HOMECOMING EDITION
THREE AT THREE Today's Homecoming fun starts this afternoon, with three events at 3 p.m. to choose from: Athletics: Carroll women's basketball alumni versus the current student Saints team in the PE Center Academics: Faculty discussion-"Squishy Brains & Ephemeral Minds" in the Maronick Board Room of the Campus Center. Panelists will include Drs. Leslie Angel (psychology), Kelly Cline (math and astronomy), Chris Collins (psychology), Brian Matz (theology), Jason Megill (philosophy), Anne Perkins (psychology), John Ries (theology) and Barry Ferst (philosophy). They will tackle the question: "Can mental functions and emotions be reduced to physical processes and structures in the human being?" Advertence: Campus tour-meet in the Campus Center by the Saints' Shoppe bookstore, and find out what's going on in Carroll's labs, library and classrooms these days! PEP AND CIRCUMSTANCE Later today, it's time for mixers and revved up revelry: "Friday @ 4" - From 4 to 6 p.m., join us in the Campus Center for this welcome reception with appetizers and a no host bar. All alumni, parents, faculty and staff, past and present, and Carroll friends are warmly invited. Hall of Fame Banquet, Sunday brunch and game tickets can be picked up at that time in the Campus Center. The Homecoming Pep Rally hits the steps of St. Charles Hall at 7:30 p.m. The Hall of Fame Banquet, starts at 6 in the Campus Center. This year's Alumni Hall of Fame inductees and award winners include: Young Alumni Award - Erin Butts (class of 2003 in photo left); Alumni Hall of Fame - Fr. Richard Clifford (class of 1948 in photo right) and Tom Twichel (class of 1957 in photo below left). Details on each of these honorees is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=15382 A lovely video discussing Father Clifford's work feeding poor children in Mexico is online at: http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/articles/3-projects/461 The Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome six outstanding Saints and one football team: Hank Burgess (class of 1951 in photo right), Joe Horne (class of 2004), Anna McMahon (class of 2001), Benji Robinson (class of 1995), JD Solomon (class of 2003), Justin Thomas (class of 2001) and the 2000 Fighting Saints Football Team. The Warren Nelson Award for exemplary support of Saints Athletics will go to Ray Kuntz (class of 1977). More information about these Athletic honorees can be found at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/carroll-to-induct-six-into-hall-of-fame/article_3012b0a2-f498-11e0-b529-001cc4c03286.html THE PLAY'S THE THING Those who don't have tickets to the banquet can still kick up their heels on campus by hitting the Carroll production of The Women of Lockerbie at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). A superb feature story on the play appeared in the Helena Independent Record this past Thursday-check the story on this modern Greek drama at: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/turning-hatred-into-healing/article_d71d1a76-f485-11e0-82ee-001cc4c03286.html MASS ON THE ROCK BEFORE WE MAKE A MESS OF ROCKY Tomorrow morning (October 15), Homecoming Saturday starts with Mass at the Grotto at 9 a.m., followed by coffee & donuts in the Corette Library, with a chance to check out all the new technology. From there, alums can head over to the PE Center gym by 11 a.m. for Anniversary Class Year Photos (group shots of grads from 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006). At 11:30 a.m., the much-awaited pre-game party of the year: the Alumni Tailgate, with pork chop sandwiches and beverages courtesy of the Wingate by Wyndham under the large white tent on the west side of the tailgate area. Game time for Saints versus the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears is 1 p.m. HEAD FOR THE BLEACHERS AFTER THE GAME! Saturday night, Saints fans and alums can't miss the gathering at Bleacher's/Bert & Ernie's on Last Chance Gulch in Helena. Starting at 6, we'll have a grand reunion spread, complete with appetizers, no host drinks and great Carroll door prizes. But, there's more! Saturday night, Carroll Saints Volleyball takes on Lewis-Clark State College in the PE Center starting at 7. While you're on campus, think about taking in a show at the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall), with night three of our production of The Women of Lockerbie at 7:30. STRIKE THE TENTS Homecoming concludes Sunday morning with Mass in the Campus Center celebrated by Carroll Campus Ministry Director and Chaplain Rev. Marc Lenneman, followed by brunch. Later that afternoon at 3, the Carroll Theatre Department will offer a final Homecoming matinee performance of The Women of Lockerbie in the Carroll Theatre. