Author Archive for Paul Riat

Islam, terrorism and Osama bin Laden

Islam, terrorism and Osama bin Laden

“I remember my junior year of high school… one day I stayed up till two in the morning studying … my father sees me and says, ‘Mohammed, this is a great jihad,” said  Mohammad Khalil, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign assistant professor of religion, visiting professor of law. “I assure you he was not saying ‘this […]

Graduate Art Exhibit celebrates culture, senses, experience

Graduate Art Exhibit celebrates culture, senses, experience

Pushing through the doors of the Art and Design Building, the visitor is greeted with the Civil War song “Dixie” and the sonorous voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To their right, an imposing jumble of images looms over them. Power Remix is a large-scale installation incorporating drawing, painting and printmaking by second-year printmaking […]

Mass Comm. project blends tech and scholarship

Mass Comm. project blends tech and scholarship

The job of a mass communicator is a moving target. Publications from the Gutenberg Bible to WikiLeaks vary in goal, technology and application but the people in the communications industry create products that impact society—and reflect societal conditions—in ways that are both powerful and sublime. Mass communications educators strive to inculcate students with the responsibility […]

BFA work "On Display" in the MUC

BFA work “On Display” in the MUC

Through Dec. 18 the works of eight BFA students will be on display upstairs at the Morris University Center Gallery in an exhibition aptly titled “On Display.”
The MUC gallery is open Monday through Friday,  8 a.m.-5 p.m., and is free to the public.
There is a complimentary display of BFA work at the New Wagner Gallery […]

Jazz convocation in Dunham pt. 3

Jazz convocation in Dunham pt. 3

The following selections are Cry Me A River by Arthur Hamilton, Paper Moon by Harold Arlen, and I’m Beginning to See the Light by Duke Ellington performed by the SIUE Jazz Vocal Ensemble at the Nov. 12 Convocation in the Choral Room of SIUE’s Dunham Hall.

Strangers in a strange land

Strangers in a strange land

Thousands of miles away from home is not how any student wants to spend the holidays. Yet, across the nation, international students are often left in the United States. They usually cannot afford to travel home to see their families. Mehrdad Shadmehr, a graduate student in the chemistry program from Iran, originally felt […]

Suzuki kids pull off massive concert

Suzuki kids pull off massive concert

Nearly 250 children showed off their skills at reading music and playing their stringed instruments in early December at the annual Suzuki concert. Parents of the Suzuki method students packed SIUE’s Dunham Hall—the payoff for regularly trucking their child to the University for individual evening lessons and weekly group lessons throughout the semester.
The SIUE Suzuki […]

Jazz convocation in Dunham pt. 2

Jazz convocation in Dunham pt. 2

The following videos are of I Surrender by Tony Rizzi, performed by the SIUE Jazz Guitar Ensemble at the Nov. 12 Convocation in the Choral Room of SIUE’s Dunham Hall. That is followed by Good Morning Heartache by Fisher, Higginbotham and Drake performed by the University’s Jazz Vocal Ensemble, with soloist Nicole Jonas and […]

Häxan with live music in the MUC

Häxan with live music in the MUC

Silent films were never really silent. There was always a musical score to accompany the imagery playing out on the screen. Interpreting the film through musical composition is the unspoken half of the artistry of film from a bygone era, and it is an art that one SIUE music major brought to the Morris University […]

Jazz Convocation in Dunham pt. 1

Jazz Convocation in Dunham pt. 1

“Rose’s Loom” by Tony Rizzi followed by “In a Mist” by Bix Beiderbecke performed by the Jazz Guitar Ensemble at the Nov. 12 convocation in the Choral Room of Dunham Hall, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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