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Volume 19 Number 8 October 15, 1987
Theory Center may be moved to Grumman site Cornell administrators announced today members, and local officials and citizens ciates of New York City, has been asked to ing Dean William B. Streett by members of that they have asked the architects for the concerned about the location of the building include space in the building that would be the engineering faculty, who saw it as an proposed College of Engineering/Theory adjacent to the gorge. lost by demolishing Grumman. opportunity to improve the overall quality Center building to explore the possibility of The new plan would place the building at Critics of the university's earlier plans had of space in the College of Engineering and moving the building away from Cascadilla least 20 feet from the tree line at the top of expressed concern that erecting the building provide a solution to aesthetic and campus- Gorge by demolishing Grumman Hall and the gorge; thus, no trees in the gorge would near the bank of the gorge might affect the planning issues. constructing the building on that site, con- be removed for the building or for the con- ecology of the gorge and represent an unac- "This proposed solution presents consid- necting the building to the south end of struction site, according to John F. Burness, ceptable visual intrusion in this undeveloped erable difficulties for the university, in par- Upson Hall. vice president for university relations. area. ticular for a number of outstanding faculty The new plan came as a result of a series In addition to studying how to construct Dislocation would be minimized in the College of Engineering whose work of meetings involving university officers, the building on the site of Grumman Hall, Burness said that the possibility of demol- in Grumman Hall would be severely dis- faculty, Cornell Plantations advisory board the architect, Gwathmey Siegel and Asso- ishing Grumman was presented to Engineer- Continued on page 7 Programs to showcase Cornell partnerships with corporations Business education Industry research Executives of corporations that support Several hundred corporate executives will the Johnson Graduate School of Manage- gather here Oct. 2122 for the most exten- ment will spend Oct. 15 on campus discuss- sive showcase Cornell has yet mounted of ing advances in business education with its research partnerships with industry. faculty and students of the Johnson School. The program for "University-Industry The school also has invited representa- Collaboration at Work at Cornell" will tives of firms interested in establishing rela- include discussions of industry-sponsored tions with the school. work in agriculture, biotechnology, mate- More than 50 business executives are rials, microelectronics, manufacturing, man- expected to hear a series of faculty lectures agement, supercomputing and a host of and participate in informal discussions, said other areas. Paul Brenner, the school's director of cor- The week of Oct. 18 24 also includes porate relations. several other gatherings of Cornell's indus- The second annual Partners Day pro- trial partners — including affiliates of the gram will deal with global competitiveness, Biotechnology Program, the Cornell Manu- marketing, organizational behavior, facturing Engineering and Productivity Pro- accounting, executive development and gram (COMEPP), and the Materials other topics. Science and Engineering Program. "This is an important opportunity for the "Cornell is among the top universities in corporate community and the school to the country in terms of corporate funding exchange ideas in order to best serve the for research and education, and this needs of corporations and M.B.A. students unprecedented array of conferences high- in today's dynamic marketplace," Brenner lights the remarkable range of corporate said. involvement," said Joseph M. Ballantyne, Commenting on last year's Partners Day, vice president for research and advanced Gordon B. Asher Jr. of Texas Instruments studies. "From what we can tell, Cornell Inc. said: "Exposure to the school's goals also appears to have a wider variety of cor- and faculty was very good. It is obvious porate interactions than any other why Johnson School M.B.A.s are actively university." pursued by major companies." Robert W. Staley, executive vice presi- 136 corporations contribute dent of Emerson Electric Co. and a 1959 According to Ballantyne, about 136 cor- graduate of the Johnson School, will deliver porations contribute more than $70 million the keynote address at dinner. in research and education funds to Cornell Marcy Dubroff Emerson has supported the school's in fiscal 1987. This figure, however, does The Big Red Bear gets a lift from the crowd during the Homecoming football interdisciplinary approach to solving manu- not include the large amount of corporate game last Saturday. Cornell's 29-17 victory over Harvard gave the team a 2-0 facturing problems in a program which support to Cornell in the form of gifts of standing in the Ivy League and 3-1 overall. Homecoming coverage continues on includes working with experts in the College equipment and personnel, he said. page 3. of Engineering and other Cornell "Our affiliations with industry run the departments. — Albert E. Kajf gamut from large-scale sponsorship by sin- gle major corporations to much more mod- est partnerships with startup companies," Ballantyne continued. He said that International Business Cornell, union reach agreement on wages Machines Corp.'s sponsorship of Cornell's supercomputer center represents an example Cornell's service and maintenance John F. Burness, vice president for uni- principles underlying its negotiating posi- of large-scale funding, while smaller-scale workers voted Saturday morning to accept versity relations, said during a press confer- tion. Each side bargained in good faith. partnerships might be exemplified by the the university's latest wage offer and end ence Saturday afternoon that Cornell Ultimately, at the table where such decisions 40-member consortium supporting Cornell's their four-day strike. But the president of officials "are confident that, building on this must be made, an agreement was ham- Program on Submicrometer Structures their union indicated that efforts to improve year's agreement and through good-faith mered out with the help of a federal rPROSUS). wages and working conditions would con- negotiations at the bargaining table, we will mediator." The two-day conference will be held at tinue during next year's talks for a new be able to reach an equally productive He also extended the "very sincere grati- the Sheraton Inn in Ithaca and will open contract. agreement." tude" of President Frank H.T. Rhodes, the with a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Buddy The two sides were negotiating only to He said the new agreement benefits not trustees and the entire university community McKay (D-Fla.) on American competitive- establish pay scales which would be effective only "the valued employees" involved, but "to those employees who chose to work ness. Cornell and industry representatives for one year from last July 1 under a wage- "our students, the faculty and their fellow during the strike, often under difficult cir- then will discuss research at COMEPP, the reopener clause in the current contract, employees." cumstances." Then he said, "To those Cornell Consortium for Continental Reflec- which will expire on June 30. Negotiations Burness noted that the settlement fol- employees who chose to honor the picket tion Profiling, and the National Nanofabri- will begin in several months on a complete lowed what "have not been easy negotia- lines, we welcome you back. We need you." cation Facility. Through displays and collective bargaining agreement. tions. Each side felt strongly about the Continued on page 8 Continued on page 2 2 October 15, 1987
Notable Cooling Cornell costs less now Briefs Cornell utilities engineers are hoping for a two other features of the new system. First, David K. Bandler, professor of food warm reception when they unveil a high- a device called a plate heat exchanger is • Emeritus professor association to meet science, has received the International Asso- efficiency chiller to increase cooling capacity mounted in the cooling system to take Oct. 22: The Association of Cornell Univer- ciation of Milk, Food & Environmental at campus facilities by 44 percent. advantage of one free commodity in winter- sity Emeritus Professors will hold its fall Sanitarians' 1987 Educator Award. The Open house tours of the $5.3 million. time Ithaca cold air. When outside air is meeting at 4 p.m. on Oct. 22 in Helen award, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, 4,000-ton system are scheduled from noon cold enough, the electrically driven chiller Newman Hall. The program will include a recognizes Bandler for excellence "in all to 5 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Chilled Water docs not need to operate at all. Also, talk by Ravindra N. Sudan, deputy director three areas of responsibility at Cornell — Plant No. 3, adjacent to the Central Heat- variable-speed water-distribution pumps can of the Theory Center, who will discuss the teaching, research and extension." Bandler, ing Plant near the corner of Dryden Road respond to changing cooling demands by center, its scope and the supercomputer. All 54, joined the Cornell faculty in 1965 as an and Route 366 in Ithaca. adjusting their flow and horsepower. This academic staff who retire after 10 years of extension specialist in the Department of "Cornell's demand for cooling will have optimizes electricity consumption. service and administrative staff awarded Food Science. Before that, he had served increased as much as 40 percent between The new chiller is a Carrier Corp. Model emeritus status are eligible for membership for nine years as director of the New York 1986 and 1988 due to the construction of 17DA, which cost $1.4 million. Engineer- in ACUEP. State joint legislative committee on foods. new buildings and the installation of high- ing, construction and auxiliary equipment He is an authority on milk quality control. technology teaching and research equip- brought the expansion project cost to $5.3 • Brown bag lunches on health care set: ment," said Lanny Joyce, project engineer million. Brown bag lunches on health care issues are Gordon Webb, radio supervisor of Media for the chiller installation. With the new facility on-line. Cornell's scheduled at the Sherman Peer Room of Services, will receive an award from Unda- Cornell, which is in the midst of a hall- Ithaca campus