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Youth=20 movement on display in latest exhibition at Quick=20 Center

Identifying the = artists was=20 easy at a reception on Saturday, Jan. 9, marking the opening of a = special=20 exhibition at St. Bonaventure University=92s Regina A. Quick = Center for the=20 Arts. They were the ones looking to their moms and dads for nods = of=20 approval before loading more cookies onto their plates.

The = stars of the=20 newest Quick Center exhibition are fourth-graders at Ivers J. = Norton (IJN)=20 Elementary School in Olean, whose hand-crafted models of long = houses, corn=20 husk dolls and other objects of early Native American culture are = part of=20 an exhibition that runs through Sunday, Jan. = 17.

Fourth-grader=20 Zachary Huff and his teacher Sue Kallenbach check out Zachary=92s = model long=20 house in an exhibition at the Quick Arts Center.

The = display=20 complements the Quick Center=92s ongoing exhibition of photographs = of Native=20 Americans taken by Edward S. Curtis between 1907 and = 1927.

Ivers = J. Norton=20 is one of a number of schools across the region that partner with = The=20 Quick Center=92s Arts Education Program. Part of the program = includes the=20 opportunity for schools to display rotating mini-exhibitions of = Quick=20 Center art. A small Curtis exhibition is presently on display at = IJN,=20 where fourth-graders are studying Native Americans.

=93Maybe that=92s=20 what gave our kids that extra incentive,=94 said fourth-grade = teacher Sue=20 Kallenbach. Whatever their inspiration, the students surprised = Kallenbach=20 and fellow fourth-grade teacher Lauren Stuff when they brought = their=20 Native American projects into school.

=93We = were enthused=20 by the quality of their work and floored by the intricacy of some = of the=20 projects,=94 said Kallenbach. So proud were they of their = students=92 work=20 that the teachers invited Evelyn Sabina, curator of education at = the Quick=20 Center, to stop in and have a look.

Equally = impressed, Sabina asked the teachers to bring the projects to the = Quick=20 Center for a brief exhibition.

=93The = kids worked=20 hard and did some wonderful work,=94 said Sabina. =93And they were = so cute=20 when we took the Artmobile to school to pick up their projects. = The=20 students brought each piece out and they were so proud and=20 excited.=94

Kallenbach said=20 it=92s =93the opportunity of a lifetime=94 for the students. =93To = experience=20 having something shown in a nationally renowned art center is = something=20 they=92ll always remember and something that will inspire them, = which is=20 exactly what we=92re looking for in our partnership with the Quick = Center.=20 We=92re excited about doing other projects with St. = Bonaventure.=94

The = Quick Center=20 for the Arts is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday = and from=20 noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Its galleries are free and = open to the=20 public year round.

Bishop Kearney students earn first place in = 'Extraordinary=20 Stories In Our Schools' video news contest

Students = from Bishop=20 Kearney High School showed off their story-telling skills and = publicized=20 happenings at their school as they earned first place in the = =932009=20 Extraordinary Stories In Our Schools Contest=94 sponsored by St. = Bonaventure=20 University and Channel 13 WHAM-TV of Rochester.

The = contest, open to=20 high schools in Channel 13=92s viewing area, invited = Rochester-area teachers=20 to involve their students in producing a video story in television = news=20 format about something that was happening in their schools. The = videos=20 were posted to WHAM-TV=92s Web site for public viewing and voting. = Finalists=20 were judged by media and communications professionals.

Fourteen = news videos=20 from seven Rochester-area high schools were submitted.

=93I am = thrilled by the=20 participation and work of the Rochester-area students,=94 said = Emily=20 Sinsabaugh, vice president for university relations at St. = Bonaventure.=20 =93All of the students demonstrated good story-telling and = creative skills.=20 We will definitely be repeating this contest next year, and maybe = even=20 expanding it to additional media markets.=94

For their = first-place=20 entry, =93Mr. Burke=92s Wonders of Science,=94 each team member = from Bishop=20 Kearney received a $1,500 St. Bonaventure scholarship, an HD Flip = camera=20 and the opportunity to have their story reproduced by a = professional news=20 crew from WHAM and aired on the news. Their school also received a = cash=20 prize. The students who produced the winning story are Sheldon=20 Jones-Mitchell, Emily Hanney and Emily Pietrocarlo. Their adviser = on the=20 project was teacher Mark Wazowicz.

