Archive for March, 2010
How far did your taco travel?
Talk about your food miles! According to this study, conducted by students at the California College of the Arts, the ingredients in your “typical taco” (an admittedly troublesome term!) travel, collectively, two and a half times the circumference of the earth to reach “your taco truck.” Admittedly, we in St. Peter HAVE no taco [...]
Haiti Relief T-shirt Drive
On Wednesday, March 17th, students from the Changing the World J term class and the Servant Leadership Program loaded sixteen boxes full of t-shirt donations to be transported to the Friends of the Orphans office in St. Paul. From there, the t-shirts will be shipped to the Our Little Brothers and Sisters Orphanage in Haiti [...]
… and More Sunshine
The 2010 State of the Media Report has just been released – a terrific review of what’s going on with the news media and where things are headed. There is also a freshly-issued Secrecy Report Card from Open the Government that sums up developments is government secrecy and transparency in 2009. The Electronic Frontier Foundation [...]
Tea Time Today
Yes, even though the weather is almost nice enough to play some golf and hit those little white balls off the tee, we will be having our weekly tea time and invite everyone to join us. This is a chance every Tuesday afternoon to stop for a moment or two, reconnect with some friends or [...]
“I Can’t Believe It Went So Fast” Senior dinner tonight
Tonight a group of seniors will come together to enjoy some good food, good conversation, and a chance to celebrate and anticipate that graduation day is only 75 days away! The Center for Vocational Reflection (CVR) is excited that these seniors are taking the opportunity to reflect on what has been some of the highlights [...]
It’s Sunshine Week
Sunshine week is March 14th-20th. In celebration Open the Government.org is presenting a web cast called “Building Transparency.” Stream the live teleconference to your desktop on March 19th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Click here for more information. This teleconference is made available by Minitex and promoted by the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library.
Senior Dinner – March 16, 2010
Just a reminder that the “I Can’t Believe It Went So Fast” senior dinner will be held on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room. Be sure to RSVP to Amy in the CVR at apehrson@gustavus.edu
We Need You!
Want to improve the library? We need students to participate in our library study. Your participation could win you 100 pages of free printing or pizza! Your role may include any of the following: Designer Photographer Web Consultant When do we need you? And for how long? Sometime between now and the end of April [...]