The Harbinger
September 28, 2005
Chris Drury, world-renowned nature artist, to visit Hiram
Chris
Drury, British nature artist, will make a public presentation of his
work on Monday, October 3 at 7 PM in Hayden Auditorium.Born in Colombo Sri Lanka, Chris Drury uses natural materials in a distinctively artistic way to create pieces that comment on local environmental and social issues. Each work is a narrative seeking resolution forcing the viewer to consider elements not clearly defined in the piece. His works have been defined as “a story of rhythms, tensions and conflicts, labour, ritual and human intelligence. Each piece of work is a complete narrative, opening out gradually and reaching (temporary) resolution. Every decision about which material to use, which shape to create, where to place a work, whether or how to photograph or record it, and how to think about the contradictions between the work and its reproduction (whether in the gallery or in this book) is a dramatic act that defines, dissolves and renews perception about the relationship between nature and culture.”
Drury
has had solo exhibitions in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Los Angeles,
and participated in group exhibitions and symposia in France, Italy,
Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Japan, and the United States. His web site contains beautiful images as well as more information about the artist. A reception with the artist will be held in Drury Hall immediately following his presentation on Monday, October 3. During the week of October 3rd through the 7th, Mr. Drury will engage interested members of the community in creating installations at the Hiram College Field Station. His work headquarters will be at the Field Station's Studio Barn. For directions, further information, or to express an interest in participating, please call (330) 569-5264.
Fight Song Contest
Terrier Sound, Hiram’s new pep band, invites faculty, staff, students, alumni, and members of our community to write the words to Hiram’s fight song.
With help of a survey to campus earlier this year, Terrier Sound chose the melody of “Our Director” by F.E. Biglow for the fight song. Now, the community is invited to make your mark on Terrier Athletics and write the words!
For more information, go to http://www.hiram.edu/athletics/fightsong.html
Latin Fiesta Ensemble at Hiram College
The Philadelphia-based ensemble LATIN FIESTA will appear in Hayden Auditorium at Hiram College on Friday, October 7, at 8 p.m. This exciting and colorful group builds cultural bridges through music. They perform nationwide in venues ranging from school assemblies to concert halls, festivals, and appearances with symphony orchestras. Their repertoire ranges from Spanish classical music to the scintillating popular rhythms of meringue, samba, tango, cumbia, rumba, salsa, and flamenco. Each performer is a soloist performing equally brilliantly in folk and classical traditions.
The ensemble is led by Cuban-born pianist Maria del Pico Taylor and her English husband, violinist Raymond Taylor. The group also includes two vocalists, guitar, flute, Latin percussion, bass, and a Latin/flamenco dancer. "Latin Fiesta bursts with infectious energy"…The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware. "A refreshingly multi-textured evening-highly enjoyable-extraordinarily beautiful"…The New York Times.
The concert is free and open to the public. Latin Fiesta is sponsored by Hiram Community Trust and Hiram College Music Department, Special Events, International Studies, Spanish Club, Intercultural Forum, and Music Society. For further information call 330-569-5294 or see www.latinfiestainc.com.
Friends of the Library Program
What is it that we crave, sometimes hate, but can't survive without it?
F O O D
The Friends of the Hiram College Library cordially invite you and your guests to join us on Sunday, October 9 at 2 p.m. in the Pritchard Room (2nd floor) of the library to enjoy a talk on "The History of Food" by Dr. Alan Rocke, Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Rocke, who joined CWRU in 1978, will entertain the audience with some surprising facts about food. He counts food science and technology among his interests. Dr. Rocke became more curious about food study while working as a chemist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the 1960s. Dr. Rocke also teaches the "History of Food" course at CWRU, which explores the history of food from the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic era to the consumer revolution of the last generation.
Please mark your calendars for Sunday, October 9. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Pascarella Presents at Conference
Tom Pascarella recently made a presentation to the Ohio Government Officers Association Annual Conference. The title of the talk was “Joining Together to Deliver Services” and reviewed the formation of a new government in Ohio. In particular this new political subdivision will do joint dispatching for police, EMS, and fire for 10 communities over a 2 county area with a population of over 100,000. This effort is being viewed by many as a model for regional cooperation in the delivery of municipal services.
Nikky Finney to speak at Hiram
Poet Nikky Finney will speak at Hiram College on Tuesday, October 4th at 12:30 in the Kennedy Center Ballroom.Finney is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Kentucky. Finney’s books of poems celebrate and affirm African American tradition, culture and womanhood. She was born in Conway, along South Carolina’s rice growing coast, in 1957 to parents who were deeply involved in the ’60s movement for equality and justice for African Americans. Finney says that her daily acquaintances with her parents’ battles for dignity are the soul of her writings. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Talladega College in Alabama and a master’s degree in African American Studies from Atlanta University. Finney has published three collections of poetry –On Wings of Gauze (1985), Rice (1995, awarded the PEN American Open Book Award), and The World is Round (2003), plus a short story collection for literacy students, Heartwood (1998). Finney is a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, a collective of Appalachian writers of African American descent.
Two Hiram Professors to speak about Iraq
Professors Nozar Alaolmolki of Political Science and Adam Cathcart of History will be featured speakers on the war in Iraq on Sunday, October 2, 2005.
