FORENSICS TAKES ITS FAIR SHARE
The Carroll Talking Saints forensics team rebounded from their first regional tournament defeat in 21 years by defeating Boise State and 23 other colleges and universities while winning the Pacific University regional championship tournament on January 29, 2012, in Forest Grove, Ore. The win earned Carroll a share of the Northwest Forensics Conference title. The win earned Carroll a Gold Medal Program award and a share of the Northwest Forensics Conference title. This was the 22nd straight year that the Talking Saints have won or shared the NFC Conference crown. At the event, Carroll students won 52 awards, with 19 separate students being honored.
“We traded victories with Boise State at the two big regional tournaments,” said Coach Brent Northup, professor of communication and department chair at Carroll. The Boise State team, which along with Whitman College also earned Gold Medal Program honors for the year, is led by first-year coach Manda Hicks, a 1997 Carroll communication alumna.
The Carroll victory at Pacific was led by two new Carroll team members Bobbi Owen and Michael Yamoah, who won a dozen awards, six apiece. Owen, a freshman from Broadus, Mont., won novice prose and novice persuasion on her way to being named second best novice competitor in the region. Yamoah, a junior transfer from the African nation of Ghana, won novice extemporaneous and finished less than one point ahead of Owen to win best novice in the region, the equivalent of the “rookie of the year award” in Northwest forensics. Chris Axtman, a junior from Portland, Ore., won five awards and finished third in the race for the Coach’s Commemorative Trophy, the Most Valuable Speaker award for the Northwest region. (Photo above right: Axtman, Owen and Yamoah, left to right)
The Carroll season now turns towards nationals. The team will compete in three national tournaments: the National Parliamentary Debate Tournament in Bellingham, Wash., on March 21-24; the National Individual Events Tournament in San Marcos, Texas, April 5-8; and the National British Parliamentary Championships in Salem, Ore., on April 13-15.
THE ZUMBA TREATMENT
This Saturday (Feb. 4), drop everything else you could be doing and drop it like it’s hot at Carroll’s Up ’Til Dawn Zumbathon dancing fundraiser for the kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Saturday’s just the right time for this event, as it’s World Cancer Day, and we celebrate in the Carroll PE Center from 2 to 4 p.m. Open to everyone, this Latin and club dancing extravaganza will be headlined by a league of cool local Zumba instructors ready to lead participants of all ages and any experience and fitness level. It starts off with a kid-friendly choreography session from 2 to 2:30, and the rest of the time is simply hot, full-throttle Zumba dancing. (For those just joining our planet, Zumba features high energy cool dance moves to the best club and Latin music—and it’s one of the best cardio workouts you can get.)
Prizes and free t-shirts will all be up for grabs, all for admission of only $10 per person, $30 per family or group (up to 6 dancers), and $50 per team (up to 10). Work up a Latin sweat for the kids at St. Jude! For more info, email uptildawn@carroll.edu
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
Yes, this Sunday (February 5) is the Super Bowl, with our popular Sunday Mass being moved to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center as an appropriate prelude to the game. From 4 to 8 p.m., the clash of NFL titans will be broadcast on two jumbo screens in the upper Campus Center, and over $500 in prizes will be handed out to revelers. Sodexo will offer food for meal points, and it’s all sponsored by CCF (College Christian Fellowship).
CANINE CONSERVATIONISTS
Next Thursday, February 9, Megan Parker, the co-founder of the nonprofit Working Dogs For Conservation, will give a free, public talk at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center’s lower level. A reception will follow the presentation, where Parker and her four-legged partner Pipa (both in photo right) will explain their innovative conservation work around the globe. Parker grew up in Montana and holds a doctorate degree in wildlife biology from the University of Montana. Her talk is sponsored by Carroll’s Human Animal Bond Program, an anthrozoology major that explores the relationship between humans and animals—the first of its kind in the country.
With a home base in Three Forks, Mont., the canines employed by Working Dogs For Conservation use their noses to monitor endangered wildlife, define wildlife corridors and help eradicate damaging invasive animal and plant species. By locating scat samples, the dogs help human partners identify species’ presence, abundance, foods, habitat and more. Genetic analyses of the DNA contained in scat is used to identify species and individual creatures, including their relationships and habits. Working Dogs For Conservation human-canine teams cover large areas without disturbing wildlife, livestock or domestic animals.
