The Old Main Bell

• The most recent reference to it actually ringing is from 1953. 
• Reverend and Mrs. J.A. Bauman donated the bell to the college in August of 1882. The cost was $163.44.
• Bauman taught Latin and German from 1881-85. He had his home in the main building (which means Old Main), and his wife, Lizzie, taught part-time on campus.
• The bell is still located in the tower of Old Main but we are not sure if the one that is there is the original bell.
• It rings on the hour when it is working. The person who services it is from out of state.
• The bell is run on electricity and is pumped by a piston to make it ring.

 


Photo taken October 8, 1976

    staff writer 
 

http://www.trauma-pages.com/ 
This is a site to help with any questions about post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://www.psychology.net/
Articles and media news headlines relating to psychology-- and the recent events of September 11, 2001. It covers many different topics.

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/
Psychology virtual library. Tons of information to be found here on very topic!

http://www.psych-central.com/
Another site to use for resources. It also has section on graduate schools. Very helpful!
 

Several printed resources are available for you to browse in the department's resource center (SSC 26). You will find information about graduate schools and career paths. Graduate School bulletins are also available. See Lee for more information. 

Psi Chi, the psychology honor society, is off to a busy start this year. Some new activities have been planned to include not only the Psi Chi members, but all members of the psychology department. 

One new and very exciting program this year is a monthly Brown Bag Lunch.  These lunches are
designed to inform students interested in psychology on topics relating to the field.  Our first Brown Bag Lunch, on Sept. 25, was Getting to Know Your Professors and Their Research.  We were joined by three psychology professors (Dick Martin, Jennifer Ackil, and Marie Walker) who shared information about their current research, how they arrived at their present position, and how psychology majors can get involved in research in the department. 

• The next Brown Bag Lunch is on Oct. 31 at 12:30 in Linner Lounge.  Mary Johnson and June Kloubec will do a presentation on HealingTouch.

• Also coming up in October is a panel discussion entitled, "Where Do We Go From Here?"  Former psychology majors at Gustavus will talk about their experiences in their last year of college and after concerning their occupations.  This panel will be Oct. 25 at 7:00 in one of the Banquet Rooms in the Campus Center.  We hope you will join us for some cookies and discussion of what you can do with a psychology major. 

Finally, Psi Chi will be offering tutors for General Psychology classes periodically during the semester.  If you would be interested in tutoring, contact Julie or Andrea.
 Two of our primary goals this year are getting people involved in the psychology department and service projects.  We are always open to new ideas for activities sponsored by Psi Chi, so please contact a member of  Psi Chi if you have an idea, or would just like to help.  We hope to see you at the next event!

    --  Jenny Pratt
      staff writer

With the tragic events of September 11, 2001 affecting everything in our country, the movie industry has had to undergo some changes to some major pictures scheduled for the fall.  Premieres were postponed, some movies were put on hold indefinitely, films in production underwent script changes, and a big rush to shelve offensive plot lines took place. 

Two highly anticipated movies were shelved after September 11.  Arnold Schwarzenagger's new film Collateral Damage was set to premiere in October and it has been put off indefinitely.  Arnold appeared on Jay Leno and stated that he couldn't think about doing the movie thing for quite a while.  Another movie, Big Trouble starring Tim Allen and Rene Russo despite being heavily advertised before the attacks was also shelved.  Both of these movies contained plot lines that involved terrorist action.  It is now expected that Collateral Damage will premiere sometime in the spring and no word has yet to be made public about Big Trouble.

The public Hollywood premiere of Denzel Washington's Training Day was cancelled because of the terrorist scare.  The movie will premiere in theaters on Oct. 5, two weeks after its originally scheduled date.  With these tragic events the whole entertainment industry has taken a blow. 

I would like to express my feelings on the way that the film industry has dealt with the whole terrorist actions.  I believe it is entirely appropriate for films with plots that involve terrorist action be postponed for the time being.  Most audiences are not going to find that as appealing entertainment.  Some have criticized the industry for protecting their investments and not releasing a film that would not do well, concerning the recent events.  No matter how you look at it, the film industry has set aside their business for the good of the country.  They lose money everyday that those films are not in theaters.

