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The Same Wavelength The Gaits are a phenomenon-in , and otherwise.

hen it was time to go, Paul and checked their W watches, lifting their left arms in perfect synchronicity. Each wrapped the remaining half of his large turkey sub (mustard, mayo, lots of mozz, and no onions), placing it end to end with the other's in a take-out tray. T hey had polished off identical garden sal­ ads, leaving only (in both cases) half of a cherry tomato. They said thanks and headed for their golf game, but before leaving, they chatted with a friend and bid farewell to Rosario Pace, owner of Johnny's Pizza. Johnny's is a favorite lunch spot for the SU lacrosse squad, of which, until recently, the Gaits were members. Paul and Gary Gait, who had come to Johnny's so that we might snap their picture, are identical twins­ absolutely so in the genetic sense, and at least 95-percent so in the cos­ metic sense. They belong to a catego­ ry of twins celebrated in the realm of Cera/do: so similar and so mutually at­ tuned that, at times, they seem to merge into a single personality. When one is asked a question, he glances at the other before answering. Recogni­ tion passes between them- "We know the answer to that" -and one starts to respond. If he fumbles for a word, his brother picks up tht sen­ tence and completes it, often without At Johnny's Pizza, Paul (left) and Gary Gait, whose four years ofS U lacrosse included three national championships. the slightest syntactical glitch. T his is endearing, entertaining, even T he 1990 SU squad is considered by are quick to assert. Syracuse possessed a eerie at times. On the lacrosse fi eld, it's experts to rank among the best collegiate roster of stars at nearly every position. Co­ something more: it's transcendent. In the lacrosse teams ever. Never seriously chal­ captain Jim Egan, Tom Marechek, and past four seasons, playing side-by-side for lenged, the 1990 Orangemen won their Greg Burns (national attackman of the year) the Syracuse Orangemen, Paul and Gary games by an average score of 21-9. This in a were potent offensive players. Pat McCabe Gait have redefined the sport. Apparently sport where a five-goal margin is considered (defenseman of the year) and goalie Matt ever-cognizant of one another's where­ a comfortable win. Even in the cham­ Palumb stood out at the other end of the abouts and intentions, they have assisted pionship playoffs, no one got close: 20-12 fi eld. Kirk Pratt won 16 of22 faceoffs in the and scored their way to a celebrity previ­ over Brown (quarterfinals), 21-10 over championship game. ously unknown in a sport whose notoriety is North Carolina (semi's), and 21-9 over Loy­ But the Gaits are not only better than the roughly comparable to that of jai alai. ola () to earn the "three-peat" competition. T hey're different. With a gut­ During the four-year Gait era, the SU crown. In the final, Gary Gait made five sy behind-the-back style of play and signa­ lacrosse team has won 51 games and lost 5. goals and three assists, Paul three of both. ture maneuvers such as Gary's (and later Since 1988, Syracuse has captured three In truth, the heaping attention paid to Paul's) over-the-bar stuff shot, the Gaits will back-to-back national titles- only the sec­ the Gaits during the past year is unfa ir to be remembered as not only all-stars, but as ond team to do that. their teammates, as the Gaits themselves innovators, elevating the entire enterprise a

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HONCHOS. Five new Syracuse University deans were named late in the spring 1990 semester: notch. Imagine Pete Maravich in basket­ This fall, Paul and Gary will return to the • Bruce J. Abbey, professor of architecture ball. Wayne Gretzky or Bobby Orr in hock­ University to complete their degrees and at the University of Virginia, was named dean ol ey. Pele in soccer or Joe Namath in football. graduate in December. Then they hope to the SU School of Architecture. Abbey's designs Then multiply by two. land jobs in marketing. Initially, they include the Library ol Anesthesiology, Hospital Gary and hail from Brentwood expect to work for a leading manufacturer olthe Universi~ ol Pennsylvania in Ph~~ Bay, British Columbia. From the begin­ of lacrosse equipment. They will stay close ph1a, and Cornmg ~,...... ,... '!""7: ning, they stuck together, sharing classes, to one another, though in separate house­ and, since the age of 4, playing lacrosse, a holds (Paul is married). Mall Public Works in (~. r~ ~ f sport equally obscure in their hometown In all likelihood, they won't play much Corning, New York. 7 ~ (even if it is the national sport of Canada). professional lacrosse. Only a semi-pro, box­ Abbey's work has After high school they tried out for the lacrosse league exists, and it pays modestly. been cited in several Canadian national lacrosse team. They The Michael jordans of lacrosse recognize publications, includ­ missed the cut, but impressed one coach that they have no chance of making ing Space Design, Art in America and A. I.A. strongly enough that he called his friend, Michael Jordan's salary-not in lacrosse, Journal. Syracuse coach Roy Simmons Jr., who vis­ anyway. Apparently that doesn't bother • Steven T. Bossert, chairman of education­ ited the pair and convinced them to attend them a bit. al administration at the University of Utah, was SU. They opted to take a year off, then "If there was pro lacrosse," Paul has said, named dean of the School ol Education. Previ­ enrolled in SU's School of Management, "you know, if there was money involved, ously Bossert served as