HUNTHAUSEN: OUR CORNERSTONE
At last Friday’s blessing and dedication of the Cornerstone, our new space for Catholic spiritual vitality and outreach in Borromeo Hall, one of Carroll’s legendary alumni, former president Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen (class of 1943), was there with a family entourage to enjoy the festivities. (Photo right: Hunthausen, center, with clan)
The event could not have happened without the archbishop’s presence, since he is the inspiration for one of the Cornerstone’s purposes: advancing the work of our Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, led by Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Chris Fuller.
ENGINEERING: IT’S FUNDAMENTAL
The 2012 schedule for Carroll’s Fundamentals of Engineering exam review sessions, free and open to the public, is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/majors/engineering/exam.cc Sessions begin on February 9 and will continue on Thursdays (6-7:30 p.m.) and Fridays (2:30-4 p.m.). To inquire, contact Professor of Math, Engineering and Physics Terry Mullen, P.E., at 406-447-4452 or tmullen@carroll.edu.
COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED
At last Sunday’s Comfort Food Challenge fundraiser to help local homeless families, Carroll and our food service provider Sodexo participated by serving up well over 300 servings of tasty chunky applesauce and sweet potato puree at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds in Helena. The applesauce was all handmade, courtesy of Carroll family members Lori Peterson, Kristy Gilreath, Annette Walstad, Emma Rausch, Sharon Hardwick and Ruth Lerum, all in charge of peeling, coring and chopping 150 apples. Sodexo’s Chef Chris Taggart, Melanie Reininghaus and manager Linda Bahr provided the spicy chicken/sweet potato puree mélange. Local chefs judged, and while we didn’t bring home any trophies, our treats garnered plenty of praise from participants sampling our yummies. The $12,000 raised by the event went to Family Promise of Greater Helena, a service for homeless families in our area.
Carroll’s Family Promise involvement continues this summer, when the college will house and feed Family Promise guests in Trinity Hall during June and July. Colleen Dunne, Carroll director of Campus Ministry programs, will be contacting Carroll faculty and staff to host meals soon. This will be Carroll’s second year hosting and feeding Family Promise men, women and children.
STUDENT NEWS
Events
Tonight, Carroll’s Life-Sized “Angry Birds” Tournament occurs in Guadalupe Hall lounge and is open to all students, starting at 9 p.m. Use mega catapults to launch giant versions of Red Bird, Yellow Bird and all your other creatively named favorites, and smash the pigs hiding out in faux structures. The tourney goes on until we have a winner, or the birds turn on us!
The Carroll Adventure and Mountaineering Program (CAMP) is leading a full moon night ski next Tuesday, February 7, on the MacDonald Pass cross country ski trails. All levels are welcome. Skiers leave campus at 9 p.m. To sign up, including ski rentals, contact Grant at gwilliams@carroll.edu.
Awards
The Hunthausen Award Committee seeks nominations of students for the Raymond G. Hunthausen Award for Community Service, named for former Carroll president and Saints alumnus Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen (class of 1943) because of his own commitment to peace and justice in his personal life and in his work with the Catholic Church. All Carroll students with a minimum of 2.0 grade point average are eligible. Nomination forms are available by clicking on the link near the top of the Carroll student life webpage (http://www.carroll.edu/students/) and in the Carroll College Career and Testing Services office (Borromeo Hall), or electronically from Rosie Walsh, the director of Carroll Career and Testing Services, at rwalsh@carroll.edu. The nomination deadline is March 2. Certificates will be presented to each recipient at the annual Honors Convocation in April.
For the latest student news and activities, go to www.carroll.edu/students
ALUMNI NEWS
Travel
Come aboard for the Carroll Alumni & Friends Alaskan Cruise in July 2012 with new Carroll President Dr. Tom Evans (photo right) and his family and our hosts, Carroll alumni Dr. Gerald and Pat Shields (both class of 1966). This is our new president’s first major alumni event and a great opportunity to get to know him, his wife Lisa and two young sons. The Shields duo has over 25 years of experience in Alaska, making them the ideal trip leaders.
