Lance McCready, assistant professor of educational studies, published an article titled “Some Challenges Facing Queer Youth Programs in Urban High Schools: Racial Segregation and De-Normalizing Whiteness” in the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education.

Carleton’s faculty string ensemble, The Veblen Trio, presents a recital on Friday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Carleton Concert Hall. The program will include “Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 1, No. 1” by Ludwig van Beethoven, “String Trio” by Phillip Rhodes, Carleton’s composer-in-residence, and “Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60” by Johannes Brahms. The event is free and open to the public.

David Horowitz, editor-in-chief of FrontPageMagazine.com and president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, will speak at Carleton at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Boliou Hall, Room 104. His talk, titled “Academic Freedom in America,” is sponsored by the Carleton Conservative Union and the Young America’s Foundation.

Joe Nathan ’70 wrote an article in the February 1 issue of Phi Delta Kappan titled “A Response to Frederick Hess: Some Questions for Advocates of Public Education.” The article discussed the principles under which public schools should operate and advocated charter schools. “The opportunity to try new approaches is as vital for education as it is for medicine, business, or technology,” said Nathan. He was a government major at Carleton.

Ellis Cose, a columnist, author and Newsweek contributing editor, will give a convocation titled ‘Beyond Expectations: Black Men and American Society’ at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 in Skinner Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing.

Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon professor of Political Science, was quoted in a January 31 Associated Press Wire article titled “Legislature ’04: Plenty of polarizing issues in play” about the Minnesota legislature. Schier commented that despite a packed agenda he thinks “the chances for a shorter session are greater because this governor wants to deal.”

Poet Mark Bibbins will read from his most recent work, “Sky Lounge,” on Tuesday, February 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the Laurence McKinley Gould Library Athenaeum. The event is free and open to the public.

Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, wrote a January 30 Saint Paul Pioneer Press op/ed piece titled “Which party will benefit from changing electorate?” Schier discusses how the Democratic and Republican parties could appeal to more voters.

Bryn Perkins ’95 was featured in a January 29 Prague (Czech Republic) Post article titled “All the news that’s fit to link,” about starting the Prague Monitor, a Web site that provides links to Czech related news articles. Since 1998, Perkins has lived in Prague where he also started a bookstore called Shakespeare and Sons. Perkins was a geology major at Carleton.

Barrie Osborne ’66 was mentioned in two January 28 Saint Paul Pioneer Press articles. One, titled “Carleton grad hopes third time is Oscar charm” featured Osborne’s comments on his investment in buying a tuxedo when the first Lord of the Rings movie debuted. The second article, titled “Oscars may be hobbit forming” featured Osborne’s work as executive producer of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Osborne was a sociology major at Carleton.