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Suny Cortland Alumni News Summer 2011 SUNY CORTLAND ALUMNI NEWS SUMMER 2011 when, in his early 20s, he embarked upon his voyage around the world on HMS Beagle he accepted the worldview in which he was raised. Refl ecting later on his success, Darwin ventured that he had ‘patience … industry … and a fair share of invention.’” Similarly, Jim’s wanderings among the fi elds, forests and shorelines of Long Island as a youth set the stage for his future scien- tifi c profession. As a boy, he spent time gazing at the stars and exploring rocks and living things along the North Shore’s coastal beaches and in the former farm fi elds and meadows surrounding his suburban home in Plainview, N.Y. At SUNY Cortland, his window on the natural world opened wider. “Cortland was enthralling to me because the environment was so di! erent,” Jim recalled. “The species, experiencing bedrock. Long Island is mostly glacial till; big piles of rock and gravel. Upstate, you’re standing on From the continent itself.” He routinely made overnight camping trips to Hoxie Gorge Nature Preserve, a College-owned biological research station near campus, and spent a memorable summer at Antlers and the Huntington caterpillars Memorial Camp at the Outdoor Education Center at Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks. to Darwin FRANK SULLOWAY A cherry tree leans precariously as James T. BY JENNIFER WILSON Associate Editor wanted to become a scientist of some kind. Costa ’85 scrambles higher on its slender And actually I wasn’t quite sure which fi eld n his way to deliver a speech trunk to collect caterpillar specimens for because my interests were pretty broad.” his research on their social behavior. on the work of Charles Darwin Jim is now a professor of biology at in Old Main this spring, James Western Carolina University and executive T. “Jim” Costa ’85 paused in director of the Highlands Biological Station, Ofront of a Scholars’ Day project on social the University of North Carolina’s mountain caterpillars with his former mentor, Distin- research station focused on the biodiversity guished Professor Terrence D. Fitzgerald. of the southern Appalachian Mountains. He The moment was reminiscent of Jim’s is also a prolifi c researcher and author of SUNY Cortland experience, which nurtured two books and dozens of articles on insect an interest in biological science and helped societies, population genetics, evolutionary him evolve into a respected entomologist, biology and Charles Darwin. science textbook author and expert on the His 2009 textbook, The Annotated revolutionary work of Darwin. Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition “Looking back in retrospect, I think of ‘On the Origin of Species’ (Harvard it really set me on the right trajectory,” University Press), seeks to help readers Jim said of the College and the caterpillar better understand the historical context, research he did with Fitzgerald while he was structure and content of Darwin’s master- James T. Costa ’85 here. “I took to it pretty readily. In a hard- work. The text provided inspiration for to-defi ne kind of way, I had the sense that I his SUNY Cortland Scholars’ Day keynote address on April 15. And, perhaps most importantly, he enrolled in a biology class with Fitzgerald, The Origin of Species Jim’s lecture packed Old Main’s Brown “ Auditorium. He kept the audience engaged who presented him with his fi rst oppor- by sharing information one doesn’t usually tunity to do research. Fitzgerald also got ushered in a new way of hear about Darwin: the family pressure him interested in social caterpillar communi- placed on the noted scientist to join the cation, which would infl uence much of Jim’s looking at the world, and clergy, his uncertainty about his theories future work. and his reluctance to release them to a very “What Terry was working on and that at ourselves. Yet Darwin didn’t conservative and religious public. we have continued to work on in di! erent “The Origin of Species ushered in a ways is the group living context of the set out to be a revolutionary...” new way of looking at the world, and at caterpillars: how and why they live in — James T. Costa ’85 ourselves,” observed Jim. “Yet Darwin didn’t colonies,” Jim said. “He turned me on to set out to be a revolutionary — certainly continued on page 8 2 COLUMNS • SUMMER 2011 PRESIDENT’S Message Our commitment to Antlers BY ERIK J. BITTERBAUM President Last fall, I shared with you some of the questions surrounding providing hands-on experience for more than 1,000 students. the future of the Antlers property on Raquette Lake. I also “Rest assured that SUNY Cortland The facility also regularly hosts physical education, teacher shared my decision to ask the Auxiliary Services Corporation education and recreation programs as well as alumni events. (ASC) to place a hold on any potential sale of this historic remains strongly committed to outdoor As I have stated earlier, the College