ND, SMC Blast up Rankings on the Fast Lane of the Information
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, • . 1 . ~; I ~;ltf' ·. i - . SAINT • Y'S c Cl I I I L I Tuesday, September 20, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 17 e •' I. TI TE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S ND, SMC blast up rankings By KATIE MURPHY U.S. News & World Iteport By ELIZABETH REGAN Associate News Editor 1995 COLLEGE GUIDE Saint Mary's Editor U.S. News and World BEST NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES Saint Mary's moves up three Report's eighth annual 1. Harvard University places this year to lead the "America's Best Colleges" sur 2. Princeton University Midwest Regional Liberal Arts vey rates the University of 3. Yale University Colleges in the U.S. News & Notre Dame as 19th among World Report annual survey of 4. Mass. Ins!. of Technology American colleges and uni national colleges and universi 5. Stanford University ties. The 1995 poll moved the versities. 6. Duke University "We are absolutely delighted University up six places from 7. Calif. Ins!. of Technology last year's 25th rating. that the number one rating "The movement from one 8. Dartmouth University from the survey would come position to another is mainly a 9. Columbia University during our Sesquicentennial ·product of their methodology," 10. University of Chicago year," said College President said Dennis Moore, director of 11. Brown University William Hickey. "I think that is public relations and informa 12. Rice University an affirmation of everything we tion. "We belong in the top 25, 13. University of Pennsylvania think that Saint Mary's stands but when it comes to decide 14. Northwestern University for." who is 15th or 18th or 20th, 15. Cornell University Saint Mary's has been in the there is a real question about 16. Emory University top ten each year since the sur how you can rank such radi 17. University of Virginia vey has come out, according to cally different schools." 18. Vanderbilt University Hickey. In order to simplify the sur 19. University of Notre Dam The Midwest category in vey, this year the magazine 20. Washington University cludes 433 schools which combined several university 21. University of Michigan award 60 percent of their de and college categories and sub 22. John Hopkins University grees in occupational, techni ' divided others. The survey sta 23. Univ. of Cal. at Berkeley cal, and professional fields. tistics are compiled from mea 24. Carnegie Mellon Universi Saint Mary's also ranked in surements of student selectivi 25. Georgetown University the top five in the individual ty. faculty resources, financial categories of academic repu ' tation, student selectivity, fi resources, graduation rate, and BEST MIDWEST UNIVERSITIES alumni satisfaction. 1. Saint Mary's College nancial resources, graduation For the fifth year in a row, 2. Hillsdale College rate, and faculty resources - Harvard University tops the 3. Marietta College ranking number one in faculty Brandon Candurafl'he Observer list of 229 schools in the 4. Ohio Northern Univ. resources. Fourteen carrot fun national university category. In order to reach these re- 5. St. Norburt Colle e Comedian Carrot Top drew laughter from the crowd when he per Princeton and Yale rounded formed last night at Washington Hall. out the top three. see RANKINGSI page 6 ND academic potential discussed • CnrtR FOR SOCIAl CONCERNS By NANCY DUNN committees are looking for, ac by a well thought out, strong Luncheon to acquaint News Writer cording to McAdams. proposal. "These are tough competi According to McAdams, a cer Notre Dame needs to create a tions, but the ability is there." tain amount of language profi students with esc culture of winning in an aca Notre Dame is as competitive as ciency is required depending demic sense, according to any other university, he stated. upon a students intended pro By SARAH DORAN "It is not just a fundraiser. Fulbright advisor Professor Students need to believe that ject. But, students should not News Editor but more a chance to acquaint James McAdams. they deserve to be winners, and view this requirement as an in people with the C.S.C.," said Last year, ten Notre Dame then, they need to find out what surmountable obstacle. Some Designed to increase student Eugene McClory, associate di students won awards. a signifi it takes to win. of the awards require no for interest and volunteerism while rector of the C.S.C. "We want to cant increase from years past. The Fulbright Program was eign language proficiency skills also serving as a fundraiser for show people the spirit of the This achievement places Notre created by the U.S. Congress in at all, he added. various community service C.S.C. and let them know that Dame in the company of uni 1946 to foster mutual under Because of poor publicity, organizations, the Center for our doors