senior research direc­ both majoring in marketing. lacrosse wouldn't be the same." On the field they not only won three Gary: "The game wouldn't be fun any­ tor at the Far West Laboratory. championships and their final 26 games, but more. It'd be more like business." He is the author of Tasks and Social Rela­ established numerous individual marks. With the Gaits more than others, great tionships in Classrooms: A Study of Instruc­ Gary finished his career with 192 goals, one minds think alike. -DANA L. COOKE tional Organization and Its Consequences. His shy of the all-time national record. He articles have appeared in numerous publica­ scored nine goals in a 1988 playoff against UNIVERSI TY ADMINISTRATION tions. Navy (a tournament record). In 1988, he •George R. Burman was named dean of the scored 70 goals, then a season record; he was Experience Required School of Management. Since 1988 Burman has named national player of the year in 1988, been president of American Gilsonite, a sub­ and midfielder of the year in 1988-90. hat does it take to lead Syracuse sidiary of Chevron Resources Co. He has Highlights of Paul's career include a tie­ University? If you were select­ W served on the faculty of Carnegie-Mellon Uni­ breaking goal with three seconds left in the ing the next chancellor and 1988 tourney semifinal, and a four-goal, president, what qualities would you stress versity and was assistant dean of the School of two-assist MVP performance against johns in the announcement? Urban and Political Affairs in the mid-seventies. Hopkins in the 1989 title game. Paul and For the past two decades, Chancellor He has held a variety of management positions Gary were named first-team All-America Melvin A. Eggers has answered those ques­ with the Gulf Oil Corp. the past three seasons. T hey've left a tions by his actions, leading the University While working on his master's and Ph.D sports-page trail of next-day quotes by the out of uncertain times and toward national degrees, Burman simultaneously pursued a opposing coaches: "We just couldn't stop prominence. During his tenure, the aca­ career in the NFL. He played for the Chicago them. I don't know how anyone could." demic standards and performance of Syra­ Bears and the Los Angeles Rams, and was a cusans have risen measurably. At the same member of the 1973 Washington Redskins time, campus facilities have expanded to a degree rivaled only by the era of Chancellor team that went to Super Bowl VII. William P. Tolley. • Susan J. Crockett, chairwoman of the Late in 1989, though, Chancellor Eggers food and nutrition department at the College of asked the University's Board of Trustees to Home Economics at North Dakota State Univer­ begin planning for his eventual retirement. sity, was named dean of the College for Human As a result, the Chancellor Search Commit­ Development. tee was formed. Crockett is a member of several professional The committee, composed of trustees, organizations, and received the U.S. Secretary faculty members, and students, has since of Health and Human Services Award for Inno­ written its announcement, attempting to vations in Health Promotion and Disease Pre­ distill into language those attributes that vention. describe SU's next chancellor. The com­ mittee has invited all members of the SU • Robert Jensen, professor of geography at community-parents, students, faculty and SU, was named dean of the Graduate School. staff members, and alumni- to submit the He had served as the interim dean, and as names of nominees. The committee is chairman of the geography department for seeking broad participation in the nominat­ seven years. ing process to ensure that the best-quali­ He is the author of sundry publications on fied people will be considered fo r the the economic geography of the Soviet Union. position. He has been associate editor of Soviet Geogra­ In july, the committee issued its selec­ phy, and was co-editor of Soviet Economy. tion criteria. The University seeks an indi­ vidual who has: Number three: National defenseman ofthe year Pat • exhibited the highest standards of per­ McCabe ( 29) and teammate John Goodwin celebrate sonal, intellectual, and professional integri­ SU's third national championship. ty; openness; vigor; and a sense of humor;

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• demonstrated the ability to lead and AFRICAN AM ERICAN STUDIES Under his direction, he says, the depart­ inspire confidence; ment will be a catalyst for social change on • achieved a distinguished record of Instant Momentum the SU campus and throughout the Syra­ intellectual and professional accomplish­ cuse community. ment; t feels more like a club meeting than a "I hope to bring a radically pluralistic • had significant involvement with an I press conference. Despite the presence view to the program that sees the African­ academic institution of recognized national of media, with their tape recorders, American experience as complementary to quality; and lights, and cameras, an aura of private cele­ other ethnic experiences," says Hare. "I • shown administrative and fiscal man­ bration pervades. There is much hand­ also envision a department that seeks to agement abilities. shaking and back-slapping and conviviality. expand the entire University curriculum so The University seeks a chancellor who The small crowd, mostly black, has gath­ that there is an acceptance and celebration will: ered for the introduction of Syracuse Univer­ of the multi-ethnic and pluralistic character • be dedicated to fostering freedom of sity's new African American Studies (AAS) of our society." inquiry and expression; achieving