President's Statement on Civil Discour E Cornell President Hunler Rawlings Is Sued the Following Statement Wednesday
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SCIENTISTS ON DISPLAY Cornellians participate in the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 8-13. JUSTICE IN AFRICA Cornell conference next week will focus on human rights and the environment in Nigeria. Glum 27 umber 21 February 1 The gift of history President's statement on civil discour e Cornell President Hunler Rawlings is sued the following statement Wednesday: At the beginning of a new emester, I would like to expand on some of the re marks I made last October in my inaugural addre to the Cornell community. I poke then about the need in universities for "in formed and patient di course," the careful consideration of i ues that often evoke angry responses from narrow intere ts across a campus. As a center of reasoned thought, we should be more capable than most insti tutions of sustained discussion about the divisive matters that occupy much of our society's attention. We should be able to avoid the superficial and simplistic re sponses so character istic of political cam paigns, and instead engage in deeper con- Rawlings sideration ofthe com- plex questions that surround us. It is our responsibility as a leading university to de Adriana Rovers/University Photography velop capacious minds that resi t easy an From left,library assistant Lisa Sasaki '97, University Archivist Elaine Engst, graduate student Sarah Johnson swers, take multiple perspective into ac and ProfessorJoan Jacobs Brumberg examinea lockofJohn Ad ms'hair, includedintheJohnson Family papers, count and arrive at hard-won conclu ions. donated by Johnson and her sister to Comell Library. We hall address several complex mat ters this spring: the reports of the commit tees on residential life and the first-year Previously undocumented letters are donated experience; the final drafting ofnew sexual harassment procedures for the campus; fur ther consideration of academic program to the Cornell library by Adams descendants review and of campuswide standards for tenure and promotion; and strategic aca Abigail Adams, the nation'ssecond presi By Jill Goetz demic planning, the setting of academic dent and First Lady. priorities in the context of constrained re Cornell students are some of the first 'The way I think about this Most of the papers, numbering about sources. In spite of our highly successful people ever to read a collection of letters collection is that it's not 250, are in excellent condition, in part written by John and Abigail Adams, because 18th- and early 19th-century capital campaign, our budget continues to really my history; it's our endure base reductions in state support and thanks to a fellow student and her sister history. It belongs to all of American paperwas rag-based and highly who have given them to Cornell Univer durable. They are kept in the Division of to face flat or declining federal support. sity Library. us.' Rare and Manuscript Collections, located It takes thoughtfulness and serious en - Sarah Johnson gagement for a large community like ours Sarah Johnson, a graduate student in the Carl A. Kroch Library. Like the in developmental psychology, and her library's other rare documents, the to consider and to resolve uch issues suc cessfuIly. Students, staff and faculty con sister, Gwyneth Johnson Lymberis, Johnson papers are available for public tribute to thi dialogue through their elec have donated the Johnson Family Pa administration, Supreme Court justices use in the division's reading room. pers, which include dozens of letters and Civil Wargenerals; an autographed "Although specific documents are of tive bodies, as well as through public fo written between Adams relatives; let engravingof Ulysse S. Grant; a signed sufficient importance to draw scholars rums and newspaper columns and letters. ters, land grants and army discharge copy of an autobiography by Mary from around the world, the e materials In such discu sions, I hope we can avoid papers signed by presidents George Emily Cornell (daughter of Ezra will offer the greatest enhancement for sloganeering and bitter invective, and raise Washington, James Monroe, Martin Cornell, the university's founder); and Cornell students and faculty," said Uni the level of di course by careful listening, Van Buren and Chester Arthur; an au even a lock of John Adams' hair. versity Archivist Elaine Engst of the patient research and honest attempts to per tograph book signed by President Ru TheJohnson sisters are the great-great Johnson collection. "They will provide a suade by rational argument. Last semester we dealt with many diffi therford B. Hayes and members of his great-great-granddaughters of John and Continued on page 4 cu It matters, in somecasesquite effectively. Continued on page 4 Reichenbach named vice president for alumni affairs and development President Hunter