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From McDaniel to our troops in Iraq
It’s hot and dusty and dangerous. A long way from home, in terms of distance and culture.
Then, one day, a box arrives. Inside are Gatorade packets, baby wipes, KoolAid bursts, Scrabble, Crest toothpaste, granola bars, Pop-Tarts, a little can of peaches and a plush turkey for Thanksgiving decoration. Tucked in the corner are a McDaniel postcard and a note from a new friend back home. A package from home. The joy is indescribable. And so easily delivered. One shoebox and a couple of items from home can cost as little as $5 or $10.
The brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon know this very well. The fraternity is spearheading a drive to fill and deliver shoeboxes to all McDaniel alumni serving in Iraq, as part of the nationwide campaign, Operation Shoebox. The fraternity’s participation was the brainchild of sophomore Christopher DeRose. The drive moves into full swing Oct. 18-31 when Ensor Lounge in Decker becomes a drop-off point for items and filled boxes donated by the McDaniel community.
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New course explores music and the brain
The scene could easily have come from a Robin Cook medical mystery.
A young woman with electrodes attached to her head listens to music while her brain waves are read by an electro-encephalogram (EEG) machine.
As Handel’s "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" plays, Ashley Vale’s brain reacts to the happy music. Then, as the deep, slow tones of Ravel’s "The Pavane for a Dead Princess" roll into Ashley’s ear, her brain waves reflect the sadness of the music.
But there is no sci-fi here. It is all in a two-hour lab for one of McDaniel’s newest courses, "Music and the Brain," an honors course team taught by Professor of Music Margie Boudreaux and Lecturer in Psychology Paul Mazeroff.
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Homecoming 2004
Nothing welcomes fall to McDaniel like a red, white, and blue Homecoming celebration.
The Oct. 8 - 9 event decorated the Hill in patriotic colors. Alumni, parents, friends, and students brought out the green and gold, too.
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Shakespeare with an Asian twist
McDaniel College students, professors and alumni will stage their one-of-a-kind production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at 8 p.m. Oct. 28, 29, 30 and Nov. 5 and 2 p.m. Nov. 6 on campus in WMC Alumni Hall.
Tickets are $7 for general admission, $5 McDaniel faculty and staff, seniors and students. For tickets, call the box office at 410-857-2448.
Director Elizabeth van den Berg chose to use Asian theatre as the play's basis in acting, technique, setting and costume.
"(In our production) the island in 'The Tempest' has an Asian theme borrowing from Indonesia, China and Japan," the assistant professor of theatre arts says. The audience will easily identify the island and its inhabitants as Asian, but will not be able to narrow generality to a specific area.
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Campus buzzing over election
The political atmosphere on campus surprised senior Aster Grahn when she returned this fall after a semester in Strasbourg, France.
"Political interest exploded," the Political Science and International Studies major said, adding that she certainly understood why. "The stakes are pretty high in this election."
The war in Iraq is very real to McDaniel students – and the downturn in the economy has affected some in the loss of a parent's job, according to Aster.
"Then, there's the job market we face when we graduate in the spring – that's tangible," she said.
With everyone talking about the election, Aster describes the political differences among friends as "Civil, but tense."
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Why we buy fear
Halloween. Psycho. The Pit and the Pendulum. The Shining.
People, it seems, pay money to be frightened.
But why?
"The Horror We Crave" looks at that question at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Eldersburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library. McDaniel Associate Professor of English Robert Kachur examines the popular genre of horror in fiction and film – and why these books and films fascinate us.
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Faculty present multi-media art show
At McDaniel College, those who teach also do. The extraordinary work of the Art and Art History faculty will be on exhibit Oct. 20 through Nov. 17 on campus in the Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall.
In the second McDaniel College Faculty Art Show, eight faculty members contribute a range of work, including sculpture, digital paintings, acrylic paintings, ceramic bowls and cups, watercolor and ink painting, jewelry, oil on canvas and more. Artists in the show are Susan Ruddick Bloom, O. Kenneth Hankins, Michael Losch, Gretchen McKay, Katya Dovgan Mychajlyshyn, Steven Pearson, Susan Clare Scott and Linda Van Hart.
The opening reception for the biennial show is 7-9 p.m. Oct. 20 in Rice Gallery. For gallery hours, call 410-857-2595 Monday through Friday. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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A visit with Emily Dickinson
"There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry." These lines by Emily Dickinson are just a few that inspired author and educator Candace Ridington to imagine and re-create the life of this 19th-century poet for today’s audience.
Candace will perform her one-woman dramatic monologue entitled "This and My Heart Beside: A Visit with Emily Dickinson" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in Decker Auditorium.
Candace was born and raised in Westminster, Md., where her father, William, chaired the Classics Department at McDaniel College (then Western Maryland College) and her mother, Edith, also taught classics and ancient history.
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Keep your eye on the title
By now the pregame rituals and superstitions are routine. Toes peek out of holes in lucky socks. That bruise is going to be there until the end of the season.
Many Green Terror athletes are digging deep for Centennial gold. Although the weather is turning colder, the Conference title races are heating up.
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Families Weekend 2004
McDaniel welcomes students' families to the Hill Nov. 5-7 for Families Weekend 2004.
Events include "The Tempest" presented by the Theatre Arts Department, a College Store Open House, a seminar on the College's history, Green Terror football versus Muhlenberg, the Families Weekend Golf Tournament, and more.
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Hill Happenings
- The McDaniel College Gospel Choir, The McDaniel College Choir, organist Ted Dix, and others present "With One Voice," a concert to benefit Carroll County Domestic Safe House, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at St. John's Catholic Church in Westminster. For ticket prices and information, please call 410-840-0406.
- The film series Exploring Our Connections: Documenting Our Lives features "Thunderbird Woman: Winona LaDuke" at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 in Hill Hall Room 108. Free and open to the public.
- Chamber Music on the Hill opens the fall season with "Piano with Strings Attached" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in WMC Alumni Hall. $15 for adults, $8 for seniors, students admitted free with current ID.
- André Bernard, trade publisher of Harcourt, Inc., and regular columnist for The American Scholar, presents the 19th annual Holloway Lecture, "Can Publishing Be Interesting?", at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in McDaniel Lounge.
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