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Vol. 7 No.3· Publication For Faculty, Staff and Friends of WKU • April 1997

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WESTERN KENTUCKY

UNIVERSITY

Come to campus & see the sky show! Comet Hale-Bopp is shaping up

to be the best view of a comet for

many decades, and Western

Kentucky University's Department

of Physics and Astronomy wants

everyone to have a chance to

experience the view.

The public is invited to join WKU

astronomers at the observatory on

the roof of the Kelly Thompson

Complex for Science, Central

Wing, where astronomers are

eager to share their sky watching

I expertise to help the public locate

the comet in the sky.

"It does not even take our equip­

ment to view the comet; clear skies

and a location away from

manmade light sources are the

only requirement for anyone to be

able to observe this comet,· says

Dr. Richard Gelderman, Visiting

Assistant Professor of Physics and

Astronomy However, WKU's

physics and astronomy faculty are

pleased to be able to share their

knowledge of this comet and the

facilities of the observatory with the

public on the following evenings

at 7:30 p.m.:

Sunday, April 6

Monday, April 7

Wednesday, April 9.

Dr. Gelderman says persons

interested in viewing the comet

from the observatory should meet

in the lobby of the Central Wing of

the Thompson Complex (next

door to the Hardin Planetarium).

It's free, and families are urged to

come. However, astronomers

request children under 12 be

accompanied by an adult.

In addition, starting on Tuesday,

April 8, Dr. Roger Scott of the

Department of Physics and

Astronomy, and Director of Hardin

Planetarium on Westem's cam·

pus, will be presenting a show at

Hardin Planetarium on comets.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. on

Tuesdays and Thursdays and

2:30 p.m. on Sundays through

April 27.

The comet all over today's

headlines is named for amateurs

What's a comet, anyway? Thanks to the help of Dr, Richard Geldennan in WKU's Depart· ment of Physics and Astronomy, we were able to obtain back· ground information about comets and their makeup.

Astronomy magazine's April 1997 issue has an interesting story that de· scribes comets as "dirty snowballs," and compares them to flying mountains of ice mixed with dust and a bit of gravel that formed about 4.5 billion years ago when our solar system was born.

Hale-Bopp has a nucleus of between 15 and 24 miles. The typical nucleus is one half to three miles in diam· eter. Last year's comet Hyakutake's is about a mile in diameter.

When a comet approaches the sun, the article says, light and heat evaporate a top layer of ice directly into a gas through a process called sublimation.

"We're not seeing the actual nucleus, but rather a fog of gas and dust given off by the nucleus," says the article's author, Rick Shaffer.

A photo of the Hale-Bopp Comet taken by WKU senior lenn Wilfinger

Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who

discovered their namesake July

22, 1995. Sky & Telescope magazine says

the ·surprise preview· by Comet

Hyatutake's splendid showing just

a year ago has whetted the appe­tites of scientists and laypersons

alike for viewing comets, and the

story, which appears in the recent

March 1997 issue is full of specu­

lation about Hale-Bopp.

·luckily, much of the hype is

turning out to be true, · Gelderman

says. The comet has turned out to

blaze true across the skies during

the month of March, exciting sky

watchers of aU ages and

all ranges of expertise.

Astronomy magazine,

March 1997 says ·com­

ets like Hale·Bopp are

quite rare, · another

reason to get in on the

distance.

·Second, its physical size was

enormous. Hale·Sopp's nucleus

of dirty ice measures between 30 and 40 kilometers, more than

three times the size of most other

comets,"

Hale·Bopp is·conspicuous in the

evening sky, in the northwest

after sunset. Check out its beauti­

ful gossamer tail, its most delicate

feature.

Hale-Bopp is truly in ~s glory.

But don't let us tell everything and

spoil the shows at the observa·

tory. Come and learn more! See

you there!

lOu are Invited.

to a reception IwlWring

action of this grand sky

show. Writer Martin

Ratcliffe, says:

ami Mrs. Tlwmas C. MeN.'tl!ith

·When Hale-Bopp was

discovered well beyond

the orbit of Jupiter in July

1995, astronomers knew

they had an exceptional

comet. First of all, Hale·

Bopp was unusually

active for a comet at that

from Jour until six 0 'clock

Wednesday, April 30

Raymmul 8. Preston Health ami

ActlvUies Center.

On Campus

IN THE

Upward Bound for vets offers free college prep

Veterans Upward Bound at Western Ken tucky University has openings for U.5. military veterans who wish to prepare themselves academically to go to college or vocational /technical school.

All of the services are free. Available classes include En­

glish, math, science, foreign lan­guage and computer word pro­cessing.

Opening are filled on a first­come, first-served basis . For more information, contact Veterans Upward Bound at (502) 745-5310.

Visit us at our On Campus website: http://www.wku.edu/DeptfSupporll

URloncampus.htm

On Campus 1996 Award of Excellence, Kentucky

Council for the Advacement and Support of Education

1996 Blue Pencil Award of Merit, Kentucky Association

of Government Communicators

On Campus is published manthly by the

Office of Un.iversity Relations, containing information of interest to faculty and staff and friends of Western, Sheila Eison, Editor.

