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Thinking About Tomorrow

History shows us that Syracusans have often attempted to anti­ cipate the University's future. The 1930 Onondagan, for ex­ ample, contains a whimsical rendering of the Quad in the year 2030, predicting the place­ ment of a bubble-topped arena on the site of Archbold Stadium. Believe it or not. Rarely, though, has the University attempted to con­ template its future with broad institutional scope. Nearly three years ago, Chancellor Melvin A. Eggers decided to do just that, appointing the Chancellor's Panel on the Future. The 13- member faculty group was not to concern itself with far-flung visions of the 21st century, how­ According to the Chancellor's Panel on the Future, the Computer Applications and Software ever; it was asked to make Engineering Center (above), now three years old, suggests a course for the future. Th e creation of recommendations for a future similar research centers is one of many ideas the panel recommended in its report last fall. that is very near. Last semester, the panel's ploring new ideas"; increased finding their way into action. of materials on adult education, report came in. The panel, cooperation between the facul­ The Office of Undergraduate the world's preeminent reposi­ chaired by Richard D. ty and administration through Studies, for example, is devel­ tory of English-language mater­ Schwartz, professor of law and "university councils"; and new oping new, University-wide pro­ ials in that field . The library social science, conducted an initiatives in neighborhood grams for freshmen (for more contains 650 linear feet of assessment of the University of planning that would eventually on that, see page 36), and manuscripts generated over the today and presented suggestions serve as a national model. various schools and colleges are past 50 years. It also houses one for immediate courses of action. Generally, the panel said identifying possible new faculty of the country's largest collec­ The majority of the recom­ Syracuse must "demonstrate a positions to be permanently en­ tions of books, audiotapes, mendations are academically higher level of concern for its dowed. For Syracuse Universi­ videotapes, and photographs on oriented and carry a practical students, their welfare and ty, the future is now. adult education. bent. They include future." It suggested that According to Roger Hiemstra, • establishing small, inten­ through intellectually oriented Needles in a professor of adult education sive seminars for first-year seminars and basic liberal arts Haystack of Data and project director, the mater­ students; course requirements, the ials in the archive suffer from • creating new multidis­ University should "emphasize The staff of the Kellogg Proj­ ''very gross cataloging. '' ciplinary research centers; the spirit of free thought to ect also has the future in mind. Researchers attempting to use • endowing 20 senior faculty balance the prominence and at­ The project's implications for them must possess patience and chair$; traction of the professional the future of scholarly research persistence. • achieving a $250-million schools ... and provide a sound are profound. The immediate goal of the endowment by 1997; and liberal arts education for all The Kellogg Project has been Kellogg Project is to transfer • strengthening the links be­ undergraduates.'' funded by a four-year, most of those materials to op­ tween professional programs "I am confident that as a $3,716,400 grant from the W.K. tical disks. A relatively new and liberal arts learning. result of the panel's work," Kellogg Foundation of Battle medium, optical disks lie Some of the panel's ideas Chancellor Eggers said, "the Creek, Michigan. It is a vast somewhere between computer were more speculative. It sug­ University will be demonstrably new experiment in how libraries floppy disks and audio compact gested, for example, the devel­ better, and that we can now store information and then disks. They allow for the digital opment of at least two residen­ clearly define and work together make it available for use. storage of pictures- in this case, tial colleges, "which would toward a new threshold of ex­ The project resides in the pictures of the pages of books, comprise living-learning spaces cellence. " School of Education and per­ manuscripts, programs, flyers, with regular programs for ex- The panel's ideas are already tains specifically to its collection conference notes, and other

