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Tops in their field It’s ‘Star’ time Early show PRE-SORTED Insurance professionals ‘Nashville Star’ 2006 tour Students meet pre-dawn call FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID inducted into Hall of Fame rolling into Murphy Center to help with CBS production MURFREESBORO TN PERMIT NO. 16 see page 3 see page 5 see page 7 a publication for the Middle Tennessee State University community Aug. 14, 2006 • Vol. 15/No. 3 IN BRIEF LEARN MORE ABOUT LEARNING Project seeks young voters AT LT&ITC OPEN HOUSE AUG. 25 by Lisa L. Rollins The non-partisan project’s nation- levels—an increase of more than Find out more about the Learning, al organizers said they hope to regis- 4 million more voters,” he added. Teaching and Innovative Technologies TSU will participate again ter 350,000 young voters in 2006. The AASCU’s sign-up campaign Center’s services and upcoming semi- this fall in the American is coordinated by Younger Voter nars at an open house on Friday, Aug. Democracy Project, a multi- Strategies, a Washington, D.C.-based 25. The LT&ITC is inviting faculty, M project of the Graduate School of campus initiative designed to create a department chairs and deans to the heightened understanding of civic Political Management at George event in its new space in Peck Hall 106 engagement among undergraduates, Washington University. It provides from 3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Refreshments according to Dr. Mark Byrnes, profes- parties, candidates and consultants will be served. The LT&TIC is a partner- sor, political science. with data on the youth vote and ship between Academic Affairs and the The nationwide project, which is “Although young people still advice on how to effectively mobilize Information Technology Division to pro- being conducted at some 80 colleges voted at lower rates than other age this electorate for upcoming elections. mote faculty development in the prac- and universities in 30 states and spon- groups, the youth vote improved sig- The project is funded by a $3 million tice and scholarship of teaching and sored by the American Association of nificantly in 2004,” remarked Byrnes, grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts. learning. To learn more about the center, State Colleges and Universities, asks who serves as chairman of MTSU’s Additionally, according to organ- visit its Web site at www.mtsu.edu/ school administrators and students to student registration drive. izers, the goal of the campaign is “to ~ltanditc. help register young voters using a “Major registration and mobiliza- produce graduates who understand mix of peer-to-peer outreach, encour- tion efforts in 2004 helped spur an and are committed to engaging in COUNTRY CONCERT, APPALOOSAS agement from professors, e-mail and increase in young voter turnout by 11 COMING TO LIVESTOCK CENTER direct mail. percentage points over (the year) 2000 See ‘Voters’ page 5 “The Music City Extravaganza Horse Show” is going country this year with a Saturday Night Opry and Appaloosa-style concert at 8 p.m. Girls rock Saturday, Aug. 26, in the Tennessee Honors College Livestock Center on Greenland Drive. Appaloosa fans of all ages are invited. names new Sponsored by The Tennessee State Appaloosa Horse Club, the concert will feature T. Graham Brown, Jeannie Seely, seminars for Jimmy C. Newman, Cody & Chance and “Wild West.” Concert tickets are $20 Nobel Laureate each in advance and may be purchased by Randy Weiler at www.spurpromotions.com or in person at Woodbury’s Farmer’s Co-op, Curves (also in Woodbury), and Tennessee Title ecruiting will begin this Loan in Jackson Heights Plaza in fall for the first class of Murfreesboro. The horse show will take University Honors R place Aug. 26 and 27, and admission to College Buchanan Fellows. the horse show only will be free. For The Honors College and more information, call 615-464-4130 or Office of Admissions will “wel- 615-785-2738. come applications from every- where and from everybody,” POLISH UP YOUR RESUME, said Dr. Jill Hague, interim DUST OFF YOUR INTERVIEW SUIT associate dean. MTSU’S fall Career Fair for students “We want stu- DON’T FRET—Southern Girls Rock & Roll Camp instructor Doug Payne shows camper is set Thursday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. dents in all Austin Dietz the proper finger positioning on the fretboard of her guitar during practice. until 3 p.m. on the Murphy Center track. areas—all The weeklong camp was capped off Aug. 5 with a showcase featuring 16 all-girl bands. All students are invited to visit with majors and all employers and graduate/professional interests. photo by J. Intintoli school representatives to obtain career We’re seeking and employment information. Business diversity in casual attire is recommended; no shorts every sense.” or flip-flops. Approximately 