Richard Ramette, professor emeritus of chemistry, presented a lecture to the Green Valley (Ariz.) Forum titled “Timekeeping and You: From the Big Bang to GPS Satellites,” tracing the technology of clocks up to the recent “Cesium Fountain” that is now the U.S. primary standard for atomic clocks, and the extraordinary dominance of the Global Positioning System in today’s world.

Sigrun Leonhard, professor of German, received a Mellon New Directions Grant that she will use this spring term to finish a book of poetry and a novel that she is presently rewriting in German. Leonhard also was awarded a writer’s residency at Yaddo, N.Y., designed to help writers and artists work in seclusion without any outside requirements. She gave a talk to the staff at the Hamm Clinic in St. Paul titled “At Your Own Risk: Crossing Cultural Borders in Difficult Times.” Leonhard also published an article in the February 27 issue of German Studies Review titled “Rosalind Polkowskis Sehnsucht nach der großen Tat: Monika Marons Roman Stille Zeile Sechs.”

Richard Goerwitz, Web technical administrator, published an article in the April-June 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Oriental Society titled, “Long or Short Hair in Ezekiel 44:20?” In his article, he reinterprets a conflict between the biblical books of Ezekiel and other Pentateuchal passages regarding the grooming of priests’ hair.

Andrew Fisher, assistant professor of history, presented a session titled “Contesting the Limits of Brotherhood: Interethnic Relations and Confraternities in the Tierra Caliente of Western Mexico” at the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, hosted by the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University.

Gene Bauer, English as a second language (ESL) coordinator and adjunct instructor in educational studies, and Nancy Hill, ESL support assistant and writing/professional exploration assistant, presented a session at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region IV Conference titled “Best Practices: A Case Study of ESL Writing Needs and Support,” about Carleton’s approach to providing writing support to a rapidly increasing international student population and a high number of American non-native speakers of English.

Robert Bullard, an expert on environmental justice, will give a lecture titled “Confronting Environmental Racism” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, in Boliou Hall, Room 104. The event is free and open to the public.

David Biale, the Emanuel Ringelblum Professor of Jewish History at the University of California, Davis, will present the 2004 Forkosh Lecture in Judaic Studies at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, in Carleton College’s Severance Great Hall. The lecture is titled “Zealotry, Violence and the Zionist Quest for a Normal Jewish State.” This event is free and open to the public.

Jacqulyn Lauer-Glebov, assistant director of institutional research, and Carol Rutz, director of the writing program, presented related papers at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Their panel was titled “Accounting, assessment, and improvement: Getting past good news to benefit from the bad.”

The women’s rugby team battled blustering winds to take on the University of Minnesota on the rugby pitch last Thursday. The U of M team, though holding an advantage in size, found the tenacious Carleton team unwilling to back down. Women’s rugby is one of 22 club sports offered at Carleton that include Aikido, inland sailing, men’s and women’s lacrosse and the nationally ranked men’s and women’s Frisbee teams. Team membership is open to all Carls and joining a club sport is a new athletic experience for most.

Gallery patrons crowded into Boliou Hall Friday night for the opening of the Junior Art Show. The show featured pieces by junior studio art majors working in all mediums. Students, faculty and staff members perused the work while the artists were on hand to answer questions and appreciate their classmates work.