate to intern at Washington, D.C. museum
Wakako Mikami
A Japanese teacher and recent graduate in art at the University of Southern Indiana will hold a semester-long internship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum starting in September. Wakako Mikami will work in an education-related area of the American Art Museum, and her assignments will include weekly workshops, seminars, and on-site facility tours. With her Bachelor of Arts degree and the Smithsonian internship, she hopes to become an art educator.
Mikami's long-term goal is to help people understand and retain an interest in traditional art and culture. "I believe it is important to preserve the enriching aspects of art, especially when the economy concerns a huge part of the society," she said. "I also know the Smithsonian Institution will teach me how museums can improve the richness of people's lives," she wrote in her internship application.
Before earning a degree at USI, Mikami received a baccalaureate degree in international relations from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, a university which instills in its students a deeper understanding of international affairs among foreign countries. While an undergraduate, she volunteered in Mexico and lived in three separate locations in India for a one-year period while completing an internship.
After graduation from Kobe City, Mikami coordinated logistics for a trade company, maintaining quality and on-time delivery, with clients in Japan and the United States.
Through her extensive travel, museums became favorite educational places for Mikami.
She visited Naoshima, Japan's art island, at a time when contemporary art was installed across the island. "I met and talked with the older generation of the island and found they participated in the art movement," she wrote in an essay. "The island had suffered from de-population and emigration of younger generations. Nevertheless, the art project brought in numerous young artists and visitors from all over the world. Older members of the community, who now enjoy learning about contemporary art and guiding young tourists, have become active and motivated with the island life. I learned the power of art during that visit."
She traveled to Indiana after receiving a scholarship from the Alliance for Language Learning and Education Exchange(ALLEX Foundation). Part of the scholarship required Mikami to teach at the Southern Indiana Japanese School, a program sponsored by the University of Southern Indiana, for children of Japanese executives who work in America. "The children inspired me with their creativity and openness to new ideas," she said. "I am amazed at their potential. My efforts are rewarded when I see my students enjoying the class. This type of reward or satisfaction was what I could not get from business no matter how hard I worked."
"I teach Japanese history and geography to students in third grade to seventh grade," she said. "On Saturdays I feel like I'm in Japan with students and teachers all speaking Japanese." Her parents and siblings live in Tokyo, the city where she grew up.
Mikami taught at the Japanese School on Saturdays, and she took USI classes in art and art history during the remainder of the week.
"I could talk to my USI professors easily," she said. "I think of them as considerate they know the personalities of their students."
Dr. Hilary Braysmith, associate professor of art history, was one of her teachers and helped Mikami to articulate her life mission on internship applications.
"Mikami is competitive, reflective, and expresses herself well," said Braysmith. "Her ability to share ideas left an impact on other students in class.
"Her business experience gave her confidence, plus she is aware of the good at every moment. She does not cruise through a class. For Mikami, the focus of art is to solve community issues and problems. She is now going forward on her merit.
"And such accomplishment is good for all USI students. When she proceeds forward, the USI name goes with her."
"I don't plan to become an artist," Mikami said. Her ambition is to interpret art for the common good. "Art has the possibility to help people. I want to be that help," she said.
The New Harmony Theatre's summer on stage
(adapted from The Evansville Courier & Press,
June 12, 2011, by Roger McBain, staff writer)
Elliot Wasserman, the new artistic director for the Equity summer theater program in New Harmony, Ind., will direct the first and last shows of New Harmony Theatre's 2011 season. The series will open June 17 with Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning dramedy "Lost in Yonkers" and close Aug. 7 with the final performance of the doo-wop, a cappella musical "Avenue X."
Eric Altheide, one of Wasserman's colleagues in the University of Southern Indiana's performing arts department, will direct the middle production in New Harmony. "The 39 Steps," a farce adapted from both a 1915 novel and a 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, will run July 8-17 in New Harmony's Murphy Auditorium.
Wasserman chose the productions to give audiences something to laugh at and to give them characters to care about, he said, "because this community has a big heart."
The opening production offers all those elements. Simon's story follows two young brothers left to live in Yonkers with their grandmother, a stern, disciplinarian German immigrant, while their father works as a traveling salesman to cover the family's debts after the death of his wife.
Their arrival puts the brothers at the epicenter of a family's struggles with the, controlling grandmother; aunt Bella, who squirms under her mother's thumb, and uncle Louie, a small-change hoodlum trying to lie low through it all.
"I have always thought that this was a play that would nestle very comfortably on Murphy Auditorium's stage," Wasserman said.
In a comedic change of pace and sensibility, "The 39 Steps" offers "a wild, 150-mile-per-hour, topsy-turvy look at film noir and Alfred Hitchcock," said Wasserman.
The spy comedy keeps four actors on the fly, playing the hero, heroine, vamps, villains, children, bystanders and even inanimate objects.
And "Avenue X" demonstrates the harmonics a cappella music played for young people living across the street from one another in the discordant ethnic and racial divisions of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the early 1960s.
The last is "the boldest of our choices, in many ways," said Wasserman.
Fresh Faces: Jaclyn 'Jaci' Wells
(taken from the Evansville Business Journal, June 2011, by Connie Stambush)
Jaci Wells has lived in Evansville less than a year, but already she's taken on an additional role aimed at advancing the English skills of Tri-Staters. Wells moved to Evansville as the assistant director of composition at the University of Southern Indiana, but as of this month, she added a new position to her resume: director of the River Bend Writing Project (RBWP).
