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Oct. 14- Oct. 27, 1994 Send address changes to Personnel Services, SVC 2172 Office of Media Relations and Publications ADM264 Castor!ls in charge: USF inaugurates first vvoman president Inside With a 2:30 p.m. ceremony on Fri­ she wanted an inauguration, not a coro­ music. day, Oct. 14, USF will inaugurate its first nation. Events were planned so that they At 7:30 p.m., Bull Blast IV, a pep woman and fifth permanent President, were accessible to as many people as rally with Red Johnny and the Round Betty Castor. possible. Guy, from MTV, will kick off in the Sun 2 Follawthebouncingballc USFmen's The ceremony is the high point of a After the ceremony, the public is in­ Dome. Men's and women's basketball and women's basketball gets started week that included conferences, art ex­ vited to a reception at the Lifsey House, teams will have their first practices of the with Bull Blast IV, on Oct. 14 in the Sun hibits, brunches, receptions, jazz perfor­ the President's new home and USF' s season. Dome. mances and a gourmet dinner. hospitality center. The free reception, Finally, at 8 p.m., the USFSymphony Castor's inauguration ceremony will with refreshments, will take place from 5 Band will entertain in Theatre II. be attended by U.S. Rep. Sam Gibbons, to 7 p.m. USF students will perform By Lisa Cunningham Gov. Lawton Chiles, Board of Regents 5 Bull blitz: USF's Admissions of­ member Steve Uhlfelder, Tampa Mayor fice goes after potential students more Sandra Freedman and many other digni­ e Inauguration of President Betty Castor aggressively. taries. Celebrating Leadership, Partnership and Vision For Castor, becoming President is Schedule of Events just one of many firsts. She was the first woman on the Hillsborough County Friday, October 14, 1994 Commission, the first woman to serve as B Vulcan's vinegars: Computer sup­ president pro tern of the Florida Senate, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. port specialist Kathleen Buckley ere­ the first woman to serve as state educa­ Democracy, Toleran ce and Freedom of Speech: A Community a tes her own brand of vinegarfor cook­ tion commissioner and the first woman Dialogue, will feature author Nat Hentoff • Marshall Center • Cost: ing and seasoning, Private Stock, in ever to hold a cabinet position in Florida. $25 per person includes luncheon and seminar materials her free time. Castor took the reins as President on Jan. 18, and immediately plunged into a 2:30 p.m. - 4:30p.m. Snuffingoutsmoking: Phillip Marty, press conference at the USF Library, call­ Inauguration Ceremony and Honors Convocation • Sun Dome interim dean of the College of Public ing attention to the need for better fund­ Health, has a goal: to make Florida ing for books and journals. Since then, 5 - 7 p.m. smoke-free in three years. she has called for an increase in faculty Reception • Visit the new Lifsey House and share the celebration • and staff salaries, been the first President Enjoy a variety of music performed by USF students • Light refresh­ to use e-mail and changed the USF policy ments • No cost regarding students who commit violent acts.- among many other achievements. 8p.m. (For more on Castor's background, see Page Symphony Band, Theatre IT ($3 general admission, $2 students and 3.) seniors) Former President John Lott Brown Briefly was the first President to have an inau­ For further information, call ext. 4-1816. guration ceremony. Castor has said that Violent students put on notice USF's finest to be recognized at c~retnony After the battering of a USF female More than 50 USF faculty will be ing Awards will be given to: Marvin ceive Distinguished Service Professors student in Mu Hall on Oct. 2, administra­ honored during the 1994 Honors Convo­ Alvarez, Kevin Archer, William Blount, awards. Other faculty will receive pro­ tors decided to change the policy on how cation, which will take place during Presi­ Maria Esformes, Marcia Finkelstein, fessor emeritus status. They include: Sa­ to handle students who commit acts of dent Castor's inauguration on Oct. 14. Jennifer Friedman, Mary Parrott, Linda rah Boyd, Raymond Castle, Ernest Cox, violence. Top honors include the Town and Whiteford, Cynthia Cohen, Joel Reedy, J. Fred Dickman, Roger Grange Jr., Five students were suspended by Gown Community Service Award, which Nell Faucette, Marjorie Wynn, Scott Kevin Kearney, Anne Kelley, John the Office of Student Affairs, pending an will be accepted by William Scheuerle, Campbell, Mary Filippo, Hilton Jones, Knego, P. Judson Newcombe, Linus emergency hearing that was to take place the Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Lois Lowry, Diane McGuinness, Bar­ Scott, Evelyn Searls, William Smith and by Oct. 10. Teaching Award, which will be received bara Clarke and Robert Hall. Stewart Swihart. Aggressive behavior and acts of vio­ by Susan McMillan, the Distinguished Outstanding