First Class Mail U.S. Postage PAID Lancaster PA The College Reporter Permit 901 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA http://www.the-college-reporter.com VOLUME 51, ISSUE 1 Anchor Stephanopoulos to deliver the College’s Commencement address BY STEVEN VIERA been selected to receive honorary News Editor degrees: Casey A. Evans Jr. ’65, a Last Monday, the College an- dentist and the associate dean for nounced that George Stephano- prevention and public health sci- poulos, host of “This Week with ences at the University of Illinois George Stephanopoulos” and an- at Chicago (UIC), and Jennifer chor of “Good Morning America” Whiting ’78, the Chancellor Jack- for ABC Television, will deliver man Professor of Philosophy at this year’s Commencement ad- the University of Toronto, both of dress. Stephanopoulos, along with whom will receive honorary Doc- two notable F&M alumni, will re- tor of Science degrees. ceive an honorary degree from the “We are honored to welcome College. our distinguished guests at this According to Julia Ferrante, year’s Commencement ceremony spokesperson for the College, the as our newest graduates celebrate President’s Advisory Committee their great accomplishments and on Honorary Degrees is respon- photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons prepare to launch the next chap- sible for selecting a speaker each George Stephanopoulos (left), host on ABC Television and former adviser to ter of their lives,” said Dan Por- year. The Committee is composed President Clinton, will be the keynote speaker at F&M’s Commencement. terfield, president of the College. of three faculty members, one of “[Stephanopoulos] has demon- Stephanopoulos will receive an “I am confident that the Class of whom serves as the co-chair with strated distinctive achievement in honorary Doctor of Humane Let- 2014 will be inspired by the words the president of the College; four his career in the fields of journal- ters. Additionally, the Committee of George Stephanopoulos, whose upper-class students; and two ex- ism, government, and politics,” makes recommendations to ex- life and work exemplify the power officio members, which are de- said Glenn Ross, co-chair of the tend honorary degrees to accom- of a liberal arts education and the velopment office research repre- Committee, according to the ar- plished individuals from diverse many places it leads.” sentatives and either the secretary ticle “ABC Anchor Stephanopo- backgrounds that might serve as Stephanopoulos began his or assistant secretary of the Col- ulos to Deliver F&M Commence- role models or inspiration to the career serving as a senior lege. The Committee must select a ment Address” on F&M’s news graduating class. speaker on the basis of his or her website. This year, two alumni have see ADDRESS, page 3 considerable accomplishments in While the College does not scholarship, the arts, or service to pay Commencement speakers, it Karmin to perform at Spring concert humanity. does give them honorary degrees; Second phase of Project BOOST begins, aims to improve technological resources BY SHIRA KIPNEES work of Phase I and improve stu- Staff Writer dent, faculty, and staff experiences Project BOOST (Building On Op- with self-service tools. Aspects of portunities for Streamlined Technol- Phase I included replacing MyDip- ogy), which was launched in Janu- lomat with Inside F&M, and incor- ary 2012 to upgrade the College’s porating Degree Works. software systems, has now moved “We expect to greatly enhance our photo courtesy of wikipedia.org into Phase II, which is expected to ability to provide reports and data By Steven Viera, Alanna Koehler, and Sloane Markley be mostly complete by late 2015. for decision-makers,” said Eckles. Recently, F&M’s Concert Committee announced that pop-duo Karmin will be This project is meant to modernize “We’re going to set up an electronic the featured artist at this year’s Spring Concert. The concert is scheduled to take place the computer systems that manage document filing system and, in the on Saturday, April 5, as part of during the Spring Arts Festival. F&M’s student and academic in- process, streamline a few back of- Tickets for the concert, which will cost $10, will go on sale next week and will be avaible from the box office in the lobby of the Roschel PerformingArts Center. formation, human resources, and fice processes. Finally, we’re going A survey conducted in the Fall to gauge students’ interest in different music genres finances. to be removing our final dependen- found pop to be the campus favorite. In light of its popularity, the Concert Committee According to Jay Eckles, direc- cies on the legacy system.” reached out to various pop artists, checking their availability. Karmin fit the College’s tor of Information Technology Ser- Eckles