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"Election 2004—Media and Electoral Politics"
Students from Barbara Allen's and Greg Marfleet's political science classes will present the findings of their collaborative research project about the influence of broadcast news and advertising on electoral politics. Through nightly analysis of campaign news, media advertising, and focus groups in various metro locations, they have compiled information about the media's effect on the Presidential and Minnesota races. Their presentation will take place Friday, November 12, at 10:50 a.m. in the Carleton Concert Hall. A discussion will follow at noon in Severance Great Hall, with a limited number of complimentary bag lunches.
Fridays With Fred
Whether you have something to talk about, just want to say hello, or are just curious, come and meet our new Vice President and Treasurer this Friday, November 12, in Sayles-Hill Great Space from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. for casual conversation. Faculty, students, or staff are welcome to come alone or with others. If you are unable to come this week, there are two more opportunities this fall on December 3 and December 17. The drinks are free and it's even more fun than open office hours. See you there!Personal Purchases Should be Sent to Home Address
With several observed holidays approaching, I’d like to remind College employees to send personal purchases to their home address. Only “essential” Carleton mail should be sent to One North College Street (100 South College Street for Admissions mail). Please see the following complete article for more details.
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With several observed holidays approaching, I’d like to remind College employees to send personal purchases to their home address. Only “essential” Carleton mail should be sent to One North College Street (100 South College Street for Admissions mail).
The Campus Post Office staff is dedicated to the timely receipt and distribution of “essential” Carleton mail. This means mail essential to the operation of the College. This does not include the personal mail and packages of employees unless the employee resides in Residential Life housing (hall directors and foreign language associates, for example.)
Our receiving and processing space on the Sayles-Hill dock is limited and not secure. Post Office storage space is reserved for student packages.
Thank you in advance for cooperating with this request. If you have questions, please contact me directly.
Choose Common Reading Book for Fall 2005
You're invited to choose the Common Reading book for Fall 2005. Please join us on Tuesday, November 16, 4 p.m., in Hill Lounge. If you can't come to the meeting, but have suggestions, please send a brief description to Liz Ciner, Dean of the College Office, at eciner@acs.carleton.edu.
Watch for updates on the Web at: http://go.carleton.edu/6.
Perlman LTC Presentations This Week
This week, the LTC presents a Faculty Scholarship Forum on Tuesday, Reclaiming My Uncle Sam from the Heart of Darkness with Jane McDonnell, and cosponsors Election 2004—Media and Electoral Politics, a special post election convocation on Friday. See complete information below or check out the LTC Web site.
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This week, the LTC presents a Faculty Scholarship Forum on Tuesday, Reclaiming My Uncle Sam from the Heart of Darkness with Jane McDonnell, and cosponsors Election 2004—Media and Electoral Politics, a special post-election convocation on Friday. See complete information below or check out the LTC Web site.
Tuesday, November 9—Reclaiming My Uncle Sam from the Heart of Darkness, a Faculty Scholarship Forum with Jane McDonnell, Senior Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies. Jane is working on a narrative about a great uncle who was a missionary in the Congo during King Leopold's horrendous rule. He was a young white man from Alabama (Sam Lapsley) whose partner was a young black man from Virginia (Will Sheppard), and they were the first to be sent to Africa by the Southern Presbyterian church after the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction. Both were highly educated, both wrote about the experience. Jane’s great uncle, her grandmother's older brother, died in Africa before he was 26 years old, but he possibly (probably) met the author Joseph Conrad and his journey followed the same path as the one in Heart of Darkness. Introduction by Shelby Boardman, Dean of the College. Alumni Guest House Meeting Room, noon to 1 p.m., with (optional) discussion until 1:30 p.m. Lunch provided.
Friday, November 12—Election 2004—Media and Electoral Politics, a special post election convocation, 10:50 a.m., Concert Hall, with post-convocation discussion following in Great Hall.
Students from Barbara Allen’s and Greg Marfleet's political science classes will present the findings of their collaborative research project about the influence of broadcast news and advertising on electoral politics. Through nightly analysis of campaign news, media advertising, and focus groups in various metro locations, they have compiled information about the media's effect on the Presidential and Minnesota races. Cosponsored by the LTC, and College Relations. Continue the conversation at a post-convo, student-directed discussion in Great Hall, with bag lunches provided.
Winter Workshops for faculty: http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ltc/FacultyWorkshops/
New this week at the LTC:
A Fair and Reasonable Approach to Deadlines and Late Penalties, an article in The Teaching Professor newsletter, by Adam Chapnick, University of Toronto. If you’d like a copy, contact Jennifer Cox Johnson.