is committed to the hotel complex, as well as my intent to create a special task success of both Antlers and Camp Huntington as a single, force to thoroughly review the role of Antlers in SUNY education at both of our unique facilities truly unique entity and will contribute resources to the reno- Cortland’s educational mission. vations. The state funding cuts made to the SUNY system Today, I can report the ad hoc committee assembled to on Raquette Lake.” over the last few years, however, present a challenge. This review the College’s outdoor education programs and assets summer and fall, the College is already scheduled to renovate has determined that Antlers is an integral part of SUNY Cort- the waterfront bulkhead at Camp Huntington for an esti- land’s Raquette Lake Center for Environmental and Outdoor mated $100,000 and replace the roof on one of its cabins, Education. The panel unanimously recommended that Antlers Since I fi rst shared news of a potential private buyer for which could cost as much as $50,000. should be upgraded, kept under College control and used the Antlers property last year, I have received dozens of That is why a larger partnership involving SUNY Cortland more extensively by students, sta! , alumni and other groups. messages from alumni who wanted to share their thoughts alumni, many of whom still use the Antlers facility, is critical. In light of that assessment, I am actively seeking the about the value of their SUNY Cortland outdoor experience. Programmatic recommendations made by the task force transfer of Antler’s ownership from ASC to the Cortland Many said it was transformational. Janet Richards Whitaker ’65, are currently under review. The ideas include increasing the College Foundation. That transfer would be tied to the an international canoe-racing champion who was awarded amount of time Antlers is used during the year, increasing the creation of a substantial and permanent endowment to an honorary doctorate degree at this year’s SUNY Cortland number and type of courses held there, and the creation of a support a single, environmental and outdoor education Commencement for developing paddling opportunities for freshman orientation program and weekend outings featuring complex composed of both Antlers and Camp Huntington. people with disabilities, had her very fi rst canoeing expe- kayaking, climbing, hiking and other outdoor activities. A We envision a long-term lease agreement between the rience while a student at Raquette Lake. James Costa ’85, permanent endowment supporting programming would be College and the foundation in which the College would take the noted entomologist, author and Scholars’ Day keynote essential for the successful implementation of these ideas. full responsibility for improving and maintaining Antlers. The speaker profi led in this issue of Columns, cites his time at In addition to encouraging more use by students, it is foundation would be responsible for raising and providing Antlers’ fi eld biology course as one of the formative experi- imperative that additional use of the facility by non-students matching funds as we make capital improvements and build a ences that guided him into the biological sciences. be encouraged. That would bring in additional revenue program endowment to increase outdoor education oppor- Rest assured that SUNY Cortland remains strongly to help stabilize the outdoor education center’s fi nances, tunities for SUNY Cortland students. committed to outdoor education at both of our unique facil- according to the report. The Antlers property has several The foundation board endorsed this concept at its June 10 ities on Raquette Lake. With a healthy program endowment, unique advantages that could attract a variety of di! erent meeting, conditional on the creation of an endowment large we would increase and diversify programming and o! er groups than Camp Huntington. It o! ers the ambience of enough to realize SUNY Cortland’s vision. The executive more students opportunities to have potentially transforma- a rustic mountain hotel or resort, a beach for recreational committee for ASC, which would continue to provide dining tional outdoor experiences as part of their SUNY Cortland swimming and boating, and room for scheduling growth. and other services at Antlers, will consider the transfer in the education. Increasing use of the facility, however, is unlikely to near future. We fully anticipate ASC’s support and agreement. Reaching those goals, however, will be a challenge. succeed without signifi cant upgrades to the property. Those Meanwhile, the task force’s programming recommenda- Extensive repairs and upgrades are sorely needed at Antlers, improvements, in turn, begin with commitment: by the tions, aimed at weaving outdoor experiences deeper into a 19th-century hotel and casino complex. Cabins must be College, by the foundation and by you, our creative and campus and alumni life, are now under review.
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