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FALL 2011 . ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 5
ing, 2010). Te book
“takes a new look at the
science behind water
fuoridation and argues
that just because the
dental and medical
establishments endorse
a public health measure doesn’t mean it’s
safe,” according to the publisher.
Endnotes
Professor of Government Fred Exoo’s
2009 book, Te Pen and the Sword: Press,
War and Terror in the 21st Century, has
been named one of the Outstanding Aca-
demic Titles of 2010 by Choice magazine,
the leading reviewer of academic books.
Each year, the list contains approximately
10 percent of some 7,000 works reviewed.
Associate Professor of Philosophy Erin
McCarthy’s 2010 book, Ethics Embodied:
Rethinking Selfood Trough Continen-
tal, Japanese, and Feminist Philosophies,
was the topic of a plenary session at the
Comparative and Continental Philoso-
phy Circle conference in March in Cork,
Ireland, and afliated with University
College Cork. McCarthy attended the
conference and responded to panelists at
the session.
A short story by Associate Professor of
English Paul Graham ’99, frst published
in the independent literary magazine
Make, will be included in a forthcoming
collection of stories. “Crazy Season” will
appear in the 2012 Kitsune Books collec-
tion Safe House.
St. Lawrence recently partnered with
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
on a fundraiser to celebrate TAU-
NY’s 25th anniversary (see St. Lawrence ,
Summer 2011, page 57), and the centerpiece
was an auction of bird carvings by local
folk artist Hazel Tyrrell. On the evening of
May 26, some 150 people gathered in Eben
Holden for a festive night of food, conver-
sation and energetic bidding on work by
regional folk artists and crafspeople.
St. Lawrence’s connection to this event
begins with the Consler family. Robert
Consler joined the faculty of St. Lawrence
in 1946 as a professor of economics and
business administration. Until his retirement
in 1969, he remained devoted to educat-
ing students and – in his additional role as
comptroller – ensuring the fscal strength of
St. Lawrence University. He passed away in
1982. His wife, Teda M’54, avidly collected
Tyrrell’s carvings.
Te Consler family came to believe that
St. Lawrence and TAUNY should beneft from the collection, so they donated
90 carvings with the intention that they should be sold and the proceeds used to
beneft both organizations. BothTeda Consler and their son John ’67 (pictured)
attended the auction, and commented that they enjoyed seeing numerous friends
from St. Lawrence days. —Anne Sibley ’85
Martha Cooper, courtesy of TAUNY A
rchives
Auction of Bird Carvings Benefts SLU
and Local Group
Varick Chittenden ’63
Not Your Average Canoe Trip
Four Laurentians, all Outdoor Program guides, spent the first half of the sum-
mer paddling from Old Forge, N.Y., to Fort Kent, Maine. That’s 740 miles of
canoeing, on a route known as the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, and only about
three dozen people have completed it in its five years of existence. Celebrat-
ing their success at Fort Kent with appropriate fittings and flags are, from left,
Wes Norton ’11, Evan Haynes ’12, Alex Comeau ’11 and Silas Streeter ’12. To
read more about their adventure, see their blog at http://canoegypsies.word-
press.com.