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Daniel Herchenroether, a 1980 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate, recently released the first book in a trilogy, Selling Air.
"Å“It"â„¢s a fictional account of my experiences working in software sales in the 1990s,"? Herchenroether said. "Å“This follows two competing sales teams "" one less ethical than the other."?
Herchenroether first worked for a start-up company in 1992. He left in January 1997 to another company that merged and continued in the field until the market crashed.
When asked what led a ¾¨Ó㴫ý mathematician to become an author, he said, "Å“I"â„¢ve always been an avid reader of novels by Clancy, Grisham and others, which developed my desire to write. When the crash came, I had the time and opportunity to try."?
"Å“This project started out as one book, but then I figured out that it would probably take 1,000 pages to cover the whole story, so I decided to divide it into a trilogy,"? Herchenroether said. "Å“The first book is a snapshot of the sales environment; the second book focuses on what happens to the dynamics of a company when it goes public; and the last book is about the experience of going through a crash and what it did to people."?
"Å“In 2001, I was lured back to a startup for several months, but I soon realized that my heart wasn"â„¢t in software sales anymore. I decided to devote my full attention to writing, and Selling Air is the first fruit of that focus."?
Herchenroether grew up in Pittsburgh, and currently lives there with his wife, Wendy who is a 1983 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate, son, daughter, and beagle.
For more information about Selling Air, visit the website: Â or e-mail the author at author@sellingair.com.
Dr. Carol Bove, professor of French at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, was one of 21 French professors selected to attend the 2005 Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar on the Holocaust in Washington, D.C.
 "I found the seminar very useful for preparing the travel seminar and cluster course I plan to teach with Dr. Phylllis Kitzerow [professor of sociology]," Bove said. "Both courses will include the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism in France. The travel seminar will focus on the way in which social class, race and gender shape life in the United States and France today, and ends with a two-weeks in France. The cluster course will focus on minorities in the United States and France."
Bove, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 1984, earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and her master's and Ph.D. from the State University of New York, Binghamton. Bove is the author of "The Politics of Julia Kristeva," which analyze the politics embodied in Kristeva's French-Bulgarian theory and fiction from 1969-2002. She has also published several articles and translated two books on French psychoanalytic writing. She has regularly offered cluster courses at ¾¨Ó㴫ý linking French studies to other disciplines.
 The seminar was sponsored by the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United State Holocaust Memorial Museum, and was endowed by David Hess of Arizona and Edward Hess of Georgia in memory of their parents, Jack and Anita Hess, who believed in the power of education to overcome racial and religious prejudice.
 "This seminar and the lessons of the Holocaust are particularly important today, when anti-Semitism appears once again to be on the rise in France and elsewhere," said Paul Shapiro, director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. "Assisting college faculty who teach this difficult subject is one of the Museum's highest priorities."
 For more information, contact Bove at (724) 946-7303 or e-mail cbove@westminster.edu.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Equestrian team will host 13 colleges and universities at a riding competition Sunday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Little Neshannock Stables.
"Riders compete in Hunt seat equitation on the flat and over fences, with the jumping classes beginning at 9 a.m.," said Evan Garrison, instructor of English at ¾¨Ó㴫ý and faculty advisor to the team. "Flat classes begin in the afternoon."
The following are scheduled to compete: Allegheny College, Bethany College, California University, Duquesne University, Edinboro University, Mercyhurst College, Penn State Behrend, Penn State Fayette, Slippery Rock University, Seton Hill, West Virginia University, ¾¨Ó㴫ý, and Washington and Jefferson College.
"Hunt seat is the traditional style of riding inherited from Europe, also called the forward seat," Garrison said. "The flat classes in these horse shows are judged by professional and accredited judges who evaluate a rider's position in the saddle at a walk, trot, and canter. Jumping classes are usually more advanced riders who mount horses they do not know and take the horse over a course of jumps."
The event is free and open to the public, and a concession stand is available. Contact Mary McKinley, owner of the stables, at (724) 946-2399 or e-mail mary@neshannock.com or Dana Roberts, a senior business administration major from Pittsburgh and captain of the equestrian team, at robertdj@westminster.edu for more information. Little Neshannock Stables website is and it is located one mile east of ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
¾¨Ó㴫ý will host a performance by One World Tribe Friday, June 23, at 7 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Musicians and dancers from Jamaica, Kenya, West Africa, and Puerto-Rico will perform numbers from reggae, soul, hip hop, funk, Jazz, African pop, Latin and salsa. A variety of instruments including bass, percussion, keyboards, djembe, guitar, congas, and drums make up the ensemble, and is complemented by several vocal members and dancers.
Kennedy Thompson, creator of this multicultural group, spent years selecting the players for One World Tribe to play the varied styles of music he enjoyed. He also wanted a group created on the premise of bringing together musicians of various racial and ethnic backgrounds in order to break down social and racial barriers.
Twenty-three Campbell (OH) High School students spent two weeks enjoying seminars and rehearsals with One World Tribe, and will join them in this production. While on the campus of ¾¨Ó㴫ý, students of the Resch Foundation's Performing Arts Camp listened to lectures by artist filmmaker, Billy Jackson. Michael Slane, an assistant instructor of theatre at ¾¨Ó㴫ý who specializes in scenic design and technical applications, and Cynthia Snodgrass Jones, adjunct faculty of theatre, who specializes in performance and coordinated this camp, also taught seminars at this camp.
The performance is free and open to the public. Contact Jones at (724) 946-7243 or e-mail jonescs@westminster.edu for more information.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Speech and Debate Team made an impressive debut at the "Through the Looking Glass" novice speech tournament held at Bloomsburg University Sept. 29.
¾¨Ó㴫ý is ready to launch a "e-mentoring" program between alumni and current students.
Angela Lattanzio, a senior music and elementary education major at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will perform a senior recital Saturday, April 12, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Lattanzio's soprano voice, accompanied by ¾¨Ó㴫ý music faculty member Susan Schoeffler, will perform Haydn's "Nun beut die Fl r," Hahn's "L'heure exquise," Bizet's "Ouvre ton Coeur," and "Je dis, que rien ne m pouvante," from Carmen. The second half of the performance includes Donaudy's "Amorosi, mia giorni," "Obradors' "Chiquitita la Novia," Obradors, "Del cabello mis sutil," Puccini's "Donde lieta," and Simon's "Come to My Garden."
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Orchestra will present "A Holiday Celebration" Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Bryan Bischof, a ¾¨Ó㴫ý senior mathematics major, and co-researcher Andrew Perriello, an undergraduate student at Penn State University New Kensington, recently gave a talk on their joint research, "On the Images of Integer Coefficient Polynomials," at MathFest, the annual summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, in San Jose, Calif.
¾¨Ó㴫ý alumnus and broadcast journalist Eric Burns will present "The Real World" at the Bleasby Colloquium Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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