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HOME Playwright Vetere visits Collin College October II 2008: Number 544 Richard Vetere considers himself fortunate. He’s a writer, a poet, College Links a playwright and teacher who’s www.ccccd.edu found a lot of venues to express CougarWeb himself -- TV, film, the printed View Credit Class Schedule word and the theater. View Continuing Education Schedule Admission & Registration The Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer paid a visit to Collin Financial Aid College on the occasion of the Cougarcast southwest regional premiere of In This Issue... his play “One Shot One Kill” produced by the Collin Theatre Playwright Vetere visits Collin College Center. At Collin College, he Richard Vetere Tools of the transfer: Web breaks lectured at a number of theater down equivalency questions classes and attended the opening of the play. Q&A: Luke Sides, THE ARTS gallery director Through his career, he already shares a IMDB page with Campus Dates Francis Ford Coppola, had Carol Burnett take on one of his Author Gilb gives flavor to writing characters and became one of the few Pulitzer Prize- College News nominees to not have a Wikipedia page. Project ZERO encourages walking in someone else's shoes Vetere graciously talked with Cougar News about writing, Career Development Month puts film and more. future in focus

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News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Nov. 1. All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the Vetere was born in New York City in 1952. While a child due date. Photos cannot be returned. attending a series of Catholic schools, he began writing Text should be emailed to [email protected] or sent on disk. short plays and poems, some of which garnered him many Submit copy that is proofed, edited and accolades and attention. saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, He graduated and attended St. John’s University where he contributor; Justin Jones, contributor; received his bachelor’s degree and Columbia University Heather Darrow, contributor; Nick where he received his master’s degree. Although he never Young, photography and layout. gave up writing poetry, he found himself graduating to plays and longer fiction.

What precipitated the move from poetry to other genres of writing?

I felt poetry limiting to me. I started out as a poet in college and graduate school. I wrote some of my favorite poetry after graduate school. Publishing is really tough and it’s a tough business all around.

I actually wrote plays before doing poems. The plays were like 1- or 2-page plays. What I really love about working in the theater is the idea of working with the actors, the director, the production and live audience. What I loved about poetry and writing poetry were the live readings. So I think the theatrics of poetry is what I keyed into. My fiction has changed because of theatre. I remember reading in the newspaper reviews of plays, at least once a week there’s a review of a play, and I never saw reviews of poetry. So I said, “Wow, to get a bigger audience for my work it’d be good idea to start writing plays” and from plays I graduated to movies because I wanted to do film I just didn’t know how they were written. Part of the change was necessity, but part was an artistic choice. The idea of not being called a poet was just horrible to me -- an awful emotion. Being a playwright and film writer has made my life way more exciting and a lot more expansive. I’ve done movies all over the world and been around the world thanks to my writing.

Since, Vetere has adapted his first and only novel, The Third Miracle, into a film produced by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted another play, The Marriage Fool, into a TV movie starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett.

He’s acted, written more plays and has plenty of other coals are in the fire.

How are ideas turned into either a play, novel, novella or poem?

I would say some things hit me as they are and yet, oddly enough, they wind up getting adapted. For instance The Third Miracle struck me as a novel when I conceived it and it never struck me as a movie, and now it’s a movie. I opened it up into a screenplay and (Francis Ford) Coppola produced it. As for the The Marriage Fool, I like the movie better than the play, but I did not think of it as a movie when I was writing it.

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I usually think of things as they are, but sometimes in the back of my head or people say, “That’s a movie.” I’m one of the few playwrights I know who have a published novel. A lot of playwrights get into TV and film writing. I have books of poetry published. It is kind of odd. I don’t know if it’s good or bad.

Do you have any issues with working in film?

The thing about movies is that they are collaborative art. There’s not that single voice. In a play, there’s a single voice. In a novel there’s definitely a single voice. I don’t mind moving from film to theater. What I like to do is have my record of what the story is which is usually the play or the novel.

