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Sunderman Conservatory prof and Alabama Symphony's performance featured on WITF

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:50:27 EDT

The Alabama Symphony Orchestra will perform May 8 at the Majestic Theater. They will feature a piece by Avner Dorman, professor at Gettysburg College's Sunderman Conservatory of Music. The upcoming show was recently featured on WITF.

From WITF:

The Alabama Symphony Orchestra is one of six orchestras invited to perform a concert at Carnegie Hall as part of a program called Spring For Music. The orchestra, under the direction of music director Justin Brown, will also perform the same concert in Gettysburg just a couple of days before their Carnegie Hall debut.

The concert will be May 8 at 8pm at the Majestic Theatre, presented by the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College. On the program will be a work by Israeli-born composer Avner Dorman, who is currently a professor of composition at the Sunderman Conservatory. The piece, titled Astrolatry, was commissioned by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra during the composer's 2010-2011 residency with the orchestra. The work is based on the idea of the ancient worship of the stars, and was inspired by the composer's time in Gettysburg.

Political Science prof quoted in Patriot-News about the Pennsylvania primary

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:44:17 EDT

Shirley Anne Warshaw, a political science professor and presidential scholar at Gettysburg College, was quoted in an April 21 Harrisburg Patriot-News article about the Pennsylvania presidential primary.

From the Patriot-News:

Experts agree that even a poor showing in Pennsylvania won’t slow Romney’s momentum toward claiming the party nomination.

But a less-than-convincing victory could entice Democrats to invest more resources in the state.

“It would be an encouragement for the Obama people that the Republican establishment did not get a turnout for him and are in disarray,” said Shirley Anne Warshaw, an authority on presidential politics at Gettysburg College. Democrats “might step up their activities even more in Pennsylvania,” she added.

“It’s fairly important to him that he can show Pennsylvania and donors around the country that he is able to build significant support in a state that will have a major role in the election,” Warshaw said. “He’s got to convince Republicans that the people that don’t like Barack Obama will be there for him in November.”

But with Romney having already turned his focus toward Obama in November, others claim he doesn’t need to post big numbers in Pennsylvania — even for appearances.

Susan Eisenhower featured in National Journal article about Eisenhower memorial design

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:23:17 EDT

Susan Eisenhower, Chair Emeritus and Chairman of Leadership & Public Policy Programs at Gettysburg College's Eisenhower Institute, was featured in an April 18 National Journal article about the design of the Eisenhower memorial.

From National Journal:

How Should We Remember Ike?

A battle is under way over the legacy of the 34th president, and at the heart of it is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s granddaughter, Susan Eisenhower.

Since late last year—when architect Frank Gehry began finalizing his design for a national memorial to the late president opposite the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall—pundits, critics, and descendants of Ike have been in high dudgeon over the proposal’s focal point: a life-size sculpture of a teenage Eisenhower gazing dreamily at the horizon.

At a congressional hearing last month, Susan Eisenhower lambasted the design.

“One of the main flaws of the current proposal for the Eisenhower Memorial is that Eisenhower’s contribution to this nation is not the central theme of the design,” she testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

“The narrative is muddled and never really gives us the ‘bottom line’ phrase that articulates his contribution to the nation.... Proponents of the [Gehry plan] believe that children will be inspired by seeing themselves in the design-element’s young Eisenhower. I wonder about this premise. Children are not impressed by children. They want to be superheroes.”

Susan Eisenhower writes Washington Post letter to the editor on the Eisenhower memorial

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:15:34 EDT

Susan Eisenhower, Chair Emeritus and Chairman of Leadership & Public Policy Programs at Gettysburg College's Eisenhower Institute, wrote an April 12 letter to the editor of the Washington Post about the design of the Eisenhower memorial.

