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Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 11-12-2009 The Grizzly, November 12, 2009 Caitlin Dalik Katie Callahan Liz Kilmer Ashley McComeskey Gianna Paone See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Authors Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Liz Kilmer, Ashley McComeskey, Gianna Paone, Lisa Jobe, Alex Doll, Rebecca Smyth, Andrea Magnolo, Ellen Bernhard, Abbie Cichowski, James Kilduff, Jason K. Mullins, Seika Ueda, Zach Shamberg, Kate Lechleitner, and Christopher Michael Thursday, November 12, 2009 er of Ursinus Colle e Ursinus awarded Liz Kilmer members. elkilmer~uLlrsinLls.edu Written by actor comedian Steve Martin, the pia) Teagle Grant Anticipation was "incorporates a lot of igh for last week's the comedy from his Ashley McComeskey rsinus College movics," said junior asmccomeskeY{fllursinlls.cdu eater production; b) Jeff Thomas, cast as The Teagle Foundation a\\arded UrslIlus College a p.m. on Wednesday, Pablo Picas o. Set in three-year grant of $300,000 to promote awarenes and ov. 4, tickets to see 1904, the ho~ enhance diversity opportunities on campll . Along \~ ith icasso at the Lapin revolves around a four other colleges, Ursinus will attempt to understand gile were sold out for fictional encounter the lived diversity experience in order to make proactive oth Friday and between Pica so and changes. Saturday nights. Albert Einstein, The grant \\as awarded at the beginning of 2009. According to a campus played by senior and Ursinus was teamed up with Washington & Jefferson wide email sent from the Zach Shamberg. in Pennsylvania. and GOllcher.lV1cDaniel and Washington box office, several "The characters colleges in Maryland. Each college then assC!mbled "home requests didn't make are very big," said teams" made up of20-30 faculty. students and staff. Home the reservation list. Thomas, "he's teams are responsible lor preparing the campus for and Among those [Einstein] more of a reviewing the reports and recommendations made by unable to attend was nerd and I'm more of visiting teams. From the home team. two students, two sophomore Sarah an artist, we really faculty and two staff are chosen to make visits and Dougherty. "I had play it up." assessments o/" the other participating colleges. planned to attend The two meet at Last Wednesday. Nov. 4 through Friday, Nov. 6, Ursinus Saturday night's the Lapin Agile, a hosted its first visiting team from Washington College. ance but didn't Photo by Brial1l1a Gaddy bar in Paris, on the The Ursinus home team prepared for their stay by im iting lize it would sell out brink of developing students of different organizations to participate in focus quickly," said Dougherty, who was drawn to the their renowned masterpieces; in 1905, Einstein will publish groups. which discussed different areas of diversity Oil ·on upon learning it was a comedy. the special theory of relativity, while in 1907, Picasso will campus, in and out oflhe classrooms. The visiting team think the fact that it's a comedy is drawing in a lot of participated in eleven focus groups- six with students, e," said junior Ed Minelli, one of the show's 12 cast I "Picasso" is continued to News, page 2. I three with faclllt)', and two with staff. Each group was made up of roughly seven to fourteen people. Dr. Goodman. who serves a the liaison for Ursinus HINI: How Ursinus is Battling the Swine Flu and is a memberorthe Planning team. said the groups are Gianna Paone developed some immunity. Interestingly, the Centers for trying to answer "The Big Questions." The "hig [email protected] Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO didn't questions" are focused arotlnd the development and This little piggy went to markct. .. and he brought a new even recognize a high enough incidence of HI N I-related assessment of diversity on campus, and the perceptions ug back to Ursinus: the HI N I, or "swine," influenza A deaths this week to post any on their Web sites beyond surrounding di\'crsit)- qucstions such as "How is irus. On Oct. 30,2009, all students learned- through an pediatric (ages 5-17) statistics. Also, according to the PA diversity received by students, faeult) or stafr!'" and ·1 from the Dean of Students, Debbie Nolan- that the Department of Health, our Montgomery Count) has "What are the learning outcomes of a diversity course, rst fe~ cases of the much-apprehended bug had been reported only I death from the \ irus someone with and are they expressed and shared?"' The Washington identified among Ursinus students. preexisting medical conditions-and several PA countie team also spent time in Wismer and Wismer Lower Lounge The Wellness Center was informed of the initial