Allison Perkins
Reporter
Every August, the Ina E. Gordy Honors College kicks off the fall semester with Honors Forum.
“The purpose is to provide a challenging educational program for the honor students approximately every other week. The meetings may include a variety of activities, such as formal presentations, cultural events and discussions,” said Thomas Velek, director of the Ina E. Gordy Honors College.
Evan Fox
Reporter
Fall semester has been going for less than a month, but the theater department is already preparing for the first production of the school year.
According to Thomas Parsons, a senior theater major, the department is planning to perform “The Good Doctor,” penned by the Oscar-nominated writer Neil Simon.
Katie Beard Wilson
Reporter
MUW’s new coordinator of student activities, Elise Wilson, can be seen around campus most of the time. Unknown to most, she was actually a student at the W not too long ago. That’s right. She started her freshman year in August of 2004 and graduated in May of 2008 with a bachelors of arts in history.
MUW ranked high in several categories, MUW Photo
Zac Carlisle
Copy Editor
Mississippi University for Women was recently named one of the best colleges to work by a national academic publication. This recognition came after a survey was used to determine how well the faculty enjoyed being a part of the W. The survey was carried out by The Chronicle of Higher Education, which is located in Washington, D.C.
President James B. Borsig, Photo by Chris Jenkins
Julessa Oglen
Managing Editor
You may see him dressed in a suit walking to a meeting, or see him in the cafeteria eating with the students. You may even see him serving food or having a meal with students at his house. Where ever you see him, you know who he is and why he’s there. He is the new president of The W.
The Art and Design building hosts the collection, Photo by Alex Woolbright
Will Stennett
News Editor
The MUW art department is holding its annual Permanent Collection at the Eugenia Summer Gallery. Since Aug. 15, the gallery has been presenting Mississippi University for Women's collected work dating back to the Great Depression for students and the public alike.
Dr. Michael Farris Smith, Courtesy of Dr. Smith
Alexandra Woolbright
Editor
With his upcoming novel, Rivers, set to release Sept. 10, Dr. Michael Farris Smith, associate professor of English at MUW, has been leading a very busy life. The novel has also been chosen as the Common Reading Initiative at MUW for the school year. His awards include the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the Transatlantic Review Award for Fiction, the Alabama Arts Council Fellowship Award for Literature and the Brick Streets Press Short Story Award. Works from Dr. Smith can be found in both fiction and non-fiction form, with some of his short fiction work being nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. A novella, The Hands of Strangers, was a part of the Eudora Welty Symposium. His essays have also appeared in The New York Times, as well as various other publications. In between writing and helping care for his two little girls, Dr. Smith granted the Spectator an interview, giving students an insight into the mind of a writing genius.