has a total chilled-water Tompkins County Public Library on three USA, the National Catholic Association for billion-dollar construction boom, uses cooling capacity of 13,100 tons. (One ton of consecutive Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Communicators, at ceremonies Nov. 5 in chilled water for most air-conditioning and refrigeration is the rate of cooling obtained Topics to be covered are "Communicating Tampa, Fla. Media Services has received a equipment-cooling jobs in hundreds of by melting a ton of ice in 24 hours. The with Health Care Professionals" on Oct. 30, J987 Gabriel Award for "works of excel- laboratories, classrooms and offices. The typical home air-conditioning system has a "The Prudent Patient; the Careful Buyer" lence in broadcasting . . . which serve view- water is chilled by refrigeration at three cen- cooling capacity of two tons.) on Nov. 6 and "Coping with Health Insu- ers and listeners through the positive, tral facilities around the Cornell campus, Without the variable-speed compressor, rance" on Nov. 13. Cornell Cooperative creative treatment of issues of concern to then pumped through underground pipes to Cornell engineers estimate, a conventional Extension of Tompkins County is a humankind." Media Services was cited for a cool everything from computers and 4,000-ton chiller would consume about co-sponsor. one-minute public service radio spot chickens to coaches and cafeterias. $595,000 in electricity a year. The variable- announcing FarmNet, a toll-free informa- The new facility employs a variable-speed speed design is expected to save about • A. D. White Professor-at-Large to com- tion and referral service operated by Cornell compressor, the latest concept in large $259,000 a year in electricity, or 40 percent plete term: "Connectivity and Rubber Cooperative Extension. Webb wrote and chiller efficiency. Constant-speed compres- of what a constant-speed compressor would Bands: Algorithms with Physical Ana- announced the radio spot. sors, such as those in the other chillers on use. Counting annual debt service to pay logues" is the title of a lecture to be given at campus, run at the same speed regardless of lor the additional cost of the variable-speed 4:30 p.m.,Oct. 21 in Hollis Cornell Auditor Mark A. Constas, a postdoctoral fellow, outside temperatures and must use a throt- drive, the university looks for a net annual rium by Laszlo Lovasz, the Hungarian has received the Department of Education's tling device to remove excess pressure. The savings of about $212,000. mathematician and computer scientist who 1987 Julian E. and Veta Butterworth Fund variable speed compressor operates more The university's cooling needs will is completing a six-year te/m as an A.D. Award for Dissertation Research. The slowly and uses less energy when outside increase again by 1990, necessitating White Professor-at-Large! award, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, temperatures are cool. another expansion, according to utilities Aimed at a general audience with some goes to the author of "the dissertation with Cooling efficiency is helped further by engineers. elementary interest in mathematics or com- the greatest theoretical and practical puter science, the lecture concerns the fastest import." Constas, who received his docto- known solution to a fundamental graph rate in educational psychology from Cornell problem of connectivity. That problem asks: in August, presented findings in his disserta- Trustees, council to meet jointly How many points must be removed from a tion, "The Effect of Knowledge Competen- given graph before it splits into separate cies and Metacognitive Factors on the President Frank H.T. Rhodes will deliver dent for research and advanced studies, will pieces. Clinical Skills of Veterinary Medical Stu- his "state of the university" address during a discuss technology-transfer issues, and Larry Lovasz also will hold office hours in dents," during a conference Aug. 3-7 in joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and 1. Palmer, vice president for academic pro- Room 324 Upson Hall, telephone Dalian, China. the Cornell University Council on Oct. 23 grams, will lead a presentation on under- 255-4856, and give two technical lectures. at 10:30 a.m. in the Alice Statler Audito- graduate education. For details of these, see the Calendar on rium in Statler Hall. Several committees of the Board of Trus- page 4. The meeting also will feature reports on tees also will meet between Oct. 22 and 23, Correction the university's development program and including open sessions on Oct. 22 of the • Applications invited for DAAD: Heidel- The Department of Music listings in last on activities of the council, a group of more Buildings and Properties Committee at 9 berg, Berlin and Gottingen Exchange Fel- week's Calendar had two errors. The Cor- than 400 outstanding alumni who assist and a.m. in the third floor conference room of lowships: One or more graduate DAAD nell Glee Club concert was Oct. 10 at 8:15 advise the university in a wide variety of Day Hall, the Executive Committee at 2 Fellowships are awarded to Cornell annu- p.m. and the Symphonic Band performed matters. p.m. in the Trustee Meeting Room of the ally. The fellowships carry tuition and fees, Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. The Board of Trustees will meet in open Johnson Museum and the Academic Affairs monthly stipend, round-trip air transporta- session beginning at 9 a.m. in the Ellis and Committee at 5:30 p.m. in The Library of tion. The fellowships will enable students to Doris B. Robison Room of Schoellkopf the Sheraton Inn. The Committee on Land study at a West German university or to Hall. Scheduled to be presented at that time Grant and Statutory Affairs will meet in work abroad on a research project. are the 1986 87 financial reports, a review open session at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 23 in The The graduate exchange fellowships to of enrollment trends and reports on person- Library of the Sheraton Inn. Heidelberg, Gottingen and Berlin carry tui- 10 days, please! nel matters. Members of the public who wish to tion and fees plus monthly stipend. Students The session will continue at 10:15 a.m. attend the open meetings of the Executive must arrange for their own transportation. Calendar announcements, notices and other on Oct. 24 in the Trustee Meeting Room of Committee and the Board of Trustees may The awards are restricted to students inter- such items are due at the Chronicle office no the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. obtain tickets beginning at 9 a.m. on Oct. ested in full-time study at the university. less than 10 days prior to publication. The Joseph B. Bugliari, dean of the university 20, at the Information and Referral Center Applications should include project out- address is Cornell Chronicle, 840 Hanshaw faculty, and Jerome M. Ziegler, dean of the in the Day Hall lobby. A limited number of line and/or rationale for study abroad, two Road, Ithaca, N.Y., 14850. Campus mail is College of Human Ecology, will address the tickets will be available for the public, one letters of recommendation from professors also delivered to the office — twice a day. trustees. Joseph M. Ballantyne, vice presi- per person. in the student's field, local address and tele- phone number. Applications are solicited form all academic u/iits of the university Barton Blotter: and are due Nov. 9. They should be sent to Prof. Herbert Deinert, 188 Goldwin Smith 16 thefts of cash, valuables reported Hall, telephone 255 8356; or Marguerite Mizelle, 191 Goldwin Smith Hall, telephone More than $5,000 in cash and valuables dents of vandalism included two basements 255 4047. was reported missing in 16 thefts recorded flooded and several parked cars damaged. on campus Oct. 5 11, according to the Four persons were arrested in separate • Volunteers sought for course on control- morning reports of the Department of Pub- incidents, one for harassment, one for crim- ling hypertension: Registration for volun- lic Safety. inal trespass and two for disorderly teers for a free course on controlling The thefts included $ 1,500 in clothes and conduct. hypertension is open through Oct. 16 at the personal property taken from a room left Computerized copies of the most current Gannett Health Center. Three two-hour ses- unlocked at 534 Thurston Ave., a $303 daily report may be called up on CVINFO sions in relaxation training, followed by computer component stolen from Riley under the title SA FETY. CVINFO termi- individual sessions to assess progress will be Robb Hall, a couch and end table worth nals are situated in the main lobbies of Day offered beginning Oct. 27 by Mark Sammo, $500 taken from University Hall Hall. Gannett Clinic, and the Olin, Mann a registered nurse who is conducting mas- No. 2, an $800 concrete vibrator stolen and ILR libraries. ter's degree research on the effects of pro- from the Statler Hall construction site and a gressive relaxation on lowering blood $700 plaque removed from a sculpture on pressure. Pre-course interviews and blood pressure tests will be conducted by Sammo Libe Slope. Industry Continued from page 1 There were seven thefts of wallets and the weeks of Oct. 12 and Oct. 19 at the back packs with losses in cash and valuables Health Center. To register, call 257 7805 and speak with Sammo or leave a recorded set at $471. demonstrations, conference participants also message any time before Oct. 17. Five persons were referred to the judicial will learn about some 23 other Cornell cen- administrator, two for unlawful use of fire- ters of corporate interaction. works and one each for petit larceny, That evening, Alfred Kahn, the Robert • Free workshop set on facing an emo- harassment and disorderly conduct. Julius Thorne Professor of Economics, will tional crisis: A two-session workshop titled A series of picket-line incidents reported deliver an after-dinner address on the trade "Emotional Crisis: Assessment and during last week's strike by service and deficit and competitiveness. Response" is scheduled from 10 to 11:30 maintenance workers included claims by The second day's program will include a a.m. on Oct. 23 and 26 at the Gannett one person that pickets punched her car keynote address by physicist Richard Voss Health Center. Students, faculty and staff and called her a scab and by another person of IBM, "The Fractal Cosmos: M-Sets, are eligible to attend the workshops, which that pickets spat at her. Several incidents of Mountains and Music." Also included will will focus on what to do if someone you pickets being hit or pushed by vehicles were be discussions of advances in molecular know needs help. Topics will include psy- reported, but no serious injuries were listed. sciences and their industrial implications, chological states experienced by those in demonstrations of the Cornell National In other incidents reported during the crises, assessment of suicidal risk and high- Supercomputer Facility and open houses at week, glue was put in the five locks on risk factors, emergency intervention tech- Cornell centers. campus, six false fire alarms were set off niques and professional referral. To register, and three bomb threats were made. Inci- — Dennis Meredith call PsychpHogical-Servjceiat,-25i5 52Q-7. 3