The First Unitarian Church invited Professor Nozar Alaolmolki to be their featured speaker on “The Invasion of Iraq and its Impact on the Spread of Terrorism.” This forum will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church located at 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights on the second floor of the church in the Youth Fellowship Room.
Professor Adam Cathcart will be one of the speakers at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent Community Teach-in on the War in Iraq. Other speakers will include Professor Rick Feinberg of the Kent State University Anthropology Department, Dave Airhart, an Iraq war veteran, and Greg Coleridge of the American Friends Service Committee. The teach-in will begin at 3:00 p.m. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent is located at 228 Gougler Avenue, Kent.
International Peacemaker to visit Hiram Monday, October 3
Wafa
Fazwi Goussous, “International Peacemaker” from Jordan, will be guest
lecturer at Hiram College in a class taught by Dr. Jon Moody, chaplain
and professor. The class will be held in the Fisher All Faith Chapel
on Monday, October 3, at 9:30 a.m. and is open to interested visitors.
Please contact Prof. Moody at 569-5147 if you would like to attend.After working for some years in management positions in Jordan, in 2003 Goussous became a representative of the Middle East Council of Churches providing food, clothing and medical supplies for persons who have fled violence and war to refugee camps in Jordan.
Because of her particular concern for refugee children, Goussous will particularly focus on the plight of children in the refugee camps—Iraqis, Iranian Kurds, and Palestinians. The public is welcome to hear Wafa Goussous.
Eastminster Presbytery, the governing body of 55 Presbyterian churches in northeast Ohio, sponsors her visit. Her month-long speaking tour in the U.S. is made possible by the Peacemaking Program of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is funded through the denomination’s Peacemaking Offering.
Wafa Goussous holds a BA from Jordan University where she specialized in English literature. She has worked in international investing and trading companies and has traveled in most Arab countries as well as Turkey, Cyprus, Taiwan and the U.S.
In addition to her presentation at Hiram College Wafa Goussous will speak at the Copeland Oaks retirement community in Sebring, the First Presbyterian Church of Salem, the Firestone Park Presbyterian Church in Akron, and Youngstown State University.
Athletics Update
The men’s soccer team, now 3-5 overall and 0-1 in conference play, hosted two games last week. In the first game the Terriers defeated Heidelberg 5-0. Over the weekend they opened up conference play with a 2-1 loss to Wabash. This week the Terriers are on the road twice before finishing the week at home. They travel to Baldwin Wallace College on September 27th. On September 30th they travel to Ohio Wesleyan for a conference game. The Terriers return home October 1st as they host Taylor-Ft. Wayne in a non-conference game. Prior to the contest the team will honor the men’s 1995 OAC Championship squad that made a run all the way to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
The women’s soccer team, now 1-6-1 overall, lost to both John Carroll 3-1 and Heidelberg 2-0 last week. This week Hiram hosts Baldwin Wallace on September 28th and opens NCAC play with a homecoming game against Oberlin on October 1st.
The
volleyball team, now 15-3 overall, beat John Carroll 3-0 last week.
They also traveled to Waynesburg for a tournament over the weekend.
During tournament play they beat Frostburg State 3-0, Susquehanna 3-0,
and Waynesburg 3-1. The Terriers lost just one match last week, falling
to Mt. Union 3-1. This week Hiram hosts Lake Erie on September 28th
before traveling to Ohio Wesleyan for a tri-match on October 1st
against OWU and Transylvania. A few weeks ago the Hiram Volleyball team
hosted an invitational and while they dominated on the court, it’s the
work they did off the court that seems more impressive. During the
tournament the team helped raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief
efforts, which, combined with a 100% matching grant from Hiram’s
College Relations department, raised a total of $1,526.50 over the span
of two days (September 9th and 10th). The football team, now 0-3 overall, looks to come back strong after a bye last week. On October 1st the Terriers host Earlham, the first NCAC game of the year, at Homecoming.
Both cross country teams competed this week. They hosted a meet that featured the men and women from Lake Erie as well as the women from Ursuline. Both teams came out victorious with the men wininng by a score of 19-52, while the women posted an equally as impressive win to take the tri-meet 19-50. This week both teams travel to Denison on September 30th for the Denison Invitational.
This weekend is Homecoming and the Coleman Sports Center Dedication ceremony. Saturday will mark an historic event in Hiram College’s history as the school dedicates the new Les and Kathy Coleman Sports, Recreation, and Fitness Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon. Activities on Saturday include:
* A homecoming parade into the Henry Field stadium at 11am,
* a celebratory tailgate luncheon beginning at 12:15 in Martin Fieldhouse,
* Women’s Soccer game at 1pm,
* Football game at 1pm, with halftime performances by the Lowellville High School Marching Band, the Hiram Dance Team, the Hiram Cheerleaders, and the Hiram HighSteppers.
* 10th Reunion of 1995 Men’s Soccer NCAA Sweet 16 Team beginning at 2:30 at the Soccer Complex,
* Men’s Soccer game at 3pm,
* And a Potluck Post-Game Tent Party after the football game at the north end of Henry Field.
The athletic department and alumni office invite everyone to take part in Saturday’s exciting events. Come down the hill and support the Terriers. There will be lots to see and do.