Bulletin

by Lorinda J. Taylor ’61 In The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead, the death of a specimen of intelligent giant termite impels a team of scientists to mount a new expedition to the alien planet where the specimen was captured. During the voyage out, Kaitrin Oliva, the linguistic anthropologist, and Griffen…

by Laura Smith Karden ’98 Laura co-authored this book with her husband, Rick Karden. The Colorado Disc Golf Guide features descriptions, driving directions, and full color photos and maps for over 114 disc golf courses in Colorado. Laura and her husband are both natives of Colorado and live in the mountains west of Denver. They…

by Todd Prusin ’90 Prusin’s article, “Laboratory Office Hours as Outreach in the Health Sciences: Better Research Skills for Better Careers,” in Public Services Quarterly (Public Services Quarterly 8:1, 1-11) looks at how medical librarianship is changing in health-care environments. This paper reviews current literature on the vital importance of in-person outreach to future health…

by Michael Sawaya ’71 Sawaya tells of how he was visited by a spirit called Aatnan over a four-year period, and how Aatnan wanted him to write down and share his words. Aatnan gave Sawaya four spiritual lessons, Gratitude, Calmness, Compassion, and Inclusion. Sawaya explains that these lessons include more than what is normally expected…

by Anne Powers ’91 (writing as Anne Eliot) At a freshman party she doesn’t remember, Jess Jordan was … almost … raped. And until Jess proves she’s back to normal, her parents won’t discuss college. So she strikes a deal with a hot hockey player: He gets $8,000, she gets a fake boyfriend and a…

by Lauren Aczon ’08 Aczon’s essay, “Calling Clotilde,” is included in this anthology of 29 essays from grandparents and grandchildren. The essay is featured in the section titled “Grandchildren Remember,” and in it Aczon describes the long-distance phone calls between CC and San Francisco, where her Filipino grandmother lived. Aczon developed this essay from a…

by Karen Pope ’70, P ’04 For centuries artists have been challenging their intellects and skills by paying homage to the painters who preceded them. Jenness Cortez has emerged as the 21st-century’s most notable exponent of this facet of art history, as she reexamines the classic paradox of realism: the painting both as a window…

by Kira von Korff ’89 Kira von Korff’s family is from pre-revolutionary Russia, and she grew up in a Russian household, living in both the United States and Russia. Says the author of the book: “I am the girl and it is a true story.” Her 52-page book addresses the lives of the Russian people…

by Seth Vannatta ’95 Since he burst on the world with his heavy-metal memoir “Fargo Rock City” in 2001, Chuck Klosterman has been one of the most successful novelists and essayists in America. As he writes in his contribution to this book, Klosterman “enjoys writing about big, unwieldy ideas” as they circulate in culture, in…

by Gunther Karsten ’85 Karsten is the 2007 World Memory Champion, an eight-time German Memory Champion, and international memory coach. His memory technique book, a bestseller in Germany, and published in Russian, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Spanish, has now been translated into English and is available as an e-book. The book provides tools and mental exercises…