Dateline For More Information These Web sites have further news and notes for the St. Lawrence community:  Master Calendar of Events NetNews News Releases Sports Releases Staff in the News TechBytes Pollstar Northcountrynow North Country Public Radio Ticketmaster Ticketmaster Canada Musi-Cal International Programs Safety Plan Campus Safety Dateline November 15-21, 2004 Events are open to the public free of charge unless otherwise noted. Films are shown in the Laurentian Room of the Student Center unless otherwise noted. Monday, November 15 •Living with Loss Student Support Group: Dean-Eaton Lounge, 9:30 p.m. For information: Daniel Hernandez, 5391 or dhernandez@stlawu.edu. • Shop Talk: Making Inter-Campus Connections Through Online Student Dialogues, Center for Teaching and Learning, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 16 •Leadership Workshop: The Art of Reflection, Student Center 336, 11:45 a.m., pizza served. • Workshop: Charting Your Career Path, Student Center Monaco Room, 5:30 p.m. For information: Bill Burns, wburns@stlawu.edu or 5391, or Kate Caldwell, kcaldwell@stlawu.edu or 5906. • Outdoor Program: Self-Rescue 101, Munro Climbing Wall, 6:30 p.m. Sign-up required, scouncell@stlawu.edu or 5377. • Film: Before Sunset, 7 and 9:30 p.m., R. • Performance: Gerald Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Gulick Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 17 •Grief Seminar: “Rituals for Healing Loss,” Student Center 232, noon. • Slide Lecture: Ceramicist Sherinatu Fafunwa-Ndibe, Griffiths 123, 7 p.m. • Workshop: Zen Meditation, Herring-Cole, 7:30 p.m. For information: 5130. • Film: Collateral, 7 and 9:30 p.m., R. • Men’s Hockey: vs. Clarkson, 7 p.m. • Concert: Early Music Ensemble, “The Music of Josquin des Prez,” Gunnison Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. • Performance: Sarah Scott, senior project in speech and theatre, Black Box, 8 p.m. • Discussion: Creating a Voice, Dean-Eaton Lounge, 10 p.m. For information: Daniel Hernandez, 5391 or dhernandez@stlawu.edu. Thursday, November 18 •Student Recital: Gilbert Recital Hall, 4:30 p.m. • Biology Seminar: Edward Mills, Cornell, “Chasing ecological change in the Oneida Lake ecosystem,” Valentine 205-6, 4:30 p.m. Friday, November 19 Thanksgiving Break begins, 5 p.m. • Squash: Liberty League championships, TBA. Saturday, November 20 •Swimming: vs. Le Moyne, 1 p.m. Sunday, November 21 •Worship: Roman Catholic Mass, Gunnison Memorial Chapel, 11:30 a.m. • Worship: Progressive Christian Service, Gunnison Memorial Chapel, 5 p.m. In Brush Gallery “Mbari Houses: Photographs by Ulli Beier,” “Der Drache, die Jungfrau, und die Tribune//The Dragon, the Virgin, and the Grandstand” and “Ausflug/Stroll,” all through Dec. 11. For information: 5174, 5522 or www.stlawu.edu/gallery.

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Volume XIII No. 13

November 14, 2004

NOTE: There will be no Scarlet Letter for the week of November 22. Publication resumes on November 29; deadline for that issue is Wednesday, November 17,
at 5 p.m.

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Major Campus Events, 2004-05
• Thanksgiving Break: Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 20-28
• Admissions Visit Days:Saturday, Dec. 4
• Fall Semester Finals: Monday-Friday, Dec. 13-17
• Second Semester Begins: Monday, Jan. 17
•Alumni Council Winter Meeting: Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 3-6
• Board of Trustees Meetings: Feb. 24-26 and May 12-14
•Spring Break: Saturday-Sunday, March 12-20
• Scholar Days (Admissions): Monday, April 11; Monday, April 18
• Admitted Student Open Houses: Saturday, April 9; Saturday, April 16
• Moving-Up Day: Saturday, April 23
• Spring Semester Finals: Monday-Saturday, May 2-7
• Commencement Weekend: Friday-Sunday, May 13-15
• Alumni Reunion Weekend: Thursday-Sunday, June 2-5

Announcements
Lunch Bunch: Laurentian Women's Association Lunch Bunch meets one Wednesday per month at noon in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Remaining date for the fall semester is Dec. 8. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781. Lunch Bunch is open to all women faculty and staff and wives of faculty and staff, including retirees.

Retirees Luncheon: University retirees gather for lunch once a month in the Eben Holden Conference Room. Remaining date for the fall semester is Dec. 15, at noon. Reservations must be made by noon the preceding day with Mickey Williams, 386-8781, or Wanda Renick, 386-3474.

Achievements
St. Lawrence’s chapter of the national leadership organization Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) has received the Presidential Award of Excellence, the highest recognition that an individual “circle” may achieve. St. Lawrence's ODK Circle received one of only two of the awards given this year, chosen from over 300 eligible circles nation-wide. The
University's Circle is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The department of mathematics, statistics and computer science is one of 30 nation-wide selected to participate in a program to develop a series of profiles of recent graduates, with the goal of helping undergraduates learn about career possibilities. Funded in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and part of the Sloan Career Cornerstone Series, the project is coordinated by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

The December 2004 issue of the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology includes the article “Ventilatory effects of gap junction blockade in the RTN in awake rats,” by Amy Hewitt ’03, Rachel Barrie ’03, Michael Graham ’02, Kara Bogus (Colgate ’05), J.C. Leiter (Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School) and Associate Professor of Biology Joseph S. Erlichman. The September 2004 issue of Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology includes the article “Ventilatory effects of gap junction blockade in the NTS in awake rats,” by Keely Parisian ’01, Page Wages ’01, Ashlee Smith ’02, John Jarosz ’02, Hewitt, Leiter and Erlichman.

Job Openings
(For all openings, St. Lawrence University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Complete position descriptions are available in the human resources office or at www.stlawu.edu/resources/job.html. If a deadline is not given, review begins upon receipt of applications.)
Arts/Academic Affairs: Director of the Center for Arts Technology, tenure track
Caribbean and Latin American Studies and Native American Studies: Jeffrey Campbell Graduate Fellowship
Chemistry: Assistant Professor, Inorganic, tenure track
Economics: Assistant Professor, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, tenure track
Environmental Studies: Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies/Energy Policy, one-year position
Fine Arts:18th-Century/Modern/Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism, tenure track
Psychology:Visiting Assistant Professor, Applied Social/Environmental Psychology; Visiting Assistant Professor, Cross-Cultural Psychology
Speech and Theatre:Adjunct Instructor of Rhetoric & Public Speaking