On Campus does not represent any special interest group. If opinions are stated in any copy, material is attributed. We reserve the right to accept or reject any material.

Send correspcndence to On Campus, Office of University Relations, Western Kentucky University, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, Ky. 42101-3576.

Western Kentucky University April 1997

Committee sets timetable for president search At a March 24 meeting on

campus, the presidential search committee at Western Kentucky University set a timetable for its work in locating a new WKU p resident to replace Dr. Thomas C. Meredith, w ho will become chancellor of the University of Alabama System June l.

The committee has been charged by WKU's Board of Regents to recommend three candidates by June 30.

At their first meeting, the com­mittee met with search consultant

Charles Taylor of Lamalie Amrop to discuss criteria for the position. Taylor will combine the suggestions to be presented to the Board of Regents Monday, April 7. The criteria w ill be used to develop advertisements for the position.

The search committee will meet again May 20 in a working session with Taylor to prepare for candidate interviews and to begin reviewing candidate information. Interviews will begin in early June with on-

campus visits by candidates starting in mid-June.

The committee designated Chair Cornelius Martin of Bowl­ing Green as its spokesman. Martin also is a member of the University's Board of Regents.

More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at <http://www.wku.edu>.

Videoconference addresses household cleaning products Western Kentucky University

will host a satellite video confer­ence on cleaning prod ucts for the home and environment on April 17 from noon-3 p.m. in the Downing University Center Theater.

The program, "Cleaning Prod-. ucts ... In Our Homes, In Our Environment," is sponsored by the Soap and Detergent Association, the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten­sion Service and the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

Service and will present the latest developments in product formation and package use and disposal.

Dr. Joyce Rasdall, consumer and family science professor, said the videoconference will introduce the most recent infor­mation available on new clean­ing products and "cleaning science."

After the videoconference, attendees will have the opportu­nity to talk with speakers from

Women's Alliance Awards deadline April 7 April 7 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the annual

WKU Women's Alliance Award for Outstanding Contribution to Women.

Carol C. White, Career Services Center Associate Director, is collecting nominations, and forms and information may be obtained from her by calling 502-745-3095.

The award gives recognition to a woman in the WKU community who has made a significant contribution to the advancement and/or well­being of others, especially women. The award, a silver bowl, or tray, will be presented a~ the annual Women's Alliance luncheon April 23.

Take a daughter to work April 24! The fourth Thursday of each

April is the day the the Ms. Faun· dation for Women has established as the day to Take Our Daughters to Work.

WKU faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in the Foundation's program Thurs­day, April 24.

Dr. Ken Burch, training and development consultant with the WKU Department of Human Resources, says the day was established to recognize the uniqueness and special­ity of the development in young girls.

"By taking girts to work, they wifllearn ~ first-hand the exciting ~: range of life options /"'-"" open to them, while also getting atten­tion they de~ serve,· says Or. Burch.

' Girls get the opportu-

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nity to see work as an integral part of women's lives-and have good reason to believe in the promise of the education provided by schools," Burch added.

"Working alongside parents, or others, gives girls a glimpse of their own future potential and helps them make the crucial connections between education and their future development."

industries such as The Clorox Company, The Dial Corporation, Lever Brothers Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.

Rasdall said the videoconference will not only benefjt Western classes, but also members in the community who use cleaning products.

The videoconference is free and the public is invited.

For r.1ore information, contact Dr. Joyce Rasdall at (502) 745-MJ99.

Introduction to

Women's Studies

with Dr, Jane Olmsted

Weekdays llf-ll:40 a.m.

Cherry Hall (THA)

(Scheduled after printing of the

summer schedule bulletin).

Call 502-745-6477

On Campus

Lecture series will honor Valere Scott

Approximately six years ago,

Valere Scott, a Tennessee native,

asked two journalists to

invesigate programs in Kentucky

which were making significant

efforts to empower women. As a

result of that investigation, Scott

initiated a giving program to

Western's Women's Studies.

After a recent gift of $10,000,

bringing her total support to

$75,000, Scott continues to be the

primary source of private finan­

cial support for the program. To

honor her faith in its students,

faculty and staff, Western's Women's Studies will inaugurate

the Valere Scott Lecture Series

Sept. 25 and 26, 1997.

nus annual event will feature

high profile women speakers

from diverse backgrounds. Scott

and her two young sons live in

Oakland, Calif. She visited West­

ern March 26--28.

Western Kentucky University April 1997

Celebrating the Robert Penn Warren Tenth Annual birthday Celebration

Sunday, April 27 at 2:00 P.M.

Celebrating its tenth annual Robert Penn Warren Sympo­sium, the Center for Robert Penn Warren Studies at WKU will observe the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Warren's

famous novella, the Circus in the Attic.

Kentucky's popular actors, Warren Hammack and Pamela White, will read passages from the story.

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A talk about the setting of Hopkinsville, Ky. wilt preceded the reading.