Football, meetings keep Homecoming alumni busy A heart-stopping football win over Har- nell than anticipated; and their academic vard Saturday highlighted this year's Home- profile showed still higher test scores and coming weekend as thousands of alumni class standing than in the past. He added, returned to Cornell for fun, for games and though, that Cornell still needs more for some hard work on the university's minority-group students and faculty and behalf. urged alumni to help to recruit them. For the second year, Homecoming was • He said outstanding new faculty combined with the annual meetings of appointments and new leadership in key alumni volunteers who serve Cornell administrative positions promise to provide through the Federation of Cornell Clubs, Cornell with strength and sensitivity to the the Cornell Alumni Association and the interests of many constituencies. Cornell Association of Class Officers. In a conclusion that went beyond build- These groups were well-represented in the ings and personnel, Rhodes stirred the stands watching the dramatic 29 17 victory alumni by reaffirming his vision of higher — gained, and nearly lost, in the fourth education that helps students to build a per- quarter — which left Cornell the only unde- sonal foundation for life and that provides feated Ivy League team. them with "an introduction to self, to what And more than 1,000 alumni packed it means to be human." balloon-decked Barton Hall for a pre-game Alumni cross the country barbecue, and for special musical and social The Cornell Club leaders came from events spread over the weekend. across the country to cheer the speakers, Special events take notes at workshops and renew old ties. Along with the general celebration, five Including spouses, 167 people registered, up schools and colleges held events for their 65 percent from last year's turnout. own alumni, including a College of Agricul- Maryanne Sovocool a 1952 graduate of ture and Life Sciences banquet conferring the College of Agriculture and Life Scien- awards on five alumni who had made "sig- ces, represented the Genesee-Orleans club nificant contributions" in education, and a rare, women-only club from Batavia government and business. — both in upstate New York. For the alumni volunteers, football Christine Merchant, a 1971 graduate of games, banquets and the like were part of a the School of Industrial and Labor Rela- rigorous schedule. There were workshops to tions, came up from Philadelphia and was sharpen their skills in telling Cornell's story glad not to be at her usual work as one of to the outside world. There were meetings. 220 federal labor mediators. (Alumni joined And, built around several meals, there were the cheers, during the football game, when rousing talks from Frank Newman, presi- the end of the three-day strike by Cornell's dent of the Education Commission of the service and maintenance employees was States; Curtis W. Tarr, dean of the Johnson announced.) Graduate School of Management; and Cor- Dick Williams and Karen Smith, a nell President Frank H.T. Rhodes. husband-and-wife team, came to Ithaca Tarr outlined the leadership course he representing a club in Denver. teaches at the Johnson School. Newman And Judith Goetzl, a 1964 graduate of urged universities to find the ways to restore the College of Arts and Sciences, repres- youth's sense of civic responsibility. And ented the Central Carolina club she founded Rhodes, addressing a banquet in the Wil- eight years ago after rallying some local lard Straight Memorial Room, thanked the alumni to host a Cornell glee club concert. alumni for "the leadership that is such a "Before my kids could say 'mommy,' they vital component of Cornell's strength across could say 'Cornell,' " she noted, explaining the country." an enthusiasm that seemed general among In what Rhodes called a "report on the volunteers. health of the alma mater," he made these Howard Epstein, a 1958 graduate who points: will be the next president of the Federation • With modernized communication of Cornell Clubs, said the ultimate reason efforts — including the capability for satel- for the enthusiasm is not personal or social lite broadcasting from campus — Cornell's gratification but the deep bond of a com- educational and extension programs will mon educational experience. gain wider effectiveness and recognition. "It sounds corny, but everything I did at • Campus construction offers a "healthy the Arts College 30 years ago is still all balance" to benefit instructional, research, there, still part of me," Epstein said. "I read athletics, residential life and facilities. the same novels that my son reads today; • Even though Cornell reduced the Geoff Donovan and, when I talk about them with him, it's number of freshmen it accepted this year, Alumni from across the country fill the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room last Friday, like a continuing seminar." 300 more of those freshmen accepted Cor- awaiting President Frank H.T. Rhodes' address. — Sam Segal Polenberg lectures on Gannett's publishing, political careers The two voices boomed out of the loud- state scholarship. "He resented the snobbery Gannett away from the Democratic Party, The president, Gannett wrote, "smiled speaker in the declamatory style of "Ameri- of his affluent classmates," Polenberg which in 1928 nominated for president New and yelled, 'Hello, Frank!' I walked over ca's Town Meeting of the Aif'".a dozen recounted, "and viewed himself and was York Gov. Alfred E. Smith, a supporter of and shook hands with him. 1 said, 'Well, a years before the cool idiom of television viewed by others as a political spokesman repeal. Gannett became an even stronger lot of water has gone over the dam since I speech became the norm: for the have-nots on campus." partisan because of his opposition to the last saw you.' 'Yes,' he said, 'too damned "Do we have a free press?" the radio He ran for the Cornell Sun board of edi- Roosevelt New Deal measures of govern- much!' And then he began with his usual moderator asked from the stage of New tors as the non-fraternity candidate, covered ment intervention in the economy. And talk, 'How are you and how is the family York's Town Hall. the activities of the university's president, when the president sought to add justices to and how are my friends upstate, etc' It was Interior Secretary Harold Ickes responded Jacob Gould Schurman, and accepted the Supreme Court to stop these measures just as if nothing had ever happened in the negative. "This is how the American Schurman's offer to serve as his aide when from being overturned, Gannett formed a between us." press uses the freedom which is guaranteed he was asked by President McKinley to lobbying organization to oppose him. When he set up the Gannett Newspaper it by the Constitution: General Motors may head a five-member commission of inquiry. The next step, in January 1940, was for Foundation in 1935, the publisher said, state its case. Union bakers may not!" The experience had a profound impact on Gannett to announce his candidacy for pres- "Our newspapers should be always sympa- "Why does Mr. Ickes come from Gannett's view of America's place in the ident of the United States, feeling certain thetic with the poor. They should oppose all Washington and stand here tonight," world after he started his newspaper empire. that the American people "would welcome wrongs and defend the public against demanded his opponent, newspaper pub- In 1902, Gannett wrote of the war to a man who never had a public office." exploitation at the hands of powerful lisher Frank E. Gannett, "denouncing suppress the Philippine insurrection against interests." America's press as unfair and unfree? I will the United States, "Why not stop this "Sympathetic with the poor" "Frank Gannett would have been the first tell you why. It is because, when President bloody, costly, useless conflict which selfish Polenberg's monograph on Gannett, to admit, as he did in his Town Hall debate Roosevelt tried to break down the Ameri- imperialistic ideas have brought upon us?" which will be published shortly, is largely with Harold Ickes, that his newspapers did can Constitution by packing the Supreme In 1941, he opposed U.S. entry into the based on the archive now in Cornell's pos- not always live up to this ideal," Polenberg Court and reducing it to a 'yes' court, the war in Europe. Despite being "sick at heart session. A letter to his wife described a visit concluded. "But it was at least a noble ideal Press stood up and fought honestly and over the plight and suffering of the enslaved to the White House in March 1942, when and especially worth remembering in our courageously in editorials against the one- nations," Gannett said he felt "it is the Gannett saw Roosevelt for the first time in own time." man rule embodied in the iniquitous Court height of folly for us to attempt to reform seven years. — Irv Chapman Bill — and they helped to defeat it!" the world." The old recording echoed through Hans After World War II, Gannett opposed Bethe Auditorium on Oct. 8 to highlight the Marshall Plan to aid Europe's recon- Prof. Richard Polenberg*s Gannett Founda- struction. "We cannot feed all the world or Five Agriculture alumni honored tion Lecture, commissioned to mark the give all people freedom and liberty," he Five graduates of the College of Agricul- ties" in the activities of the College of Agri- cataloguing and preservation of the Frank asserted. "History proves one can't buy ture and Life Sciences received Outstanding culture and Life Sciences and for making E- Gannett and Caroline Werner Gannett democracy or peace." Alumni Awards from the Alumni Associa- "significant contributions to the betterment Papers, previously donated to the Cornell Prohibition was turning point tion of the college Oct. 9. of society through involvement in commun- libraries. Polenberg pointed out that Gannett's Recipients were Norman W. Allen ("46) ity, public school systems, charitable organi- Eugene C. Dorsey, president of the Gan- early editorials as a newspaper publisher of Schaghticoke, N.Y.; John W. Mellor zations and other undertakings." nett Foundation; Gould Colman, the uni- continued to reflect the progressive opinions ('50, Ph.D. '54) of Alexandra, Va.; C. Wil- The college has 33,000 alumni through- versity's archivist; and President Frank H.T. he held when he left college. He supported liam Severinghaus ('39) of Voorheesville, out the world, and its Alumni Association Rhodes welcomed the lecture guests. public ownership of utilities. He favored N.Y.; E. Stanley Shepardson ('36, M.S. has 5,000 members in 50 states and 38 Resented affluent snobs Prohibition, and took his last drink in '47) of Ithaca; and Robert S. Smith ('42, countries, according to John C. Sterling, Gannett, who grew up in Western New 1920. Ph.D. '52), also of Ithaca. the college's director of alumni affairs and York farm towns, enrolled at Cornell on a It was the Prohibition issue that turned They were honored for "leadership abili- development. 4 October 15, 1987 CALENDAR