150 The employers and 20 graduate/professional Hague Buchanan Convocation set Aug. 27 schools will be represented at the Career from Staff Reports World, which explores obesity in Fellows, Fair this semester. For more information, America as a health, business and psy- named for alumnus and Nobel visit http://career.web.mtsu.edu/. Laureate Dr. James M. uthor Greg Critser will be the chological issue. Buchanan Jr. (B.S. ’40), will con- keynote Fat Land also is the featured text for sist of a special group of honors A speaker at the the 2006 summer reading program. students selected for participa- annual University After Convocation, Critser will tion in a six-course cohort cur- Convocation, which attend the President’s Picnic at Walnut riculum to be known as the will begin at 2 p.m. Grove. On Monday, Aug. 28, he will Buchanan Seminars, said Dr. Sunday, Aug. 27, in speak to Dr. Bob Pondillo’s Phil Mathis, dean of the Honors Murphy Center. Understanding Mass Media class. College. Critser is the Critser is also the author of Buchanan, a native of writer of Fat Land: Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs How Americans Became Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and See ‘Honors’ page 5 the Fattest People in the Critser Bodies. www.mtsunews.com AES student team takes 1st place, gets advice Edwards proctoring the mix sessions. further?” is a question engineers should ask, he from Staff Reports The students were given the tracks cold and said. had equal studio time to complete their mixes, In a successful mix, Dodd added, each of the team of three recording industry students competing for prizes from Audio-Technica and elements would sound “like they are part of the representing MTSU took first place in the Digidesign. same fantasy . when the part sucks, change it or A Third Annual Spring Mixer competition The judges provided honest evaluations based hang your hat on something else.” organized by the Nashville section of the Audio on criteria ranging from creativity to balance. The judges used a scale of 10 for their voting in Engineering Society. Moderator Mike Poston also served as a surrogate each of eight categories, with humorous exceptions: Jeff Hayes, Billy Hickey and Ben Koffman each panelist, reading the written comments of veteran Ainlay revealed that he had used a scale of eight, received an Audio Technica microphone during the engineer Billy Sherrill, along with Poston’s own but then applied a 1.25 dB offset, while Dodd said awards presentation at Ocean Way Studios in grades of the team’s documentation. that since the project was digital, he only used the Nashville. The judging and playback event was held in values zero and one, reserving non-zero grades for Members of the judging panel, which included the main hall of Belmont Studios Studio A (former- the top two mixes. Chuck Ainlay, Gary Paczosa and Richard Dodd, ly Oceanway Nashville). The judging panel Dodd’s approach was echoed in one topic of commented that the MTSU team’s mix stood “head received the team mixes on CD and had no discussion by the panelists, providing justification and shoulders above the others” and was “clearly advance knowledge of which team produced a for their sometimes strong criticisms—their own the favorite mix.” given mix. The panel also gave guidance on the mixes are judged daily on a strict scale of success or After wins by Belmont University teams in the kind of questions that they would want answered failure. first two years of the contest, MTSU has now taken before mixing previously unknown tracks. “Until it’s great, it sucks,” explained Paczosa. custody of a ceremonial trophy that features a gold- Given a totally blind entry into a mix project, Ainlay, the mix engineer on the released ver- painted kitchen mixer on a wooden base. Ainlay advised that “you can’t ignore any moment sion of the track, gave himself a C-plus. During the competition, teams from MTSU, (in a four-minute song),” and that for a country Though the student mixers received no Belmont, the University of North Alabama and record like the provided track, the “vocal has to be advance insight into the artist’s or the track produc- SAE-Nashville mixed the same track from new like God,” something he felt none of the teams er’s preferences, Poston reminded that the main job Universal South country artist Rockie Lynne. They quite accomplished. of an engineer is to “please the producer and used identical audio suites at CMT/MTV Paczoza suggested that critical attention be artist.” Nashville, with MTV Nashville engineer Tom paid to the intro: “Am I interested in listening any RECIPE FOR SUCCESS— Nashville AES chairman Bil VornDick (left) holds the golden mixer trophy awarded to MTSU, represented by recording indus- try professor Michael Fleming (second from left) and winning team members Billy Hickey, Ben Koffman and Jeff Hayes.