The occasion is Sunday, April 27,1997 at 2 p.m. in the Theresa Gerard Auditorium of the Garrett Center. The public is invited to attend as guests of the Warren Center.

The traditional fund-raising Brunch will take place at 12:30 p.m. April 27 in the Ballroom of

the Garrett Center. Make reservations now by calling 502-745-6258.

An added feature of this year's symposium is an exhibit of some of the handmade circus wagons, animals and perfor­mances from which Circus in

the Attic gets its name. The exhibit is currently on display in the Robert Penn Warren U­brary, Kentucky BUilding, through June 1.

c On Campus

.,

Dr. Catherine Carey's paper (Economics), The Role of Interna­tional Trade in Technological Change: the Case of u.s. Manufac­turers, has been accepted for future publication by the Journal of Economics.

Donna K. Cheshire, Assistant Director of International Pro­grams, has an invited book review of Goals and Purposes of Higher Education in the 21st Century published in the Journal of Col­lege Student Development Vol. 38, No. I, jan./Feb., 1997.

Dr. Jan Colbert, Accounting, had Locating Financial Misstate­ments: Where to Look published in Internal Auditing. Winter 1997.

From the Department of Geog­raphy and GeoIo&>,:

Dr. Nicholas Crawford had a monograph, the Karst Hydrogeology of the Cumberland Plateau Escarpment of Tennessee: Erosional Processes Associated with Subterranean Stream Invation and Conduit Cavern Development published in the Tenessee Division of Geology Report of Investigations., No. 44, Part IV, 142p. Crawford's was the fourth volurnn of this series written by Crawford and pub­lished by the Tennessee Division of Geology.

Crawford presented a number of talks to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Region IV, Fractured Rock and Karst Hydrogeology Workshop in January in Atlanta. The Center for Cave and Karst Studies was a co­sponsor of the workshop.

The Chronicle of Higher Educa­tion published an article in the Feb. 14, 1997 issue about the Center for Cave and Karst Studies at WKU and the work performed by Dr. Nick Crawford and Dr. Chris Groves.

Dr. Michael T. May and others had an article, Diagenetic mineral­ogy, geochemistry, and dynamics of Mesozoic arkoses, Hartford rift basin, Connecticut, USA, published in the Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 67, No.1, Jan. 1997, pgs. 212-224.

May co-authored XRF Surveys for Three Mining Waste Sites: Tailings and Mine Waste '97, pgs. 461-469, at the fourth Interna­tional Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste, sponsored by Colo­rado State University, Geotechnical Engineering Pro­gram, Department of Civil Engi­neering, published by A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Nether­lands, 1997.

May and others presented XRF Surveys for Three Mining Waste Sites at the conference, pgs.13-17.

Dr. Judith Hoover, Professor of Communication and Broadcast­ing, has been named editor of the World Communication Journal.

Western Kentucky University

John Bamham, Associate Professor of Journalism, has been named associate editor. Both will serve three-year terms. The journal previously was published by the Univerity of Miami at Coral Gables, Fla.

Dr. Charles Hayes and Dr. Joel Philhours, Accounting, had Valuation and Tax Consider­ations in Selling the Closely-Held Corporation published in~ tional Public Accountant in the Jan./Feb. 1997 issue.

Horace Johnson, Director of Public Safety, has been ap­pointed to the Police Executive Committee on Licensing and Certification for Police Officers in Kentucky. The six-member committee will review certifica­tion and licensing law and identify needs and issues of law enforcement. The group will meet in 1997 before legislative consideration of these topics beginS.

Dr. Aaron W. Hughey, Edu­cational Leadership, and Dr. Kenneth J. Mussnug, Industrial Technology, have had Designing Effective Employee Training Programs accepted for publica­tion in Training for Quality,

Dr. H.Y. Kim's article, Func­tional Separability and Elasticities of Complementarity has been accepted for future publication by the American lurnal of Agricultural Economics.

Wilma King-Jones, Associate Professor of Journalism, is among 24 educators from across the United States chosen to participate in the third Institute for Journalism Excellence. The 1997 Fellows, representing colleges and universities from around the country, will be working six-week residencies this summer at newspapers in the U.S. and in Canada. "Through their hands-on expe­rience, the educators take a renewed knowledge of newspa­per operations and journalistic practices back to their class­rooms," says Edward I. Seaton, chairman of the ASNE's Educa­tion for Journalism Committee and editor-in-chief of The Manhattan mercuty in Manhat­tan, Kan. The project is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. King-Jones will work for the Gannett News Service in Ar­lington, Va.

Gary Meszaros, Director of Business Services, was a pre-

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sentor at the National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) last month in Atlanta, Ga. His special interest session, The Kiosk Connection, provided a case study of how the new video Kiosk is being used and accepted at WKU. A working multimedia example of the touch screen computer tech­nology was demonstrated using actual information available on WKU's Kiosk.

Meszaros also was elected secretary to the NACCU's Board of Directors.