Second = place =97 Greece=20 Olympia High School, =93Jukevox: An Amazing Story!=94 by students = B.J. Hilton,=20 Robyn Ondrejka and Joellen Burger

Third place = =97=20 Dansville High School, =93The Dansville Difference=94 by students = Jessica=20 Krause, Tom Wittig and Morgan Kennedy

Fourth = place =97=20 Midlakes High School, =93Mr. Child's Extraordinary Project=94 by = students Lexi=20 Aruck, Ryan Doyle and Dan Welch

Fifth place = =97 Avon=20 High School, =93Smart Boards=94 by students MacKenzie Budd, Alex = Kunel and=20 Phil Linden

All of the = entries=20 can be viewed at=20 = http://www.13wham.com/content/contests/sbu.aspx.

St. Bonaventure Martin Luther King Jr. = Day program=20 to focus on theme of =91service=92

St. = Bonaventure will=20 mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010 with an evening program = focusing on=20 the theme =93service.=94

Guest = speakers for=20 the 7 p.m. Jan. 18 event will include university trustee Ellen = Grant and=20 students involved in various SBU service organizations. The = program will=20 be held in the San Damiano Room in Francis Hall and will be = preceded by a=20 6:30 p.m. MLK March from Plassmann Hall to Francis. Members of the = campus=20 community are invited to join the march at any time along the = route from=20 Plassmann to Francis.

Grant is a = native of=20 Buffalo and holds a bachelor=92s degree in sociology, master=92s = in social=20 work, and doctorate in communication and organizational behavior = from the=20 State University of New York at Buffalo. She has also completed = courses=20 toward an MBA.

In addition = to the=20 St. Bonaventure University Board of Trustees, Grant serves on = boards of=20 the Burchfield Penney Art Gallery and Boston University Black = Women=92s=20 Health Project. She is a trustee emeritus for the University at = Buffalo=20 Foundation.

Her career = has=20 included positions such as the first black and female commissioner = of=20 Mental Health for Erie County, chief executive officer of Niagara = Falls=20 Memorial Medical Center, and vice president of Blue Cross/Blue = Shield of=20 Western New York.

In 1996-97, = Grant was=20 selected as one of 12 women internationally to receive a = fellowship from=20 the International Women=92s Leadership Foundation. She has = received a number=20 of community awards, including recognition by Trocaire College, = St.=20 Bonaventure University, National Association of Social Workers, = and the=20 New York Chapter of the YWCA. In 1996, she received an honorary = doctorate=20 from Medaille College.

Last = January, Grant=20 wrote a chapter in the book =93Go, Tell Michelle,=94 in which = African American=20 women wrote letters to the new first lady.

Grant and = her=20 husband, William Miller, live in Grand Island. Her son, Justin, is = completing his master=92s degree in Hawaii.

Also on = Jan. 18, the=20 University=92s Black Student Union will staff a table in the = Reilly Center=20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students are invited to stop by and honor = King=92s=20 dream by signing a sheet that will be hung across Plassmann=20 Hall.

The 2010 = Martin=20 Luther King Day events are sponsored by the Damietta Center, = Diversity=20 Action Committee, and the Black Student Union.

The St. = Bonaventure=20 University community will be treated to a performance this month = by Step=20 Afrika! =96 the first professional company in the world dedicated = to the=20 tradition of stepping.

Step = Afrika! will=20 perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in The Regina A. Quick = Center for=20 the Arts. The performance highlights the rhythm, physicality and = history=20 of stepping, and culminates in a group activity to get students on = their=20 feet.

