Alex Lopez tagged as regional guest juror

Image courtesy of the SIUC School of Art and Design.

Each year Southeast Missouri State University’s Art Department holds a Student Showcase. Regional guest artists are selected by Southeast faculty to jury the show.

This year’s juror is Alex Lopez, Assistant Professor of Sculpture at SIU Carbondale.

Southeast art professor Emily Denlinger says she chose Lopez because his work sets a good model for students.

"In the Digital Arts program we are interested in the cross pollination of multiple media, and how student can incorporate digital technologies with the more traditional media they are using, such as printmaking and ceramics," Denlinger says. "I believe bringing Alex Lopez to SEMO sets a tone for the students and expands their ideas about the possibilities of art."

As a benefit to the juror, he or she is allowed to display personal work in the River Campus Gallery prior to the Student Show. Lopez’s installation is titled “Indelible History of Things Past, Present, and Future”. The show runs from February 28th to March 23rd.

Ryan Paluczak, KRCU

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Anything Goes at the River Campus

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KRCU) - Southeast Missouri State University actors are currently showing their newest rendition of Anything Goes at the River Campus. The romantic comedy is filled with quirky plot twists and catchy tunes, accompanied by tap dance. Zak McMahon elaborated on his role in the production.

“I have a very small role in it, but I’m multiple characters. My main role is Ching, which is an Asian, and I part Joe Capstick who is Ling. I’m also a featured tap dancer, and then throughout it I have four costume changes. I’m pretty much just a dancer and a chorus member.”

Billy Crocker falls in love with Hope Harcourt when the two share a taxi. They are later reunited on an ocean liner sailing from New York to London. Much to his dismay she is engaged to another man. Through his antics he tries to win her heart, but along the way emotions and actions are misconstrued into comedic madness.

The show is playing through Sunday, February 27th at the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast’s River Campus.

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Cape Girardeau Airport looks at 60 acre expansion and 6 daily flights

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KRCU) - The Cape Girardeau Airport Advisory Board held a monthly board meeting last night to address several current issues regarding the growing facility.

If approved, 60 acres of land will be added to the northwest portion of the property and the parking lot will undergo construction to accommodate expansion.

With all this growth, national budget cuts could plague the regional airport’s plans. Furthermore, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport manager Bruce Loy still has to convince to FAA to increase the number of daily flights.

"Right now they are showing a budget for us for four round trips a day, but our contention has been that Marion and Quincey are seeing six round trips a day, and we just simply think it's unfair that Cape's not seeing six as well," Loy said.

Air transportation into Cape Girardeau is very important for all aspects of the city's economy, Loy says.

In other matters, board members began planning for the air show in 2012.

Ryan Paluczak, KRCU

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Link executed in Bonne Terre; death penalty opponents hold vigil in Jackson

47-year old Martin Link was executed this morning in Bonne Terre for the ​the 1991 murder of Elissa Self. Self, just age 11 at the time, went missing after walking to the bus stop. Her body was later found along the banks of the St. Francis River. 

The Interfaith South East Moratorium on Executions held a candlelight vigil at the Cape County Courthouse last night. 

Courtney Kennedy attended the vigil and said, "We just feel that two wrongs don't make a right. We don't want to see two families suffer from the loss of a loved one, although we feel horrible for the Self family, who lost their daughter, Elyssa. We feel that Martin Link's family will be feeling the same pain from what's supposed to happen tonight."

The group has held three vigils, including one for Richard Clay, whose death sentence was commuted to life in prison at the last minute by Governor Jay Nixon. The group says that they are keeping the victims' families in their thoughts.

Ryan Paluczak, KRCU

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Packers win Super Bowl 31-25 over Pittsburgh

The Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers last night to hoist the Lombardi Trophy as NFL Champions. The Packers built a commanding lead, but let it dwindle to a mere six point victory, winning 31-25.

The Super Bowl is more than just a football game. Tina Eaton of Cape Girardeau says that she has always been attracted to the event.

"I went to Port Cape this year to watch the Super Bowl. I watch it pretty much every year, basically just for the commercials, but this year they didn't seem as good. The halftime show was pretty entertaining, though," Eaton said.

The half time show was a performance by the Black Eyed Peas.

Ryan Paluczak, KRCU

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Redhawks recruit six offensive linemen

Southeast head football coach Tony Samuel spoke about the 2011 recruiting class Wednesday afternoon. The Redhawks will welcome 26 student athletes for the upcoming year. This class includes many local and regional players from both High Schools and Junior Colleges.

Coach Samuel spoke about how last year's success translated into such a strong group.

"A big part of that really was the success that we had as a team. That helped us in the local area, and increased our popularity around the country," Samuel said.

Four starting offensive lineman were graduated from last year's team. The need for linemen was addressed by signing 6 players, a much larger number than years past.

Last Tuesday, Samuel signed a 5-year extension worth a base salary of $125,000 per year.

Ryan Paluczak, KRCU

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