SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
AVENUE TO SUCCESS
On August 30, 2012, former Carroll president Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen and about 75 members of his extensive family were on campus to see the dedication of the newly named Hunthausen Avenue, entering campus from Benton Avenue near Guadalupe Hall. (Photo left: Archbishop, front, with his extensive loving family at the ceremony; Below right: Hunthausen in Trinity Hall chapel)
For the full story on this well-deserved honor, see the story in the Helena Independent Record at: http://helenair.com/news/local/hunthausen-avenue-unveiled/article_6560ce98-f333-11e1-809d-001a4bcf887a.html
PAWS FOR PATRIOT DAY
Next Tuesday, September 11, Carroll’s Anthrozoology program presents “Remembering 9/11: The Human-Animal Bond at Ground Zero,” featuring guest speaker and new Carroll anthrozoology professor, Dr. Marie Suthers, recalling her experiences as an early 9/11 first-responder. A veterinarian, Dr. Suthers was called in to assist just three days after terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center and devastated countless families. As a Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT) member, she was one of many who volunteered their time and service to help. Her presentation, during Anthrozoology ANZ 107 class, will occur in Carroll College’s Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.
SOMEBODY OPEN A WINDOW!
On Tuesday, September 18, Carroll College’s Theology Department and the Sister Annette Moran Center will inaugurate a new lecture series “Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening for Vatican II, with Carroll Associate Professor of Philosophy Elvira Roncalli (photo left) presenting “Aggiornamento: Opening the Windows of the Church: John XXIII Announces and Initiates the Second Vatican Council.” It begins at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center and is free and open to the public.
Roncalli’s lecture and a discussion with the audience afterward will focus on Pope John XXIII’s background, leading to the surprising decision in 1959 to call an ecumenical council to transform the Church. Exploring the state of Catholicism and the modern world leading up to the 1962 start of the Second Vatican Council, Roncalli will examine the pope’s hope for the council and his vision of “church” through his experience in remote parts of the world. All of this will provide the context for understanding what the pope saw as a needed ‘aggiornamento,’ Italian for “bringing up to date.”
ALPHA AND IMMORALITY
Carroll College’s freshman Alpha Seminar course required reading this year is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, and a panel discussion delving into the popular, award-winning book’s themes will be open to the public next Thursday, September 13. See this free event at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Helena, starting at 7 p.m. On the panel will be Carroll Professors Beth Haile (theology), Maria Brosnan (nursing), and Dan Gretch (biology) plus Lee Newspapers State Bureau journalist Mike Dennison.
Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer and mother of five who, in 1951, was treated for cervical cancer in the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Without her knowledge, doctors took some of her cells to grow in a lab; while Henrietta would quickly die of her cancer, her cell line would live on, ultimately saving millions of lives. The “HeLa” cell culture became the basis for medical advances including the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and in vitro fertilization. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she died in poverty and obscurity, buried in an unmarked grave, until Skloot’s bestselling book revealed her story.
In the Alpha Seminar-sponsored free, public discussion, Haile will be examining what rights we have to determine what happens to tissues from our bodies and how we understand the relationship between the body and the person—are cells merely biological material, or are they in some way integrally connected to us as people? Brosnan will discuss disparities in access to health care. Gretch will look at the science of researching cell lines, and how our society has changed its thinking and policies on cell research science. Dennison will offer a journalist’s perspective on covering health care and medical science, including the “human side” of every story.
MORE SCHOOL? ARE YOU KIDDING?
We kid thee not, kiddo, and we’ll even help you reach new higher ed horizons with the Carroll Career Services September 27 Graduate School Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby. To prep for the fair, where grad school reps and tons of info will be available, attend one of the Strategies to Gain Admission to Competitive Graduate Programs workshops. The workshops are September 25 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and again September 26, from 3:30 to 5—both are in O’Connell Hall room 107. The workshops will help you gain insight on how to research the best school or program for you in your chosen field, writing personal statements, planning the financial aspect of grad school, and meeting key timetables and deadlines for applying. Register in advance for the workshop of your choice by emailing careers@carroll.edu (provide your name, major and workshop date).
ECONOMY PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON YOU?
Then become a tightwad—in a good way! Tightwad Tuesdays have returned to the Myrna Loy Center in Helena, with $2 film tickets for Carroll students, faculty, and staff every Tuesday. If indie, award-winning and foreign celluloid is on your movie menu, the Myrna is for you! For current films and times, check their website http://www.myrnaloycenter.com/. Other nights of the week, the Myrna offers $4.50 film tickets for students, faculty, and staff. Live shows of the best in performing arts are also available to Carrollites at a low price: students get in for $7 and Carroll faculty and staff tickets are just $15 for world-class entertainment. Check out the Myrna Loy at 15 N. Ewing or call 406-443-0287 for more info.