The local site is an offshoot of the National Writing Project's program, and together they share a mission to improve literacy skills by bringing together teachers from across the curriculum to share ideas, theories and strategies for teaching writing. If that sounds like a big undertaking, it is.
"Writing can fall off the radar with (today's) emphasis on standardized testing, and it's easy to let go of writing and forget its importance."
Wells, whose academic career has been steeped in learning and teaching English, plans to do all she can to prevent that from happening in the Tri-State as the RBWP begins its second Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) this month.
This is a professional development program that emphasizes collaboration among participants, Wells says. This year's institute focuses on researching the theories and practices of teaching writing within all subjects while providing a forum for teachers to demonstrate their findings.
"The ISI provides an opportunity for teachers across disciplines and grade levels to learn from each other about teaching."
The Evansville site is one of the newest in the pool of more than 200 such sites nationwide, and Wells wants to spread the word to Tri-State teaching professionals that it is a source for community professionals to build their skills for teaching writing while connecting with the empirical power of a nationwide network of teachers.
As an English professor who loves her work, Wells knows firsthand the euphoria of witnessing a moment of awakening in a student, "seeing that change in their eyes when they 'get it.'" Moments of awakening, however, are not just for students. Teachers need them, too, and Wells wants to ensure area teachers get that opportunity.
USI Chamber Choir performed at Carnegie Hall
The USI Chamber Choir at
St. Joseph's Church in Jasper, Indiana
The University of Southern Indiana's Chamber Choir performed with the University of Evansville Choir, Evansville Philharmonic Chorus, and others on Saturday, May 28, 2011, at New York City's prestigious Carnegie Hall.
Dr. Dennis Malfatti, UE's director of choral activities, was invited to serve as a guest conductor at Carnegie Hall for the spring/summer 2011 season. Of the seven choirs participating, three were from Evansville. Additional choirs were from Kentucky, New York, and California. A total of 150 singers performed with accompaniment by the New England Symphonic Ensemble. The featured work was classical Austrian composer Joseph Haydn's "Mass in the Time of War."
"I was thrilled for the opportunity to prepare singers for this event," said Daniel Craig, director of the USI Chamber Choir. "This opportunity came after a successful collaboration between the USI Chamber Choir, University of Evansville Choir, and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus' production of Ludwig van Beethoven's timeless 'Choral Symphony No. 9.'"
The USI Chamber Choir's participation in the event was supported by funds raised through the USI Madrigal Feaste, student fees, and the support of the president and the USI Foundation.
English and Psychology major named Outstanding Student in College of Liberal Arts
Crystal Steltenpohl is this year's Outstanding Student from the College of Liberal Arts, an award that recognizes excellence in academics and service.
Steltenpohl is graduating magna cum laude in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and psychology from the University of Southern Indiana.
In a military family for 20 years, she grew up living in four different cities in Germany and graduated from the AF North International School in the Netherlands. She also lived in Ferdinand, Indiana; Missouri; and Kentucky.
She lived on the Honors Floor in student housing in 2007. She was skeptical about relating to Hoosier students. "I was concerned because I didn't know the American culture or enjoy the same bands, but I made awesome friends and got involved in student clubs," she said. A resident assistant in McDonald West her sophomore year, she was the resident assistant for the Honors Floor the next year.
She credits her work with student groups and her campus activism for getting into graduate school. She will be attending Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in the fall to begin work on a doctoral program in psychology. During her interview, the admission counselor said her ability to get involved and make a difference was noted. She plans to study diversity in the workplace and in the classroom. Her goal is to become a college psychology professor and develop methods to better represent underserved populations within the curriculum.
Her 3.97 grade point average (GPA) was another plus on the application. A modest young woman, Steltenpohl excelled in her dual majors.
"Crystal is a model of academic excellence with an exceptional GPA and a history of service in the University and in the community," said Dean Michael Aakhus. "She has a very bright future."
Liberal arts students are nominated by departments within the college and the award winner is selected by the dean. The Psychology Department unanimously chose Crystal Steltenpohl for the honor.
Read more about Crystal Steltenpohl >>
USI radio station The Edge wins five state awards
The University of Southern Indiana radio station, The Edge, won five state awards in the 2011 Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) College Competition. The Edge (WSWI 820-AM, WPSR 90.7 FM-HD2, theedgeradio.org) won three first place and two third place awards in five categories.
First place award winners:
Mick Joest - Radio Spot Production
Lauren Hayes - Radio Newscast
Robyn Scott - Radio Copywriting
Third place award winners:
Lauren Hayes - Radio News Report
Mitch Mullis - Radio Sportscast.
The IASB college competition is open to all Indiana colleges and universities. This competition follows the national Broadcast Education Association competition in which The Edge recently won three national awards, two in student spot production and one in faculty long-form audio.
USI's radio station The Edge receives national awards
The University of Southern Indiana radio station The Edge (AM-820, 90.7 FM-HD2, theedgeradio.org) has won three national awards in the Broadcast Education Association's Festival of Arts.
Junior Mick Joest placed second in the student PSA/Promo/Commercial student category for his promotional announcement Jilted. This is the second national award Joest has won this school year.
Junior Jeremy Luman received an honorable mention for his promotional announcement titled Bro Fight.