Joe Millichap, Professor of English, presented Transcendental Rnilroads Revisited: Locomotive Lyrics by Whitman and Dickinson, at the annual meeting of the Ken­tucky Philological Association at Eastern Kentucky University. Also, Dr. Millichap was elected vice president of the Association for 1998, becoming President in 1999.

Dr. Donald R. Nims and Aaron W. Hughey, Educational Leader­ship, along with Bob Somers, Career Services, and Randy Oliver, Kentucky Division of Mental Health, have had Case manage­ment wraparound services: A five year study of flexible funding in the treatment of children with emotional disabilities accepted for publication in Administration and Policy in Mental Health.

Gretchen Niva, English, pre­sented WJw.t We Are Learning: the Interstate New Teacher Project, and Mary Dillingham, English, pre­sented Let's Talk Turkey: Writing­Reading Connections at the Ken­tucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts Confer­ence in Louisville in February.

Dr. Cassandra Pinnick, Philoso­phy and Religion, has been invited to lecture in May to the newly­created interdisCiplinary graduate program in the History and Phi­losophy of Science and Technol­ogy at the University of Athens, Greece. Dr. Pinnick has been asked to present some of he recent research in the history and phi­losophy of science and mathemati­cal logic to the Department of Philosophy and History of Science. She will also speak to the Depart­ment of Humanities and Social Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens.

Send items to 'On Campus' by the 15th to guarantee publication.

April 1997

Jeane Robertson, Director of WKU's Adult Day Care Services Center, has accepted an appoint­ment to serve on a spscial study committee for the Care 2000 Strategic Planning Task Force. Membership represents a broad range of Kentucky citizens and geographic areas. Input from this divergent group is necessary to perform a balanced study of the state's current delivery system and to make recommendations for future health and human services systems.

Robertson and Dr. Lois E. Layne, WKU Professor of Psychol­ogy and the Center's Executive Director, presented No Place Like Home: An Adult Day Care Home Simulation Proram for Dementia Participants at the National Coun­cil on the Aging (NCOA) 47th annual conference in Chicago, Ill. last month. The two presented a similar pgoram to participants at the American Society on Aging (ASA) 43rd annual conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Dr. Richard Salisbury, History, has had Great Britain, the United States, and the 1909-1910 Nicara­guan Crisis published in II:!.e Americas, Vol. 53, No.3 (January 1997),379-394.

Dr. Lee Spears, English, pub­lished Adopt-a-Nonprofit: A Project in Persuasion and Collaboration in the Business Communication Ouarterly. Vol. 59 (3) pp. 21-28.

Dr. Joseph Stokes, Mathematics, presented Common Threads of Math Reform Movements at the National Council of Teachers of Mathemat­ics conference in Atlanta.

Jianling Wang, Department of Educational Leadership, received a $59,999 grant from Fulbright­Hays of the U.S. Department of Education for curriculum develop­ment. The project includes three universities and four public school districts: Virginia Tech University, Murray State University, Fairfax County School district, Governor's International School in Richmond, Newport News School District, Callo,,:ayCounty School District

On Campus Western Kentucky University April 1997

COME AND MEET

THE RECIPIENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

LIBRARIES

FACULTY LIBRARY AWARD

presented annually to a WKU

faculty member who has

contributed consistently and notably

to WKU Libraries use and development

at the

Western Authors Reception April 15, 1997

2:30-4p.m. Galleries K & L, Kentucky

Museum

Warren County

inWWII Over Here, Over There, a video

documentary based on Warren Countians' World War n memories by Bowling Green native Amy Thompson, will premiere at 7:30 p.m., April 23, at the Kentucky Building.

The video showing will be followed by an audience discus­sion led by a panel of historians, WWII veterans and individuals interviewed for the documentary.

Ten dioramas and ten pictures relating to World War II will also be displayed as a part of the premiere. World War II: The War Years was assembled by John Eddinger, Gallatin, Tenn., and is on loan to the museum by Scott Sallee of Bowling Green.

The video, produced as part of the Warren County Bicentennial and with the support of Very Special Arts/Kentucky, the Ken­tucky Humanities Council, the Kentucky Library and Museum, WKYU-TV and the Kentucky Oral History Commission, will comple­ment a theatre piece with the same title, which was written by Mary Hall Surface and produced by Public Theatre of Kentucky.

Performances of the theatre production will be April 24-27 at the Phoenix Theatre in Bowling Green.

Thompson said the video and play include the remembrances of Warren County residents who served in World War IT, those who could not serve and those who stayed at home.

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The Circus in the Attic By Ann Madison

Circus figurines made by Hopkinsville, Ky., native John Wesley Venable will be displayed in the Robert Penn Warren Room of the Kentucky Building April 1 to May 31 and will be included in the annual Warren Symposium's observance of the 50th anniversary of the publica­tion of the two-time Pulitzer-prize winner's novella Tile Circus in the Attic.

The figurines, on loan from the Pennyroyal Museum (Hopkinsville), are significant because it is believed that Warren based his work on Venable, who spent much of his oppressed life building circus figurines in his attic to escape the wrath of his domineering mother.