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Lhamo Tseji (photo right), a new Carroll student who came all the way from Tibet, was recently featured in the Helena Independent Record for her incredible journey to our campus. “My family didn’t want me to go to school,” she says, and explains how circumstances were stacked against her all the way to Carroll. She’s come a long way, baby! For the full tale, plus her plans for after graduation, read the feature at: http://helenair.com/news/local/education/long-road-to-carroll/article_bfeb816c-f330-11e1-a85c-0019bb2963f4.html
Speaking of international students, Carroll once again has the honor of welcoming a US State Department Global Undergraduate Exchange Program Pakistani student on campus this academic year. Kanza Nadeem (photo left) comes to Carroll from her hometown of Faisalabad, Pakistan, and her college, the National Textile University. Her major is human resource management. After her semester at Carroll, she plans to initiate a community service project in her home community while undertaking master’s-level studies.
Events
Mountain bikers of all experience levels, get ready for Carroll-style Big Sky adventure. Learn about Helena’s extensive, gorgeous trail system by riding them with buddies every Monday at 3:30 p.m., starting next week on September 10. Meet at the Campus Center with your bike, and head out for some good times on the trails. For info, contact Clay Ahlf at cahlf@carroll.edu
Dance team tryouts are next Tuesday, September 11, at 7 p.m. in the PE Center dance studio (one floor above the fitness center). For more information contact Paige Esposito at 406-459-8573.
For all student news on events, club activities, retreats and much more, go to www.carroll.edu/students.
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Butte Tailgate: This Saturday, Sept. 8, starting at 11 a.m., any Saint friend or fan headed to the Montana Tech game should make a beeline for the purple and gold balloons outside the stadium. Please bring a salad or dessert to share and your own beverages. Chicken and pork chop sandwiches will be provided. Game tickets will be available at the gate.
Homecoming 2012—Awards
Carroll’s annual Hall of Fame Banquet is Friday, September 21, in the Campus Center, where the college will honor our 2012 Hall of Fame inductees. Tickets are $35 per person—this event is expected to sell out, so tickets must be pre-purchased online at www.carroll.edu/alumni or by contacting Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at 406-461-3214.
Our 2012 Hall of Fame inductees include Professor Jack Oberweiser, class of ‘71 (Alumni Hall of Fame). Inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame will be JD Emmert (2002), Don Diggins (attended 1976-79), Casey Fitzsimmons (2004), Dan Avansino (1997), Drew Peterson (1994), Marie Brennan Montanero (2003), and the 2002 Football Team.
The Warren Nelson Award will be conferred on Jack Collishaw.
The Young Alumni Award will be presented to Carrie Anne Platt (2002) and Annie Hanshew (2003).
Homecoming 2012—Food and Fun
Put on your western wear and welcome new president Dr. Tom Evans and his family at the Pitch Fork Fondue following the football game. Enjoy steak, chicken, jojos, salads and desserts prepared by local ranchers in inimitable Montana style—with actual pitch forks slinging the grub. Tickets are $25 adults, $15 for children 4-10.
For a complete Homecoming schedule, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni.
In the News
Susannah Scaroni (photo right), a Carroll chemistry student in 2009-2011, will race this Sunday, September 9, at 11:30 a.m. (London time) in the marathon at the Paralympics. Her qualifying time in the Boston marathon this year is 1:50:44, the 41st fastest T54 classification women's marathon of all time, according to Carroll Chemistry Professor (and marathoner) Dr. Kyle Strode, who adds that Susannah finished third at the US Olympic Trials this year to qualify for the London 2012 Paralympics. Check her Team USA profile at: http://www2.teamusa.org/Athletes/SC/Susannah-Scaroni.aspx
In Memoriam
As reported in last week’s QNs, Carroll English professor and Smoker boxing team coach Hank Burgess (photo left), class of 1951, died on August 28, 2012, with his obituary appearing in multiple newspapers statewide (read it online at: http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/henry-hank-burgess/article_33b1570e-f370-11e1-b492-001a4bcf887a.html) The outpouring of love for Hank has continued since this sad news hit, with one such example coming from James Leo Walsh, Ph.D., J.D., class of 1962, now a professor emeritus of Oberlin College, Ohio:
“I think most of us have memories of one particular professor who has impacted our lives. For me that professor was Hank Burgess. His passing leaves a hole in the Carroll family. I wrote him a letter a few years back and tried to tell him the impact he had on me and on my teaching.
“Hank was the reason I went to graduate school in sociology, as he allowed me to write papers in his English classes on sociological themes in literature. I later taught courses entitled "Sociology through Literature" and "Literature and the Law" at Oberlin College. My students here all were introduced to Hank Burgess. I think they are better people for that introduction.
“PS: I tried out for a Smoker (boxing) slot, but Hank found me such a weakling that he offered an announcing role.”
James Jude McGarvey (photo right), class of 1965, died on August 27, 2012. A Butte native, he earned his sociology degree at Carroll and for most of his life distinguished himself as a labor leader championing workers’ rights. He established the Montana Federation of Teachers, an affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and AFL-CIO, ensuring teachers a better standard of living. Jim was a vice president on the national executive council of the AFT. He held that position for 20 years, making him the longest-serving member. Over a career that expanded more than 40 years, Jim’s accomplishments included organizing private sector unions as well as other public sector unions. For more on his life, http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/james-jude-mcgarvey/article_901f4c62-f370-11e1-b22f-001a4bcf887a.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
The September/October 2012 edition of Bark magazine features a story on dogs in higher ed, including Carroll’s Anthrozoology program, with its founder, Professor Anne Perkins, quoted in the story, titled “Gone To The Dogs: Canine Studies In Colleges.”
