A detailed schedule of the Birthday Celebration and the activities related to it is an addendum to this week's Campus Memo. We look forward to seeing you at the various activities.
·Dinner Seating Arrangements: The Special Dinner before the Waltz (under the tent on Mac Field at 6:45 p.m.) will have tables that seat 8 persons. Please plan your group with that number in mind. Ushers will seat you and your group as you arrive. Please be sure to have your ticket with you and arrive with your group.
·Waltz: Students should have their ID available and accompany their guests.
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Chemistry Seminar
On Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in S3204 Sally Newbrough ( Antisense In Vitro Studies of the TAT/TAR System in HIV Virus ) and Sonovia Riley will describe the research they did in the summer of 1995 at the University of Colorado and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. Plan to attend this last Wednes day seminar of the year.
Two members of the class of 1996 will present a sample of their work as baccalaureate historians at a colloquium sponsored by the Department of History on Wednesday, May 1, at 4:15 p.m. in ARH 102. The historians and their subjects are Sonia Cooley, Russian Peasants in the 1870s and 80s: Individualistic or Communalistic? The View of Alexsandr Engelgardt, and Jodine Perkins, The Pelton Broomworks: One Hundred Years of Iowa Indus trial Development. Copies of the papers on which these talks will be based may be found on the Department of History's shelves on the fourth floor of Carnegie Hall. Refreshments will be available. This is the final history colloquium of the academic year. All members of the College are welcome to attend, listen, and learn.
L. Nicholas Ornston, professor of biology at Yale University, will deliver the last of the Microbes as Allies lectures at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in the South Lounge of the Forum. His lecture will be Towards a Natural History of Microorganisms: Fluid Genes in Stable Bacteria.
Ornston received his bachelor's degree in biochemical science from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. He has also conducted postdoctoral studies at the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Illinois, Urbana, and the University of Leicester, England. He joined the faculty of the Yale Univer sity biology department in 1969 and was promoted to his present position of professor in 1981.
He received postdoctoral fellowships from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He served as chairman of the Micro bial Physiology and Metabolism Division of the American Society of Microbiology, editor of the Journal of Bacteriology , and is editor-in-chief of the Annual Review of Microbiology . He received the Yale College-Dylan Hison '88 prize for Distinguished Teaching.
The symposium is sponsored by the Henry R. Luce Program in Nations and the Global Environment and the Rosenfield Program.
Film, TV, and theater composer Pat Irwin ('77) returns to Grinnell for three days of events from April 23 to 25 as part of the College's sesquicen tennial celebration. Irwin has composed scores for several feature-length films, including the 1992 black comedy My New Gun and an upcoming release Til Christmas . He also composes the music for Rocko's Modern Life, a cartoon show for Nickelodeon TV currently in its fourth season. His documentary musical scores include Nauru: The Island Planet for the Cousteau Society and An Astronaut's View of Earth for the PBS Nova series.
In addition to his compositional activities, Irwin has received acclaim as guitarist and keyboardist with the B-52's and with several innovative bands of the 1980's. He was a founding member of The Ray Beats and 8 Eyed Spy, two New York bands with a reputation for the offbeat and the unpredictable.
Irwin's visit will include a career hour for interested students and members of the public, a showing of My New Gun and an episode from Rocko's Modern Life with commentary by the com poser, and talks about practical aspects of life as a composer and about technology and collaboration for two music department classes. Each of these events is free and open to the public. Times and places are listed below.
·Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m.
Career Hour (with refreshments), Careers in Music, Video, and Collaborative Arts, FA104
·Wednesday, April 24 -11 a.m. Open Class, Composing in the Real World, FA104
-8 p.m. Films With Music By Pat Irwin with commentary by the composer, ARH 302
·Thursday, April 25, 8:45 a.m. Open Class, Composing for Electronic and Alternate Media , FA104
Verne Lyon, recruited by the CIA at the University of Iowa, spent eight years working for the CIA in Cuba and other parts of Latin America. Upon announcing his intentions to quit, due to conflict with the agency, he spent the next seven years at Leavenworth Penitentiary. Released in '82, he has since acted as the director of the Des Moines Hispanic Minis tries. Find out what he thinks of CIA Involvement in Latin America , on Thurs., May 2, 8 p.m. in the North Lounge.
Sponsored by the Latin American Solidarity Organization and funded by the President's Office and Rosenfield.
