Index May 2, 2001 Inside Volume 94 Issue 14 A & E. 10, 11, 15 AUsearches for a Op/Ed . 2, 3 new Provost. See Features . 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 Fun . 14 what the five News . 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 candidates have Playlist . 13 Fiat Lux Sports . 12, 13, 16 The Student Newspaper of Alfred University to say page 7 Senate’s first Resolution passes Avila struggles BY JENELLE SILVERS resolution is to reflect the sentiment Senate Resolution is an important A& E EDITOR of the student body regarding issues document that expresses the feeling of prejudice, hate and discrimination. of the entire Senate on a certain The resolution wording session held The session, attended by approxi- issue. These documents are extreme- by Senate on Monday April 16 to mately 30 students, lasted nearly ly influential, because they represent draft a document was both an inspir- two-and-a-half hours. … a major concern of the Senate. The ing example of cooperation and com- Student Senate President Liz passage of a resolution … will carry promise and a testament to the lack Reina began by thanking those in great weight with the University’s of involvement of the student body in attendance, proceeding to explain administration.” campus policy. The purpose of the exactly what a resolution is: “A After an explanation by Reina of PHOTO BY JASON PILARZ the resolution format Edisa Weeks and Homer Avila at AU in January. and a review of the original motion pro- BY JUDY TSANG posed by Students EDITOR IN CHIEF Acting For Equality (SAFE), which called An amazing and inspirational dancer to Alfred for a “zero tolerance of University cannot dance anymore. blatant acts of hate and Homer Avila was diagnosed with cancer last discrimination” on the month. According to his partner in Avila/Weeks basis of “gender, age, Dance, Edisa Weeks, in a recent e-mail, Avila has a class, ethnicity, reli- large malignant tumor in his groin that has grown gion, sexual orientation into his right pelvic bone and the surrounding mus- or the plethora of other cles. differences,” the ses- The New York City-based dancer and choreogra- sion assumed an open pher that graced the C.D. Smith Theatre stage this discussion format. past January was originally faced with two options. Discussion revolved Avila could have amputated the leg or tried to save around major issues of the limb but still have to remove a large section his defining what SAFE hip the top of his femur and other muscles in the and others recognized groin area. the problem to be, and Unfortunately, the spread of the cancer was so how to best address quick, that Avila was left with no choice but to that problem. amputate his leg. His right leg has been amputated Dissention over the from the hip down. degree of culpability While Avila/Weeks Dance performed their resi- for violence stemming dency here at AU in January, dancers working with from hate and prejudice the company saw that something was seriously PHOTO BY PATRICIA STRICKLAND as opposed to violence bothering Avila already. Judge Jay Spike gets taken down during the Mud Olympics on Hot Dog Day stemming from any “We knew he was injured [while he was here],” SEE RESOLUTION, PAGE 3 SEE AVILA, PAGE 6 Mascot.com seeks to improve campus communication BY CHARLIE CASPARIUS It is now based privately in tures to the student body. First ping” is the main idea of Mascot This start page uses profile WEB MANAGER Cambridge, Mass. and is funded and foremost it is completely Network’s Web site, there are data that you provide the first by a number of high revenue tailored to the school. relatively few features that time you use the site, to send Something new is coming to companies including Arts The Web site contains the they offer. However, they are you pertinent information. At campus next semester. There is Alliance, Patricof & Co Alfred logo, the Alfred colors, consolidated in a one-stop easy- the top of the page are the a new way for current students Ventures Inc., Direct Equality and all news and information is to-read-and-access format. announcements that range from and faculty alike to come Partners I, L.P., Bonsai Capital specific to Alfred University The first feature that Mascot administrative announcements together in this new age of Partners and Hollinger Digital students. boasts is a personalized start to group announcements. The information technology. That Inc. The biggest point that page. Each student has their groups will be discussed later. way is mascotnetwork.com. On April 26 there was a live Kennedy made was that the own