BREAK FROM THE NORM
The four-day fall break starts this weekend and goes through next Tuesday. There will be no Mass this Sunday during the break, and athletics teams are either bye or away. Observing the break, the Saints Shoppe Bookstore will be closed Monday and Tuesday, as will the Wellness Center. See you back in action on Oct. 10!
THE LONDON GAMES--REVISITED
Fresh off two victories in its opening two weeks of World Debate competition, the Carroll Talking Saints forensics team of Megan Towles (a senior from Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Chris Axtman (a senior from Portland, Ore.) (both in photo right) has been accepted to compete in two of the world's top debate tournaments held at Oxford University and Cambridge University in London in November. Towles and Axtman were the top two speakers at both the Rocky Mountain and Air Force Academy tournaments held recently in Billings, Mont., and Colorado Springs, Colo. Axtman and Towles will leave for England on November 7. Both Oxford and Cambridge draw the finest teams in the world to their debating competition. In 2011, Oxford and Cambridge drew entries from England, Ireland, Scotland, Romania, Slovenia, Australia, Germany as well as top American teams from such colleges as MIT, Yale, Princeton, Claremont and Stanford. In World Debate competition, graduate students compete side by side with undergraduate students, with advanced third-year law students predictably doing quite well. "Both Cambridge and Oxford are very selective in whom they admit and they have a long waiting list every year," said Carroll Talking Saints coach Brent Northup. "We figured we'd be waiting a few years for a ticket. So we're very pleased they both said yes. Some Carroll friends from Ireland and London, both former Irish debate champions, put in good words for us and I'm sure that helped." The Talking Saints won funding for the London trip through a grant from the International Debate Education Association, which promotes world debate. The Talking Saints team has shifted its debate emphasis from American parliamentary debate style to World Debate, a format that blends analysis and rhetoric. The format is modeled after British Parliamentary discussion, with four two-person teams competing against one another in each round. "American-style debate has rapidly been getting more technical with blazing delivery speed," said Northup. "World Debate, which all the world but America has embraced for half a century, emphasizes the building of lifetime skills combining eloquent speaking with informed analysis of events like those covered in The Economist. World Debate seemed perfect for a liberal arts college like Carroll, so we went 'all in' this year. Many other American universities are also making the switch."
ENTER THE DRAGON
The world premiere of the uproarious and touching new musical, < strong>George and the Dragon, is next Friday, October 12, in the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). Stay tuned for a full feature story in the local newspaper next week! The show will continue on three successive weekends, with performances Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. on Oct. 12-14, 19-21, 26-28.
HOLOCAUST EYEWITNESS TESTIFIES
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, Holocaust survivor Irving Roth (photo left) will visit Carroll College to present a free, public talk on his experiences surviving Nazi death camps. Roth’s presentation of "How did the Holocaust Happen?" starts at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. In his talk, Roth will also delve into the rise of anti-Semitism/anti-Israelism on college campuses today. The event is co-sponsored by College Christian Fellowship and Christians United For Israel. Roth was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, on September 2, 1929, and landed in New York Harbor in 1947 via Auschwitz and Buchenwald. The memories of the Nazi death camps never faded from his mind, and he devotes his time and efforts to educating young and old on the horrors of the Holocaust and the evils of prejudice and anti-Semitism.
Roth is the director of the Holocaust Resource Center–Temple Judea of Manhasset and an adjunct professor at the University of Maine. He is a recognized speaker on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. Roth received the Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Citizen Award from the Anne Frank Center USA for promoting human rights, social justice and for conceiving, developing and initiating the Adopt a Survivor program. Roth edited a book titled Adopt a Survivor: An Antidote to Holocaust Amnesia. He and his son, Rabbi Edward S. Roth, co-authored and published Bondi’s Brother, a book about his experiences before, during and after the Holocaust.
MARCHING SAINTS
In the recently published National Order of Merit List (OML) for the Army ROTC, Carroll Cadet Zach Wagner (photo left) was selected as number 33 out of 5,592 cadets nationwide, and he was also ranked number 3 three out of 2,434 cadets on the National Reserve Duty OML. This high ranking allowed him to choose his preferred branch and station, and to go active or reserve duty, and he selected Montana Army National Guard.