John Morris, faculty advisor/general manager for The Edge and USI instructor in radio and television, received an Award of Excellence in the Faculty Long Form Audio competition. Morris' production of Heroes of the Tri-State: Paul "P.G." Williams was the fourth episode in a radio drama series that chronicled the World War II stories of Tri-state residents. This marks the second consecutive year that an episode of Heroes of the Tri-State was recognized by the BEA. The World War II radio drama series is available to area educators upon request.
The BEA Festival of Arts judged a total of 913 entries from 143 colleges and universities in a total of 15 categories.
Dr. Leigh Anne Howard receives Sydney L. and Sadelle Berger Faculty Community Service Award
Leigh Anne Howard
Dr. Leigh Anne Howard, associate professor of Communication Studies, is the recipient of the 2011 Sydney L. and Sadelle Berger Faculty Community Service Award acknowledging distinguished community service among USI faculty members. The award was presented Saturday at the College of Liberal Arts Honors Day Convocation.
Howard has been an innovator in developing community-based projects for her courses, implementing service learning projects every year since joining the USI faculty in 2000. Since 2001, she has facilitated a partnership between students her performance studies classes and the K-12 students at the Boys and Girls Club's Fulton Square Unit. The project enables USI students to study and apply performance theory by working with Smart Moves, the club's drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention program.
Howard's students utilize performance as a tool to help club members learn to deal with issues such as peer pressure, substance abuse, race and gender discrimination, and more. "Dr. Howard's class is the only one of its kind that we offer and is the only outside resource that comes regularly to our club and provides additional learning activities," said Leslie M. Asbury, director of the Fulton Square club. "Through her teaching style, role-playing exercises and class participation, she has found a new way to address many issues that our members face daily."
Howard has served as director of the Veterans Oral History Project, an affiliate of the National Veterans History Project organized by the American Folklife Center a the Library of Congress, since 2003. She organized Debate-A-Palooza during the presidential election of 2008, and she has served on many committees at the University, college, and department level. She also has served as a mentor for other faculty members planning service projects in their areas of study.
"Dr. Howard's record is an excellent example of engaged teaching, research, and service a true model for how a faculty member at an "engaged" campus should work," said J. Wayne Rinks, chair of the Department of Communications.
Howard has published articles in Communication Education, American Behavioral Scientist, World Communication Journal, Theatre Insight, and Theatre Symposium. She earned her Ph.D. in Speech Communication (Performance/Cultural Studies) from Louisiana State University in 1995, her M.A. in Communication (Rhetoric and Organizational Culture) from Western Kentucky University in 1991, and her B.A. in English, Drama, and Classical Studies from Centre College of Kentucky in 1986.
The Sydney and Sadelle Berger Faculty Community Service Award is made possible by the Bergers' son Charles and his wife Leslie. Selected by the USI Faculty and Academic Affairs committee, the award winner is given a plaque and a stipend.
Stoll presents Cooper Award lecture on ethics in higher education
Dr. Mary Lynn Stoll, assistant professor of philosophy and recipient of the 2010-2011 H. Lee Cooper Core Curriculum Teaching Award, presented "Ethics at the Core of Higher Education," the Cooper Award lecture, on March 18, 2011.
Focusing exclusively on teaching, the Cooper Award honors a USI faculty member whose work in University Core courses has been especially creative and successful in furthering UCC goals. The Cooper Award winner is expected to present a lecture to the University community during the academic year. Stoll was announced as this year's winner in fall 2010.
Each semester, Stoll teaches between 80 and 100 students in two to three sections of Introduction to Ethics, a course that fulfills part of the Core Curriculum under "The Self." In addition, she teaches introductory courses in philosophy, contemporary philosophy, political and legal philosophy, and logic and critical thinking.
Stoll's research interests include ethics, applied ethics, and social and political philosophy. She is particularly interested in corporations and free speech rights, globalization, the environment, and business ethics. She has published several articles in business ethics on marketing ethics and on corporations and free speech rights.
Stoll's involvement extends outside of the classroom, as advisor for the Philosophy Club and Vegetarian Club, and coach for the Ethics Bowl Team. She has served on the Core Curriculum Assessment Committee, Gender Studies Committee, Philosophy Program Review Committee, and the Working Group for Nationally Competitive Scholarships, and served as an alternate representative for the College of Liberal Arts to the Faculty Senate. She has organized a USI production of The Vagina Monologues for the last five years.
Stoll joined the University in fall 2005. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Purdue University in 2002. Her dissertation dealt with moral obligation in a global economy focusing on the environment, the poor, and ways in which businesses can help or hinder us in meeting moral obligations. Stoll taught at Minnesota State University-Mankato and at Muskingum College before joining USI.
The Cooper award is named in honor of H. Lee Cooper, a long-time friend and supporter of USI. The award was presented at the Fall Faculty and Administrative Staff Meeting in August. It includes a generous stipend, a plaque, and additional monies for travel and related faculty development.
Faculty receive research awards
The College of Liberal Arts Research Awards (LARA) are given to the following faculty: Niharika Banerjea, assistant professor of sociology; Nicholas LaRowe, assistant professor of political science; Amie McKibban, assistant professor of psychology; Garret Merriam, assistant professor of philosophy; Amy Montz, assistant professor of English; and Melinda York, assistant professor of criminal justice studies. They each will have a course release in Spring 2012 in order to have more time for research.
Faculty receive promotions
Tenure and promotions were approved by the Board of Trustees at the March 3, 2011 meeting. The College of Liberal Arts faculty receiving continuous appointment and promotion from assistant professor to associate professor effective August 16, 2011 are Robert Millard-Mendez, art; Dr. Elizabeth Passmore, English; and Dr. Mary Lyn Stoll, philosophy.
