Colleges
UST bats beat Oles
DUNDAS, Minn. - The University of St. Thomas scored 11 times in its first three at bats to defeat St. Olaf 17-4 and win the 2008 MIAC Baseball Playoffs title.
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Men's track and field sixth at MIAC Championships
ST. PAUL - The St. Olaf men's track and field competed in the MIAC Championship Meet at Hamline University this weekend, finishing sixth in the conference with 69.0 points.
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Women's track and field seventh at MIAC Championships
ST. PAUL - The St. Olaf women's track and field team finished seventh overall at this weekend's MIAC Championship Meet, hosted by Hamline University.
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Ballinger and Bechstein Among Top Performances for the Knights at the 2008 MIAC Outdoor Championships
Tom Ballinger had a huge weekend of competition at the 2008 MIAC Outdoor Championships, earning All-MIAC honors or all-conference honorable mention accolades in three individual events and a relay. He also recorded an NCAA automatic qualifying time (52.64) in the 400-meter hurdles. Kane Bechstein earned All-MIAC honorable mention in three events at this year’s meet. The Carleton College men’s track and field team finished seventh with 64.0 points
Knights Eighth; Campbell, Wingert and Lovett Earn All-Conference Honors at 2008 MIAC Outdoor Championships
Carleton received spectacular performances by several team members and the women’s track and field team finished eighth at the 2008 MIAC Outdoor Championships. The Knights saw All-MIAC performances from Karen Campbell, Katherine Wingert and Kelly Lovett.
Oles rout Gusties to advance to tournament final; day's second game postponed
DUNDAS, Minn. - St. Olaf had 24 hits in a 15-6 win over Gustavus in an elimination game at the MIAC Baseball Playoffs to advance to the tournament finals against top-seeded St. Thomas.
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9,754
Is the number of alumni who gave to the Partners Annual Giving Fund last year. On Thursday Student Alumni Association had students guess the number of M&M's in a jar, every M&M represented one alumni who gave to the fund. David Rysdahl is the lucky winner with a guess of 10,001.5 SAA wants to thank all those who participated in events throughout Philanthropy Week, it was a great success!
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Stephanie Cox Attends Symposium and Presents a Paper
Stephanie Cox, visiting assistant professor of French, recently attended the 20th Quebec Studies Symposium organized by SUNY-Plattsburgh on "Montreal Identities: Literature, Ethnicity and Culture" in Montreal, Quebec from April 4-6, 2008. She was invited to participate with other Quebec specialists from the US and Canada. Later that month, Professor Cox presented a paper entitled "Manifesting Marginality in the Visual Space of the Graphic Novel in Satrapi's Persepolis" at the recent Women In French conference in Dallas, Texas.
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Carol Rutz Talks
Carol Rutz, director of the writing program, gave invited talks and faculty workshops on writing assessment during the month of March at Bard, Bates, and Whitman Colleges.
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Carleton Football Team Recognized for Volunteer Efforts
The Carleton College Football team received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for their volunteer work this past fall in Rushford, MN for clean-up following major flooding in the area. Congressman John Kline presented the team, represented by coach Kurt Ramler and student James Colbenson (who is from Rushford) with an award on April 21st.
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Joe Chihade and Students go to Chemistry Meeting
Joe Chihade, associate professor of chemistry, accompanied five students: David Anderson, Karen Borchert, Nakita Natala, Lucas Riley, and Yirong Zhu to the annual meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in San Diego to present a poster describing their work on unusual mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. The same weekend, two other students, Julie Brown and Maraia Ener, presented their research in the Chihade lab at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in New Orleans.
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Eleanor Zelliot's Article to Appear in Encyclopedia
Eleanor Zelliot, Laird Bell Professor of History, Emerita, whose article "Dalit Literature" begun ten years ago, will appear in Cambridge University's volume on "Language in South Asia". Also, her article on "Understanding Dr. Ambedkar" will appear in the Religion Compass, an internet encyclopedia.
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Nancy Wilkie a Speaker in Panel of Cultural Property
Nancy Wilkie, William H. Laird Professor of Classics, Anthropology, and the Liberal Arts, was recently a speaker in a panel discussion on "The Who, What, Why and How of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC)" sponsored by The International Foundation for Art Research, New York.
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Mary Moore Easter a Featured Speaker
Mary Moore Easter, Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Dance and the Performing Arts, was the featured speaker/performer on Undine Smith Moore Sunday at the First United Methodist Church, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Her talk was titled, "The Composer's Daughter: Legacy." In addition, Professor Easter was the Black History Month speaker/performer for the Veteran's Administration at Fort Snelling in February, where she was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation.
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Deborah Gross Presents a Seminar and Keynote Address
Deborah Gross, associate professor of chemistry, presented a seminar in the School of Earth and the Environment at the University of Leeds, UK and a keynote address for the 2nd European Online Aerosol Mass Spectrometry Workshop, also held at the University of Leeds, in April.
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Carleton Seniors to Showcase Artworks
The 16 studio art majors from the Carleton Class of 2008 will present a display of their work in an upcoming campus-wide gallery exhibition entitled “Strata Incognita.” The show opens with a pair of receptions on Friday, May 16, beginning at 7 p.m. in Boliou Hall. The reception will then move to the Art Gallery at 7:30 p.m. The works will be on display in both locations through June 13. The opening reception and ongoing exhibition are free and open to the public.
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Tommies' Robinson stops Oles' streak
DUNDAS, Minn. - Lonnie Robinson pitched top-seeded St. Thomas past St. Olaf, 6-2, in the winner's bracket final at the MIAC Tournament on Friday night at Memorial Park.
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Mathison, Oles get by Hamline in first round
NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Todd Mathison allowed two earned in a complete game win on the mound and went 2-for-4 with two RBI as the two seed, St. Olaf, defeated third-seeded Hamline 6-2 in the first round of the MIAC Baseball Playoffs at Sechler Park.
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St. Olaf Choir, Cantus concert to be broadcast on <I>Performance Today</I>
The music of the St. Olaf Choir and Cantus, a professional men's vocal group founded by St. Olaf alumni, will be broadcast on Performance Today, a program that reaches more than one million listeners.
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St. Olaf senior presents at history conference
After reviewing thousands of 19th century letters to gather information about the Ku Klux Klan, Adam Lozeau '08 presented his research to the Alabama Historical Association.
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