Undergraduate Advis­ William Katzenmeyer and lence will not be tolerated on this cam­ Service Award, which will be given to ing Awards will be distributed to: Gerald Scheu erie will receive dean emeritus pus, said Student Affairs Vice President Roy Mumme, and the Theodore and Barkholz, Walter Brugger, Phyllis status. And finally, Herman Harold Nixon. President Betty Castor Venette Askounes-Ashford Distin­ LaBaw, Joanne Melreit and Sylvia Friedman, Mark Goldman, Douglas added that the incident represents a stan­ guished Scholar Award, which will be Salter. Nelson and William Spellacy will dard of behavior that is totally unaccept­ accepted by Linda Moody. Charles Amade and Elton Smith, earn Distinguished Research Profes­ able in an educational environment. Outstanding Undergraduate Teach- two long-time USF professors, will re- sor status. Although individual student disci­ plinary records are confidential under Florida law, USF will endeavor, through Physician takes crusade to Washington coordination with the University Police, to make the USF community aware of the On Oct. 4, a group of physician-sci­ others who made fact-finding trips to "Frankly, it felt awful to stand up disposition of such cases. entists gathered in Washington, DC for Cuba, was actually filed by the New against your own country," acknowl­ The suspended students were not the formal filing of an emergency peti­ York-based Center for Constitutional edged Kirkpatrick, "but it's something identified in this case. tion demanding an end to the US trade Rights with the Inter-American Com­ we all had to do. We were also standing embargo against Cuba. The group, led mission on Human Rights, an arm of the up - and standing in - for innocent by USF anesthesiologist Anthony Organization of American States. Accord­ people who can't help themselves." Office change Kirkpatrick, charged at a National Press ing to the petition, the embargo violates The packed news conference, which USF's Internal Auditing office on Oct. Club news conference that a direct corre­ four articles of the American Declaration included reporters from CNN, AP, UPI, 1 became part of the Office of the Inspec­ lation exists between the increase in death of the Rights and Duties of Man and an USA Today, TV Marti, the New York Times tor General. The change was the result of and disease in Cuba and the tightening OAS Charter article barring one member and the "MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour," is state legislation. Questions can be di­ of the embargo under the 1992 Cuban state from engaging in economic coer­ likely to create further forums for rected to Michael Peppers at FAO 155. Democracy Act. cion against another. Kirkpatrick. NBC's "Dateline" show al­ The petition attributes increasingly "We are, in effect, causing the need­ ready has asked him to accompany a USF's EAP is higher rates of death and disease - in­ less deaths ofinnocent, helpless, defense­ camera crew to Cuba in November to cluding pneumonia and influenza- to less Cuban citizens," said Kirkpatrick, further document embargo-related con­ model program the drastic decline in the importation of an expert on chronic pain. ditions. USF's EmployE·e Assistance Program medicines-including antibiotics-and While championing the cause of "Whatwe'redealingwithisaneedless is a model program within the State Uni­ medical supplies into Cuba. The result is those whose suffering is embargo­ human tragedy," said Kirkpatrick. '1'm versity System of Florida and is among a violation of international human rights induced, Kirkpatrick allowed that the not about to do anything less than I can to the best in the nation. The EAP offers standards, charged the petition. experience was far from exhilirating. make people, including the President of counseling and referral to faculty and That petition, which was based on It's not easy to take on one's own the United States, aware of this reality." staff and can be reached at ext. 4-5469. evidence gathered by Kirkpatrick and· country, he conceded. By Joe 0 'Neill c -· -- - -- ·- - -- -f

Inside USF, Oct. 14 - 27, 1994 USF nets $7.5 million for underwater research A $7.55 million grant from the U.S. submersibles will scout an area, send help to better interpret satellite data." The project has helped foster a strong Department of Defense to USF will lead information back in real time-classify­ For example, said Hopkins, the AUV relationship between USF and FAU. "No to the safe detection of dangers below the ing such things as tethered or submerged can be set in deep coastal waters in the one organization can cover the scope of water line, protecting marine scientists mines- without risk to personnel, said path of a hurricane to collect information this research," said Hopkins. and expensive naval vessels. project leader Torn Hopkins of the USF before and immediately after the storm According to Sam Smith, assis­ The one-year grant