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On Campus

Blitzer
Speaks to
Full House
Swor Auditorium of Nelson Hall was packed for CNN Senior White House Correspondent Wolf Blitzer's appearance during "Arts in April" (previous story Spring ‘97 Beacon). The event even attracted the attention of C-SPAN, who taped the speech for broadcast on both channels of the cable industry's public service network. Although we do not have the Nielsen ratings for the televised program, it is estimated that 12 percent of the adult population in the United States--approximately 22 million people--watch C-SPAN's public affairs programming each week.

[Barry Hannah] Dr. Hannah
Spins Tales for
Appreciative
Audience
Dr. Barry Hannah (‘64), one of the South's most acclaimed writers of modern fiction, performed recently at Northside Baptist Church, Clinton, MS in conjunction with Arts in April. Introduced by Dr. Debbie Trott Pierce (‘77), associate professor of French, Hannah read from his short story, "A Creature in the Bay of St. Louis." Hannah has published numerous novels and short story collections set in the South. He has earned several impressive awards, including the William Faulkner Prize for his first novel, Geronimo Rex (1972), which was also nominated for the National Book Award. His latest collection of short stories High Lonesome has been nominated for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Hannah currently resides in Oxford where he has served as writer-in-residence at the University of Mississippi for twelve years.

MC on Honor Roll
For the eighth year Mississippi College has been named to the John Templeton Foundation's Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges, a designation (initiated in 1989) which recognizes colleges and universities that emphasize character building as an integral part of the [Honor Roll]

college experience. All four-year accredited undergraduate institutions in the United States were invited to be evaluated by the Templeton Foundation's select panel of educators and administrators representing all regions of the country.

A total of 135 schools in 42 states were selected to this year's Honor Roll, which will be published in the Foundation's reference guide this fall. Copies are available by calling 800/245.1285.

"Mississippi College was selected based on the strategies they used to strengthen students' moral development, and the evidence of its character-building policies and programs which form an integral part of the college experience," stated John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D., president of the John Templeton Foundation.

The foundation was established in 1987 by international investment manager Sir John Marks Templeton. The Foundation is committed to a broad spectrum of activities, including studies, award programs and publications that promote the character development of young people in secondary schools, colleges and universities.