Our Press Release

27 January 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FROM: Gardner-Webb University

BOILING SPRINGS, NC - Gardner-Webb University announces its Spring Symposium. This year's Symposium is entitled "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Medea Myth" and will be held on 2 - 9 March 2005. The theme of this Symposium, which is a part of GWU's Life of the Scholar program, will be of "special interest to students of many disciplines.," comments Scot Lahaie, director of Theater at Gardner-Webb. The university is crossing departmental lines with the hope of jump starting an important conversation among students and faculty--namely, that all knowledge is interrelated.

Scot Lahaie, Director of Theater at Gardner-Webb, first suggested the topic of this year's Symposium to accompany the Greek play on which the Symposium now centers. Professor Lahaie, who will be directing Euripides Medea, comments that "the myths of our western ancestors have a lot to teach us about ourselves. The myth of a mother killer her children to exact revenge upon her husband is not at all foreign to our contemporary society." Medea will perform 2 - 7 March at 7:30 PM, except Sunday. Reservations are available, but not required.

The scholars participating in this event include: Kent Blevins, Associate Professor of Ethics in the Department of Religion at GWU, Dr. Jim Nogalski, Assistant Professor in the Christopher M. White Divinity School, Dr. David Parker, Associate Professor in the Department of English at GWU, Dr. Mirik Mysthowski, Assistant Professor in the Natural Sciences, Dr. June Hobbs, Professor in the English Department, and others.

The public is welcome to attend this panels and presentations, which are free of charge. Seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. Tickets for Medea are $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for students.