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Public Events Concert: Mingus Big Band Herrick Chapel, Monday, Nov. 17
The Mingus Big Band, devoted to the vast repertoire that the late, great bassist and composer Charles Mingus left behind when he died in 1979, will perform in concert at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in Herrick Chapel. Charles Mingus performed in concert at Grinnell College in 1976, the same year Billboard magazine named Grinnell College's concert program the best small college concert program in the United States.
The Mingus Big Band was organized five years ago at the Time Cafe in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and is overseen by Sue Mingus, Charles Mingus' widow. It consists of 14 players from a pool of more than 100 of the best musicians on the jazz scene today. The band plays special big band arrangements of band members such as Steve Slagle, Ronnie Cuber, Jack Walrath as well as Mingus himself and his frequent collaborator Sy Johnson. The band has been playing this music every Thursday night at the Time Cafe since 1991. The band has played Europe six times and tours in the United States. It has been filmed by Japanese, Italian, and German television, and makes recordings on the Dreyfus label. Their most recent recording, "Live in Time" was released in January 1997 and has been nominated for a Grammy.
Mingus best defined himself in an interview with columnist Nat Hentoff when he said, "In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time." Sponsored by the Grinnell College Public Events Committee and Performing Arts.
On Thursday, Nov. 13 at 4:15 p.m. in ARH 102, Professor Russel Tuttle from the University of Chicago will present First Steps and Lasting Impressions - Pliocene Footprints and the Evolution of Human Bipedalism. In his presentation, Prof. Tuttle will address his work with the Laetoli footprints — the footprints discovered by Mary Leakey in Tanzania which have been dated to 3.5 mya. He will also discuss with students the new ACM Study Abroad program in Tanzania for which he will be the program director in the Fall 1998 semester. Everyone is welcome to attend.
A discussion of Don DeLillo's White
Noise will take place on Wednesday, December 3 at 9:00 p.m in Main
Lounge. Winner of the National Book Award, White
Noise deals with the disintegration
of identity, on both a personal and societal level. The story is told with the
innovative flair and wry humor that DeLillo has become famous for. If you'd like more
information on the book, the discussion, or simply would like your name added to the
mailing list to be informed of future discussions, please e-mail [stob].
On Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. in Science 1023, Professor Randall Geiger, from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University, will speak about state-of-the-art integrated chip technology. Geiger's research involves integrated chip design. The title of his lecture is Integrated Chip Technology, Manufacturing and Performance: The State of the Art. Geiger's lecture is sponsored by the physics department.
On Wednesday November 12, at 4:15 p.m. in Sci 2021, Professor Brenda Sorensen will present a seminar entitled Domain Interactions of Calmodulin Alter Calcium Binding and Stability. Dr. Sorensen is currently teaching biochemistry (CHM 346) here at Grinnell. She earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Iowa in September and will begin post-doctoral work in biochemistry at the University of Iowa in January. Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m. in Sci. 1021.
Dr. Phillips, Associate Dean of Baylor College of Medicine, will give a talk entitled: Post-proposition 209, on Wednes
•On Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 4:15 p.m. in Main Lounge, the Spanish Dept. will host Arturo José Gutiérrez Plaza, poet from Venezuela. Mr. Gutiérrez is participating in the University of Iowa International Writers' Program. Refreshments will be served (The title of the talk is TBA).
• On Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 4:15 p.m. in Main Lounge, the Spanish Department will host Aura Maria Vidales Ibarra de Guerrero, a poet from Mexico. Refreshments will be served. The title of the talk will be announced later.
The Grinnell College Theatre Department will present on Nov. 20-23 at 8 p.m. in Arena Theatre Tom Stoppard's 1993 romantic comedy Arcadia, directed by Ellen Mease. Seating is limited; please see below for ticket information. (An open final dress rehearsal will occur Wednesday Nov. 19, if you cannot secure a ticket for regular performances.)
