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"! ? t 7 111he Wooster Voice Vol. CXXIV, Issue I A STUDENT PUBLICATION SINCE 1883 FRIDAY, 'Abe 31, 2007 '7 am encouraging you, by your own will, to reach beyond this campus community and engage in global, collaborative . knowledge formation as a kind of activism to address the world's most pressing issues." President Grant H. Cornwell Who is Pmmd em rant Cornwel? and two brothers attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., his mother and sister graduated 1 Who's New at Woo? from Skidmore College, which became co-e- d in 1971. Cornwell tNew president is only the beginning of Wooster's staff changes chose St. Lawrence, entering the pre-m- ed j program. Iarger-than-norm- al number of new i Jonah Comstock HeJook full advantage of St. faces to the faculty, executive staff j News Editor Lawrence's liberal arts curriculum. and administration of the College. Finishing his pre-m- ed requirements A new year at Wooster always Below you'll find some of i the most early, he began taking courses in phi- means a flourish of new faces high profile of the executive and s losophy. He graduated with a double most notably those of the first-ye- ar administrative changes at The major in biology and philosophy. class. But this year also brings a College of Wooster this year. After graduation he spent time with family friends learning German NEW POSITIONS and studying Nietzsche near Freiburg in Germany's Black Forest Director of the Center for region. Creativity and Innovation Vice President for Enrollment Upon returning to the states, Reuben Domike Mary Karen Vellines Cornwell married and enrolled in the University of Chicago, where he earned his master's degree and Ph.D. QUT IN in philosophy. ,7 'V "My mom always wanted a doctor President and President and in the family," he said. "She got one. Professor of Professor of It wasn't the right kind, but she loves Mathematics Philosophy me anyway." . R. Stanton Grant H. Although he never expected to Hales - Retired '- Cornwell . to St. Lawrence, he a I. I. -- return accepted lit --J - i .. job as a professor in the philosophy department. There he taught courses Vice President for in ethics, political theory, and Business and Acting Vice Africana philosophy. His research Finance f President of focused on racial dynamics in the Robert Walton -- Finance and Caribbean. NowC.E.Oof Business While on .academic sabbatical, Claremont rr. ' John Sell Cornwell and his family lived on St. University ... -- 4- President Grant Cornwell walks with Vice President for Kitts, an' island in the West Indies. Consortium Academic Affairs lain Crawford to the Convocation ceremony . There, Cornwell studied the" history Tuesday morning (Photo by Katharine Tatum.) of sugar and slavery, while his sons experienced living in another cul- Registrar Registrar Wooster is for us all to be committed ture. At St. Lawrence University he Robert Blaire Suzanne Bates Laura McHugh ' to the rigorous work of changing was also associate dean of the first Retired Senior Writer our words into truth through dia- years from 1992-19- 97 and became logue and then 'changing that truth vice president and dean of academic' On Tuesday Aug. 28, Wooster's into love through civic engagement . affairs in 2002. 11th president, Dr. Grant H. so our children's grandchildren" and Cornwell, his wife Peg and their" emm CHANGES Cornwell, tpwered over the podium their grandchildren will tell that two sons, 14-year-- old Macintosh,' Associate Dean for Research and Interim Director of Research and in McGaw Chapel, a3 he delivered something of meaning and value and 17-year-- old Kelsey, are all avid Grants Lori Bettison Varga - Now Grants John Neuhoff the opening convocation and official- happened here." His words reflect a outdoor adventurers. Provost at Whitman College ly convening the 200- 7- 2008 aca- long career dedicated to liberal arts Sailing is a particularly favorite demic year. learning. family pastime. With the lack of nav- Director of International Programs Interim Director of International His speech discussed the social Born just west of Chicago in igable water in Wooster, OH, Office Jennifer Cushman - Now and Off-Camp- us Study Jessica obligations Wooster graduates have Batavia, 111., Cornwell moved to New Cornwell said he will focus on his Dean of International Education DuPlaga in the real world, philosopher Canaan, Conn., when he was 12. real passion, basketball. He gave up and Associate Professor of German, Martha Nussbaum's definition of a While