Art Department Faculty Exhibition: Recent Wednesday, 10/21 All items for the calendar should works of art by current and emeriti professors "Dr. Zhivago," (1963), directed by David be submitted (typewritten, double comprise this annual exhibition, which con- Lean, with Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geral- spaced) by campus mail, U.S. mail or tinues through Oct. 18. Works in various dine Chaplin and Alec Guinness. Co- in person to Chronicle Calendar, media, including watercolor, photography, sponsored with Marx-Lenin Institute, 8 p.m., Cornell News Service, Village Green, sculpture and oil, are on view. Uris.* 840 Hanshaw Road. Artbreaks: Box Lunch Thematic Tours: Notices must be received 10 days Every Thursday at noon during the month of Thursday, 10/22 prior to publication and must include October. Admission is free. Meet in the "An Indian Pilgrimage: Kashi," documentary, the name and telephone number of a museum lobby. "Looking at Nature." an 5 p.m., Uris Library, sponsored by the South person who can be called if there are exploration of the history behind landscape Asia Program. questions. painting, popular movements in the genre and the place of landscape in art today, Oct. "Last Year at Marienbad," (1961), directed Notices should also include the by Alain Resnais. with Delphine Seyrig and sub-heading of the calendar in which 15. "The Art of Creating: Asian Art," a tour of the museum's collection of ancient art from Georgio Albertaz/i. 8 p.m., Uris. the item should appear. Asia, Oct. 22. "Mountain Music of Peru and The Spirit Possession of Alejandro Mamani." documen- Weekend in Montreal: The Johnson tary, sponsored by CUSLAR, 8 p.m.. Anabel Museum is offering a weekend trip to Mont- Taylor. real, Quebec, Oct. 23 25 to visit the exhibi- tion "Leonardo da Vinci: Engineer and Architect," on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Tickets, which include the round-trip bus fare and entrance to the museum and exhibition, are $65. Accommo- DANCE dations and meals are additional. The museum will reserve rooms at a downtown hotel for participants. For more information LECTURES or to reserve a place on the trip, call the Community Relations Department at 255 6464." Folkdancers The Cornel] community and the general pub- Olin Library lic and beginners are welcome to join in folk- Wordsworth and the Age of English Roman- A.D. White Professor-at-Large dancing. Admission is free, unless slated ticism: First editions of Wordsworth's books "Connectivity and Rubber Bands: Algorithms otherwise. and broadsides, manuscripts and letters, books with Physical Analogues," Laszlo Lovasz, and fine bindings from his library and hand- Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Prin- Instruction and requests, Oct. 17, ceton University, and A. D. White Professor- 7:30 10:30 p.m., Martha Van Rensselaer some engravings of the English Lake District. at-Large. Oct. 21, 4:30 p.m., Hollis E. Cornell Hall-Auditorium. Weekdays 8 a.m. to noon, and 1 -5 p.m., through Dec. 31. Auditorium. Goldwin Smith Hall. Israeli Folkdancing "Orthogonal Representations of Graphs." Thursday, Oct. 22 and 29, 8:30 p.m.. Laszlo Lovasz, Oct. 28, 4:30 p.m.. 1120 Snee Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Hall. "I.attice-Point-Free Convex Bodies." Laszlo Swing and Jitterbug Lovasz, Oct. 30. 4:30 p.m., I 120 Snee Hall. Dancing every Wednesday evening from 8:30 10 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor China-Japan Program Hall. Instructor will be present. Partners are FILMS "Mao's Republic," David Apter, Political not needed. For more information, call Science, Yale University, Oct. 15, 4:30 p.m., The Coleman Brothers, who have not given a pur* coi 273 0216. 374 Rockefeller Hall. benefit for the University Cooperative Nursery Sc0' C The well-known local duo will play original folk n"c- < Theatre Arts CRESP Cornell Dance Series presents "Jazzdance: Faculty, campus departments and organiza- "Timeless Tibet: the Spiritual Dimension in The Danny Buraczeski Dance Company," Tibetan Daily Life," a slide- and audiotape- Oct. 25, 8 p.m., Willard Straight Theatre. The tions are invited to submit co-sponsorship proposals to Cornell Cinema for the Spring illustrated lecture, Peter Gold. Oct. 21, 8:15 distinctive jazz sounds of Dave Brubeck, p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Co-sponsored by Glenn Miller, George Gershwin and Motown semester. The deadline is Oct. 15. Please call 255-3522 for applications or more Asian Studies. China-Japan Program, South brought to life through ballet, modern and Asia Program, CURW. jazz dance. Tickets are $9/$7 for students and information. senior citizens. Call the Theatre Box Office at Unless otherwise noted, films are sponsored German Literature 255 5165 for tickets. by Cornell Cinema. An (*) indicates that "Fascism and German Culture," a weekend admission is charged. symposium sponsored by the Department of MUSIC German Literature, Oct. 17 and 18, at the Thursday, 10/15 Society for the Humanities, A. D. White "L'Avventura," (1959), directed by Miche- House, 27 East Ave., unless stated otherwise. langelo Antonioni, with Monica Vitt and Lea Massari, 8 p.m., Uris. "The Ideological Component in Nazi Foreign Policy 1933-1945," John Santore, Bound for Glory "Ajuba Dance and Drama Company," 20- Social Sciences, Pratt Institute, Oct. 17, 11:15 Records from the studios. The show can be minute documentary, 5 p.m., 310 Uris EXHIBITS a.m. heard on WVBR-FM93. Library, sponsored by the South Asia Program. "Jud Suss" and Nazi Culture (Film), David Bathrick, Dept. of Theatre Arts, Oct. 17, 2 University Cooperative Nursery School Friday, 10/16 p.m., LO 4 {iris Library. The Coleman Brothers, a well-known local duo, will give a concert of original folk music, "Angel Heart," (1987), directed by Alan "National Socialist Literature." Geoffrey Ives Hall Exhibition Cases Oct. 23, 8- 10 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium. Parker, with Mickey Rourke, Robert DeNiro Waite, Dept. of German Literature, Oct. 18. 9 The Specter of Child Labor can be seen in Their last public concert was the Ithaca Festi- and lisa Bonet, 10 p.m., Uris.* a.m. the Ives Hall classroom wing exhibition cases val, and now they're back! Proceeds will through the month of December. "Summer," (1986), directed by Eric "Fascism and Architecture," Christian Otto, benefit the University Cooperative Nursery Rohmer, with Marie Riviere, Lisa Heredia Dept. of Architecture, Oct. 18, 10 a.m. School. A donation of $4 is requested at the and Vincent Gauthier, 7:30 p.m., Uris.* door. Johnson Art Museum "Fascism and Anti-Semitism," Sander I . The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on Gilman, Goldwin Smith Professor of Humane the corner of University and Central avenues, Saturday, 10/17 Studies, Oct. 18. 11 a.m. is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 "Nosferatu The Vampyre," (1979), directed a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Call by Werner Herzog, with Klaus Kinski, Isa- Materials Science and Engineering 255-6464 for further information. belle Adjani and Bruno Ganz, 10 p.m., Uris.* "Optical Fibers," David Thompson, Corning Two Icelandic Artists: An exhibition featur- "Tin Men," (1987), directed by Barry (ilass, Oct. 15, 4:30 p.m.. 140 Bard Hall. Levinson, with Richard Dreyfuss, Danny ing two leading Icelandic women artists, Nina "Metastability in Thin Film Reactions," DeVito and Barbara Hershey, 7:30 p.m., Tryggvadottir and Louisa Matthiasdottir, con- K.N. Tu. IBM,"Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard RELIGION Uris.* tinues through Oct. 25. Hall. The Education Department will conduct a Sunday, 10/18 tour of the Icelandic exhibition on Oct. 18, I Psychology "Angel Heart," 7 p.m. and 9:30, Uris.* p.m. The program is open to the public with- "Contingent Information Processing: Barely out charge, and participants should meet in Ecologically Valid," Wendell R. Gardner, Sage Chapel Monday, 10/19 . the lobby of the museum. James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychol- There will be no service Oct. 18 due to fall "Tin Men." 8 p.m., Uris.* ogy, Yale University, Oct. 16, 4 p.m., Hollis recess. 8 New York Artists: An exhibition organ- E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. ized by the Kenkeleba House, Inc., New York Tuesday, 10/20 Garner's talk is the seventh in a series of lec- Catholic City continues through Oct. 25, featuring the "Man Facing Southeast," (1986), directed by tures in honor of James J. Gibson endowed Mass: Saturday, 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m., work of eight mature artists living and work- Elisea Subiela. with Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo by his colleagues, friends and family. ing on New York City's Lower East Side. The Soto and lnes Vernengo, 8 p.m., Uris.* this week only because of fall recess, Anabel eight artists are: Al Copley, James Bohary, Taylor Auditorium. Herman Cherry, Dorothy Dehner, Reuben Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Daily Masses Wednesday through Friday, Radish, Elaine de Kooning, Richards Ruben "Deformation of an Inflated Cylindrical 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. and Edvins Strautmanis. Membrane," Yi-Chao Chen, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Oct. 21, 4:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hali. 5