Michael Pomper, a speech pathologist with Speech Services of East Central Iowa in Grinnell, will speak at 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, in ARH 102. The title of Pomper's lecture is Speech and Language Errors Have Rules, Too. The lecture, is a Linguistics Concentration lecture.
Nature writer Pattiann Rogers will present readings of her works at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in ARH 102. Rogers has published six books of poetry, including The Expectations of Light, Splitting and Binding, Geocentric and her newest volume, Firekeeper . She has received National Endowment of the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships and four Pushcart Prizes.
Anne Donadey, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Women's Studies at the University of Iowa, will give a Roberts Lecture on Tuesday April 30 at 4:15 p.m. in ARH 305. The title of her talk is Redefining Frenchness as Hybridity: Leila Sebbar's Novels as Cultural Inter vention.
Author Barry Lopez says of Rogers' poetry: "In language that is precise and accurate, with a tenacious heart and a penetrating eye, Pattiann Rogers beatifies. She exposes the dizzying dimensions of earthly space and incants the swoon of physical love."
The event is sponsored by the Henry R. Luce Program in Nations and the Global Environment and the Sesquicentennial celebration program at Grinnell.
A special SQC mini-course on Evolving Mainland China-Taiwan -Hong Kong Relations will be presented August 26-Sept. 6, 1996. This mini-course consisting of 8 lectures plus tutorials will be taught by Byron S.J. Weng, Heath Visiting Professor. A more detailed description of the course and proposed lectures is an addendum to the Campus Memo.
Author Mary Helen Stefaniak will be at the College April 22-24 for The Writer's Conference. She will read her short story Self Storage (forthcoming in the Iowa Review) in the South Lounge Tuesday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m. and will announce the student winners for the Steiner Award for Fiction, which she judged, and the Whitcomb Poetry Prize. Her numerous short stories and nonfiction have been published in The Yale Review, Redbook, and have been included in the collections of The Lion and the Unicorn and Epoch. Ms. Stefaniak received her MFA from the Writers' Workshop in Iowa City.
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Bobby Sanabria and Ascension will perform in concert at 9 p.m., Friday, April 26, in Darby Gymnasium. Student IDs will be required for admittance. Others wanting to attend the concert should obtain a sticker at the door. Sanabria also will present a demonstration lecture,
"Percussion maestro Bobby Sanabria leads the star-studded band Ascension in a tradition-meets-modern workout that is way out there on the edge." Dave Hucker, The Beat. "Sanabria has a deep knowledge of and rever ence for his musical roots and the instincts of a master chef at mixing myriad musical styles." Mike Curtin, Post Star .
This concert is a Sesquicentennial Celebration event.
Sunrise, USA, 1927, B&W/117 minutes. Dir. Friedrich Wilheim Murnau. Presented in ARH 302, Friday/Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m.
This classic silent film is the simple but captivating story of a handsome country boy who is seduced by an
earthy woman of the city. The vamp convinces him to kill his wife, sell his farm and join her where the bright lights shine. The spell is broken before the man carries out the deed, and he and his wife embark on a stylized, almost surreal journey into the city - a truly wondrous set with everything blown out of proportion and scale to create the impression of what it would be like for such simple folk who had never seen its likes before. The couple then set out on a series of adventures through which Murnau's mercurial camera moves constantly, and we feel ourselves sucked right into the middle of the drama only silent cinema is capable of doing.
The Grinnell Dance Troupe, under the direction of Teresa Heiland, will present its Spring Concert on Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26 at 8 p.m. in Roberts Theatre. Dance Troupe has been exploring a variety of movement styles this year, such as ballet, modern dance, and hip hop, towards the creation of an evening of curious, athletic, whimsical and pensive movement creations. Admission is free and tickets may be reserved beginning Monday, April 15 through noon on Friday, April 19 by e-mailing the [THEATRE] account located on the academic vax.
Vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Makoto Ozone will perform a vibes -and-piano duo at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in Herrick Chapel. The jazz concert is a Sesquicentennial celebration event. Although this is the duet's first performance on campus, Burton is making a return visit.
Burton and Ozone began playing duets when Ozone joined Burton's band in 1984. Ozone is an expert in many styles of music, including jazz. He composed Kato's Revenge, Bento Box and Times Like These, which often are featured in the duo's perfor mances. Their repertoire is widely varied, including ballads, original works by Ozone, Thelonius Monk compositions, and pieces by Antonio
Carolos Jobim, tango master Astor Piazzolla and Opus Half by Benny Goodman. Many of these are featured on Face to Face, one of the duo's newest releases on GRP.