an appro­ department chairman, Bruce Hare. This is a He doesn't like the terms minority or priate balance between the competing de­ party for which the campus has waited three black (unless used in a political or ideologi­ mands of teaching and research; and years. There is cause for jubilation. cal sense) and challenges the administra­ promoting respect for and fostering cultur­ At Harvard, only one faculty member tion to "deracialize" the campus through al, ethnic, and racial diversity; returns to its Afro-American department the consistent use of terms such as African • work effectively to secure public and this fall. At Yale and Stanford, bhick studies American, European American, and Latino private sources offunding for the Universi­ chairs resigned in protest last year, citing American. ty; lack of institutional support. At Syracuse He tells the crowd he doesn't feel pres­ • delegate responsibility and work effec­ there is a sense that, though the AAS sured by past events-by the Student tively with a strong system of shared gover­ department has weathered hard times, African American Society protests that pre­ nance; promote and nurture a sense of greatness is on the horizon and Hare is the cipitated the University's 13-point plan for loyalty to and pride in the University in one to deliver it. the department-but feels "an excitement internal and external communities; and "I was attracted by the symbolism of per­ about the urgency of the momentum of • be responsive to the complex issues of manency that's denoted by a department things. I would say the most important student life in the University community. and was further attracted by the commit­ question today is, Where do we go from In October, the Chancellor Search Com­ ments that exist in writing for the growth of here?" mittee will begin screening candidates. It is the department ... as well expected to submit its recommendations to as for the mandate to build a the Board of Trustees early in 1991. The graduate department on top board, which under University bylaws has of it," he says in his address. the final responsibility for the appointment Hare comes to Syracuse of a new chancellor, will carefully consider from SUNY Stony Brook, the committee's recommendations. where he served as associ­ It's a delicate and thoughtful process, ate professor of sociology and given the complexity and uncertainties and developed a reputation involved, the date of the eventual naming as a force in minority affairs of a new chancellor is difficult to predict. and campus diversity ef­ This much is known: To get the best possi­ forts. His academic creden­ ble candidate, the committee needs to have tials are stellar: Ph.D. from the best possible list. - DANA L. COOKE the University of Chicago; twice a Summer Institute Nominations and expressions ofint erest, which Research Fellow at Stan­ are best received before October 1, 1990, should ford's Center for Advanced be submitted to H. Douglas Barclay, Chair, Study in Behavioral Sci­ Chancellor Search Committee, 304 Tolley ences; past task-panel Administration Building, Office ofMi chael 0 . member of the President's Sawyer, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New Commission on Mental York 13244. If possible, submit a resume or Health. His Hare General equivalent information. All correspondence will and Area-Specific Self­ be handled in confidence. Esteem Scale is used wide­ Trustee members of the Chancellor Search ly by researchers and child Committee, in addition to Barclay, are Robert psychologists to assess chil­ F Allen, Renee S. Crown, Ragan A. Henry, dren's levels of self-esteem. Tarky f. Lombardi Jr., Robert B. Menschel, At Syracuse, Hare has Margot Northrup, Raymond P. Wilson Jr., and been named professor and Chris J. Witting(ex-officio). chairman of AAS and pro­ F acuity members of the committee are Doug­ fessor of sociology. He las P. Biklen, Daan Braveman, Wynetta wants to create an AAS Devore, Nahmin Horwitz, D. Marie Provine, department that builds Chi Tien, James B . Wiggins, and Frances E . bridges with other units in Zo!lers. the University. He plans to Student members are Geoffrey S. Ekstein, invite faculty members to Stephen P. Weiter, and Gregory B. White. submit syllabi for cross- listed courses. Bruce Hare, the U11iversity's 11ew chairma11 ofAj ricm1A merica11 Studies

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R&D. Ben R. Ware, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Science at SU, has been named the University's vice president for research. He had There is a lot of head­ served as interim vice president for research, nodding and smiling in and as chairman of the chemistry department the room. T he prevailing for five years. attitudes favor Hare. As Ware's research accomplishments include people mill about the the contribution of new analytical methods to room, snacking on cookies the field of physical and biophysical chemistry. and punch while waiting His laboratories pioneered electrophoretic light for a personal word with scattering and fluorescence photobleaching Hare, or to have their pho­ to taken with him, conver­ techniques. sation centers on the content of his message. fAMILY AFFAIRS. The College for Human "The idea and the time Development's Marriage and Family Therapy are right," says interim Center was officially named for Diana and AAS chairman Randolph Stephen A. Goldberg in February. Hawkins of Hare's chal­ Stephen A. Goldberg is owner and president lenge on terminology. of aWashington, D. C.