Volume 30, No. 32
May 7, 1999
Contact: Mike Carpenter (570) 662-4848
mcarpent@mnsfld.edu
The Sixth Annual "Relay for Life," an American Cancer Society fund-raising activity, will take place on campus June 4-5. MU's own "Mighty Mounties," a team of employees, will again be participating in this year's event. The "Mounties" raised over $5,000 last year and hope to double that amount this year. Any employee or friend of the university who hasn't already been contacted about donating can send their contribution (payable to: American Cancer Society) to Joe Maresco, 516 North Hall, the team captain.
The relay is a 24-hour event beginning at 4 p.m. on June 4 and everyone is welcome to attend and lend support. The campus community has been touched often by cancer and every effort to help battle this disease will be appreciated.
MU Concert Choir to Tour Europe
Members of the MU Concert Choir will embark on their second European Tour Monday, May 10, and return on May 24. Forty-two singers, four instrumentalists, and eight guest travelers (including President Halstead) will travel to Rome, Florence, Venice, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Munich. Included in their eight performances are mass participations at St. Peter's Cathedral in Vatican City and St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. Friends who wish to bid them a fond farewell, may gather at the Butler Center lower parking lot on Monday at 11:45 a.m. The choir departs at noon.
This is the last issue of the Updater for the 1998-99 academic year. Publication will resume in the fall.
The Kelchner Fitness Center will be closed May 7-16 and will reopen Monday, May 17. Summer Session I hours will be Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. The fitness center will be open during Summer Session II Monday-Friday from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 4-8 p.m., Saturday from 1-5 p.m. and Sunday from 4-8 p.m.
The following members of the Mansfield University administration and faculty presented program sessions at the Eighth Annual Student Conference Against Campus Sexual Violence held on campus March 25-27: Rev. Deborah Casey, campus ministry, "Questions of Faith: Help or Hindrance;" Annie Cooper, multicultural affairs, "Inter-racial and Inter-cultural Issues Between Men and Women;" Dr. Andrew Longoria, communication and theatre, "Addressing Campus Issues Using Social Action Theatre;" Dr. Lynn Pifer and Dr. Andrea Harris, English department, "Women's Studies at MU: What We Do and Why Our Program is Important to Our Students and the University;" Margaret Hayes, student affairs, "Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Re-emergent Issue for College Students;" Mary Beth Eggleston and Michael LeMasters, residence life, "Drugs, Alcohol, and Sex...A Deadly Combination" and Mary Beth Eggleston and Larry Watts, residence life, "Self-Defense."
Ira Newman, philosophy & liberal studies, presented a paper, "It's the Thought that Counts: Dissolving the Paradox of Compassion for Fiction" in a session on philosophy of literature, at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics - Eastern Division. The meeting was held March 19-20 at Towson University in Towson, MD.
Monica Lambert, education and special education, presented "Classroom Strategies for Culturally Diverse Students with Learning Disabilities" at the International Conference of the Council for Learning Disabilities, November 5-7, 1998 in Albuquerque, NM. Monica's session focused on strategies teachers can use to meet the needs of culturally diverse students with learning disabilities. The presentation also looked at how cultural differences can affect classroom performance. Strategies were provided to assist students in academic areas and social skills.
Monica also presented at the fifth Annual Northeast Region Strategy Intervention Model (SIM) Trainers' Conference in Charleston, WV on March 26. Monica's session, titled "Concerns and Suggestions for Training Preservice Teachers on SIM," focused on concerns when training preservice teachers on SIM. Suggestions for training applications were discussed.
The Mansfield University men's and women's track teams competed at the Shippensburg University Last Chance Meet Saturday. No team scores were kept. Lamar Crawford led the men's team with first place finishes in the 110-meter high hurdles and the long jump. He also placed second in the triple jump and fourth in the high jump. David Coyle placed third in the 100-meter dash and Derek Furry finished third in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Kim Carman had the best finish for the women's team, placing third in the 100-meter hurdles. Karen Krouse was fourth in the discus, while Colleen Ryder was sixth in the 15-athlete 800-meter run.
The baseball team defeated visiting Bloomsburg University 4-2 and 2-1 (8) in a PSAC East doubleheader Saturday, but missed the conference's playoff tournament. Shippensburg (16-8 PSAC) claimed the second and final PSAC playoff spot with a doubleheader split against league-leading Kutztown. The Mounties finish the 1999 season with a 32-18 record and a third-place PSAC East mark of 15-9. Jeff Emrich earned the win in the first game, going six and two-thirds innings and allowing two earned runs. Chris McGee struck out the only batter he faced with two outs and a runner on second in the top of the seventh inning to earn his sixth save of the season.
The second game was scoreless until the top of the eighth inning. Bloomsburg posted a single run in its half of the inning. Scott Costa was hit by a pitch and scored the tying run on an RBI double by Matt Edwards. Eddie Frame hit a grounder to the third baseman with two outs that was misplayed, allowing Edwards to race home from second with the winning run. Steve Russell earned the win, retiring the only batter he faced in the eighth. Greg Martin and McGee combined to pitch seven innings of scoreless ball. Cory Goodman was 2-4 with a double and Jackson Burnette was 2-3.
"I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like the state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind," George Bernard Shaw.