Geological Sciences "Hydrothermal activity at ridge crests," John M. Edmond, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. Oct. 20, 4:30 p.m., 1120 Snee Hall. History and Philosophy of Science and MISC SEMINARS Technology "The Origins of Industrial Research at the Westinghouse Electric Company: 1886 1922," Roanld Kline, History of Technology. Oct. 21, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall. Agricultural Economics Cornell Figure Skating Club "New Production Systems for Small Fruit Immunology The Cornell Figure Skating Club will hold its Crops," Marvin Pritts. Dept. of Pomology. "Cardiac Myosin and Autoimmune Myocar- annual Open House on Oct. 25, 5 7:30 p.m., Oct. 19, 4 p.m., 400 Riley-Robb. ditis," Dr. Noel Rose, Depl. of Immunology Lynah Rink. The club meets four times a and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Uni- week and holds sessions in patch, dance and Agronomy versity, School of Hygiene and Public Health, freestyle. Lessons begin Nov. I. Beginners "Natural Resources and International Devel- Oct. 16, 12:15 p.m., C 207 Schurman Hall. welcome. For more information call 272 5936 opment," Nyle Brady, Agency for Interna- evenings. tional Development, Oct. 19. 2:30 p.m., 135 Microbiology CUSLAR Emerson Hall. "Genetic Control of Oxygen Sensitivity in E. Committee on U.S. Latin American Rela- coli," Howard Adler, Biology Division Oak "Cryopreservation of Plant Tissues and tions meets at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the Organs." A. Sakai, Institute of Low Tempera- Ridge National Labs, Oak Ridge, Term., Oct. Commons Coffee House. For more informa- ture Science. Hokkaido University, Sapporro, 15. 4:30 p.m., 124 Stocking Hall. tion call 255 7293. Japan. Oct. 20, 4 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall. "Regulation of Fermentative Growth in Escherichia coli," David P. Clark. Dept. Hebrew Speaking Club Applied Mathematics Molecular Genetics, Smith Kline and French Hebrew Speaking Club meets Tuesdays, 8:30 "Comment and probability modellin: Optimal Labs. Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m 124 Stocking Hall. p.m., G 34 Anabel Taylor. location on networks." Colin McDiarmid, Oxford University and Rutgers University, Neurobiology Shotokan Karate Club Oct. 16. 4 p.m., 322 Sage Hall. "The Determination of Neuronal Fates in Shotokan Karate Club welcomes new "Hidden Surface Removal for Rectangles," The Visual Cortex," Susan McConnell, Dept. members, beginners and advanced. The club Marshall Bern, Xerox PARC. Oct. 21. 3 of Neurobiology, Stanford University. Oct. meets Monday through Friday in front of p.m., 221 Sage Hall. 15. 12:30 p.m.. Morison Seminar Room, Barton Hall. 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. For informa- Corson Mudd. tion call Scott, 272 2512, evenings. Biochemistry "Cellular Substrates of Associative Memory "Structure and Function of Pre-Messenger in Mollusc and Mammal," Dan Alkon, Lab International spouses RNA Protein Unit: Ribonucleosome," John Biophysics. NTH, Bethesda, Md., Oct. 22, Workshop for spouses of international stu- Wooley, director of Biological Instrumentation 12:30 p.m., Morison Room, Corson Mudd. dents and staff on various opportunities and Program. National Science Foundation, Oct. facilities available in Ithaca, Oct. 17, 10:30 16, 4:30 p.m.. 204 Stocking Hall. Peace Studies a.m.to 12:30 p.m., Bess Brown Center, Has- "Nato and the Limits of Alliance," Doug brouck Family Housing. Sponsored by the Biophysics Stuart, Dickinson College, Oct. 22, 12:15 International Students and Scholars Office. "Studies of Small Switchable Ion Channel: p.m. (Brown Bag Lunch). Mutagenesis. Physiology and Molecular Writing Workshop Model Building," Cyrus Levinthal, Dept. of Pharmacology Writing workshop walk in-service, free tutor- Biology, Columbia University, Oct. 21, 4:30 "Molecular Aspects of Adenosine Receptors," ial instruction in writing, Monday-Thursday, concert since the Ithaca Festival, will play a p.m., 700 Clark Hall. Gary Stiles, Dept. of Medicine, Duke Univer- 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 7 10 p.m., 174 Rocke- S Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. in Kaufman Auditorium. sity Medical Center, Durham, NC, Oct. 19, feller Hall; Sunday, 2 8 p.m., 174 Rockefeller ; n"c- A $4 donation is requested. Biotechnology 4:30 p.m.. Pharmacology Library, DI01L Hall; Sunday-Thursday, 10-midnight, 340 "Dissection of the Structure and Activity of Schurman Hall. Goldwin Smith; Sunday-Thursday, 7 10 p.m., the Tyrosyltrna Synthetase," Alan Fersht, McFaddin Hall-Computer Room; and Imperial College of Science and Technology, Physiology Sunday-Thursday, 7 10 p.m., Clara Dickson Room-Computer Room. Dept. of Chemistry, London, England, Oct. "Clinical Aspects of Magnesium Metabo- 21,3 p.m., 135 Baker Laboratory. lism." Dr. Stanley Wallach, chief, medical ser- Christian Science vices. Veterans Administration Hospital, Bay Alternatives Library Boyce Thompson Institute Testimony Meeting: Every Thursday, 7 p.m., Pines, FL, Oct. 20, 4:30 p.m., G-3 Veterinary Located in 122 Anabel Taylor Hall, this the Anabel Taylor Founders Room. "Air Pollution-Vegetation Studies," Alan Research Tower. library contains more than 5,000 books, 180 Wellburn, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Uni- periodicals and 350 tapes and slide shows on Episcopal (Anglican) versity of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, Plant Biology topics of individual, social and ecological Every Sunday. 9:30 a.m.. Anabel Taylor Oct. 22, 3:15 p.m., 215 Boyce Thompson "Control by Photoperiod Gene in Bean Over transformations. Areas include eco-justice, Chapel. Institute. Partitioning to Reproductive Versus Vegeta- holistic health. Native Americans, sustainable "Calcium and Respiration: Interactions tive Growth, Don Wallace, Plant Breeding & agriculture, appropriate technology, gay issues Friends (Quakers) During Development," Alan Wellburn, Oct. Biometry, Oct. 16, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant political and economic analysis, and spiritual- Sunday, 9:45 a.m., adult discussion; 11 a.m. 23, 3:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute, Science. ity and mysticism. meeting for worship, Edwards Room, Anabel auditorium. Taylor Hall. Plant Pathology Fuertes Observatory Chemistry "Genetic and spatial analysis of bacterial Fuertes Observatory, located on the hill Jewish "Adventures of a Chemist Collector," Alfred diseases," Joe Shaw, University of California, behind Helen Newman Hall, will be open to Morning Minyan: Young Israel House, 106 Bader, Aldrich Chemical Co., Oct. 20, 4:40 Riverside, Oct. 19, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant the public every clear Friday night from 8 West Avenue. Call 272-5810. • • p.m., 119 Baker Laboratory. Science. p.m. until midnight. Call the observatory at Conservative Egalitarian Services: Friday 255 3557 after 8 p.m. on clear Fridays for 5:30 p.m., Saturday 9:45 a.m., Anabel Taylor Computer Science Southeast Asia Program more information. Hall Founders Room. "Diagnosis: A General Approach," Johann "Origins, Evolution and Application of the deKleer, Xerox PARC, Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m., National Democratic Front Program in the Orthodox Shabbat Services: Friday even- B17 Upson Hall. Philippines," Arturo Corpuz, SEAP grad stu- ings. Young Israel House, 106 West Avenue. dent. City & Regional Planning, Oct. 22, Call 272 5810. Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Anabel Computer Services 12:20 p.m., 102 West Ave. Ext.. Taylor Edwards Room. "HyperCard," Chris Pelkie & Kate MacGre- Reform Services: Friday evenings 5:30 gor. Computer Services, Oct. 15, 12:20 1:10 Veterinary Medicine p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. p.m. 100 Caldwell Hall. "Comparison of the immune response to antigenic variants of the iunfluen/a type B Korean Church Ecology and Systematics hemagglutinin," Dr. Paul A. Rota, National Every Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Anabel Taylor "Fluid Feeding Physics: Physiology, Form Research Council research associate. Influenza Hall. and Function." Thomas L. Daniel, Dept. of Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Cehters Zoology, University of Washington, Oct. 21, for Disease Control, Atlanta, Oct. 15, 12:15 Muslim 4:30 p.m., A106 Corson. Mudd. p.m., G-3 Veterinary Research Tower. Sunday through Thursday, 1 p.m.. 218 Economics Western Societies Program Anabel Taylor Hall. Friday 1 p.m. Anabel "Development Dichotomies: On the Contrast- Taylor Edwards Room. ing Approaches (or Paradigms) in Develop- "British Socialism and the Election of 1987: ment Theory," Paul P. Streeten, Boston Reflections of a Labor Member of Parlia- Protestant University, and chairman. Editorial Board ment," Barry Sheerman, Member of Parlia- Protestant Cooperative Ministry: Every Sun- World Development, Oct. 16, 4 p.m., 498 ment, Oct. 15, 4:30 p.m., Kaufmann day, 11:15 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Uris Hall. Auditorium. "Bilingualism, Diglossia and Language Zen Buddhism Floriculture Planning in Belgium," Johan Seynnaeve World renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, Zazen meditation: Tuesdays at 7 p.m., "Can-Am International Garden Festival for (DMI.L), Oct. 16, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall. accompanied by pianist Samuel Sanders, Buffalo, NY," Peter Trowbridge, coordinator. Edwards Room. Anabel Taylor Hall. Every "Fascism and German Culture," a weekend will give a concert in Bailey Hall on Nov. Landscape Architecture Program, Oct. 15, Thursday 5:10 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. symposium. See listing under Lectures, Ger- 3 at 8:15 p.m. The program will include 12:15-1:15 p.m., 404 Plant Science. For more information or to arrange beginner's man Literature. works by Brahms, J.S. Bach and Charles instruction, call Ian Dobson at 277-4364. "The Evolution of the Planting Fields Ives, among others. Prices for the general Arboretum," Gordon Jones, director. Planting public are from $17.50 to $28 and for Fields Arboretum, Oct. 22, 12:15 1:15 p.m., students from $15 to $24. Tickets go on 404 Plant Science. sale Oct. 21 at the Lincoln Hall ticket office, open between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., telephone 255-5144. 6 October 15, 1987 PLEASE POST
October 15, 1987 Number 39 Office of Human Resources Cornell University Job Opportunities 160 Day Hall Ithaca, New York 14853-2801
In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Cornell University is now required to check the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires. Effective June 1, 1987, if you accept a position, you must show documents bn or before your first day of work, that indicate your identity and employment eligibility; for example, a state issued driver's license and a birth certificate. For more information, contact Staffing Services, 255-5226.
