1. Safety alert follow-up — suspect in custody
2. Forums with provost candidates scheduled
3. Writer-activist Linda Hogan to speak at “Evening with the Author”
4. Microbial researcher to present Oliver H. Smith lecture
5. Panel to discuss environmentally conscious development
6. Several department colloquiums scheduled this week
7. Law School holding information session
8. Hallows Lecture to address interpretive judicial philosophy
9. Pedro Arrupe Award applications deadline extended
10. Registration appointment times available online
11. D2L unavailable March 17
12. Gospel of John to be read for Lent
13. Try outs tomorrow for Jeopardy College Championship
14. Panel to discuss experience without health insurance
15. Foreign film festival continues this week
16. Hunger Clean Up to host “Sample the Soups”
17. Murder mystery featured for Late Night Marquette
18. Toothbrush and toothpaste donations needed
19. Vacant house watch available during spring break
20. Register to vote for April 1 general election
21. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of March 3

1. Safety alert follow-up — suspect in custody

Early Sunday morning, March 2, the Milwaukee Police Department took one subject into custody for the robberies that occurred on Saturday morning. The suspect and vehicle descriptions and vehicle license plate provided by one of the victims were instrumental in the apprehension.  

The Department of Public Safety continues to urge Marquette students and employees to exercise common-sense precautions regarding safety and to take full advantage of such DPS services as LIMOs and blue light phones.

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3. Writer-activist Linda Hogan to speak at “Evening with the Author”

Linda Hogan, the author of eight books of poetry, three novels and two collections of essays, will speak at “An Evening With the Author,” tomorrow, March 4, at 6:30 p.m., in Cudahy 001. The program is free and open to the public.

Hogan, a Chickasaw writer, teacher and activist, has authored The Book of Medicines, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Mean Spirit, and Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. She’s a volunteer and consultant for wildlife rehabilitation and endangered species programs and has published essays for The Nature Conservancy and Sierra Club.

The program is sponsored by the Marquette English Department, Intercultural Programs, the American Indian Student Organization and MUSG Diversity Commission.

4. Microbial researcher to present Oliver H. Smith lecture

Dr. J. William Costerton, professor at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry Center for Biofilms, will present “Microbial Biofilms in Nature and Disease” for the 22nd Annual Oliver H. Smith Memorial Lecture on Friday, March 7, at 3:30 p.m. The lecture will take place in the Wehr Life Sciences Building 111 and is sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences.

Costerton’s research career has included studying the ultrastructure of bacterial cell surfaces and examining and stabilizing their extracellular polymers. More recently his research has included studies on cell-signaling and the genes involved in biofilm development. He is generally credited with the discovery that bacteria live predominantly in biofilm communities. He has published more than 600 papers in refereed journals, recently wrote The Biofilm Primer and is series editor for a set of 20 books about biofilms that will be published by Springer.

Dr. Oliver H. Smith joined the faculty of Marquette’s Department of Biology in 1963. Between then and his death at age 55 in 1985, Smith made many contributions to the department, the university and to the larger academic community in the genetics of Escherichia coli. His work led to appointments to national scientific committees and as a visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health and at the Pasteur Institute of Paris.

5. Panel to discuss environmentally conscious development

The Les Aspin Alumni Council will host a panel discussion on environmentally conscious development and its role in Marquette University's future projects Tuesday, March 4, at 5 p.m. in the Raynor Library Beaumier Suites B and C.

Panelists will discuss areas of sustainable development, current research, environmentally sustainable projects underway in the greater Milwaukee community and Marquette’s plans for environmentally conscious development. A question and answer session will follow.

Panelists include:

•  Laura Bray, executive director of Menomonee Valley Partners, Inc.
•  Tom Ganey, university architect 
•  Dr. Mike Switzenbaum, professor and executive associate dean of the College of Engineering

For more information, call 8-4776.

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6. Several department colloquiums scheduled this week

The Department of Biological Sciences will host a seminar, “Current Topics in Prenatal and Cancer Genetics,” tomorrow, March 4, at 3:30 p.m., in the Todd Wehr Chemistry Building 121. This seminar will be presented by Sara Svendsen of the Breast Care Center and Amy Swanson of the Maternal Fetal Care Center of Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee. RSVP at 8-7356.  

Dr. Nancy Frank, associate dean of the department of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will present “Swimming Together: Collaborative Problem-Solving for Integrated Water Resource Management” on Thursday, March 6, at noon in Haggerty Engineering 119. Frank will discuss a collaborative approach to regional watershed management that is being implemented in the Lake Michigan basin and is based on an adaptive management strategy and new policy tools. The program is hosted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Dr. Sumana Chattopadhyay, assistant professor of communication, will present "On Becoming an Informed Voter: Understanding Young Citizens’ Campaign Interest, Media Diet, and Political Information Efficacy" on Friday, March 7, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the O’Sullivan Conference Room, Johnston Hall 303. The program is hosted by the Diederich College of Communication.

Dr. Michael Forster, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present “Does Every Philosophy Have a Skeptical Side?” for the Department of Philosophy’s colloquium Friday, March 7, at 3:30 p.m., in the Raynor Library Beaumier Suites B and C.

Dr. R.A. Weiss, professor of advanced materials and processing at the University of Connecticut, will present the Department of Chemistry’s colloquium Friday, March 7, at 4 p.m., in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. Weiss will present on “Melt Intercalation/Exfoliation of Polystyrene-Sodium Montmorillonite Nanocomposites using Sulfonated Polystyrene Ionomer Copatibilizers.”

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8. Hallows Lecture to address interpretive judicial philosophy

The Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, will present “Lawmaking and Interpretation: The Role of an Article III Judge in the Constitutional Framework,” for the Law School’s E. Harold Hallows Distinguished Lecture. The lecture, on Monday, March 10, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., in Sensenbrenner 307, will examine cases with difficult interpretative questions that have led some judges to create new law rather than limiting themselves to their duty to say “what the law is.”

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13. Try outs tomorrow for Jeopardy College Championship

Students are invited to try out for the 2008 Jeopardy! College Championship, which could result in a $100,000 prize.

Students need to pass a short pre-test to be invited to participate in the contestant auditions later in the day. Pre-testing is tomorrow, March 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in AMU 163. The first 1,000 eligible students will be able to take the pre-test.

Eligible students must be full-time undergrads with no previous bachelor's degree.
 
Students from colleges and universities around the country will participate in the College Championship. There is no guarantee that a Marquette student will be selected for the tournament.

15. Foreign film festival continues this week

The Coalition of Language Honors Societies is hosting a Foreign Film Festival through Thursday, March 6. All films are free, open to the public and will be shown in the Weasler Auditorium.

March 3 — Water (India, 2005) at 6:15 p.m. and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Ancient Rome, 1966) at 8:30 p.m.

March 4 — Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (Japan, 1990) at 6:15 p.m. and Machuca (Chile, 2004) at 8:30 p.m.

March 5 — Raja (Morocco, 2003) at 6:15 p.m. and After Midnight (Italy, 2004) at 8:30 p.m.

March 6 — Moolaadé (Burkina Faso, 2004) at 6:15 p.m. and The Lives of Others (Germany, 2006) at 8:30 p.m.

The festival is sponsored by MUSG, the Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, the Helen Way Klingler Arts & Sciences Student Council, the French-American Cultural Exchange, and La Città del Cinema.