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Lifestyles The TOWER 11 By KATHY SHELEK-FURBEE Faculty Contributor VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Tracie Duncan, Associate Profes- sor and Director of Technical The- atre, will be designing lights for a special encore presentation of last spring’s New Players Theatre pro- duction of Underneath the Lintel in Columbus, Ohio. New Players Theatre will also be presenting this award-winning play at Bethany on Oct 21 at 7:30 pm (place TBA). Herb Weaver, Professor of Art, has received a $2000 Award of Ex- cellence for his entry titled “Truth Wielder” in the 2011 West Virginia Juried Exhibition. The mixed me- dia artwork features ceramic weld- ing helmets, lights, and a jumbled mess of Biblical scripture in an attempt to ascertain the “journey toward truth”. The award-winning piece will become part of the State of West Virginia Collection at the Cultural Center in Charleston. Weaver’s second entry titled “Road Weavers,” a ceramic sculpture commemorating his and daughter Anda’s bicycle trip to Arkansas, was also selected for the exhibi- tion. The opening reception for exhibition is scheduled for Friday, Faculty Spotlight: News of Bethany Faculty September 30, at 6:30 at the Stifel Art Museum 1330 National Road in Wheeling. All are welcome. Luke Hardt, Chair, Visual and Performing Arts Department and Director of Bethany College The- atre, can now honestly say, “I’m not a doctor but I played one on TV!” His professional work this sum- mer included playing a surgeon in a television commercial and work on the movies, “The Perks of Be- ing a Wallflower,” which stars Emma Watson, and “Steeltown,” which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal. Assistant Professor of Music, Pandel Collaros, has installed Au- ralex studio foam in the Steinman Hall Audio Recording Studio and Control Room. The acoustic treat- ment for these rooms was made possible by a generous contribution from Thom Furbee, Director of In- formation Technology, who is also a musician and audio engineer. ATHLETICS AND RECREATION Jan Forsty, Associate Director of Athletics and Recreation, Head Softball Coach and Head Women’s Tennis Coach, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Sports Studies, was recently elected to two By NICK WEIRY TOWER staff writer •The only way to class is up hill both ways. •You have heard of the Cow-in- the-Tower legend. •The only red light in town is the awning of the Bison Inn. •You know what Chicken Patty Wednesday is. •Your head is on a swivel for raccoons whenever you take out the trash. •You’ve suffered from the “Beth- any Plague”. •The cafeteria has beef tips for dinner and beef stroganoff or stew for lunch the next day. •The Bell Tower rings every hour and plays “Pachelbel Canon” at 6 p.m. •Your Friday morning classes are empty due to “Thirsty Thurs- day”. •Route 67’s six miles are the longest six miles you have ever en- countered. •The “omelet man” is present every Saturday and Sunday in the cafeteria. •RAs are trained to hear pong balls bouncing from a mile away. •The famous sauce on campus is called “Bison Sauce” (What is in that, anyway?). •There’s nowhere to eat after 11 Campus Life: You Know You’re in Bethany When... national committees for the Na- tional Fastpitch Coaches Associa- tion [NFCA], the NFCA Recruiting Committee and the NFCA Nomi- nating Committee. She is also a current member of the NFCA Top 25 Committee. COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA ARTS Dr. Patrick J. Sutherland, Pro- fessor and Advisor to WVBC In- ternet Radio in the Department of Communications and Media Arts, recently had a chapter ac- cepted for publication. The Chap- ter is titled “ESPN: Television Transforms Sports Culture” for inclusion in a three- volume book named American History Through American Sports, by editors Dani- elle Coombs and Bob Batchelor. Professor Sutherland also attend- ed the 2011 Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communica- tion (AEJMC)) held this past Au- gust in St. Louis. And in his role as Chair of the Town of Bethany’s Main Street Revitalization Committee, Dr. Sutherland attended meetings this past summer with West Vir- ginia State Government officials in Charleston, WV, at the Division of Culture and History and Main Street WV/On Track Program. p.m. •It’s possible to fit the entire stu- dent body into one “All Campus Photo”. •Boomer’s points seem to disp- pear into thin air. •You know who/what Boomer the Bison is. •If you see a green circle, you push people out of the way to avoid stepping in it . •You frequently talk to your pro- fessors outside of class. •The library closes at 5 p.m. on Fridays. •The President eats at the caf more than you do. •It takes skill and tenacity to walk in heels on campus. •You know everyone in your major and most everyone in all of your classes. •If an email has the heading “All Campus Email” you automati- cally hit delete. •Skipping one class means you have to skip two because you have the same professor twice. •Wearing a cutt-off and shorts to class is considered acceptable. •R.J. Zitzelsberger knows your name even though you’ve never formally met. •You forget to wear seat belts. •A “pet” deer runs into your dor- mitory. Drive with Bethany Pride By AMIE WARRICK TOWER Co-editor-in-chief Bethany College finally has a way for you to show your school support on your car without get- ting those pesky stickers that sometimes peel-off. The Bethany plate is custom designed for all Class A motor vehicles licensed in the state of West Virginia. It is an ideal way for Bethany Col- lege alumni, employees, students, family members and friends to show their school pride. Show how green you are with the new Beth- any College license plate. In order to receive a plate, ap- plications must be submitted to the Bethany College Office of Alumni and Parent Relations as soon as possible. The office needs to receive a minimum of 250 ap- plications within the next few months to ensure that the plate is produced. The cost of one Class A vehicle license plate is $70 but the Alumni office encourages that multiple plates be ordered. Applications are available by reaching the Alumni Office at (304)-829-7299, by email at alum- [email protected] or by writing to: Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, Bethany College, P.O. Box 389, Bethany, WV 26032.