When you do adapt it you get a lot bigger audience. The Marriage Fool ran in a little theater, never ran in New York and got thrown in a couple of other little regional theaters, but when it was thrown on TV with Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett, the first time 20 million people saw it. The second airing 18 million people saw. Now people see it on DVD and read the play. There are things in the play I miss, but the movie is better. I don’t mind going back and forth but you do have to hand a lot over to the director when doing the movie.

Given the many venues you’ve work in, what do you expect to do in the future?

I was hired to write a musical that we’ve been working on for a few years and are trying to get to Broadway. I don’t know what’s coming next. I’m throwing myself into an old novel and I’m finishing a play I wrote over the spring and summer that I’ve been editing. It’s weird. What will happen is a producer or director will call me up and want to do a play of mine. I don’t see TV on my horizon. I’d love to do another movie. I just produced a short movie I co-wrote. I’m really excited about the piece. It’s called You and Me.

You were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for One Shot One Kill. What do awards mean to you?

I think about them all the time but you can’t write for them and you can’t expect them. Like this short film, we’re hoping to win film festival awards. There are plays of mine that if they’re done right they’re going to get awards. It’s tough. When The Third Miracle came out we were all expecting nominations, but we didn’t get any. They do good things for you, but if you don’t win them … I’m always happy to be nominated.

Who are you reading now?

I read a lot of non-fiction. It’s been tough to get into fiction now not because I’m not interested in what other writers are saying but I’ve just been asked to teach at class at The New School in New York which is an introduction to theater and playwriting so I am going to be reading a lot of playwrights who I knew but haven’t read in quite a while so

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I’ll be reading a history of theater from Euripides to contemporary playwrights.

I love Tennessee Williams. I really like Sam Shepherd and (David) Mamet. I’m also looking up plays I haven’t seen in a long time like Raisin in the Sun and Ceremonies in Dark Old Men by Lonne Elder III. The Greeks bored me before. Our Town is probably my favorite play. I saw Paul Newman do it on Broadway on opening night. Fiction? I wish I could tell you I’m reading a book right now.

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HOME Campus Dates October II 2008: The Southwest Regional Premiere of One Shot, One Kill Number 544 is set for Oct. 14-19, at the Black Box Theatre on the Spring Creek Campus. For ticket information, contact the College Links Collin Theatre Center Box Office at 972.881.5809. The play www.ccccd.edu is a searing and uncompromised look at the machinations CougarWeb of war. This play contains adult language and discussions View Credit Class Schedule of the politics of war. Not recommended for young patrons. View Continuing Education Schedule Directed by Brad Baker. This production is free for Collin Admission & Registration Theatre Center season subscribers. Financial Aid Collin College will host its annual set of Transfer Fairs for Cougarcast those students seeking to achieve their bachelor’s degree. In This Issue... Fairs are set from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15 and Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Spring Creek Campus Atrium. Playwright Vetere visits Collin College Representatives from about 30 regional universities will be Tools of the transfer: Web breaks on hand to answer questions and provide information about down equivalency questions their institution. Participating universities include Baylor Q&A: Luke Sides, THE ARTS gallery University, The University of Texas at Arlington, SMU, director TCU, Stephen F. Austin State University, The University of Campus Dates Texas, the University of Houston and more. Visit Author Gilb gives flavor to writing http://transferu.ccccd.edu. College News Project ZERO encourages walking in Collin College will host a Debate Watch, followed by a someone else's shoes moderated question-and-answer session and panel Career Development Month puts discussion, at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Spring future in focus Creek Campus Conference Center. Doors open at 7:30 Cougar Links p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For more Transfer Tip information, visit www.ccccd.edu/csce or call 972.881.5900. SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE

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The 2008 Book-in-Common program will feature the memoir All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald. The author will host lectures and book signings at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center and at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Preston Ridge Campus Event Center. Also, MacDonald will host a writer’s workshop at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. Events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.ccccd.edu/bookincommon.

