Texas State signs three men’s basketball players for 2009-10
Texas State head men’s basketball coach Doug Davalos announced that J.B. Conley, Dylan Hale and Uriel Segura have signed to play for the Bobcats in 2009-10.”All three of these players have the same characteristics,” Davalos said. “They have wonderful parents who will make my job easier from day one. They also are versatile players who […]
Newstreamz.com will print updates of dropped charges or not guilty verdicts upon request. Send requests with appropriate documentation and working daytime phone number to cops@newstreamz.com or by fax to (512) 392-5132.
•10:40 a.m. November 20. Possession of a Controlled Substance and Prohibited Weapon, 100 Craddock Ave. Stephen Tate Fryar, 19, arrested.
•11:24 a.m. November 20. Failure to […]
SMHS Choir stacks up the awards
San Marcos CISD Choral Director Helen Miers announced that the SMCISD choir has winners in two categories: the Texas Music Educators All-District/Region Choir Members (TMEA) and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Choir Members. The TMEA All-District/Region Mixed Choir Members recognized are: Kay Whitbeck, Josh Contreras, Jonathon Flores, Layne […]
Texas Sate Wind Ensemble hosts guest artists in concert
The Texas State University-San Marcos Wind Ensemble welcomes two distinguished artists Nov. 23 for a special afternoon concert in Evans Auditorium on campus.Admission to the 3 p.m. performance is $5 for adults and $3 for students.
James F. Keene, director of bands emeritus at the University of Illinois, will guest conduct Norman Dello Joio’s Scenes from […]
Author, war correspondent Scott Anderson to give talks
Posted on October 2, 2008 at 2:24 pm • Print • Share
SAN MARCOS - Veteran war correspondent and award-winning author Scott Anderson will give a series of talks at Texas State University-San Marcos Oct. 16-17.Anderson will speak at the Alkek Library on the Texas State campus 3 p.m. Oct. 16. He will also speak at the Katherine Anne Porter House, 508 W. Center Street in Kyle, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Anderson has reported from Beirut, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Israel, Sudan, Sarajevo, El Salvador and Iraq. He is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and his work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper’s, Outside, and National Geographic. He is the author of the novels Triage and Moonlight Hotel, the nonfiction book The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny, and, with his brother Jon Lee Anderson, War Zones. Most recently, he collaborated with photographer Paolo Pellegrin on Double Blind: Lebanon Conflict 2006 about the recent war between Israel and Lebanon, where both Anderson and Pellegrin were reporting.
A film based on Triage, starring Colin Ferrell and Christopher Lee, will be released in 2009. Another film starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, The Hunting Party, about a reporter searching for a Bosnian war criminal was loosely based on an article Anderson wrote for Esquire.
The event is cosponsored by the Therese Kayser Lindsey Reading Series and the Texas State Department of English. For additional information, contact Michael Noll at (512) 268-6637.
by JAYME BLASCHKE
University News Service
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