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS Nope, it's not a pre-game prayer but today's (October 14) second annual Blessing of the Animals in commemoration of the Feast of St. Francis (technically, it was October 4 during Carroll's fall break, but we're back and it's on!). Bring thy pet to the lawn in front of the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice (center entrance to Borromeo Hall) at 2:30 p.m. Fathers Marc Lenneman and Jerry Lowney will preside and bless (but will not be responsible for cleanup, fight intervention, or exorcisms for cats clawing the furniture). You can meet Fr. Lowney's personality-enriched bird Frank (named for St. Francis in photo left with his patron saint) at this fun fest of fins, feathers and fur. All are welcome to bring their beloved animal buddies of the well-behaved variety. Sponsored by the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice. In the event of inclement weather, the blessing will be held indoors-just don't tell Campus Facilities! WRAP THOSE RASCALS IN SOMETHING WARM AND PURPLE ANYTHING purple and cozy can be discovered and made your own at the Carroll Saints' Shoppe bookstore, which will offer extended hours this weekend in observance of Homecoming: TODAY (Friday): Open all day to 7 p.m. in the Campus Center's main store location TOMORROW (Saturday): Open 11 a.m. at the shop in Nelson Stadium; after the game, the Campus Center Saints' Shoppe is open until 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Open 9:30 a.m. to noon IS THERE LIFE AFTER HOMECOMING? You bet your bippy! Next week, we invite everyone to a Thursday, October 20, talk by honored guest, the Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas, D.D., Ph.D., (photo left) bishop of the Diocese of Tucson. Bishop Kicanas will give a free, public talk, "Catholic Higher Education: A Gift and Blessing for the Work of the Church," at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll's Trinity Hall. His talk is sponsored by Carroll's Sister Annette Moran Center and the Department of Theology. In a recent news story, Bishop Kicanas noted that while today's students are coming to grips with their religious identities while dealing with issues like abortion, immigration and global unrest, college faculty and staff can and should engage in academic debate while placing Catholic identity first. He will discuss academic freedom at a Catholic college, the role of campus ministry in serving all students, how theology can be taught in full communion with the Church and what college officials can do to maintain the institution's catholicity while addressing students' real-world modern needs. GETTING SUCKED IN It's like astronomy meets Halloween: Next Thursday, October 20, Dr. Kelly Cline (photo right) presents "Creating Black Holes in the Lab" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheater. The "black hole talk" is always one of Dr. Cline's most popular, and we expect this one to pack the house so densely the room might implode, with nothing, not even light, able to escape! Learn whether that collider in Europe can suck us all into a singularity, and find out what you'd look like if you were "spaghettified." EXTRA, EXTRA! Carroll is always making front-page news, and here are a few choice picks from this past week: Tuesday's campus visit by Pakistani film director Ayesha Khan (photo right) made for a riveting read in the Helena Independent Record, with a discussion of her film Made in Pakistan and what modern Pakistanis are really like during her meeting with Carroll Alpha Seminar freshmen. Check the story at: http://helenair.com/news/local/film-highlights-pakistani-modernity/article_85c5e87a-f498-11e0-afd3-001cc4c03286.html Another story on Carroll's rise in out-of-state enrollment is also at the Helena IR website: http://helenair.com/news/local/carroll-attracting-more-out-of-staters/article_83c864ae-f307-11e0-99a3-001cc4c002e0.html The "Whose Hospital Is It" public forum held at Carroll last month will be aired next Thursday, October 20, on the Home Ground show's special edition broadcast by Montana Public Radio (91.7 FM in Helena) at 7 p.m. The online live feed and podcasts are available at MPR's website: http://www.mtpr.net/program_info/2011-10-20-563 STUDENT NEWS Events The Homecoming Barn Dance starts at 8 p.m. this Saturday night at Kleffner Ranch and goes to midnight. To the music of band Triple Cross, a swing dance contest will light the floor, pumpkin carving will make a fun mess, and a bonfire will crank up the thermostat. All this and food and refreshments galore will be yours in the ranch's newly restored big red barn. Free to students, thanks to Carroll Campus Christian Fellowship and Student Activities. Next Friday, October 21, Carroll's Up 'Til Dawn crew raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital welcomes everyone to Rockin' for a Cause, starting at 8 p.m. and going all night long. In the upper Campus Center, it'll be 12 hours of nonstop fun, food and entertainment: we won't sleep because cancer doesn't. We hope Halo drops by like he did last time to add some bite to our fight against childhood cancer. Academics Spring semester class registration begins October 24 and continues through November 2. Courses, the academic calendar and finals schedule for Spring 2012 are now available online only at http://www.carroll.edu/academics/ (check the left-hand menu). Financial information, including tuition, fees and payment options, can be accessed at http://www.carroll.edu/resources/business/index.cc In the News The Talking Saints (photo left) warmed up for their approaching defense of the Northwest regional forensics championship by sweeping to victory at the Casper College Tournament in Wyoming on October 7-8. Carroll dominated impromptu and extemporaneous speaking, with the final round of impromptu a rare close out: every one of the six finalists were Saints. In all, 13 Carroll speakers won 41 awards. At the same time, six other team members splintered off to compete at the United States Air Force Academy tournament, where the Saints took nearly 20 awards. For all the talk, read: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=15389 At this week's crowning of our Homecoming royals of 2011 (photo right), we had the next best thing to Kate and Pippa-four sets of lovely Carroll regents, to wit: Freshman Prince and Princess Andy Ritter and Bailey Snelling, Sophomore Prince and Princess Cameron Hahn and Jordan Marquis, Junior Prince and Princess Paul Stepanek and Rachel Avila, and Senior King and Queen Fred Collins and Amy Allen.Full coverage of all student events is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/students/index.cc