The Grinnell College Percussion Ensemble will present their Spring Tour Around The World performance this Friday, April 26, 1996, at 4:30 p.m. in Herrick Chapel. Musical selections to be performed represent musical styles and composers from around the globe. The program includes an African Highlife dance rhythm piece, a Haitian voodou drumming ritual selection, a Caribbean steel drum band soca, plus works by Cowell (America), Bizet (France), and Kabalevsky (Russia). The performance is free and open to the public. Ciao! Mark Dorr is director of the Grinnell College Percussion Ensemble.
The Department of Music will present a Senior Recital by Eugenia Baskakova, soprano, and John Stuhr-Rommereim, piano, on Saturday, April 27, beginning at 2 p.m .in Herrick Chapel. They will perform works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Manuel de Falla, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Baskakova is a voice student of Lisa Henderson.
The Department of Music will present a Senior Recital by pianist David Collman on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m. in Herrick Chapel. Works to be performed are by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Béla Bartók, and George Gershwin. In addition, Collman will perform his own improvisations. Collman is a piano student of Barbara Lien.
The Department of Music will present a concert by the Grinnell Community Chorus on Sunday, April 28, at 8 p.m. in Herrick Chapel. They will perform Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein and Requiem by Herbert Howells. John Stuhr-Rommereim is the director, and Barbara Lien is the pianist for the Chorus.
The Department of Music will present a Senior Recital by Lesley Bumbalough, soprano, and Barbara Lien, piano, on Monday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Herrick Chapel. They will perform works by Giovanni Paisiello, George Frideric Handel, Giacomo Carissimi, Richard Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Kirke Mechem, and Cole Porter. Bumbalough studies voice with Lisa Henderson.
·Friday, May 3, 12 noon, Fine Arts 104: Concert of Works by Grinnell Student Composers; Jonathan Chenette, instructor.
·Friday, May 3, 4:15 p.m., Herrick Chapel: Student Recital.
·Friday, May 3, 8 p.m., South Lounge: Concert by the Grinnell Jazz Ensemble; Ralph Russell, director.
·Saturday, May 4, 8 p.m., South Lounge: Concert of Javanese Music and Dance; directed by Roger Vetter and Valerie Mau Vetter.
·Sunday, May 5, 2 p.m., Herrick Chapel: Concert by the Grinnell Orchestra; Jonathan Knight, conductor; featuring the winners of the Orchestra Solo Competition.
·Sunday, May 5, 7 p.m., Herrick Chapel: Concert by the Young, Gifted, and Black Gospel Choir; Richard Pitt, director; Rita Rawson-McKee, adviser.
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Tonight, from 7-10 p.m. the Art Dept. is sponsoring a Studio Open House, open to all of the campus. Drop by the second floor of Fine Arts to see the Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, and Ceramics Studios and the basement of Steiner to see the Printing Studio. Come see artists at work and get some munchies as well!
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·Burling Library Hours
On Sundays, beginning April 28, the library will open at 10:00 in the morning.
·Interlibrary Loan
The last day for submitting interlibrary loan requests will be Thursday, May 1. All interlibrary loans must be returned no later than May 10.
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INNOPAC Search Tip #3 (A series of online catalog searching tips brought to you by the Grinnell College Libraries)
S > SHOW SIMILAR items
When you have the record for a book you are interested in displayed on the screen in INNOPAC, choose the menu option:
+ > ADDITIONAL options
and then choose:
S > SHOW SIMILAR items
When you press S you get a screen which allows you to search for other books by the same author or on the same subject or in the same series without re-keying the information. For further assistance, contact a Reference Librarian.
·Library Closing for Waltz
On Saturday, April 27, Burling Library will close at 8 p.m.
·Forum Closing for Waltz
The Forum will be closed Saturday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m. for the evening so our staff members may attend the Sesquicentennial Birthday Dinner and Spring Waltz.
The video Mortal Kombat will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28 in the Harris Cinema instead of Saturday evening in the Forum.
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Greek reading group will continue with Menander's Dyskolos this Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Note new location: at the Lalondes', 1320 Elm Street. Refreshments.
The Iowa Chamber Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Knight, will present a The Soldier's Tale with narrator Doug Brown of WOI Radio, at 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Grinnell Community Center. Admis sion is $5 at the door. The performance is sponsored in part by the Iowa Arts Council.