Dr. Patrick Shaw, associate professor of English, will be given tenure and Daniel Craig will be promoted to associate professor with both changes effective August 16, 2011.
Elliot Wasserman named artistic director for New Harmony Theatre
Elliot Wasserman, chair of the Department of Performing Arts, has been named the producing artistic director for New Harmony Theatre.
The 2011 season offers three plays that will provide a roller coaster of emotions. Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers combines emotional honesty with sentimental comedy. The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan, is a fast-paced parody of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film by the same name. The musical Avenue X by John Jiller and Ray Leslee recalls the early days of doo-wop music.
"These plays are recent, written during the last two decades," Wasserman said. "I love the classics, but in my first summer, I wanted to offer our audiences a look at the current theatre, even as we set about charting New Harmony Theatre's future."
Wasserman also directs the USI Theatre program. He joined the University in 1991.
Angela Torres is the new managing and marketing director for New Harmony Theatre.
A change in this summer's
performance schedule is designed to
allow more theatre-goers to enjoy the
historic town of New Harmony by day.
Saturday matinees will replace Thursday
night performances.
New Harmony Theatre is a professional Equity theatre produced by USI. For more information on the 2011 season, click here >>
Psychology faculty receive USI Foundation teaching awards
The USI Foundation has awarded its 2011 Outstanding Teaching Awards to two
faculty members in the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Airmee Mark
Dr. Aimee Mark, assistant professor of psychology, is the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching by a New Faculty Member Award. Mark joined USI in 2007 after teaching at Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, and Eastern Kentucky University.
One student said, "She always has new and interesting ways for us to learn the material, whether this is through group in-class activities or something we do on our own. She brings a certain excitement and energy to every class."
Mark will receive a $1,000 cash stipend and a faculty development grant of $1,000.
Paul Kasenow
Paul Kasenow, instructor in psychology, received the Outstanding Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member Award. Kasenow has taught at USI almost every semester since fall 1988.
A former student said, "He has a gift for taking complicated material and breaking it down into smaller parts for students to better understand. It's been a while since I took his course and I still remember so much, thanks to his methods."
Kasenow is a professor of psychology and serves as division chair for Social and Behavioral Sciences at Henderson Community College, where he has taught since fall 1989.
He will receive a $500 cash stipend and a faculty development grant of $500.
University appoints dean of College of Liberal Arts
Michael Aakhus, a member of the USI Art Department faculty since 1977, has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts, announced Provost Ronald S. Rochon. The appointment is effective March 1.
"This is wonderful news for USI, said Dr. Rochon. "Michael is respected by faculty peers, national and international artists, and individuals throughout our community. He has shown great leadership in the College of Liberal Arts."
Aakhus had been associate dean of the college for five years before being appointed interim dean in 2010 when Dean David Glassman took a position at another university. Throughout his career, Aakhus has served on numerous University committees and been active in community organizations at local, state, and national levels.
Aakhus currently is on the Endeavor Committee for faculty and student research, the Academic Planning Council, the Academic Affairs Council, and the Graduate Programs Committee and the Executive Committee for the College of Liberal Arts. He is a member of the Center for Communal Studies Board of Directors, the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana Board of Directors, and the Art for Life Committee of the AIDS Resource Group in Evansville.
Known as a scholar of ancient art of Mexico and a Maya expert, Aakhus regularly leads study trips to Mexico and Central America. His own art, represented in public and private art collections throughout the United States and abroad, has been displayed at invitational and juried exhibitions since 1975. He was named the 2009 Artist of the Year by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.
Aakhus earned the Master of Fine Arts degree at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and holds an undergraduate degree from Bemidji State University.
"I am honored to have been selected to serve as dean of the College of Liberal Arts," Aakhus said. "Above all, I value the foundations of academic life which support teaching, scholarship, creative work, and service to the University and community. The college has a great team and as we move forward our agenda, I look forward to working with such exceptional people to shape the future.
"Throughout the community, region, and state, the University of Southern Indiana has established a reputation for dedication to student learning and engagement, quality programs, and effective use of resources," Aakhus added. "We are a young institution with a history of phenomenal growth and innovation, led by a dynamic, optimistic, and creative team. The University is at a crucial and exciting moment in its development, as it moves from state and regional recognition to status in the national and international arena."
The appointment of Aakhus as dean was the result of a national search, Dr. Rochon said.
Bonnell receives second Bigham Award for third installment of "Snapshots of Southern Indiana"
Dr. Karen Bonnell, professor of communications, has received the 2011 Darrel Bigham Historic Southern Indiana Faculty Engagement Fellowship Award for a third installment of "Snapshots of Southern Indiana," a 30-minute television program used to promote tourism in southern Indiana. Bonnell received the award in 2008 for the second installment of "Snapshots of Southern Indiana," which focused on Indiana's original territorial capitol at Vincennes, the state's first capitol at Corydon, and the Native American settlement at Angel Mounds in Newburgh.
The 2011 award includes a $4,000 grant that will be used to fund Bonnell's latest "Snapshots" program called "Southern Indiana African American Heritage Project." Goals of the project are to collect and present information about African American cultural heritage in southern Indiana to a regional audience through WNIN-TV, the regional public broadcaster based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Evansville African American Museum.