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Next Tuesday, October 18, everyone is invited to attend the Carroll faculty panel discussion, " ‘Why are Times Not Kept by the Almighty?' Psychological, Theological, Philosophical, and Literary Perspectives on Evil" at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Panelists include Drs. Beth Haile (theology), Jason Megill (philosophy), Brad Elison (psychology) and Ron Stottlemyer (literature). Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice. On Friday, October 21, Carroll's October Faculty Colloquium brings us Dr. Brian Matz presenting "Who Goes to Heaven? Who Goes to Hell? A Debate over Predestination in Carolingian Europe (A.D. 835-868)" at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center's Maronick Board Room. CAMPUS MINISTRY For all Campus Ministry news, including Mass, sacraments, retreat info, homilies and discussions of Catholic social justice, check out: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/ ATHLETICS Broadcasts The Frontier Conference will have five football games broadcast live on TV via local CW networks statewide (and on the internet through Lyon Productions), including these Carroll games: Homecoming (October 15) versus Rocky Mountain College and October 29 versus UM-Western in Dillon. Beartooth NBC in Helena also broadcasts Carroll games, with online viewing of Fighting Saints LIVE at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/fighting-saints-live.html KBLL 1240 AM radio in Helena also broadcasts the Saints games, with online listen/watch options at: http://www.network1sports.com/station/kbll#menus And, the Carroll website offers live watch options at http://www.livestream.com/fightingsaints Schedule Volleyball, basketball and football have contests on campus for Homecoming Weekend, as detailed in the lead stories for this week's QNs. All other teams are either away or taking well-deserved rest. For more Saints Athletics info and scheduled games for all teams, go to http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS Ongoing to December 9: The Carroll Art Gallery (Carroll College's St. Charles Hall) continues its exhibit series with paintings by religion scholar Lisa Sweet. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays, and is always free of charge. More info is at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/s/sweetl/ October 14-23: Carroll Theatre Dept. presents The Women of Lockerbie, a contemporary drama by Deborah Brevoort directed by Carroll Theatre alumna Julia Porter (class of 2005). All performances in the Carroll College Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). October 14-15 and 20-22 at 7:30 p.m., with 3 p.m. Sunday matinees on October 16 and 23. General admission $10, students and seniors $8. Carroll faculty and staff always get in free, and Carroll students always admitted free on Thursdays and Sundays. October 25: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free. October 27: Artist's talk and reception for Lisa Sweet, in conjunction with the Carroll Art Gallery's current art showing of her religious works, in the Carroll Art Gallery (034 St. Charles Hall) at 7 p.m. Free. October 28-November 13: Carroll College Theatre Dept. presents A Little Night Music, a musical with book by Hugh Wheeler, music/lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on Ingmar Bergman's film and co-produced with the Helena Theatre Company. Directed by Carroll Director of Improv Michael McNeilly with music direction by the Helena Symphony's Maestro Allan Scott, this light opera musical is a first for Helena. All performances at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena at 7:30 p.m. on these dates: October 28-29 and November 9-13. Ticket prices are: $18 for general admittance, $15 for Carroll faculty and staff and $10 for Carroll students. For tickets and more information, call the Myrna Loy at 406-443-0287. November 4: Carroll College President's Dinner, Campus Center, 5:30 p.m. with social hour followed by the meal and program celebrating the college's loyal friends and sustaining benefactors. November 10-11: The 9th annual Carroll Literary Festival with author readings on both days. Science writer and award winning short story author Tom Harpole of Avon, Mont., will give a keynote reading and talk on Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. in Trinity Hall's lounge. Author readings will occur on Friday, Nov. 11, at 1-4 p.m., with open mike from 4 to 5 p.m. November 17: Dr. John T. Vandeberg presents the next in Carroll's Business Department Lecture Series with a free public talk, "‘HIGH TECH-HIGH TOUCH': Enabling Speed of Light in Fiber Optic Communication Around the Globe," at 4 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheater. Vandeberg is the former president and CEO of CERAC Incorporated. December 1: Dr. Kelly Cline presents "Is Pluto a Planet?" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater. Free. December 1: Carroll Jazz Combo Fall Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. December 12: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free.