Carleton’s Digital Arts Festival was featured in an Oct. 29 Star Tribune article titled “Carleton explores world of digital art.” John Schott, director of media studies and Jesse Kriss ’03 were quoted in the story. Also mentioned was a presentation by Stephen Mohring, assistant professor of art.

Kathleen Foley, director of development services, was quoted in an October 29 article in the Star Tribune titled “Competition tests Northfield shops.” The article reported on the ways downtown Northfield retailers are dealing with the influx of big box retailers like Target, Cub Foods and Menards.

Becky Boling, professor of Spanish, presented a paper titled “Improper Fantasies: Valenzuela’s ‘Ceremonias de rechazo’ and Buitrago’s ‘Señora de la Miel,’” at the recent meeting of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica.

Rick Kahn ’73, Jeff Blodgett ’83 and Dan Cramer ’89 were interviewed for an October 29 Star Tribune article titled “Countless second guesses follow Wellstone memorial.” All three had worked for the late Senator and former Carleton political science professor Paul Wellstone.

Kenneth Huber, a critically acclaimed concert pianist and lecturer in piano at Carleton College, will present a recital at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, in the Carleton Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

James Trefil, a physicist who has lectured and written extensively about science for the general public, will be presenting a Phi Beta Kappa lecture titled “Who Killed the Dinosaurs? A Scientific Detective Story” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6 at Carleton College’s Olin Hall, Room 149. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Carleton’s Digital Arts Festival and John Schott, the James Woodward Strong Professor of Liberal Arts, are featured in an article in the Oct. 31 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education titled “Digital-Arts Festival at Carleton College Reflects the Genre’s Scope.” “What’s at stake isn’t simply showing people that this work exists. It’s trying to understand the implications of being able to express yourself in new media,” Schott says.

Psycholinguist D. Kimbrough Oller will give a presentation titled “Origins of Linguistic Communication: Evolution and Development” at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 7 in Olin Hall, Room 141 at Carleton College. The event is free and open to the public.

The legacy of the death Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, and others who died in the crash was remembered in an October 25 Saint Paul Pioneer Press article titled “Shock of crash lingers.” Carleton community members interviewed or mentioned in the article included Jeff Blodgett ’83 and Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science. The story was picked up by the Associate Press and ran in a number of newspapers and news Web sites nationwide.

When the Digital Arts Festival was announced at the beginning of fall term, students learned that DJ Spooky, the turntablist and digital artist himself, would be visiting Carleton for a one-time musical experience.