| OCTOBER 2, 2009 EDITION HEAVEN ON THE HOMEFRONT  Homecoming 2009 was a blazing success, with five times more alumni returning to their alma mater than last year. These Saints came from far and wide--and from as far back as 1941--to celebrate a century of memories. We even had a Saturday night sighting of President Taft (brought back to life by our own lively president, Dr. Tom Trebon-see him in the center of photo left, flanked by performers John Rausch, class of 1986, and Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez, class of 1987). Before the football game, which we of course won, the Carroll women's cross-country team edged out Westminster for the team title, and the Racing Saints men finished second in the Carroll Cross Country Invitational meet. On Sunday, our Saints for Hope team of alums, faculty, staff and students, showed their solidarity with the suffering by participating in the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Walk.
Thank you to all Carroll alumni and the entire college community for attending and making this sunny weekend a success for all Saints!
BEWARE OF BROKEN CLASS
 Fall Break starts this weekend, with no classes all next week, October 5-9. QNs will be on vacation, too, but will return afterwards to prepare readers for the big events of October and November-and we mean BIG! In the meantime, some campus facilities, such as the Saints Shoppe in the Campus Center, will be closed.
At Carroll, Fall Break is a chance to offer service to our community, with students heading off on the Headlights trip to Browning, Mont., to work with the De La Salle Blackfeet School with the Christian Brothers (more in Student News below). Meanwhile, alumni, faculty and staff are welcome to join students in their volunteer efforts in Helena during the break. Here are some opportunities to help-and just contact Chad Gray at cgray -is-at- carroll -dot- edu if you'd like to sign up:
Trash for Trees Recycling Drive, Saturday, October 3, at Northgate Plaza off North Montana Avenue, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Food Drive for Food Share, Tuesday, October 6, collecting at several locations in Helena, with two shifts (11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
Helena Food Share Day, organizing and cleaning the Food Share facility, Wednesday, October 7, from 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Friendship Center, Thursday, October 8, organizing donations, starting at 9 a.m. with lunch provided
Florence Crittenton Home, Thursday, October 8, washing cars starting at 1 p.m.
LAST CALL TO GET CONNECTED
Today is the last day of the Carroll Art Gallery's centennial series, "Carroll Connected: Alumni," featuring ceramics, sculpture and painting by Carroll alumni who work as professional artists from coast to coast. On this finale, come by the gallery in St. Charles Hall and view original works by: Yumi Kiyose (class of 1983), Mary Larson Mahar (class of 1995), Michele Firpo-Cappiello (class of 1986), Cole (Karwhite) Adams (class of 1998) and Andrea (Waitt) Bonifacio (class of 1993).
STONED, DRUNK OR SOBER?
 On Tuesday, October 13, the second in the series of the Lowney-Hunthausen Lectures will present, "Stoned, Drunk or Sober?" at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 years? Should marijuana be legalized? Should Montana have stricter DUI laws and increase enforcement? Hear these topics discussed by panelists including Carroll students Carol Silgailis and Mark Mailander; Colonel Mike Tooley, chief administrator of the Montana Highway Patrol; and others. Moderated by Fr. Jerry Lowney, professor of sociology. It is free and open to the public.
THE FREEHEEL LIFE
 Tele-skiers take note: on Wednesday, October 14, Carroll will serve as one of the few nationwide locales to screen a new telemark ski movie, "The Freeheel Life," by Telemark Skier Magazine editor Josh Madsen. Carroll's showing is part of a 50-date U.S. tour and is one of the rare spots where you can view it FREE, courtesy of Carroll Student Activities. It takes place in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202, at 8 p.m., presented by Madsen and sponsored by the Carroll Adventures and Mountaineering Program (CAMP).
Madsen has built an impressive resume as an athlete, filmmaker, and youth program organizer devoted to tele. He has appeared as a snow star in films such as the classic, Warren Miller's "Higher Ground," and in several telemark-only movies produced by his previous company, Lipstick Films. "The Freeheel Life" features first descents of Austrian couloirs by world tele champion Dylan Crossman, sick jumps, pow galore and a soundtrack to match. Ready to buy your season pass now?
DON'T EAT DIRTY SNOW!