Similar to Venable, Bolton Lovehart, the main character in Warren's story, transforms such familiar items as jar lids, cigar boxes, and lipstick and shell casings into circus figures while in his attic. Lovehart, too, had a domineering, possessive mother.

In Joy Bale Boone's article " A Circus at the Top" (Courier Journal Magazine, June 4, 1978), she quotes Warren to explain the correlation between the fictional and factual "Circus in the Attic."

A friend of Warren's had briefly mentioned Venable's circus to him. Warren said, "I simply made it up from a verbal account, scarcely more than a few sentences, given me years ago by a young man from Hopkinsville. I didn't even know the name of the circus-maker, or anything about his life, and I had more of Clarksville [Tennessee] in mind than Hopkinsville when I wrote the story. That is, for me, it was almost purely fiction."

While the similarities between Venable and Lovehart's life are eviden t, Boone cites many ways in which the fictional and factual stories do not match. Boone said John Venable lived in Hopkinsville, Ky., just north of the Tennessee line; the fictional Bolton Lovehart lived at Bardsville, Tenn., just south of the Kentucky border. Unlike Lovehart, John Venable never ran away to join a circus; he just ran away to the attic.

Given the similarities and differences between the lives of John Venable, Jr. and Bolton Loveheart, Warren's fans may assume that "The Circus in the Attic" is the result of a renowned author using poetic license to recreate a story about a native Kentuckian.

Boone also made an insightful observation as to the meaning of the circus in Venable's life and Lovehart'slife as well. Warren readers may agree with Boone who said, "The circus is a symbol of man's aloneness, a theme increasingly drawn upon by Warren in his later novels and poetry, and of the vulnerability that we aU share in human relation­ships."

"The Circus in the Attic" may be viewed during regular Kentucky Library hours: 8:304:30 Mon. - Fri.; 9:30-4:00 Sat. Arrangements for special viewings by classes and organizations, may be made by calling (502) 745-6258.

Only /I portion a/Venable's "Circus in the Aftic" will be exhibited at the Kentucky Ubrary. In all there are r:roer 50 wagons, 150 animals, miniature tents, tent poles, bleachers and people. Except for 5{Jme animals from Germany, nearly all figurines were hand-made by Venable between 1900 and 1930. After he died in 1976, his widow donated the "Circus in the Attic" to the Pennyroyal Museum. -Photo courtesy Pennyroyal Museum

The WKU studen t chapter, American Society of Interior Designers

invites you

April 8--9, display of student design work,

2nd floor lobby, Tate Page Hall, 9 a.m. -4 p.m.

Designer's Day April 18, 4th floor, Academic Complex,. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

On Campus

At this lime of yetlr, studen' awards and

ABOUT STUDENTS

achievements are in the forefront. We thought we would share some of their accomplishments with you.

FORENSICS The William E. Bivin Forensic Team won firs t place in the sweepstakes at the 1997 Kentucky Forensic Association (KFA) State Tou rnament at Morehead State University Feb. 21-22.

In addition, Forensic Director Judy Woodring was elected KFA vice p resi­dent and Andy Spears, a Crestwood senior, received the Harlan Hamm Outstand ing Student Award for his longtime dedication to speech and debate.

Individual students winning awards included :

Lee Wdts, a Bowling Green senior, first in prose and duo interpretation; second in poetry; thi rd in duo interpr tion, and fourth in after dinner spe

Chris Chandler, a Bowling Gre sophomore, first in poetry, drama c interpretation, programmed oral interpretation and pentathlon; firs a sc<:ond in duo interpretation, and d

Western Kentucky University

Kerri Richardson, a Shelbyville

sophomore. first in after dinner speaking; third in extemporaneous speaking; fifth in impromptu speaking, and sixth in dramatic interpretation.

Courtney Blankenship a junior from Gallatin, Tenn., second in duo interpreta­tion; fourth in persuasive speaking; sixth in poetry, and eighili in pentathlon.

Josh Barker, a Lexington freshman, second in dramatic interpretation.

Jennifer Cloyd, a Florence freshman, second in program med oral interpretation and persuasive speaking; s ixth in pentath­lon, and Top Novice Award in info rmative speaking.

Stephen Barnett, a Versailles freshman, 5e(:ond in informative speaking and rhetorical criticism; fourth in programmed oral interpretation; fifth in pentathlon, and Top Novice Awards in duo interpretation,