Tomorrow’s Professor e-newsletter by Rick Reis, Stanford University
NOTE: Anyone can SUBSCRIBE to the Tomorrow's-Professor mailing list by addressing an e-mail message to: Majordomo@lists.stanford.edu. Do NOT put anything in the SUBJECT line but in the body of the message type: subscribe tomorrow's-professor.Watch for information about LTC winter presentations on our Web site: go.Carleton.edu/ltc
The Bookstore Corner
During the month of November all books in our Children's Book Section will be 20% off; new titles this month include Alice Munro's new collection Runaway and Joseph E. Persico's 11th Month 11th Day 11th Hour: Armistice Day 1918; and check out our new low prices for Sandisk flash drives. See complete article for details.
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During the month of November, all books in our Children’s Book Section will be 20% off. Stop in and look at some of this fall’s amazing new titles. Teatro Olivia by Ian Falconer allows some lucky youngster to actually create little theater productions starring the irrepressible pig Olivia. A fold-out stage, playbill, and characters are all included. Another imaginative and visually stunning book is Dragonology by Dugald A. Steer. It contains a wealth of imagery and lore about these majestic beasts.New Titles
In Alice Munro’s new collection Runaway we find stories about women of all ages and circumstances, their lives made palpable by the subtlety and empathy of this incomparable writer. These are stories of the infinite betrayals and surprises of love.Joseph E. Persico’s 11th Month 11th Day 11th Hour: Armistice Day 1918 documents the final horrific hours of the Great War, when Allied generals flung men against an already beaten Germany, resulting in eleven thousand casualties. This haunting, fascinating, and appalling history puts a human face on the violence of the last hours, and unearths the secrets surrounding it.
New Prices
Please stop in and check out our new low prices for Sandisk flash drives. We are pleased to be able to offer them at an extremely competitive price.United Way Update
United Way pledge envelopes are coming in, and the early numbers look good. As of Wednesday, November 3, a total of 102 Carleton employees have pledged $14,765. This is a good start towards our goal of $59,000, but we're not there yet! It's not too late to pledge. If you have misplaced your information packet, please e-mail me at aunger@carleton.edu and I'll be happy to send a replacement. Otherwise, just liberate your pledge card from your toppling "to do" pile, fill it out, and return your envelope to your office/building rep this week. Thanks!
Lecture on Afro-Cuban Religions
Jalane Schmidt, Visiting Instructor at Oberlin College and Harvard doctoral candidate, will deliver a lecture titled, "Afro-Cuban Religions and 20th Century Cuban National Identity," on Monday, November 8, in Leighton 304 at 5 p.m. (followed by a reception). Schmidt's lecture interprets Afro-Cuban popular religions in relation to the shifting ideological tides of twentieth-century Cuban political and cultural history, examining how 'witchcraft' becomes 'folklore.' Co-sponsored by Religion Department and Office of the Dean of the College.
Eid al Fitr Celebration
Please join us for the Muslim Eid al Fitr Celebration set for Sunday, November 14 at 5 p.m. in Great Hall. Eid al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month-long time of fasting. Students from the Carleton Islamic Association will lead the service and prayers, and dinner follows. All are welcome for this important Muslim holiday celebration.
Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A Post-Election Perspective
The Department of Religion and the Chaplain’s Office invite you to attend this talk by Ronald J. Young, Co-Coordinator of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East, on Monday, November 8 at 7 p.m. in Leighton 304. The Founder and Director of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East, Ronald J. Young, has studied at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and participated in the Student Interracial Ministry in Memphis, Tennessee. He has worked nationwide for twenty years, teaching, traveling, and coordinating peace education work on a range of international issues. He has spoken and written widely on the Middle East and interfaith cooperation and is currently coordinating efforts in more than a dozen U.S. cities to organize local interreligious leadership initiatives.
Athenaeum Event
Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.: "All in the Family"—Readings co-sponsored by Gould Library and the Northfield Arts Guild.
Photographer Ed Burtynsky to Visit Carleton College
Canadian photographer Ed Burtynsky will speak about his work in Boliou 104 on November 17 at 7 p.m. The event is open to the public. Born in St. Catharines in 1955, Edward Burtynsky graduated from Ryerson’s Photographic Arts program in 1982. Three years later he founded Toronto Image Works, a training centre, darkroom rental facility, custom lab, and digital imaging centre. An important figure in contemporary Canadian photography, Burtynsky photographs the industrialized landscape. His subjects include mines, quarries, recycling yards, oil fields, and refineries. Full-colour and large-scale, his detailed and exactingly rendered works document the changing relationship of humankind to nature, through the industries that we have built. Neither celebrating nor condemning industry, Burtynsky strives through photography to mediate between the life we lead and the places that allow us to lead life. Burtynsky’s works have been widely exhibited in North America and abroad and are represented in numerous public and private collections. He lives and works in Toronto.
Northfield Phone Books Available
The new Northfield white and yellow pages 2004-2005 are here! Please send one representative from each department to the Telecommunications Office in Laird Hall, Room 6, to pick up your copies. Recycle outdated phone books: A recycling bin will be in front of Sayles-Hill Campus Center from November 8 through 22. Please use this bin for any outdated phone directories. If you have any questions please call Craig, Mary, Debbie, or Kathy at x5422.