Other Carroll ROTC seniors in the rankings included Cadets Samantha Clement, Melissa Burkett, Seth Pattee and Andrea Lombardo. Clement, ranked 1,002 out of 5,592 on the national OML, will be serving on active duty following graduation. Burkett, ranked 96 out of 280 on the nursing OML and 2,469 on the National OML, is vying to enter PhD studies in psychological nursing. Cadets Pattee and Lombardo are requesting to serve in the Montana Army National Guard following commissioning and graduation.
A FINE LASSI
This past Wednesday’s Indian lunch in the St. Thomas Aquinas Dining Hall, featuring Sodexo signature chef Salket Patwary (aka “Chef Johny” or “Johny Kansas”--at far left in photo right), got a feature in the Helena Independent Record this week, which also discussed how the meal offered Carroll students a chance to curry favor by enrolling in the Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation’s service-oriented summer journey to work with exiled Tibetans in India. Spicy details are served at: http://helenair.com/news/local/carroll-dines-on-indian-food/article_3f0c5c8e-0dab-11e2-bc83-0019bb2963f4.html
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Carroll sophomore and golf team standout Jackie Mee (photo left) recently became the first female golfer in our school history to win a Frontier Conference tournament. Making that achievement all the more special is the fact that Mee’s brother, Jim Mee, class of 2012, became the first Carroll men’s golfer in the 15-year history of the program to win a tournament last year. For more on her sport and professional passions, watch http://www.kfbb.com/sports/abc-5-sports-features/Prep-of-the-Week-Jackie-Mee-172775821.html
Events
Next Thursday, October 11, everyone is invited to view Carroll’s newly relocated one-stop shopping for Student Services in Borromeo Hall’s ground level, from 1 to 4 p.m., with free treats. Meet the staff and see the digs for the Carroll offices of Career Services and Testing/Internships, ARC (Academic Resource Center), Academic Advising, Education Abroad and International Programs, Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice and Veterans’ Services.
For all student news on events, club activities, retreats and much more, go to www.carroll.edu/students.
ALUMNI NEWS
In the News
Dee Incoronato (photo right), class of 1987, of Bigfork, Mont., was recently in the news for her service to Intermountain Children’s Home, for which she has been on the board for 10 years, including a few years as president. For more on her life of teaching, travel, and caring for kids, read: http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_b44c9890-0b5f-11e2-90ca-0019bb2963f4.html
Professional engineer Raquel (DeBlauw) Ranieri, class of 2005, has been named the 10th honoree of the Javier F. Horvilleur Outstanding Young Engineer Award. The award is presented annually to one young structural engineer at the firm Walter P Moore, in recognition of the engineer who best exemplifies excellence in technical design, client service and business acumen. Raquel joined Walter P Moore after earning her civil engineering degree at Carroll and her master’s in civil engineering at University of Texas at Austin. After interning in the firm’s Austin office, she relocated to its Los Angeles post where she is a senior engineer with primary responsibilities to serve key clients, including Disney.
In Memoriam
Duane Albert Daugharty, M.D. (photo left), class of 1950, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, died on September 14, 2012. After serving in the Navy’s Pacific theater during World War II, he attended Butte School of Mines and graduated from Carroll in chemistry and biology. He attended St. Louis School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at St. Louis City Hospital, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Daugharty became an active member of the medical staff at Kootenai Medical Center where he cared for the patients of North Idaho for over 43 years. He was instrumental in starting the first coronary care unit at the hospital and served as chief of staff at both Lake City Hospital and Coeur d’Alene General Hospital prior to serving as chief of staff at Kootenai Medical Center. For more on his life, read: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/sep/30/obituary-daugharty-dr-duane-a/
Mark Alan Johnson, of Carroll’s civil engineering class of 2007, died on Sept. 23, 2012, while returning from a motorcycle trip to Glacier National Park. After graduating from Carroll, he took a job with the city of Helena in the engineering department. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-alan-johnson/article_95c31b62-085b-11e2-861c-001a4bcf887a.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Kelly Parsley (photo right), professor of health sciences, is one of only five to be selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to serve on its national stakeholder group for sexual violence prevention. The focus group will spend two days evaluating past national efforts on rape prevention and creating a vision for future funding. The stakeholder meeting will be held in early November on the CDC campus in Atlanta, Ga. The group will focus on evidence-based prevention efforts, building capacity for evaluation, and documenting future success.