-based office and apart­ "Our department has ment building development company. He is a started. We changed the 1963 graduate of the University of Pennsylva­ name to recognize that we are not concerned only nia's Wharton School of Business, and a 1967 with something called graduate of Georgetown University's law school. black, but with the world Diana Goldberg graduated from George Wash­ of Africans and African ington University in 1965. people." The Goldbergs support many charitable "I don't think of myself organizations, including the Weizmann Institute as American at all, so I of Science American Committee, the Children's don't know if I agree with Hospital National Medical Center, the National him on that," says student Association of the Southern Poor, and the Yakini Sanifu, who recent­ National Cathedral School. ly changed his name to Swahili from Johnny Polanco. "But I'm happy ... LEARN TO READ. A$49,969grantfrom to have him here." During Reunion, alumni wander the campus like freshmm again. the U.S. Department of Education has enabled "Deracializing is an exciting possibility," admit, we did eavesdrop a bit. Syracuse University to establish the Student Lit­ says Gershon Vincow, vice chancellor for eracy Corps Program. Students in the program That looks like the Maxwell School, but academic affairs, "not only for what it didn't it used to be somewhere else? earn credit and gain experience while teaching makes you do in terms of trying to find out -Unidentified alumnus. individuals to read and write. whether Brad over there is Irish-American The Student Literacy Corps will provide ben­ or whatever, but for how it starts us think­ He's got to rest. He's an old man now. Of efits to two area organizations ing in new ways about anything we do." course, I'm still a spring chicken.-Spritely that attract large num- And that seems to be Hare's goal. "To Class of 1950 alumna. r••~~'. educate our students," he says, "we must bers of adults in Where's the rain? It's supposed to rain be able to deepen their understanding and dial instruction, the here.-Cynical alumnus. appreciation that the real world is a multi­ Onondaga-Cortland­ cultural and multi-ethnic world. If they T hese hills used to be bigger. T hey've flat­ Madison Board of don't get exposure to a pluralistic world tened out over the years.-Optimistic one. Cooperative Educa­ view while they're in the University, my tional Services and the Spectrum rents videos? Students have argument is they won't be educated." Opportunity Center. - RENEE GEARHART L EVY VCRs? I didn't even have a TV!-Aiumnus at the student-run stereo/video outlet. The University's Interdisciplinary Institute on Literacy will conduct and coordinate the pro­ REUNION WEEKEND '90 Would you look at that big building? gram with assistance from the School of Educa­ What do you suppose it is? tion's programs in adult education and The Hills Are Flatter Looks like it's attached to that building reading/language arts education, and from SU's ... whatever that is.-Eideralumni, encoun­ Community Internship Program. n the sunny first Friday of June, tering the new Shaffer Art Building. 0 roughly 1,400 alumni rambled onto Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse will campus again for Reunion '90. Of Do they still go to the water tower in provide the Literacy Corps with assistance in different eras and dijfermt disciplines, the visi­ Thornden Park to watch the submarine tutor training and with support materials, such tors were disparate itt every sense save two. races?- Aiumttus on campus bus tour. as handbooks and videotapes. Each was awestruck by a campus they'd once My wife called every one of the sorority thought ofas familiar, and each was amused to sisters who graduated with her. All 14 of find him or herself wandering in this place them are here.- Husband ofa Class of196 5 again, like a freshman. alumna. We did our bit by helping to man the booths and host the parties. We hope we eased the visi­ He makes the messes and i clean them up. tors' transition. At the same time, we must We argued about that during the two-and-

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half-hour drive.-Ciass of1965 graduate and park, not the least of which is the body of research prowess of beacon strength? Are EPA employee (alongside the antagonist, who computing facilities added to campus over the university's scholarly emphases perti­ runs a paper mill). the past decade. In fact, the Center for nent to specific tenant-candidates? Are city Advanced Technology in Computer Appli­ and campus leaders eager enough to lend So this is the student center. When we were cations and Software Engineering (CASE full support? here, it was all talk, talk, talk.-Ciass of Center), established in 1984, has proved a The last point cannot be overestimated. 1945 alumnus. harbinger of the smart park. Founded Perhaps the greatest reason that a smart I'm Class of '31. I'm an oddball, but I like under a state mandate, the CASE Center park might succeed is the eagerness of coming to these things. Is that Nettleton has conducted numerous projects in soft­ Syracuse, the city, to welcome high-tech Shoe Factory still around?-Ciass of '31 ware engineering and artificial intelligence, business. U mil recently, Syracuse had oddball. all with the sponsorship of outside busi- become a case study of Northeastern, post­ nesses. manufacturing blight. The CASE Center I don't remember any ofthese songs. Why Dave Mankiewicz, executive vice presi­ was heralded as the opening of new territo­ don't I remember any of these songs? dent of University Hill Corp., says the ry; the smart park will extend those hopes. -Class of1965 graduate at the "Louie Louie" CASE Center is an extremely strong selling If all goes well, the smart park should bring sixties dance. point to potential smart park tenants. the city clean, professional industries that I didn't recognize him without any "When you're out there trying to talk to provide jobs and tax income. hair.