MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010!
SANTA JUST CAN'T COMPETE
This pre-Christmas QuickNotes National Championship spectacular reminds us all why we Saints should feel as happy as St. Nick's reindeer on December 26. We already unwrapped our big surprise Christmas present a full week early, and joyful details are recounted below. Before you dig in, note that QNs will be off celebrating until January 7, 2011. Until then, Happy Holidays and Go Saints! SAINTS SIX PACK For those who just landed on the planet, on December 18, 2010, the Fighting Saints won their historic sixth NAIA national football championship, besting the University of Sioux Falls by a score of 10 to 7. Nearly 500 Carroll alumni, parents and friends were on hand in Rome, Georgia, to witness the action live. To see delightful slideshows of the game and frolicking both before and after, check out www.carroll.edu/alumni. The Helena Independent Record has posted a series of stories, photos and videos about the pilgrimage to Rome and the resulting triumph-see the coverage here (scroll down to the video box and, below, to "Featured Coverage"): http://helenair.com/ At 34 spirited game-watch parties taking place all over the U.S., nearly 2,000 alumni, Carroll parents and friends of the college were watching. As far off as Sydney, Australia, Carroll President Tom Trebon, his wife Scottie and their children and new grandchild were gathered round the tele to watch the Saints make history. (Photo right: Dr. and Mrs. Trebon with three-week-old Atticus Jai Hunt, a new Aussie and future Saint, cheering Carroll on to victory) In the Deep South, several coaches at the University of Arkansas were rooting for our champions: Razorbacks head coach Bobby Petrino is a Carroll alum (class of 1984), as are his staffers, Kris Cinkovich (1984), Chris Klenakis (1986), Jason Veltkamp (1996) and Kevin Peoples (1995). And, of course, Bobby's father, Bob Petrino, Sr., served as Fighting Saints head coach for over 25 years. In Washington, DC, Montana U.S. Senator Jon Tester congratulated the Fighting Saints on the Senate floor-feast your eyes on the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqndJwhKqZs AS FOR OUR FEARLESS LEADER Earlier this week, Saints Head Coach Mike Van Diest (photo right, with trophy and Carroll Campus Ministry Director/Chaplain Rev. Marc Lenneman) was named the American Football Coaches Association's 2010 Regional Coach of the Year for the fourth time and for obvious reasons. Van Diest and the other regional coach winners will be recognized at the AFCA Coach of the Year Dinner at the 2011 AFCA Convention in Dallas, Texas, on January 11. CLASS ACT Meanwhile, last Friday, the NAIA announced its list of 231 football student-athletes named as 2010 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. To qualify for nomination, these student-athletes must be juniors or seniors with a minimum grade point average of 3.5. Eight Carroll students made this honor roll: Dane Broadhead, Chance Demaris, Ryan Egan, Ben Wahl, Pat Regan, Will Wright, Michael Waldenberg and Zach Zosel. PAINTING THE CHAMPIONS PINK Recently, Carroll Athletic Director Bruce Parker (photo left, standing at right) presented a check for over $8,000 to the St. Peter's Hospital Foundation to benefit breast cancer care in the Helena community. The money was raised earlier this season during Carroll's "Empowered in Pink" week, where players from a variety of Carroll teams donned pink uniform garb and fans at all the games generously donated to this worthy cause. TALK ABOUT YOUR CHRISTMAS HAM For those who missed the game on TV or dream of reliving the glory, the championship broadcast from Rome, Georgia, will be replayed on Christmas Day throughout Montana on MTN (CBS channels across the state), starting at noon. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS On December 21, Carroll Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology John Ries (photo right) was a special guest on the statewide-broadcast public radio program Home Ground, hosted by Brian Kahn. On the show, Dr. Ries discussed what Jesus taught about our obligation to help the poor. The interview will be rebroadcast today (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. on Montana Public Radio, at 91.7 FM in Helena (check http://www.homegroundradio.org/id16.html for a station in your community and for the link to live streaming of the show on your computer). An audio archive of the interview will be posted for replay online at: http://www.ypradio.org/programs/local/home_ground.html ATHLETICS Home Schedule Carroll women's basketball will play at home over the Christmas break on Wednesday and Thursday, December 29 and 30, with opponents Whitworth U. and Whitman U. Both tipoffs are 8 p.m. Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS January 7-8: Montana's Energy Future conference on campus, featuring keynote Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, an array of panels, and speakers who are regional and state leaders in the debate over energy production and distribution, sustainability and new technologies. Legislators are invited to attend this conference, held at the start of the 2011 Montana Legislative Session. Carroll is a co-sponsor of this event. For more information and to register, go to: http://www.energyfuturemontana.org/ January 10: First day of classes for spring 2011 semester. January 10 to February 25: The Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents a print exhibition of The St. Johns Bible, the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in over 500 years. More on this work of art that unites an ancient Benedictine tradition with the technology and vision of today, illuminating the Word of God for a new millennium is online here: http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/?gclid=CJHfnvK0y6UCFVVi2godq3I-lw. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. (Photo right: The Garden of Eden, Donald Jackson with contribution by Chris Tomlin, Copyright 2003, The Saint John's Bible and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.) January 17: Martin Luther King Day celebration all day long. At noon, a special Martin Luther King Day Mass will occur in Borromeo Hall's St. Joseph Chapel, followed by students and faculty/staff invited to volunteer at God's Love homeless shelter and Helena Food Share from 1 to 3 p.m. At 7 p.m., the annual Martin Luther King Day Forum and Lecture will take place in the Campus Center, with guest speaker the Rev. Jerry Lowney presenting "Social Justice: For Life, For a Lifetime" featuring two responders: Montana Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger and State Sen. Carol Williams, the minority leader of Montana State Senate. In his talk, Father Lowney will recount some of his experiences working for civil rights and social justice in the US, including his encounters with violent racism and discrimination in the South during desegregation, his work with teens in the California drug culture, his efforts against Montana's death penalty, and more. A sociologist and published author, Fr. Lowney taught for many years at Carroll College and is now a professor emeritus of sociology. For more information, contact Fr. Jerry Lowney, 447-5407 or 449-7786. January 25: Penn State Professor John Sanchez (photo left) will present "American Indians: How the News Media Shapes American Indian Identity and Policy in the United States" in the Carroll Campus Center at 7 p.m. The talk will focus on public perceptions of American Indian identity in the 21st Century as framed by and dictated by news media and popular films like Avatar, the Twilight series and Dances with Wolves. He will examine what newspaper and TV news editors and reporters think about American Indians and what educators teach in public schools about American Indians, often using popular news media as their source of information. Sanchez will discuss how antiquated ideas about Indian people, including the myth that they are either very poor or very rich from gambling revenues and that they only wear feathers and leather, also affect public policy in Indian country. Professor Sanchez was recently named one of the leading scholars in the field of intercultural studies by The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, and he is a Freedom Forum Teaching Fellow. His tribal affiliation is Yaqui/Apache. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the Carroll College Education and Sociology Departments, the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, and the Helena School District. February 17-20, 24-27: Carroll 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 Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. 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. 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.