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TDOR-FREE O M POST Cornell scientists can detect when com post will stad to smell, which could reduce odors from garbage recycling. @uT O F AFRICA Professof M ichael Latham co-authors a book'with his late mother on life in E. Africa from the 1920s. C ornell sets 1995-96 sl tutoq college tuition rates Tuition rates for Cornell's statutory tions between SUNY and Cornell about the * Doctor of Veterinary M edicine port; thc need to preserve financial aid at a colleges were approved Tuesday by'the extcnt of expenditure reductions and tu- (D.V.M.), resident student, $13,080, an 8.1 level that protects historical opportunities Board of Trustees Executive Committee ition-related rcvenue increases for SUNY, percent increase over $12,100 last ycar. for acccss; the necd to fund annual ojerat- at a meeting at the Cornell Club in New Nesheim said. * D.V.M .? non-residcnt student, $17,610, ing increases for programs and yosltions York City. The Executive Committee approved an increase of 10.8 percent over $15,9* in supported by statutory collegc tultion rev- Provost Malden C. Nesheim, in present- 1995-96 statutory college tuition rates of: 1994-95. enues; and large adjustments in the SUNY ing tuition figures to the committee, noted * For undergraduate resident students, * Veterinarygraduatestudent, $10;650, an income contribution components of statu- that the final 1995-96 tuition rates are at the $8,490, a9.7 percent increase overthe 1994- increase of 8.7 'percent over $9,8* last year. tory college tuitions. ûûtop endn of ranges authorized by the com- 95 rate of $7,740. * Graduate reduccd, $7,000. an increase The four statutory collegcs on the mittce în April. * For undergraduate non-residents, of 16.7 percent over $6,000 in 1994-95. Corncll campus are the Collcge of Agri- Finalization of 1995-96 tuition rates was $16,460, a 10.5 percent increase over last Nesheim reported that the most signifi- culture and Life Scicnces, College of dclayed because of thc state's uncertain year's rate of $14,900. cant factors producing the tuition hikcs are Human Ecology, School of lndustria! and financial situation, Iegislativefailure topass * Graduate (non-veterinary), $10,000, a annual increases in the statutory collcge Labor Relations and 1he College of Vet- a state budget until mid-lune and negotia- 10.5 percent increase over $9,050 Iast year. sharc of central Cornell services and sup- erinary M edicine. Study show s U niversity need to teach nam es tw o kids about vice pa sidents consum erism By Jacquie Powers The appointmcnts of two Corneil vice By Susan l-ang presidents were announced Tucsday. Th e an no u nce m e n t W ith American children assaulted by was'made by President- morc than I 5.000 advertisemcnts a week elect Hunter Rawlings and livingin probably the most materialistic and Provost-elect Don society in the world, it's no wonder they M . Randel, who assume equate material welt-bcing with personal their posts July 1. happiness, Cornell experts say. Rawlings and Randel To counterthc intenseeffofts that advcr- recommended to the Ex- tisers put into marketing to children and ecutive Committee of teens, it'scritical forparentstoeducatetheir the Board of Trustees Eh- n- e children on consumer issues, say two con- that Ronald G. Ehren- sumcr economists. berg, acting vice presi- lfEven thotlgh thc population of children dent for academic pro- is shrinking in this country, spending by grams and planning, be youth continues to increase,'' said Lois namedvicc presidentfor Morton. an expert in consumer decision- academ ic program s, making in Corncll's Depanment of Con- planningand budgeting; sumer Economics and Housing. and the and that H. David Lam- author of a series of Cornell Cooperative bcrt, acting vice prcsi- Extension publications called Kids in the de n t f o r i n fo rm a t i o n kam bee M arketplace. technologies, be named American children agcs 4 to 12 spcnd vice president for infor- Somesgbillion annuallyandinfluence their mation technologies. .