Set in one room but in two time periods, the early 19th century and the present
day, Arcadia is a dialogue between past and present, a love story wrapped in a
mystery drama. It is also a dance of ideas, about stasis and change, order tending
to disorder, idealized past and chaotic present. Acclaimed as Stoppard's
best play to date, Arcadia is high
comedy drawing on the history of philosophy, physics and math (including Fermat's
last theorem, entropy, fractals and chaos theory); English Arcadian landscape
gardening; and "the decline from thinking to feeling" as the European
Enlightenment gives way to the cult of wild Romantic genius.
Arcadia's heroines are a
modern-day writer researching Gothic picturesque "garden hermits" and a early
19th c. thirteen-year-old math prodigy who lays the foundations for modern chaos
theory, while puzzling on the mysteries of love
and life displayed in the romantic farces performed by her elders.
As part of performance festivities, there will be two public colloquia on the play's leading themes, mathematical chaos theory and ideas of Arcadia (expressed in the history of 18th-early 19th century English landscape gardening). The first, on 200 years of physics and math, will be held Friday Nov. 14 at 4:30 p.m. in ARH 224. The second, on landscape design, will be held Saturday Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. in ARH 224. The public in invited to attend either or both colloquia.
•Tickets: Tickets may be reserved by e-mail (theatre@ac.grin.edu) beginning Monday, November 10 through noon on Friday, November 14. The Theatre Department Box Office will be open Monday, November 17 through Friday, November 21 from 1-5 p.m. When reserving tickets, please specify the number of tickets and date of performance. Performance dates: November 20-23, 8:00 p.m.
On Friday Nov. 14, at 4:30 in ARH 224 Math professor John Stone and Arcadia company members will present a public colloquium on the play's dazzling allusions to two hundred years of math and physics, from Newton's deterministic universe to chaos theory and the bizarre orderliness of fractal design. While reading Gleick's book Chaos Stoppard realized that here he had a set of rich metaphors for his next play's stories of romantic love—orderly and disorderly. Please join us for an intellectual romp through the paradigm shifts, in user-friendly preparation to enjoy Stoppard's wit. Math-phobs and computer mavens alike are welcome.
The Grinnell College Chamber Ensembles will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in Herrick Chapel. The concert is called "The "American" and the `Gypsy",after two works on the program, the American String Quartet by Dvorak, performed by Missy Roberts, Sarah Fowles, Katie Russell, and Cody Robertson, and the Gypsy piano trio by Joseph Haydn, performed by Shaw-wen Wu, Mary Ella Orsburn, and Charles Marshall. Also on the program is Haydn's String Quartet Op. 50, No.1, performed by Sarah Morsbach, Hannah Mundahl, Ted Smith, and Holli Hoerschelman. Join us for a reception afterwards in the lobby.
A cornucopia of musical treats will be presented in a Department of Music student recital this Friday, November 14, at 4:15 p.m. in Herrick Chapel. Vocalists Dright Burks (tenor), Gwynne Kizer (soprano), Annie Newman (soprano), Ben Owen (bass), and Sarah Wilcox (soprano) will perform songs by d'Astoga, Copland, Faure, Gershwin, Mozart, Pergolesi, and Vaughn Williams. Instrumentalists Mark Messer (piano), Jeff Tyner (guitar), and Dana Whisler (clarinet) will perform works by Brahms, Sor, and Hindemith. Closing out the program will be a movement from a string quartet by Haydn performed by Sarah Morsbach and Hannah Mundahl (violins), Ted Smith (viola), and Holli Hoerschelman (cello). The performers are students of Bob Dunn, Nancy Gaub, Lisa Henderson, Jocelyn Langworthy, Barbara Lien, John Rommereim, and Kristie Tigges.