Bonnell's project will involve research, planning, and production of still photographs, video footage, and video interviews at multiple historic sites in Indiana including Corydon, Evansville, and Princeton. The material will be organized for public display at the Evansville African American Museum and edited into a television documentary for WNIN-TV. The episode will be available to other public television stations for potential statewide broadcast.
"Contemporary media managers recognize that diversity in programming means realistic and accurate representation of minorities in media as well as serving the needs of diverse audiences," said Bonnell. "The Southern Indiana African American Heritage Project will utilize public television and public display to reach diverse audiences with information about historic sites and the preservation activities related to African American heritage in southern Indiana."
Location shooting for the project will begin this summer and editing will begin in the fall. Photographs and video clips will be packaged for display at the Evansville African Museum in the early fall.
The Bigham Award provides financial support for scholarly work in the areas of consulting, research, service learning, or creation of workshops/institutes by USI faculty. Dr. Darrel Bigham, director emeritus of Historic Southern Indiana and professor emeritus of history, was a USI pioneer in regional engagement.
Historic Southern Indiana was created in 1986 to serve the southernmost 26 counties of Indiana. Its goals are to identify, preserve, protect, enhance, and promote the historical, natural, and recreational resources of the region. It seeks to implement those goals through programs in historic preservation, history education, heritage tourism, community development, and scenic byways. Its office is a part of Outreach and Engagement.
Winners announced in the 2010 Write Away Hunger Poem & Short-Short Fiction Contests
The Student Writers Union and English Department wish to congratulate the prize winners in the 2010 Write Away Hunger Contests.
In the poetry category, Breck Brizendine won first price for his poem, "The Tomorrow that Won't be Today." Second prize went to
Josh Pietrowski for "The Truth About the River Styx." And third prize was won by Chelsea Barber for "Y2K."
In the prose category, Breck Brizendine's short-short story "Free as the Wind" won first place. Jillian Wagner won second place for her short-short story "Divan."
These winning entries as well as the best of all the submissions will appear in the 2011 issue of FishHook to be published in the fall.
Stoll wins Cooper Award for creative teaching in the Core
Suppose that your basic survival needs have already been met. You have enough food to be healthy. You are protected from the elements and have enough clothes to keep you warm next winter - even though they might not be as trendy as you would like. Your education and medical bills are paid. Is it morally wrong for you to accept luxury items such as CDs, hipper clothes, an iPod, or a smart phone as a gift from your parents when the money could be donated to provide famine relief to those living in absolute poverty? Why or why not? Defend your answer against possible objections.
That is one of the questions students in a recent Ethics course taught by Dr. Mary Lyn Stoll were asked to answer in their final paper, and an example of how she challenges her students "to evaluate their own everyday morality," as former student Jessica L. Jones '08 put it.
Stoll, assistant professor of philosophy, is the 2010-2011 H. Lee Cooper Core Curriculum Teaching Award winner. Focusing exclusively on teaching, the Cooper award honors a USI faculty member whose work in University Core courses has been especially creative and successful in furthering UCC goals.
Jones holds a Bachelor of Science degree in philosophy from USI. "Dr. Stoll arrived at USI during my sophomore year while I still had an undecided major," she said. "After taking my first course with her, I was inspired and excited about dedicating my undergraduate career to philosophy."
Each semester, Stoll teaches between 80 and 100 students in two to three sections of Introduction to Ethics, a course that fulfills part of the Core Curriculum under "The Self." Dr. Julie Evey, former interim chair of the Department of Philosophy, said, "One concern of students in an Ethics course is that they will be told what to think. Dr. Stoll encourages the students to think for themselves, but to use the appropriate information as well as make valid arguments. Class sessions are devoted to working through the readings and developing critical thinking and analysis skills. She is demanding in the classroom, but truly cares about students' understanding of the material."
In addition to introductory ethics, she teaches introduction to philosophy, contemporary philosophy, political and legal philosophy, and logic and critical thinking.
Stoll's research interests include ethics, applied ethics, and social and political philosophy. She is especially interested in corporations and free speech rights, globalization, the environment, and business ethics. She has published several articles in business ethics on marketing ethics and on corporations and free speech rights.
Stoll's involvement extends outside of the classroom, as advisor for the Philosophy Club and Vegetarian Club, and coach for the Ethics Bowl Team. She has served on the Core Curriculum Assessment Committee, Gender Studies Committee, Philosophy Program Review Committee, and the Working Group for Nationally Competitive Scholarships, and served as an alternate representative for the College of Liberal Arts to the Faculty Senate.
Jones served as president of the Philosophy Club for two years. "Dr. Stoll helped us bring The Vagina Monologues to USI for the first time, and over the past three years, the club has raised over $1,400 for a local women's shelter," she said.
Stoll joined the University in fall 2005. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Purdue University in 2002. Her dissertation dealt with moral obligation in a global economy focusing on the environment, the poor, and ways in which businesses can help or hinder us in meeting moral obligations. Stoll taught at Minnesota State University-Mankato and at Muskingum College before joining USI.
The Cooper award is named in honor of H. Lee Cooper, a long-time friend and supporter of USI. The award was officially presented at the Fall Faculty and Administrative Staff Meeting on August 23. It includes a generous stipend, a plaque, and additional monies for travel and related faculty development.
As this year's winner, Stoll will deliver a presentation to the University community during the 2010-2011 academic year. Details will be released at a later date.
Black Lawrence Press Interviews Nicole Reid
Black Lawrence Press publishes Weekly Publishing Tips. Recently, for their week's feature article, they interviewed Nicole Reid of RopeWalk Press. You can read the article below.
