A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.758.3849. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Oct. 11 All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be emailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Please submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Sydney Portilla-Diggs, student correspondent; Stephanie Hall, student correspondent; Nick Young, photographer; Layout by Publications
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Campus Dates
The districtwide Project Esperanza is back. LULAC and Collin Spanish classes are collecting shoes, clothes and toys in order to send them to children in Latin America through Quinta Terra, a non-profit agency, which aids children around the world. A collection box will be placed outside the bookstore at each Collin campus. The deadline for donations is Friday, Oct. 21. For more information, call Professor Dr. Sandra Herron at 972.377.1626 or e-mail her at sherron@ccccd.edu.
THE ARTS gallery has scheduled “An Earthly Codex,” an exhibit of Mary Dritschel’s paintings Thursday, Oct. 13-Saturday, Nov. 12. The gallery is located on the Spring Creek Campus. The reception for the exhibition is set for 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 13 at the gallery. For more information about Dritschel, visit her website at www.marydritschel.com. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.- 8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit the gallery’s website at www.ccccd.edu/THEARTSgallery or call 972.881.5873.
The Quad C Theatre will present “Handler” by Robert Schenkkan Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 13-15 and Oct. 19-22 at 8 p.m. Matinees will be Sunday, Oct. 16 and Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 22-23 at 2:15 p.m. All shows will be at the John Anthony Theatre, Spring Creek Campus. Directed by Gail Cronauer. General admission is $8 and $6 for students and senior citizens. For more information, visit the theatre’s website at www.quadctheatre.org, call the box office at 972.881.5809, or the theatre hotline at 972.881.5100.
The Quad C Theatre will present “The Exonerated,” a play about six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words. Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen and directed by Brad Baker, “The Exonerated” will run Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 18-22 at 8 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 22-23 at 2:15 p.m. at the Spring Creek Campus Black Box Theatre. Admission is $8 for general admission and $6 for students and senior citizens. For more information, visit www.quadctheatre.org, call the box office at 972.881.5809, or call the theatre hotline at 972.881.5100.
The Auteur Film Series will present “The Last Supper” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. The movie is rated R and runs 92 minutes. Following the movie, Collin faculty and staff will host a roundtable discussion of the movie. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and seating is limited. For more information, contact Humanities and Philosophy Chair Carolyn Perry at 972.881.5140.
The Collin Dance Department will present Dance Fusion at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11-12 at the John Anthony Theatre located on the Spring Creek Campus. Dance Fusion is the sixth invitational dance concert and this year’s program includes multiple performances by the following dance companies: Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company and Muscle Memory Dance Theatre. This program fuses the exceptional artistry of professional dance companies with Collin’s Dance Company into one event. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students. For more information call 972.881.5107.
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