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Scientists to draft report on genetically engineered plants An international workshop to be held at United States, Canada and England. include the Center for Environmental • Generic technical issues relevant to the Boyce Thompson Institute Oct. 19 21 "We will focus specifically on the types of Research, the College of Agriculture and release of genetically engineered plants. will address the scientific basis for regulating alterations "that are most likely to be com- Life Sciences, the Biotechnology Program, • Risk assessment. the release of genetically engineered plants mercialized over the next few years," said the Ecosystems Research Center, the • Specific case studies on genetically into the environment for both testing and BT1 President Ralph W. F. Hardy. "These National Science Foundation, the U.S. engineered plants expected to be introduced commercial use. key alterations are resistance to herbicides, Department of Agriculture and the U.S. in the near term. The workshop the first of its kind to insects and disease, and changes in the pro- Environmental Protection Agency. The scientists then will break into work- focus on plants — will result in a report tein composition and quality. The workshop will open on Oct. 19 with shops to explore the current state of knowl- that will aid federal agencies and others in "We expect this meeting to be a major an explanation of the current regulations on edge on herbicide resistance, insect developing rules for release of genetically contribution to defining exactly what needs release of genetically altered organisms. resistance, disease resistance, and protein engineered plants. to be known about these alterations to Technical sessions that day and the next compositional changes. From these work- The meeting will include some 60 envir- make decisions for safe testing and large- will cover: shops will come the set of reports on what onmental and biological scientists from uni- scale commercial production." • Background of the seed business and needs to be known in these areas to formu- versities and the agriculture industries in the Besides BT1, sponsors of the workshop new crop introductions. late policy. — Dennis Meredith Biotechnology symposium set on protein genetic engineering Biotechnology's contributions to the pro- Other symposium speakers include: Reed Army Institute of Research on chemistry, on "Current Status of the Pro- duction of vaccines, sugars and enzymes are • Richard B. Ciccarelli, a member of the "Application of Genetic Engineering to tein Folding Problem." among the topics for an upcoming sympo- recently established protein engineering Malaria Vaccine Development." The Biotechnology Program includes the sium on genetic engineering of proteins. group at Eastman Kodak Research Labora- • Dr. Francis Barnay of Cornell Medi- New York State Center for Advanced The annual symposium, sponsored by the tories, on "Expression and Site Directed cal College on "Analysis of Functional Technology in Biotechnology (Agriculture), Biotechnology Program, is scheduled from Mutagenesis of the Yeast Protein Cytoch- Domains Using Two-Codon Insertion which is supported by the state's Science 1 to 4 on Oct. 19 and from 9 to 11:45 a.m. rome c-Peroxidase." Mutagenesis." and Technology Foundation, the Biotech- on Oct. 20, in Room 200 of Baker Labora- • David B. Wilson, professor of bio- • Carl A. Batt, assistant professor of nology Institute, a collaboration between tory. In addition, more than 40 research chemistry, molecular and cell biology, on food science, on "Overproduction and Site- the university and corporations involved in projects supported by the Cornell Biotech- "Developments Required to .Improve Cellu- directed Mutagenesis of the Biocatalyst agriculture and food and chemical produc- nology Program will be discussed in a pos- lase Function by Protein Engineering." Xylose (Glucose) Isomerase." tion, and the U.S. Army National Center ter session from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Oct. • Dr. Jeffrey D. Chulay of the Walter • Harold A. Scheraga, professor of for Excellence in Biotechnology. 19 in the Corson-Mudd atrium. More than 300 researchers from govern- ment, corporate and university laboratories are expected to attend. Cheese biotechnology to be discussed "Genetic engineering of proteins will be the basis for producing products in many About 200 people from around the world science, who retired in 1986 after 47 years nisms useful in cheese making and enzymes different fields, such as medical therapy, will discuss research advances in cheese bio- of service. He is a leading authority on used to coagulate milk to the international food production and plant breeding," said technology and problems and issues of glo- cheese technology, food fermentations, food supply in the years ahead. Also Gordon G. Hammes, director of the univer- bal food production and supply at a major enology, enzymology, and international planned are two panel discussions, one on a sity's Biotechnology Program. "Both basic international conference to be held here food science and development. new technology called "ultrafiltration," and applied research will be described at the Oct. 18 20. "Professor Kosikowski has influenced the which is highly efficient in concentrating symposium, including the development of a The Symposium on Cheese Biotechnol- fields of cheese biotechnology and interna- and separating milk solids for cheese mak- new malaria vaccine." ogy and International Food Development is tional food development with outstanding ing, and the other on safety of cheese. The symposium's featured speaker will be expected to attract people from the United accomplishments through his research, A highlight of the Oct. 19 session will be Allen K. Fersht, the Wolfson Research Pro- States, Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, teaching and writing," Ledford said. a luncheon speech by Nyle C. Brady, senior fessor at Great Britain's Imperial College of Japan, Korea, Mexico, Sweden and other Kosikowski is scheduled to give a talk on assistant administrator of science and tech- Science and Technology who will speak on countries, according to Richard A. Ledford, "Thoughts on Teaching, Research and nology for the Agency for International "Rational Modification of Enzyme Activity chairman of the Department of Food International Activities" at a dinner set for Development and former director of by Engineering Charge." Fersht also will Science in the College of Agriculture and 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the Sheraton Inn. research for the College of Agriculture and give a special lecture, "Dissection of the Life Sciences, who serves as the chairman He also is scheduled to give a second talk, Life Sciences. He will discuss "Perspectives Structure and Activity of the Tyrosyl-tRNA of the symposium. "Into the Future," at noon on Oct. 20. on International Food Supply." Brady was Synthase," at 3 p.m.,Oct. 21 in Room 135 The conference will honor Frank V. The symposium's topics will range from director-general of the International Rice of Baker Laboratory. Kosikowski, professor emeritus of food research advances in developing microorga- Research Institute in the Philippines.