Step = Afrika! uses=20 stepping as a tool to demonstrate the universal life skills of = teamwork,=20 discipline, and commitment, and delves into its ties with similar=20 percussive dance traditions in Africa, as well as its place in the = long=20 line of African American cultural traditions, including hambone, = ring=20 shout and tap dance.

Founded in = December=20 1994, the company is critically acclaimed for its efforts to = promote an=20 understanding of and appreciation for stepping and the dance = tradition=92s=20 use as an educational tool for young people worldwide. Step = Afrika!=20 reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year and has performed = on many=20 stages in North and South America, Europe, Africa and the=20 Caribbean.

Based in = Washington,=20 D.C., the company has been featured on CNN, BET, PBS and NPR, as = well as=20 in numerous books, documentaries and articles that seek to explore = the=20 tradition of stepping. Its members serve as cultural ambassadors = for the=20 United States, representing the nation at events around the world = through=20 special invitations from American embassies. Its signature event, = the=20 annual Step Afrika International Cultural Festival in = Johannesburg, South=20 Africa, is the fruit of a 10-year collaboration with the Soweto = Dance=20 Theatre that unites artists from around the world in dialogue and = dance=20 performance.

The Jan. 19 = production, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board, is free and = open to=20 the campus community. Seating is limited. The Quick Center will = also host=20 Step Afrika! as part of its Young People=92s Performances on Jan. = 19 and=20 20.

QCA and = Friends of=20 Good Music to host Bulgarian cellist Kalin Ivanov =

The charismatic = cellist Kalin=20 Ivanov will be accompanied by pianist Elena Antimova when he = performs at=20 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, in the fifth concert of the Friends = of Good=20 Music season at St. Bonaventure University=92s Regina A. Quick = Center for=20 the Arts.

Ivanov = will=20 perform works by Albeniz, Barber, Schuman and Vivaldi, as well as=20 Bulgarian compositions.

=93Friends of Good=20 Music and The Quick Center for the Arts are very grateful to Mr. = Ivanov=20 for being able to replace the previously engaged Turkish cellist = Efe=20 Baltacigil, who was recalled to his homeland for mandatory = long-term=20 military duty,=94 said Ludwig Brunner, assistant director at The = Quick=20 Center.

Ivanov = is hailed=20 by The Strad magazine as =93an artist displaying dramatic urgency = and=20 expressive tone,=94 and by the New York Concert Review as =93a = player with a=20 fine grained, luscious tone.=94 He has performed as a soloist with = orchestras and as a recitalist and chamber musician in major = concert halls=20 from Moscow to New York.

After = initial=20 studies with his father in their native Bulgaria, he moved to the = United=20 States, received a master=92s degree from Brooklyn College and won = the 1999=20 C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival Concerto Competition.

His = recordings=20 include broadcasts for WNC radio in New York, WWFM classical radio = in New=20 Jersey, Voice of America, Voice of Russia, Radio Free Europe, = Bulgarian=20 National Radio and TV, CUNY-TV in New York, and Eurocom TV. He has = recorded three CDs.

Ivanov = is the=20 subject of a film biography by Bulgarian TV and was the featured = performer=20 in an Emmy-Award nominated short film, =93Study with the Best,=94 = by CUNY-TV.=20 In July 2007, he recorded music to the motion picture =93Lust, = Caution=94=20 directed by the Oscar-winning Ang Lee.

Elena = Antimova,=20 pianist and composer, started playing the piano at age 4 in her = native=20 Bulgaria. She received several piano awards and at age 15 was = critically=20 acclaimed as =93a stunning interpreter of contemporary works=94 by = Music=20 Yesterday Today, the leading music magazine in Bulgaria=92s = capital city of=20 Sofia.