cases haven't even found confirmed cases yet. On a more local to observe the atmosphere on campus and interact with less than twenty minutes before the campus-wide email was scale, the forty-two cases out of over 1600 Ursinus students different students. On Friday. both teams had a final , and as of Friday, Nov. 6, forty-two was the latest is a relatively low percentage (about 2 percent). breakout meeting. to disCll 'S the visiting team's count. Dr. Doghramji, M.D., the school's medical Thus, as Dr. Doghramji explains, we should be "not observations of the campus. tor, found cases in his own practice about a month ago alarmed, but concerned enough to take measures to prevent The visiting team is "trying to learn how things are d says that it's already worked its way through the and treat appropriately." Like~ise, Ursinus is certainly seen from the perspectives of student, t:'lculty and talT • ",,,rr,,,, ••,rling schools. taking active prevention measures; in another email from here ... it's a proactive approach," said Goodman . Should we be alarmed? This particular strain, after all, Dean Nolan, students were directed to a special section of Essentially, the grant allows the colleges to deal with has never circulated among humans before, and it's Ursinus' Web site on HI N I-related protocols, which unrelated to the seasonal flu strain for which, according to "H I N I " is continued to News, page 3. World Health Organization (WHO), people may have News [email protected] International News with Lisa: protests in Iran, new global warming treaty The annual rally takes place on the anniversary of the Lisa Jobe other locations such as Dubai and other East Asian [email protected] takeover of the United States embassy by Islamist students nations. He hopes the staff members will be able to return and militants. Two-thousand and nine marks the 30th to their posts within three weeks to a month, but it may Tuesday, November 3rd anniversary of the crisis. In Iran, the American embassy take longer to acquire more secure housing. He stressed BEIJING, China - Xie has been referred to for decades as a "den of spies". that the relocation is only temporary, and that the U.N. is Caiping, known as the However, protestors stood in front of the Russian embassy, not reducing its presence in Afghanistan. (NYTimes.com) "godmother of the chanting, "The real den of_--------------------....., underworld" in China, spies is the Russian embassy." Friday, November 6th was sentenced to 18 Many opposition members are MADRIl>, Spain-A new years in prison on angry with Russia for being international treaty Tuesday by a Chinese quick to accept Mahmoud designed to curb global court. Besides the jail Ahmadinejad's disputed warming may be ready time, Caiping was also victory in June's election. nextyear,accordingtoYvo ordered to pay 1.02 Indeed, this protest is the de Boer, atop U.N. official. million yuan (about biggest turnout from Next month, 40 world $150,000). According to opposition supporters, clad in leaders will meet in Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese government's official their trademark bright green, Copenhagen to discuss press agency, Caiping "was convicted of organizing and since the violent protests global warming, and de leading a criminal organization, running gambling dens, surrounding the June election. Boer hopes this meeting illegal imprisonment, harboring people taking illegal (NYTimes.com) will be a "turning point." narcotics and giving bribes to officials." A massive crime He said that some nations crackdown in China's Chongqing province has implicated Thursday, November 5th Xie Caiping (above) was sentenced to 18 years in prison. thought a legally-binding millionaires, gangsters, and even police in crime, and has KABUL, Afghanistan - The Photo courtesy of Google images. treaty could be hammered shined a light on how organized crime affects local United Nations administration ....____________________ -..11 out at Copenhagen, but government and business through bribery and blackmail. in Afghanistan has announced plans to temporari ly relocate others believed that the Copenhagen meetings wouldjust Since the crackdown began in June, police have made hundreds of staff members, in the wake of an attack last be a place to agree on certain elements that would be worked over 4,800 arrests and confiscated 1,700 firearms. week that killed five U.N. workers. In the attack last week, into a treaty at a later date. The treaty would replace the (CNN.com) three insurgents lay siege to a guest house; besides the Kyoto Protocol, the current treaty designed to reduce five U.N. workers who were killed, two Afghan security carbon emissions thought to contribute to global warming.