Guest Columnist
Wednesday, February 25. 2009
By Dr. Don Robertson
VP for Student Affairs
I always tell new students at freshman orientation: It’s your campus; get involved. I think the same sentiments can be applied to faculty and staff, as well students.
VP for Student Affairs
I always tell new students at freshman orientation: It’s your campus; get involved. I think the same sentiments can be applied to faculty and staff, as well students.
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Justin Townes Earle will be in concert at the Lovett Live Onstage series, Feb 27, at 7:30 p.m. Like the late Van Zandt, Earle uses a base of acoustic blues and prewar folk to build his own brand of American roots music." Nashville Scene With Justin Townes Earle’s pedigree come mixed blessings. As the son of legendary singer/songwriter Steve Earle, high expectations are the name of the game, and he’s shown that he is up to the task on The Good Life, crafting stark portraits and narrative tales with elements of blues, classic country and rock n’roll. A modern-day troubadour, Earle blends genres seamlessly, framing his songs in warm musical settings and creating tunes that could easily be mistaken for classics. “I started out to make an old timey country record, but I listen to so many other kinds of music,” Justin explained. “Some of the songs were rearranged on the spot and took on other lives and album is now more of an exploration of southern music.” Earle approaches universal topics like traveling and matters of the heart (“Hard Living”, “The Good Life”) with the same fervor with which he evokes the bleak loneliness of a Civil War soldier on “Lone Pine Hill”. Tickets are $10 and are available through Ticketmaster.com, the RSEC box office, and will be available at the door. If the show sells out (180 seats onstage) seats will be sold in the balcony.
With over eight months until show time, Cindy Miller is counting down the days to “The 43rd Annual CMA (Country Music Association) Awards.” As associate producer of “Country Music’s Biggest Night,” Miller is the envy of every accountant in Nashville, Tenn. Camera crews, stage props, dancers, stylists-you name it; Miller works with hundreds of these vendors/crews to finalize every detail of this internationally televised awards show budget.
MSU alumnus Denis Frankenberger of Louisville spoke to Steve Dublin’s sales management and entrepreneurship classes Wednesday, Feb. 25. With over 40 years of successful entrepreneurial and business experience, his firm, Advance Machinery, Inc. has grown from a small regional company in the early 70s into one of the largest of its kind in the U.S.