The Marriage of Maria Brown, Germany, 1978). In German with English subtitles Color/120 min. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. ARH 302, 8 p.m., Friday/Saturday, 2 p.m., Sunday
Fassbinder's masterpiece is one of the most spectacular products of his
career and possibly of the New German Cinema as well. Mixing soap opera, sexual
politics, offbeat comedy, epic romance, current history, social satire and period
piece into an amazing coherent whole, Fassbinder uses the story of Maria
Braun as a metaphor for the growing pains of postwar Germany, moving from the
fall of Hitler through the "economic
miracle" and beyond to a destiny that
combines apocalypse, irony and farce. Maria Braun
Shadowed Lucidity, works by David Lukowski '98, is currently on display at the Terrace Art Gallery. A reception for the show will be held in the gallery at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, November 11. David's show will run through Friday, November 21. The Terrace Art Gallery is open during regular Forum hours.
Guitarist Todd Seelye will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in Herrick Chapel. Seelye, who is an assistant in music at Grinnell, will perform All in Twilight by Toru Takemitsu, Setting by Mel Powell, Kurze Schatten II by Brian Ferneyhough, Mille Au Courant by Ketty Nez, Synchronisms #10 by Mario Davidovsky, Time Grids by Shirish Korde.
Seelye has appeared as a soloist-on-series throughout the United States, including Boston, New York City, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He has been a featured soloist at the "June in Buffalo Festival," the International Festival of the Guitar Foundation of America, and the Society of Composers National Conference. He also has appeared with the New York Music Consort and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. This December, he will be presented in solo recital in Merkin Hall by New York's Ensemble 21 as their Fifth Annual Featured Soloist.
An advocate of new music, Seelye has premiered works by Babbitt,
Wuorinen and John Luther Adams. His recordings on the Bridge and Music and Arts
labels feature first recordings of pieces by Reynolds, Mamlok, Dillon,
Wuorinen, Babbitt and Morris. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in guitar
from The University of Arizona.
Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelley and Patrick Dempsey star with Joe Pesci in With Honors, a college-based story about a lost term paper and a homeless man. Playboy Magazine called it, "A heartwarming, highly entertaining drama directed with skill and intelligence." More than just a contemporary film, With Honors is a compelling look at homelessness in America. November 13, 9:15 p.m. Harris Cinema. Next week's film: Jimmy Stewart in Harvey.
The Freehand Press is sponsoring another reading at Bob's on Tuesday, November 18 at 10 p.m. Anyone is welcome to read their writings. If you are interested in reading, please drop a note to [FREEHAND] by Friday, Nov. 14. And even if you're not reading, we hope to see you there!
•Friday, November 21, South Lounge, 7 p.m.: Concert of Solo and Ensemble Works for Harp, Jeanmarie Chenette, director.
•Saturday, November 22, Herrick Chapel, 3 p.m.: Faculty Recital by Aaron Ichiro Hilbun, oboe, Douglas Huff, bassoon, and John Kramer, piano.
•Sunday, November 23, Herrick Chapel, 8 p.m.: Faculty Recital by Melanie Ohm, soprano, and Jonathan Chenette, piano. Performing vocal music by Jonathan Chenette.
•Monday, November 24, Herrick Chapel, 4:30 p.m.: Concert by Fresh Flutes from Grinnell, Claudia Anderson, director.
•Library Reserves
Students using reserve materials in Burl
ing or Windsor Science Libraries are reminded that overdue fines accrue
quickly when the items are overdue. To ensure that materials you check out are
immediately checked in, you should return them to the desk and not put them in the
book drop during the hours the libraries are open.
•Government Documents
The Grinnell College Libraries are a selective depository for U.S. Federal Government documents and a full depository for government documents from the State of Iowa. Approximately 20% of the federal government documents received by the Libraries can be identified through the Libraries on-line catalog, INNOPAC. The rest of the federal documents received through the library depository program can be identified through the index GPO on SilverPlatter (1976-present; available (to PCs only) through the campus network via "Library CD-ROM Databases") or the index Monthly Catalog (1994-present; available through the Libraries WWW pages).