 They might not be tasty, but they're sure pretty: comets, or "dirty snowballs" as astronomers describe them, are on the menu for Dr. Kelly Cline's next free, public talk on Friday, October 16. In "Comets: Messengers from the Past," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre, Dr. Cline will start with the basics. What are comets? How did the discovery of Halley's Comet change our view of the universe? And, who's throwing these "dirty snowballs" at us anyway? From their formation to the possibility that comet collisions gave Earth its oceans and organic material for life, Cline will serve up all the facts. He'll also reveal the findings of the Deep Impact probe, which smashed a crater into a comet to discover what lies beneath. And, he'll discuss what we could learn from the Rosetta Mission, which will land a probe on the surface of a comet. Do traces of comet ice on the moon portend well for those who dream of mining water on our natural satellite? Hear Dr. Cline's lively recounting of the entire comet tail in just two weeks!
Meanwhile, Dr. Cline has penned another in his series of "Exploring the Cosmos" columns in the Helena Independent Record. Read his experiences discovering the joys of math at: http://www.helenair.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/article_8e3ec81c-a735-11de-bad2-001cc4c002e0.html
WARNER WARNING
 Also on Friday, October 16, Carroll will host retired U.S. Senator John Warner (right) and Admiral John B. Nathman, U.S.N. (Ret.), as they warn us about global warming's impact on national security and the military. Sponsored by The Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate, the Helena Education Foundation and Carroll, the free, public lecture will take place in the Campus Center's lower level at 7 p.m.
U.S. national security is inextricably linked to global climate change, Warner says. He notes that scientific experts say that continued climate change will increase resource conflicts within and among countries, increase migration pressures on hundreds of millions of people, increase the number of humanitarian disasters, disrupt economies all over the world and threaten military preparedness.
During his 30 years in the Senate, Warner (R-Va.) served on the Senate Armed Services Committee, including three periods as chairman, and was viewed as one of the most influential senators on military and foreign policy issues. Most recently, he was the lead co-sponsor with Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) on climate change legislation. He served as under secretary, and later as secretary, of the U.S. Navy for a total of over five years during the Vietnam War. In 1978, he won election to his first of five Senate terms. On January 3, 2009, he completed his fifth consecutive term and retired, establishing a record of being the second longest-serving U.S. senator in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Admiral Nathman is a four-star admiral who sits on the Center for Naval Analysis Military Advisory Board. Promoted to vice admiral in August 2000, he commanded Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and was later designated the first commander, Naval Air Forces. Afterward, he returned to the Pentagon as the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs. Promoted to admiral, Nathman served as the 33rd vice chief of Naval Operations and most recently commanded all U.S. Fleet Forces from February 2005 until May 2007.
To get a sneak peek at what Sen. Warner is likely to say at Carroll, check out his YouTube interview about energy and security here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNC6S6kIniM
For more on how global warming threatens security worldwide, read the Military Advisory Board report, signed by a number of generals and admirals at: http://www.cna.org/documents/PoweringAmericasDefense.pdf
And read more on the Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate here: http://www.pewclimatesecurity.org/media/about/The%20Pew%20Project%20on%20National%20Security,%20Energy%20and%20Climate.pdf
ON A MISSION
On Tuesday, October 13, Sheila McShane (class of 1964) of the Diocese of Helena's Guatemala Mission will be selling handmade craft items from midday to the early afternoon in the Carroll Campus Center to support the mission's community of women. Get Christmas items for a good cause, with an array of tablecloths, purses, bags and other woven textile goods in spectacular colors. The mission's women make these useful items by hand, and proceeds will directly support education and health care for their children.
CARROLL TV
Helena Civic Television will air the recent Alpha Seminar lecture by Dr. David Walton on these dates and times: October 3 at 10 p.m. and October 4 at 6 p.m.
AND ON RADIO
An audio recording of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's Centennial Catholic Lecture in September is available online and provides plenty of insights on Catholic social justice teachings and the new papal encyclical. Listen to it (or download the audio) by clicking on the links here: https://www.carroll.edu/about/history/mccarrick.cc
AND IN THE NATIONAL NEWS
Carroll was mentioned in a recent USA Today story on how families are coping with college costs. In it, Carroll gets ink as a better fit because of our lower tuition and more generous scholarships compared to another private college. Read more at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-09-23-pay-college_N.htm
SIT BACK AND RELAX
 Thanks to a generous donation from the A. J. Seiler Trust in memory of Arthur J.P. "Art" Seiler III and Jeannie Watson Seiler, that fabulous brick sofa outside the Corette Library and covered in last week's QNs is now the most talked about art installation on campus. Art Seiler, known in the Helena community for a multitude of business ventures, was the first Montanan to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and went on to own or serve as president of 38 companies throughout his lifetime. He also served on the Carroll College board of trustees from 1984 to 1995. Learn more about the man this centennial art piece honors at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=12483 And, come by to enjoy the view from its spacious seating capacity!