In The Soldier's Tale, by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, the narrator recounts a Russian folk-tale about a peripatetic soldier who sells his violin to the devil in exchange for wealth and loses his soul as well. Other selections include Octandre by Edgard Varése and La Revue de Cuisine by Bohuslav Martinu.
Knight, who studied with two of the leading conductors of 20th century music, Richard Pittman and Arthur Weisberg, founded the Iowa Chamber Ensemble. Knight is orchestra director and performs as trumpeter with the Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa symphonies.
·I lost a green jacket sometime between Wednesday and Sunday, and was wondering if anyone had seen it, either in Younker lounge or in the ARH. If you have it please contact me, Dhruv Mallick X3641 or e-mail [MALLICK]
·Found: Silver earring of Indian design. Identify and claim in the Carnegie secretaries' office, room C115.
·Found: Small sterling silver ring in Darby Gym. Claim at the Computer Services Office by identifying the initials engraved on the inside. Also, the small keys found outside Darby a couple of weeks ago, have not yet been claimed.
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The rumors are true. Sally Campbell's comic strip, Stating the Obvious, that so many of you have enjoyed week after week in the S&B, is now available in its most complete form. Four Years of Stating the Obvious by Sally Campbell, the collected works, is being sold at the Bookstore. You never thought remembering the horrors and joys of Grinnell College could be so much fun. Pick up your copy today! (Sponsored by the SQC Committee.)
I wish to thank everyone for all of the good wishes and kind words given me at my retirement party. Thank you too for the cards, gifts and the Grinnell Chair. I will miss seeing you and being a member of the Grinnell College Community. - Norma Gosselink
Come walk to support a campus/community effort to promote children's safety. Collect money from sponsors and bring the donations on the day of the eventall proceeds go to support Fearless' elementary education workshops. The walk starts at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 28th, at the P.E.C. and will proceed through campus and town. There will be refreshments and prizes . . . this is a family, town, and campus eventso bring your kids, little buddies, friends, it is open to anyone! More information and sponsor sheets available in the post office and in town businesses.
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·New employees:
Erik K. Perotti ext. 3121 PEROTTI AC ARH 210 V-7 Multimedia Production Specialist
Lee C. Stratford ext. 3609 STRATFOL ADMIN Mears 1 Administrative Secretary II, Office of Admission
·Misc. changes: none
This note is just a reminder regarding the Tax-Saver Select program for 1996-97. All enrollments and declines must be completed and returned to the Office of Human Resources by April 24, 1996. Since you participated in this program for 1995-96, we are required to obtain from you a new form for the upcoming tax-saver year, which begins May 1.
If your form is in the mail to us, thank you. If you have misplaced your form (lavender this year) and would like another one sent to you, please call Melinda at x4974. Or, if you do not wish to participate in the Tax-Saver Select program for 1996-97 you may:
1) Sign the decline portion of the enrollment form and return it to the Office of Human resources by April 24, 1996.
2) Send an electronic mail message to MULHOLLA on ADMIN.
3) Send a written decline to Jim Mulholland, Office of Human Re sources.
If you choose either (2) or (3) above, include the following language in your message:
"I decline participation in the Grinnell College Tax-Saver Select plan which provides for the allocation of a portion of my salary on a before-tax basis for the payment of my dependent health insurance premiums, uninsured health expenses, and dependent care for plan year 5/1/96-4/30/97."
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The SQC Committee is sponsoring an Art Fair on Saturday, April 27 from 12-4 p.m. If you have any works you would like to sell or display, please contact Helen [Siefert] or Nike [Papadopo].
The annual spring informational meeting describing the process of applying to study in the Health Professions will be held at 4:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 1, in the chemistry lecture room (Science #3204). Topics will include the AMCAS application, the Grinnell HPAC letter of recom mendation, and information found in the Health Professions Guide. For questions or additional information contact Mr. Uhlenhopp (tell UHLENH@ac.grin.edu or ext. 3009).
·Software Consultants Wanted
Hollyer & Schwartz, Inc., an information technology consulting firm in Chicago, currently has openings for entry level Software Consultants. This position is for candidates who possess a technical degree and have extensive computer experience. It calls for highly motivated people who are intelligent, analytical, and goal oriented. In addition, candidates must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Resumes are due in the Career Development Office by May 3, 1996. More information on the position is available in the CDO.