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materials held in the adult Who Makes the Rules? rehash the campus judicial pro­ violations, who's going to pros­ education library. cess but to investigate the cir­ ecute them. The advantages of transfer­ One out of five college-aged cumstances that lead to such in­ "We are trying, through an ring page images to a digital for­ women is the victim of forced cidents. By interviewing both exchange of views, to come to mat are numerous. An obvious sex. That is a sobering statistic, the female student and, sepa­ an understanding about what one is space; each optical disk one that the NBC News program rately, a small group of ran­ kinds of behavior are going to is equivalent to roughly 100,000 1986 investigated in a short seg­ domly chosen students who be tolerated." pages, and new technologies ment aired last fall. commented on the case, cor­ The moral of the story, accor­ may increase that tenfold. Regrettably, the phenomenon respondent Maria Shriver ding to one female student, is, Another advantage is perma­ is widespread, affecting many painted a picture of ethical " Women, when you say no, nence; digital information campuses. When 1986's pro­ confusion. mean no. And guys, if you hear doesn't tear or yellow at the ducers sought locations for Students indicated that the a no, take it as a no." corners. research, they included SU-not guidelines for appropriate If the program served its pur­ But the most important ad­ because the University is more behavior in dating had become pose, students throughout the vantage is access. Hiemstra or less affected than other fuzzy. Each tried to identify the country gained a broader under­ hopes to couple the optical schools but because of a par­ point at which aggressive sexual standing of their own actions. storage medium with high­ ticular incident of alleged sexual behavior becomes inexcusable At SU, two new groups have powered computer search misconduct that garnered exten­ but demonstrated widely diver­ arisen. Men Stopping Rape, of capabilities, similar to but more sive press coverage late last gent attitudes about a woman's which Wright is a co-founder, powerful than those associated summer. right to say no. is an awareness-raising group. with word processing. Using A female sophomore alleged "I don't think students real­ The Buddy System is an escort that system, a researcher sitting that junior Tom Watson accom­ ly know what date rape is," said system devised by two resident at a special optical-disk terminal panied her from a night spot to student Richard Wright. advisors. could specify search categories, her dormitory room one eve­ "One of the things that is receive an index of related ning last February and forced confusing about the whole mat­ The War Over materials on his or her screen, her to have sex. Last summer, ter is that apparently young peo­ 'Star Wars' choose an item to review, and a city court failed to indict Wat­ ple now feel that the totally immediately see it on the screen. son on charges of rape, but unstructured life is not quite Date rape wasn't the only topic There are other possibilities, Watson later pleaded guilty to satisfactory to them, and so of national scope on the minds slightly more distant. Software a misdemeanor charge of sexual they like to have more rules," of the University community may soon be available, for ex­ misconduct and was placed on the Chancellor told 1986. "But during the fall . The campus, ample, to "read the words" on probation. it isn't clear who's going to for­ and faculty members particular­ pages while their visual image is In a separate University hear­ mulate those rules, what those ly, were also giving thought to also being recorded; the resulting ing, at which both Watson and rules will be, and, if there are the federal government's computer text files would great­ the woman had their first op­ ly enhance the "search" func­ portunity to tell their stories, tion. And the Kellogg Project Watson was found not guilty of staff members are considering University infractions. The various telecommunication op­ judicial board's finding, seem­ tions that would make the col­ ingly contradicting the court's lection available, over phone ruling, caused a stir. Various in­ lines, to other locations. dividuals and groups charged The immediate result of the that the University, as an in­ Kellogg Project, according to stitution, had by inference con­ Hiemstra, will be better use of doned sexual misconduct. the adult education collection at Chancellor Melvin A. Eggers Syracuse. "The library has had conducted a separate review of very limited access," he says. the case. He determined that the "We're going to try to increase hearing board's strict reading of the number of users and do that University regulations was fair in a number of ways." and accurate, but he sup­ But, he warns, "We not only plemented the board's review have to make people more with a broader study of moral familiar with the library. We standards. also have to convince people to Chancellor Eggers found that use the very advanced Watson's behavior was "unac­ technology.'' ceptable in terms of the stan­ The long-range implications dards that we expect of students are broader. "As far as we can at Syracuse University." He tell, we will be the first univer­ banned Watson, a varsity foot­ sity to use optical-disk technol­ ball player, from participation ogy for massive storage," in the first five games of the Hiemstra says. "We are going season and placed him on to be on the cutting edge. We're University probation for there­ modeling some things that will mainder of his SU career. The Strategic Defense Initiative and its implications for Univer­ serve libraries of the future." 1986 came to SU not to sity research were the subject of organized debate last semester.

