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December 2011
Alumni Association News
Some of the most enjoyable and rewarding work of the Alumni Association Board (AAB) is interviewing and selecting recipients of the Alumni Association Student Leader Scholarship, which provides loan-reducing scholarships to student leaders and encourages them to remain involved with CC after graduation. The scholarship is funded by alumni donations directed to it and receipts from the affinity credit card program. This year’s applicant pool was exceptionally large and well qualified. The recipients were Kelsey Elwood ’12, Dirk Rasmussen ’13, and Roxanne Tuchton ’13 (graduating early). The Alumni Association Student Leader Scholarship program helps other students have their own CC experience. All CC students receive financial aid, since even payment of…Read more
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December 2011
The Art of Collecting
by Art Elder ’56 Elder has more than 70 years collecting experience, is fascinated by what drives collectors, and has researched the collecting psyche. He believes that collecting should be fun, rewarding, and educational, but collecting without a plan can lead to costly errors and cluttered collections. To prevent this, he provides a series of steps and a focused plan which defines sound collecting principles, regardless of the collector’s focus. ISBN-13: 978-0984537105. Published by Paperweight Press, 2010.Read more
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December 2011
A New History of Southeast Asia
by Merle Ricklefs ’65 This comprehensive, one-volume history of Southeast Asia spans prehistory to the present. Ricklefs brings together colleagues at the National University of Singapore whose expertise covers the entire region, encompassing political, social, economic, religious, and cultural history. Ricklefs is professor of history at the National University of Singapore and a historian of Indonesia. ISBN-13: 978-0230212138. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Read more
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December 2011
Drinking Buttermilk: A Eulogy for an American Pastime
by Peter Rice ’05 “Drinking Buttermilk” is a humorous yet journalistic account of the fall of buttermilk as a beverage. The book traces a complicated history from the days when buttermilk could be found on the finest restaurant menus and in a few all-you-can-drink “bars,” to the present day, where it survives mostly as a folksy memory and marketing gimmick. ISBN: 978-1453669266. Published by Dog Tooth Press, 2010.Read more
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December 2011
The Prettiest Girls in Euphoria, Kansas
by Bruce Kellner ’55 The impact of the past on the present dominates this novel, as Kellner explores the erratic, mysterious power of memory, simultaneously faithful and unreliable. “Memory is our sixth sense,” one character observes. “Is the fading of the other ones as we grow older the reason why memories of the past grow stronger?” The book is set on a midwestern farm in the last century, where a boy is forced to come of age in a colorful family of dysfunctional women. ISBN-13: 978-1595691781. Published by Mondial, 2010.Read more