FIGHTING IN THE LEGISLATURE
Next Wednesday, February 2, the NAIA National Champion Fighting Saints will visit the Montana Legislature, now in session at the capitol building, and enjoy bipartisan support in the House, Senate and Governor's Office. The team and coaches will arrive at the capitol at noon, then attend a legislative reception in the Old Supreme Court Chambers, with time for photos with their hometown reps and senators. At 1 p.m., they'll be introduced in the Senate Chambers, where a proclamation about the Saints' latest victory will be read, Coach Mike Van Diest will offer a few words, and the team will render the rousing fight song. The whole thing will be repeated in the House Chambers at 1:20. Then at 1:45, coaches, players and college officials will confer and jostle for photo ops with Governor Brian Schweitzer. Look for full coverage of Saints at the Capitol in the Helena media next week. GETTING SAUCEY Save up for your next carb splurge and make plans to attend the February 5 Campus Ministry Headlights Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser to gather donations for student service journeys this coming spring break. The annual deluxe spaghetti feast takes place at St. Mary's Catholic Community, 1700 Missoula Ave. in Helena, from 5 to 8 p.m. During spring break, 12 Carroll students will journey to Kansas City and an equal number will head to Rochester, NY, with both groups performing volunteer work at a variety of schools and nonprofits serving the poor. The Headlights Spaghetti Dinner helps with travel expenses to make these trips possible, since the students are responsible for paying their own way. You can also support the cause by purchasing a raffle ticket this week in the Campus Center, with Headlights students selling them during lunchtime along with taking orders for special Firetower Coffee blends, sales of which also benefit Headlights. Raffle tickets are $1 each or a book of them for $7. Raffle prizes include gift cards to Silver Star, Firetower, The Brewhouse and the local cinema. For more information, contact Colleen Dunne at cdunne@carroll.edu GAEL FORCE WINDS The annual St. Andrew School Emerald Isle Auction is February 26, with a raffle of an all-expense paid trip for two to Ireland (second prize is a $1,000 gas card and third prize is $500 cash). You need not be present at the drawing to win. Proceeds from raffle ticket sales benefit St. Andrew, a K-through-12 classical school in the Catholic tradition located in Helena. One-quarter of the current full-time faculty at St. Andrew are Carroll grads, and nine St. Andrew students are taking Carroll classes now through Carroll's ACE program. Ireland raffle tickets are just $5 each, or 5 tickets for $20. To get your raffle tickets, look for St. Andrew families selling them at all Carroll home basketball games in the PE Center, or email news@carroll.edu. Raffle tickets are also on sale now at local businesses, including Bullman's Pizza, Café Zuppa, Leslie's Hallmark, Montana Book Company and Trinity Books. At the February 26 auction, hundreds of spectacular items will be up for bid, including art, jewelry, gourmet dinners, vacations and a journey to Rome for the beatification of Pope John Paul II. For auction dinner reservations, which includes a traditional Irish feast, call 449-3201. BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS An enthusaistic story about the St. John's Bible exhibit, currently on display in the Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall), and the related calligraphy workshops in February was featured in last week's Helena Independent Record. The title of the story says it all: "It's Magnificent!" See why at: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/article_adb47fc2-2392-11e0-8c0a-001cc4c002e0.html DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS In last week's QNs, in reprinting an excerpt from a local newspaper story, we reported that the "first track and field team in Carroll College history" recently competed at the University of Washington. QNs readers are an astute bunch, with Tony Provost, class of 1959, immediately writing in to take issue with this alleged Carroll track-and-field "first." Indeed, the current program is a revival, with the college boasting track and field teams dating at least back to the 1940s and extending into the early 1970s. QNs especially should have known this, having run a story back in its February 19, 2010, edition about Joe Kintli, class of 1961, of the track squad in the late 1950s (photo right)! Carroll even has a few track and fielders in its Athletic Hall of Fame, including the late Fr. John Ward (class of 1954) and Dave Roberts (class of 1972). The 1971 Hilltopper yearbook reported "The early graduation date at Carroll, initiated three years ago, has all but sounded the death knell on the Saints track program. With almost half of the regularly scheduled meets coming after the closing of the school for the year, it has become increasingly difficult to retain the personnel for the entire season." Hence the possible reason for the program's long hiatus. QNs should have heeded the advice of Professor of History Bob Swartout, who is always ready to advise against declaring a "first ever," especially if the information came from the news media. QNs will venture this: based on a quick perusal of old annuals, the current track and field endeavor may be the first time the college has fielded a women's squad and has undertaken an indoor season, in addition to the traditional outdoor competitions. As for our vigilant reader Mr. Provost, he also offered up a memory of watching a Carroll track meet back when