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The Collin Dance Ensemble and the Chaddick Dance Theater in Austin will be the featured performers at the annual Dance Fusion. Shows are scheduled for 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, at the John Anthony Theatre, located at the Spring Creek Campus. Tickets are available at the door and cost $8 general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call 972.881.5107 or visit www.ccccd.edu/dance.

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www.ccccd.edu More than 150 CougarWeb students packed View Credit Class Schedule Collin College’s View Continuing Education Schedule Spring Creek Admission & Registration Campus Conference Center recently to Financial Aid hear internationally Cougarcast renowned writer In This Issue... Dagoberto Gilb recite his prose in person. Dagoberto Gilb Playwright Vetere visits Collin College Tools of the transfer: Web breaks If you close your eyes and let Dagoberto Gilb’s words down equivalency questions cascade over your mind, you might get that eerie déjà vu Q&A: Luke Sides, THE ARTS gallery feeling. That is because Gilb’s message is reminiscent of director Walt Whitman’s writing style. Gilb is the voice of the Campus Dates everyday, Mexican-American individual in 2008. Author Gilb gives flavor to writing College News Gilb’s writing is a reflection of his physical appearance. A Project ZERO encourages walking in tall gentleman with long, wavy black hair and vibrant eyes, someone else's shoes creased with life lines, he strides purposefully into the Career Development Month puts room wearing loose, dark, slacks, a white dress shirt and a future in focus worn leather satchel across his chest. He is a life traveler Cougar Links whose prose is an anthropological outpouring of human Transfer Tip experience. SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE A tenured professor in the Creative Writing Program at Enter your email address in Texas State University, Gilb received his bachelor’s and the box below to receive an master’s degrees from the University of California, Santa email each time we post a Barbara. He became a class-A journeyman carpenter, and new issue of Cougar News or for 12 years his office was in the outdoors, atop high-rise use this feature to opt out of buildings. your free subscription: Touted for his anthology Hecho in Tejas, a volume which Email Address: includes works from well respected Hispanic writers, Gilb read an excerpt from his new book, The Flowers.

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HOME College News October II 2008: Number 544 Lupita Tinnen, professor of photography, will showcase work in “Viewfinder: New College Links Images from Texas Artists” hosted by www.ccccd.edu FotoFest and the Houston Center for CougarWeb Photography from Nov. 6-Jan. 11. The View Credit Class Schedule show is taken from the Talent in Texas View Continuing Education Schedule Exhibition Series, which focuses on photo- Admission & Registration related works by artists working and living Lupita Tinnen in Texas. She also has photography in the Financial Aid “Everything’s Going to be Okay: Young Cougarcast Latino Artists 13” at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin In This Issue... through Nov. 9.

Playwright Vetere visits Collin Dr. Barbara Money was named vice College president of Student Development. Dr. Tools of the transfer: Web breaks down equivalency questions Money has served the college for 22 years, Q&A: Luke Sides, THE ARTS gallery where she began as director of Career director Services and Cooperative Work Experience Campus Dates in 1986. In 2000, she was promoted to dean Author Gilb gives flavor to writing of students, and in 2006 she earned a College News second promotion to associate vice Project ZERO encourages walking in president of Student Development. Dr. Barbara Money someone else's shoes Career Development Month puts future in focus Around Campus Cougar Links Transfer Tip Hispanic Heritage Month

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Rockin' the Ridge

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Faculty, turned rock star. Only at Rockin' the Ridge.

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College Links Project ZERO Tolerance of Violence at Collin College will be hosting "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" during Domestic www.ccccd.edu Violence Awareness Month in October. CougarWeb View Credit Class Schedule Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an event to raise awareness View Continuing Education Schedule about gender violence. Admission & Registration Financial Aid Join us in making a commitment against intimate partner Cougarcast violence.