-Unidentified alumna alongside class­ companies, it gives an item of interest to Stephen Rogers, MDA chairman and mate. folks who are in software and artificial intel­ president of the Syracuse Newspapers, ligence," he says. thinks the future looks bright for Syracuse. You didn't quite know me, but you knew More recently, Syracuse established the "Syracuse is growing in importance as a my dad, the soccer coach.- Sixtyish man Northeast Parallel Architectures Center high-technology center, and the smart park reverently stepping up to Roy Simmons Sr. (NPAC), a national center for parallel com­ will establish our reputation as one of the If I'd have been here without a curfew, I puting. Geoffrey Fox, a renowned expert in major technology centers in the United probably wouldn't be alive today. But I parallel computing from the California States," he says. would've died very happy.-Eideralumnus. Institute of Technology, joined SU's faculty -STE PHANIE E NGLISH/D ANA L. COOKE and became director of NPAC in July. To set the record straight: The Shaffer Art Build­ There are also very strong SU programs in BU ILDI NG S & GROUNDS ing is attached to Sims Hall. Nettleton Shoe information studies, magnetic resonance Factory is now Nettleton Commons, an upscale spectroscopy, sensory research, environ­ apartment complex. And the Maxwell School is Dome Trivia mental science, and computer engineering, right where it always was. among others. To top it off, the University's e'll give you the first answer: 10. Submarine races.? research libraries are a resource unavailable W That's how many years the Car­ to a small company. rier Dome has been in operation INDUSTR Y & UNIVERSITY "It would be extremely expensive for a (as of September 20). Here, on the occasion small to mid-size company to try to main­ of the Dome's first decade, we present the Smart Thinking tain a research library or develop the com­ Official Syracuse University Magazine puting facilities Syracuse has," says Ben R. Dome Trivia Quiz. y now, everyone's heard of Silicon Ware, SU's vice president for research. BValley, the most famous "smart The University's neighbors offer 1) What Central New York native serves park" on the map. There's also strengths beyond computer research. Med­ as the announcer for SU football, basket­ MIT's Kendall Square, and Research Tri­ ical research goes on at the SUNY Health ball, and lacrosse games? angle Park in North Carolina. These high­ Science Center, the Veterans Administra­ 2) How many light fixtures hang in the tech parks nurture a symbiotic relationship tion Medical Center, and Crouse Irving center of the Dome? between universities and businesses. Busi­ Memorial Hospital. An MDA study indicat­ 3) What common kitchenware material nesses benefit from the facilities and brain­ ed that given these attributes, tenants who covers the Dome? power of nearby universities. T he uni­ will benefit most from the smart park are 4) What is the most popular food item versity benefits from employment and those involved in parallel processing, sold at the Dome? research opportunities. A six-year-old smart database applications, polymer and mem­ 5) What Syracuse basketball player made park at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in brane technology, environmental science the first Dome hoop in a regular season Troy, New York, is credited with creating and engineering, and medical fields such as game for Syracuse? more than 1,000 jobs. neuroscience, immunology, and cardiovas­ 6) What event attracted the most people Could it work at Syracuse? We'll know cular research. to the Dome in its 10-year history? soon. T he University announced in April When they succeed, smart parks benefit 7) How many "boxes" are there in the that it will collaborate with the Metropoli­ the host university. Park tenants provide Dome? tan Development Association of Syracuse faculty members with opportunities for 8) The NCAA on-campus attendance and Central New York (MDA) to develop a joint research projects and generally aug­ record was broken during what SU basket­ smart park on SO to 60 acres of land beyond ment the intellectual environment. Stu­ ball game? Skytop housing on South Campus. The dents work as interns at the companies, 9) Why do the cheerleaders have differ­ University will invite high-tech businesses with the possibility of jobs after graduation. ent uniforms? to set up shop on that land and, in propor­ Smart-park tenants may also bestow on the 10) Why is it named the Carrier Dome? tions that are not yet fully established, the University grant aid and other forms of 11) How many events are held at the University and businesses will share intel­ financial assistance. Dome each year? lectual and physical resources essential to Each smart park is different, and the suc­ 12) How much did the Dome cost to the business's vitality. cess of each depends on the unique condi­ build? There are a number of reasons that the tions of its economic and research 13) Why was the Dome deflated in 1984? time might be right for a Syracuse smart environments. Is the host university's 14) What do Frank Sinatra, Wayne New-

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NEW lAWYERS. The College of Law held its 94th Commencement May 20 at the Land­ mark Theatre in Syracuse. The College awarded 224 juris doctor degrees to the Class of 1990.