Business Department Professor Belle Marie (photo left) recently attended a continuing professional development conference sponsored by the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Big Sky Chapter of the Certified Fraud Examiners. The two day conference covered general fraud concepts along with a wide variety of employee embezzlement schemes with a particular emphasis on state and local governments. On October 12, Carroll’s October Faculty Colloquium will feature Professor Marie presenting Mental Models of Financial Literacy at 4 p.m. in the Maronick Board Room.
Also from the Business Department, Department Chair Beth Wilson recently got married and has since changed her last name to Schoyen (pronounced SKO-en).
FAITH AND SERVICE
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The Carroll Neuman Observatory is open for planetary and deep-sky viewing through the college’s 14-inch computerized scope every Thursday that is cloudless, clear and without high winds. Observing in Sept. and Oct. takes place an hour after sunset, or by 8 p.m.—whichever comes last. It is led by Carroll Neuman Astronomical Society advisor David Rotness, an avid and accomplished amateur astronomer who also is a leader of the Helena Astronomical Society. Viewing is always free and open to the public.
October 16: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center present the next in its Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening for Vatican II, with Dr. Mathijs Lamberigts of the Centre for the Study of Vatican II—Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Belgium presenting “Vatican II and its Legacy: Preparing a Future for the Past” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free.
October 24: Dr. Kelly Cline continues his popular astronomy lecture series with "Cryptography: The Secret Science of Codes," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
October 25: Carroll Career Services will sponsor its annual Meet, Greet & Eat: Networking & Dining Etiquette for the New Professional at 6 p.m., for Carroll seniors who want to learn proper etiquette and manners to use at formal business meals. The dinner is preceded by a networking session with hors d'oeuvres and punch; during the multi-course main meal a professional etiquette trainer guides participants through the fine dining experience. Free to seniors, the dinner is courtesy of our corporate sponsors, who send company representatives to the dinner to mingle with prospective future hires. This event is free, but seating is limited; to register send your name and major to careers@carroll.edu.
October 27: The Carroll Nursing Department presents national performer Pippa White at 2 p.m. in the Campus Center. For a preview of her unique show, see http://www.pippawhite1co.com/perf_possession.htm
November 3-10: Inauguration of Dr. Tom Evans as 16th Carroll president. Inauguration events include: a November 5 Academic Symposium from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center, followed by the 2 p.m. Inaugural Ceremony in the PE Center, with a reception afterward in the Campus Center, all open to the public. On Saturday, November 10, a 9 a.m. Community Mass at the Grotto, open to the public, will be followed by the Fighting Saints Tailgate outside Nelson Stadium. For all event details, go to: www.carroll.edu/inauguration
November 8: Carroll Literary Festival, part of the Carroll inauguration celebration, will feature keynote speaker Paula Marks, PhD, historian of the American West, in the Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
November 15: Carroll Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center present the next in its Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Theology Department Chair and Professor John Ries presenting “Coming to Be Church in and through the World: Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free.
November 30: Dr. Kelly Cline presents, “The Kepler Mission: Discovering 2,000 Planets" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
November 30: Carroll Theatre premieres < strong>A Christmas Pudding, created, edited and adapted by David Birney and directed by Carroll Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll. A holiday confection of songs, stories, poems and tales of the season by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Frank McCourt, Emily Dickinson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, A. J. Carothers, and many others spiced with a host of traditional carols and holiday songs. This piece provides a perfect evening to warm hearts, stir memories and give laughter during the holiday season. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 30-Dec. 1 and Dec. 8.; Sunday 3 p.m. matinees are Dec. 2 and 9. All in the Carroll Theatre.