A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: April 10 All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be e-mailed 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; Lydia Gober, special contributor; Nick Young, photographer.
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April Calendar Dates
Collin will host "We Stand Together Against Sexual Assault" the third annual Candlelight Vigil 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 6, at the Spring Creek Campus Atrium. This year's event will feature Texas first lady Anita Perry, a former sexual assault nurse and current advocate for sexual assault victims and Vikas Adam, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault spokesperson and sexual assault survivor. The event is in support of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Co-hosted by Collin County Community College District and The Turning Point. For more information, contact The Turning Point at 972.985.0951 or Collin Counseling Services at 972.881.5779.
Dr. Frederick Turner, The University of Texas at Dallas founder professor of arts and humanities, will present "The Undiscovered Country: Poems by Frederick Turner" at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. Turner will be available to sign books. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 972.881.5810.
“energy II” will be the featured collection at THE ARTS gallery through Saturday, April 8. “energy II” is work from Collin graphic arts students from the applied graphic design technology program. 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. For more information about this exhibition and any future exhibitions, visit the gallery’s website at www.ccccd.edu/THEARTSgallery or call 972.881.5873.
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Back: Ashley Franco, Jordan Berg, Kari Rains, Melinda Castro, Krisi Monti
Middle: Elizabeth Horn, Breanne Powell, Christa Bieker, Stephanie Howell.
Front: Melissa Nagel, Diana Bandoh, Katie Bownds, Emily Walker. | Collin Dance Ensemble will present their spring dance concert, “Rebirth,” at 8 p.m., Friday-Saturday, April 7-8, at the John Anthony Theatre on the Spring Creek Campus. General admission is $5 and $3 for students and senior citizens. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call 972.881.5107.
Psi Beta and Student Life will present Richard Slatcher’s “Exploring Couples Everyday Lives: A View from the Inside” at noon, Monday, April 10, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. Slatcher, a graduate student at The University of Texas, studies couples and how they talk to teach other. He also utilizes writing/emotion expression studies to examine how couples communicate in order to find out which relationships last the longest. For more information, call Student Life at 972.881.5788.
The college will host two Study Grant presentations in April. Letters professor Lisa Roy-Davis will present “Readings in Black and White: The Discourse in Early American Literature" at 2 p.m., Friday, April 21. In addition, history professor Joan Jenkins will present "Chaotic Christianity: Readings in the History of Early Christianity" at 1 p.m., Friday, April 28. Both will be held in room K236 at the Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano.
The college’s Lions Club will become a chartered member of Lions Club International. The group will celebrate the new status from 7-9 p.m., Saturday, April 22, in the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. Contact Donald Weasenforth for more information at dweasenforth@ccccd.edu
The Auteur Film Series, titled “Food for Thought,” will present “Babette’s Feast” at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 27, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. The film revolves around Babette, a 19th-century Parisian political refugee who is seeking shelter in a Danish town. The elderly daughters of the town minister take Babette in as a maid and cook. After the minister’s death, the daughters plan a feast in honor of their father, and Babette takes responsibility for the meal. The film is 102 minutes and is rated G. Following the movie, a panel discussion led by several Collin faculty and staff will be held in order to discuss the film and its themes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and seating is limited. The screening is free and open to the public. For more information about the Auteur Film Series, contact Collin Humanities and Philosophy Chair Carolyn Perry at 972.881.5140 or e-mail her at cperry@ccccd.edu.
 The Quad C Theatre will present “The Mistress of the Inn” by Carlo Goldoni, adapted for the stage by Carmela Lamberti. Shows are schedules for Thursday-Saturday, April 27-29 and May 3-6, at 8 p.m. Matinees are scheduled for Sunday, April 30 and Saturday-Sunday, May 6-7 at 2:15 p.m. All shows are at the Black Box Theatre, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. The play features Mirandolina, the high-spirited mistress of an inn frequented by wealthy aristocrats, who are smitten by her. With her sights set on financial security, Mirandolina teaches a lesson about what love is and what love is not. The show is co-directed by Robin Armstrong and Shannon Kearns-Simmons. Tickets are $8 for general admission and $6 for students and senior citizens. For tickets call 972.881.5809. For more information, call the theatre hotline at 972.881.5100 or visit www.quadctheatre.org.
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