Glimpsing at what’s out there

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

It looked like some dimples and wrinkles on a grainy, gray surface.

But 12-year-old Logan Watkins, a student at Goddard’s Discovery Intermediate School, was impressed.

"Look at it. It’s awesome," he beckoned to his aunt Melissa Watkins. They’d seen it several times before, on clear nights, but tonight was different.

Psychologists offer advice on coping with disaster

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

When President Bush addressed the nation Sept. 20, he said, "I ask you to live your lives and hug your children."

It’s a simple expectation in the aftermath of terrorist attacks that have affected Americans and others in such magnitude.

Standing and shining

When President Beggs addressed the campus community in a letter in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he turned to an Oxford University commencement address delivered by the English poet John Masefield in 1948 as Britain and the world recovered from World War II.

The address talked about the value of a university, saying "Wherever a university stands, it stands and shines."

Forming lasting friendships

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

As a young girl growing up in the small town of Aurora, Mo., Janice Holtsclaw didn’t know much about life elsewhere in the world.

Get Out. Get In. Get Neighborly

By Carmen Hytche

Find out what’s going on beyond your corner of campus and learn a little history along the way through a new series of events for the WSU community.

Each stop on the Campus Discovery Tour will reveal a different facet of the university.

Crime dramas: Reality TV or not

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

Crime dramas are making a minor comeback among broadcast networks as they roll out their new shows for the fall season.

But are these shows that range from courtroom dramas to gritty detective work to high-tech criminals another sort of reality TV with story lines on laying down the law?

Hear the insights of master story teller Larry McMurtry

By Carmen Hytche

WSU Forum Board will present Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry in a free, public lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Lowe Auditorium, Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

This marks the second time McMurtry is part of WSU’s Forum Board, which is the state’s longest running, continuous lecture series. McMurtry visited WSU in 1988.

Muchas gracias

Late Spanish professor remembers students in her will with $54,400

By Lynette Murphy

In 1991, Janice Bradley ‘92, ‘93, received the opportunity to participate in the Puebla summer program, where WSU Spanish students spend a summer in Mexico among native speakers.

Wichita State University enrolmment nears 15,000

By Joe Kleinsasser

Wichita State University has more students in class this fall than one year ago, and those students are taking significantly more classes.

Beggs hits the road

By Tammy Allen

Last spring and this summer, President Beggs hit the road to listen to community leaders around Kansas.

This fall, he’ll do it again.

Program helps save for college

By Amy Geiszler-Jones

With as little as $25 a month, you can begin saving for a college education for your child or even yourself though Learning Quest, Kansas’ education savings program.

Perks coming to WSU employees

By Joe Kleinsasser

The concept is simple. Offer services, tickets, events, merchandise and opportunities to faculty and staff at a discount as a perk for being WSU employees.

New employee benefits group looking for identity

By Joe Kleinsasser

What’s in a name? A lot if you’re the winner in an upcoming contest.

WSU’s opera presents ‘The Gondoliers’

"The Gondoliers," or the King of Barataria, Gilbert and Sullivan’s last collaboration, premiered in London’s Savoy Theatre Dec. 7 1889, where it ran for nearly two years.

Nearly 112 years later, the opera will be performed at WSU 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 18-20, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in Miller Concert Hall.

Music events commemorate America

An upcoming concert and a music festival at WSU will have patriotic themes, in light of the tragic events Sept. 11.

Black will play ‘Stuff’ during Octubafest

Phillip Black will perform a tuba recital as part of the Faculty Artist Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Wiedemann Recital Hall.

This will be Black’s 16th annual "Octubafest" recital since joining the faculty in fall 1986.

‘Two Phases of Modern Urbanism’ presented at lecture

The history of modern architecture and urbanism is typically understood as largely the work of certain personalities, notably Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius.

KMUW FM89, WSU’s public radio station, will hold its annual, on-air, fall fund-raising campaign "Harvest of Sound," Oct. 13-20. The station offers a number of ways to donate, including payroll deduction for WSU employees. Those pledging are eligible for a drawing for a night out and two tickets to an April 12 Ray Charles concert. The station also needs volunteers to be on air and answer phones during the campaign. For more information, call Liz Willis, 978-7173.

United Way drive under way

WSU’s campus campaign for the United Way of the Plains continues through Oct. 19. Last year, WSU faculty and staff used United Way-supported services more than 1,300 times. You can contribute through payroll deduction. For more information or to contribute, contact the Office of Human Resources, 978-3065.

Just get those old records off the shelf

The School of Music and its support organization, Music Associates, are looking for donations of music, records, music books and magazines, sound equipment and other items of musical interest of its popular biannual music sale Oct. 19-21. Proceeds are used for music scholarships and enrichment activities. For more information, contact James Jones, 978-3103.

No break for employees

WSU students will have a short fall break, with no classes being held Oct. 14-16. University offices, however, will continue business as usual.

Learn to inhale

Sting, Madonna and model Christy Turlington do it, now you can, too. Learn more about yoga – which encourages deep breathing as you stretch and hold poses – during a special, free, one-hour event, "Yoga for Art Lovers," at noon Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Ulrich Museum. Dana Riffel will offer basic yoga instruction. For more information, call Teresa Veazey, 978-6413.

Row, row, row your boat

The rowing team is holding its row-a-thon fund-raiser from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Wichita Boathouse. Contributors are eligible for a free rowing lesson. To make contributions, call Rebecca Jones, 978-3465.

Help fight breast cancer

It’s Lee National Denim Day for Breast Cancer Awareness on Friday, Oct. 5. You can make donations to the cause by stopping at an information table near Copperfield’s in the Rhatigan Student Center from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. that day. If you donate at least $5 you’ll get a pink ribbon. Those donating $25 or more will be eligible to win a gift basket.

Power to the PDA

Personal digital assistants can be helpful, if you know how to use them. The College of Education is offering a series of five workshops on different features from 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays Oct. 6-Nov. 3. Sessions cost $20 each and may be taken for credit. For more information call 978-3385 or e-mail.

Decorate safely

If you’re planning to decorate offices for upcoming holidays, make sure you do it safely. According to WSU fire codes, only Universal Laboratory-listed electric lights are allowed. Any other decorations should be made of flame retardant material. Open flames, such as candles and heaters, can’t be located near combustible materials.