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Diabetes Group to Meet Oct. 9 "Meal Planning Burnout" will be the topic of the October

meeting of the Marshall University Diabetes Center Support Group.

The group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 9 in the lobby of the Marshall Diabetes Center, located on the ground floor of the Marshall University Medical Center.

The meeting will feature tips and ideas from Jennifer Stallings, RD, LD, CDE, CPT, who has invited all participants to bring their favorite tips to share with the group.

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as the manager of a family-run business, a bathtub refinishing company which resurfaced bathtubs of all ages and conditions. It was a good endeavor, she says, but finally business shifts and economic factors helped family members make the decision to shut down the company. Earlier, she had gone to work right out of high school at Union Boiler, where she stayed for several years. Always up to try new things, and not afraid to tackle new challenges, she worked at a series of jobs over the next few years, including a stint at Florida Steel, which provided reinforced steel for bridges. One of her favorite jobs was working for a large wholesale club as an outside sales represen­tative.

"I traveled all over the state calling on businesses, selling memberships in the club which was located at Cross Lanes and was then the only one in the state. I enjoyed all the traveling and meeting people but it got to be hard, particularly since I had a family to look after." But, she says, "I saw a lot of West Virginia places that I wouldn't have seen otherwise." A single mom since her sons were ages two and four, the demands of the road were taking a toll on her so she turned in her car keys to work at the bathtub venture, a move she never regretted.

With her serene demeanor, she has an easy laugh and she's not easily frustrated, traits that come in handy when things get hectic. "I'm a go with the flow kind of person," she says.

These days when she can manage time away from the remodeling chores, she can be seen at go-cart racetracks cheering on her 13-year-old nephew, Zach Milbee. It's a fun experience for the whole family, one that brings back memories of the summers spent at ballparks rooting for her sons who were both enthusiastic baseball players. And she's found that after some initial loneliness, there really is life after the kids leave home. A true optimist, she's looking at the bright side. "Now is the time for Mom!" she says with her engaging smile.

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Students who previously held waivers must reapply to be considered for spring term waivers. Please note that recipients of waivers will no longer n!*!<f to go to the Graduate College office to pick up their approved tuition waivers.

Applicants who are awarded waivers will be notified by mail or e-mail. All awarded waivers will be processed electronically and posted to students' accounts within 10 business days of approval and registration. Applicants are responsible for any amount not covered by the waiver. These balances must be paid by the tuition/fee due date as established by the university.

All graduate students must be registered for spring classes to receive the waivers and to have the payments posted to their accounts. Unless special arrangements are made, waivers for students who are not registered by November 20, 2006, will be assigned to other qualified applicants.

Mental Health Screenings, Talks Offered at Marshall Medical Center

Free mental health screenings and talks will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday Oct. 5 in the Harless Auditorium of the Marshall University Medical Center, located next to Cabell Huntington Hospital.

The pr gram, offered m conjunction with National Depres­sion Screening Day, is sponsmed by Marshall's Department of J>sychiatry and Behavi ral Medicine.

Kelly Daniel, M.A., will speak about depression at 9:30 a.m., and Tracy LeGrow, Psy.D., will speak at 11 a.m. on "Healthy Living and Mental Health." The video presentation "Depression and Manic Depression: Real Stories, Real Hope" will run at other times during the day.

The brief, anonymous questionnaire used in the screening helps assess the likelihood that someone may be suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder or postpartum depression. Members of the University Psychiatric Associates staff will be on hand to review the questionnaires and provide results. Treatment is not provided as part of the screening, but information about treatment resources will be available.

More information is available at 691-1500.

Vicki Lawrence Recreates 'Mama' Oct. 12 "Mama's" coming to town and she hasn't changed a bit.

The opinionated Thelma Harper will be bringing her tart­tongued observations on everything from family matters to everyday life in general when "Vicki Lawrence and Mama, a Two Woman Show," comes to the Keith-Albee Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

Lawrence, an alumna of the "Carol Burnett Show" and later star of the popular sitcom, "Mama's Family," is an award­winning actress who will also display her musical talent.

For ticket information, call ext. 66656.