he was a student. He writes QNs "The only reason it is memorable to me is the mile race. The Carroll runner took off like he was shot out of a cannon and was half a lap ahead by the end of the first lap. Then his lack of pacing caught up with him as the field reeled him in and passed him. By the end of the third lap he was dead last by at least 50 yards. The memorable moment was when he neared the end of that third lap, one of my fellow students shouted to the clergyman who was the coach, ‘OK, Father, you can unhitch the plow!'" ROOM AT THE INN Carroll College has accepted the invitation of Family Promise of Greater Helena to collaborate with 12 churches to each house three to four homeless families for four one-week periods during the coming year. Family Promise is a national program that operates in 41 states and the District of Columbia. In 2009, 47,000 children and adults were served using 130,000 volunteers in 5,000 congregations. Over 80% of the families go into permanent housing. In Montana, affiliate programs exist in Bozeman and Billings, and programs are being established in Helena and Missoula. Carroll has requested to host families May 28-June 4; June 26-July 2; July 3-9; and July 24-30. The college will be recruiting volunteers later on this spring to provide a continental breakfast, sack lunches and an evening meal for a program limit of 14 individuals for each day in the four weeks. More later in future editions of QNs. "DON'T ADD, DON'T SPELL" POLICY OVERTURNED Don't be a flunkie: the ARC spring tutoring schedule is up and running online at: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/resources/schedule.cc Get the help you need now in courses ranging from languages and writing to math and economics. STUDENT NEWS The Carroll Outreach Team (COT) announced this week that it donated some funds to worthy causes, with $1,000 sent to Partners in Health to aid in fighting Haiti's cholera epidemic, $300 to purchase cholera-fighting bleach at a church and clinic in Jérémie, Haiti, where COT has performed dental missions, and $100 to Ibagué, Columbia, to feed street children. Next Tuesday, February 1, students can join in on week two of hip hop and breakdance lessons in the lower level of the Campus Center from 7:30 to 9 p.m. No pre-registration or experience necessary. Lessons are free to Carroll students, $25 for faculty/staff/community members. The Carroll Adventure and Mountaineering Program (CAMP) is teaming up with Wild Things Unlimited, Defenders of Wildlife, Winter Wildlands Alliance and the Montana Wilderness Association to offer a free two-day Backcountry Scientist Project on the wolverine, lynx and fisher and how to track carnivores in winter. The program will be held February 11-12, with day one presentations and training at Carroll and day two on MacDonald Pass for a field workshop. Participants will learn about the rare carnivores of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, hear case studies from the Helena and Gallatin National Forests, and undertake the art and science of snow tracking. This free, innovative program is aimed at training and engaging snowshoers and backcountry and Nordic skiers to become volunteer citizen scientists and activists in the conservation of rare carnivores. To participate, contact Bradly Maddock at bmaddockjr@carroll.edu ALUMNI NEWS Calling Alums Carroll wants to hear from all Honor Scholars alumni! To help shape the future of Carroll's Honors Scholars Program, please take the online Honors Scholars 2011 Survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F25CZXR You can also access the survey on the Honor Scholars Program webpage at: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/honors/ (look for the link on the left side of the screen). Please send in your responses by February 14-we look forward to your input! For more information on the program, contact Dr. Christopher Fuller, Honors Scholars interim director, at cfuller@carroll.edu or at 406-447-4335. In the News Michael Shevlin and Katherine Laughlin, both biology grads from the class of 2000, were married in June 2010 and started their life journey together in Spokane, Wash., where they are expecting their first child (Katherine Michael Laughlin-Shevlin) in March of 2011. Future godparents are Marshall Ninehouser and Teresa Buck, biology class of 2000. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Carroll History Professor Bob Swartout (photo right) will be the star attraction of a reception, dinner, and lecture "The New China: The World's Next Great Superpower?" on February 10 at the Montana Club at the corner of 6th and Fuller in downtown Helena. This open-to-the-public event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a no-host reception and continue with a prix-fixe dinner at 6:15 p.m., followed by Dr. Swartout's talk. Dr. Swartout is a specialist in East Asian history and politics, and his lecture is timely, with the recent U.S. visit of the Chinese president and ongoing discussion about China's economic and military ascendancy. Just back from a 10-week sabbatical in Korea, China and Japan, Dr. Swartout has spent more than five years living and working in East Asia, including his service as a two-time senior Fulbright scholar in Korea. He has written eight books to date in East Asian relations and Montana history, and until 2008 served as the Korean honorary consul to the state of Montana. In his talk, Dr. Swartout will offer unique insights on the predictions of China's rise to power and the challenges it faces in the race to global dominance. The cost is $30 for non-members and $25 for Montana Club members (service charges not