also explained that there needs and student interest. vices’ Enterprise Systems and Web More coverage of the Spring concert will follow as it becomes available to The College Reporter. Services, Phase II will build off the see BOOST, page 2 Inside this week’s issue ... Opinion & Editorial Arts & Entertainment Foster the People releases much- “Don’t let Fred Phelps win” anticipated sophomore album PAGE 4 PAGE 9 Campus Life Sports F&M Player’s Broadway Revue Women’s softball goes 7-3 performed in Green Room Theatre in Florida Tournament PAGE 7 PAGE 11 Page 2 News The College Reporter Viera’s Crime Watch BOOST: Building on existing web services, Sunday, March 16, 2:27 a.m. — Un- improving tech resources essential for F&M derage drinking was reported in Ware continued from page 1 ful transition. College House. are 20 different projects scheduled Eckles noted it is too early to Monday, March 17 — The theft of a to be completed in Phase II. Phase II know what the timeline for the third bronze statue was reported from the will cover a wide range of enterprise phase of Project BOOST would be, Dr. Leon Herman Arts Center. The technology at the College, including but the College is constantly finding theft took place sometime between a redesign of Inside F&M along with ways to improve campus information December and March. a project that is already underway to systems. Wednesday, March 19, 11:30 redesign the web site. “In reality, whether we call it ‘Proj- a.m. — Officers from the Department “A couple projects of note are Stu- ect BOOST’ or not, we’ll always be of Public Safety (DPS) responded to dent Retention Performance, a pack- paying attention to our campus-wide a drug violation in New College House. An odor of marijuana was age of analytical tools that will help information systems, findings ways reported, and a student admitted to smoking. the college identify factors that con- to improve them, and supporting of- Wednesday, March 19, 9:50 p.m. — A noise complaint was re- tribute to student success, and Banner fices and departments in adapting to ported in the College Row apartments. Document Management, a system new ways of working,” Eckles said. Wednesday, March 19, 11:30 p.m. — A noise complaint was re- that will allow offices who choose According to Eckles, the biggest ported at Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. to use it to scan, electronically file, changes the F&M community will Wednesday, March 19, 11:30 p.m. — A noise complaint was re- and retrieve documents in their web see during Phase II are to Inside F&M ported in College Row. browser rather than maintain physi- and the self-service tools linked to it, Viera’s Advice cal files,” Eckles said. such as online course registration for The systems the College had be- students, online class rosters for fac- To be honest, I was anticipating a much longer Crime Watch this fore Project BOOST were 25 years ulty, and online benefits enrollment week. Good job for not meeting my expectations, F&M! old and were supported continuously for employees. by decades of custom application “We’re aiming to make meaning- The College Reporter Corrections Policy development by F&M employees. ful improvements in how these tools The College Reporter welcomes comments and suggestions, as well as information about substantive errors of However, the BOOST Steering Team are organized, how you find them, fact that call for correction. Contact us via email at [email protected] or at (717) 291-4095. knew it would take a long time to how they look, and how they work,” The College Reporter Story Idea Submission Policy replace the functionality of old sys- Eckles said. The College Reporter welcomes story ideas from the college community. If you have or your organization has an idea for a Reporter story, email it to us at [email protected] with the subject heading “Campus Story tems, so the project was broken up Idea” by Monday at noon the week before publication. Story ideas will be accepted at the discretion of the into different phases in order to have Junior Shira Kipnees is a staff writer. Editorial Board. a more easily managed and success- Her email is [email protected]. Panel discussion explores conflict between Ukraine, Russia, America in Crimea BY JEFFREY ROBINOWITZ understanding of the politics and When asked why the citizens of and carefully titrated additions could Staff Writer culture of identity at play in the Crimea may want to reunite with well affect his future behavior — if Last Thursday, Joel Eigen, don region. Russia, Stone noted that they are not through their direct cost, quite of Ware College House, invited In her presentation, Schrader high- more deeply linked with Russia than possibly through their indirect cost students and faculty to attend a lighted the historical relationship Ukraine.