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• "Hair", the American tribal-love rock musical, Wednes­day, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., Joan C. Edwards Playhouse; produced by Lang Reynolds. Directed by Jack Cirillo, presented by Marshall University Theatre. For ticket information contact the MU Box office at 6-6395. Play may not be suitable for children due to mature content and lan­guage.

The complete schedule is available at www.artsforallmu.com. For further information, call Michael Cornfeld, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts, at ext. 62897.

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probably responsible for preserving so many of the draw­ings, according to Winters.

A graduate of MaxshaJl College (Class of 1906), Day also took correspondence eourses in architecture. Feeling a need for more formaJ education, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a degree in architecture in 1912. Returning to Huntington, he opened his architec­tural business with his father, Robert, which proved to be a very successful venture. Day died in 1968 at the age of 80.

Those interested in attending the Oct 8 tea should RSVP by Oct. 1 to Pam Ford at ext. 62312.

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Kopp Gives State of the University Address

President Kopp delivers the State of the University address to the faculty and the

rest of the university community.

Future growth and the upcoming "We Are Marshall" movie were among topics of President Stephen J. Kopp's first State of the University speech, delivered at the annual fall faculty meeting earlier this month.

He touched on several highlights of his first year in office including the nearly $100 million in new construction that is complete or nearing completion, which includes the Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, the Fairfield Clinical Educa­tion Facility and an expansion to the Forensic Science Center.

Movie Fans to Feast in Huntington in October

Cinema lovers in the Huntington area will have plenty of opportunities to go to the movies in October with both the International Film Festival, sponsored by the Marshall Artists Series, and a new series, the First Friday Filmfest.

After an absence, the International Film Festival is return­ing the beautiful and historic Keith-Albee Theatre. Six films will be shown multiple times over the course of the week-long festival, which runs from Sept. 29-0ct. 5.

Movies to be shown include: •

/1 An Inconvenient Truth" - USA- The film weaves Al Gore's personal history with his lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change.

• "Cache"- France - Georges and his wife are living the perfect Parisian life of modern comfort and security when their idyll is disrupted by the delivery of mysteri­ous video tapes containing images of them that are disturbingly intimate and increasingly personal.

• "Kinky Boots" - UK -After the death of his father Charlie Prince must save his family's failing shoe factory or the entire town will be left out in the cold.

• "Take My Eyes" - Spain - This psychological drama tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with intelligence and compassion.

• "Tsotsi" - South Africa - This Academy Award winner traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up with a baby accidentally kidnapped during a carjacking.

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Kopp talked about plans for a new health and wellness center, part of a $95 million expansion project that also includes a new baseball field.

He told the group that plans for the project were still very early and that a site for the health and wellness center had not yet been determined, although school officials are looking at a location on 201h Street

Kopp said he had seen a screening of "We Are Marshall" and expressed enthusiasm for the film and what it can mean to the university. "It literally will put Marshall University on the global map, and for many of us, it's the chance of a lifetime." he said.

Event Next Weekend to Honor Architecture of Sidney Logan Day

In February 2006 the preservation of the record of architect Sidney Logan Day's work was assured through the donation of hundreds of his drawings to Marshall University's Special Collections department by his daughter, Mary Day Tonnesen, and grandchildren.

To honor Tonnesen and the gift of her father's architec­tural drawings, a tea will take place Sunday, Oct. 8 in the Special Collections department on the second floor of the Morrow Library.

For more than 40 years Day practiced as an architect designing numerous homes, businesses, schools and churches in Huntington and the surrounding communities. People pass by the buildings he designed every day without realizing his importance to Huntington.

"We are delighted to have this significant record of the architectural history of Huntington," Special Collections curator Lisle Brown said. "The drawings will prove of estimable value for researchers. We are grateful that Sidney Day's family has entrusted us with his beautiful drawings."

Joining Mary Day Tonnesen in donating her father's drawings were his grandson, David Tonnesen, and grand­daughters, Barbara Tonnesen and Theresa Tonnesen-O'Brien.

