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The bserver THE STUDENT VOICE OF FORDHAM COLLEGE AT LINCOLN CENTER February 13, 2003 www.fclcobserver. com VOLUME XXI, Issue 9 Students and Faculty Senate Committee Won't Professors Discuss Address Divestment Petition Possible War University Invests in Arms Manufacturers By K.C. Johnston, FCLC'04 refrain from investing in weapon managers of the endowment, STAFF WRITER manufacturing companies, who are not members of the including Northrop Grumman, school, choose which compa- FCLC - The executive com- Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin, nies they think will be most mittee of the faculty senate has General Dynamics, and others. profitable for Fordham, he said. opted not to address an anti-war "Fordham is invested in "Our managers selected petition signed by 50 tenured some or all of the companies those shares," he said. "We professors. The petition asks the named on the petition," said don't make those decisions." university to abstain from Director of Treasury Operations Economics professor investing in companies Conrad Obregon, although he Shapoor Vali, who organized involved in weapons manufac- could not specify which ones. the petition, said it was inappro- turing, as well as other tools of "It is our policy not to dis- priate for the university to war. close this information," he said. invest in companies producing The petition urged the man- Obregon said the university weapons such as nuclear war- agers of the university's pen- does not choose the stocks in heads, bombs, and jets. The sion fund and endowment to which it invests. Instead, the (Continued on page 4) Jacque Shoen Professor John Entelis, director of the Fordham's Middle Eastern studies program, lectures to students in a course about the modern Campus Middle East. New President By Jacque Shoen, FCLC'03 Mourns STAFF WRITER Discusses Hopes FCLC - With more than 100,000 troops stationed in the Persian Loss of Gulf region and a detailed war plan to drop precision-guided bombs For University and missiles, the United States is clearly ready for war. Most Fordham students and professors, interviewed by The Observer, Shuttle argue that President Bush has not presented enough evidence to jus- tify war with Iraq, and believe that the war with Iraq will only spark By Anthony Hazell, FCLC'06 more anti-American sentiment in the Middle East. STAFF WRITER In his report to the Security Council on Jan. 27, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix concluded that Iraq has cooperated on process, FORDHAM - For but not on substance. Blix stated, "Iraq appears not to have come to the second time in NASA's 42-year (Continued on page 5) history of manned space flight, a space shuttle dis- University.Posts Negative aster occurred when the orbiter Columbia lost all naM.gov Chris Taggart / Offlc* of Public Affair* Investment Returns contact with Mission Control in Houston, The Rev. Joseph M. McShane will become Fordham's 32nd presi- Texas, just before 9 a.m. on dent on July 1. He currently serves as president of the University of By Jessica Arabski, FCLC'04 the endowments had peaked at Scranton in Pennsylvania. NEWS EDITOR one point during the year at Feb. 1. Minutes later, television approximately $250 million. screens across the nation FORDHAM - The university "We're not happy about the became flooded with images of By Susanna Hamner, FCLC'03 After a long, nationwide has posted negative annual results," said Obregon. "I think the fiery contrails and debris NEWS EDITOR search, McShane was selected investment returns for the fiscal it reflects the general overall left by the Columbia. As from a vast applicant pool. "It year ending June 30. The 9.1 market trend." Americans faced another FORDHAM - On July 1, just clicked," explained Paul percent loss, although disap- He said stock prices had national tragedy, members of the Rev. Joseph M. McShane, B. Guenther, chair of pointing, is a phenomena many plummeted in general as people the Fordham community, inter- S.J., the former dean of Fordham's board of trustees campuses across the country lost confidence in the technolo- viewed by The Observer, Fordham College at Rose Hill and member of the presidential have experienced, according to gy sector, as well as Sept. 11 expressed their sorrow and and the current president of the search committee. "You know Fordham's Director of Treasury and corporate scandal. Last year grief. University of Scranton, will when the right person comes Operations Conrad Obregon. Fordham experienced a signifi- "First thing I did was I turned succeed the Rev. Joseph A. along." At the end of the year, cantly smaller negative return to the person I was with and I O'Hare, S.J., to become "He's a real scholar, and has