·Upcoming Workshop
The CDO will sponsor its final Resume Writing Workshop on Wednesday, April 24 at 4:15 p.m. A hands-on workshop which addresses resume content, style, and format. You will actually progress from a blank page to a draft of your resume! Bring a computer disk with you to the YMCA.
·Summer Opportunity
Still don't have a summer job? Interested in working outdoors with kids? Jane Lien, Grinnell College class of '95, is currently seeking to fill several staff positions at Camp Menotomy, a residential Girl Scouts' summer camp on the shores of New Hampshire's largest lake, Lake Winnapesaukee, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Positions still available include program supervisors, sailing instructors, swimming instructors/lifeguards, and general counselors. Also we are still accepting applications for Waterfront Director. Dates are June 22 through August 18, 1996 and room and board are provided. For more information, please contact Jane Lien by phone at (303)934-3494.
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Diversity Coalition is looking for student volunteers who are interested in conducting workshops in the Residence halls, on campus, and throughout the Grinnell community to promote dialogue on racial and ethnic relations. A training retreat will be offered at the start of Fall semester which the volunteers will be required to attend. Conducting workshops and attending meetings are also mandatory.
Diversity Coalition is open to any students regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. You need not be involved in any other organization on campus to apply. Applications are available through the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Forum. Applications will be accepted through May 1, 1996.
The Escort Service will be accepting applications for next year through this week. All applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Affairs and need to be returned by Friday the 26th. The Escort Service is a student run organization providing male/female walking pairs for students on the Grinnell campus and within the community. If interested please apply for a position. If you have any questions about applying or the service itself, E-mail [ESCORT].
Our last German Table will meet today at 6:00 p.m. at Pagliai's. We hope you will be able to join us to celebrate the near-end of the semester!
Get ready to "Play so that later on we can study better"... Saint Acquinas' quote which is our theme for this year's relays! May 4th is the big day! Form your teams. Teams do not have to be limited strictly to SEPCs as has traditionally been done! You and your friends can simply form one. Organize a team and win yourself a prize! Questions/comments, e-mail [madubany] or call Khutso @ #3648.
The last moment to submit applications for the Student Recital on Friday, May 3, is: Friday, April 26, 4:59 p.m. Application forms are available in the Fine Arts Office and when completed should be returned to Berneil Mueller in that office.
Students, please mail early and beat the rush. Main those boxes home now.
·Plan Ahead for 1996 Summer School
Students who intend to pursue summer study at another institution for subsequent transfer to Grinnell must complete a Transfer Course Approval form and return it to the Registrar's Office by Friday, May 3. Forms are available in the Registrar's Office. Studies to be undertaken elsewhere must be approved in advance by the student's adviser and by the registrar, or the credits will not be accepted. Approval is not given for more than nine semester credits in one summer and a maximum of 18 semester credits are accepted for courses taken during the three summers before graduation. Any course that repeats the content of a Grinnell course in which a student initially received a "D" or "F" grade may be pursued at another institution only with prior permission from the Committee on Academic Standing.
·Schedule of Course Changes
To check any course changes or additions to the 1995-96 Schedule of Courses type BOARDS at the $ prompt and then REGISTRAR.
·Preregistration Notice
The Registrar's Office is now accepting Trial Schedule of Courses cards for the Fall 1996-97 semester. The last day to turn in your card is Thursday, May 2 (no later than 5:00 p.m.). Remember, your adviser has your blank trial schedule of courses card, not the Registrar. If you are not able to preregister by the May 2 deadline, you will have to wait until after course closures have been processed, and then have your card signed and dated by the appropriate instructors before submitting it to the registrar. Preregis tration drop/add dates will be announced at a later date.
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Are you a cultural separatist? Stop Taking Grinnell's Diversity for granted. Come to today's SACK lunch in Cowles PDR#1 at 11:30 a.m.
Friday night, April 26, Grinnell Alum Arlo Leach ('95) returns to Bob's Underground for one night only. Arlo has been playing around the Midwest since his graduation, and his four-song CD is available in Bob's.
Saturday night, of course, is Waltz night. . . just when you thought the evening would end early, Bob's will be open special late-night hours for that cup of coffee or bagel or just plain water. Come on down and recover on the couches; we'll be open from 12-3 a.m.
Also, Bob's is now accepting applications for next semester's assistant manager position (which becomes the manager position in the Spring). You need not be a current Bob's employee to apply. Information and applications are available in Bob's, or e-mail [JAVA]. Applications are due by Friday, May 3.