In This Issue... The Walk a Mile dates and times are: Playwright Vetere visits Collin College 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Wednesday, Oct. 15 – Preston Tools of the transfer: Web breaks Ridge Campus Founders Hall down equivalency questions 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. – Thursday, Oct. 16 – Preston Q&A: Luke Sides, THE ARTS gallery director Ridge Campus Founders Hall Campus Dates 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. – Monday, Oct. 20 – Central Park Campus Atrium Author Gilb gives flavor to writing College News This unique event is free and open to students, faculty and Project ZERO encourages walking in staff. someone else's shoes

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HOME Career Development Month puts future October II 2008: Number 544 in focus November is Career Development Month – and a no College Links greater time to think about your future. www.ccccd.edu CougarWeb Collin College’s Career Services and Cooperative Work View Credit Class Schedule Experience department is hosting a monthlong slate of View Continuing Education Schedule events, workshops and activities for those exploring career Admission & Registration opportunities. Financial Aid Cougarcast The theme for this year is “Imagination, Determination, Realization … Inspire Your Career, Develop Your Dreams” In This Issue... and all events are free and open to the public.

Playwright Vetere visits Collin College Events include: Tools of the transfer: Web breaks down equivalency questions Jerri Robertson, president and founder of Building Q&A: Luke Sides, THE ARTS gallery Images, L.L.C., will speak from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, director at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. Campus Dates Robertson will present “Professional Image-Your Future Author Gilb gives flavor to writing Can Depend on It!” She will speak to the importance of College News appearance, personal presence, personality and Project ZERO encourages walking in communication in projecting a polished professional image. someone else's shoes Career Development Month puts future in focus Destination College will host a workshop, “Preparing for the Real World: Employers Speak Out” from 6:30-8:30 Cougar Links p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, at Spring Creek Campus Transfer Tip Conference Center. This workshop features a panel of SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE managers from Dallas-Fort Worth area businesses who will “tell it like it is” about what you need to learn in high school Enter your email address in through college in order to succeed in the professional the box below to receive an workplace. email each time we post a “Imagination...Innovations, Taking Your Career to the new issue of Cougar News or Next Level” is a Career Focus event set from 10 a.m.-1 use this feature to opt out of p.m., Friday, Nov. 7, at the Central Park Campus. your free subscription: “E” Celebration Celebrating Entrepreneurship/Free Enterprise will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. Email Address: 19, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. The program includes guest speaker, Derick Schaefer, entrepreneur and a 15-year veteran of the business Add Remove information technology industry specializing in business Send as HTML consulting, IT alignment and Internet marketing, a showcase of Collin College students “E” project, business plans. Lunch is provided for Collin College Students and staff. Reservations are required. Call 972.881.5781 by Nov. About Cougar News 5 to reserve a seat. “Innovations, Excellence and Inspiration -Careers in A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin College. Published Biotechnology and Beyond” is set for 11 a.m.-2 p.m., semi-monthly. For information or Friday, Nov. 21, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar Center. This event will include a panel presentation and http://www.enewsbuilder.net/cccc/e_article001224802.cfm?x=b11,0,w[4/13/12 2:14:27 PM] Career Development Month puts future in focus

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For additional information about National Career Development Month, call the Career Services offices at 972.548.6747 (Central Park Campus), 972.377.1781 (Preston Ridge Campus) or 972.881.5781 (Spring Creek Campus).

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HOME Cougar Links October II 2008: Thanks to all of those who have given feedback to Cougar Number 544 Links and have shared some of their favorite things online with the rest of the college. College Links www.ccccd.edu If you’d like to share, send any links to CougarWeb [email protected]. View Credit Class Schedule View Continuing Education Schedule Traffic If you commute in Los Angeles, you spend about 72 hours Admission & Registration in traffic each year. That’s enough time to read Leo Financial Aid Tolstoy’s War and Peace once, listen to Richard Wagner’s Cougarcast Ring Cycle almost five times or watch The Lord of the In This Issue... Rings trilogy nearly eight times.

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