Carleton was highlighted in a travel story about Northfield in the January 26 issue of the Star Tribune.

Robert Packer, associate professor of political science, was quoted in a January 26 Star Tribune story about a potential U.S.-led attack on Iraq. He spoke on the same topic on January 27 on WCCO Radio.

Women’s basketball coach Tammy Metcalf-Filzen was a guest on the Mike Max Show on WCCO Radio on January 23. The women’s basketball team was featured in stories in the Star Tribune on January 10, the Star Tribune and Saint Paul Pioneer Press on January 11, and on Fox Sports “MIAC Magazine Show” on January 24.

David and Ruth Harkinson Waterbury ’57, were featured as the “Poster-Parents of GLBT Rights” in a January 11 cover story in Lavender magazine. The accompanying article profiled them for their social advocacy growing out of their support of their daughter. Waterbury was a philosophy major at Carleton.

Roy Grow, the Frank. B. Kellogg Professor of International Relations, was interviewed January 9 for the Minnesota Public Radio program “Midday” and on January 10 for WCCO Radio about the current political climate in North Korea.

In a January 6 article, The New York Times reported that parents are becoming more involved in the lives of their college-aged children. The generational gap is narrowing now that baby boomers, once so alienated from their parents, have become parents themselves. Carleton is mentioned as a school that has a e-mail newsletter for parents that helps them stay connected with their child’s college community.

Minnesota state senator Ellen Anderson ’82 was named “the legislator to watch in in 2003” in the January 5 Saint Paul Pioneer Press Business Beat column. Anderson is a member of the DFL party and represents Saint Paul. She is the new chair of the Senate Commerce Committee which regulates energy companies, banks, insurers, telecommunications providers and other commercial entities. Anderson is also a community faculty member at Metropolitan State University. Anderson majored in history at Carleton.

Nelson Christensen, associate professor of physics; Joel Weisberg, professor of physics and astronomy; and Barry Casper, professor of physics, wrote an Op/Ed piece in the December 23 Star Tribune about the lack of an operational national missle defense system in the United States. They argue that the current system, which has been scheduled by President Bush for deployment in two years, is still in its infancy and that an effective technology won’t be developed for many years.

Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, wrote an opinion piece for the December 22 Star Tribune comparing the simplistic Canadian electoral ballot to the relatively confusing Minnesotan one. He argues that there are too many races on the American ballot, and that it is nearly impossible for a voter to negotiate so many choices knowledgably.

Barrie Osborne ‘66 was interviewed on Decemer 18 by Twin Cities’ television station KARE 11 about his work as producer of the “The Two Towers,” the second installment in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Osborne also was quoted in the December 15 Saint Paul Pioneer Press, stating that the study habits that he developed at Carleton were helpful in organizing the storyline of the movie. He also was interviewed for a December 15 Star Tribune story about his career. Osborne majored in sociology at Carleton.