Barbara Winters, dean of libraries, said the gift of the important historical documents will ensure that the record of his work will be secured for the future when scholars, students and researchers mine the treasure trove of his papers. .

Day's home on Jefferson Avenue, which he designed, held a 15-drawer file cabinet filled with hundreds of architec­tural plans, schematics, floor plans, drawings, and render­ings, according to Winters. She said the drawings reflect his skillful craftsmanship.

"Since he worked years before architects had computers, all of his designs and plans are hand-drawn in pencil and ink, as well as watercolor, showing his meticulous artistry and attention to detail," Winters said. Many of them, in fact, are works of art, she noted. Kathryn Day, Mary's sister, worked as her father's assistant for many years and is

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New Faculty Join Community

Marshall University welcomed more than 30 new faculty members for the Fall 2006 semester. They posed for this group picture during orientation activities.

Birke Symposium Contines with October Fine Arts Events A wide array of events featuring artists, writers, scholars

and performers will be offered in the first part of October as part of the Birke Fine Arts Symposium.

The symposium began Sept. 24 and continues through Oct. 22. All but two of the events are free. They are the theatre department's performance of "Hair" Oct. 11-15 at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse, and the workshop with Carrie Mae Weems Oct. 20-22 at the Huntington Museum of Art. Among the events scheduled are:

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• Exhibition of WPA music, Oct. 2-7, Drinko Library • Michael Singer, environmental artist presentation,

Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Francis-Booth Experimen­tal Theatre, Joan C. Edwards Playhouse

• Kenneth Bindas, lecture to Music 100 class, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2 p.m., Smith Recital Hall

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• Kenneth Bindas, lecture on the Federal Music Project of the WPA, Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m., Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre

• Elementary Teacher Workshop, Friday, Oct. 6 at 8:30 a.m., Smith recital hall; this workshop is with Cabell County Elementary teachers on the movement, folk dancing of the WPA period and links to Appalachian traditional music

• 1930s WPA radio program, Friday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m., Smith Recital Hall

• Children's concert, Friday Oct. 6 at 8 p.m., MU depart­ment of music ensembles, Smith Recital Hall, Depart­ment of Music Prep Division and other young musicians

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'Share the Vision' Conference is Nov.15-16 The West Virginia Prevention Resource Center's (WVPRC)

annual Share the Vision Conference is scheduled for Nov. 15-16 at the Charleston Civic Center. The event brings together individuals from communities, agencies, and organizations for a statewide prevention conference featuring workshops, networking, national keynotes and a community awards luncheon.

The conference promotes the importance of a community­based approach to a continuum of care for children and families in West Virginia, according to Dr. Wayne Coombs, associate professor of counseling and director of the WVPRC.

The WVPRC is administratively housed at the South Charleston Campus.

The registration deadline for Share The Vision 2006 is Oct. 23. The cost is $99 per person and continuing education units will be offered.

Additi~mal information about the conference, including a schedule 0£ events, is available at www.PrevNet.org or by calling Conference Coordinator Jo Beyer at 746-2077, ext. 21, or by mail at beyer@marshall.edu.

Profile: Debbie Templeton A series on interesting Marshall University people.

She may have an empty nest, with both her sons now out of the house, but her energetic mother is making sure she's keeping plenty busy Debbie Templeton can assure you.

Templeton, who is adminis­trative assistant senior in the Graduate School of Management on the South Charleston campus, felt sure she'd suffer some moth-

Debbie Templeton -erly withdrawal pangs when sons Justin and Brian left home within

months of each other to set out on their own career paths. Justin joined the Army last year and is settled in for a three-year stint in Hawaii and Brian has just enrolled as a freshman at Marshall, where he is major­ing in Criminal Justice. But thoughts of long quiet times quickly evaporated when she moved in with her mother, Connie Casto, who retired in June from the Kanawha County Board of Education after 35 years of service.

And after all those years on the job, her mother's energy level didn't stop, it just got re-directed, Templeton discovered. "She's got us doing remodeling jobs; we're working on the house," she says with amusement. "She also wants to do some traveling, so I'll go along to do the driving. There are plenty of plans that will keep us both busy."