he went to high school in New the sport after playing a few years in Juanita College liberal education, the democratic Canaan, Cornwell said his heart was college, only to pick it up again dur- the-time-le- potential of cyberspace and ss formed spending summers .with his ing "Noon Time Basketball" while he Director of Institutional Research New Director-o- f Institutional and powerful lyrics of Stevie grandparents in the northern woods was a professor at St. Lawrence, and Michael D. Thompson - Now Research to be announced Wonder's "As." Taking a little liberty of Minnesota. hopefully, to continue' it as a Assistant Provost and Director of with Wonder's lyrics, President When it came to choosing a col- President at Wooster. Institutional Research and Planning Cornwell said, "my understanding of lege, Cornwell had to consider the In an interview, President at Illinois Wesleyan University Photos courtesy OPI the mission of The College of rivalry in his family. While his father See "Cornwell,"page 2 Three lectures to be given by returning.faculty members an examination the particularly those Jacob innovations he brought to painting Web" on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The lec- Alexandra DeGrandchamp including of scapes, of Kyoto Protocols, NAFTA and the Ruisdael. The title "Eight Board that connect to discoveries in ture will focus on Loveless's studies Voice Staff European Constitution. Feet" is derived from the medium of mathematics at approximately the on the coral bean shrub last year at The Faculty-at-Lar- ge lecture Lantis calls this lecture topic an the paintings, done on 2x4 pieces of same time." Horseshoe Canyon, a southeastern series begins this fall on Sept. 18 and "expansion of past work in single construction lumber eight feet long. Mangubi's series was inspired by Arizona field station. Loveless, along features talks delivered by Jeffrey countries," stating his interest in the Mangubi hopes to "explain the Ruisdael's attention to detail and the with student assistants Galen Priest Lantis, Marina Mangubi and debates in democratic work of Liebnitz and '09 and Jodi-A- nn Sampson '08, col- Marilyn Loveless. capitals over the pas- Newton for the series-in-progre- ss. lected data concerning pollination Jeffrey Lantis, associate professor sage of controversial Mangubi's and other plant-anim- al interactions of political science, will be present- international treaties. work "focuses on the in coral bean. The team focused orv ing "The Life and Death of He will draw directly : understanding of a line, the role of hummingbirds, carpenter International Treaties" on Tuesday, from his own field a line she explores in bees and ants in the success of coral Sept. 18. The result of six years of . work, hoping to pres-- , r ( great detail. It calls into bean at the edge of its species range. research culminating in a Fulbright ent to the campus, question the meaning of Loveless stated that her lecture, fellowship in Australia, the lecture community what he Jeffrey Lantis Marina Mangubi Marilyn Loveless a line, a set of points, a which will also include data collected will focus on the struggle of treaty calls a "perspective on Associate Professor Associate Professor Horace M. Mateer set of numbers." The by Priest and Sampson, would focus ratification in western democracies, how complicated the of Political Science of Art Professor of Biology series currently has on science "in the field." She specifically the United States, ratification proce- about seven paintings explained, "We started out with a Canada, France, Germany and dures, upholding the democracy, can historical inspiration" for her worlC and a few prints finished, with other very clear-c- ut and simple question" Australia. be in a wide variety of country con- stating the work by Ruisdael "speaks works in progress. Her Faculty at that was eventually modified by field The lecture vill cover the history texts." to the intellectual climate" of 17th Large lecture comes after a presenta- observations and other variables. of international treaties, the impor- Associate Professor of Art Marina century Holland. There are inter- tion in Estonia on Oct. 18 dealing Loveless laughed and said, "Science tance of treaties in world politics, Mangubi will deliver "Eight Board esting parallels, says Mangubi, with a similar topic. is an Ongoing endeavor ... you have Lantis' own theoretical approach to Feet" on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The dis- between the artistic and mathemati- Marilyn Loveless, the Horace M.