Antimova studied=20 at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and performed at the = Tanglewood Music Festival. She has also performed at Carnegie=92s = Weill=20 Recital Hall, Steinway Hall, Klavierhaus, National Arts Club, CAMI = Hall,=20 as well as throughout the U.S. Her performances have been = broadcast on=20 CUNY-TV, WNYE-TV, Bulgarian National Television and Radio, Radio = Free=20 Europe, WNYC, New York Public Radio, and Voice of America. In = 2002, she=20 was featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary =93Study With The = Best.=94=20 Antimova holds bachelor=92s and master=92s degrees in piano = performance from=20 Brooklyn College.

This = performance=20 is supported in part by the New York State Council on the = Arts.

Tickets = are $20=20 at full cost, $16 for St. Bonaventure staff and senior citizens, = and $5=20 for students. For tickets and information, call The Quick Center = box=20 office at (716) 375-2494.

For = each Friends=20 of Good Music performance, The Quick Center will open its = galleries one=20 hour before the performance and keep them open throughout the=20 intermission. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday = through=20 Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Museum = admission=20 is free and open to the public year round. For more information, = visit=20 www.sbu.edu/quickcenter.

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1970 Final = Four team=20 to be honored Saturday

St. Bonaventure fans will = get a=20 chance to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the men=92s basketball = program=92s=20 Final Four appearance with the historic team that accomplished the = feat on=20 Saturday, Jan. 16.

The 1969-70 = Final=20 Four team that finished with a 25-3 overall record will be honored = at=20 halftime of the Brown and White=92s A-10 contest against Saint = Joseph=92s.=20 Gametime at the Reilly Center is slated for 7 p.m.

Members of = the team=20 including NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier and former head coach Larry = Weise=20 will be in attendance. Lanier scored 2,067 points over his career = in which=20 he led the Brown and White to a 65-12 record. The Buffalo, N.Y. = native=92s=20 #31 is retired in the RC rafters, while the court was named after = him in=20 October of 2007. The all-time winningest coach in program history, = Weise=20 posted a 202-90 record over his 12 seasons at the helm from=20 1961-73.

The Bonnies = defeated=20 Davidson, North Carolina State and Villanova to advance to the = 1970 Final=20 Four at Cole Fieldhouse in College Park, Md. St. Bonaventure = opened the=20 1969-70 season with 12 straight wins and after suffering their = first loss=20 at Villanova, the Bonnies responded with 13 consecutive=20 victories.

1969-70 = Final Four=20 Team
Players
Tom Baldwin
Gene Fahey
Matt Gantt
Greg = Gary
Paul Grys
Paul Hoffman
Bill Kalbaugh
Mike = Kull
Bob=20 Lanier
Dale Tepas
Vic Thomas
Peter Wisniowski
Jim=20 Halloran

Coaches = &=20 Staff
Larry Weise
Bob Sassone
Fred Handler
Dick = Giglotti =96=20 Athletic Trainer

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Student Athlete Advisory Committee = collects for=20 Soles4Souls
The St. Bonaventure Student Athlete = Advisory=20 Committee (SAAC) starts a month-long campaign collecting pairs of = shoes=20 for Soles4Souls beginning at the men=92s basketball game against = Saint=20 Joseph=92s on Saturday, January 16 in the Reilly Center. =

The drive = begins on=20 Saturday and runs until the men=92s and women=92s basketball = doubleheader on=20 Wednesday, February 17. Boxes will be available all day in the = Reilly=20 Center.

The SAAC is = looking=20 for 'gently worn' shoes taking up extra space in the closet = donated by the=20 campus and surrounding community. It is estimated that Americans = have 1.5=20 billion pairs of unworn shoes lying in their closets. The SAAC can = use=20 each and every one of these pair to make a tangible difference in=20 someone's life.

If you have = shoes,=20 bind each pair together with rubber bands and drop them off in the = cardboard Soles4Souls donation boxes positioned around the main = floor of=20 the Reilly Center.

Soles4Souls = is a=20 non-profit organization that facilitates the donations of shoes, = which are=20 used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and=20 individuals can donate footwear (both new and used).