from the Of­ Marine Science department. passes. It also can be sent into oil spills to tant professor of ocean engineering fice of Naval Research will enable Hopkins pointed out that the devel­ follow its movement. and technical project director at FAU, USF marine scientists and engineers opment of the AUV and its sensors not "It can go where we don't want to the USF-FAU relationship has been a to develop sensors to ride aboard an only have vital military implications, but send a person," he said. critical component to the research of eight-foot long, computer-controlled also could prove to be very important to One submersible is currently in op­ this project. submersible being designed and built environmental research. The high-tech eration, with three more to be built this "USF marine scientists who have the by researchers at Florida Atlantic sensors will generate almost instanta­ year. oceanographic research mission, com­ University. Development of the "au­ neous information about current, pollut­ The ONR grant is the largest one­ bined with our AUV, provides for a tonomous underwater vehicle" is be­ ants, nutrients and changes in the salin­ year grant ever received by USF. It comes unique opportunity," said Smith. "Given ing funded through the grant to USF. ity of shallow ocean waters. on top of a $2-rnillion grant received the reduced R&D funding, institutions The University of Tampa is also in­ "It will have a broad spectrum of earlier this year from the ONR for the working together will be critical to the volved in the project. uses and applications," said Hopkins. "It same project. Congress has approved development of successful projects in the The Navy's interest in the project is will give us greater capabilities, giving a another$10.1 million for the 1995-96 bud­ future." the detection of underwater mines. The much bigger picture- which can also get year. By Ron Fa1g Friedan to discuss aging in America USF will examine the phenomenon The conference of aging as it's presented in literature, the will conclude with media and the visual arts during a con­ a lecture, "Aging in ference on "Aging and Identity: A Hu­ America" by manities Perspective," Oct. 20-21. The Friedan. She will conference will feature activist Betty speak at 7:30 p.m., Friedan. Oct. 21 , in the Spe­ According to Lagretta Lenker, co­ cial Events Center. director of the Center for Applied Hu­ Friedan, a manities and conference organizer, the founder of the Na­ event will address the issue of aging tional Organization Betty Friedan from multiple points of view. for Women and the "It will examine the myths, often National Women's Political Caucus, is embodied in literature, the media and one of the foremost advocates for the visual arts, that equate longevity with women's rights in the world. Her book, United we stand senility and aging with decrepitude," The Fountain of Age, is based on 10 years President Betty Castor, from left, Associate Athletic Director Lee Roy said Lenker. "We will also explore visual of research on changing sex roles and the Selmon, WFLA-TV Ch. 8 anchor Irene Maher, Hillsborough County and literary representations that celebrate aging process. United Way chair George Koehn and Lifelong Learning Director Lee the potentiality and pleasures of active Registration fee for the two-day con­ Leavengood urge USF faculty and staff to donate to the United Way old age." ference is $40. The fee for USF faculty campaign, during a kick-off on Sept. 30 in the Administration building Topics will include "Aging and the and students is $20. Friedan' s lecture is courtyard. For information on how to donate, call an area Never-Married Woman,""Aging and the free and open to the public. For more representative or Rollin Richmond at ext. 4-2804. African-American Community" and information, call the Division of Lifelong "Hemingway and the Aging Superman." Learning at ext. 4-5201. Handwritten letters, phone calls and 262 visits Recruitment efforts encompass entire university When President Betty Castor an­ students whose names we purchased from a pre-printed "fast application" that takes Incoming freshmen aren't the only nounced in her annual address to the the College Board (which administers the less time to fill out and return. Handwrit­ students receiving special attention. The faculty that USF had met its enrpllrnent SAT-Scholastic Achievement Test) and a ten, personalized, congratulations letters majority of incoming students consists goals for the year and would not have to list from the Board of Regents of Florida of are sent to every single admitted fresh­ of transfer students and adults returning refund any money to the State Univer­ students with a GPA of 3.5 or better. That man, along with a personalized letter from to college. To meet their needs, a new sity System, the audience cheered and is 25,000 names," Harding said. the dean of the college students have cho­ office of