# o'p , . parents to gpend $ l3o'billion; teens spend Tht Exccutive Com- another $95 billion annually. And most of mittee approved the ap- that money is discretionary spending. It's pointments, which are no wonderthat'advertiscrs invest billions of effective July 1, at its dollars in' bombarding children and teen- June 27 meetjng in New agcrswithadvertisements,infomercials, in- Y ork City. School promotions. thousands of Iicensed 80th vicepresidents Reiehenbaoh Products, kids club offers, product use in will rcportto Randel. ttlevision programs and movies, and celeb- Rawlings and Randel also announced rity endorsements. that lnge T. Reichenbach, acting vice Advertiscrs intentionally promote envy ?resident for public affairs, will continuc and insecurity and have bcen so successtbl ln that role. in this qucst that some children have even H'These internal appointments round murdercd othcr children over a jacket or out the vacancies created during the past Continued p11 page 4 academic year by the departures of John W iesenfeld and Stuart Lynn to other in- butchers create Ieaner cuts of m eat sttioitnu tioo Pnsro. vI owsat nMt taol eNxepsrheesism m fyo ra phipsr leecaiad- Scientists help ership in bringing these appointments to retail cuts of pork than say 15 years agos'' hormone somatotropin to reduce the intçr- conclusion. Ron Ehrenberg and Dave By Blaine P. Friedlander Jn said Donald H. Beermann, Cornell profes- muscular, subcutaneous and intramuscular Lambert bring longstanding experience The meat from caltle, shecpand pigs that sorof animal science.M uchofthereduction fza t by about 50 percent. Beermann said. and judgment hcre at Cornell to our new Americans eat today is substanlially leaner in fats occurs on the butcher block, but Somatotropin is a natural hormone secreted administrative leadership team, and l Iook forward to working with 'thgm in their than thc fatty slabs available 15 years agola scientists are helpingthc butcherout-iulxss from the anterior pituitary gland in response Cornell meat expert says. intramuscle Iipid conccntrations (fatty de- to a geptidc called somatotropin releasing new capacities,'' Rawlings said. Not only hàs diet changed, but animals N sits) means a reduction in saturated fat.'' hormone (SRH). Randel said of the appointments of bred for slaughter have changed as well, Food scientists at Cornell and elsewhere In animals somatotropin is essential for Ehrenbcrgand Lambert:txAcademic plan- tbanks to metabolism moditscrs. improved are working to reduce the amount of fat on normal growth. Higher-than-normal con- ning and the provision of top-quality in- fecds and ncw genctic makeups. animal tissue. making for even leaner meat. centrations are needed for the rapid growth formation resources are at the heart of the 'l-rhcrc is 31 pcrce' nt Iess fal in today's Thcy have bcen testingthe uscof the natural Continued tpa page 2 Cotltinued t?ll page 4 2 June 29, 1995 Cornell Chronicle 'd B RIEFS œ œ ' L 4. 1. 5+ k. t . , . ' ' 3: ' ' ..' .' . .6 ; . #k: epz.A: w .. k . /'' 'jh 1 ;. g . v . , yt ' . ,'' ,. , ; . s.' ' ' ' .' . .. ,; , ' ilq. .... gç. ;. .?.'. i,. g.#xj:j , ' . 4, . .kp. ' . K Exploee the Intem e': A hands-on. .. ' '.jr.?$. '.. ' .. ..r. .;. .Cij;!.jj(j?9j1!4j4; ' ;$$ . t;' ''i'.'' t. f j j z gW .k 2.' : ; . '; .. U ' .- . '&- , ' two-partworkshopon usingthe W orld W ide ' . '. > .<91 ..jy ,) ).;î.;.- pzr ' ..' . ,(. ' '. G'y. qr % oow v.o. a: . , . A.tl !f.& 4 y... jg., >. r. 3t1, . .. t.z'p/ . à'.j1? 2. ; z ..'' y3 k. j. .. jp* v ' ' .y. .y*x.s . .. 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