•Iowa Room
The Iowa Room in Burling Library contains the Archives of the College, manuscript collections, and special collections of books and serials. Although these materials must be used in the Iowa Room, members of the College community are encouraged to come and use them to learn more about the College and the people who have worked and studied here. A link from the Grinnell College Libraries Home Page on the World Wide Web describes the collections in the Iowa Room more specifically. Iowa Room hours are 1:00-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Persons wishing to use materials at other times are encouraged to telephone 269-3364.
•Library: S&B Index
A subject index to most articles in the Scarlet & Black from August 1976 through December 1996 is now available in the Iowa Room in Burling Library. Indexes for 1942-1976 are bound in each annual volume of the newspaper, shelved in the Iowa Room, and also in the microfilm, stored in the microfilm room of Burling Library. Indexes to articles prior to 1942 are in the Iowa Room card catalog. Iowa Room is open 1:00-4:30 p.m.
•Smith Memorial Collection in Burling Library
If you like keeping up with the latest burning issue or filling in the odd free moment reading mysteries or crime novels, science fiction, recent fiction or poetry, then you will want to take a few of those spare moments to browse the Smith Memorial Collection in Burling Library (located near the carrel towers on the south side of first floor).
•Christian Worship
-Sunday, November 16: Inter-Denominational Worship Service, Howard Burkle, Professor Emeritus, preaching; 11:00 a.m. in Herrick Chapel. All are welcome!
-Sunday, November 23: Black Church at Grinnell Worship Service, Jacqueline Chandler, Associate Minister at Victory Temple in Iowa City, preaching; 11:00 a.m. in Herrick Chapel. All are welcome! If you would like to participate as a reader, greeter or worship leader, contact the Chaplains Office, ext. 4981.
•Jewish Worship
Please join us on Fridays at 5:15 p.m. in Steiner 305 for Kabbalat Shabbat service. Services are liberal/egalitarian in Hebrew and English, with music and song. All are welcome!
•Weekly Events
-Faculty/Staff Bible Study Brown bagging it with the Christian Scriptures....a weekly Bible study for faculty and staff. Bring your lunch and join us each week on Thursdays from 12 Noon - 1:00 p.m. in Steiner 305 (Religious Activities Room).
-Spirituality Gathering
Let's talk about spirituality, what guides us in our spiritual growth, Wednesday, November 12 at 9:00 p.m. in Steiner 305. Coordinated by C.I.A. All are welcome!
•Chaplains Interfaith Association
Meets on a weekly basis to plan interfaith functions — discussions and other festivities. If you would like to join the CIA (an acronym chosen by the student group members) join us on Wednesdays at 4:15 p.m. in Steiner 305 (the Religious Activities Room). This week we will be planning the winter festival, a celebration of our various traditions. Questions - e-mail: SHORB@ac.grin.edu
•Visitor From Iliff
On Tuesday, November 18, please join Bill Selby of Iliff School of Theology in Steiner 305 from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. to discuss graduate studies at Iliff. For more information or if you would like to join Mr. Selby for dinner, please call x4981.
•How To Get More!
The above information and more can be accessed from your computer account. At the $prompt type: BOARDS (return) then type: CHAPEL (return) then make your selection.
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Attention all interested in drawing from the nude figure. There will be two figure drawing sessions this week in Fine Arts 217 (the drawing studio): Thursday night from 7-10 p.m. and Friday afternoon from 1-4 p.m. All are welcome. Bring your own drawing materials. Any questions... e-mail Bobbie at [MCKIBBIN] or Jeremy at [LUNDQUIS].
German speakers, particularly native Germans and fluent or nearly fluent students of German, are being sought for a psychology experiment. It should only take twenty minutes or less of your time. Please e-mail me at [BRANDEL] if you are interested. Help me please! Danke schoen.
