Volume 31, No.22
February 25, 2000
Contact: Terry Day (570) 662-4844
tday@mnsfld.edu
eighth blackbird soars into Mansfield to perform
Wednesday, March 15, 8 p.m. at Steadman Theatre.
Taking its name from the Wallace Stevens poem "Thirteen Ways
of Looking at a Blackbird," eighth blackbird is one of the most exciting young
musical ensembles performing today. Their stunning intensity, effortless virtuosity, and
seamless ensemble playing have won over audiences across the country.
The group was the first contemporary ensemble ever to win the
Concert Artists Guild Competition. It has also won the Channel Classics Recording Prize
and the Rockport Chamber Music Festival Prize, among others. The Los Angeles Times says
"these players showed an unremitting intensity in the intricately kinetic landscape
and a professionally assured technique in the most demanding situations."
eighth blackbird is comprised of Molly Alicia Barth
playing flutes, Michael J. Maccaferri on clarinets, Matthew Albert playing violin and
viola, Nicholas Photinos on cello, Matthew L. Duvall on percussion and Lisa Kaplan playing
keyboards.
Tickets for eighth blackbird are $5 at the door. Admission
is free to MU students, faculty and staff. The performance is sponsored by the MU Fine
Arts Committee. For more information call x4444 or visit the Fine Arts section on the
Mansfield University website at www.mansfield.edu.
Dynamic Duo
Kenneth Sarch, violinist, and Nancy Boston, pianist, will
present their annual Faculty Recital at Steadman Theatre on Sunday, February 27 at 7 p.m.
The program will feature two works by American women composers Amy Beach and Ellen Taaffe
Zwilich, as well as music by Ysaye, Sarasate, and Saint-Saens.
The annual Sarch/Boston duo concert has become a popular event in
the series sponsored by the music department. Both performers are MU music professors.
Sarch is conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and associate professor of violin and viola.
Boston is associate professor of Piano.
The recital is free and open to the public.
Baby Talk
Meredith F. Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell, will
present "The Natural History of Babies" on Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m. in the
Manser North Dining Room.
Although trained as a primate behaviorist, spending several years
studying macaque monkeys in captivity and the wild, Small has turned her attention to how
the intersection of biology and culture influence human behavior. She has authored several
books including "Our Babies, Ourselves" and "How Biology and Culture Shape
The Way We Parent."
Small’s presentation is free and open to the public.
It is sponsored by the Psychology, Anthropology and Biology Clubs.
Cap and Gown Countdown
Spring Commencement will be held Saturday, May 6, 11 a.m. at
Karl Van Norman Field. In the event of inclement weather the ceremony will be moved to
Decker Gymnasium.
Faculty, staff and Master’s candidates must place orders
with the bookstore for their academic attire by March 24. Undergraduate candidates and
Music Therapy certificate recipients are not required to order attire. The bookstore will
have their regalia ready for pick-up after April 21.
Potential graduates should contact the Records Office, South Hall
112, regarding their graduation and honors eligibility status. The commencement program
will include the level of honors achievement. During the ceremony the Herald will
acknowledge honors recipients.
Any MU employee wishing to present diploma cases to a graduating
spouse or child should notify Mary Lou Stroud, North Hall 512, immediately to make their
arrangements.
Call x4355 for more information.
STUDENT SCENE
The MU Forensic team took fourth place at the Pennsylvania State Tournament at Grove
City February 18-19. Darren DeVoue led the way with a second place finish in
dramatic interpretation, third in poetry interpretation and prose interpretation, sixth in
persuasive speaking and fifth in pentathlon. DeVoue teamed with Carl Madonna to
take fifth place in dramatic duo interpretation. Madonna also combined with Kari Weller
for third place in dramatic duo interpretation and individually Madonna scored a seventh
place finish in prose interpretation. Karen Holgate finished third in dramatic
interpretation and fifth in poetry interpretation. Heather Borden captured fourth
in informative speaking and Jan’ell Natson finished sixth in prose
interpretation. The team, coached by Sharon Carrish, Communication and Theatre, has
won 123 trophies this season.
Robert Bones, Eric McKernan, Robin Slabey, Stephanie Boyce, Hayden
Odhner, and Thomas Saveri, accompanied by Edward Washington and John
Crossen, Languages and Literature, travelled to the Shakespeare Theater of Washington
D.C., in December to see "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The group also made a tour
of the prestigious Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill.
STAFF NOTES
Sam Rotella has been appointed Admissions Counselor.
Edward Paul Fuller and Christopher Woods have been appointed Assistant
Football Coaches.
Senior guard Tommy Harvey was named the PSAC Eastern Division
co-player of the week for the week of February 21 - the third time he has been honored
this season.
Harvey scored a game-high 25 points to lead the men's basketball
team to a 76-64 PSAC Eastern Division win at Kutztown Wednesday. Mansfield is now 13-12
overall (3-8 PSAC), and is assured of at least a .500 season.
Harvey scored 20 points in his last game at Decker Gymnasium to
lead MU to an 87-74 victory against Cheyney University Saturday.
Freshman Lynelle Mosley was named the PSAC Eastern Division
Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week for the week of February 21. She also garnered the
award for the week of Dec. 13.
The women's team dropped a PSAC Eastern Division contest, 79-48,
at Kutztown University Wednesday. Senior Heather Nichols scored a team-high 14 points and
grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for MU.
Mosley and fellow freshman Niki Snyder combined for 26 points as
Mansfield defeated Cheyney 66-57 Saturday.
The women's swimming team finished eighth at the PSAC
Championships last weekend and broke a school-record in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The 400-free relay team of Jaime Ragukonis, Candace Cipolla,
Theresa Ulett and Cristina Jacome placed ninth in a school-record time of 3:46.03.
Cipolla placed seventh in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:11.07 with
teammate Jacome close on her heels with an eighth-place finish in 2:12.53. Jen Markert
finished 10th in the 200-butterfly in 2:15.88, and Ragukonis took 12th in the 100-yard
freestyle in 55.80.
The men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed at
the Kane Invitational Saturday at Cornell University.
Junior Lamar Crawford led the men's team with four top five
finishes. He was third in the high jump (6'01.25"), and fifth in the 55-meter high
hurdles (8.18), the long jump (21'06.00) and the triple jump (42'05.25).
LIBRARY LISTINGS
These bestsellers are now on the shelves at North Hall:
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Have A Nice Day! By Mick Foley
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson