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Wednesday, November 8, 2006
NEWS
IN A HURRY
UWG presents
art at Atlanta
Gallery Project
I'he University of
West Georgia Atlanta
Gallery Project will
present its second annual
exhibition at the Mason
Murer Fine Art Gallery.
I'he UWG Atlanta
Gallery Project opens
Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7
p.m. with “Telling: the
Narrative Impulse in
Visual Art,” a compilation
of works by UWG faculty
and visiting artist Lincoln
Perry.
An opening reception
will begin with remarks
from Dr. Beheruz N.
Sethna, UWG president
and interim chief
academic officer and
executive vice chancellor
for the University System
of Georgia, followed by
talks from exhibiting
artists including Perry
and his wife, celebrated
author Ann Beattie. A
book signing with Perry
and Beattie will conclude
the event.
The faculty artists
presenting in the gallery
project are Dave T. Collins,
Author discusses wolves
By Bobby Moore
Editor-in-Chief
rmoore 7 @my. west mi .edit
On Thursday, several
West Georgia Wolves came
out to hear a lecture about
how people’s perception
of the animal that students
picked for a mascot has
changed over time.
Guest lecturer Dr. Jon
Coleman discussed his
book “Vicious: Wolves
and Men in America” and
then gave both students
and faculty a chance to ask
questions about the book.
Coleman, who is
an assistant professor at
Notre Dame, was invited
by the history department
after Dr. Tim Schroer was
impressed by his book.
It is fitting that
Coleman was able to come
this fall, since it is West
Georgia’s first semester
with a Wolf as a mascot.
“I feel like I’m sent
for the owner’s manual
for your new mascot,”
Coleman said.
What would look good in this empty space?
Your name, of course.
The West Georgian is currently hiring staff
writers, sports writers, photographers and
columnists.
We are currently hiring for next semester.
Pick up an application on the door
of UCC room ill and fill it out today or email
Bobby Moore at uwgpaper@westga.edu.
Eilis Crean, Perry Kirk,
Debrah Santini, Stephanie
Smith and former visiting
faculty Jenny Dowd.
Visiting curator Lisa
Alembik is coordinating
the faculty exhibit.
“Telling: the Narrative
Impulse in Visual Art,”
examines the relationship
between narrative and
visual art. "The story
is the painting: they’re
synonymous, symbiotic,
though neither precludes
each other,” Beattie
wrote in her husband’s
book, “Lincoln Perry’s
Charlottesville.”
Beattie is a short story
writer and novelist and
one of the nation’s most
influential fiction writers.
She has received critical
acclaim for her depiction
of the generation of
Americans who grew up in
the 60s and has published
six collections of short
stories.
Perry is a renowned
American artist whose
paintings and sculptures
have been commissioned
and exhibited at galleries in
New York, San Francisco,
Boston and Washington,
DC.
His works are included
in permanent collections at
museums in Paris and the
United States.
Works in the exhibition
will be featured through
Nov. 30 and information
on the event can be viewed
The book describes
how wolves went from
being hated animals that
did not unite agricultural
communities to being
protected animals and the
subject of popular fiction.
According to
Coleman, Americans
have “mixed zoological
feelings.”
This can be seen in
how so many people own
pets yet we still eat meat.
He then listed off several
other examples of our “hot
and cold attitudes.”
When Coleman
finished lecturing and
opened the floor for
questions, both students
and the history professors
who had invited him to
come speak had several
interesting questions.
Dr. Steve Goodson, the
interim chair of the history
department, asked why
Coleman often used the
word “murder” to describe
the killing of wolves.
Coleman responded
by saying it had become
online at http://www.
westga.edu/~artdept.
The program is hosted
by the Departments of Art
and English and sponsored
in part by the University
of West Georgia, Inc.,
and the UWG Centennial
Committee.
The Mason Murer Fine
Art Gallery is located in a
24,000 square foot building
in midtown Atlanta at 199
Armour Drive. Gallery
hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
For directions, call (404)
879-1500.
For information
on all events, call Eilis
Crean, assistant professor
of art. at (678) 839-4954,
or Lucy Curzon. adjunct
visiting assistant professor
of English at (678) 839-
6144.
Marching band
performs at
Variety Show
tonight
The University of West
Georgia Marching Band,
"The Sound That Lights
the South,” w ill perform its
annual Varsity Show, the
must-see event of the year,
on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at
8:15 p.m. at the Townsend
Center for the Performing
ritualized, but admitted
that “I’m pretty loose
with language.”