•Lost: I lost my wooly beige hat right outside of Quad on the shelves there. I've looked all around for it. Please if anyone finds it can you e-mail Katherine Nydam as soon as possible.
•Any vehicle parked on a sidewalk or drive (including weekends) is subject to immediate towing.
•Darby Lot: student parking is now available in the Darby Lot on the east and west sides unless marked as loading or handicapped. Faculty/Staff parking is now only in center two rows.
•Park Alley south of 6th St.: There is now student and faculty staff parking available as indicated by signage in a newly created lot east of alley behind Security Bank.
•On November 3 it was reported that an automobile was vandalized sometime between midnight and noon on November 2. The automobile was parked on East Street between 6th and 8th Street.
•On November 3 it was reported that a Chevy Blazer was vandalized sometime Sunday, November 2. It was parked on the corner of 9th and Park Street.
•On November 8 it was reported that a student had his wallet stolen sometime November 7 between 4-6 p.m. The wallet was taken out of a locker in the locker room at the Physical Education Center (PEC).
Questions/Concerns/Comments please e-mail (Safety) or call Student Affairs at X3700.
A faculty teaching mini-workshop, sponsored by Faculty Development, will be held on Tuesday, November 18, at 4:15 p.m. in ARH 224. The topic of this workshop is Teaching Writing Through Syntax and will be presented by Elizabeth Dobbs.
Toni Block, an institutional consultant with the Chicago office of TIAA-CREF, will be on campus November 19 to present a series of information sessions about our retirement plan. The general meetings will be held in the South Lounge of the Forum and are scheduled for approximately one hour each. Faculty, administrative, and staff members and their spouses/partners are welcome at all sessions.
•Wednesday, November 19
9:00 a.m.: Understanding Capital Appre- ciation Opportunities Through Salary Reduction
10:45 a.m.: Understanding My TIAA-CREF Investment Options
2:00 p.m.: Understanding My TIAA-CREF Retirement Income Options
Attention members of the class of 1999: commencement isn't as far away as you think! Members are currently needed to serve on the 1999 Senior Week Committee. The duties of this committee include selecting a Commencement speaker and planning Commencement weekend events such as the Senior Party and the Baccalaureate. In order to serve on the committee, you must be on campus spring '98 and spring '99 (as well as possess quite a bit of enthusiasm!). Students interested in serving on the committee must write a short statement detailing past involvement in campus activities as well as highlighting reasons for wishing to serve on the committee. Statements must be turned given to Erin Childress by Monday, November 24. Any questions, contact [childres].
It's not too late to teach an ExCo Class for next semester!! Applications are
due
November 14th. Just e-mail [EXCO] for an application!
Where is the ASIA Office and what's there? Stop by for the ASIA Office Open House this Friday, Nov. 14, from 4:15-5 p.m. to meet members of ASIA and to get acquainted with the resource library, which has an extensive selection of books covering various regions and topics. The office is located in the Forum, next to PDR F (refreshments provided). See you there!
• Mock Interview Day
It's time for mock interviewing at Grinnell College. Here is your chance to practice your interview skills with companies from around the Iowa area without the risk of bombing your first "real" interview. This will be a great opportunity to talk with a professional currently working in your field of interest.
The Career Development Office has invited individuals to represent the fields of investment, banking/finance and public relations/marketing for this semester's event. Mock Interview Day will be held Saturday, November 15. This day will involve interview sessions in the morning, to be followed by an etiquette lunch. This lunch is free to participants and will help you to gain tips and insight on etiquette in a professional setting. If you are interested in participating, you must turn in your resume and sign up for an interview slot in the Career Development Office by Wednesday, November 12. Participation is limited to 5 students per interviewer, so plan to stop by the CDO as soon as possible.