Rawlings announced Reichenbach is clearly rector of univer ity development, a posi to work with them and my colleague within Wednesday that the Executive Committee the best qualified per tion that she ha held at Cornell since 1988, the university for many years to come." of the Board of Trustees has approved the son for this position," has involved her in every aspect of the Reichenbach joined the development of appointment ofInge T. Reichenbach as vice Rawlings said. "She university's fund-raising program." fice as a researcher in 1979. She later became president for alumni affairs and develop has performed su "I am delighted and honored to be asked to assistant director of capital projects and di ment, effective immediately. Reichenbach perbly as acting vice serve as vice president for alumni affairs and rected developmentand alumni affairs for the ha served since May of1995 as acting vice president during the development on a permanent basis," Arts College. She became director of devel president for public affairs, now renamed last nine months, Reichenbach said. "Cornell's alumni and opment at Wesleyan University in 1986 and "alumni affairs and development" to reflect helping to bring to friends have played an absolutely critical role in June 1988 rejoined Cornell as director of Reichenbach more clearly its role and mi sion. conclusion our ex in making it po ible for us to continue to development. She assumed the po t ofacting ..After extensive canvassing ofpotential traordinarily succe sful five-year Capital fuIfi II thedreamsofEzra Cornell and Andrew vice president for public affairs after the death candidates, I have concluded that Inge Campaign. Her previous experience as di- Dickson White. I look forward to continuing of Richard M. Ramin on May 27, 1995. 2 February 15, 1996 Cornell Chronicle 'Toss it aU in' and join CorneD faculty and staff recycling effort By Karen Klapper '96 Q. Are custodians kept up-to.date on recycling procedures? The campuswide distribution of blue recycling pails, A The vast majority ofcustodians take pride in their labeled "toss it all in," marks theonsetofa new recycling work and follow proper procedures. They have been program for faculty and staff. Paper materials that used to trained to dump any contaminated recyclables into the be sorted - newspapers, magazines, phone books, paper trash after a quick visual inspection. They don't have back book, box board (cereal boxes), and essentially all time to sort your waste and have been instructed not to. colors and textures ofpaper - can now be tossed into the Proper sorting is your responsibility and is required same paper recycling bin. under local law. A recent survey of Cornell faculty and staff yielded We have discovered isolated instances in the past literally thousands of suggestions on ways to improve where some custodians weren't following proper proce recycling at Cornell. Many respondents also had ques dures. Shou Id you have concerns regarding the recycling tions about the new procedures. In the interview below, habits of your custodian, please feel free to contact the campus solid waste manager Walter Smithers responds Department of Building Care at 255-5174 or the univer to some of the more frequently asked questions. sity solid waste manager at 255-42]5. Q. Why did we buy new recycling bins? Q. Does Cornell recycle Styrofoam? A. To prevent back injury; custodians who have to A No. Unfortunately, recycling technologies and lift 50 to 60 bins a day requested lighter bins. Addi economics do not allow us to accept Styrofoam. We tionally, by continuing to link the color blue to recy applaud the many departments that saveStyrofoam pack cling, the bins should be easier to recognize, resulting ing peanuts for reuse. in increased participation. A No, you don't have to remove staples from your Q. Why can't faculty and staff bring recyclables Q. What kinds ofglass and plastic do we recycle? paper or magazines. Paper clips, however, should be from home? A We currently collect three colors of glass bottles removed (and reused if possible). Metal or plastic spiral A. There are several reasons why this doesn't make (clear, brown and green), tin and aluminum cans, and bindings also should be removed. Metal bottle caps need sense for the university. First, we don't have the neces numbers one and two plastic. Additional types ofplastic to be removed from beverage containers and discarded sary state permits to handle outside material, so it would will be accepted in our program when our markets are with the trash. be illegal for us to accept home recyclables. Second, we willing to take them. Note that laboratory glass, blue are not in the solid waste business to make money. The glass and chemical bottles are not recyclable at this time. Q. What about batteries? revenue generated from recycling is used to support our A Weaccept nickel cadroium, mercury oxide, lithium recycling program. If we accepted outside waste, we Q.