Home Events = to drop=20 off Shoes:
Men=92s Basketball =96 Saturday, January 16, 7 = p.m.
Women=92s=20 Basketball =96 Saturday, January 23, 1 p.m.
Women=92s = Basketball =96=20 Wednesday, January 27, 7 p.m.
Swimming & Diving =96 Friday, = January=20 29, 5 p.m.
Men=92s Basketball =96 Saturday, January 30, 7 = p.m.
Women=92s=20 Basketball =96 Saturday, February 6, 1 p.m.
Men=92s Basketball = =96 Wednesday,=20 February 10, 7 p.m.
Men=92s Basketball =96 Saturday, February = 13, 2=20 p.m.
Women=92s Basketball =96 Sunday, February 14, 1 = p.m.
Basketball=20 Doubleheader =96 Wednesday, February 17, 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. =

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TV trailer ready to produce basketball=20 games

The = television=20 production truck donated to the university last year by Game Creek = Video=20 will be put to use just days after finally finding its permanent=20 home.

The 48-foot = trailer=20 was moved Wednesday morning from university property just west of = campus=20 to a cement pad at the southwest corner of the Reilly Center. Nine = fire-safety windows had to be installed on that side of the Reilly = Center=20 before the trailer could be moved.

By Saturday = night,=20 the trailer will be filled with students producing the men=92s = basketball=20 game against Saint Joseph=92s.

Paul = Wieland,=20 instructor in the Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass = Communication,=20 said his Remote TV Production (JMC 401E) students will be = producing nine=20 basketball games this spring =97 five men=92s and four = women=92s.

=93Other = schools have=20 their students doing similar production, but we=92re legitimately = unique=20 because this facility is ours. We own it,=94 Wieland said. =93If = one of my=20 students wants to go over sometime just to work on graphics, they = can with=20 my permission. They don=92t need professional oversight. This is = an academic=20 laboratory that other schools just don=92t have.=94

The games = will air=20 live on the Internet via the fee-based offerings at gobonnies.com, = and=20 will air on tape delay on TV at Time Warner Cable=92s discretion, = Wieland=20 said. Eventually, he said, Time Warner will lay fiber optics to = allow for=20 live game transmissions.

Outdoor = athletic=20 events will be broadcast once cable is laid underneath the road = behind the=20 Reilly Center; that will happen during campus road reconstruction = this=20 summer.

More than = 20 students=20 will be involved in the game production, Wieland said. Five = cameras =97 two=20 high in the arena, one on each baseline, and one at center court = =97 will=20 video the game. WGR Radio=92s Jeremy Noeson will handle the = play-by-play;=20 his color analyst is still to be determined.

Wieland = said other=20 men=92s games to be produced include Dayton, Fordham, Richmond and = Duquesne.=20 Women=92s games include Xavier, Fordham, Saint Joe=92s and George=20 Washington.

=93The nice = thing about=20 basketball is that it=92s a good place for these kids to break = into sports=20 production,=94 Wieland said. =93It=92s really one of the easier = sports to=20 produce, and I=92m going to keep it as clean and simple as=20 possible.=94

Students = have already=20 gone through a couple of simulations in the fall semester while = the=20 trailer was parked at the UPS lot next to campus.

Built in = 1988, the=20 48-foot double-expando truck was once one of the signature mobile = units in=20 the country, taking on big-ticket entertainment shows like the = Academy=20 Awards. The equipment includes a Grass Valley 3000 switcher, four = hard=20 Ikegami cameras with Canon lenses, three hand-held Ikegami = cameras, four=20 Sony W75 Beta decks, a Yamaha 3500 audio console, a Chyron = Infinit, and an=20 Abekas DVEous.

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Dr. Kimberly Young, = professor=20 of management sciences was quoted in a recent story in The New = York Times.=20 "To Deal with Obsession, Some Defriend Facebook" described the new = trends=20 in how teenagers who feel addicted to the Internet are weaning = themselves=20 from networking sites.