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ALUMNI NEWS Events Homecoming is just a month away! New alumni events this year include a special Friday @ 4 gathering on October 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby (or, weather permitting, by Sladdich Fountain). Appetizers will be provided, with a Knights of Columbus no-host bar, during this meet-and-greet with fellow alums and both current and former faculty. Also on Friday, the Pep Rally at 7:30 p.m. and the Hall of Fame Banquet. All info, and registration for everything, is online now at http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/ In the News Dr. Joseph A. Petrino, class of 2002, has joined Dr. Russ Read's endodontic practice in Missoula, Mont. Petrino earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Minnesota in 2006, and his certificate in endodontics and Master of Science from the University of Minnesota in 2009. He has been in private practice for the past two years in Saint Cloud, Minn. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Carroll's new Assistant Professor of Moral Theology Beth Haile (photo right) is one of 160 academics who recently signed a letter calling for death penalty abolition. The letter, published in the Independent Catholic News, is online at: http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18972 CAMPUS MINISTRY This year's Campus Ministry Fall Headlights Immersion trip take 15 Carroll students to East Los Angeles, Calif. The last Headlights trip to East LA was in the fall 2007, when they witnessed the work of Homeboy Industries and its peacemaking between gang members. Campus Ministry Nathan Scheidecker will attend the trip, as will Headlights director Colleen Dunne, who is looking forward to learning about the current gang situation in the area and the complexity of immigration in this community that has endeavored to combat poverty and violence. Our student delegation will volunteer at Dolores Mission, a Jesuit parish and school, and will tour Homeboy Industries in downtown Los Angeles, where rival gang members work together to manufacture retail goods. Follow the Campus Ministry adventures on the Headlights blog here: http://carrollministry.wordpress.com/ For all Campus Ministry news, including retreat info, homilies and discussions of Catholic social justice issues, check out: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/ ATHLETICS Tune In 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: THIS SATURDAY, October 1, versus MSU-Northern October 15 versus Rocky Mountain College at Homecoming 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 Upcoming Home Game Schedule Football: Saints vs. MSU-Northern in Nelson Stadium, 1 p.m. Volleyball, Cross Country and Soccer: Away For more info and other scheduled games for all teams, go to http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS October 10-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 13: CAMP, the Carroll Adventure Mountaineering Program, again will host the Reel Rock Film Tour in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheater at 7 p.m. October 13-23: 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). Dates are October 13-15 and 20-22 at 7:30 p.m., with 3 p.m. 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. A story on Brevoort's visit to Carroll in September is online at: http://helenair.com/news/local/emotion-at-heart-of-lockerbie-play/article_7d137ef8-ddce-11e0-907a-001cc4c03286.html October 14-17: Homecoming. For all info, to to: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/homecoming.cc October 20: Dr. Kelly Cline presents "Creating Black Holes in the Lab" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater. Free. October 25: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 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. Keynote author, Pulitzer-nominated Richard Shelton, will deliver a free, public talk on Thursday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in Trinity Hall's conference room. All events are free. 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 Amphitheatre. 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.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 QuickNotes
LEARNING LEAVE, TURNING LEAVES Fall break is upon us, with classes on hiatus next week. But, as soon as students return to the daily routine on October 10, the action will pick up, starting with a special Columbus Day speaker and a weeklong lead-up to Homecoming 2011. Read on. FEATHERS, LEATHER AND LIES On Monday, October 10, Carroll and the Helena School District's Indian Education for All program will cosponsor special guest speaker Dr. John Sanchez (photo right) presenting "American Indians: How the News Media Shapes American Indian Identity and Policy in the United States" in the Campus Center at 7 p.m. The free, public talk will focus on misperceptions about Native people, including stereotypes of all Indians wearing feathers and leather and only standing at the extremes of the socioeconomic spectrum. Far from it, Sanchez says, and his talk will illustrate how the news media and popular films perpetuate these images, with negative consequences on Indian Country. A professor at Penn State, Sanchez comes to Helena after his eagerly anticipated talk last January had to be rescheduled for this fall. He selected Columbus Day for his address to focus more intently on the issues facing Native people. For more, read: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=15256 ECONOMIC FORECAST: SUNNY, RAINY, HOT AND COLD WITH SCATTERED EARTHQUAKES The markets are as volatile as Montana weather, but a wise economic meteorologist can deliver a forecast you can bank on. On Thursday, October 13, you can hear what financial climate changes are in the offing with Carroll's Business Department Lecture Series panel discussion, "Perspectives on Future Economic Conditions," at 7 p.m. in O'Connell Hall room 107. It is free and open to the public. Panelists will include: Mark Semmens, managing director-investment banking, D.A. Davidson & Co.; Carroll Assistant Professor of Economics Doug MacKenzie, Ph.D.; Terry Myhre, executive director of the Montana Business Assistance Connection; and Cathy Burwell, president and CEO of the Helena Area Chamber of Commerce. The series is made possible by generous support from the Dr. Daniel and Mary Ann Fiehrer Endowed Lectureship in Business. SATISFY YOUR SWEET TOOTH AT THE CARROLL ART GALLERY Opening October 10 right after fall break is the Carroll Art Gallery's new exhibit of works by Lisa Sweet. Since 1990, Sweet's work has investigated the history, mythology, culture, and theology of Catholicism and medieval Christianity. Focusing her imagery on the experience of female figures including martyrs, saints, and ordinary penitents, Sweet's paintings and prints synthesize and integrate ancient images and beliefs with contemporary interpretations of ritual. With medieval and early modern prints and paintings the basis of her visual lexicon, Sweet is a tenured faculty member at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., where she teaches drawing, intaglio printmaking, and medieval art appreciation. Admission to the Sweet exhibit is free, with the display continuing to December 9. The gallery is located in Carroll's St. Charles Hall room 034. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; closed weekends and college holidays. (Image left: Man of Sorrows, 2006, by Lisa Sweet) WOMEN DEFEAT TERRORISTS Also that first week back from fall break, the Carroll Theatre Department will debut mainstage play, The Women of Lockerbie, with the premiere on October 13. This contemporary drama by playwright Deborah Brevoort is directed by Carroll Theatre alumna Julia Porter (class of 2005) and has received plenty of advance press thanks to the author's visit to campus a few weeks ago. For a reflection on the significance of Lockerbie, read the column by Montana Public Radio News Director Sally Mauk at: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b274d6da-e15e-11e0-8bc2-001cc4c03286.html All performances take place in the Carroll College Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). Dates are Thursdays through Saturdays, October 13-15 and 20-22, at 7:30 p.m. On Sundays, October 16 and 23, afternoon matinees are scheduled for 3 p.m. General admission is $10, students and seniors $8. Carroll faculty and staff always get in free, and Carroll students always admitted free on Thursdays and Sundays. WRITE OR WRONG, SUBMIT SOMETHING! The 9th annual Carroll Literary Festival is slated for November 10 and 11, but the call for author submissions is now. To have your short stories, poems or literary essays (8-pages max) considered for festival reading, submit by October 21 to litfest@carroll.edu. Readings will occur on both festival days. This year's keynote author is Pulitzer-nominated Richard Shelton, called the "unofficial poet laureate of the Arizona desert." Shelton speaks on Thursday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in Trinity Hall's conference room, and it's free and open to everyone. Shelton's Crossing the Yard: Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer won the 2007 Southwest Book of the Year award, and his work in the Arizona prison system resulted in the literary prison journal Walking Rain Review. Shelton won the 1992 Western States Book Award for Going Back to Bisbee, and his fourth book, The Bus to Veracruz, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a regents professor emeritus of English at the University of Arizona. THE HOPE 300 Last weekend's NAMIWalk was a sweet success, with a record number of Helena participants raising record funds and caring awareness to support those with mental illness, and among the teams was a Saints for Hope squad over 300 strong. The Saints walkers in purple and gold brought in over a thousand dollars for the cause and once again showed the "care" in Carroll, while standing out as the leading team. More on Carroll's student leadership, including heavy-duty student-athlete support, at the NAMIWalk is at: http://helenair.com/news/local/student-athletes-walk-the-walk-in-support-of-nami/article_4a8bd1ea-e672-11e0-8195-001cc4c03286.html And, in more hope news, at last week's seventh annual Way Home Stand Down and Access Fair to help the homeless in Helena, the Carroll College Student Nurses Association (CCSNA) provided free blood pressure screenings for over 100 homeless veterans, and according to witnesses there, our Saints nurses also dispensed some much needed respect and kindness. In addition to medical screenings, Carroll's nurses helped out in the kitchen and escorted clients throughout the entire event, where the homeless vets received food, haircuts, showers, and free clothing and gear for the approaching winter. CCSNA donated $150 out of its personal fundraising account to buy warm winter socks for the homeless attending the event. CCSNA marches on, spending hundreds of hours each year offering free blood pressure screenings at athletic events and elsewhere on campus and raising money for Florence Crittenton, the Friendship Center and Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. GARBAGE GROWS TREES This Saturday, the S.A.V.E. Foundation and Growing Friends of Helena will host the annual Trash for Trees recycling event to support tree planting and expanded recycling in the community. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers manning the giant shipping bins at Northgate Plaza on North Montana Avenue will be accepting all recyclable materials: newspapers, magazines (less than a quarter inch thick), office paper, glass, corrugated cardboard, aluminum and steel cans, Type 1 and 2 plastics (no oil or yogurt containers), cell phones, print cartridges, and rechargeable batteries from laptops or power tools. Clear out your garage before the snow flies and look forward to the spring blossoms you'll see on the young trees planted thanks to this lively event. CARROLLTUBE Did you know Carroll has a YouTube channel? Check out the latest videos about your favorite number one ranked Catholic college in the West right here: http://www.youtube.com/user/carrollcollegemt?feature=mhee#p/u/5/GcsQhT_MrXU STUDENT NEWS Carroll senior and Gates Millennium Scholar Rachael DeMarce (photo right) has been named the Montana director of "Let's Move! In Indian Country," an initiative of the Obama administration to encourage youth health and physical fitness to combat obesity. This past summer, DeMarce spent three months working with the first lady's office on "Let's Move" events. Rachael says that she received the telephone offer for her to join "Let's Move" just as she was boarding the bus as the Montana representative on the PBS American Experience Freedom Ride. More on Rachael's busy summer on the PBS bus and at the White House will be featured in the next edition of Carroll Magazine. Until then, check out the "Let's Move" kickoff story in last weekend's Great Falls Tribune at: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109240302 Carroll students Sean Murray and Ariana McElrath this week were named Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year by Helena's Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. In addition to our students sweeping the awards, around 20 other Carroll students also give local kids precious helpings of time, mentoring, tutoring and loving care by volunteering at Big Brothers Big Sisters. Carroll's computer science wizards Nate Woods, Jennings Anderson, and Dane Bullen (photo left, left to right) were the college's first-ever competitors at the Association of Computing Machinery Local Programming contest held last Saturday at Montana State University in Bozeman, and Professor Phil Rose reports that in Carroll's inaugural entry we finished fourth out of 10 teams. Contest teams hailed from University of Montana, Montana Tech, University of Montana College of Technology, and MSU. The five-hour competition entailed five problems. Because of our fine finish, Carroll's team qualified for the regional contest to be held at Colorado State University in late October. The winners of the regional contest get all-expense-paid trips to the international contest this year held in Warsaw, Poland.