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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), popularly known as "Star Wars." Universities often take an in­ terest in topics of such social relevance, of course, but SDI is of special concern because the project brings with it millions of dollars in research opportunities. Faculty members have been I debating not only the practicality and morality of SDI itself, but also the implications of accep­ ting grant funding associated with it. ( The University's official in­ vestigation of the topic took the form of a keynote lecture series, with noted experts presenting lectures throughout the semester on a spectrum of SOl-related concerns- politics, ethics, tech­ I nological feasibility, economic and social concerns, and others. The first presentation was by James H. Holmes, director of Among the 600 or so alumni the State Department's Office who took part in Coming of Strategic Nuclear Policy. He Back Together II, SU's re­ discussed the federal adminis­ union for minority graduates, tration's reasons for pursuing were the five who received SDI. Chancellor's Citations (above, Gerard Clarefield, chairman from left): Suzanne de Passe, of the history department at the Dr. Ronald Davidson, Diane University of Missouri­ Camper, Frank Carmona, Columbia and co-author of and Mary Schmidt Campbell. Nuclear America: Military and The reunion featured a host Civilian Nuclear Power in the of social and cultural events, U.S., was one guest speaker naturally, including a perfor­ with reservations about SDI. He mance by Ashford & Simp­ said that the system, though son. But the heart of the essentially defensive, nonethe­ weekend was its well-attended less threatens our adversaries. career workshops (right). "SDI will provide incentive for a first strike," he said. national affairs. Participants wrote in a letter to the campus "Marketing Your J.D. Other guests speakers were disagreed over the inherent wis­ community. Degree." Anthony Fainberg, from the dom of SDI, but most allowed Many answered that invita­ It was a powerful group. U.S. Office of Technology that SDI had become an impedi­ tion. There were no conclusions Caldwell is a former counsel to Assessment; Allen Shinn, depu­ ment to arms-control negotia­ reached for the institution; the U.S. Supreme Court; ty director of the National tions and ought to be used "as Syracuse University has not Banks, a professor of law at the Science Foundation's legislation a bargaining chip." adopted a policy regarding SOl­ University of Tulsa; Murray, and public affairs division; Cooke chairs the committee related research, either for or the U.S. attorney who caught James T. Johnson, chairman of that coordinated the series of against. But following the lec­ E.F. Hutton illegally detaining the religion department at Rut­ presentations. Its mandate was tures and associated discussions, funds; Cohen, one of the most gers University; and Seymour not to settle the SDI issue but individuals on campus may prominent lawyers in Washing­ Melman, a professor of indus­ to give it exposure. have come to their own conclu­ ton, D.C.; and Brown, the sec­ trial engineering at Columbia "We hope, for example, that sions about "Star Wars" and retary and vice president of First University. discussion of SDI can be includ­ their opportunities to take part. Boston, a large investment The semester also saw a panel ed in course work; ... that term banker. discussion involving on-campus papers on SDI will be encour­ Together Again It was no coincidence that all experts David Bennett, profes­ aged so that public discussions five of these successful people sor of history; Oliver Clubb, can be part of the research ef­ Last September, alumni Joe are also black; in fact, that was professor of political science; fort; and that faculty members Caldwell Jr., Taunya Lovell the point. They were back on William Wiecek, professor of and others will wish to bring Banks, Morgan Brown III, Vin­ campus to take part in Coming law; Nahmin Horowitz, profes­ their views on the issue to the at­ cent Cohen, and Albert Murray Back Together II, the Universi­ sor of physics; and Goodwin tention of the committee and Jr. sat together on one of those ty's reunion for black and Cooke, vice president for inter- the University," the committee career-networking panels, titled Hispanic alumni.

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CAMPUS NOTES The first edition of Coming Back Together (CBT), held in 1983, was a pioneering venture, Fall '86 Enrollment were. His methodology strongly researchers and hobbyists from the first of its kind at a large, Shows Modest Increase influences scholarly research." around the country and fea­ predominantly white university. A total of 16,287 full-time stu­ The Ranke collection, one of tured several photographic ex­ Approximately 300 minority dents registered last fall for the world's richest historical ar­ hibits, a book sale, paper pre­ alumni attended, and the pro­ main-campus programs at Syra­ chives, was a major acquisition sentations, portfolio sharing, gramming was largely social, in­ cuse University, a 2.7-percent for SU back in 1886. The and panel discussions on the tending to reacquaint the alum­ increase over the previous fall. University, then only 16 years progress and future of women ni with one another. Not included in those figures old, built a new structure to in photography. CBT II, which attracted more is enrollment in the Division of house the collection; the Von One of the concurrent exhibi­ than 600 participants, was a dif­ International Programs Abroad Ranke Library later became the tions highlighted the work done ferent sort of event. The law­ (DIPA), which set a new record Administration Building. by Marion Post Wolcott for the career