Even with the tragic events the fall movie schedule for 2001 is decorated with  highly anticipated movies, for more information on what is coming out, go to www.premiere.com.  They have the inside scoop on upcoming pictures like Drew Barrymore's Riding in Cars with Boys, Tom Cruise in Vanillia Sky, Russell Crowe's A Beautiful Mind, and Will Smith as Ali. 

God Bless the USA!
 

Career Center Resources

Contemplating grad school?  Check out these reference books in the Career Center:
Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Gourman Report on Graduate Programs (Princeton Review)Perfect Personal Statements and Graduate School Essays (Arco)
 
 

  Did you know that...

• Jennifer Thingvold is involved in Theta Xi Gamma
• Renee Beaudry is a soccer player (returning MIAC Most Valuable Player)
• Leslie Carlson and Erin Colon are involved in Delta Phi Omega
• Brooke Fails is a CF in Pittman
• Zachary Linde is a CF in Sohre and plays Rugby
• Maisee Ly is the Secretary for CAB
• Gregory Nix is a Weekly columnist
• Kristen O'Connell plays golf
• Timothy Refsland is a CF in Sohre
• Mary Rosener is a Student Senate Finance Comittee member
• Karen Warkentien is the VP for Service in Alpha Phi Omega
• Jerry Washington is a CF in North
• Jennifer Westmeyer belongs to Delta Phi Omega
• Matthew Xiong is a CF in Link
• Dana Anderson belongs to Delta Phi Omega
• Katja Ericson in a CF in ArborView and President of Sigma Sigma Sigma
• Christopher Huizinga is a Weekly columnist
• Angela Lundeen is a member of Delta Phi Omega
• Brittany Miller is VP for Sigma Sigma Sigma
• Jayne Sommers is a Gustavus Pride Ambassador
• Amanda Stoeckel plays soccer
• Melanie Wilbur is a CF in Uhler
• Jessica Rye plays rugby and is a member of APO
• Jennifer Wood is a member of APO and Big Partner/Little Partners

Our very own Dr. Clark Ohnesorge has just returned from New York City where he was able to spend a few days lecturing at NYU and having a little down time. 
While there, he worked with Dr. Diana Van Lancker Sidtis, a clinical neurolinguist in communicative disorders. Together, they are doing research on the hemispheric specialization of language.  Dr. Ohnesorge will be returning in the spring to continue research on brain functions of a clinical population who have suffered strokes to either the right or left hemisphere of the brain to compare the results to those from undamaged college students' results. The purpose is to measure the effect of the damage on attention and brain activation. 

Also while there, Dr. Ohnesorge graced the NYU psychology grad students with a lecture on hypothesis testing and statistics. They were impressed with his lecture and he is planning  to return.   He also began collaborating with a professor from Columbia University on a neuroimaging study of changes in brain activation related to the perception of various emotions as caused by different events. It all sounds like fun. We eagerly await the results of his studies!

Of course, being in New York, he was unable to ignore the things going on around him. He said that the most interesting thing he noticed was not in the city, but on the airplane ride. For the entire trip, he watched the passengers watch each other nervously and glance at the cockpit door continually. "The whole plane ride," he said, "people were busy studying everyone else to make sure they didn't look threatening."  He didn't get a chance to visit lower Manhattan, but he did make it to several of the city's fire stations. He was amazed by the devastation of some fire stations, while others were almost unaffected in terms of losing personnel.  Dr. Ohnesorge noted that the people of New York  don't allow any of the firefighters to go without recognition.  He stated that he was very impressed with all the signs thanking the heroes of New York. He couldn't walk down any street without seeing a sign or billboard dedicated to the New York City police and firemen. It all made quite an impression on him and he was glad he had the chance to see first hand what it's really like in New York right now.  "There's so much that we just don't hear about on the news," he said. And importantly, "The food is as good as ever!"