personal login and pass- These announcements are Mascot Network was born in demonstration of the Web site Mascot Web site integrates the word, so their information is much like the e-mails we 1998 as a college-specific Web software that will launch for the school’s Web site with the easy only accessible by them. SEE MASCOT.COM, PAGE 6 site to college-specific material. fall semester of 2001. After a “one-stop shopping” conve- The idea behind the web-based short Power Point presentation nience of the Mascot page. company was to increase com- by the Account Executive The site is operates off of the munication between all levels of Maribeth Kennedy, there was Mascot servers, so if Alfred has membership at a University: an online demonstration about a technology problem, Mascot’s the administration, the stu- the site and the features that site will still be active and avail- dents and the faculty. One main they offer. able. purpose of this was to strength- Unfortunately, only a mere Also, the site will be pre- en campus community even six people showed up to the pre- loaded with public information, more so than it is now. sentation, representing both so even if you do not use the Mascot Network now sup- libraries, the counseling center, site, you will still be able to sign plies its service to 100 institu- ITS and one member of the stu- in and get information that is tions. Mascot boasts that it is dent body. pertinent to you. the leading software of its kind. Mascot offers a variety of fea- While the “one-stop shop- Djerassi bridges gap of science, society BY CATHERINE KEVETT expansion of a gulf between the ence-in-fiction always is. COPY MANAGER culture of scientists and the rest of It is just as important to show the world. people how scientists do their stud- Carl Djerassi is known as the “I am interested in reaching the ies as it is to say what they do. He “father of the birth-control pill” for general public who generally joked that scientists do not teach a good reason. He headed the syn- couldn’t care less about chem- students “how to become a scien- thesis of the first effective oral con- istry,” Djerassi said. tist. That is really accomplished traceptive in 1951. Djerassi tries to close the gap through a form of osmosis.” Djerassi was the speaker for the between scientists and lay people Djerassi said he uses his fiction third annual Samuel R. Scholes, Jr. through writing books and plays. in a didactic manner: “to teach, Lecture on April 17 in Nevins He makes the distinction between instruct and amuse.” Theater. classic science fiction and his own His novels have one overriding Called “Noble Science and genre of science-in-fiction. While theme; they all study the role of Nobel Lust: Disclosing Tribal science fiction doesn’t have to be modern women in the male-domi- PHOTO BY PATRICIA STRICKLAND Secrets,” his talk focused on the true or plausible, Djerassi’s sci- SEE DJERASSI, PAGE 4 HDD offered up this young visitor more sweets than he can handle. May 2, 2001 Editorial — Page 2 Fiat Lux Fiat Lux COLUMN George: Don’t Random closing thoughts ... BY JAY WEISBERGER sport got slighted this year. name to the proper spelling. EDITOR EMERITUS • Wouldn’t it be fun if some • Who is speaking at gradua- enterprising student came up tion? Anyone? Is it open-mic? anger the dragon Little things that run with an Alfred Pub Crawl and Actually, that would be kinda through my mind as I made up T-shirts? Sure, there neat. Last week, Vice President Dick Cheney renewed the U.S. commitment reflect on Alfred: are only three places to go, but • Our alma mater starts to a “One China” policy. • This Provost search it would be fun. Especially this “Nestled away mid the Empire Sounds great in theory, but let’s look at the actions that have sur- has made me realize week. State hills.” Alfred University rounded this comment. that no one knows what the • Now that Joe Gow is leaving, is on a hill, not in the middle of First, in a yearly review of arms sales to Taiwan, President George W. Provost does. I have asked sev- will another professor take the one. Let Captain Caveman live Bush approved the largest sale to the island in over a decade. eral people and received several responsibility of teaching the in the hill. Also, our esteemed ruler spouted out this gem: he stated that the U.S. answers. From what I can tell, Pop Music class? I have fond • One thing is clear: Major will do “whatever it takes” to defend Taiwan should China attack. this job has the most broad job memories of that one. Should be League Snood could make Whoa, back that train up there, George.