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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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FEATURES St. Edward’s University student group raising funds for disasterstricken Japan.
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ENTERTAINMENT “Proctorology” reminds evasive celebrities that it is time to pay their taxes again.
SPORTS Men’s and women’s golf teams putting in strong performances at tournaments.
Students’ sports photos featured in museum exhibit
Author holds Q&A at St. Edward’s The only thing you have to write about is what you know.” -Anne Lamott
Kristina Schenck kschenc@stedwards.edu
Allie Crain This photo will be in the main exhibit for the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum’s exploration of high school football.
Christina Villarreal cvillar3@stedwards.edu
This July, eight students from the St. Edward’s University photocommunications department will have their work featured at a local public museum. The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum will host St. Edward’s students’ photos in an exhibit called Texas High School Football: More Than the Game. The exhibit, which will run from July 2011 to January 2012, is the first to explore high school football in Texas.
Last fall, photocommunications Professor Bill Kennedy taught a class that allowed
the photographers to document the cultural and social importance of Texas high
I’ve been dreaming about my first exhibition for a long time now, and this easily beats out anything that I dreamt up.” -Allie Crain students and alumni to work directly with museum curators. The museum wanted
school football. Students focused on several different aspects of football games, such
as the cheerleading, band, fans in the stands and mascots. The purpose of the exhibit was to display the impact that high school football has on the community as a whole, according to Kathryn Best, the exhibit content coordinator. She said that the museum wants to show how football games get everyone involved, not just the players on the field. The museum became interested in working with Kennedy when guest curator Photography | 2
Author Anne Lamott spoke at St. Edward’s University as a part of the Visiting Writers Series last weekend about parenting, her writing career and her most recently published novel “Imperfect Birds.” Lamott has written 15 fiction and non-fiction books, including New York Times bestsellers “Grace (Eventually)” and “Plan B.” She has also appeared on Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report.” The event was held in the Mabee Ballroom in the Ragsdale Center on April 9. It was hosted by St. Edward’s in collaboration with the independent bookstore BookPeople. While attendance was free for St. Edward’s students and staff, tickets were $16.50 for non-St. Edward’s attendees. Those who paid for admission also received a paperback copy of Lamott’s “Imperfect Birds.” Professor Carrie Fountain worked with BookPeople to bring Lamott to St. Edward’s.
“BookPeople approached us because I think they wanted a bigger venue than they were able to offer. Anne Lamott was also interested in working with a smaller college,” Fountain said. Fountain gave the introduction speech. She mentioned that she reads a chapter of Lamott’s nonfiction book “Bird by Bird” with her Rhetoric and Composition classes. During her introduction speech, Fountain also told the audience that Lamott’s birthday was the next day and presented Lamott with a cupcake from Quacks 43rd Street Bakery. The audience sang “Happy Birthday” to Lamott before the scheduled reading. Lamott, a woman with tidy, shoulder-length dreadlocks, introduced herself while licking frosting from her fingers. She gave the audience the option to vote on how the event should proceed. “How many people want me to do the reading I’ve done six nights in a row?” Lamott asked, prompting laughs from the audience. Lamott | 4