session that Cohen led with 565 students. Combined Farm Security Administration. was one of 130 such sessions SU enrollment, including DIPA, ESF Completes Wolcott, now in her 80s, attend­ held during CBT II, all in just University College, and all spe­ Special Year ed the conference and presented four days. They were the minor­ cial programs, was 21,120. A convocation in late December, the keynote address. The re­ ity alumni's opportunity to The freshman class of 3,181 focusing on the future, was the nowned photographer has proclaim-and build upon­ freshmen is SU's largest since culminating event in a year-long worked for Life, Fortune, and their successes. It is unlikely that 1947. Freshmen hail from 49 anniversary celebration by the the Philadelphia Eagle Bulletin the University has ever seen states and 30 countries; the ma­ SUNY College of Environmen­ during her long career. Her on­ such an ambitious program for jority are from the Northeast. tal Science and Forestry (ESF). campus exhibition, in the Schine networking and the sharing of There is a nearly even balance Other events last year included Student Center's Menschel Gal­ professional wisdom. between men and women, and a college-wide "75th birthday lery, contained images of rural Current students also attended 12 percent of freshmen are party" on July 28-the date America during the Depression the events. "An important goal minorities. that ESF was formally estab­ era. of the weekend was to have our Other news from the admis­ lished in 1911-and a weekend The conference was orga­ distinguished alumni see our sions office includes the appoint­ celebration on October 10-ll. nized by Amy Doherty, Uni­ university as a vehicle for ment of Susan E. Donovan as The latter event featured an versity archivist and a graduate reaching out to current minori­ director of admissions and assis­ open house, convocation, alumni student in photojournalism. ty students," said Robert Hill, tant dean of admissions and reunion, student social and vice president for program de­ financial aid. Donovan, a grad­ square dance, traditional SU Press Books velopment, whose office uate of the Newhouse School, woodsmen's field days, banquet Receive Commendation organized CBT II. has been a member of the admis­ and dance, and presentation of Syracuse University Press has Five Chancellor's Citations sions staff for ll years. Her ESF's first honorary degree, to received an award of merit from for career achievement were responsibilities include field Bruce J. Zobel, professor the New York Regional Coun­ given during the weekend. Re­ recruitment programs, coordi­ emeritus at North Carolina cil of Historical Agencies. The cipients were alumni Mary nation of the undergraduate State University and a pioneer award recognizes two books, Schmidt Campbell, executive selection process, and minority in genetic techniques of improv­ Henry Keck Stained Glass Studio director of the Studio Museum and international student ing wood products. 1913-1974 and Upstate Litera­ in Harlem; Diane Camper, recruitment. Also on the college's agenda ture: Essays in Memory of editorial writer for The New last year was the Fourth Inter­ Thomas F. O'Donnel, for their York Times; Frank Carmona, a Conference Celebrates national Congress of Ecology, contributions to local history. partner in Carson Index Traders Leopold von Ranke for which it was co-host. About "As a publisher of books on in New York City; Dr. Ronald Several hundred historians­ 2,200 scientists from more than New York state, SU Press has Davidson, a general practitioner some from as far away as China 50 countries attended the August made available a wide variety of in New York City; and Suzanne and the Netherlands-met at event, described as the largest local historical material," said de Passe, president of Motown Syracuse University in October international gathering of ecolo­ Michael O'Lear, executive di­ Productions in Hollywood. to pay tribute to "the father of gists in history. More than a rector of the council. " These Like any reunion, CBT II did modern history," Leopold von dozen field trips, 30 major ex­ publications have presented fac­ have its share of social and Ranke. hibits, and 119 symposia and tual information, but they have cultural events. Pop music stars The conference and associated plenary sessions were part of the also shown how individual topics Ashford & Simpson highlighted concert by pianist Christopher week-long conference. More are part of the entire fabric of the agenda, but there were also O'Riley were designed to cele­ than I ,600 scholarly papers the state's history." a dinner-dance, opening convo­ brate the centennial of Ranke's were presented. This year, SU Press will pro­ cation, minority art exhibition, death and of SU's acquisition of duce as many as 40 new titles, and Sunday spiritual event in the historian's private library. Conference Focuses far beyond the previous annual Hendricks Chapel. "Ranke is the most important on Women Photographers average of 25. According to "This affair went beyond my figure in the development of More than 250 people attended director Luther Wilson, the ex­ fondest dreams," said Dave history during the 19th cen­ the conference, "Women in panded catalog enhances SU's Bing, alumni chairman of the tury," said James Powell, pro­ Photography: Making Connec­ visibility and will help the press event. "I not only reunited with fessor of history and conference tions," presented in mid­ expand such programs as the my classmates, but also met organizer. "He believed in re­ October by the Newhouse School Iroquois Studies Series. with the largest group of minor­ constructing the past as it actu­ of Public Communications. ities that I'd ever seen on SU's ally was to describe how things The conference attracted both campus."

