Carleton’s Regional Carls Program

Early Bird Breakfast

Currans Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet Ave. South, Minneapolis

Early Bird Breakfasts are held on the second Thursday of each month. Treat yourself to a tasty and inexpensive breakfast, a guest speaker and lively discussions. Reservations are not necessary. The speakers are alumni, family and friends who are doing interesting things in the Twin Cities. Suggestions for speakers are always welcome. Phone or e-mail Brent Nystrom ’92 in the Alumni Affairs Office with your ideas.

July 12, 2007, 7:30 a.m.

Dennis Cass ’90 is an idiot. A journalist for ten years for publications such as the New York Times magazine, Slate, and Mother Jones, he thought he was smart enough to write the authoritative text on modern neuroscience. He was not. But he did write HEAD CASE: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying to Understand My Brain, a funny, informative, dark, slightly sad and highly accessible book that combines popular science, memoir and narrative journalism. Both Cass and his brain will be on hand to talk about brain science, consciousness, and the neurobiology of Ocean’s 13. You can also visit him on the web at www.denniscass.com