Black Lawrence Press: RopeWalk Press is an extension of the RopeWalk Writers Retreat. What inspired you and other people at RopeWalk to found a press?
Nicole Reid: RopeWalk Press was created without any plans for a future beyond publishing the 20th Anniversary Retreat Anthology, however our former editor, Ron Mitchell, had plans. At the time, he was managing editor of Southern Indiana Review and had already witnessed the powerful catalyst that holding a contest can be. Via contests judged by authors of great acclaim and a complete redesign, he transformed SIR from a regional unheard-of to a fine journal of national importance. The quality of our submissions jumped a few pegs so our content did as well; suddenly we were receiving work by not just published authors, but folks with books from strong literary and trade houses. RopeWalk Press became a sort of extension of Ron's work with SIR. He collaborated with one author, then another and another on poetry chapbooks and poetry chapbook contests for the press and those were our first publications.
BLP: Although RopeWalk is a new press, do you think that it already has a clear aesthetic?
NR: That's hard to say. We've published only poetry thus far, poetry selected by Ron and by contest judges. And it's so hard to know what judges will end up choosing. Our next project is a fiction chapbook for which Robert Olen Butler is currently reading the nine finalists I selected. I think commonalities exist among our chapbooks--risks taken in language, for example, but my heart will always be with character development and hard consequences to action.
BLP: Does RopeWalk Press only publish work created by alums of the retreat or are you open to submissions from other people as well?
NR: No, in fact, aside from the anthology, none of our publications are by retreat alumni. We are open to all authors.
BLP: Right now you publish chapbooks and anthologies. Can you see a time in the future when RopeWalk Press might publish full-length collections, work of non-fiction, or novels?
NR: I would love that but I don't see it happening. The Press is basically one person (once Ron Mitchell, now me) here at University of Southern Indiana and funding and support are minimal. Not only would the economy have to improve but we'd need a bit of a climate change here.
BLP: What are your goals for the future of RopeWalk?
NR: I want to publish work that stops the heart, then restarts it with a little different beat. I want these books' design to measure up to the writing--as a novelist and short story writer, I'm always so excited to receive contributor's copies of a journal or anthology I'm in and crestfallen when the design is amateurish or just doesn't fit. I want RopeWalk Press authors to tear in to their contributors' copies and love what they find there.
BLP: What is your favorite thing about your work as an editor? Your least favorite thing?
NR: My favorite task as editor is reading something new--some new treatment, some exciting turn of what many other writers can't seem to break free from. My least favorite is reading all those exasperatingly tired renditions.
Nicole Louise Reid is the author of the novel In the Breeze of Passing Things. Her stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Quarterly West, Meridian, Black Warrior Review, Confrontation, turnrow, New Orleans Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Grain. She is the winner of the 2001 Willamette Award in Fiction, and has also won awards from the Pirate's Alley William Faulkner Short Story Competition, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Society, and Glimmer Train. She teaches creative writing at USI, is fiction editor of Southern Indiana Review, and co-directs RopeWalk Reading Series. Of all the things that bring her pleasure, building a career on the art of telling lies is one of the finest.


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The Colby Art Museum and the arboretum.
Colby College has great facilites. They just built the best museum in Maine, and one of the best in the country, where students can go and view expositions free of charge. The college is also currently building a new building that will house the mathematics and computer science department. The library is currently being renovated. Dorms at Colby are very reasonable. Some are smaller then others, but some are truly a lot bigger than you would find on a "regular" campus". The facilities are always clean. The material is there. Colby has a beautiful campus and it does a great effort at keeping it that way.
Many things set Colby apart from other schools. First, the diversity at Colby is omnipresent and is really felt. People from Europe, Asia, Africa, all over the world... you can find them at Colby. Second, the people are exceptionally nice. In fact, the people at Colby were the main reason I chose to apply early decision there. It feels like a tight community, yet the college is big enough so that things are not "too tight". Though Colby is in Waterville, and technically "in the middle of nowhere", there are plenty of things to do, especially if you are an outdoorsy person: skiing, hiking, canoeing, ice-climbing, rafting, nordic-skiing, and much, much more. On the week ends, there tends to be a lot of drinking (but hey! where isn't there any drinking?) but you can easily attend parties without being peer pressured to drink, and there are plenty of people on campus who do not party and find other things to do. SPB at Colby makes sure to bring events to you, and many great artists have come to perform at the college. You can have the choice to live in a substance-free dorm if you do not enjoy loud music and parties. Professors at Colby are really interesting. They are very engaged in their subject and they will most definitively help you if you are struggling in a particular area. Academics at Colby in general are great. I hear Colby gives excellent scholarships and grants to students. I will emphasize, however, that what sets Colby apart from the rest is the people.
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Some students claim to have picked Colby, superficial as it may be, because of the beauty of the campus. The buildings and landscaping are definitely top-quality, and the view from the Miller Library steps is nothing short of breathtaking. Colby is in the midst of a vast new building campaign, with recent additions being the alumni center, Cotter Union, the Diamond Building, and the renovation of Roberts Row dorms—all of which were done within the past five years. Plans for a state-of-the-art science building and an addition to the Colby art museum are in place to be built within the next year. Colby spends top dollar to keep the campus well groomed throughout the year and makes it a priority to maintain all the buildings.