:~c~:ve; akin and rhe~~-.... ,- er reyer, a Bar st freshman~

• $amatic mterp on and Top J OVlce ard m poet Wes Shirley, a H

~~~'e:~a~:~:~atl kmg, after

fourth etoncal crit and penta on, and fP NOVice A In duo ~terpret tWn

claimed wins in two earlier touma-

ments, the Sweetheart Invitational at Asbury College and the Indiana University Invitational.

Individual wirmers include: Blankenship: (Sweetheart) third in

persuasive speaking and prose; fourth in varsity d ramatic interpretation; (indi­ana) second in novice poetry; fourth in varsity duo interpretation and novice persuasive speaking, and sixth in dramatic interpretation.

Barker: (Sweetheart) first in after dinner speaking .

Barnett: (Sweetheart) sixth in persua-d uo interpretation and

persuasive

third in

P~;i:;::~:' fifth in ~li fi fth in

Chandler: (Sweetheart) fi rs t in

)Aaron ~ley, a Lo ville Jumor, thl init'etorica rj.tIClsm; {ourth I~'",,,,. , ran ..... us spe' ~~h in persuasive .

~-, t 'pe'lOn. g, an~ - th in im promptu •• Joseph, MICh : (Indl a) SIXth m novice Amy Sparks, a Franklin junior, ~ I . . . . t-;t:.lt • infonnatlve speakum:. infonnatlvespeaking;secondmpen spea....... .. J ' ~ ~~.

. . I Kelly B hell a freshman fr m! :S:(S~eeth rt) second m extern· Ion and after d1fU1er speakmg. and 'tt . .. Kearne" Neb. fifth in progra ora!.. poran spe g and rhetoncal In programmed oral mterpretatlon, I . ~ . ' J. ./ criticis ana) first in varsity poetry and duo inte retation. .. te tation. .- ~ #. .

rp . . I *".:a ~ will hfw.-,I ~h" 199 tate -rOurna- extempor¥,eous speaking, and SIXth m Doug Mory, a Pewee Valley JUnior, J Y¥ 1 ' .......... - .ty.. Iu -,.,-

first In unpromptu speaking, extempora· - K · P . to· .•• . .. . . ~Bi Forensic Socie _ .. - _ _ in ampenn, a UISVI e

. .. . '\:tnlt. vars:;f.promp spe.u ... .llg.

neous speaking and rhetoncal crlhClSm. .. -:re.~ ~ . (S th rt ) fi t '

GRANT & CONTRACT AWARDS

Coffey, David, Agriculture. Continuation of the WKU Agricul­tural Academies Intergration.Kentucky Department of Education $233.14.

Hoyt, Robert, Biology. Continua­tion of Backlog Cataloging Project. National Park Service. $625.00.

Myers, Phil, Center fo r Training and Development. Peerless Cas­cade Plastics, Inc. Cash I-Ergonomics. Peerless Cascade. $526.00.

Myers, Phil, Center for Training and Development. Molnlycke. Bluegrass State Skills Commission. $5,310.00. MPD, Inc. $8,861.00.

Rice, Paul, Continuing Educa­tion. Financial Management Institute MOA 1997. Kentucky Banks for Kentucky Bankers. $43,555,00,

Cline, Dwight, Educational Leadership. Principal Internship Program. Kentucky Department of Educa­tion. $14,246.00.

Post, jeny. Finance & CIS. Oracle Academic Alliance Pro­gram.

•• ; > ..,;-". omore. wee ea rs In

•• ..t"... ...... incoln-Douglas debate and first-place • * -

0 •• 04, • • r r _____ .. .. _~- speaker in debate; (Indiana) sixth in "'L-i.~ 11 .... ,:.:.-- varsity extemporaneous speaking.

Oracle Corporation $363,751,00. Hackney, Richard. Physics/

Astronomy. Kentucky Space Grant Consortium-Year 6. NASA/ Kentucky Space Grant Consor­tium. $205,000.00.

McGruder, Charies, Physics/ Astronomy. Team Experience in Astronomy for Minorities. Space Telescope Science Institute. $20,000.00.

Dwm, David. Public Health Health Education Training Center Contract. University of Louisville Research Foundation. $191,301.00.

Wallace, Mike, Public Safety. COPS Universal Hiring Program -"Supplement." U. S. Department of Justice. $138,603.00.

Mendel, Colleen, TIT AS. Headstart Initiative: The TN Quality Model Administration on Children and Families. $72,641 .00.

Infonnatwn on grants is provided I7y the WKU Office of Sponsored Programs. 502-745-4652.

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Richardson: (Sweetheart) fourth in varsity extemporaneous speaking and fifth in varsity impromptu speaking; (Indiana) third in novice extemporane­ous speaking and novice impromptu speaking, and fifth in novice after dinner speaking.

Shirley: (Sweetheart) first in rhetorical criticism; fourth in persuasive speaking, and sixth in duo interpretation; (indi­ana) first in novice persuasive speaking and third in novice after dinner speak­ing.

Sparks: (Sweetheart) second in after dinner speaking; fifth in persuasive speaking and varsity dramatic interpre­tation, and sixth in informative speak­ing; (Indiana) second in dramatic interpretation.

Spears: (Sweetheart) fifth in rhetorical criticism.