The Senior Class of 1996 is hereby being challenged to participate in the Steve Kent Memorial Senior Chal
lenge. More information from the Senior Challenge Committee will be in your PO Boxes shortly. Remember these donations of $1 (minimum), $5, or more are directly used to benefit other students. Students helping other students. Our goal is to get allseniors to donate. All funds are matched by the Alumni Board. Be part of this record breaking year! Plus, the Senior Challenge Committee will be on campus this week so look for us to make donations!!!
All graduating students who received a Perkins Loan must have an exit interview. There will be group sessions in the third floor conference Room in Macy House on Tuesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 9. Sessions will be held each day at 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m. The sessions will begin promptly at the given times! If it is definitely impossible for you to attend one of the group sessions, please contact Ruth Carstensen, Collection Coordinator, Ext. 3500.
Please complete and return the green registration form for Commencement (if you have not already done so). This form should be returned immediately to the Office of Student Affairs. If you need another form, contact Carol Ahrens, x3702.
Siblings of graduating seniors attending Grinnell College may request essential student status by calling the Office of Student Affairs, x3702 by May 13. This status entitles you to meals beginning with the evening meal on Friday, May 17 through the Commencement picnic. (You must vacate the dorms by Monday, May 20 at 6 p.m.). If you have problems with this time, please contact the housing office in student affairs, x3700.)
Essential student status forms from departments and offices are also due to student affairs by Friday, May 3.
Senior instrumentalists and singers are invited to audition for the Music Dept. Senior Honors Concert, to be held in
Herrick Chapel Sunday May 19, 1996, as part of Commencement activities. Auditions continue on the May 3 Student Recital. Application forms, available in the Fine Arts Office, should be completed and returned there by Friday, April 26. Specific information about the intended Senior Honors Concert selection should be given on that form, as well as the endorsement(s) of your studio instructor and an accompanist, if needed. Selections are limited to 5-6 minutes. Late applications or changes in selection between audition and Concert cannot be considered. There is no memorization requirement, but performances must be finished technically and expressively when auditioned to qualify. Collaborative entries are welcome. If you have questions, contact Elizabeth Hays by e-mail or at ext. 3070.
Shakespeare papers and exams from last semester have arrived from London! They were sea-changed (literally dunked) but still mostly legible. You may pick yours up from Mr. Moore's office, ARH 116B.
The SGA shuttle to Iowa City leaves the Forum 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, arrives at the University of Iowa Student Union at 11:30 a.m., leaves the Student Union at 4 p.m., and arrives back at the Forum at 5:15 p.m. Sign up at the Forum desk
for $6 by Friday noon. There have been complaints about the safety of some of the shuttle drivers. Please e-mail [RECHS] with any comments.
InterVarsity presents Gerry Chapeau, a white minister in a biracial St. Louis church. Gerry has spent several years developing cross-cultural relationships and partnerships in the St. Louis area. Today at 4:15 p.m. in the Forum Coffeehouse, Gerry will share about his experiences, his failures, and the practical guides he has learned about breaking down walls, and rebuilding relationships across racial lines. Gerry
will also be sharing in Steiner 305 at 8:00 p.m. tonight. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Student discussion group is having a weekly discussion meeting on a variety of political issues. For the following two weeks, a few seniors are going to talk about their own dreams after the school. This week's discussion is titled: Life After College I: Redefining Your Own Identity . And in the following week, we will have another discussion titled: Life After College II: How We Want to Change the World . The discussions will be held at the Forum PDR F starting at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday. Any interested individuals are welcome. If you have any questions, please send E-mail to [RICKARD].
·Grinnell House Monitor Applications
Dining Services is now accepting applications for Grinnell House monitors for the 1996-97 school year. Those students interested in being a Grinnell House Monitor should submit a letter detailing their reasons for wanting to be a monitor and three letters of reference to the Dining Service Office. Deadline for complete applications is Friday May 3rd at 5:00 p.m.
Grinnell House monitors live in Grinnell House and are on duty from approximately 5:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. each day as well as from noon to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There are two monitors who share responsi bilities for house coverage. Monitors are primarily responsible for attending to guest check-in and attending to guest inquiries. For further details, please check with the Director of Dining Services located in Main Hall.
