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First Class Mail U.S. Postage PAID Lancaster PA The College Reporter Permit 901 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA http://www.the-college-reporter.com VOLUME 51, ISSUE 15 Summit addresses environmental issues affecting F&M, Lancaster community BY ANH NGUYEN rounding F&M and the school’s waste Contributing Writer disposal. Simpson, in particular, has F&M Diplomatic Congress’ second been working on these partnerships, as annual Sustainability Summit was held well as composing, recycling, with So- last Saturday, at Stager Hall. The goal dexo — F&M’s food supplier, and the of the summit was to facilitate commu- school’s growing bicycle program. nication between sustainably-minded Answering questions on projects campus and community groups made being carried out for recycling wa- up of students, faculty, professional ter around the city, Schroeder talked staff, and leaders of the Wohlsen Cen- about the green alleys being built ter for the Sustainable Environment, in around the area and the College, order to accomplish current and future which would help capture rain and projects that will involve F&M’s sus- snow water to be filtered and put to tainability as a whole. residential use. Simpson added that The event was attended by about 50 the College itself has several green students and consisted of four panels: roofs for this purpose of capturing Urban Planning, Food & Waste, Ener- water. Both the Lancaster County photo by Emma Brown ’17 gy, and Campus Initiatives. Each panel Conservancy and Penn Waste also has had speakers from the Lancaster com- Students from across campus attended the Diplomatic Congress’ second educational outreach programs to in- munity, F&M students involved in sus- Sustainability Summit on Saturday to hear panelists speak in Stager Hall. form the general public about sustain- tainable activities, and college officers tion representative at Penn Waste, a erations. The speakers explained their ablity and how they could live more from the Wohlsen Center and Dining South Central PA firm focused on com- roles and what their organizations have sustainably. Services to talk with participants about mercial and residential waste disposal been accomplishing regarding sustain- The second panel, Food and Waste, their endeavors and answer any ques- and recycling options; Fritz Schroed- ability in Lancaster City and in relation had representatives from the First- tions they may have. er, director of Urban Greening from to F&M in particular. Both Penn Waste Year Class’ Sustainability Committee; The first panel, Urban Planning, had Lancaster County Conservancy; and and Lancaster County Conservancy Briana Krewson ’17, a student work- three panelists: Mona Mondo, recy- Tom Simpson, sustainablity coordina- have had projects in partnership with cling coordinator and accounts reten- tor at F&M’s own Facilities and Op- the College to improve the area sur- see SUSTAINABILITY, page 2 Faculty committee hosts series of forums Kennedy accepts position at University to discuss future of electronic file storage of Virginia, leaves campus mid-January BY GARRETT LARGOZA age mechanism for the campus. In BY SHIRA KIPNEES nedy explained that at that time and News Editor order to accomplish this, they con- Contributing Writer for the six subsequent years, she was Last week, the College’s File Stor- duct research and document how the After seven years with the College, charged with providing administrative age Working Group initiated a discus- College is using file storage and in- Kelly Kennedy ’04, the director of support for the College House Deans sion on the needs of the F&M com- terviewing members the community. College Programs and assistant coach and Dons, in addition to overseeing munity with regard to electronic file With this information, they intend to of the Women’s Soccer Team, left all student clubs and organizations, storage at a series of forums held on develop a strategy and coordinate a F&M for a job at the University of which included advising larger groups Thursday, January 22 and Monday, test run for a new system. Virginia (UVA). like Diplomatic Congress, CEC, and January 26 in Stahr Auditorium in For years, eDisk was the College’s Upon her return to campus in 2007, Ben's Underground, among some Stager Hall. These forums are designed main system for storing and shar- Kennedy’s first role was as College other responsibilities like the Concert to be interactive with the campus ing digital files. Students, as well Residential Coordinator, shortly after Committee. community. as members of the faculty and pro- the College House system was initi- In 2013, Margaret Hazlett, dean of “The purpose of the forums is for fessional