•Americorps Rep to be on Campus
AmeriCorps National Service will be hosting an information table in the campus post office on Thursday, November 13 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. They will also be hosting an information seminar in the Community Service Center at 4:15 p.m. AmeriCorps is the national service program that provides thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds with education awards in exchange for a year or two of community service. AmeriCorps members help meet the nation's critical needs in the areas of public safety, education, human needs, and the environment. AmeriCorps is sometimes called the "domestic Peace Corps."
•Workshop for Management Consulting
Get a jump on your interviewing by practicing the way the consultants interview. You will utilize actual case interviews to prepare for your upcoming interviews. This workshop is not to be missed if you are considering work in management consulting following graduation. Plan to attend on Wednesday, November 19 at 12:00 noon in the Career Development Office.
The Mixed Heritage/Culture Support Group provides a safe environment for sharing experiences, giving support and fostering understanding of the mixed heritage/culture experience. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Forum Coffeehouse. Meetings will be held approximately every two weeks. If you are interested in attending any of these meetings please contact Melissa Scheid, Multicultural and Academic Advising Counselor. [scheid@admin.grin.edu]
•Learn to Climb: (Climb 1&2) This weekend. Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Sign up at the Forum desk. $5 due at Sign up.
•Open Climbs: Every Monday at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. Must have Climb 1&2! Just show up. Free.
•Climb 3&4: Tope rope anchors and rapelling. Must have climb 1&2. Wednesday November 12 and November 19. Just show up at the climbing wall.
•Open Kayak sessions: Sundays November 9 and 16 at 4:00 p.m. Must have Learn to Kayak or equivalent. Meet in the PEC pool. Questions: Contact David Zeiss in
•X-C Skis Base waxed: Tuesday, November 17. Even waxless skis should have the tips and tails base waxed every year. Free to faculty, staff and students. (Shops charge $15-20) Call the Gorp room at X3840 during open hours (3:30-5:00) for an appointment.
As you select courses for next semester, bear in the mind the following requirements for eligibility to Phi Beta Kappa, the major national honor society recognizing academic excellence in undergraduate liberal arts education:
In addition to a high cumulative grade-point average, all candidates for election as members-in-course to the Phi Beta Kappa Society must have: 1) three semesters of a modern foreign language, or two semesters of a classical language, or college entrance placement at a level beyond these courses, or a demonstrated competency in a foreign language as determined from the student's record, e.g., years of residency in a foreign country; 2) completion of Mathematics 124 or 131, or higher level mathematics courses, or college entrance placement at the Mathematics 200 level; 3) and at least twelve credits in each of the College's three divisions of humanities, science, and social studies. No more than eight of these twelve credits may be counted from any one department.
•Note: Beginning with the class of 2001, successful completion of Math 124, the second of the new Math 123-124 sequence, replaces the former Math 127 as one of the two acceptable basic calculus courses meeting PBK requirements. Students in earlier graduating classes may count the former 127, the new 124 or 131.
The Registrar's Office is now accepting Trial Schedule-of-Courses cards for
the Spring 1997-98 semester. The last day to turn in your card is Thursday,
November 20, (no later than 5 p.m.). Remember,
your adviser has your bland Trial Schedule-of-Courses Card, not the Registrar. If you
are not able to preregister by the Nov. 20 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. Preregistration
drop/add dates will be announced at a later date..
To check any course changes or additions to the Spring 1997-98 Schedule of Courses, type BOARDS at the $ prompt and then REGISTRAR or check out the registrar's home page at www.grin.edu/~acadreg/.
•Opening in Development Operations
We have 1 position available for a student worker in Development Operations starting after winter break. The job involves stuffing envelopes, typing forms, making copies, deliver office material to other development offices, filing and some data entry. Computer experience is helpful, but will train. Full time employment is also available this summer. Bring in your class schedule so we can work around it. Stop for an application at 919 7th Avenue or call Deb Johnson at Ext. 3217 to have one sent campus mail.