Details: Set sail with us July 27, 2012, on the Celebrity Millennium 7-day cruise from Vancouver, BC, along the inside passage to Seward/Anchorage. The optional cruise tour (land extension) continues until August 9 from Anchorage to Talkeetna/Denali, concluding in Fairbanks. Cruise Highlights: watching glaciers calving off icebergs as high as 10-story buildings; traveling into the habitat of caribou, grizzly and brown bears, humpback whales, sea lions, soaring eagles; and experiencing a private tour of Ketchikan (the salmon capital of the world and home of the largest collection of carved totem poles) Cruise Tour Highlights: travel on a glass-domed train car, the Wilderness Express, to Denali National Park; journeying into the Tundra Wilderness near Mt. McKinley; and looking for Alaska's big five: caribou, moose, bear, grey wolves and Dall sheep In Fairbanks: ride the Riverboat Discovery sternwheeler; visit an Athabascan Indian village; enjoy Northern Inua performances featuring storytelling, songs and athletic events from the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics and feast on a delicious Alaskan salmon bake Celebrity offers 21 cabin options from economy inside staterooms to luxurious suites. The earlier you book, the more choices you have, as staterooms are filled on a first-come basis. Please reserve by March 1. For complete itinerary and more information visit http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/travel/index.cc or contact Kathy Ramirez in the Carroll Alumni Office kramirez@carroll.edu 406-447-5185.
In the News
Thomas Longin, class of 1962, was recently in the news for his views on how Catholic college and university board members need to be involved and engaged in their campus faith life and mission. He should know, having served on Carroll’s board through most of the past decade. Read more at: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/30/catholic-colleges-consider-role-trustees#ixzz1lFrF1Ca0
The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that Tom McMahon, class of 1992, will serve as the special teams coach next season. McMahon heads to Kansas City after three years with the St. Louis Rams. He previously coached at Utah State and the University of Louisville, with fellow Carroll alums Bobby and Paul Petrino. When Bobby Petrino, current Arkansas Razorbacks coach, took the head coaching job for the Atlanta Falcons, McMahon served as the Falcons’ assistant special teams coach. For more, read: http://helenair.com/
Carroll 2007 classical studies grad Colleen Rivers (photo left) is presenting an all-new one-woman variety show, “The Colleen Show,” TONIGHT (Friday, February 3), at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (Cruse and Lawrence in downtown Helena across from the Cathedral of St. Helena). Free admission, but donations will be earned, says the artist. Expect singing, dancing, improv, storytelling and possibly acrobatic feats that will amaze. Rivers was featured in the short film, Piano Spaces, which premiered at the Martin Holt Short Film Festival at the Myrna Loy in 2011. For more info, call 406-465-1870.
In Memoriam
William R. Polly Jr., class of 1964, died on January 23, 2012. He worked for Travelers Insurance Company in Grand Rapids, Mich., and returned with his family to Billings in 1983 to continue his work in insurance with Farmers before his retirement. For more on his life, read: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/william-r-polly-jr/article_911b9bf8-9a49-5156-ad1e-f3f7c17ce3e0.html#ixzz1lFvfKvro
Command Sergeant Major (ret) Werner A. “Dutch” Enderle (photo right), class of 1976, died on January 27, 2012, in Helena. During World War II he enlisted in the U.S. Army and later served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Dutch served as U.S. Army liaison with the Montana National Guard until 1972, when he retired with a 30-year distinguished career and several military awards, including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster. He attained his personal goal of a bachelor’s degree and graduated from Carroll with honors in 1976 at age 52, while working full time. Dutch was the head of security at the Helena Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank before retiring as a civilian in 1987. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/werner-a-dutch-enderle/article_3bc74414-4a4a-11e1-948d-001871e3ce6c.html
CAMPUS MINISTRY
On Saturday, February 11, Carroll College’s Campus Ministry will present its annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser to benefit 30 students and their Carroll guides embarking on a spring break service trip to three US cities. For a freewill offering, the student volunteers enrolled in Campus Ministry’s Headlights Immersion Program will serve up pasta and all the trimmings at St. Mary’s Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave. in Helena) from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on February 11. Proceeds go to cover travel and lodging expenses to take Carroll students to Kansas City, Cincinnati and Rochester (NY) to serve the poor.