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CAMPUS NOTES "This is a marvelous ex­ perience for young blacks who Maxwell Dean Retiring Goldstein Auditorium analyze an individual's daily are always wondering whether Guthrie S. Birkhead, dean of Is Officially Opened caloric intake and expenditure it's worth the effort and worth the Maxwell School of Citizen­ The Ann and Alfred R. Gold­ and also serves as a nutritional the delayed gratification to ship and Public Affairs for the stein Auditorium in the Schine consultant for collegiate and achieve and make the contribu­ past nine years, will leave that Student Center was officially professional athletic teams. tion," alumnus Charles Willie post later this year, once a suc­ dedicated last fall in a stage told The New York Times, cessor has been named. He will show featuring dozens of stu­ NEA Awards $200,000 which featured CBT II in its remain an active faculty member. dent performers. Grant to Stage September 25 edition. "When "I've enjoyed being dean of The auditorium was actually The National Endowment for these gatherings come about, the Maxwell School because of completed late last spring, just the Arts has made a $200,000 they see that it is possible." the wide range of faculty and in time fo r a number of Com­ challenge grant to Syracuse student contacts it has afford­ mencement Weekend programs, Stage. A three-year fund-raising Voices of the Minority ed me," Birkhead said. "But I but the October 9 dedication campaign has been launched to think it's time to step down .... was the first campus-wide event generate funds to match the Not long after CBT II brought The school could use some new in the facility. Among those in challenge. together minority students of energy." attendance were the Goldsteins, "A challenge from the federal the past, minority students of Birkhead joined the faculty in whose $1.5-million gift made government represents on the the present were making news 1950. He has been chairman of the auditorium possible. highest level an endorsement of with a protest and sit-in at radio the political science department, The dedication show featured the work we have been doing," station W JPZ, an FM station director of the Metropolitan 15 different student performers said Arthur Storch, producing owned and operated by Studies and Public Administra­ and groups, ranging from artistic director. "I am confi­ students. tion programs, and associate classical pianist (and Chinese dent, given the outstanding sup­ The sit-in at WJPZ was rooted and acting dean. He plans to citizen) Shi-Guang Cui to the port that Syracuse Stage has had in programming revisions made conduct research in intergovern­ student rock band Harsh Reali­ in the past, that we will be able last summer. In an effort to in­ mental problems and natural ty, which rose with a thunderous to meet that goal." crease its audience, station man­ resources. beat on the auditorium's large Once matched, the grant will agement moved W JPZ toward The University has begun a orchestra lift. augment the stage's permanent a popular-music playlist, and in search for Birkhead's successor, The I ,800-seat, multiconfig­ endowment and artistic reserve; the process a handful of special­ to be named later this year. uration auditorium also lends both designed to ensure finan­ interest programs were lost. itself to multimedia events, so cial security for the theater's Among them were Street Beat Plus-Minus Grading the students' performances were plans to venture into new and Love Flight, both perceived to Be Implemented augmented by a variety of slide projects. as serving minority tastes and The University will institute a and video presentations. The concerns. new plus-minus grading system evening closed with a tribute to Education Lecture Early in the fall semester, this fall, allowing for perfor­ the Goldsteins and a grand en­ Honors Former Dean leaders in the Student Afro­ mance assessments that are trance by the entire SU March­ A new lecture series has been American Society (SAS) lobbied more precise. ing Band. established in the School of W JPZ to reverse its decisions. Currently, the computers that Education to honor Harry S. A petition containing 600 signa­ record final grades recognize Short Is Top Teacher and Elva K. Ganders. Harry tures stated that W JPZ "should only A, B, C, D, and F and their Sarah Short, professor of nutri­ Ganders was dean of the school reflect the needs of all the stu­ integer grade-point equivalents, tion and food science, is the from 1930 to 1952 and remained dents, not just a few ." Station 4-0. "Whether one has a weak Syracuse University Teacher/ a faculty member until 1960. leaders refused to alter the on­ B or is close to an A, he would Scholar of the Year, an award The series will bring to cam­ air format, however, leading to get a 3.0. That is unfair," said sponsored by the United Metho­ pus a prominent and distin­ SAS's demonstration. Peter DeBlois, University dist Church. guished speaker in the field of The November 5 sit-in, at the registrar. Short, a faculty member since education each year. It is sup­ Watson Theater Complex where Beginning this fall, there will 1966, is well-known for her ported by the Ganders Memo­ W JPZ operates, lasted approx­ be ten grading levels, each with unique teaching style, often rial Fund, recently endowed by imately 24 hours and involved a fractional grade-point equiva­ utilizing strobe lights, slides, Phyllis Ganders Seibel of Wil­ roughly 100 minority students. lent. The numerical equivalent music, and television commer­ mington, Delaware, and Joan It ended when W JPZ agreed to of B + , for instance, will be cials. Since 1968, when she first Ganders Glassey of Cambridge, add 15 weekly hours of minority 3.33-a one-third step above a rode her motorcycle into class, Massachusetts. programming to its schedule, in­ straight B. she has been known as one of Dean Ganders is credited with cluding three hours of public af­ Instituting the new system, the