From the Washington Post:

The Post’s Philip Kennicott [“Which ‘Ike’ to like?,” Style, March 21] and the editorial page [“The memorial to Ike,” April 9] have accused me of comparing Frank Gehry’s design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial to images from the Communist and Nazi eras. As the editorial put it, I invoked “unfortunate images of Communist-era decorations and the fences of Nazi death camps to denounce Mr. Gehry’s work.” But my testimony makes it clear that these imagery concerns were the substance of many calls and e-mails our family has received.

I testified that I was convinced that this was unintentional on the part of the Gehry design team. And we, as a family, did not think to interpret them that way. My remarks were meant only to reiterate our conviction that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial will be America’s memorial. As such, it must be sensitive to public opinion, especially from communities that were most affected by the fight against tyranny, which my grandfather led during World War II and the Cold War.

Susan Eisenhower, Washington

Economics prof. cited in an article about the job market on Yahoo! News

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:58:39 EDT

Economics Prof. Charles Weise was recently cited in a Bankrate.com article that appeared on Yahoo! News about the job market and the Federal Reserve.

From Bankrate.com:

Is the economy improving? And is the Federal Reserve's current monetary policy appropriate?

Going into the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Wednesday, spectators can expect a resounding "yes" on the second point -- and a measured affirmation to the first.

Jobs still a worry

Some recent economic data support the view that the recovery remains tentative and that very accommodative policies are still necessary. The March employment numbers came in well under expectations, and the number of initial jobless claims for unemployment benefits has unexpectedly climbed in recent weeks since hitting a low point in February. As reported on April 19, initial jobless claims rose to 386,000 for the week ending April 14. The previous week came in at 370,000, later revised up to 388,000.

With the intense focus on employment, not to mention housing, articulating the degree to which the economy has improved could be a slippery matter for the Fed.

Ron Paul '57 named one of TIME magazine's most influential people

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:46:57 EDT

U.S. Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul '57 was named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

From TIME:

Ron Paul
Libertarian

Why does Congressman Ron Paul draw such large and enthusiastic audiences even though he has no chance of winning the Republican nomination? Because people like a politician without marbles in his mouth.

Paul does not censor himself. He comes across as sincere, earnest and independent of his party's fat cats. In the debates, only he called out the American Empire's meddling in the business of countless nations around the world. He assails the Pentagon's bloated budgets and has worked with liberal Democrat Barney Frank to shrink the military-industrial complex. He wants to end our boomeranging wars.

Paul, 76, draws a distinction between libertarian conservatives and those corporatist conservatives entrenching a corporate state in which Big Business merges with Big Government. That's why he is against bailouts. His defense of privacy and civil liberties and his opposition to the war on drugs endear him to people beyond his libertarian base. They even include some progressives who cannot abide his views against health, safety and economic regulations or his denunciation of the Federal Reserve's fiat money and social-welfare programs like Medicare.

Student authors story on the NY Jets for BleacherReport.com

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:36:43 EDT

Pete Barrett '15 recently authored an article on the New York Jets for BleacherReport.com.

From Bleacher Report:

New York Jets: Rex, Remember These Titans, and Someday We'll Remember the Jets

Gettysburg, PA. — On Monday, the 2012 Jets gathered at their practice facility in Florham Park, N.J. for the first time, and Rex Ryan told reporters he is looking to build a “brotherhood” or “tribe” mentality. For Ryan to be successful in that goal he should remember the Titans — not the 1959 Jets team that originally bore that name, but the 1971 Titans of TC Williams High School.

Those Titans, featured in the Disney film, Remember The Titans, trained at Gettysburg College and became a symbol of a team. On April 14th, coaches Herman Boone and Bill Yoast returned to Gettysburg College to plant a tree whose roots were established over 40 years ago.

In 1971, three different schools in Virginia: TC Williams, George Washington and Hammond merged. TC Williams became the school for all the 11th and 12th graders, and thus the home of one merged varsity football team.

At that time the Titans were angry and unfocused, but Boone and Yoast molded them into a dynamic team, who stay close to this day.