 --Heidi Lawson 
staff writer

• Attention students who would like to submit a poster or presentation to the Psi Chi program at the 2002 MPA (Midwestern Psychological Association) Conference  -- May 2-4, 2002. 

The submission deadline is Nov. 1, 2001. 

Students do not  have to be members of Psi Chi to present
. 
For detailed student submission guidelines contact Dr. Marie Walker, Lee Sande or http://www.psichi.org/content/national
regional/regional/midwest.asp

• Where Do We Go From Here?

Panel Discussion for all psychology members  October 25 at 7:00 p.m. 
Banquet Room
A panel of psychology major alumni will discuss and answer questions about their occupations, direction, and life after Gustavus.  Refreshments will be provided.
 
• Brown Bag Lunch  - October 31 at 12:30 in Linner Lounge with Mary Johnson and June Kloubec on Healing Touch.

Jennifer Ackil -- Professor
B.A. Lawerence; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State
Special Interests in Cognitive Psychology, and Human Memory (particularly autobiographical and eyewitness memory)

Mark G. Kruger -- Professor
B.A., Carthage; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Special Interests in Social Psychology; Emotion, Social Development; Psychology of Music; Close Relationships

Stephanie Johnson --  Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A. Concordia, Moorhead; M.A., California School of Professional Psychology; Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology
Special Interests in Rural mental Health issues, Sports Psychology, Health Psychology; Qualitative Research Methods - in particular, Ethnography

Richard Martin-- Professor
B.A., St. John's University; Ph.D., Minnesota
Special Interests in Child and Adult Development

Clark Ohnesorge -- Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., St. Olaf; M.A., Ph.D, Wisconsin, Madison
Special Interests include Visual Stimuli; Emotion and Perception; Neural Networks

Timothy C. Robinson -- Professor
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus; Ph.D., Minnesota Special Interests in the fields of Neuropsychology; Brain Chemistry; Animal Behavior

Richard Seely -- Adjunct Instructor
B.S., M.S., Mankato State
Special Interests in Corrections; Human Sexuality

Barbara Simpson -- Professor
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Washington State
Special Interests in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Identity Formation; Personality Development, and Humanistic Approaches to understanding people and Psychometrics

Nancy Walbeck-- Adjunct Professor of Psychology
B.A. Antioch College; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Special Interests: Human Development, Social Learning, Sexuality, and Program Evaluation

Marie Walker -- Assistant Professor
B.A.,Western Ontario; M.A., McGill; Ph.D.,Western Ontario
Special Interests in Social Psychology, Creativity, Health Behaviors and the Self
 

  --Megan Wittmier 
staff writer 

October 18   --  Final Exams for Half-Semester Courses

October 19-22  -- Reading Break (no classes)

October 24 --  Mid-Term Grades Due

November 9 -- Course Withdrawal Deadline

November 6-20 -- January and Spring Registration

November 22-25 -- Thanksgiving Recess

December 12 -- Final Day of Classes

December 13 -- Reading Day

December 14-18 -- Final Examinantions

December 18 -- Fall Semester Ends

December 19 - January 6 -- Christmas Recess
 
 

January 7 - February 1 -- January Term

January 2-10 -- Touring and Activity Period
 

February 11 -- Classes Convene

February 22 -- Late Registration Deadline

March 28 -- Final Exams for Half-Semester Courses

March 29-April 7 -- Spring Break

April 3 -- Mid-term Grades Due

March 29-April 7 -- Easter Recess

April 16-18 -- Fall Registration

April 19 -- Course Withdrawal Deadline
 

May 1 -- MAYDAY! Conference

May 4 -- Honors Day
 
 

May 22 -- Final Day of Classes

May 23 -- Reading Day

May 24-28 -- Final Examinations

May 28 -- Spring Semester Ends

June 2 -- Commencement

March 1997

April 1997

May 1997

September 1997

October 1997

December 1997

February 1998

November 1998

December 1998

January 1999

March 1999

May 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

January 2000

March 2000

May 2000

October 2000

January 2001

March 2001

May 2001