are open." versities such as Berkeley, standing among nations many students have been un Social Concerns (C.S.C) is spon Students are strongly en Harvard. and Princeton, ac through educational and cul aware of Fulbrights and other soring four "Hospitality couraged to attend, he added. cording to McAdams. tural exchanges. Each year the awards until their senior year, Luncheons" during each semes For St. Margaret's House-a Even in the midst of this suc program awards more than 800 stated McAdams. While many ter of this year. Each will bene day center for women and chil cess, Notre Dame students con Americans the opportunity to students have put together suc fit a different organization in dren-the luncheon sponsored tinue to doubt their ability to study or conduct research in cessful proposals in under a the South Bend community. for them last year was indeed a win prestigious awards, said over 100 countries. month, McAdams hopes to in The first luncheon, to benefit stimulant to student awareness McAdams. But, Notre Dame Originality and an unique crease awareness so that peo St. Margaret's House, will take and interest in their organiza students are bright. cosmopoli synthesis of fields make pro ple have a chance to prepare place Thursday from 11:30 tion. tan. and well-rounded, which is posals stand out. but selection until1:30 p.m. at the C.S.C. The exactly what these selection committees are most impressed cost is $3. see MCADAMS I page 4 see LUNCHEON/ page 6 On the fast lane of the information superhighway By DAVE TYLER campus network was estab Members of the Notre Dame Miller. "It's easy to learn how to Cooper says TurboGopher's Assistant News Editor lished. This network not only community can plug into this use, it's fun, and its a lot quick abilities stretch even further. allows students access to on vast resource, at any of the er than the post office." "At ND, people have used Notre Dame is pulling into campus computing facilities, campus' computer clusters, or And it's popularity has been TurboGopher to apply for jobs the fast lane on a new highway. but affords them connections to via a modem. Each cluster is steadily rising. Beginning this electronically. post calendars of And its not the Indiana Toll Information Superhighway as equipped with communication academic year. the Freshman upcoming events. and even Road. well. Once connected, the software, which when activated Writing Program requires that keep track of prices in the The University of Notre there's no place you can't go. open gateways to the Internet. all incoming freshmen activate Huddle. Any one who has ever Dame is now connected to a "There's a virtually limitless Eudora is an electronic mail their electronic mail accounts. looked up their schedule in the vast computerized network of source of knowledge and ser program that can lets users TurboGopher is a text based clusters has used the Gopher. information and resources that vices right at your finger tips," generate, send and receive communications program that New sections and listings are can take students and faculty said Joel Cooper Assistant messages anywhere on earth, networks numerous informa showing up daily." anywhere in the world in a Director of Networking Services that is linked to the Internet. tion retrieval sites around the Mosaic is a new addition to matter of seconds. Called "The for Notre Dame's Office of Eudora based "e-mail" has be world. The sites, called "go the Notre Dame software Information Superhighway" in University Computing (OUC). come the most popular com phers" can locate, process, and library this year. It is a today's popular vocabulary, this Wandering on to this puter application on campus, deliver a piece of information to communications program network is not a physical set of Highway has never been easier. accounting for nearly 50 per a computer screen. The developed at the National places, but a mass of comput The "Highway," officially cent of Notre Dame computer TurboGopher system gives a Center for Supercomputing ers, fiber optic cables and satel known as the Internet (short for cluster use, said Mike Miller, user control of a very powerful Applications (NCSA) that com lite communication links that International network), was ac consultant and analyst for the tool. By using the pragram to bines text graphics, audio, and can transmit sound, text, and tually created in the late OUC. open another gopher users can video elements. Mosaic hooks images across continents. 1960's. In the 90's it has blos "E-mail allows students to look up addresses and phone into the World Wide Web As part of the University's five somed worldwide, growing to keep in almost constant com numbers, locate research data, (WWW) which is an extension year Computing Initiative, a over 35 millions users at 3 mil munication with their friends, or read a newspaper on a com lion international sites.