Early in the lecture,
Coleman said that it was
remarkable that West
Georgia had picked a wolf
as its new mascot.
When graduate student
Sandy Pollard asked why the
selection w as “remarkable”,
Coleman said, “We’ve been
playing Indian with our
mascots, but we hadn’t been
using wolves. You couldn't
have done this in 1860.”
After Coleman
finished and received
applause from the
audience, he was presented
with several gifts from the
history club.
These gifts included a
stuffed UWG Wolf, which
Goodson referred to as a
“scale replica”.
Coleman’s book,
w hich has won a couple of
awards, was his first book
and was released by Yale
University Press. It can be
found both online and at
the University Bookstore.
Arts.
Experience the
pageantry, visual effects
and routines of the UWG
Marching Band at more
than 120 decibels.
Favorite music of the
season, new dance routines
and guard displays, the
band’s special visual and
sound effects are sure to
entertain at this year’s
presentation. Photographs
and a video of the band's
recent trip to Antigua will
also be shown.
The UWG Marching
Band is directed by Dr.
Doug Overmier, director
of bands and instructor of
percussion, and has toured
extensively internationally
and in the United States.
Everyone is welcome
to enjoy a spectacular
football performance
indoors.
Tickets are $5 and
can be purchased at the
Townsend Center box
office.
For more information,
call (678)839-6516.
Jazz ensemble
plays this
Friday
The Department of
Music at the University of
West Georgia will present
UWG Jazz Ensemble
Campus Calendar
Wednesday November 8
• SGA Elections Committee, Campus Center Boardroom
105, 5 p.m.
• NAACP Political Action Committee, UCC 311,6 p.m.
• Judo Club, Student Rec Center, 6:30 p.m.
• SAC Multi-Cultural Committee, Campus Center
Boardroom 105, 6:30 p.m.
• Lambda, Pafford 302, 7 p.m.
Thursday November 9
• SGA Meeting, Campus Center 302, 3:30 p.m.
• Gamma Sigma Sigma Meeting, UCC 311 & 312, 6 p.m.
Friday November 10
• MSA Weekly Meetings, Campus Boardroom 105, 1:30
p.m.
• Parking Appeals, Campus Center Boardroom 105, 3 p.m
Saturday November 11
• Carroll County NAACP Banquet, Lower Level Z-6m 7
a.m.
Sunday November 12
• BSA Weekly Meeting, Campus Center Boardroom 105,
6 p.m.
Monday November 13
• SGA Multicultural Committee, Campus Center 302,
2 p.m.
• SAC Executive Meeting, Campus Center Boardroom
105, 4:45 p.m.
• Daughters of Zion, Campus Center 104, 5 p.m.
• NAACP, Lower Level Z-6, 6 p.m.
• BSA Programming Committee, Campus Center 302, 7
p.m.
• BSA Membership Committee Campus 104 8 p.m.
Tuesday November 14
• Women of Diversity, Campus Center 104, 5 p.m.
• BSA Community Service Committee, Campus Center
104, 7:30 p.m.
performance on Friday,
Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. in the
Townsend Center for the
Performing Arts.
Directed by Dr. Daniel
Bakos, professor of music
and director of jazz studies
and music theory, the
ensemble has performed
with popular jazz musicians
in concerts throughout the
southeast and is the resident
band for the annual Sunbelt
Jazz Festival on the UWG
campus.
The ensemble will
perform selections from
great composers and
musicians including Duke
Ellington, Dave Metzger,
Cole Porter and Shorty
Rogers.
For more information
about this free concert,
contact the Department of
Music at (678) 839-6516.
UWG helps
Antigua
celebrate
freedom
Students attending
Seaview Academy in
Antigua looked on as the
University of West Georgia
Marching Band played for
an audience of educators
and students.
The exhibition was
held to encourage the
<El|e Hleat (fieuryian
development of school
marching bands in the
island nation.
The “Sound that
Lights the South”
marching band and the
UWG Jazz Percussion
Group performed
Antigua to celebrate the
country’s 25 years of
independence.
Public Safety
conducts
research
The Department of
Public Safety isconducting
a survey to measure how
effective our Department
is in providing police,
parking, transportation
and locksmith services to
the campus community.
The results will be
utilized in evaluating
Public Safety’s
responsiveness and allow
us to make changes as
needed.
The following is a
link that we have designed
to record your opinions on
the quality of services.
Your response
may be answered
anonymously: http://www.
zoomerang.com/survey.
zgi?p=web22sSßsCs6BH.
The survey results will
be posted on the Business
and Finance website in
February 2007.