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rn 1he Art Department pre a :;'n graduate p re their senior exhibit
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Game to watch The women's basketball !eom plays Southwestern Oklahoma on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. In O.L. Ligon CoUsoum
The semester Is wrapping up, and flnats arc jusl around the comer. The Counseling Center has some advice for students
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Box-A-Thon
Kappa Sigma member Ben Nickers gels a donation for the Box-A-Thon charity fundralser on Nov. 21. The fraternity raised nearly $3,000 for Faith Mission. Photo by J.C. Garcia
Hey Jerry ... Wichita Falls Wants Your Cowboys!
McMurtry Center to be dedicated
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hHaFalls (lents sign ~thtsbanner, I whlchwas lstioW" at the Dallas cowboys' game on
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summer ~lnlngcamp )Midwestern. Acteclsion Is ~led from r team In the iutcouple of weeks. PhOlo byJC Garcia
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Midwe~tern S1a1c wil! fo rm:1lh· clcdicatc the ~fr1\fonry Center for 1hc An~ and Hu1na111tic, and the ,\ lc,\fo nry Di,tingtii,IK·d Profi:"or,b1p of Engli.,h at a pre~, rnnfrrcncc Th ur..d:iy, Dec 11, at J p.m. in i\foffc!l Library The ccn1cr and pmfc,~or.~hip. n:imed ror Pulitzer Pri1.c-wi11ning author Lin)· :-.. tc,\ 1unry of Archer City. wa, made jXl\, ihlc hy a don:itio11 rrnm the Bill Thoma~ fa mil y of Wich ita F,111' through the <?ornmuni t!c, Foumfa~ion ufT~~:1~ MSU Prc'ltll'nt Lull!~ J. Rodnguet. ,ind the new center will help adv:uH:c the u11i\'ef\11y·, \\Wkin 1he;1nsantl humani1i,·,. "Thi~ h a ~ignilicant development fo r Midwc~tl'rn Stall' Universitv:· he ~aid ...'111•: establishment ofth,•cl'lllerw1H he~ 1rcmcndm1, ~tcp forward fnr ,\fo.lwes1cm in 1he.w ;1rea, fthca arb and hum;mitic~ )." Organi,i:rs hclicl'e the centrr will highlight MSU\ commitment 10 thi: ;irts :md humamlie~ Project~ cum:nt!y underway for the McMunry Center indudc the Young Wrner,, Youn£ Actor~ amJ Young Artis1, ~Limmer 1rnrk,hi17, lor high ~ehool student,, whi,·h will he hclJ •ll i\·ISU It will abn pru\'idc M.:hol:1r~hi ps for ~t11dcn1, m:ijoring in the art~ ;unt humanities. as well a., support ing the dis1inguislil·tl profe~, ur~hip Theecntcr will in itially b,: undcrthcJirect ion of i\fa!wcsicm S1ate alumnu~ Fred Reynold~. who is cum·nt ly the dircctorllfwriting:11Cit) University of :°'Jl'WYork ~kMu11ri• h:i~ wri11cn murl' than 20 bm1~,. 11 1 1 11 1 1 • ~·;:·"~::.n::.\:ii;: 1~!1~~ 1~1~;c ) · ''..ti1~1 were made iillti muvic~
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~SU Theater production opens Thursday Shady
linessman leon(Kirk •rley,left) trtesto i'lceDavid (Jeremy itrman}lo :,me anair ~alityon lhe radio. bice ofthe "opens ursday, Ind runs through Sunday. salon is free to estern students
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'Voice of the Prairie' closes fall semester WAYNE MOORE
ThoWichitan Romance, frien1h hi p ;inti an Amerir; u1 idea of progrc.-.~ through technology ! Tiiis is whal youc.rncxpcct from \1idwc~ti:m State Theatre Dcp:irtmi:nt's linal rcrform.inee of thl' semester. ··Thi: Voici: or tbc Prairi.:." b) John Olil'c. will he performed Dec 4 through Dec. 7. The play take~ pl.ice in 1895 and 1923, jumping hlll'k and fort h. and i~ ~cl in v.irious locale~ in the Unitctl Stale~. " !t ,;pin, ;1 compdling hX'< li-rnlor talc ti f lmr. lo~, . .,ep:1r.1tion and reunion;· Jircrtnr Run Fi schli ~aid "In ~o doi ng, he .,hows how the 1radi1irn1 ofs1ory1cll ing, ;is m.inifrstcd in the charac ter of D,1\'id (Jere my Fcnn;rn), was perpelu.iti:tl \"i~ radio " The pby begin~ with :111 ,uJolcseent orph:1 11 hoy narnl'd Davey (Rieh.ird H:illi.:w ), who l'Ull!ll'Cls with a hlind girl n:nnctl Fr:.mkie (Andrea Goodwi n), who.,c mmhi:r
has fl'rc1uly died. and ha, ju~l cseapcd:m ahusi\'l.:fa1hcr. Frankie's father (Cody Cum rning~). reali zing hi s damnab!c act,, lakes out an advcrtic.~111.:111 i11 the locu! p;irer, profrssing lhal he i~ reformed :rnd offering" rcw,ird for thcrcturnuf hi.,daughtcr. D.ivcy ,ind Frankie di:wlop ;i ~1)1!cial relationshi p (If love ;mJ frii:n• ~hip until they arc .~cparntcd hy the \V;Hcrmcl on Man (Cody Cum ming~) . The Waterme lon Man ohsCf\'CS;is 1hc fomishcdjuwn ib pil fer a waicrmclon from hi., watermelon p;1tch He raptures Davey, whik Frank ie escapes. ,111d 1hen uses hisc;1p!ivc ;i~ hail to cap!Urc Frankie for the reward money A grown- up David. s;:p;inucd from Frnnkic, now Frnnces ( Kim Hubh,irdJ, hooks up with Leon (Kirk Kyk Corley). who sells radios and takesmlvant:igc ofl ocal talent Uon oh~l'f'\'es David in a fi:ed ~torl' 1ellinga~tory,111disamazcdathm1 well he captivat.:tl hi~ audience Seeing this ~s :lll advantageous
lllO lllell( for him.,cl f, Lenn :1ppm;1ehcs Da\'itl 11ml olkr\ him a job 'Ol iw t1~c,radi11;1s.ime1.1phur 11i rc1·c.i l how tcdrnologic:il prngrc,., impae\"I on im!ividuab, p;1r1ini)arly through {he character.. ut L,:on and Da1·iJ." Fisrhl i , ;1id. ··011 illL' on,· hand. Da\'id g:1in., .~ucce~., anti r.unl' a~ a rad io ~tnrytcllcr. On the 111her Leon inni:as 111g ly gch .,hut uul irt his effort, tu nuke it hig a~ :1 radio .,~ lcs mi1n and prnducer. llnJing him~ell t,,,,,,1cd hy l;irgc curporation~ anJco11,tr:1i11nlhy tbegol'cmment ··Jc \ .i play th;ll talk, to whJt\
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i1isideevef) pe0.on\hl•art:· Other mcmhcf'\ of lhc ca, t arc Ja.~on Nurri, !Puppy. Dan-y/D:i1 i,!', granJfathcr ). Chris-lin.i Bell (Susie ). James Paul Lemo1h (J;im,:, 1 and N:11han Landrum [Jailcr/Nl'w~huv ! "'The Vnirc ~f th1' Pra1ril' .. runs De..:.4 ,S :mt!6at8p.m. antlDl'c. 7 al ~:.'10 p.m. Ticket\ arc free for ;ill stuJent~. faeu ltv anJ ~laff 11·11h 1alid ID .
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