University's most colorful developing the concepts of dual fairs programming, and to pro­ DeBlois said, requires extensive and popular professor-s. professorship and the all-Uni­ mote minority participation on reprogramming of certain com­ "I want to hold my students' versity school of education at the station's staff. Aspects of puters, but the effort is worth­ attention. I am enthusiastic SU. He also developed the Syra­ that agreement were still being while. He speculates, for exam­ about nutrition and want my cuse chapter of Phi Delta Kap­ discussed as the fall semester ple, that the opportunity to im­ students to be enthusiastic too," pa and was instrumental in ended. prove grades by smaller steps she said. organizing the Central New According to SAS leaders the will benefit motivated students Short is also a leader in nutri­ York Study Council, School sit-in is a reminder that institu­ and even improve their chances tional research. She has devel­ Board Institute, and SU's Of­ tions throughout the University­ of admission to graduate school. oped computer software to fice of Extended Campus. even student -owned and operated institutions-must attempt to

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serve the interests of all their in particular fields. Addition­ are inadequate due to increasing forums, on campus and in the constituencies. ally, they must be recruited for needs. In the past 10 years, par­ community, accompanied devel­ "This is not a just a black posts in which they will have ticipation in intramural sports opment of the plans. issue," said Stacy Glover, an contact with a large number of has risen more than 40 percent; The plans, though tentative, SAS vice president. "It's a students. club sports, 200 percent. nonetheless reflect the scope of student-concern issue." "This program will focus The committee also has con­ the building project. The Uni­ principally on one of our great­ sidered sites for the new facili­ versity has proposed a 200,000- Balancing the Ranks est needs-namely, to attract ties. It has suggested a renova­ square-foot building, to be black faculty members in those tion and expansion of Archbold located on a five-acre site be­ One way that SU tries to en­ disciplines in which they will Gymnasium to include racquet­ tween College Place and Com­ courage cultural and racial have the greatest intellectual im­ ball courts, an indoor track, ad­ stock Avenue, across from balance is through the appoint­ pact," said Gershon Yin cow, ditional basketball courts, and Slocum Hall. ment of a racially and ethnical­ vice chancellor for academic new weight-training equipment. The building will have four ly mixed faculty. It is not an affairs. The report also recommends ad­ stories above ground and an­ easy thing to do because a "There can be no doubt of ditional outdoor fields on North other below. Part of the build­ relatively small number of mi­ the difficulty-or the impor­ Campus among other things. ing will be recessed from the nority students pursue the· cre­ tance-of this undertaking," he As of late last semester, street, providing for a large dentials necessary for faculty added. "The pool <;>f potential financial implications of the courtyard, intended to comple­ appointments. But last semester minority faculty members is report had not been sorted out. ment the courtyard already pre­ the University announced a new comparatively small in many Only after the funding of such sent between Slocum and Sims minority-faculty recruitment fields. I anticipate that the cam­ improvements is assured can the halls. program that will help improve paign will continue for several project proceed. In late December, the state the situation. years." Funding is a little more certain granted final approval for the The program supplements for the planned Science and project. It was expected that normal faculty recruiting pro­ Bricks and Mortar Technology Center. Federal and planning would proceed quickly cedures, inviting deans and state commitments, both grants thereafter and that construction department heads to share with Syracuse University probably and loans, represent $44 million would begin as early as this the Office of Academic Affairs would not be Syracuse Univer­ of support for the building. Ap­ spring. the names of potential minority sity without news of building proximately $8 million more The University's third building faculty members and to work plans and construction. Three must be raised to complete project, which may follow with Academic Affairs to com­ such pieces of news arose last funding. closely, is a new School of Art plete their recruitment. fall. Meanwhile, plans for the building partially funded by New faculty members recruited Syracuse may expand recrea­ building, which will house Trustee Dorothea Shaffer's under the program must possess tional facilities on campus soon numerous research and teaching commitment of $3 .25 million. the appropriate academic cre­ if recommendations made in the programs related to computers According to current propo­ dentials, naturally, but must University Senate prove feasi­ and computer applications, sals, the University expects to also fulfill the need for in­ ble. A Senate committee has moved into the public eye. An attach the building to Sims Hall creased minority representation reported that current facilities extensive series of public and the Lowe Art Gallery. Other than the location, plans remain very general for the art building. The construction cost of the building has been estimated at $10 million; it will contain roughly 90,000 square feet of space. There will be an accompanying sculpture garden and rotunda-style entrance. No further details of the building plans were available by late last semester, though the University hopes to complete construction by fall 1989. The Honor Is Theirs Intellectual achievement, regarded with increasing ambi­ valence in the 1970s, is ap­ parently making a comeback. There's no better proof than the all-University Honors Program, which is swiftly on the rise. The new Science and Technology Center will be located between College Place and Comstock This academic year, roughly A venue. Shown above is the view across College Place from Slocum Hall. The northern (left) por­ 150 freshmen have joined the tion of the building is recessed from the street, creating a new courtyard to complement that program, compared to 90 last between Slocum and Sims. year. The program's offerings

