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March 26,1997 Vol 90 Issue 11 News Index Inside Arts Comics . Editorial Features News .3-5 Sports.. Fiat The Student Newspaper of Alfred University BAFA art damaged, destroyed The campus speed limit dropped to 15 mph over spring break. *A BY MICHELLE PANCOE destruction of property should not lunar eclipse and a comet were be tolerated on the Alfred both visible Sunday night. Students in the fine arts program University campus." who displayed their sculptures Theoretically, this could impact NATIONAL around campus recently found the students' grades, since vandal- The Justice Department's inspec- their work damaged and ized or missing projects are hard tor general's office said the FBI destroyed. to grade, she said. Also, it crime lab handling the Oklahoma "I thought [displaying the deprives the students of the City bombing case made "scientifi- sculpture] would be safe," said chance to have their sculptures cally unsound" conclusions "biased Kyla Gill, a sophomore fine arts critiqued by the rest of the class, in favor of the prosecution," said major, about her sculpture. said Soesemann. Saturday's Los Angeles Times. Twelve sculptures were dis- Gill said her sculpture was in •Forty-one Congress members played in buildings around Alfred the lobby of one of the Pine Hill reintroduced the Equal Rights the week before spring break. Suites. A swastika was drawn on Amendment bill on Saturday in an Over the course of that week, the forehead of the sculpture. attempt to get it ratified as an con- many were destroyed or suffered Later, the sculpture was moved stitutional amendment 25 years damage, said Petra Soesemann, and finally the arms were torn off, after its passage. »Six Flags Magic associate professor of art. she said. She also said she was Mountain's Superman the Escape Soesemann said she told her very upset, especially because her roller coaster in Valencia, Calif., class to "make a realistic, life-size class did not get to see the final opened Saturday. It's the first figure sculpture of themselves." project. roller coaster to break 100 mph. She said the other part of the Soesemann said there is a sculp- assignment was to make the sculp- ture in Kanakadea Hall that has INTERNATIONAL ture site-specific and get permis- been there since last year and A constitution based on a market sion to display it in a public area. which has never been damaged. economy passed both houses of the "When we started this... I "I had no reason to think they Polish parliament Saturday, eight knew we were taking the risk of would be unsafe elsewhere," she years after the fall of communism having some vandalism," said said. there. «Five Indian farmers have Soesemann. She said the worst Soesemann said she and the stu- threatened to set themselves afire she expected was a little mischief. dents received a lot of positive in front of the Taj Mahal Thursday She said she never expected feedback on the sculptures. Before to protest musician Yanni's forth- "aggressive destruction of the the sculptures were damaged, two coming performances there. They pieces." students had been approached by PHOTO BY DON HOWARD said their crops were destroyed to In a letter to the editor, the people wanting to purchase them, Sophomore Erin Sergent's sculpture was one of the sculptures created by build his stage. Others protested members of the class said, "The said Soesemann. • students in the BAFA program. The sculpture, which sits in the Miller the concerts, saying the pollution Performing Arts Center, escaped damage. will damage the building. PERSONALITIES Applications up, administrators pleased BY MICHELLE PANCOE the lower numbers at public Grontkowski, dean of the College said the University has also tried schools. of Liberal Arts and Sciences. to identify students who are like- The number of applications for "We're working very hard at McCarthy said the increase ly to come here and focus atten- ZACH AU's fall semester increased this trying to network with high University-wide could be attrib- tion on them. HAMPTON year, said Katherine McCarthy, schools and families," said James uted to several things, including McCarthy said AU's reputation director of admissions. Reed, dean of the School of the larger amount of prospective is improving because of the "We're very excited," she said. Ceramic Engineering. students visiting the University. strength of the academic pro- We all know he brought an ice rink As of this year's deadline, the Reed said he is glad the ceram- McCarthy said a lot of students grams. She also said new pro- to AU, but there is more to junior University received 1789 applica- ic engineering numbers are rising who visit the campus decide to grams and facilities are drawing Zach Hampton than frozen water. tions, a seven percent increase after the decrease over the last apply. attention to the University. "This school has allowed me to from last year's 1666. few years. He said the tuition "Our tour guides are doing a The quality of the applicants is develop," he said. Applications are up at most pri- revenue will mean the possibility great job," she said. Also, the fac- better than last year, she said. Hampton said in high school he vate universities in Western New of new faculty in the school. ulty are very willing to meet with The average SAT score is 13 took zeros for oral presentations to York but are down at public Private sector applications prospective students and the points higher than it was last avoid talking in front of a class. schools, according to an article in have increased as well. campus looks great, she said. year. Having just finished a year as the March 10 Buffalo News. "We would like to think we are "Students who visit Alfred Grontkowski said deposits are Student Senate president, he The New York State College of doing a better job getting the tend to feel good about it," said down from last year at this time, seems to have overcome the diffi- Ceramics at Alfred is mentioned word out that Alfred is a great Susan Strong, vice president for but that will not be a concern culty. in the article as an exception to place to be," said Christine R. enrollment management. She until later in the year. • Hampton said he loved being Senate president. "It's a really unique position because it allows you to have a Outstanding seniors named; process questioned relationship with the students and everybody involved with the BY MICHRLE PANCOE ner. "No one deserves this award more than University," he said. Devin Dressman, a biology major and nomi- Mike Huling," she said. Huling is a ceramic Hampton also said he enjoys Alexis Diamond and Heather Miller will be nee, said it would have been helpful if the nom- engineer who was not nominated for the working with little kids. For the speaking at graduation, having been chosen as inees had been told what the committee was award. last three summers, he worked as Outstanding Seniors for this year. looking for. Miller said she was surprised the faculty and a lifeguard and swimming coach While all the nominees were happy with the "There needs to be objective criteria," he staff had only been able to name 10 seniors for 5 to 8-year-olds. decision, many questioned the selection said. they felt were outstanding. "We often played games with process. The award recognizes the "highest Fiona Pasternack, a biology major and nom- Mclntyre said in past years more than ten them to trick them into getting all-around accomplishment" in academic, social inee, agreed. students have been nominated. into the water," he said. and extracurricular realms, said Cathy "I wasn't really sure what was expected of Many of the nominees also said students Hampton recently changed Mclntyre, secretary in the Alumni Relations me," she said. "They should not keep the candi- should have a say in the nominations. majors from pre-med to two office. dates in the dark." "[The students] know who is the driving majors: business administration Mclntyre said the Alumni Relations office The nomination process caused concern as force behind things," said Sarah Clark, a and health care planning and man- was in charge of the process, but the decision well. gerontology and psychology major and nomi- agement. was made by a committee chaired by Susan "The people who were nominated were all nee. Hampton said he is "unbeliev- Strong, Associate Provost and vice president deserving," said Jonathan Baum, a communi- Tracy Smith, a math major and nominee, dis- ably glad" he came to Alfred. He for enrollment management. cation studies major and nominee. However, agreed and said faculty and staff doing the said the relationship with profes- Seniors were nominated by faculty and staff "there's definitely a healthy number of other nominations seemed to be the best way to do it. sors is great, and it is small enough and then screened to determine if they met the seniors who could have, and possibly should Some of the other nominees feared it would for students to actively participate 2.75 minimum GPA requirement. The 10 quali- have, been nominated for this award," he said. turn into a popularity contest if students had in everything. fying students then filled out applications and Miller, an English major, said she felt some too much input. "There's no sitting on the side- were interviewed by a committee of eight students who are very involved in student lines here," he said. members, who chose a male and a female win- activities were overlooked.

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