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F R OStateLines S T B U R G S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y wwwfrostburgedu/news/statelineshtm For and about FSU people A publication of the FSU Office of Advancement Volume 35, Number 25, April 4, 2005 Copy deadline: noon Wednesday, 228 Hitchins or emedcalf@frostburg$edu Middle States Dance Company Presents Spring Concert Surveys, Surveys, Surveys The FSU Dance Company, under Guest artist Claire Porter, a the artistic direction of Dr. modern dance performance artist, (To Help Frostburg State!) Barry Fischer, will present its and her company, Portables, are A year from now (April 2-5, 2006), Spring Dance Concert on internationally recognized for FSU will host a team of evaluators Thursday, Friday and Saturday, using theatrical elements and representing the Middle States Commis- April 7, 8 and 9, at 8 p.m. and humor in performances. She sion on Higher Education, our regional Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. in will perform two solos. accrediting agency. To prepare for this the PAC Drama Theatre. Dance majors from the visit, the University is conducting a Guest choreographer Dance Composition comprehensive self-study. This month, will be FSU alumna Lori I class will the Self-Study Steering Committee will Cannon, one of the first perform a variety be sending surveys to students, faculty, graduates of FSU’s dance of their own works and staff. We encourage you to take major. She will present two in hip hop and the time in the coming weeks to fill works. The first is a solo modern styles. out and return these surveys. titled, “Charmer,” performed Tickets for the The self-study is designed to by freshman dance major general public are $10. examine all aspects of the institution. Sarah Lucas-Haji, a Tickets for students, In addition to achieving re-accredita- work Cannon per- faculty and staff with ID tion, another important outcome of formed as a student and children under 12 are the self-study process is that of to high acclaim. The $5. Group discounts are institutional improvement. We cannot second work is a available. Tickets will be improve unless we can determine what group piece featuring available in the Division we are doing right and also identify the women of the Lori Cannon, of Performing Arts those areas in which improvement is FSU Dance Company. guest choreographer office, PAC 302. They needed. Your reflections, thoughts and Fischer, marking and FSU alumna will also be available in observations about your experiences his 10th year as the PAC box office one hour here will assist the self-study steering Dance Company artistic director, will prior to the performances. For reserva- committee in its efforts to make present a fun new work set to Bette tions or more information, call x4145, constructive recommendations to the Midler’s rendition of the lively Rosemary Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to University. In addition to the surveys, Clooney classic, “Mambo Italiano.” 4 p.m. a variety of focus groups will be held. Graduate students and those enrolled Betty Jane Phillips is the accompanist. at the Hagerstown Center will be Music The performances are free and open among those invited to participate in to the public. For more information, call these focus groups. the Department of Music at x4109. Special iPod Offer for Students: Opera Theatre: ‘Rill As an extra incentive, students who Speaking,’ ‘Telephone’ Celebration of Clarinet complete the survey by the April 15 FSU’s Opera Theatre will present “This deadline can be entered into a drawing Music Set for April is the Rill Speaking” by Lee Hoiby and for a free iPod. Simply complete the “The Telephone” by Gian-Carlo Menotti on Dr. Mark Gallagher and his Clarinet survey, fill out the card enclosed with Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, at 8 Studio students will continue to cel- it and return it to the Lane University p.m. in the in the PAC Pealer Recital Hall. ebrate clarinet music throughout April. Center Information Desk. “This is the Rill Speaking” is a All performances are in the Pealer Recital Collection boxes for the student chamber opera from the play by Lanford Hall and are free and open to the public. survey will be in the lobbies of the Wilson. It is based on small-town rural The second weekend will feature a residence halls and Edgewood Com- life in the 1950s. The “Rill” is a small faculty artist recital on Sunday, April 10, mons, Dunkle, Fine Arts, Gunter, stream or brook, and the play visits and at 3 p.m. with Gallagher on clarinet and Framptom, Guild Center, Compton, revisits different moments in different guests mezzo soprano Karen Soderberg- Performing Arts, Ort Library and at lives as it flows and babbles along. Sarnaker and