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demonstrations, conference participants also moving the building up and out of the are also very mindful of the importance of The building, now estimated to cost $30 will learn about some 23 other Cornell cen- gorge will be a better solution for both the Theory Center and the outside recogni- million, will be underwritten by private ters of corporate interaction. Cornell and for the community. It's clear tion and support it brings to Ithaca." donations and by a $5 million grant and a "We would work to minimize this dislo- that the university has listened to our prin- Developing a plan to adapt the College $5 million loan from New York State cation, however, and to end up with a cipal concerns." of Engineering; Theory Center building to through the UDC. stronger connection between the new build- "I can't speak for the rest of the board," an alternate site away from the gorge Announcement of the proposed building ing and Upson Hall, and with research facil- Blumenthal added, "but 1 believe that mov- should take about six weeks, according to and the site planned for it generated sup- ities within the new building that are ing the building is a solution I can support, Burness, after which the plans will be sub- port and criticism from Cornell faculty and superior to those presently in use in Grum- provided some consideration is given to mitted to the Cornell Board of Trustees and administrators, the Cornell Plantations advi- man," he said. minimizing the visual impact of the struc- the New York State Urban Development sory board, Ithaca residents, the Chamber City of Ithaca officials and Betsy Darling- ture's height and mass. We should then be Corp. (UDC). of Commerce, and local government and ton, a local resident who was a leading able to preserve the gorge and at the same The independent environmental impact civic officials. opponent of the earlier plan to" place the time construct this important national study Cornell commissioned in August with Cornell officials pointed out that the building on the edge of the gorge, have facility." the approval of UDC will be delayed building's size and location were dictated by reacted favorably to the revised concept. Ithaca Mayor John C, Gutenberger said, somewhat, but will be performed on the the space needs and plans of the College of "I'm very pleased that Cornell has "With this new plan, Cornell has very revised site. Bergmann Associates, the Engineering. — Dennis Meredith responded so positively to the community's seriously taken into consideration the con- Rochester firm conducting the environmen- concern," said Darlington, who gathered cerns of the local community and has been tal impact study, told Burness that much of over 2,700 signatures on a petition opposing very responsive to those concerns. I, for the baseline information collected about the the earlier plan. "Although the building still one, am very pleased that the university has gorge for the previously announced site will •nay be aesthetically problematical both worked so closely with the city to ensure be usable in evaluating the new plan. Graduate Bulletin from within the gorge and from other pla- that the community concerns have been A public hearing on the revised location Degree Requirement: All students ces, I feel that this is an acceptable com- addressed. and the environmental impact study will be should have final transcripts on file promise, at least from my point of view. It "We are also extremely pleased that the held by UDC, and the university hopes very with the Graduate School showing protects the flora and fauna of the gorge. I university, in cooperation with the commun- much that the building will be available for the conferral date of their undergrad- can support it." ity, is taking necessary steps to insure that at least partial occupancy by late 1989, uate degrees. If graduate application Susan Blumenthal, chairwoman of the the Engineering College will have the ability Burness said. was made before conferral of an city's planning and development board, to expand its operations. We are very mind- "It's absolutely crucial that we be able to undergraduate degree, please make which had voted 6 to 0 to reject the earlier ful that the Engineering College critically demonstrate progress in the construction of sure a final undergraduate transcript plan, called the latest proposal "a viable and needs improved and expanded facilities so a permanent facility, or the Theory Center has been filed. This is a requirement constructive approach to what is an that it can continue to be one of the runs the risk of losing a substantial portion for receiving the graduate degree. extremely difficult dilemma. 1 think that research jewels of the Cornell campus. We of its federal support," Burness said.
Job Opportunities useful. PrevicHi-^ \|i innucroscopv.liiMohip <>t uiuls. accuracy & jhiliu to handle detail req. (A3902) Ecology & Systematics-Ornithology & MARINE LAB ANIMAL MICROB1OLOGIST plant & or animal tissues, staining procedures Knowl. of French. German or Spanish desir. Mammalogy Collections (A39O3) Avian & Aquatic Animal Med. •ncl. histochemistry. letter & resume to Judi Letter & resume to Michele Dram. 235 din Send curriculum vitae & names of 3 references Oeane by 10/23. Library. Academic Spring 1988, or as negotiated. Initial appt. for to Dr. Louis Leibovit/, I-ab for Maine Animal 3 yrs. Renewals based on periodic reviews. Health, Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Req.: PhD in ornithology, mammalogy or Hole, MA 02543. ANIMAL TECHNICIAN, GR18 (G33IO) Lab related area, have broad knowl. of birds/ mam- SEARCHER. OR 18 (C36O5) ILR-Catherwood Animal Services mals & exp. working with systematic collections. Library Provide weekend care of lab animals (care, Maintain active research program (50% effort) & RESEARCH ASST. (A380I) Black Periodical Resp. for searching bibliographic records in feed, water, exercise); genl cleaning & maim, of ROMANCE LANGUAGES CATALOGER manage Ornithology & Mammalogy Collections Literature Project card catalog, RUN & NUC, incl. records for cages & pens. Maintain I.D.. breeding & inven- (A390I) University Libraries (50% effort), incl. supv. of half-time asst. Send Assist dir. in bibliographic research, editing, donated collections; verily holdings & condition tory records. Cover letter, resume & list of 3 references lo curriculum vilae, statements of collections exp. general offc. work. Some exp. in research & of titles in lib.; RUN input, bibliographic typing. Req: H.S. dip. or equiv. Previous animal han- Michele Draiss, Acting Personnel Director. 201 & research interests & 3 letters of rec. to Dr. bkgrnd. in literature req. M-F, 10 4. Contact Other duties as assigned. P-T, temp, until dling exp. in an instit. environ, desir. N YS driv- Olin Library, University Libraries, Ithaca, NY Amy McCune, Chairman of Ornithology/ Mam- Cynthia D. Bond. 255 3862. 12/23/87. er's lie. & able to lift 100 lbs. Pre-employment 14853 5301. malogy Search Committee, Ecology & Systemat- Req.: AAS 2 yrs. college of equiv. Lt. typing. physical req. Apply at Fast Hill Pla?a Staffing ics, Corson Hall, Cornell University. Ithaca. NY Know), of bibliographic verification systems, $L „ Office, Miin.VIhur,, V a.jn.-ooon. CURATORIAL/RESEARCH ,ASSOC. 14*53. (phone: 607 255,5070). ' .' • • • 8 October 15, 1987
SPORTS Upcoming sports Last week's scores Friday-Saturday, 10/16-10/17 [X-Y Overall record to date] Men's Golf at EC AC Championships Men's Cross Country [4-3] Friday, 10/16 14th at Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh Freshman Football, Princeton, 4:30 Women's Cross Country [3-1] p.m. I Oth at Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh Women's Volleyball, Harvard, 7 p.m. Ltwt. Football, at Princeton, 7:30 Men's Varsity Soccer [2-6], Ivy League p.m. [0-3] Men's Varsity Soccer, at Brown, 7:30 Syracuse 2, Cornell 0 p.m. Harvard 1, Cornell 0 Saturday, 10/17 Women's Varsity Soccer [6-2-1], Ivy League [2-0-1] Women's Varsity Field Hockey, at Cornell 4, Hartwick 2 Brown, 11 a.m. Cornell 0, Harvard 0 (2 OT) Women's Varsity Soccer, at Brown, II a.m. Women's Volleyball [11-7] Women's Volleyball, Brown and Cornell 3, Colgate 1 Rochester, noon 3rd at Syracuse Invitational Varsity Football, at Brown, 1:30 p.m. Women's Varsity Field Hockey [4-5], Ivy Tuesday, 10/20 League[2-1] Men's Jr. Varsity Soccer, Hartwick, Cornell 2, Harvard I 4:30 p.m. Cornell 5, Rochester 1 Men's Varsity Soccer, Hartwick, 7:30 Varsity Football 13-1J, Ivy League [2-0] p.m. Cornell 29, Harvard 17 Wednesday, 10/21 Ltwt. Football [3-0] Women's Varsity Soccer, Canisius, (1 & 0 in ELFL) 4:30 p.m. Cornell 14, Army 0 Thursday, 10/22 Women's Tennis [3-0] Marty Dubroff Men's Jr. Varsity Soccer, Corning Cornell 5, Binghamton I Kendra Eaton, No. 12, defies a Harvard defender during last Saturday's scoreless CC, 7 p.m. Cornell 5, Colgate 4 match. The women's soccer team is now 2-0-1 in the Ivy League and 6-2-1 overall.