Adult and Transfer Student Ser­ applauded. The general information packet in­ sen as their major. Parent receptions are vices has opened. This year, incoming What made that moment possible cludes a postage-paid response card and held around the state, with information on transfer students each received a per­ was the result of a lot of work and, ac­ USF follows up with students who re­ housing, financial aid, admissions and ori­ sonal phone call from USF. cording to Linda Erickson, University turn the card. entation. A phone-a-thon is held to contact "That went very well," said Albert Registrar, a change. "We pay a lot of attention to our all students who were admitted but haven't Colom, an office staff member. "The stu­ "Enrollment has finally become a feeder markets in our 15-county service registered for orientation. dents were really happy to receive infor­ university priority, rather than the re­ area," Harding said. And the effort doesn't stop with just mation about what they needed to do." sponsibility of one or two offices," In the fall, USF' s Admissions office getting the students into the school, but The office also conducted a retention Erickson said. "That is what is making a visits every single major high school in serving them once they are here. survey of students who were eligible to difference- everybody is working to- the state. This fall, USF will visit 262 This fall, mid-term grades will be return to school but had not. On-the-spot gether." · schools between Sept. 1 and Dec. 1. The issued by the Registrar's office to all fresh­ admissions days were offered at area And working, and working and recruitment staff will also participate in men so they can see how they are doing. community colleges and 160 students working. 80 college dayI night programs through­ Also starting this fall, all freshmen are were admitted in a period of two to three This fall, Vice President for Student out the state. · guaranteed Freshman English and a math, weeks. The office is also looking intc Affairs Harold Nixon sent out a letter to "We take special care of the local stu­ social science and natural science class offering expanded hours. all returning students and gave out a dents," Harding said. "This is the fourth that meets the liberal arts requirement. Extra attention is also provided tc help line number. A letter from Presi­ year that we will hold USF decision days in Guaranteed. Also, freshmen are being multi-cultural students. Sam Wright saic dent Castor was also sent to every stu­ local public high schools. We take staff to encouraged to sign up for 15 hours their he has been in his office as late as 11 p.rn dent. The Admissions office coordinated the high schools and make on-the-spot first semester, rather than 12, so they can or 12 a.m. processing students'folders the massive mail-out. admission decisions. Last year we held 14 graduate in four years. His office conducts a minority adrnis 'The Admissions Office is really the USF decision days and admitted 45 to 50 Students can access SunLink on their sions road show that has been highl~ front door of the University," said Admis­ students at each day." computers and look up their grades or successful. sions director Pamela LaPan. '1t is the first USFPreview Programs, which serve schedule. Next spring, they will also be "Ninety-five percent of the student place students have contact with." as an open house for incoming freshmen, able to browse the schedule of classes for that attend that program attend USF i1 LaPan, who has been with the uni­ will now be held only on Saturdays, open sections and change their address the future," Wright said. "When a pro versity for 15 years, said that USF has making it easier for students and their on-line, among other features. gram is earmarked for multi-cultural stv succeeded over the years in making more parents to attend. Campus tours and During registration, colleges get an dents, the participation is better." of a presence in the community. admissions, financial aid and housing unrnet demand report each morning that With the recent hiring of a Hispani "There is an awareness that we do sessions are held every Monday through lets them know what classes students are recruiter and a new black student rE treat students well," she said. Friday and campus housing tours are trying to sign up for and can't get. The cruiter, the office will be able to increas Recruitment efforts for this fall actu­ held every Saturday at noon. result has been that colleges can make its efforts even more. ally began last spring, said assistant di­ For the first time this year, students arrangements to open up more sections, For USF's Admissions office, it's a rector Marc Harding. who send in their SAT scores and their and less students are being caught with­ in a day's work. "We send a big mailing each spring to high school transcripts electronically get out needed classes. By Alissa Algan Page