During spring break in early March, Carroll students headed to Cincinnati will serve with the Franciscans for the poor, with work scheduled at a daycare for teen mothers and at a soup kitchen. Another Carroll group will join the Sisters of St. Joseph in Rochester and work at urban schools, a foster home and a soup kitchen. In Kansas City, a third Carroll group will lend a hand at a school run by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth.
In addition to the spaghetti dinner, Carroll students are raising money for the trip by selling Firetower coffee for $12 a bag and raffle tickets for prizes including gift cards to local restaurants, with tickets $1 each or 20 tickets for $15. Purchase raffle tickets or coffee during lunchtime this week and next in the Campus Center. For more information about the spaghetti dinner, or to purchase tickets and coffee, contact Colleen Dunne at 447-4333.
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
Schedule
Women’s and men’s basketball are at home tonight, February 3, in the PE Center versus Rocky Mountain College. Earlier game times are in effect: the women tip off at 5:30 p.m., the men at 7:30.
Events
The Fighting Saints Football Banquet, featuring Coach Mike Van Diest, his staff and his outstanding scholar-athletes, is Saturday, February 4, in the Carroll Campus Center. Social starts at 6 p.m., dinner at 7. Cost is $35 per person or $60 per couple. To reserve your seats, call 447-4480.
The Saints Athletic Association 2012 Shindig Reverse Raffle and Dinner is Friday, February 10, in the Carroll Campus Center, with registration and cocktails at 6 p.m. and the dinner and raffle at 7. Cost is $25 for dinner. For all details, go to www.carroll.edu/athletics/saa/index.cc
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The annual Student Art Exhibit runs through February 17 in the Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall. Included are over 90 works in painting, drawing and ceramics created by 30 students in recent Carroll art classes taught by Professor Ralph Esposito. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed on weekends and holidays.
February 16: Kelly Cline lecture “Europa: Jupiter’s Ocean Moon” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Current observations indicate that there is an enormous ocean of liquid salt water underneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa. If our calculations are correct, the oceans of Europa are just as old as the Earth’s oceans. Could there be living things swimming around in these oceans right now? What are NASA’s plans? Join us for an investigation of Europa, its oceans, and the possibilities of life on this small world.
February 16-26: Lend me a Tenor, a hilarious farce performed by the Carroll College Theatre Dept. directed Carroll alumnus and thespian John Rausch. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, Lend Me a Tenor is guaranteed to leave you teary eyed with laughter. Our story: on the biggest night in the history of the Grand Opera Company, world famous tenor Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. However, Morelli shows up late and drunk, and then appears to drop dead. A nervous amateur takes the star’s place, but Morelli revives and hits the stage, with a grand farce resulting. Shows are Thursdays through Saturdays (Feb. 16-18 and Feb. 23-25) at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees (Feb. 19 and 26) at 3 p.m. In the Carroll College Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall. General admission is $10, students/seniors $8. Call 447-4304 for tickets and information.
February 24-25: Parents Weekend, sponsored by the Associated Students of Carroll College, with Parent Appreciation Lunch, entertainment, campus tours, basketball game night, a Mass and more.
February 24: Comedian Johnny Cardinale in the upper level of the Carroll College Campus Center. The 7 p.m. show is free and open to the public. Johnny Cardinale began his comedy career at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, Calif., and has since gone on to perform at all the major clubs in Los Angeles, write and direct a short film that screened at Cannes, and hosted Clean Shots on the Game Show Network. He was also featured on the Emmy Awards in a spoof of the hit show Heroes and has been featured on Chelsea Lately on the E! channel. Often compared to Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon, Johnny's act is clean and upbeat.
February 27: Reno 911! stars Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough perform comedy in the Carroll Campus Center starting at 9 p.m. Free.
March 13: Film submissions due for the 2012 Charlie’s Film Festival. Each film should be 20 minutes max—for more details, check the helpful video at: http://youtu.be/ySLe10Dtug4
March 15-25: The Mound Builders, directed by Carroll Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll. This is the final play by the great American playwright Lanford Wilson. Curtain is Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 3. In the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
March 16: Engineers Without Borders-USA Carroll student chapter’s annual gala fundraiser, the Shamrock Soiree, in the Great Northern Hotel Ballroom (in the Great Northern Town Center across from Carroll’s campus). From 6 to 11 p.m., enjoy dancing to the music of three live bands, hors d'oeuvre, cash bar provided by the Silver Star, and live/silent auctions. Admission is $25 at the door.