·Tour Guides Needed for 96-97
The Admission Office announces that tour guide applications for academic year l996-97 may be picked up at the reception desk in the Admission Office, Mears Cottage today through Friday, May 3. Selection interviews will be scheduled the week of May 6 with the final selection announced on May 17.
If you are going to be in Grinnell this summer, are available for odd jobs and would like to have your name listed in the Student Summer Directory, please stop by the Office of Special Services, 1131 Park, Harry Hopkins House and fill out one of our forms. The directory will be published in the Campus Memo in mid-May.
ACE (All Campus Events) will be holding a Reservations/Calendar Meeting to tentatively reserve dates for Fall '96. All groups or organiza tions planning on weekend events in Fall '96 are encouraged to attend. The meeting is May 6, 4:15 p.m. in PDR F. Start planning now!!!
We are seeking transfer students who are interested in planning and imple menting the transfer student orientation during New Student Orientation next fall. If you are interested in helping, please send an e-mail to Jo Calhoun [calhoun@admin.grin.edu]. Requirements: 1 meeting this semester Thursday, May 9, 11:00 a.m. - Noon, and 3 meetings next fall Saturday, August 24, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, August 25, 1:00-3:00 p.m., and a social time that Sunday evening. Benefits: essential student status (that allows you to return to campus on Saturday, August 24) and the satisfac tion of making a contribution to your fellow transfer students.
Want help with your study habits as you go into finals week? E-mail Steve [larson@admin.grin.edu] or Holly [krejca@admin.grin.edu] in Academic Advising, or call x3702 to arrange an appointment time to talk.
The following vehicles are not registered with the college, have received three or more tickets and are subject to immediate tow/immobiliza tion.
AZ Lic #GWM782, Chrysler Lebaron
IA Lic #LWH046, Mercury Topaz
KS Lic #JKE507, Jeep Wagoneer
PA Lic #CFS855, Subaru GL
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The Noun Program in Women's Studies is pleased to announce this year's winner of the Jeanne Burkle Award Hollis Pfitsch. As the award specifies, Holly has contributed to the cause of women and has made a strong feminist social activist commitment over her four years at Grinnell. She is being recognized for the depth and breadth of her efforts not only on campus and in the community, but also in work abroad in England and Latin America.
Among her many activities Holly Pfitsch includes four-year membership in FEARLESS. Holly, a sociology major with Gender and Women's Studies Concentration, has been active at many levels including representing FEARLESS at an International Conference on Campus Sexual Assault. She worked to create strong liaisons between FEARLESS and other campus groups and was involved in planning a community walk-a-thon. Holly was also instrumental in forming a new campus group, LASO (Latin American Solidarity Organization).
During a summer, 1994, internship at the Melponome Institute in St. Paul Holly developed her activist concerns for issues central to women's lives. As a Hewlitt grant recipient, Holly lived and worked in rural southwest England at a community Resource Centre, which helped her realize, in her words, "the range of community development possible in the First World". In 1995 Holly won a CEFEMINA (Feminist Center of Information and Action) Study Abroad internship in Costa Rica working in programs for battered women and children as well as in a housing project.
This Summer and Fall, Holly will live and work in Guatemala (in the refugee
village, Nueva Esperanza) before continuing her pursuit of a social work and/or law degree. Congratulations Holly Pfitsch, Burkle Award Winner 1996!
The recipients of this year's Steiner Awards in Music are Amy Kucera for her composition, Breathe With Me and David Collman for his research presentation on The Sirventes Genre of the Troubadour Lyric in Medieval France. In addition, the composition judge awarded a second prize to Ellis Baggs for his work Beach Night.
The judges for this year's Steiner Awards in Music were Royce Wolf, Department of Mathematics, and Vesna Petrovich, Department of French, for the research presentation category and Jerry Owen of the Coe College Department of Music for the compositions.
For students who will be juniors next year, consider applying for a Truman Scholarship. To be eligible you must be a U.S. citizen who is seriously interested in pursuing a career in public service. The scholarship provides up to $30,000 of funding for your senior year and two years of graduate study. Nationally 82 awards will be made. While these scholar ships are highly competitive, Grinnell students often are involved in the sorts of activities that make them strong candidates. The college may nominate 3 students.
Although applications are not due until next November, considerable forethought is necessary to prepare a strong application that demonstrates your academic preparation for a career in public service, your leadership ability, public and community service, and career interests. Therefore, plan ahead and talk to Helen Scott (Associate Dean, x3460) or Jack Mutti (Economics, x3143) before the end of the semester.
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