staff, were given access to ated. The position required Kennedy the College, made some adjustments the Working Group to gather input so eDisk folders, enabling them to store to oversee housing for all of campus, and shifted the support of the College that we can come up with a solution and share files from any computer but she primarily focused on develop- House System to Xay ChongTua, to what the future needs of the com- connected to F&M’s server. How- ing and managing the lottery system which allowed Kennedy to develop munity are and what kinds of policies ever, according to Sutter, a number for juniors and seniors and F&M's re- and partake in more student leadership and procedures would be associated of factors — like time and storage lationships with it business partners, development, primarily the Harwood with the new file storage infrastruc- capacity — prompted the College to like College Row and College Hill, seminar and being a main creator and ture,” said Alan Stutter, director of reevaluate its use of the eDisk file and bringing the James Street Proper- collaborator of the #MakeItWork se- Network Infrastructure & Systems. storage system. ties portfolio online. ries hoping to improve the funding The Working Group hopes to de- In 2008, Kennedy was hired as the sign and implement a new file stor- see STORAGE, page 2 Director of College Programs. Ken- see DEPARTURE, page 2 Inside this Issue... Opinion & Editorial Arts & Entertainment “Remembering Chuck Super Bowl halftime show Leayman” preview page 4 page 6 Campus Life Sports No Words initiative "Deflategate" dominates NFL encourages communication conversation page 5 page 9 Page 2 News The College Reporter Riemann’s Crime Watch Storage: F&M re-evaluates eDisk, studies Thursday, Jan. 15, 2:26 p.m. — A custodian reported that a tow- alternative options for electronic storage el rack had been pulled off the wall on the third floor of Thomas Hall. continued from page 1 more, eDisk is problematic because Thursday, Jan. 15, 4:12 p.m. — A custodian reported vandalism in “F&M has not conducted a formal it runs on hardware that is no lon- a bathroom in Bonchek College House. review of the needs of the college ger manufactured or supported by Thursday, Jan. 15, 4:13 p.m. — A student attempted to use a fake community for file storage in over 10 Apple. ID to purchase alcohol at Rosa Rosa. The ID was confiscated. years,” he said. The Working Group expects Friday, Jan. 16, 4:39 p.m. — Officers from the Department of In that span of time, newer and more the official launch of new storage Public Safety (DPS) responded to a fire alarm, triggered by a heat effective options for file storage have infrastructure by this August, fol- lamp, on the 400 block of W James St. become available. Cloud storage, for lowed by the complete retirement Friday, Jan. 16, 8:15 p.m. — Students reported an odor of sewer example, is one option, underscored by of eDisk by Summer 2016. gas in College Row. F&M’s transition to the use of Google Friday, Jan. 16, 11:39 p.m. — Lancaster City Bureau of Police Apps for campus services such as First-year Garrett Largoza is the (LCBP) cited a noise ordinance at the 600 block of Lancaster Gmail, Google Docs, Google Spread- News Editor. His email is glargo- Ave. Between 80 and 100 people were in attendance at the sheets, and Google Slides. Further- [email protected]. party. Friday, Jan 16, 11:49 p.m. — DPS responded to the report of sev- Departure: Kennedy's new responsibilities eral males urinating on the sidewalk on the 500 block of N Char- to focus on student-employer relationships lotte St. They were cited for disorderly conduct. Saturday, Jan. 17, 12:00 a.m. — DPS responded to a noise com- continued from page 1 ing skills and event management plaint on the 400 block of W James St. The party was shut down. and function of student clubs and or- experience.” Saturday, Jan. 17, 12:00 a.m. — DPS responded to the report of ganizations. Kennedy also explained While the exact details of Ken- an underage intoxicated male in Buchanan Hall who had fallen and that her office also put more empha- nedy’s new job at UVA remain to be struck his face. The student was transported to Lancaster Regional sis on policy and procedural support fully seen, Kennedy explained that Medical Center (LRMC). for students through the hard work of she plans to put her skills to work Saturday, Jan. 17, 12:50 a.m. — DPS responded to a report of a Meaghan Kauffman, office coordina- as a generalist counselor for UVA student walking around with a security sign they stole from some- tor for College Programs. students, in addition to focusing on one’s yard. The sign was confiscated and returned. Kennedy noted that she has a lot to developing a career community, in- Saturday, Jan.