STUDENT NEWS
Carroll Campus Ministry's fall Headlights trip next week will take students to Browning, Mont., where they will work at the De La Salle Blackfeet School with the Christian Brothers and school faculty. Carroll volunteers will help students in the classroom, lend a hand around the school and surrounding community and learn about the culture and challenges of the Browning community and Blackfeet Nation. For more information on the school visit: http://www.dlsbs.org/
Students participating in this semester's trip are:
Lauren Vogl
Ross Hartman
Austin Ault
Jenny Phipps
Betsy Malecha
Anna Stitt
Meghan Gee
Amy Surbrugg
Kelly Ryan
Rebecca Loberg
Amy Eickert
Kelcie Dickerson
ALUMNI NEWS
Deaths
George James Bettle of Irving, Texas, who attended Carroll under the Navy V-12 Program in 1943-44 and later again in 1946-47, died on May 23, 2009. After the military, he earned a bachelor's degree from Montana State University in Missoula and a master's degree from the University of Oregon in Eugene. His career included working as an administrator, coach and teacher in public schools around the nation. For more on his life, read: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_e20b1bd4-a3f8-11de-b798-001cc4c03286.html
Clayton "Sug" R. Dalin of Helena, who attended Carroll in 1949-50, died on Sept. 23, 2009. A Helena native, he played basketball at Carroll and went on to become a respected salesman for many years at Capital Ford and Pioneer Mutual Insurance Company, earning numerous awards and recognition. He also was an entrepreneur and independent businessman, owning and operating the Branding Iron and RV Park and Mr. Gumball. He served in the military for 27 years in the Montana Air National Guard and retired as a major and company commander of 163rd Armored Calvary Troop N Air. For more on his life, read: http://www.helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/article_f8abb868-a8ca-11de-bbdf-001cc4c03286.html
Virginia (Ginger) Marie (Raths) Kinsey of Roundup, Mont., who attended Carroll 1971-72, died on Sept. 26, 2009. She attended Carroll College and MSU and later graduated from the Highway Patrol Academy in 1988. She continued this career which she loved for the next 20 years until health issues forced her to retire in the spring of 2008. For more on her life, read: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_8c4622c0-ab0a-11de-820a-001cc4c03286.html
In the News
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell reappointed John H. Clark, Ph.D., class of 1971, to the Pacific Salmon Commission's Transboundary Panel. The Transboundary Panel provides technical and regulatory advice to the Pacific Salmon Commission relating to management of salmon stocks originating in the Alsek, Taku and Stikine rivers, for both in-river and terminal area fisheries. Clark has worked with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game since 1975 in positions including fishery biologist, fisheries scientist, interior Alaska regional supervisor and Pacific Salmon Treaty specialist. He is author of numerous technical fisheries publications, and has won numerous professional honors, including a Meritorious Service Award from the American Fisheries Society's Alaska chapter, the Governor's Recognition Award for negotiation of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and a Conservation and Management Service Award from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. After graduating from Carroll, Clark earned master's and doctoral degrees in fisheries biology from Colorado State University.
Dr. Kevin Peterson, class of 1989, is an associate professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth College and recently published a paper showing how he and his colleagues are solving evolutionary questions by using the small, non-coding RNAs to resolve conflicting theories on the evolution of annelids. QNs can't even decipher this for non-scientists, so you'll have to see his story on the genomeweb at: http://www.genomeweb.com/rnai/qa-dartmouths-kevin-peterson-discusses-mirnas-and-annelid-phylogenetics After graduating from Carroll, Clark earned his Ph.D. in geology from UCLA in 1996 and went on to his postdoc work at California Institute of Technology from 1996 to 2000.
Kristen Fausey, class of 2003, has announced that she is marrying Dale Joy on October 16, 2009, at John Paul II Catholic Church in Bigfork, Mont. The couple will live in Kalispell, Mont., after they marry.
