Karen Harpp     Greetings! It's been a real pleasure joining the Colgate Geology Department this past year, and I'd like to thank everyone who's made it such a wonderful experience. It seems that everywhere I go I meet another Colgate geology alum; I even ran into a distinguished alumnus in Puerto Rico last April (Allan Dennis), which was great! Last year I had the chance to teach several courses, including instrumental methods, Megageology, and even a freshman seminar on the advent of the atomic bomb. This year, I've begun a new course on volcanology, with a great group of students. Last summer, three Colgate students came with me as part of a field excursion to the Galapagos Islands, a current focus of my research. We were working on two main projects, one to investigate the evolution of a particularly puzzling island in the archipelago (Genovesa), and another to collect 360-degree panoramic images of volcanic and biologic phenomena to contribute to an instructional CD-ROM. Currently, all three students are working on independent study projects related to the samples we collected, with an emphasis on petrologic and geochemical analysis.