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NEWSWORTHY to students haven't changed dramatically, according to Robert Articles About Books what it is like t0 sail a very slow trying to determine whether the McClure, associate professor of "It has been nearly 40 years since boat in a very laid back manner computer is a useful tool for deci­ political science, who directs the anyone dared attempt a book like across the ocean . .. . This [book] sion making." program. Rather, there are this-a comprehensive historical is fresh and new." simply more of the types of geography of North America­ Across the country, the At Woods Hole students who like to enroll in the and no one before D.W. Meinig Portland Oregonian wrote, Work by Professor Bob Barlow Honors Program. has embarked on such a project "Hubbard weaves a fascinating of SU's Institute for Sensory Those students, McClure says, with so large an ambition." side tale of a lone British ship that Research attracted the attention of are not necessarily the smartest That is how The New York fought a Spanish armada of 53 Associated Press science writer (although many are), but they Times introduced its review of vessels to a standstill for more Paul Raeburn, who covered share two attributes: a broad in­ Professor Donald W. Meinig's than 15 hours." Barlow's summertime research at terest in education ("This latest book, volume one of The the Marine Biology Laboratory in honors program has an inter­ Shaping of America: A Press Box Woods Hole, Massachusetts. disciplinary nature," he says) Geographical Perspective on 500 Syracuse University's tradition of Barlow has discovered that cir­ and a desire to participate. Years of History. Reviewer graduating top talents in sports­ cadian rhythms, or sleep-wake One thing that is different William Cronon said Meinig's casting produced headlines in the cycles, in horseshoe crabs are about the Honors Program is book "will remain a standard October 13 issue of USA Today. genetically set at 24 hours-not McClure, who has been director work in its field." NBC's Bob Costas, a 1974 controlled by the rise and set of only since August. Already one The Washington Post's review graduate, told reporter Rachel the sun. Barlow's discovery is the of University's senior and best­ offered another perspective. "As Shuster, "Somebody like me is in­ first to show that animals raised liked teachers, McClure says he a result of the soul-searching that credibly lucky, although I'd like from birth in different light con­ decided to take on the addi­ [Meinig] and his colleagues have to think I was prepared enough to ditions would all develop circadian tional responsibilities because he done, a kind of amalgam called take advantage of my oppor­ rhythms of 24 hours. likes the role the program plays historical geography has achieved tunities." The AP dispatch was published in the greater life of SU. respectability.'' One of the opportunities Costas by newspapers across the country During paSt years, for exam­ John Gwaltney, professor of took advantage of at Syracuse was and in Canada, including The ple, the program served as a anthropology, recently wrote The student broadcasting at W AER­ Washington Post, the Houston testing ground for new curric­ Dissenters: Voices From Contem­ FM. In addition to Costas, the Chronicle, the Hartford Courant, ula. Experimental courses fund­ porary America. Gwaltney writes radio station provided a train­ the Milwaukee Sentinel and the ed by the Mellon Foundation, about people who "rock the ing ground for Marty Glickman, Toronto Globe and Mail. which attempt to marry liberal boat." The book examines 35 in­ Marv Albert, Len Berman, and Barlow's work was also featured and professional education, are dividuals who defended their Dick Stockton. on WGBH television in Boston. being developed and tested beliefs regardless of the Senior Charlie Pallilo hopes to under the auspices of the consequences. continue that tradition. He told Historical Happening Honors Program. In the November issue of USA Today that attending Syra­ An event that attracted scholars There figures to be more of Psychology Today, reviewer Alfie cuse will help him realize his from around the world to the the same, McClure says. "This Kohn called Gwaltney's book "so dream. "It's just a professional at­ Syracuse campus last October also University is on the verge of an compelling that we read on, mosphere here. The facilities, the attracted coverage by The New important advance in under­ savoring the tales of ordinary faculty . . . for what I want, I York Times. graduate studies," McClure people becoming defiant and can't be at a better university." Reporter Colin Campbell listen­ says. " There is a genuine, ex­ searching for clues as to why they ed as more than 100 scholars citing ferment going on in refused to go along." Computer Clout debated the impact that Leopold undergraduate education, and The book also got the attention An individual who draws his or von Ranke, the 19th-century Ger­ the Honors Program will be a of Peggy Cohill at KMOX radio her conclusions from computer man historian, had on the study part of that experience. in St. Louis, who featured analysis is more confident about of history. ''The program can serve as a Gwaltney as a guest on her late­ those conclusions. "The conference organizer, model for improving under- night talk show. He was also in­ In its "Business Bulletin" col­ Prof. James Powell ... argued terviewed on WGY in Schenec­ urtm August 21, The Wall Street that the intelligent discussion