FACULTY NEWS
For last Saturday night's Prickly Pear Land Trust Harvest Moon gala dinner and fundraiser, Carroll photography instructor and professional photographer Jeff Van Tine donated his photo of the Nature Conservancy's Crown Butte Preserve (located between Cascade and Simms). The photograph was auctioned off in the live auction event that evening and brought in $950 to benefit the Land Trust in its conservation work and creation of open space.
ATHLETICS
In the News
 Longtime Carroll coach, College Football Hall of Famer and Carroll Athletic Hall-of-Fame great John Gagliardi was recently in the New York Times for his tireless commitment to the sport and to excellence. Check it out at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/sports/ncaafootball/19coach.html?scp=1&sq=carroll%20college&st=cse
Highlights
Saints football is home this Saturday, October 3, versus Eastern Oregon at 1 p.m. Volleyball is also home in the PE Center on Saturday versus Lewis Clark State College at 5 p.m.
For everything purple and gold, check Carroll's Athletics website, where you'll find news, schedules and much more at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The Corette Library now has on exhibit the centennial archive display of historic Carroll images and documents, created by Laura Ottoson (photo researcher/ editor for Dr. Bob Swartout's "Bold Minds and Blessed Hands."
Ongoing: The Myrna Loy Center continues its discounts for Carroll students, faculty and staff (with Carroll ID) during its popular Tightwad Tuesdays, with $2 film admission. On non-Tuesdays, tickets are just $4.50 for Carroll audience members. Discount tickets for top acts live on the Myrna stage are also available to the Carroll community, with students admitted for $7 and faculty/staff for $15. Find the Myrna on 15 N. Ewing Street, just off Broadway Avenue and across from the courthouse. Check out the Loy schedule at www.myrnaloycenter.com.
October 17: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the 5 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.
October 22: Tim O'Brien, author of "The Things They Carried," which was a finalist for both the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, will give a reading of the chapter "On the Rainy River" at 4 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Free and open to the public. His visit is sponsored by the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, with Carroll College as a partner for the event. In his talk at Carroll, O'Brien will talk about fiction and the role of stories in our lives, including how fiction can accomplish something more than a straight recitation of facts.
October 24: Good Samaritan Ministries and Thrift Store 7th Annual Style Show, entitled "Hooray for Hollywood!" At the Gateway Center (1710 National Avenue in Helena). Noon silent auction, with style show down the runway starting at 1 p.m. Models and displays will wow fashion fiends with clothing and accessories spanning the decades, all of which has been donated to the Good Sam store throughout the year. All proceeds of the show and auction benefit the Assistance Ministry, serving over 900 people annually with financial and in-store help. Fiscal year 2008-2009 financial assistance totaled $145,000. With the current state of our economy, the increased cost of living, loss of jobs, and other needs, the number of families needing help is soaring, and this is a festive way to assist them. To find the Gateway Center, turn right off Last Chance Gulch onto National Ave., pass Wheat Montana, and you'll spy the center on the right-hand side of the second block.
October 29: Also part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, "Warpath: An American Indian Road to Honor" panel discussion will take place at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Facilitated by historian Nicholas Vrooman, the panel of American Indian veterans will discuss the American Indian experience in war and their long tradition of 200 years in the U.S. military service.
October 30: President's Dinner, with Carroll presidents, Centennial Campaign leaders, alumni and faculty honoring our heritage, our history and the annual Insignis Award recipient.
 November 3: Part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program and film showing, "Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delaney" featuring Captain Diane Carlson Evans (right), who received an honorary doctorate from Carroll College during last May's commencement, will occur at 7 p.m. at the Lewis and Clark Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, in Helena. Captain Diane Carlson Evans, R.N., U.S. Army Nurse Corps, the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, is featured in this Emmy-winning documentary on the nurses of Vietnam. Captain Evans will share her first-hand knowledge of the casualties of the Vietnam War and the sacrifices of the women who served as nurses.
November 4: Founder's Day.
November 4-6: Interfaith Symposium, "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony," sponsored by Carroll's Departments of Theology and Philosophy. This three-day event will explore the keys that open beliefs of Christians, Muslims, and Jews to interreligious harmony. Keynote speakers include: Mohamed Elsanousi, director of communications at the Islamic Society of North America; Jill Carroll, executive director of the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance; and Joseph Subbiondo, the president of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Entertainment and an opening night 13th-century Mediterranean buffet.