Wiltts: (Sweetheart) second in varsity prose and first

April 1997

JOURNALISM Senior Kevin Kelly was named

Kentucky'S College Journalist of the Year

for the second straight year at the Kentucky

Intercollegiate Press Association (KIPA)

annual meeting in Louisville.

Kelly, a print journalism major from

Lexington, was sports editor of the College

Heights Herald in the fall of 1996. He also

placed first in sports feature story, sports

column and sports design and second in

sports game s tory.

Other s tudents w inning awards in­

cluded:

Teak Phillips, a 1996 graduate who now

works at the News--Cazette, Champaign,

111., first in personality p rofile and photo

essay and third in news photo.

Chris Hutchins, a Louisville sophomore,

first in general interest column.

jon Grilnt, a Brandenburg senior, first in

feature page layout and thi rd in house ad .

Ehpa Good, a 1996 graduate who is now

presentation editor at the Herald-Dispatch,

Huntington, W.Va., first with Kelly in

sports page layout and third in front page

layout.

jason CliIrk, a Bowling G reen senior,

first in feature photo.

Patrick Witty, a 1996 graduate from

G lasgow now interning at the National

Geographic Society, first in sports photo

and third in photo essay.

Stephen Legil, a Louisville senior,

second in deadline writing competition.

Sherry Wilson, a Sunfish graduate

s tudent, second in analyses and special

reports.

jason Hall, a junior from Lebanon,

Tenn., now inteming at the Center for

joumalism and Politics in Washington,

D.C., second in analyses and special

reports.

Darryn Simmons, a Louisville senior,

second in analyses and special reports.

Marie Holthaus, a Lexington sopho­

more, second in analyses and special

reports.

Stacey Curtis, a 1996 graduate from

Bowling Green now working at The Times,

Munster, Ind., second in editorial cartoon.

Kurt FaUic, a senior from Riverside,

Calif., second in news photo.

Chad Stevens, a Bowling Green senior,

second in feature photo and third in sports

photo.

John Stamper, a Monticello sophomore.

third in analyses and special reports, spring

1996 s taff and opinion page.

Aaron Sanderford of Bowling Green,

third in sports page game story, spring

1996 staff and overall layout.

Jamal Wilson, a 1996 graduate now

freelancing in Washington, D.C., third in

original illustration.

James Glover II of Santa Rosa, Calif.,

third in feature photo.

On Campus

COMING UP

April

Continuing through April S, WKU and the American Folklore Society are hosting Dr. Betty J. Belanus as folklorist in residence. Call ML and Intercultural Studies at 502-74502401 for more details.

1 Career Day. Garrett Center

Ballroom. 9 a.m. Dr. Carl Kell, 502-745-5883.

World Wide Web Workshop. 230 p.m. Beth Knight. 502-745-6115.

Hilltopper baseball vs. Middle TN State U. 6 p.m. Denes Field. Sports Information. 502-745-4298.

Circus in the Attic exhibit. Closes May 31. Robert Penn Warren room. 502-745-6258.

3 The Han. Sara Walter Combs,

Court of Appeals Judge for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, keynote address. Women's Stud­ies Awards Luncheon. 11:45 a.m. Institute for Economic Develop­ment. Room 112. Women's Stud­ies.502-745-6477.

4 MENC Talent Showcase. Van

Meter Auditorium. Department of Music. 745-3751.

5 Hilltopper baseball vs. Lamar

University. 2 p.m. Denes Field.

Duets for Tenor and Guitar. Dept. of Music. 8 p.m. Recital Hall. Fine Arts Center. Music Department. 502-745-3751.

6 Phi Kappa Phi Induction Cer­

emony. 2 p.m. Garrett Center Ballroom. Dr. Sam McFarland. 502-745-2081.

8 Orientation-Advisement-Regis­

tration. 8 a.m. Garrett and Down­ing Centers. Sharon Dyrsen. 502-745-4242.

The Art of Aging. BG /WC Convention Center. Women's Studies. 502-745-6477.

WKU Jazz Band concert. 8 p.m. Garrett Center Ballroom. Marshall Scott. 502-745-5916.

9 Hilltopper baseball vs.

Vanderbilt. 6 p.m. Denes Field.

10

Western Kentucky University

WKU HOSA Lecture Speaker, Richard Scott. 7 p.m. Institute for Economic Development. Bob Fulton. 502-745-3325.

Science annual High

a.m. Center.

FFA Events) Downing Cer'!hi 502-745-3151.

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8 Wilson.

American Composers ·C6,noert. 3 p.m. Recital Halt Fine Arts Center.

13 Student Awards Presentation

Program. 2 p.m. Garrett Center Ballroom. Dr. Sam McFarland. 502-745-3751.