SGA is currently organizing this year's Student Initiatives. Student Initiatives are a way in which the student body can voice an opinion on just about any subject and show a collective support for an idea that will improve life at Grinnell College. The initiatives can be about campus academic issues, such as last year9s initiative to add labs to transcripts, campus life issues, such as the initiative to have more library hours, or even political issues that do not directly affect student lives, such as the prison labor initiative.
The process is simple. First, you write the initiative, including three important
things: Background, the Initiative Statement, and a Plan of Action setting up some
preliminary venues for the accomplishment of the idea presented in the initiative.
Initiatives must be turned in to the SGA offices in
the mail basket of the Student Services Coordinator; Jae Hines by 6:00 P.M. on
Sunday, November 16, 1997. The initiatives will then be reviewed for clarity and
sub
mitted for publication in the Scarlet and
Black and the Campus Memo after
you have made any necessary changes. Second, you must collect 100 signatures to get
the initiative placed on the ballot. Your initiative will not appear in the
Scarlet and Black if 100 signatures are not turned
in by Wednesday, November 19, 1997. Third, you are responsible for publicizing the
initiative beyond its publication in the
Scarlet and Black. Finally, the initiative
will be voted on during the week of Thanksgiving Break, the exact date to be
publicized later. 50% of the students on campus must vote, and 2/3 of those must vote
in favor of the initiative for it to pass. Then, joint-board will work on accomplishing
the initiative with assistance from the author of the initiative.
If you plan on writing an initiative, you can e-mail [SERVICE] or come during the Student Service Coordinator's office hours to ask questions about exactly how to write an initiative. If you already know how to write an initiative, then you can pick up a signature packet for your initiative when you turn it in. A copy of these instructions is also available in the SGA offices. SGA strongly encourages the campus to take part in the initiative process and use their voice.
The following vehicles have received 3 or more tickets and will be subject to immediate towing or immobilization if parked on campus.
IA Lic# 295CMH, GMC Sonoma IA Lic# 907CGB, Chevy Corsica IA Lic# 922CML, Toyota Truck IA Lic# 935CMM, Pontiac Grand Am IA Lic# 986EKN, White Toyota Camry MN Lic# 466PUS, Ford Escort MN Lic# 847GIV, Honda Prelude MO Lic# 296AFA, Mercury Sable NJ Lic# LG579E, Honda Civic OK Lic# XZI724, Mercury Cougar
Grinnell College students interested in a career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering are invited to apply to the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Established by Congress in 1986, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation operates an educational scholarship program designed to provide opportunities for outstanding U.S. students with excellent academic records and demonstrated interest in, and potential for, careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.
In April 1998, the Foundation will award scholarships to students who will be college juniors or seniors during the 1998-99 academic year. In order to be considered for an award, students must be nominated by their institution. The scholarship covers eligible expenses up to a maximum of $7,500 per year. Junior scholarship recipients can expect to receive a maximum of two years of support. Senior scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of one year of support.
To be eligible, a student must be a current full-time sophomore or junior and must be pursuing a baccalaureate degree, have a B average or equivalent, stand in the upper fourth of the class, and be a U.S. citizen, resident alien, or U.S. national who will pursue a career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
The on-campus deadline is Wednesday, December 3. Interested students should contact Angie Story-Johnson, Associate Deans Office, Nollen 1st, ext. 3460.
Applications and brochures are now available for the Fall 1998
Grinnell-in-London program. Please stop by the
Off-Campus Study Office (Nollen 1st) if you are
interested in applying. The application dead
line is Friday, February 6, 1998.
Glamour Magazine is again sponsoring the "Top Ten College Women Competition." The competition is open to any woman who is a full-time junior at an accredited college or university for the 1997-98 academic year. A panel of judges will evaluate candidates based on leadership experience, personal involvement in community and campus affairs and academic excellence. Ten $1000 scholarships will be awarded. Applications are available in the Student Affairs Office. Deadline for entry is January 31, 1998.
Information on entering these competitions is an addendum to the Campus Memo.