r of t~~~e~Jc~~~~tdge _ • ~ Appeals, Second Circuit. ~ ~ l_ gave the commence­ : - zr~ '- ment address. He L~ ' also received an hon­ orary doctor of laws degree at the ceremonies. Miner was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan .

... SAFIRE CHAIR. Michael J.C. Echeruo is the first incumbent of the William Satire Chair of Modern Letters at Syracuse University. Echeruo, a Nigerian citizen, founded lmo State University in Nigeria and was its president from 1981-88. At the time of the appointment, he was visiting professor of English and African Literature at Indiana University. An expert in Shakespearean drama and African literature, Echeruo has written numerous books, including The Conditioned Imagination From Shakespeare to Conrad, and lbo Tradi­ Question Number 4: When you're hungry at the Dome, what do you probably order? tional Life, Culture and Literature. Echeruo ton, and Foster Brooks have in common? sinks, and refrigerators. Many boxes are founded the Journal of African and Comparative 15) Who made the first commencement decorated with oriental rugs and SU mem­ Literature and the Longman African Writers speech in the Dome? orabilia. Series, which contains 20 titles. 16) What Carrier Dome location serves as 8) Syracuse vs. Georgetown on March 4 home of SU's Hall of Fame? this year. Attendance: 33,015. ... Gor A GRIP. Thirty-five students partici­ 17) How many entranceways are there in 9) To denote varsity and junior varsity pated in the Graduate Readiness and Internship the Dome? status. The varsity squad consists of 16 Program (GRIP) this summer at Syracuse. The 18) What does it cost to heat the Dome upperclassmen-eight male and eight new three-month program is aimed at preparing during one winter month? female. academically talented and economically disad­ 19) How many police forces patrol the 10) The name reflects the largest private Dome during a major event? donor to the Dome, the Carrier Corp., vantaged minority students for graduate school. 20) How many typical three-bedroom which gave $2.75 million. Participants take two Summer Sessions homes (25,000 cubic feet each) could fit 11) On average, the Carrier Dome hosts courses of their choice during the first half of the within the Dome, stacked on top of one 100 events each year and attracts one mil­ program. Thereafter, SU's Community Internship another? lion visitors. Events range from concerts Program places the students in area businesses and athletic competitions to University cer­ The answers: and health centers for on-the-job experience. emonies and community events. The U.S. Department of Education provided a 1) Carl Eilenberg, mayor of Rome, New 12) Approximately $28 million- roughly $110,000 grant to cover the expenses of the stu­ York, announces all Syracuse football, 200 times what the Hall of Languages cost dents, who represent SU, St. Lawrence University, lacrosse, and basketball competitions. in 1871. Cazenovia College, SUNY Potsdam, Morehouse 2) More than 500. 13) On March 29, 1984, Dome officials 3) T he 220-ton Dome roof is made of deflated the roof after 14 inches of heavy, College, and Chicago State University. 287,000 square feet of Teflon-coated fiber­ wet snow fell and created a dimpling effect glass and 14 three-inch-thick steel bridge in the fiberglass. It is the only time the ... To REMEMBER. In April, SU named the cables. Sixteen five-foot diameter fans pro­ Dome's snow-melt system failed to keep first 35 students to receive Remembrance vide air pressure to keep the roof inflated. pace with the elements. Scholarships, created in honor of the35 Syra­ When necessary, the fans circulate hot air 14) T hey performed together at the cuse students killed in the bombing of Pan Am (120 degrees or more) to melt snow on the Dome's first concert-a 1980 Republican Flight 103. roof. Party fund-raiser. The scholarships provide $5,000 awards 4) Dome Dogs. Roughly 15,000 are sold 15) Alexander Haig, in May 1981. toward the senior year of study. They are fu nded during an average football game. 16) The E rnie Davis Room, named for with a$3 -mi llion endowment supported by par­ 5) Marty Headd made a 20-foot jump SU's 1961 Heisman Trophy winner. shot against Columbia. 17) There are 14 entranceways, consist­ ents, friends, alumni, and corporations. 6) The first event in the Dome, a season­ ing of 32 revolving and 68 pressure-bal­ Applicants were required to submit an essay opening football game on September 20, anced doors. reflecting on the tragedy of Flight 103, and to 1980, attracted 50,564 fans. 18) Typically, $90,000 in the month of highlight their campus activities. More than 270 7) T here are 38 boxes situated between January. students applied for the scholarships. the first and second levels on both side­ 19) Three, including the Syracuse city lines. Each box can accommodate 18 to 30 police, SU security officers, and a civilian fans. Several are equipped with cable TV, force. The Syracuse Fire Department also

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has a small contingent for the largest events. And if someone is arrested, there's even a cell to hold the suspect until she or he can be transferred downtown. 20) In all, 1,400 three-bedroom homes could fit within the confines of the 35-mil­ lion-cubic-foot Dome. Altogether, it covers 7.7 acres and has 527,320 square feet of floor space. It is 570 feet long and 497 feet wide, and the top of the Dome is 160 feet above the playing surface. It is the largest structure of its kind on a college campus in the nation. If you correctly answered all20, we're offer­ ing this prize: season tickets, sideline and halfcourt .... (Just kidding! We can't get them either.)