Performance by Concert Pianist Sylvia Kersenbaum. 3 p.m. Van Meter Auditorium. Department of Music. 502-745-3751.

17 Hilltopper baseball vs. Austin

Peay State University. Denes Field.

WKU AHEC 1997 annual confer­ence. Mult idimensional Aspects of Women's Health. 8 a.m. Institute for Economic Development. Women's Studies. 502-745-6477.

Bowling Green-Western Sym­ph,ony Orchestra . Strauss &

Selections. 8 p.m. First Church. John Duff. 502-

Languages Festival. ':cenner and Grise hall. Lisa

Bovard. 502-745-5899.

18 Miss Black Western gala. 7 p.m.

Van Meter Auditorium. Tina Kelsey. 502-745-4201.

Hilltopper baseball vs. Jackson­ville Univ. 3 p.m. Denes Field.

An Evening of Song. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center. Department of Music. 502-745-3751.

20 Benefit Concert sponsored by

Independent Music Teachers Association. 3 p.m. Van Meter Auditorium. Mrs. Nancy Parker. 502-781-3499.

2--4 p.m. Book signing. James Klotter & Lowell Harrison's A New History of Kentucky. See page 5. 502-745-5083.

21 Faculty Development proposals

April 1997

Deana Groves. 502-745-6153.

WWII Over Here, Over There Video. 7 p.m. Ky. Gallery K & L. Laura Harper Lee. 502-745-6082.

25 Faculty Development Commit­

tee Proposals due in Academic Affairs.

History Conference. 8 a.m. Garrett and Downing Centers. Dr. Marion Lucas. 502-745-5736.

Bowling Green District Concert Band Festival. Several locations . Bob Hansbrough. 502-745-4024.

26 Hilltopper baseball vs. Louisiana

Tech. 2 p.m. Denes Field.

S p .m. Edmonson County High School Prom.

27 Hilltopper baseball vs. Louisiana

Tech. 1 p.m. Denes Field.

OVC Officials meeting. 9 a.m. DUe. Buddy Patey 901-422-3114.

Robert Penn Warren Sympo­sium.. 1:30 p.m. Garrett Center. Mary Ellen Miller. 502-745-5721.

Chamber Music Series. 3 p.m. Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center. Music Department. 502-745-3751.

29 Board of Regents quarterly

meeting. Time unavailable at press time. Wetherby Adminitration Building. Elizabeth Esters 502-745-4346.

"' ...-:, ...,... .... , .v.. , " ££ f th d National Libraries We,ek actiyi- , ··· '" 'd~eJ.p~~c~~ .. ? e ,~ ,~,~s. Zacharias Hall Dedication

ties through April 19. 5~-1~5- \, . '" \ , \ '- \ " ~~\.'+?, ' r'-~, - Ceremony. Time unavailable at 5263. _~",",W" .. "m' ''2-2--.::.., ---","",""-.:::''-r - ,"''.''~:'''''''._..J.._ :" i / !~ press time: University Relations.

/// .'- EV'ening of Dance. Thr"'&ugh./ .~'\. 502-?A5-4295. 14 r r/ ,.i1278 3 , / , .r ,

j' /~p~"t . p.m. ex~ept p.m:/ -::::) / : . \. . . Family ~_~ent ~rbinar, /.~;;~,S~4,ay. Russell MIller Theatr~~,0.........¢d~r:~6 p.m. R~ephon for Pr~sIdent

Ethica~/raitp;~~rs~st{ves of {1;ii:::r~~lrts Center. 502-745-5845. if!;~~~~:,~~~~=~~d~~ia_ MarraL~ p.m.:Jfate PagJ0aIl0 :Xi< r. #"S h' B d C WKU ,f,;~ ' 502 745-4295 Room 139~ ConsuJhet and FarrtHY~:;.:)·.r ymp omc an . oncert., .'==-.-..,; \~~!~, , ~ - "_ . Scienc~5b2 .. 7454352/ ~-~ Department of Mu~u:~~5- >" '~'\'2.< - ~ -"~<" - . ,;

VZ;;-' /,,,,,,,,:.-1/ 3751. «/,'"<"-"f? '\:\ _' ~;"\.'"~" 0'R,m. HIllJopper Baseball vs. 15 ,;.,,:!,~ ~ -'~W' '''' . ~<"«=N'''"~ -.,- ",,->~, ,~::s :;t Univer§}ty j f Kentucky. Denes

"'\0~'~3 ~~" Field. -' Faculty Authors Recep.tio~. {0">«< , . ;' a-. '"

2:30-4 p.m. Kentucky Buildmg. " "<:: :,."\"::>~' _.' Women. s AllIance. ~Ull mg Chamber Smgers Sprmg ReCital. Galleries K & L. Sue Lynn ' \Qommuruty Connec.tions, by 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Fine Arts McGuire, University Libraries. Gwen Do~ns, Bowlm~ ~reen Center. 502-745-3751. 502-745-4793. Human Rights CommiSSIon.

Hilltopper baseball vs. Evans­ville. 6 p.m. Denes Field.

Concert Band Finale. 8 p.m. Van Meter Auditorium.. Department of Music. 502-745-3751.

16 Women In Transition Faculty

Appreciation Luncheon. 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Garrett Center 100. 502-745-6477.

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Garrett Center 100. 11:45 a.m. Lauri Warden, 745-4352.

Hilltopper baseball vs. Murray State. 6 p.m. Denes Field.

Elementary Schools Concert featuring Banana Slug Band. 2 shows TBA. Diddle Arena. Dr. Terry Wilson, Education. 502-745-4424.

Building Corrununity Connec­tions. Garrett Center Room 100.

30 Hilltopper baseball vs. Eastern

Kentucky University. 6 p.m. Denes Field.

Faculty Hom Recital. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center. Music Department. 502-745-3751.

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