Fordham's net investments on investments of roughly one asked him if we could go sit in Fordham University's 32nd a wonderful way with people. were estimated at roughly $200 president. million, said Obregon. He said (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 7) Inside this issue of The Observer... COMMENTARY: FEATURES: ARTS: LITERARY: SPORTS: Fake This Job and The Filmmaker at Happy Valentine's Cowboy Boots Lady Rams Lose to Love It Fordham Day, Suckerl page 22 Xavler page 9 page 12 page 1$ page 23 News February 13, 2003 page 2 USG Discusses Proposed Students and Cheating Policy Faculty Speak Out By Matt Colabraro, FCLC'06 course, what's the point in sign- body that would decide on pun- STAFF WRITER ing the midterm and final?" ishments and settle teacher-stu- About Plagiarism added USG Secretary Trevor dent grade disputes on a case- FCLC - The United Student Wilson, FCLC'03. "A signa- to-case basis. Senior Senator By Isabella Bruno, FCLC'06 easier to catch due to the pres- Government (USG) discussed a ture on the syllabus should be Giancarlo Pacheco, FCLC'03, STAFF WRITER ence of web sites such as tur- proposed change in the univer- sufficient." suggested that an academic nitin.com, which offers a sity's cheating policy at a Feb. 5 In addition to concerns over integrity agreement signed by FCLC - With a new semester search engine connected to a meeting. The policy is expect- its repetitiveness, a handful of professors might also foster a in full swing, some students at 'continuously expanding data- ed to be "a big item on the next members voiced apprehension community of academic hon- FCLC may find themselves base of papers available on the College Council agen- esty. struggling to balance their Internet. We U ex ress t0 e da, according to USG "Jfyou say you 're not going to cheat P * course load. For some there is a According to Shapoor Vali, Presidenf Cheryl Thill, /Y » . r.i i *> College Council that simple solution when the going associate dean of FCLC, one of at the FCLC'04FPI r-fu. beginning of the course, whats mere \ student con- gets tough: plagiarism. the easiest ways to catch pla- The proposed change, the point in signing the midterm and cems1" said Thill. "If a student's writing giarism is simply to type modeled after the "Having an honor code changes overnight, I wonder phrase on a search engine like University of Notre final?" at this school would how it happened," said Sarah google.com and wait for Dame's academic -Mike Higgins, FCLC'03, USG bring respect. We need Zimmerman, an English pro- match. integrity policy, would Senior Senator to come up with some- fessor and director of FCLC's "In the 'real world,' grades include a signed agreement at about the policy's effectiveness. thing that will work for writing program. "Teachers can may mean something when you the beginning of the semester as "It's not going to make a dif- Fordham." also often 'hear' critical terms send in your resume, but you well as additional agreements ference," said Junior Senator or phrases that suggest a stu- can't pass an interview," said signed in the midterm and final Brenda Giuliano, FCLC'04. In other USG news: dent drew upon secondary Vali. booklets, Thill said. "Would it prevent stealing if materials. If these sources are He said in terms of a cost- "I'm against this," said everyone signed a waiver • USG appointed Ali Hart, not cited, a red flag goes up." benefit analysis, plagiarism Senior Senator Mike Higgins, before getting on the lunch FCLC'04, to the Junior In one of the more famous often meant a "short-term gain, FCLC'03, of the policy, which, line? More people steal from Senator position vacated by cases of recent plagiarism, but long-term loss," with the among other things, aims to the cafeteria than cheat." Joseph Barone, who is study- Stephen Ambrose, a noted his- cost the education a student combat Internet plagiarism. In addition, USG discussed ing abroad this semester. torian, was accused in 2002 of cheated himself out of. "How many times are we going the possibility of expanding the "As a commuter, this would purposely not citing paragraphs Vali said Lincoln Center has to have to tell professors that proposed policy to include a be a way for me to be more in several of his books, includ- had relatively few cases of pla- we're not going to cheat? It three-fold plan for upholding involved on campus," said Hart, ing Band of Brothers and giarism. He said there was one should be intrinsic as college academic integrity. USG Vice who was defeated by Giuliano Undaunted Courage. Eugene case of suspension and one students that cheating is not President Lecie Alario, in the fall junior senator elec- M. Tobin, president of case of expulsion within the acceptable." FGLC'05, suggested combining tion.