The athletic center is well liked and heavily used. Colby's three libraries are all great and very different. Many students choose to study in the main library, Miller, but others prefer the intimate settings of the Science or Art & Music libraries. Each offers ample study space and individual study "nooks." Cotter Union is a modern building and includes Page Commons (for dances, lectures, and other big events), the Pugh Center, the Spa, the Pub, the renovated bookstore, the on-campus post office, mailboxes, and an ATM. There are events in Cotter every night of the week, and it is the central hub of campus. Students are always walking through the building, and it is a great place to socialize and relax. Overall, the campus facilities are certainly a strong positive at Colby.
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Atlantic Announces US Premiere of Bluebird Starring Simon Russell Beale
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) will present the first production of its 2011-2012 season, the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephen's play BLUEBIRD, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch and starring Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Segal and Atlantic Theater Company members Kate Blumberg, Mary McCann, and Todd Weeks.
BLUEBIRD will officially open Monday, August 22, and play a limited engagement through Friday, September 9, 2011 off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street).
Jimmy MacNeill (Beale) is a London taxi driver who seems to draw personal stories and confessions from his passengers without even trying. Over the course of Simon Stephens' meticulously observed and deeply compassionate play, the truth of Jimmy's own life and secret burdens unfurls with each new "fare." In this acclaimed early play, the first of several he has since had produced at The Royal Court Theatre, Stephens illuminates big questions about how we transcend our own mistakes, and the value and cost of intimacy. He is an unparalleled observer of the small details that unlock joy and pain for the throngs of people anonymously going about their business in the big city.
Acclaimed British playwright Simon Stephens makes his New York and Atlantic debut with the U.S. premiere of Bluebird, which was originally produced at the Royal Court in London. His plays include the Olivier Award winning On the Shore of the Wide World, Herons, Port, One Minute, Christmas and Country Music among many produced throughout the UK. He is the Artistic Associate at the Lyric, Hammersmith in London.
Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch makes her Atlantic Theater Company debut. She recently staged Naomi Iizuka's Language of Angels for Lincoln Center Theater Institute and Patrick Huguenin's Paper Dolls for the New York Fringe Festival, which received an Outstanding Ensemble Award. She is currently working with Sam Mendes on the upcoming Bridge Project production of Richard III starring Kevin Spacey.
Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Simon Russell Beale returns to the New York stage following starring in the Tony Award® winning musical Spamalot and Tom Stoppard's critically acclaimed play Jumpers. Atlantic founding member Mary McCann recently completed the pilot "Vital Signs," directed by Jonathan Demme. She appeared in the original casts of the world premieres of Ethan Coen's Almost an Evening and Offices and starred in Annie Baker's acclaimed world premiere play Body Awareness at Atlantic. Since appearing in Lincoln Center's When the Rain Stops Falling, company member Kate Blumberg returns to Atlantic, where she also appeared in Almost an Evening and the world premiere of Beau Willimon's Farragut North. Tobias Segal makes his Atlantic stage debut after appearing on Broadway last season in The Miracle Worker. Company member Todd Weeks has recently appeared on the Atlantic stage in David Mamet's Keep your Pantheon and Romance, the world premiere of Lucy Thurber's Scarcity, and the critically acclaimed production of The Voysey Inheritance.
Atlantic's Stage 2 programming and new play development activities are made possible, in part, by the leadership support of Time Warner, Inc.
Stage 2 programs are also supported by the Axe-Houghton Foundation, the Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the John Golden Fund, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, the Lila Acheson Wallace Fund for the Arts, and the Shubert Foundation as well as public funds from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts which is celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties.
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PORTLAND — Two organizations are seeking a federal inquiry into the possible plans of outgoing Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster to probe for voter fraud in some rural Maine towns, arguing that his tactics could harass and intimidate black voters.
State Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster addresses the Republican Convention on May 6, 2012.
The ACLU of Maine and the Brennan Center for Justice made their request to the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday in response to comments that Webster made about black voters in the week after Election Day.
Webster told a television reporter that he wanted to investigate reports that groups of unknown black people had voted in some rural towns on Nov. 6
He would not identify the areas, but said he planned to mail thank-you cards to newly registered voters in those areas and see if undeliverable mail would indicate improper registrations.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the Brennan Center, based at the New York University School of Law, contend that Webster's plan violates the federal Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act.
In their letter, the organizations noted that Webster reiterated his concerns after the Maine Secretary of State's Office said it had found no instances of voter fraud.
"As such, the only possible purpose for this planned 'investigation' is the public harassment and intimidation of Maine's newly registered voters -- who have attracted Mr. Webster's attention by the sole virtue of their race," the groups wrote to the Justice Department's Voting Section.
On Friday, Webster said he has not decided whether to follow through with his postcard plan but he wouldn't do it as party chairman.
Webster announced shortly after Election Day that he would not seek another term as head of the state party. His replacement will be chosen Saturday.
"It's none of their business, what I might do or what I might not do," he said of the two organizations. "Assuming I was intimidated by these people, this would be harassment by the ACLU of a private citizen."
Webster faced harsh criticism, including from members of his own party, after his initial remarks. The controversy erupted while many Republicans were saying the party must attract more minority voters.
On Friday, Webster reiterated that his statements were not intended to be about race. He characterized the issue as one of unknown people in small towns where residents know one another.
"If you live in a small town and a 400-pound obese woman comes in that nobody knows in town -- nobody's ever seen her -- people are going to say, 'Who's that?' And then, if there's five of them, or a Vietnamese family or a 97-year-old man nobody's seen," he said.