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On Monday, Rhodes met with dining times what the other groups received. for the next term or semester." according to union presented its grievances against the supervisors to thank them for their extra • Second, the lowest pay grade (SO 14) a letter sent on Sept. 16 by Burness to State university. Cornell's administration declined efforts during the strike and to hear their will be eliminated, affecting the salaries of at Assemblyman Edward Sullivan, chairman Ithaca Mayor John C. Gutenberger's invita- comments on how the strike affected them least five employees. This action and the of the Assembly's Higher Education tion to present its side at the meeting, say- and the other employees who chose to con- rest of the settlement will give these five Committee. ing that the bargaining table was the proper tinue working. employees increases of up to 11.23 percent. The letter noted that, although some din- place to discuss wages. Al Davidoff. president of the service and The minimum salary for any position ing employees are laid off during the During negotiations, the union proposed maintenance workers' union. Local 2300 of covered by the agreement will move from summer, many are brought back in for con- calling in an outside fact finder, who can the United Auto Workers, said at a union $4.66 to $5.18 an hour retroactive to July 2 tinuing education and conference programs. issue a binding decision if both sides agree news conference earlier on Saturday that and to $5.28 an hour on Dec. 31. Burness This summer, for example, 120 out of 140 in advance to that procedure. But the uni- the strikers voted to return to work after also said that the university and union were brought back for temporary jobs. 15 versity said another third party was not "accepting a somewhat improved offer from "jointly identified seven individuals most of the remaining 20 asked to be laid off required because a federal mediator already the university and with the announcement of them in senior-level positions that we during the summer, and the other five were was participating. of official State Assembly hearings into agreed merited an equity-based placed in other temporary jobs during the Burness said that the successful conclu- Cornell's labor relations practices." adjustment." summer. sion of an agreement by the two sides with Cornell officials said Monday that they • Agreement to permit workers to vote the assistance of the mediator "confirms had been told by sources in Albany that the on the next labor contract during working that the bargaining table is the appropriate hearings would not focus on Cornell but "The settlement followed what hours so they do not lose wages while place at which to reach such agreements." would include a review of labor practices at have not been easy voting. "We are not satisfied with what has been institutions of higher education public negotiations. Each side felt E. Peter Tufford, manager of employee achieved, but there were some small gains," and private across the state. strongly about the principles relations and the university's chief negotia- Davidoff said. "The university has not Davidoff added, "Our efforts to bring our underlying its negotiating tor, said that, although the issue was agreed to a step system [in which workers workers out of poverty will continue." brought up during the talks, no agreement receive annual pay increases without being position. Each side bargained promoted], but they have distributed some Needs of lowest paid workers addressed had been reached beyond a promise to look in good faith. Ultimately, at the money on a step concept by adjusting salar- Under the new agreement, employees of into the union's request. table where such decisions ies of several workers based on years of ser- Cornell's privately supported units will • Elimination of the lowest labor grade. vice, their labor grade and their distance receive pay increases of 45 cents an hour, must be made, an agreement • Arrangements "for some of the worst from the current maximum." with two payments one of 25 cents an was hammered out with the hardship cases" among union members to hour retroactive to July 2 and one of 20 help of a federal mediator." receive special wage adjustments, a reference Davidoff listed some of the union's prior- cents an hour on Dec. 31. to the "equity adjustment" Burness also ities for negotiations on a new contract, mentioned. Employees of the university's state- — John F. Burness which he said will start around March. supported units will receive 45-cent-an-hour Davidoff said the union vote on the new Besides wages, Davidoff said union priori- wage increases retroactive to July 2, and Burness noted while answering reporters' agreement was "fairly close." But he ties next year will include a dental insurance two $250 lump-sum payments one some- questions at the press conference that the declined to disclose the ballot count or how plan, use of temporary employees and time this month and one on Dec. 10. Wage strike included some incidents "that were many union members attended the Saturday methods of calculating overtime pay. arrangements traditionally have differed (or totally anathema to what a university is all morning meeting in I Iris Hall at which they The union leader expressed thanks to employees of Cornell's state-supported and about." Some employees who chose to con- accepted the university proposal. building trade workers who refused to work privately endowed colleges. tinue working and students reported being He said union members went from the at campus building sites during the strike, Burness also said in his statement that it heckled, and some personal and university meeting to Barton Hall to hand out litera- to "students and faculty who gave us money is "a hallowed tradition" for Cornell to be a vehicles were damaged on campus, and "we ture supporting their demands to alumni and wrote letters to the press" and to the place where "people of good will can dis- know that there was vandalism done at attending Homecoming Weekend. The Teamsters union. agree openly and honestly" and where there people's homes," he said. union will attempt to meet with Cornell Burness was asked at his press conference trustees when they come to Ithaca next is "compassion and understanding. Thus, "It's one thing to be involved in that kind where he sees management-employee rela- week for Trustee-Council Weekend. Davi- we are especially pleased that this agreement of behavior, perhaps, if you're involved in tions going now that the strike is over. He doff said, adding that the union has addresses the special needs of our employees an NFL strike. It's quite another at a uni- said labor relations at Cornell "are pretty arranged strategy meetings this week with at the lower end of the wage scale" in two versity, which is devoted to a different form darned good," speaking from his experien- student and faculty groups. ways. of combat on the intellectual field, not on ces at a number of other universities. "We • First, some of them receive increases the playing field," he asserted. Union anticipates hearings in Albany are fortunate to have outstanding employees who care about their work and about the of 8.8 percent in the base hourly rate com- Davidoff said at the UAW news confer- "There were a few improvements in the university." pared with the overall 5 percent increase in ence that the agreement reached by the uni- agreement that we thought were important." the salary pools for the 880 persons covered versity and the union on a one-year wage Davidoff told reporters. "The key factor is The university and Local 2300 began by the contract. package was accepted for several reasons: the official hearings which are coming up in negotiations this spring, and the two sides Cornell's consistent position during the • Agreement for early discussions on Albany. The hearings will be better than the were joined by a federal mediator in June. talks was that; "As much as we value the summer layoffs of dining hall workers. concept of a fact finder, and it is our view Late that month, members of the local gave service provided by employees in this bar- Davidoff said the university's layoff system that the hearing scheduled for January will their leadership authority to call a strike. gaining unit, it would be unfair to all other prevents workers from collecting unem- be far more effective than the fact finder." Dining room workers walked out for three days over Parents Weekend in September, non-academic employees if we provided this ployment benefits, and the union wishes to Davidoff said that State Assemblyman but returned to work the following Mon- particular group a greater percentage discuss this issue before negotiations start Frank J. Barbara, chairman of the Labor day. Talks continued through Oct. 6, when increase in the salary pool than the roughly on a new collective bargaining agreement Committee, and Sullivan have scheduled the the union rejected Cornell's latest offer and 5 percent that other non-academic employee next spring. hearing in Albany for Jan. 12 and that the called for all the employees it represents to groups at the campus received this year," However, New York State's Unemploy- union may send busloads of its members to strike the next day. Burness said. "This agreement sustains that ment Insurance Law. not the university's the capital. Burness said at his press confer- position." layoff system, "renders employees ineligible ence later the same day that Barbaro had Talks resumed on Oct. 9 at the direction The last demand put on the table by the for benefits when they are laid off between not notified his office about the hearings. of the federal mediator, and agreement was union was for increases ranging from 13 to academic terms or semesters and when they Barbaro and Sullivan attended a public reached at that session. 14 percent, which is roughly two and a half have reasonable assurance of re-employment meeting in Ithaca on Sept. 4 at which the — Barry Gross and Albert E. Kaff Networking A Cornell Newsletter Published by Employees for Employees Volume 8, Number 10 Thursday, October 15, 1987 Up, Up, and Away: 1987 Employee Day Balloons, Exhibits, Music, and a Good Time Puerto Rican Serenade by George Peter On Employee Day, Saturday, Septem- ber 26, 2,200 employees and guests wit- nessed that the Cornell campus stretches beyond the confines of Tompkins Coun- ty, beyond New York State and beyond the U.S. mainland. Three representa- tives, from the Arecibo Radio-Radar Ob- servatory in Puerto Rico, were in Barton Hall to be a part of the festivities. The director of the observatory, Dr. Donald Campbell, arranged for Dimas Al- varez, Ruben Rodriguez and Jose Vives to attend Employee Day '87. Dr. Camp- bell was able to be in attendance to see his hand-picked ambassadors represent the observatory and the Puerto Rican cul- ture. Besides being full-time employees at the observatory (where about 140 other Cornell employees work), these guys are talented musicians. Dimas Alvarez and Jose Vives played guitar and Ruben Ro- driguez was in charge of percussions. They were great. It was a real treat to taste the flavor of Puerto Rican music freshly flown in for the occasion. The three of them, with Jose's wife, Al- icia, were house guests of Gloria and driguez is the youngest of the group.He George Peter for the weekend. It was a has a 2-1/2 year old boy. He has been at treat for them also to visit the Cornell the observatory for about 3 years. His campus, the Ithaca gorges and the beau- wife is a pharmacist. Ruben is in the tiful Ithaca area. Their comment was, maintenance department where he does so this is the parent company. It looks accounting and a host of other duties. good." Jose Vives is in charge of test equipment Dimas Alvarez is a security guard at calibration and repair. He has been at the the observatory where he has worked for observatory over 15 years, he and Alicia over 20 years in various capacities. He have 2 young boys. and his wife have 4 children. Ruben Ro- Muchas Gracias, Amigos. Community Interaction: Constituencies Blend by George Peter The Employee Day committee has to up people. Thanks go to the custodial be the best to be found in the whole USA. staff who worked from before sun up to If this sounds overstated, just ask any of long after sun down. They did a fantastic the attendees at the festivities this past job under much less than ideal condi- weekend. Everything went as smoothly tions. Mary Beth Swan's Cornell Catering TELECOMMUNICATION as clock work (except, of course, the foot- came through with flying colors. Mary ball score). Providing a successful event Beth, the chicken was excellent and so just doesn't happen. People like Laurie, was everything else. Thanks! Thanks to the two Donnas, the two Peggys, Susan, Cornell Orchards for providing the apples Jim, Pete, and all the others have been at a reduced price. The more than 15 de- meeting monthly for the past year, and partments who set up displays are also weekly this past month, to coordinate thanked. They were more and better than each individual's involvement. Each ever. committee member deserves special Special thanks go also to the Cornell thanks from all of us. Ambassadors, the Touchtones, the XYZ A public thanks is given also to the Club and the Trio from Puerto Rico. more than 65 volunteer servers and set- Continued on page 4
Joycelyn Hart Speaks at Brown Bag Lunch by Theresa Vander Horn community understanding of the "ism's" Joycelyn Hart spoke at the first of this (sexism, racism, etc.). The results of the semester's brown bag luncheons (held in employee attitude survey helped further 105 Space Sciences Building on Septem- develop the emphasis of the human rela- development. The University is also de- About 2/3 of the BBL time was spent ber 30). Ms. Hart holds the newly created tions agenda. veloping a computerized applicant and answering questions posed to Ms. Hart. position of the associate vice president for In updating the human relations agen- skills roster which will allow skilled em- Such question and answer sessions are the Office of Human Relations, an office da, Ms. Hart spoke about moving ahead ployees to not only be identified, but re- an important part of the BBL program. which was created as a result of the Hu- with human relations training programs. cruited. In addition, Ms. Hart would like During this period, