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Making massive art
By Julie Rausch

Some artists don’t like to mix business with pleasure, but local artist and WSU lecturer Steve Murillo doesn’t have much choice. The satisfaction he gets from creating art has to be mixed with business, because as owner of an Old Town art studio, he’s a one-person operation.
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Art, for our sakes
By Julie Rausch

We dine with it, drive past it, wait in waiting rooms with it, share offices with it, walk across it, bike past it in parks and attend schools with it. 
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Sex, lives and videotape
By Julie Rausch

Information on how to sustain a healthy sex life can be found in bookstores, on magazines racks and on television talk shows — just about anywhere except in the hospital rooms of patients recovering from heart attacks.

Elaine Steinke, associate professor of nursing and principal investigator for a $103,917 grant from the National Institutes of Health, plans to comare two methods of getting expanded and improved information to couples impacted by heart attacks. 
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Researcher studies Palestinian feminism
By Amy Geiszler-Jones

Palestinian feminists find themselves in a position that no other women’s movement has faced in history, says a feminist anthropologist who spent the past year living and doing research in the West Bank.
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Studying around the clock
By Lynette Murphy

Many students at Wichita State University don’t fit the norm of traditional universities. Many of them work part or full time and have families to raise. The average student age is 29. With tight schedules, finding time to study and do computer research is hard.

That’s why the new 24-hour study room connected to the northwest side of Ablah Library is such a valuable addition. 
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WSU-TV expands local programming
By Joe Kleinsasser

A small and ambitious staff is producing three new television programs for WSU-TV.
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Speaking for the president
By Tisha Cannizzo

As a member of President Bill Clinton’s inner circle, Dee Dee Myers viewed the making of history firsthand. She served as White House press secretary for President Clinton from 1993-94 and was the first woman and youngest person ever to hold that job. 
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‘Helper of nations’ shares stories of local diversity
By Amy Geiszler-Jones

Daisy Kabagarama believes in fostering cross-cultural understanding through her teaching, writing and various presentations.
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Diversity conference to try new format
By Julie Rausch

Kansas’ public universities have been taking turns hosting an annual conference on diversity and multiculturalism since 1994.

This year, the format will change.
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Beggs names VP screening committee
By Bruce Erickson

President Beggs has launched WSU’s search for a new vice president for academic affairs and research by naming a 13-member screening committee.
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Famous for combining theatrical jazz, contemporary dance and classical ballet styles, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at Century II Concert Hall in Wichita. The performance is part of Wichita State’s Connoisseur Series, sponsored by the College of Fine Arts. 
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Writing series founder returns to WSU

The founder of the Kay Closson Women Writing Series, sponsored by the Center for Women’s Studies, will return to WSU to kick off the series this year. 
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Strike up the bands for KMUW’s 50th anniversary celebration
By Joe Kleinsasser

Two bluegrass bands, one local and one from the Czech Republic, will be featured in a concert sponsored by Wichita State’s KMUW Radio at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, in Miller Concert Hall.
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Cardiac doctor to speak at WSU

Dr. Vincent Gott, a former Wichita University football player, has earned a heart-pumping reputation in the field of cardiac surgery. Inspired by mentors such as Hazel Branch and well-known physician D. Cramer Reed at his alma mater, he has been involved in many firsts within the field.

Gott is the speaker in WSU’s Distinguished Alumni Breakfast Series at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 7 at Traditions Cafe. 
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A great loss is remembered
By Shauna Kendrick

As the new millennium approaches, Wichita State is reminded of the tragic plane crash that caused the deaths of 31 football players, coaches and team boosters Oct. 2, 1970. On its way to Logan, Utah, for a game with Utah State University, the plane crashed into a mountainside near Silver Plume, Colo. 
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Artist has developed a palette and palate for landscapes
By Julie Rausch

The visual stimulation during a recent vacation to Portugal provided an irresistible subject matter for Leeah Joo, resulting in an exhibition at Clayton Staples Gallery until Oct. 22. The gallery, free to the public, is open weekdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 
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Part of the Rhatigan Student Center parking lot will be closed Friday, Sept. 24, to accommodate parking for a career fair being held at the RSC.

‘Free’ food, free games

By donating three non-perishable food items, WSU faculty, staff and families can be admitted free to four upcoming volleyball games. The Missouri Valley Conference games on Sept. 24 and 25 and Oct. 8 and 9 begin at 7 p.m. in Levitt Arena. The food donations will help the Kansas Food Bank Warehouse’s Race Against Hunger drive.

The Wichita Radio Reading Service plans to celebrate its new location and honor those who helped with their move to the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Faculty and staff are invited to the open house 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6. The official dedication starts at 4 p.m. Door prizes will be given every half-hour.

The Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic can accept two more typically developing children, ages 2 1/2 to 5 years, in its interdisciplinary preschool program. The preschool, which meets 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, got under way this week. The weekly charge is $30. Call Debbie Froelich, ext. 3331.

It’s in the mail

An error in the new mailing process of Inside WSU resulted in some faculty and staff receiving the publication at home. This and future issues should come to your campus box. If you continue receiving Inside WSU at home or receive copies at both work at home, please contact Amy Geiszler-Jones, ext. 3409 or amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu.

The Alumni Association is taking nominations for its awards given to alumni, faculty and staff or friends of the university until Monday, Sept. 27. One award honors current or retired non-faculty or non-administrator employees, while another award recognizes a past or current faculty member or administrator. For more information, call Nikki Hansson, ext. 3834.

The WSU community is participating in Lee National Denim Day for Breast Cancer Awareness Oct. 8. Each person donating at least $5 will get a pink ribbon pin to wear with their jeans Oct. 8. Send tax-deductible donations to Ellen Horn, box 85. A ribbon and receipt will be sent to you. Make checks payable to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The national goal is to raise $6 million for research; the WSU goal is $1,500. Last year, the WSU community raised $1,170.

Mary Herrin was inadvertently left off the list of current faculty/staff who are members of the Society of 1895 in the Sept. 9 issue of Inside WSU. The admission price for children 12 and younger to the Alumni Association’s fall fling at Eberly Farm Oct. 8 is $6. The information was incorrect in the Sept. 9 issue of Inside WSU. We regret any inconvenience these errors may have caused.

Inside WSU is published by the Office of University Communications for Wichita State University faculty, staff and friends on Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters. Items to be considered for publication should be sent to campus box 62 or amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu 10 days before publication.

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