Zachary Heiden, legal director of the ACLU of Maine, said Webster's postcard plan is a real concern, even if he is no longer head of his party.
"The best ultimate outcome is that Charlie Webster and everyone else in Maine learns that harassing or intimidating voters is against the law and it's wrong -- and they agree never to do it again," he said.
The organizations characterized Webster's postcard plan as "voter caging" and said that courts have found it illegal, particularly when it is racially motivated.
They said that incorrect addresses is an unreliable basis for challenging voter eligibility or purging voter rolls.
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DAHLONEGA, GA – North Georgia College &
State University head baseball coach Tom Cantrell reached another
coaching milestone Tuesday evening, using a comeback 10-9 victory
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The 10th year head coach at North Georgia started the season with a record of 373-195, and with the Saints current 27-22 mark, has claimed his 400th victory for the program. In his fourth season in the Peach Belt Conference, Cantrell has been named the PBC Coach of the Year in 2007, and followed with a PBC Tournament Championship in 2008.
Cantrell, who has made his way to Dahlonega from Dekalb College and Georgia Perimeter College, has a career coaching record of 577-267, winning his 550th contest last season in the Saints 10-8 victory over Francis Marion University in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game.
The 14th year head coach began his career at Georgia Perimeter College (Dekalb) where he was a head coach from 1996-1999 before restarting the North Georgia program in the spring of 2000. Since that time, the Saints have been to six Regional Tournaments and claimed NAIA Region XIII Championships in 2002 and 2004.
Cantrell collected the program's 300th win just over two years ago, defeating West Alabama 2-1 on February 10, 2007, while the school's 200th win came in April of 2004 with an 8-0 shutout of Shorter College.
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I've been in this house for approaching three years now. It's my first experience with tankless, an ELM Aquastar 170VP. It took a little while, but I figured out that this unit is just too big to supply a comfortable shower. When I mix in enough cold for comfort, the burner can't quite throttle down far enough and cuts off.
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Marissa Mayer on God, family and YahooNovember 28, 2012: 1:14 AM ET
In her first public interview since taking on the CEO gig at Yahoo, Marissa Mayer outlines her priorities both in and out of the company.
FORTUNE -- In her first public interview since taking on the CEO gig at Yahoo, Marissa Mayeroutlined her priorities both inside and out of the company.
"I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo—in that order," said the new chief executive referencing the Vince Lombardi trinity. (Her first son Macallister was born September 30). Mayer spoke at a Fortune Most Powerful Women event, an invitation-only dinner in Palo Alto that took place Tuesday evening.
Since arriving from Google (GOOG) last July, Mayer has taken several steps to turn Yahoo (YHOO) around. She brought in a new chief marketing officer and heads of sales and HR, among other executives. She's also made efforts to boost employee morale by instituting free lunches and handing out iPhones, Android devices and Windows-powered phones to staffers.
Yahoo has over 700 million users and plenty of popular products, including email and its sports and news sites. The company's stock is up nearly 19% since Mayer took over last summer. But the 37-year-old CEO has a long road ahead, and has already said that a turnaround will take multiple years. To succeed in making Yahoo a "growth company" again, she'll need to secure the company's position as a leader in mobile apps and offerings--a tall order for a company that doesn't own its own mobile browser, operating system or hardware.
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Unsurprisingly, Mayer is optimistic. "We have a terrific set of assets on the web--all the things people want to do on their mobile phone," said Mayer. "The interesting thing is when you look at what people want to do on their phone, it's mail, weather, check stock quotes and news. That's Yahoo's business. This is a huge opportunity for us because we have the content and all the information people want on their phones."
The challenge now, said Mayer, is making it all easy to use on a mobile device--being that must-download app people want to get when they buy a new smartphone. Mayer has made it clear she wants Yahoo to develop more mobile expertise, and said the company would likely make more "acqui-hires" (a.k.a. acquisitions made purely for talent, not technology) of mobile companies in the future.
But Yahoo's turnaround isn't solely about mobile, she noted. For years, the Silicon Valley company has struggled with focusing its business. Previous CEOs have tried--and failed--to streamline Yahoo and solve its identity complex. "We really want to have a global suite of products that are truly excellent," said Mayer, highlighting the popularity of Yahoo's search, mail, news and sports pages--and in particular its Sports Fantasy site. The company's fantasy football page was down recently (on a Sunday, no less!), which Mayer addressed jokingly, saying "Twitter was a little brutal that day."
Mayer has also made it a priority to make Yahoo a fun place to work again. The Silicon Valley company has seen many executives departures and morale has suffered greatly over the last few years.
"The company's been through a turbulent period and a distracting period," said Mayer. "I want Yahoo to be the absolute best place to work, to have a fantastic culture. We're working really hard right now to remind people about all the opportunities that are there." Of course, that will likely take much more than free lunches and iPhones. But Mayer knows a thing or two about corporate culture--she spent the bulk of her career at Google after all.
The key to getting it all done, according to Mayer, is "ruthlessly" prioritizing."That's one of the reasons I haven't been talking [to the press]," said Mayer. "And I will go back to not talking after tonight.">


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The boil advisory for some Downtown Evansville businesses has been lifted.
Part of Main Street in Evansville remains closed Monday morning after a water main break over the weekend. Main Street from Third to Fourth street remains closed.
The water department says the break happened around midnight on Friday.
Some businesses had red tags on their front door, warning about a boil advisory, but the advisory has since been lifted.
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