December 2006:
Number 512
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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: Dec. 7 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; Teresa Danner, special contributor; Nick Young, photograpy and layout.
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Campus Dates
Quad C Theatre will continue their 2006-2007 season with Light Up the Sky, a delightful comedic classic of the Broadway theatre by Moss Hart. Light Up the Sky revolves around a group of New York theatre-folk who attend the opening of their new play in Boston. The lead actress, the backer, and several others, are in seventh heaven at the prospect of a tremendous success which they hope for in the work of a young unknown writer. Gathered in a hotel room, these people go through their paces with tremendous gusto and many exhibitions of temperament. The opening of the play, which is a very earnest and experimental work, is such as to lead the cast, director and backer to believe it a flop. Instantly they turn against themselves, the production and the author, and savagely proceed to destroy themselves. Light Up the Sky will be presented by Quad C Theatre at Collin, in the Black Box Theatre. Performances are Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and 6-9 at 8 p.m., with matinees Dec. 3, 9 and 10 at 2:15 p.m. Tickets are $8 for general admission, $6 for students and senior citizens (55+). Group rates are available. For tickets, season subscriptions and other information call the Quad C Theatre Hotline at 972.881.5100 or visit us on the web at www.quadctheatre.org. A TDD information line for deaf patrons is available at 972.881.5950. Performances on Sunday, Dec.3 at 2:15 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. will be sign-interpreted for patrons who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing.
The Collin County Community College District 6th annual Talent Show is scheduled for 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, in the John Anthony Theatre. For more information, contact Kathy Morgan at kmorgan@ccccd.edu.
The Auteur Film Series, "Fools, Cons and Liars: Trickster Characters in Film," will present "Smoke Signals" at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 4, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center in Plano. Seating starts at 6:30 p.m. The movie is rated PG-13. This movie tells the tale of misfit Thomas and Victor, who venture to retrieve Victor's father's remains. For more information, contact Humanities Chair Carolyn Perry at cperry@ccccd.edu.
The 15th annual Holiday Gift and Craft Fair is scheduled from 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Spring Creek Campus Atrium. It is free and open to the public. Items for sale include pottery, toys, hand-painted T-shirts, wreaths, ornaments, jewelry, baked goods, books, purses and much more. For more information, contact Karen Knapp at 972.881.5606 or Sandra Claborn at 972.548.5536.
The college’s Chamber Singers, Chorale and Expressions vocal groups will be featured in the “Choral Concert of Great Works" Thursday, Dec. 7 and Friday, Dec. 8. Both performances will be at 8 p.m. in the John Anthony Theatre, Spring Creek Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. General admission is $5 and is free to students with a school ID and children under 6. For more informaiton, contact Kathy Morgan for additional information at kmorgan@ccccd.edu or call 972.881.5653.
The 5th annual Gingerbread House Competition will take place Friday, Dec. 8, at the Spring Creek Campus in Plano. The event is sponsored by the Hospitality and Food Service Management Program. Entries will be in the classic cottage design much like the Hansel and Gretel witch’s house. For more information, e-mail skao@ccccd.edu.
Collin Humanities students will host their departmental art exhibit in the Spring Creek Campus atrium from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8. The exhibit will feature the creative projects of fall 2006 Humanities 1301 students - and will include music, photography, poetry and various forms of visual art. Humanities 1301 students explore what it means to be human by examining humankind's creativity throughout the ages. In addition to studying these facets of the human experience, students are asked to express their own creative voice through class projects, some of which will be in this exhibit. Projects on display were selected by professors for their exceptional creativity and/or unique characteristics. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
The Auteur Film Series, "Fools, Cons and Liars: Trickster Characters in Film," will present "Bamboozled" at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 19, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center in Plano. Seating starts at 6:30 p.m. The movie is rated R. This Spike Lee joint revolves around an Ivy League-educated African American man whose TV show idea is rejected by the network. Frustrated, he revives the minstrel shows with African American actors in black face. For more information, contact Humanities Chair Carolyn Perry at cperry@ccccd.edu.
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