This week, Carroll’s Wellness Center bid Erin Harris (photo right) farewell as she goes on to a new job at the Talking Books section of the Montana State Library, which provides audio books to Montana’s visually impaired citizens.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Campus Ministry is back with the highly popular Sunday Mass in the Campus Center’s upper level, 8 p.m.
Starting September 17, Father Jerry Lowney will be offering daily Mass on weekdays at 12:05 p.m. in Borromeo chapel.
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
Special Events
For next Saturday’s (September 15) home football game opener versus Rocky Mountain College, Carroll invites the public to support our kick-off Go for the GOLD fundraiser to fight childhood cancer. A silent auction and the sale of fun Crocs shoes, face painting and massages will create a special atmosphere, with all proceeds supporting Helena-area children diagnosed with cancer and their families. Crocs sales will continue to support the cause during Homecoming weekend and the October 20 home game versus the MSU Northern Lights.
The Rick Blessinger Memorial SAA Golf Tournament takes place Friday, September 14, at 12:30 p.m., at the Green Meadow Country Club in Helena. The event will raise money for SAA and Carroll men’s and women’s golf teams. The Grand Prize is a family season pass to Carroll athletic events. The cost is $500 per five-person team. Registration is due by September 7—contact Kaelynn to sign up for the fun at: KOlsen@carroll.edu and 406-447-5409.
Home Competitions
While all teams are in action this weekend, only cross country is at home, with today’s (Sept. 7) Carroll College Early Bird Open at Bill Roberts Golf Course just north of campus, starting at 11:30 a.m. Carroll’s women’s squad is ranked 6th in the nation. Check the story at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/pressrelease.cc?pid=3254
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
September 14: The SAVE Foundation and its community partners will hold the next Helena-area plastics recycling drive Friday, September 14, through Monday, September 17, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at 1100 N. Last Chance Gulch (near the YMCA parking lot east of Carroll’s campus). Type 1 beverage containers and clamshell trays, type 2 containers, and aluminum cans will all be collected.
September 16: Mass of the Holy Spirit, Cathedral of St. Helena, 7 p.m. For the entire campus community.
September 17: Live public reading of the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence, Campus Center lobby, starting at noon. Carroll ROTC will present the colors at the beginning and the cadets will also assist Carroll’s Honors Scholars Program and History/Political Science majors in the readings. Open to all.
September 18: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center inaugurate a new lecture series “Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening for Vatican II, with Carroll Associate Professor of Philosophy Elvira Roncalli presenting “Aggiornamento: Opening the Windows of the Church: John XXIII Announces and Initiates the Second Vatican Council.” 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free.
September 19: The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and the Korea Economic Institute of America present “U.S.-Korea Relations During a Time of Political Transition,” a public discussion of priorities and challenges for U.S.-Republic of Korea relations after the 2012 elections in both nations. The free event begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center’s lower level. The discussion will focus on the new leadership in North Korea and the potential for crisis. The panel will also delve into the Korean economy and the Republic of Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. Experts on the panel include Ambassador Hwang Joon-Kook, deputy chief of mission from the ROK Embassy to the United States; Dr. Abraham Kim, interim-president/vice president of The Korea Economic Institute of America; and Mr. L. Gordon Flake, the executive director of The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation.
September 19: Dr. Kelly Cline begins his annual popular free astronomy lecture series with "LIGO: Searching for Gravity Waves," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a National Science Foundation-funded installation of two widely separated observatories on Earth, which together are dedicated to detecting cosmic gravitational waves. These waves are ripples in cosmic space and time, produced by violent events like the collision of massive black holes and supernova explosions. In his 1916 general theory of relativity, Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves; only now is the technology available, through LIGO, to uncover them.
October 4: Catholic Coalition on Climate Change and Carroll College’s Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice present a free screening of Academy Award-nominated documentary Sun Come Up, 7 p.m. in the Rice Room (lower level of the Campus Center).
October 12: Carroll Theatre’s world premiere of a new play, George and the Dragon, in the Carroll Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27. Sunday 3 p.m. matinees are on Oct. 14, 21 and 28. Written by award winning Hollywood writer/actor/director Doug Sheehan and directed by Carroll College Director of Improv Michael McNeilly, this musical takes a unique look at aging, set in the present and the long ago land of fantastic dragons, knights-errant, and rip-roaring princesses—with gymnasts and Celtic dancers, too.
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, 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.” 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free.
October 17: Holocaust survivor Irving Roth speaks about his experiences in Nazi death camps and his miraculous reunion with the American serviceman who saved him from Buchenwald. At 7 p.m., lower level of the Campus Center. Free. For a sneak preview, check out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/irving-roth-holocaust-survivor-rick-carrier-soldier-liberator-reunion_n_1129673.html
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.
November 3-10: Inauguration activities 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, 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.” 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 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.