FACULTY RE SEARC H Born To Run?

his November, proportionately T fewer candidates will run for the U.S. House of Representatives than those who sought similar offices in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and the U.S.S.R. "In any district, in any community, in any Maxwell School faculty members Linda Fowler and Robert McClure have studied those who run for Congress, given year," says Linda Fowler, coauthor of and especially those who don't. Political Ambition: Who Decides to Run For Congress, "there are a host of people who whether a candidate shapes issues and gets pened to the unseen candidates, where could run for Congress, but choose not to. messages across effectively. "A particular their political ambition took them as alter­ "We see intensely ambitious people in election contest would look very different if natives to Congress, why a seat recently terms of wanting to exercise political power different people decided to run," Fowler held by Republicans now seems safely who don't run for office, who choose to pur­ says. Democratic, and why no potent Republican sue their ambitions through private Political Ambition, which Fowler wrote opponents have come forward for that seat. avenues to political power," Fowler says. with fellow Maxwell School political sci­ -GEORGE LOWERY The absence of these "unseen" candi­ ence professor Robert McClure, illustrates dates-local and state office holders, the importance of candidate over party by SUMMER AT SYRACUSE behind-the-scenes campaign and party analyzing New York's 30th Congressional workers, congressional aides, and others­ District in Rochester. Art Break influences elections as profoundly as the In 1984, the moderate Republican candi­ declared candidates. date announced his retirement from the woman stands at the foot of the "As a culture we have always taken a House. A far-right Republican, Fred Eck­ A steps at Hendricks Chapel and wel­ derogatory view of politicians. Politician­ ert, won the seat but was unseated in 1986 comes the small crowd before bashing has a long and honorable tradi­ by a liberal Democrat, Louise Slaughter. her- a mixture of professors, students, and tion," Fowler says. "But the extent to "You can't say by any stretch of the imag­ staff members-to this week's installment which public cynicism toward politicians ination that between '84 and '86 the voters of Lunch on the Lawn, a summer program discourages young people from thinking in the district had done an about-face," sponsored by the Office of the Dean of seriously about public service as a career is Fowler says. "What did change was the vot­ Hendricks Chapel. Last week the Syracuse very disturbing to me. ers' perception of the people who were Symphony performed. Next week features "Who runs determines to a considerable vying for their votes. the ragtime acoustic music of the Music extent who wins. We need to think about "Slaughter made a case of the misgivings Boys. But today, she explains, art curator why some people run and some people people felt about Eckert: he was too conser­ Domenic Iacono is presenting a walking don't run, and if there are any serious obsta­ vative, he was a nay-sayer, he didn't pay tour of the campus art collection. cles to the kinds of people we'd like to see attention to his committee business," "Let's begin over here," says Iacono, in public office making the race." Fowler says. "Suddenly those became who leads the group of 20 or so toward the Fowler admires politicians. As individu­ issues in the campaign, and they stuck in colorful tile mural that adorns the east wall als, they give us "the luxury of choice- a people's minds because Slaughter had the of Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. The 12- luxury we ought to appreciate more than political skills and resources to make them by-60-foot mosaic, created by Ben Shahn, we do," she says. stick." Slaughter is expected to beat her depicts the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, exe­ American politics is candidate-centered, nominal Republican opponent handily in cuted in 1927 for a Massachusetts robbery Fowler says. Individual candidates matter November. and murder, though believed by thousands more than party affiliations. Ability as a The second edition of Political Ambition, to have been convicted unjustly. campaigner and organizer determines due next spring, wi ll consider what hap- "This is probably the most significant

