The Yellow Sheet 2001November 15, 2001 | Volume 34, Number 11

News & Announcements

Publication Reminder. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, The Yellow Sheet will not be published Nov. 22. It will be published Nov. 29, Dec. 6, and Dec. 13, followed by a 3-week hiatus due to Christmas recess. It will resume publication Jan. 10.

Make-A-Wish Trip... Paulette Wendt (custodial) will travel to San Diego with her 16-year-old daughter, Lindsey, Dec. 1-3. The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted Lindsey her wish, which is to travel to San Diego for a shopping spree. Lindsey was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease last December and has just completed treatment for it.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Chapel Schedule... All are invited to the 10 a.m. worship services in Christ Chapel. The upcoming schedule is as follows:

• Nov. 16 -- Richard Leitch, Jude 17-25;
• Nov. 18 -- 24th Sunday after Pentecost, Chaplain Rachel Larson;
• Nov. 19 -- Eric Carlson, Psalm 46;
• Nov. 20 -- Brenda Peterson Moore, 1 Samuel 28: 3-19;
• Nov. 21 -- Morning Praise, Luke 17: 20-37;
• Nov. 22-25 -- No Chapel, Thanksgiving Recess;
• Nov. 26 --David Selvaraj;
• Nov. 27 -- Kari Lipke, Deuteronomy 26: 1-11;
• Nov. 28 -- Morning Praise, Luke 18: 15-17;
• Nov. 29 -- Mark Bjelland, Isaiah 33: 17-22; and
• Nov. 30 -- Taize Worship.

Benefit Concert Sunday... The Collegiate Chorus will present a benefit concert for St. Peter's Kids Corner Child Care at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in Bjorling Recital Hall. All proceeds from "That's Entertainment: Music from MGM Musicals" will be donated to Kids Corner. Under the direction of Michael Jorgensen, the concert features Bethany Nass on piano, soloists from within the chorus, guest soloists Jaron Aune, Sarah Frydenlund, Emily Gill, and Darcie Thomsen, with Lindsey Zumbrunnen, choreographer. Families are especially welcome. Donations for Kids Corner will be accepted at the door.

Faculty Recital Sunday... Harry Dunscombe, 'cello, and David Viscoli, piano, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in Bjorling Recital Hall. The program features Sonata, Op. 40 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Canciones Populares Espanolas by Manuel deFalla, and Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The recital is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the performance.

NASA Lecture Nov. 19... Nathan Miller ('97) will present "Using NASA's New Chandra X-ray Observatory to Probe Hot Star Winds" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in Olin Hall 220. Miller is finishing his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Wisconsin and will present some of the results of his research. The lecture is sponsored by the physics department and the Society of Physics Students. This event is free and open to the public.

Jim Brandenburg Visit Nov. 29... Jim Brandenburg, Minnesota's internationally famous nature photographer, will give a slide presentation, titled "Preserving the Prairie: A Photographers Philosophy," at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 in Wallenberg Auditorium. Brandenburg has worked as a freelance photographer with National Geographic for more than 20 years. His latest National Geographic feature, "North Woods Journal," was, according to editor William Allen, "the most photographs the magazine has ever published in one feature in its entire history and, by the way, using the least amount of film." Brandenburg's photography has been on exhibit in several locations around the country. This event is sponsored by the Environmental Studies program and is free and open to the public.

Hillstrom Art Gallery Tour... Don Myers (art and art history and director of Hillstrom Museum) will introduce 2 exhibitions at 7 p.m. Dec 4 in the Hillstrom Museum of Art. The exhibits include a display of art nouveau ceramics from artists working for the Swedish Rorstrand firm, and a collection of prints and drawings by masters from Rembrandt and Durer to Beckmann and Redon. Cost is $4 per person. Preregistration and payment can be made at the St. Peter Community Education Office, 803 Davis St., St. Peter.

Faculty and Administrator Holiday Gathering... All Gustavus faculty and administrators, as well as spouses and partners, are invited to an open house from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 11 in Alumni Hall. There will be a program at 6:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. to the dean of faculty's office (x7675) by Dec. 5.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS OF INTEREST:

KUDOS:

Barbara Fister, library, was invited to Lake Forest College to present a keynote address to its faculty on creating research assignments. This was part of a workshop on "Reintroducing Students to Good Research."

Joyce Sutphen, English, read poetry and was part of a panel discussion Oct. 28-30 at the Central New York Conference on Language and Literature at Cortland College. She also read at a publication celebration for Water~Stone on Nov. 2 at Hamline University in St. Paul and was 1 of the participants at the Loft's "Beyond Words: Minnesota Writers Respond, Sept. 11, 2001." Sutphen has work forthcoming in Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, Shenandoah, and The North Stone Review.

BIRTHS:

OBITUARIES:

• Theodore Kastar, father of Greg Kaster (history), died Nov. 6 after a brief battle with kidney cancer. A memorial service was held on Nov. 9 in Chicago Heights, IL. Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society. Interested persons can access a remembrance written by Kaster and his brother through a link on his Web page.

POSITION OPENINGS:

• Dishroom Staff in the Dining Service

IN THE MEDIA:

• Richard Leitch (political science) was interviewed by the Minnesota News Network (MNN, a Twin Cities regional radio network reaching 60 affiliates) concerning national hunger and homelessness week. The interview aired Nov. 12.
• On Nov. 12, KARE-11 TV (channel 11, Twin Cities) did its "Extra" feature on a high school nutrition program that first-year student Matt Miller participated in high school in 1995. Miller was interviewed in the 5-minute segment, which aired at 10 p.m.
• On Nov. 9, KRBI Radio (St. Peter) News Director and Cafe 1310 Host Bruce Davis interviewed student Aliya Mohamed from 10-10:15 a.m. about the International Cultures Club Festival that was held later that day. Cafe 1310 airs daily on KRBI's AM station on 1310.
• The Nov. 9 Gustavian Weekly ran a front-page article on Afghanistan native Ghafar Lakanwal's visit to campus. Titled "Former Afghan official speaks," the story included a photograph of Lakanwal speaking to the audience.
• On Nov. 8, KARE-11 TV's (channel 11, Twin Cities) Roxanne Battle interviewed Evelyn Young (retired director of food services) on Battle's 10:30 a.m. program in a feature about the Gustavus Library Associates' Gustie Gourmet cookbook.
• Joyce Sutphen (English) was featured in the Nov. 7 BreakPoint Online. The article, "The Poetry of Ordinary Life," featured a short biography, a question and answer section, and a photograph of Sutphen.
• John Lammert (biology) was featured in the Nov. 7 Free Press of Mankato. The page 1A article, "Anthrax spores are long-lived," included quotes by Lammert.

HOURS:

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PLUGS:

Apartment for Rent... 1-bedroom apartment, appliances furnished, laundry on premises. Available immediately. Call 931-5601.

THANK YOUS:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

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