November 5: Part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, retired Carroll Political Science Department Chair and Professor Emeritus Dennis Wiedmann will present "Domestic and Electoral Politics of the '60s" at 7 p.m. at the Lewis and Clark Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, in Helena.
November 5-8 & 12-15: Mainstage world premiere of "Pirate Play" written and directed by Carroll Improv Master Michael McNeilly. Curtain is 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays with a 3 p.m. matinee each Sunday. All shows in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Mokey McNeilly directs his own highly entertaining musical creation, starring good pirates, bad pirates, pirates in love and hijinks on the bounding main. Aaarrrgh! Tickets $11 general admission, students/seniors $8, Carroll faculty and staff always free and students free on Thursdays and Sundays. For the complete Performing Arts season details, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/theatre/season.cc
November 15: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.
November 18: Dr. Kelly Cline presents "Infinity and Beyond: From Mathematics to the Big Bang and Black Holes," 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202. Free and open to the public.
November 22: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the St. Cecilia Day Mass at St. Mary Catholic Community in Helena. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.
December 2: Alpha Seminar Conference, Simperman Hall, 6-9 p.m.
December 10: "A Night of One Acts" by Carroll Performing Arts students, in the Merton Acting Studio downstairs in the Campus Center, 7 p.m.
December 12: Choreography recital by Carroll choreography students at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.
December 13: Carroll College Choirs Christmas concert, Cathedral of St. Helena, 4 p.m. Free. The program contains a cappella selections and carols for Christmas and features larger works by Giovanni Gabrieli and Daniel Pinkham for choir, brass quartet, and organ. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.
AND, COMING IN 2010!
January 18: MLK Day, no classes. Annual service day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day Forum sponsored by Father Jerry Lowney.
February 9: IMPACT Business Campaign Kickoff Breakfast
February 5-7: Centennial Showcase performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. With guest director Katie Wright, this Senior Showcase project for senior Bryan Ferriter will feature myriad talents of Carroll student thespians. This is an edited version, a revival of a 1994 version of Shakespeare's classic tale of revenge.
February 6: Headlights Spaghetti Dinner, St. Mary's Church, 5-8 p.m. Fund-raiser for the upcoming service abroad trip to the Guatemala Mission.
February 10-13: Carroll hosts the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association Youth Festival, a week of workshops, guest artists, and a variety of shows at theatres throughout Helena.
February 16: IMPACT Friends and Parents Spring Phonothon begins
February 16: Lowney-Hunthausen Lecture by Ken Wooden, Ph.D., a sociologist and the celebrated author of "Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America's Incarcerated Children." Ken Wooden has appeared on ABC News "20/20," CBS "60 Minutes," and NBC News. As the founder of Child Lures, Ltd., a firm dedicated to developing strategies for protecting children from sexual exploitation and abduction, he has testified before Congress several times. Sponsored by Sociology Professor, Fr. JerryLowney.
March 9: IMPACT Business Campaign Wrap Up CHEERS Party.
March 18-21 & 25-28: Centennial mainstage play, "A Piece of My Heart," by Shirley Lauro, featuring guest director and Carroll performing arts alumnus Peter Ruzevich, class of 1993. This true drama brings us six women-five nurses and a country-western singer--who have returned from Vietnam and shows us each life affected by war, ending with a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. This play's selection was inspired by the Carroll College Nursing Program and the college's connection with Captain Diane Carlson Evans, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, R.N., the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, who received an honorary doctorate from Carroll last May. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.
April 16-17 & 24-25: Carroll Theatre for Children series presents "Charlottes Web," based on the classic and beloved book by E.B. White, featuring direction by senior Kelly Clavin and design by junior Kailey Portsmouth. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.
April 25: Carroll College Choirs spring concert, St. Mary's Catholic Church, 4 p.m.
April 26: Honors Convocation, 7 p.m., Campus Center.
May 6-7: Theatre Alumni Reunion and "Carroll Theatre History," a performing arts review of Carroll shows from 1913 to present in a multi-media production with archive photos and reenactments of selected plays and music from our past. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.
 May 8: Commencement and Centennial Gala with music of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy!
Many more Centennial events are listed on the Carroll website at: http://www.carroll.edu/forms/about/history/calendar.pdf
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