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LifestylesThe TOWER 11
By KATHY SHELEK-FURBEE Faculty Contributor
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Tracie Duncan, Associate Profes-sor and Director of Technical The-atre, will be designing lights for a special encore presentation of last spring’s New Players Theatre pro-duction of Underneath the Lintel in Columbus, Ohio. New Players Theatre will also be presenting this award-winning play at Bethany on Oct 21 at 7:30 pm (place TBA).
Herb Weaver, Professor of Art, has received a $2000 Award of Ex-cellence for his entry titled “Truth Wielder” in the 2011 West Virginia Juried Exhibition. The mixed me-dia artwork features ceramic weld-ing helmets, lights, and a jumbled mess of Biblical scripture in an attempt to ascertain the “journey toward truth”. The award-winning piece will become part of the State of West Virginia Collection at the Cultural Center in Charleston. Weaver’s second entry titled “Road Weavers,” a ceramic sculpture commemorating his and daughter Anda’s bicycle trip to Arkansas, was also selected for the exhibi-tion. The opening reception for exhibition is scheduled for Friday,
Faculty Spotlight: News of Bethany FacultySeptember 30, at 6:30 at the Stifel Art Museum 1330 National Road in Wheeling. All are welcome.
Luke Hardt, Chair, Visual and Performing Arts Department and Director of Bethany College The-atre, can now honestly say, “I’m not a doctor but I played one on TV!” His professional work this sum-mer included playing a surgeon in a television commercial and work on the movies, “The Perks of Be-ing a Wallflower,” which stars Emma Watson, and “Steeltown,” which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Assistant Professor of Music, Pandel Collaros, has installed Au-ralex studio foam in the Steinman Hall Audio Recording Studio and Control Room. The acoustic treat-ment for these rooms was made possible by a generous contribution from Thom Furbee, Director of In-formation Technology, who is also a musician and audio engineer.
ATHLETICS AND RECREATION
Jan Forsty, Associate Director of Athletics and Recreation, Head Softball Coach and Head Women’s Tennis Coach, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Sports Studies, was recently elected to two
By NICK WEIRYTOWER staff writer
•The only way to class is up hill both ways.
•You have heard of the Cow-in-the-Tower legend.
•The only red light in town is the awning of the Bison Inn.
•You know what Chicken Patty Wednesday is.
•Your head is on a swivel for raccoons whenever you take out the trash.
•You’ve suffered from the “Beth-any Plague”.
•The cafeteria has beef tips for dinner and beef stroganoff or stew for lunch the next day.
•The Bell Tower rings every hour and plays “Pachelbel Canon” at 6 p.m.
•Your Friday morning classes are empty due to “Thirsty Thurs-day”.
•Route 67’s six miles are the longest six miles you have ever en-countered.
•The “omelet man” is present every Saturday and Sunday in the cafeteria.
•RAs are trained to hear pong balls bouncing from a mile away.
•The famous sauce on campus is called “Bison Sauce” (What is in that, anyway?).
•There’s nowhere to eat after 11
Campus Life: You Know You’re in Bethany When...
national committees for the Na-tional Fastpitch Coaches Associa-tion [NFCA], the NFCA Recruiting Committee and the NFCA Nomi-nating Committee. She is also a current member of the NFCA Top 25 Committee.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA ARTS
Dr. Patrick J. Sutherland, Pro-fessor and Advisor to WVBC In-ternet Radio in the Department of Communications and Media Arts, recently had a chapter ac-cepted for publication. The Chap-ter is titled “ESPN: Television Transforms Sports Culture” for inclusion in a three- volume book named American History Through American Sports, by editors Dani-elle Coombs and Bob Batchelor.
Professor Sutherland also attend-ed the 2011 Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communica-tion (AEJMC)) held this past Au-gust in St. Louis. And in his role as Chair of the Town of Bethany’s Main Street Revitalization Committee, Dr. Sutherland attended meetings this past summer with West Vir-ginia State Government officials in Charleston, WV, at the Division of Culture and History and Main Street WV/On Track Program.
p.m.•It’s possible to fit the entire stu-
dent body into one “All Campus Photo”.
•Boomer’s points seem to disp-pear into thin air.
•You know who/what Boomer the Bison is.
•If you see a green circle, you push people out of the way to avoid stepping in it .
•You frequently talk to your pro-fessors outside of class.
•The library closes at 5 p.m. on Fridays.
•The President eats at the caf more than you do.
•It takes skill and tenacity to
walk in heels on campus. •You know everyone in your
major and most everyone in all of your classes.
•If an email has the heading “All Campus Email” you automati-cally hit delete.
•Skipping one class means you have to skip two because you have the same professor twice.
•Wearing a cutt-off and shorts to class is considered acceptable.
•R.J. Zitzelsberger knows your name even though you’ve never formally met.
•You forget to wear seat belts.•A “pet” deer runs into your dor-
mitory.
Drive with Bethany Pride
By AMIE WARRICKTOWER Co-editor-in-chief
Bethany College finally has a way for you to show your school support on your car without get-ting those pesky stickers that sometimes peel-off. The Bethany plate is custom designed for all Class A motor vehicles licensed in the state of West Virginia. It is an ideal way for Bethany Col-lege alumni, employees, students, family members and friends to show their school pride. Show how green you are with the new Beth-any College license plate.
In order to receive a plate, ap-plications must be submitted to the Bethany College Office of Alumni and Parent Relations as soon as possible. The office needs to receive a minimum of 250 ap-plications within the next few months to ensure that the plate is produced. The cost of one Class A vehicle license plate is $70 but the Alumni office encourages that multiple plates be ordered.
Applications are available by reaching the Alumni Office at (304)-829-7299, by email at [email protected] or by writing to: Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, Bethany College, P.O. Box 389, Bethany, WV 26032.