inclusive). Reservations are required and must be made by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8, by calling 442-5980. On February 13, two professors from Carroll's Languages and Literature Department will offer readings and signings of their books at the Holter Museum of Art, 12 East Lawrence Street in Helena. Associate Professor of Languages and Literature Loren Graham, author of two poetry books including The Ring Scar released this fall, and Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Kevin Stewart, author of the award-winning The Way Things Always Happen Here, will costar, starting at 2 p.m. It is free and open to the public. ATHLETICS This Saturday night, Carroll basketball has a home doubleheader, with the women tipping off at 6 and the men at 8, both taking on Montana Tech. Wear your school colors, for this is "Halo Night." Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS Ongoing to February 25: The Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents a print and book exhibition of The Saint Johns Bible, the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in over 500 years. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. More about The Saint John's Bible is online here: http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/?gclid=CJHfnvK0y6UCFVVi2godq3I-lw February 11: Free lecture and slide show, "Lindisfarne Gospel Legacy," held in conjunction with The Saint John's Bible display in the Carroll Art Gallery, at 7:30 p.m. in room 034 St. Charles Hall. Bozeman calligrapher Theresa Leland will give a presentation on the historical, social and calligraphic traditions that produced one of the world's greatest manuscripts, The Lindisfarne Gospels, written about 720 AD on a tiny and isolated island located in the North Sea off the coast of England. The four gospels of the manuscript are highly decorated with stunning Celtic knotwork, intricate "carpet pages" resembling oriental prayer rugs and large decorated initials. These painted labyrinths are jeweled masterpieces of sacred calligraphy, and Leland, a professional calligraphy teacher and professional for 25 years, was one of twelve in her profession invited to participate in a Calligraphic Study Tour focusing on this manuscript. Several of her teachers are part of the calligraphic team producing The Saint John's Bible, which follows in the Lindisfarne calligraphic manuscript tradition. February 12 and February 13: Decorated Letter Workshop, held in conjunction with The Saint John's Bible display in the Carroll Art Gallery. Times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 12 and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 13, with both days' events held in room 034 St. Charles Hall. Calligrapher Theresa Leland will teach participants easy-to-follow steps to create the beautiful decorated letters and illuminations used in the old manuscripts, which, before the printing press, were written, illuminated and bound by hand. Participants will design 7th- and 15th-century decorated letters, examine modern variations, then create a simple hand-bound book of their work. These beautiful letters are stunning when used to decorate handmade greeting cards, or scrapbook and journal pages. No prior calligraphy experience is necessary to master this class, which is recommended for teens through adults. Registration is $80 and to enroll contact Ralph Esposito, Professor of Art at resposit@carroll.edu and call 406-447-4302. February 15: IMPACT Business Campaign Kickoff Breakfast. To support IMPACT or join the volunteers for this spring's Business Campaign, contact Gayle Agostinelli, Director of Annual Giving (406) 447-4492 or gagostinelli@carroll.edu February 17-20, 24-27: Carroll College Theatre Department presents Tartuffe: Born Again, translated and adapted by Freyda Thomas from the original French by Moliere. Directed by Chuck Driscoll. A modern treatment of the classic comedy by the French Renaissance master, where Tartuffe is posing as a televangelist. In the Carroll College Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. General admission is $10, students/seniors are $8. For more information, call 406-447-4304. February 22: 16th Annual Helena Area Career Fair, Carroll PE Center, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1: Carroll Jazz Combo performs in the Campus Center, 4 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. March 7-11: Spring Break. March 14 to April 27: The Carroll Art Gallery presents the annual Student Art Show in the gallery located in St. Charles Hall. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. March 15: IMPACT Business Campaign CHEERS Wrap Up party. March 19: Junior/Senior Banquet. April 7-10, 14-17: Carroll Theatre Department presents The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and Benjamin Bunny) by R. Eugene Jackson and music by David Ellis. A musical version of the children's favorite just in time for Easter takes place in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. April 16-17: Softball Weekend. April 19: Carroll Jazz Combo Spring Concert in the Carroll Performing Arts Center (Old North, St. Charles Hall) at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. April 22-24: Easter Break. April 29: Last day of spring 2011 classes. May 4: Carroll Jazz Combo performs in the Campus Center, 10:15-11:30 a.m. Free and open to the public. May 7: Baccalaureate and Commencement. May 11: Summer semester begins. Sessions I and II start on May 11, with Session I running for two weeks and Session II for three weeks. On June 6, Sessions III and IV start and will continue for four weeks and five weeks, respectively.