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Volume 25, Number 6

September 24, 2004

Donated harp is golden treasure for new School of Music building
A golden harp now rests in Ball State's new Music Instruction Building, and nobody had to chop down a beanstalk to get it. Instead of fighting a giant, all Elizabeth Richter had to do was visit the Hamilton County town of Atlanta. Full Story

Holocaust scholar to present Honors College lecture Oct. 6
Alvin Rosenfeld, director of the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University, speaks in Pruis Hall. His talk is the Third Annual Bruce F. and Ildiko B. Meyer Honors Memorial Lecture. Full Story

University's broadcasting efforts win five regional Emmy awards
Ball State's five Emmys, including two for a student-produced magazine program, were awarded Sept. 18 during ceremonies hosted by the Cleveland chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Four of the five Emmys were won in professional categories. Full Story

Halloween continues to grow
as retail sales surpass $7 billion
Retailers have been draping their aisles with black cats, witches and candy for several weeks, if not months, in an effort to push shoppers into the Halloween mood, said James Lowry. Full Story

University to host conference
on medieval studies in October

The accomplishments of a medieval Christian visionary and composer will be celebrated during a joint conference Oct. 6-9. The 20th anniversary celebration of the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies will take place in conjunction with the 35th annual Interdisciplinary CAES Conference. Full Story

 

'The Miracle Worker' to open 2004-05 theater season Sept. 30
Ball State's Department of Theatre and Dance is anticipating a spectacular year as it opens the 2004-05 season with a classic story of triumph over adversity. "The Miracle Worker" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 and Oct. 6-9 and at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in University Theatre. Full Story

Foundation board member honored as minority role model
Penny Ralston, dean
of human sciences at Florida State University, received
the Minority Access Alumni Role Model Award Sept. 19. Ralston was nominated by the Graduate School and the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. Full Story

Latino Student Union hosts 'Pocho Joe' in week of events
Hip-hop poet and comedian Joe Hernandez-Kolski ("Pocho Joe") appears Sept. 28 as part of a week of activities sponsored by the Latino Student Union. Full Story

Former dean still hangs around; listed again among Who's Who
Victor Lawhead used to worry if, come Monday, he would be hanging from a tree. The "hanging tree" was located between the Administration Building and the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Each Monday through the turbulent 1960s, it would hold the effigy of an official unfortunate enough to have incurred student wrath. Full Story

Is there a safe way to discuss politics? Also, signs of hope in a decaying neighborhood. Learn More

Employee Habitat for Humanity chapter has final work day Saturday

Sunday Gallery Talk at art museum focuses on career of glass artist

Chinese dinner to aid emergency fund for international students

Blood drive set for Sept. 28
at Scheidler Apartments

Sigma Phi Epsilon honors three faculty members with annual award

Women and Hi Tech session
looks at how zebras handle stress

Calling all Phi Kappa Phi or
Phi Beta Kappa members!

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