Tales of the Good Ship Dick ... Bay State Boobs and Obama Trauma
Mon, February 8, 2010
As recorded for broadcast on WCBC Radio, 1-30-10 When all the world’s a stage, everyone else is a prop.   I read a Yahoo headline the other day, and figured the Good Lord had finally gotten around to some long-overdue divine retribution: “Earth gives way under Texas,” it read. Unfortunately, it was just a sinkhole outside San Antonio, not near big enough to swallow that state’s many sins against man and nature, not the least of which is George W. Bush. We arrived at these dark times, I am compelled to once again remind the zombie hordes of Fox & Fiends, long before Obama took...

Expanded Mission, New Home for FSU Center for Creative Writing
Mon, February 8, 2010
After physically moving its headquarters into newly renovated space on Main Street in Frostburg, the FSU Center for Creative Writing is now open to expand its mission even more toward outreach to the community, to writers, and to lovers of the written word. And with the move to the last open space in the Lyric Building on Main Street comes an expanded mission focusing on community outreach; new programs for writers, readers and lovers of the literary arts; and a space for writing and reading. “We want people to come in, to have their imaginations inspired,” says Center Director Gerry LaF...

Irish Tenors Return to Frostburg State University
Sun, February 7, 2010
The Irish Tenors return to the Cultural Events Series at Frostburg State University with “DRUID: Featuring the Irish Tenors,” a show that vibrantly captures the essence of the modern Irish spirit, an influence that has spread far beyond Ireland’s green countryside and island shores.  Featuring the Irish Tenors, Ciaran Nagle, Jeremy Morgan, Robert Archibald, Kenneth O’Reagan, and Simon Morgan, the show will be held in the Pealer Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center at FSU on Wednesday, February 24, beginning at 7:30 PM. “DRUID” is a musical journey from Ireland’s pre-Chris...

Tootoonchi Named Dean of FSU College of Business
Sun, February 7, 2010
Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi, who has served as interim dean of the College of Business at Frostburg State University since March 2009, has been named to the position of dean by Provost Stephen Simpson.  He was selected following a national search and campus interviews with multiple finalists. Tootoonchi joined the FSU faculty in 1989, served as chair of the Department of Management from 2003 to 2007, and was associate dean of the College of Business from January 2008 until he became interim dean.  He received the University’s Faculty Achievement Award in 1998 and 2003, is president of the Intern...

No Two Ways About It: This Blizzard Is Not From Dairy Queen
Sun, February 7, 2010
Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful, And since we've no place to go, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Lyrics from “Let It Snow” by Sammy Cahn We were all warned well in advance of the onslaught of snow that descended on us this past day and a half; a non-stop dumping of the white fluffy stuff that poured out from the heavens above.  After a while you began to wonder if the forecasters were wrong, and the thought crossed your mind:  what does one do if the flakes pile all the way to the roof?