of tady, N.Y. Journal cited a study by Ralph politics owed so much to the study Jake T. W . Hubbard's new Shangraw, assistant professor of of history that Ranke might be book, The Race, is another public administration, that seems said to have created a language of faculty book garnering media at­ to indicate as much. political discourse for modern tention. In his book, Hubbard, a "Government officials in a re­ democratic societies," wrote professor in SU's magazine cent Syracuse University study Campbell. "Some participants in department, recounts his 1984 were surer of decisions made with the conference insisted, as people transatlantic race in a home-made the help of data obtained from a do at such events, that Ranke's cutter. (For more on that ex­ computer," wrote Lynn Asinof. spirit and beneficent influence perience, see page 43.) "Those who used data from were still very much alive." The Washington Post wrote in books and reports were more The conference commemorated its review, "We learn through likely to change their minds, the the 100th anniversary of Ranke's Hubbard's entertaining blend of study says." death and the University's acquisi­ journalist's curiosity and jour­ Shangraw told The Chronicle tion of Ranke's private library. nalkeeper's introspection exactly of Higher Education, "We are -Darryl Geddes Robert McClure

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graduate education across cam­ pus, and as its director I have special opportunities to con­ tribute to the debate." For ex­ ample, the program already of­ fers the type of lower-division seminars that are being con­ sidered for University-wide implementation. The other reason that McClure took the job is a basic desire to associate himself with excellence. "The Honors Pro­ gram offers an opportunity to share your energies with some of the very best and most moti­ vated students we have at the University," he says. "They are a pleasure to work with." A Dome and a City The city-tax status of the Carrier Dome has finally been determined. For roughly five years, Syracuse University and the City of Syra­ but keeps $1.2 million the It's a Zoo bus officials needed to decide cuse have debated the tax status University paid under protest in how to make other use of this of the Carrier Dome-a debate 1984. In addition, the city will And in the campus' lighter odd vehicle. We can assume that eventually carried the two receive a 75-cent surcharge from news: that placing a perfectly good into court. Now, at last, some each ticket sold to certain types Last summer, Onondaga bus in storage wasn't appealing, conclusions have been drawn. of events, including concerts and County reopened the fully and, though we weren't actual­ The debate arose in 1981, professional sports. The city is renovated Burnet Park Zoo, ly invited to take part, we like when then-Mayor Lee Alex­ guaranteed $100,000 in annual amid much-deserved hoopla. to imagine the conversation that ander decided that the Carrier revenues from this surcharge. The zoo is a small modern led to the ultimate decision. Dome should forfeit the tax­ The arrangement has a few wonder, and its reopening If you haven't already guessed, exempt status ordinarily associ­ long-range effects. First, it as­ sparked the sort of community­ the Zoo Bus is doubling as the ated with nonprofit universities sures the sanctity of the Univer­ wide goodwill ordinarily associ­ South Campus bus. Through­ because events such as concerts sity's traditional tax-exemption­ ated only with major holidays. out the day; it can be seen pull­ and professional sports were an important result for not only The reopening also gave ing up to the Sims Hall bus held there. The University pro­ SU but also for colleges and Syracuse something called the stop. Exam-weary students, ap­ tested, defending for all of universities nationwide. Second, Zoo Bus, which shuttles zoo­ parently oblivious to the irony, higher education the sanctity of it assures that the Dome will goers from downtown to the board for the winding ride back tax exemptions for colleges and reclaim its power as a multi­ park. Originally a normal city to Winding Ridge, Slocum universities; it sued the city to functional facility; Chancellor bus, the Zoo Bus has been loud­ Heights, Farm Acre Road, et al. eliminate the building's property­ Melvin A. Eggers expected con­ ly redecorated with nearly life­ We would be remiss if we did value assessment. certs to return this spring. size, full-color renderings of not point out that, on its way to Dozens of legal actions and The agreement also signals monkeys, lions, and even an Skytop, the Zoo Bus stops at counteractions ensued, which ever-improving cooperation be­ elephant (covering a portion of Manley Field House, former led eventually to a pair of State tween the city and the Univer­ the bus from wheel well to home of a different Syracuse Supreme Court decisions. The sity, according to represen­ roof). Inside, the seats are zoo-the infamous "Manley first (June 1985) proclaimed the tatives of both. Chancellor painted in a leopard-skin pat­ Zoo," which was a small Dome to be taxable but only Eggers said that the doors have tern, and mechanically animated modern wonder in its own right. partially so, based on the been opened to numerous new trophy heads hang throughout. - Dana L. Cooke revenue earned from certain opportunities for cultural and Last fall, as zoo attendance "noneducational events"; the educational exchange. tapered off with the season, city second (January 1986) greatly reduced the city's assessment of the building. In January 1986, with new mayor Tom Young in office, University and city represen­ tatives began the negotiations that led, in December, to- an agreement about the Dome arid a new sense of mutual concern between SU and the city. Under the agreement, the city exempts the Dome from taxation When the Zoo Bus isn't traveling to Burnet Park, it can be seen around campus.

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