NEWS

Musical tribute to '60s women coming to Straughn
MU will host the touring show "Beehive," a musical tribute to the great female performers of the 1960s, Monday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in Straughn Hall.

The fast-moving, high-energy musical portrays a range of important female performers of the 1960s, including Connie Francis, Petula Clark, Diane Ross, Grace Slick, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and the Supremes. "Beehive" highlights the prominence that women in the music industry attained in the 1960s and charts the changes in women's self-presentation and consciousness during the decade.

General admission tickets are $7.50. MU students with current ID are free. For more information or reservations, call 570-662-4980.

The event is sponsored by MU's Student Activities Office and the Mansfield Activities Council.

Yost to lead town meeting on university budget process
University faculty, staff and students can find out more about the university's budget process when William Yost, vice president for administration and finance, hosts a town meeting Tuesday, March 16, at 10 a.m. in Manser Hall's North Dining Room.

This is the second of three town meetings this semester sponsored by President John Halstead. Leslie Folmer, vice president for development, led a meeting on fund-raising in February. Joseph Maresco, vice president for student affairs, will lead a meeting on student life on Tuesday, April 6.

The hour-long meetings provide a way to share information and gather input on important university initiatives and topics.

Information presented at previous town meetings, including those on facilities and enrollment from the fall semester, are available by clicking on "MU News" from the university's home page on the World Wide Web.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Do you have an interest in a childcare facility on campus? Surveys collecting that information are available in the human resources office, Alumni Hall 106, and the Women's Center, Pinecrest 102, for employees. Student surveys are also located at the Women's Center as well as the Student Activities Office, Memorial Hall 209.
Mike Lemasters, director of residence life, will present the workshop "Effective Delegation" for managers and supervisors Wednesday, March 17, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in Memorial Hall 204. The session identifies how an organization and individuals benefit from delegation and defines delegation in terms of responsibility, authority and accountability. The session also identifies barriers to delegation within the manager, the employee and the situation, and provides techniques for incremental delegation.
President John Halstead and SGA President Michele Hosey invite all students to join them for an open forum Thursday, March 18, from 1-2 p.m. in Memorial Hall 204. This is an opportunity to hear about future campus plans and ask questions.
The Employee Wellness Program now allows employees 90 minutes each day to use the Kelchner Fitness Center. Employees may determine when to use their 90 minutes within the hours the center is open. Employees may be accompanied, free of charge, by their spouse and/or dependent children ages 14-18. Hours of operation for the center are 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday through Friday; 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 1-9 p.m. Sunday. All employees must present their employee ID upon entering the facility. Family members must complete a registration form on their first visit.
Spring commencement is Saturday, May 8, at 11 a.m. on Karl Van Norman Field. All faculty have been mailed a participation response form to be returned to North Hall 512 by April 9. Academic regalia must be ordered from the Campus Bookstore by March 26.
Web creators: Are you having trouble with Rapid FTP since your changeover to Windows 95? Suzanne Murphy, information technology, reports that three boxes must be checked on the initial "profile" screen. They are: Program selects FTP Port; Determine if File or Directory by Parsing a Directory List; and Use default FTP Port. If the "Determine" box is not checked, the user will be denied access to their files, in particular their public_html files. The Tech Support Web site, http://www.mnsfld.edu/~techsupp, has information on the Windows 95 section of the FAQ page.
The Native American Student Association will sponsor a lecture by Ellen-Rose Savulis, an anthropology professor at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, titled "Land Tenure Issues: A Seneca Perspective" Wednesday, March 31, at 8 p.m. in Allen Lecture Hall

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SCHOLAR'S SPOTLIGHT

Jane D. McGuire, Michele Materese, and Jocelyn O'Donnell, health sciences, presented a research brief on "Storytelling: A Curriculum for Learners of Advanced Age - an Intergenerational Approach" at the annual conference of The American Society on Aging March 6 in Orlando, FL. Their research included elder learners who are residents at the Tioga Nursing Facility, Waverly, NY. MU sophomore nursing students participated in this qualitative research during the spring semester 1998.

Francis W. Craig, psychology, was the lead researcher on a project that found fitness may be a "genetic equalizer" for women with a family history of high blood pressure who are experiencing stress. Craig presented the results of the investigation March 5 at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine. Typically, women with at least one parent with high blood pressure (hypertension) show higher blood pressure responses during periods of stress than women with no hypertensive parents. "However, these chronic elevations were not seen in high-risk women who were modestly fit," Craig said. "In fact, women who were at higher risk, but were physically fit, were indistinguishable from fit women without a family history of hypertension."

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STAFF SCENE

Carmen Bianco, director of AOD Education, recently led a team of staff and students, including athletic mentor Deb Rotella, football coach Sam Rotella, athletic trainer Brian Oakes, and student-athletes Alyssa Gates and Chris Lordi, to Charlottesville, VA, to attend the APPLE conference (Athletic Prevention Programming & Leadership Education). This NCAA-sponsored conference was designed to assess the athletic department's strengths and weaknesses regarding substance abuse prevention, share ideas and resources with other colleges, and participate in a training session on implementing the Student Athlete Mentor (SAM) Program.

Chuck Kepner and Bridgette Maney, two of six team members working on the "Ultimate Milk Moustache" public relations campaign as part of a COM 450 Special Project under the supervision of Alexandra Nolan, communication and theatre, were interviewed live on WETM-TV's Morning Show Wednesday, March 3. The students booked themselves on the television talk show by sending a pitch letter to the talk show's producer.

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SPORTS UPDATE

The softball team handed head coach Edith Gallagher a historical milestone with a 4-1 win over Allentown College at Myrtle Beach, SC Wednesday afternoon. The win was the 100th for Gallagher since taking over the MU softball program in 1992, making her the first women's coach in MU history to reach the 100-win plateau. In eight seasons she has posted a 100-143-1 mark.

Men's basketball players Steve Shannon and Tommy Harvey were recently selected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Men's Basketball Division II South second-team squad, while Harvey was also named to the NCAA Division II East All-Region second team. The ECAC all-star teams were selected by head coaches and sports information directors representing the region's 27 institutions, while the NCAA All-Region teams were chosen by the sports information directors at NCAA Division II schools. The awards come after Shannon and Harvey were named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) first and second-team units, respectively.

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THE BOTTOM LINE

"The might of English will not long outlive the technical, commercial, and military ascendancy of its Anglo-American power base. Ultimately, democracy, international trade, and economic development can flourish in any tongue."

Joshua A. Fishman, a professor emeritus of social sciences at Yeshiva University, writing in the winter issue of "Foreign Policy" on the prominence of the English language. The magazine is available at http://www.foreignpolicy.com.

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