Marist College Events

"Stuff the Brown Trucks" Hurricane Sandy Relief @ McCann

Starting at 9 a.m. and continuing through the Marist women's and men's basketball season openers at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively, the McCann Center will be accepting donations of urgently needed supplies to aid those affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Collected items will be shipped to affected areas by UPS through the "Stuff the Brown Trucks" relief drive.

The following items are most in need:

Blankets, Candles, Flashlights, Lights, Water, Batteries, Diapers and
Wipes

TOILETRIES: Toothbrush, toothpaste/floss, facial cleaner, body
soap/body wash, cleaning puff/washcloth, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, body moisturizer, facial moisturizer, pads/tampons, shaving supplies, hair products (mouse, hairspray....) hairdryer, hair accessories (bobby pins, hair ties...), lotion, razors etc.

Also, cleaning gloves and masks, cleaning supplies, including bleach, trash bags, and winter wear (hats, gloves, scarves, hand warmers
etc.)

SGA Bus Ticket Sales

Mathematics Seminar

Lisa Lowrance, of the United States Military Academy will speak on "Some Classes of Graphs that are Close to being Cycle-free"

Abstract

A graph is almost series-parallel if there is some edge that one can add to the graph and then contract out to leave a series-parallel graph, that is, a graph with no K_4-minor. In this talk, we find the full list of excluded minors for the class of graphs that are almost series-parallel. We also obtain the corresponding result for the class of graphs such that uncontracting an edge and then deleting the uncontracted edge produces a series-parallel graph.

A notable feature of a 3-connected almost series-parallel graph is that it has two vertices whose removal leaves a tree. This motivates consideration of those graphs for which there are two vertices whose removal is cycle-free. We find the full list of excluded minors for the class of graphs that have a set of at most two vertices whose removal is cycle-free.

This talk is based on Work with James Oxley of Lousiana State University.

Refreshments will be served.

St. Jude Tabling

SPC Movie: Madagascar 3