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NEWTRUSTEES. Eric Mower and Allan David Sutton were elected to the University's board of trustees in May. Each will serve six­ piece on campus in a public venue," says Quad, past other campus works: an im­ year terms as alumni trustees. Iacono. "This is the artwork we receive the mense Rico LeBrun oil painting titled Cru­ Eric Mower is president and chief executive most questions about and the most photo cifixion hanging in the lobby of Heroy Hall; officer of Eric Mower and Associates in Syra­ requests for. . .. It's just a very popular the bronze Saltine Warrior in front of cuse, and Levy, King & White/Eric Mower and piece." Carnegie Library, created by alumna Luise Associates in Buffalo. He earned his bachelor's The mural, divided into three sections, Meyers Kaish; the beloved figure of Perse­ degree in 1966 and his master's degree in 1968 portrays Sacco and Vanzetti participating in phone, by the Croatian sculptor Ivan a demonstration at the left, handcuffed in Mestrovic; and others. from SU. the center, and lying in their coffins on the As the cluster stops in front of the sculp­ Allan David Sutton is a partner in the Wall right. Figures representing law and justice ture of Heracles aiming to shoot his magnifi­ Street investment banking firm of Neuberger & are shown above. "The panels on the cent bow and arrow, Iacono encourages the Berman, New York. He established the College side-the text-are from a letter that group to walk around the figure to enjoy the of Arts and Sciences's Anita and Allan Sutton Vanzetti wrote to his son just before he was full effect. "Notice the force-the expression Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Philoso­ executed," explains Iacono. of his leg pushing against the stone and his phy. He received his bachelor's degree from "Shahn felt that Vanzetti was the more arm pulling back and creating tension against Syracuse in 1955. important of the two men," he adds, "and the bow. It's really full of energy," he says. that's why he's larger in size on the mural. In Though the arrow points towards Hen­ JEWISH STUDIES. The University has physical stature, though, he was no bigger dricks Chapel today, Iacono explains jok­ ~ than Sacco." ingly that it has been strategically directed created the Jack Malamud Minyan Scholarships Iacono fields questions from the group at other targets, including the Admini­ for students demonstrating academic merit and about the ongoing process to preserve the stration Building. a strong identification with the Jewish experi­ mosaic, which is showing signs of deteriora­ After another stop and a few more ques­ ence. tion from the natural elements and air pol­ tions the tour comes to a close. The partic­ The program is named for self-made busi­ lution. Then he leads the cluster· of ipants-feeling a bit more knowledgeable nessman and philanthropist Jack Malamud, listeners-a few of whom are taking furtive about the campus art collection-thank whose annual gifts to the University will fund notes- to the next stop along the tour: the their guide for his insightful presentation the scholarships. Ten students-a minyan in nine-by-three-foot bronze sculpture of and disperse in different directions across Hebrew-will be chosen to receive the scholar- Abraham Lincoln created by James Earle the Quad. ships, which start at $5,000, yearly until they Fraser that sits in front of Maxwell Hall Lunch on the Lawn is over for today and overlooking University Place. now it is time to get back to work. graduate. The students "Fraser is probably best-known for his -MARY ELLEN M ENGUCCI - -~ ---so. will meet regularly to design of the Indian discuss issues of and Buffalo nickel," importance to the Jew­ says Iacono. He ex­ ish community. plains that Fraser's Malamud's phi lan­ estate was donated to thropic interests include the University in 1967. an orphan asylum in and aJewish Com- T his sculpture, which munity Center in Hollywood, Florida. He has also was created about 12 established a research program for pancreatic years after the Lincoln Memorial in Washing­ cancer at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. ton, D.C., "is a much younger, contemplative ~ PECK CHAIR . Tobias Wolff, professor of Lincoln ... who already English at SU, was named Jesse Truesdell Peck knew that the future Professor of English literature. The appointment held war for the takes effect in fall1990. Union," says Iacono. Wolff, who has taught in the creative writing "It's an impressive program since 1980, has won several literary piece, especially up prizes, including the PEN/Faulkner award in close. He has tremen­ 1985 for his novel The Barracks Thief and the dous legs. And if you're driving by on Universi­ Rea Award for the Short Story. Last fall he ty Place, you can make received a$25,000 Whiting Writers Award from it out and understand it the Whiting Foundation and a$1,000 award immediately." from the Los Angeles Times tor his 1989 auto­ As the group listens to biography This Boy's Lite. Iacono, a squirrel peeks Wolff is the third person to hold the chair around the shrubbery to since its establishment in the late 1800s by get a better look at the Jesse Truesdell Peck, one of the University's assembly of visitors. founders. Professor Emeritus Mary Marshall And a few people peer held the chair from 1948 until1970. out of windows in Max­ well Hall, trying to hear bits of the presentation over the breeze. Slowly, Iacono leads his audience around the Domenic Iacono (left) describes campus art during Lunch 0 11 the Lawn.

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