March 22: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 4 p.m., in the Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 22: Kelly Cline lecture “Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Is the earth getting warmer? When people burn gas and coal, releasing carbon dioxide into the air, does that really heat up our planet? What’s the science behind this idea and what are we still trying to learn and understand? Can Mars and Venus tell us about the climate of the Earth? In this presentation, we will examine the fascinating scientific discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the Earth’s climate.
March 31: Fundraiser for St. Baldrick's and Locks of Love at Carroll College. Those interested in donating cut hair to Locks of Love should check the Locks of Love website for details at http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html. More info on St. Baldrick’s is at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/about-us/.
April 3: “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility,” a month of free events, beginning with the Talmud Art Show opening in the Carroll Art Gallery, St. Charles Hall, featuring the art of Marc Chagall and Ben-Zion, and a 7:30 p.m. lecture in the Campus Center, “Running Races with God: How (and Why) Our Presidential Candidates Talk About Religion on the Campaign Trail,” by Dr. David Weiss, Ph.D., Professor of Media Studies, Montana State University.
April 10: Traditional Passover Seder, 6 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Hosted by Dr. Barry Ferst, Carroll philosophy professor and department chair. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong events.
April 12: Charlie’s Film Festival in the Carroll PE Center, 7:30 p.m.
April 12: “America, Islam, and the Holocaust,” the keynote address for “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events. The address by Professor Michael Sells of the University of Chicago Divinity School begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center.
April 13-14: Astronomy Weekend at Carroll. On Friday, April 13, the Neuman Astronomical Society and Helena Astronomical Society team up to present a free screening of The City Dark, a well-reviewed new movie on light pollution. The screening takes place in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. On Saturday, April 14, astronomy activities for the whole family, including solar observing, will occur in the Campus Center from noon to 4 p.m. On Saturday night, guest speaker Dr. Christina Dunn will present “Creating the Giant: Fabricating the Mirrors of the European Extremely Large Telescope,” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
April 13-14 and 20-21: The Commedia Puss in Boots by Lane Riosley, a Carroll children’s theatre production, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
April 17: Pakistani music and performance, Caravanserai: A Place Where Cultures Meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events, this performance is sponsored by the Myrna Loy Center for the Performing Arts and Arts Midwest, Regional Arts Organization.
April 18: Honors Convocation
April 19: Holocaust Remembrance Evening, ceremony and poster display, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center upstairs lounge. Hosted by Carroll History Professor Gillian Glaes and Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Christopher Fuller. A Shoah display of forty posters on loan from the Montana Association of Jewish Communities (MAJCO), plus a candle-lighting remembrance prayer will be the evening’s focus. A Carroll Honors Scholars and international student panel will discuss inter-cultural civility at the event. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 20-21: “We the People: Conversations on the Montana and U.S. Constitutions.” Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 21-22: Softball Weekend
April 26: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre. Free and open to the public.
April 26: Kelly Cline lecture “The End of the Earth and Sun” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. The Earth and Sun will not last forever. The Earth will be destroyed, and recent astronomical calculations tell us exactly how and when. Several billion years from now, our Sun will run out of fuel and swell up to become a red giant star, so large that it will swallow up the Earth completely, and our world will die in the solar fires. Join us for a startling view of the distant future, when both the Earth and the Sun will meet their destruction!
April 27: Last Day of Classes
April 30: Dedication of the Carroll College Peace and Civility Wall, noon. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 29: Carroll College Choirs Spring Concert, “A Time to Dance,” with special guest appearances by Ballet Montana Academy dancers, at 4 p.m., St. Mary Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave., Helena). Free admission.
May 5: Commencement
May 19: St. James School of Nursing annual banquet, Quality Inn and Suites (formally the War Bonnet), Butte, Mont. The class of 1962 will be honored. For further information, contact Deanna Thomas at 406-782-4435.