One trip the pair hopes to make, along with other family members, is an excursion to visit Justin in Hawaii at some future time. The locale is just too tempting to pass up, she says.

Templeton has been with the Graduate School of Management since she came to the graduate college seven years ago. It's been a good fi t, she feels, a happy place to work, as she characterizes it. "I work with good people, it's been a great experience for me," she says. "I work for the professors mostly. Since we have a faculty advisor, I really don't deal much with students. Our department stays very busy with just day-to-day activities. I couldn't ask to work with a better group of people."

There is a lot of work that revolves around the conferences her busy faculty members plan and attend. Two years ago she worked for months taking care of many of the details of an international conference that was brought to Charleston by faculty member Dr. Ashish Chandra. It was a huge undertaking that brought representatives from all over the world, including Australia, Japan, Turkey, Italy, Slovakia, Austria and 20 states in the U.S.A. to the Kanawha Valley for nearly a week of not only business sessions but a variety of social activities as well. She felt rewarded for all the work that went into it when the representatives rated it a rousing success.

Actually when she began working there were two classified positions in the department but when the other administrative assistant retired two years ago Templeton assumed her duties as well.

She brought a wealth of skills and an interesting array of job experiences when she joined the graduate college staff. A native of Kanawha Counly and gradu­ate of Nitro High School, where she was a member ot the flag corps, she had just completed a five-year stint

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Graduate Waiver Applications Available for Spring Semester

Applications for graduate tuition waivers for Marshall's spring term will be accepted through Friday, November 3, 2006 in the Graduate Dean's Office, 113 Old Main, on the Huntington campus and by the students' academic area offices on the South Charleston campus.

Priority consideration will be given to faculty and staff of the state's public and private colleges and universities.

Academic merit, which will be determined using grade point average and scores on required graduate admissions examinations, will be the major consideration in awarding the waivers that cover tuition. Students who receive waivers are responsible for paying student center and activity fees and some department specific fees by the university-established due date.

Up to three hours of waiver for graduate coursework will be awarded to qualified applicants. These waivers do not cover E­courses.

Students interested in being considered for a tuition waiver based on financial need criteria should contact the Graduate Dean's Office in Huntington or the Graduate Admissions Office in South Charleston.

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Classified Staff Election Winners Announced The results of the Classified Staff Council's special election

have been announced. The elected representatives are Barbara Hicks, Academic

Affairs, EEO Group 10 (Administrative/Managerial); and Connie Zirkle, Psychology, EEO Group 50 (Clerical). They will serve on the council until June 30, 2007.

Movies from Pagel

• "Water" - India -A compelling story about India's Widow Houses where women of all ages were taken to live apart from society following the deaths of their husbands.

Scheduled showings for the films may be found on the Marshall Artists Series Web site at www.marshall.edu/muartser.

First Friday Filmfest, a series that is bringing first-run, independent films to the Cinema Theatre in downtown Hun­tington, begins at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 with the showing of The Proposition.

Funded through Marshall University's Student Affairs, the films are free to members of the Marshall community with ID and $5 for all non-MU patrons. Tickets are available in advance from the Student Activities Programming Board office, which is located in room 2w29 of the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus.

Admission at the door is on a space-available basis. Advance tickets are strongly encouraged.

Dr. Janet Badia, associate professor of English at Marshall, has been working with Student Affairs to organize the Filmfest. "I am very excited about the first film, and I hope it's the start of something big in Huntington," Badia said. "We would love to see the concept of First Friday snowball into a larger town­and-gown affair, complete with everything from art exhibits, to food and wine tastings, to music and literary events."

The Proposition, directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, stars Guy Pearce, Danny Huston, and Emily Watson. The London Guardian described the film as "a horribly brutal outback western ... but a very stylish, arresting piece of movie-making, throbbing with heat and fear and violence and with fiercely uncompromising lead performances."

Rounding out the series for fall semester are the films Mini's First Time on Nov. 3 and The Heart of the Game on Dec. 1. Showtime for each film is 7:15 p.m. All films will be shown at the Cinema Theatre, located at 1021 41h Ave. Depending on the success of the first film, more showtimes may be added later.