Todd Shelar on guitar. the Lane Information Desk. “The Telephone” is a comic opera The third weekend will feature junior If you have any questions regarding about a young man whose attempts at LaNae Keene performing a clarinet the self-study, please contact the co- proposing to his beloved are constantly recital on Sunday, April 17, at 3 p.m. chairs of the steering committee: Marc interrupted. It features soprano Kelly Routhier, Professor of Communication Ann Law and baritone Ryan Bowie. Studies ([email protected]) or Open Mic Night Opera Theatre director for the Tom Bowling, Associate Vice President Center Stage will present an Open Mic production is Karen Soderberg-Sarnaker, for Student and Educational Services Night on Friday, April 8, from 7 to 10 stage director is Richard Kagey and ([email protected]). p.m. in the Lane University Center Loft. Inside: Literature 2 Take Note 3-4 Internships 5 Theatre 2 Points of Pride 4-5 International 6 Presentations 2-3 TV3 5 Calendar 6 StateLines / 2 Come support Todd Smith and Dennis Award-Winning Poet magic sleeping spell on the handsome Wellington. They will be showcasing Prince Charles, best friends Emma and their rapping and dancing talents. Other Bosselaar to Read Izzy must put their heads together in FSU students are welcome to perform FSU’s Department of English and order to break the spell before the royal their talents also. Signup upon arrival. Center for Creative Writing will present Queen returns to the kingdom. Will There will be another Open Mic Night a poetry reading by Laure-Anne Emma rescue her sleeping Prince? Or on Thursday April 21. Bosselaar on Monday, April 18, at 7:30 will Princess Morgan marry into the p.m. in the Cordts P.E. Center Leake royal family? Along with a little help Spring Concert to Room. The event is free and open to the from the brave Prince James, a few public. A reception and book signing, trusted servants, and evil henchmen, Feature Starting Line sponsored by the Office of Student and the best friends learn to value the truth University Programming Council’s Community Involvement and Main and joy of helping others. Concert Commission will present punk- Street Books in Frostburg, will follow. All tickets are $2 and can be purchased pop band The Starting Line at its The winner of the 2001 Isabella at the door on the dates of performances. annual spring concert on Saturday, Gardner Price for Poetry, Bosselaar is For information call x7462. April 24, at 7 p.m. in the Cordts the author of “The Hour Between Dog Physical Education Center’s Main Arena. and Wolf” and “Small Gods of Grief.” In Presentations The concert’s opening act will be subjects, her work ranges from child- electronic rockers Head Automatica. hood sorrows to gratitude for children Doors open at 6 p.m. and poignancy of a man planting 34th Mathematics The Starting Line, comprised of Ken broken bottles in a garden. In craft, her Vasoil, Tom Gryskiewicz, Matt Watts and poems are music and surprise. An editor Symposium Set April 15 Mike Golla, is a Pennsylvania-based as well as a writer and teacher, The 34th FSU Mathematics Sympo- punk-pop quartet that started out Bosselaar and her husband co-edited an sium will be held on the FSU campus on unlike most young groups, with a fully anthology entitled “Night Out: Poems Friday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. realized sound all its own. Their debut, About Rebels, Exiles and Renegades,” as Under its ongoing theme, “Teaching, “Say It Like You Mean It,” sold in excess well as “Urban Nature: Poems about Learning, Exploring,” the Symposium is of 300,000 copies in just a year after Wildlife in the City.” designed to serve mathematics educators being released. Because of the remark- For information, contact the Depart- at all levels and attracts over 100 math- able success of their first single, the ment of English at x4221 or the Center ematics teachers from the tri-state area. band responded to the requests of fans for Creative Writing at x4024. The featured speaker is Patrick by releasing a six song acoustic EP Vennebush, editor of the popular titled “The Make Yourself at Home EP.” Theatre “Media Clips” column in NCTM’s “Math- The Starting Line has toured with “New ematics Teacher” journal. Vennebush Found Glory” and “Finch” and has will speak on “Developing Algebraic played shows with “Sum 41,” “Taking UT Show: ‘Importance Thinking with Real-World Algebra.” Back Sunday” and “Good Charlotte.” A In addition, the Symposium will new album, “Based on a True Story,” is of Being Earnest’ feature talks on geometry, mathematics due out in the coming months. FSU will present Oscar Wilde’s “The in sports, statistics, mathematics peda- Head Automatica is a collaboration Importance of Being Earnest,” Friday gogy and other topics of interest.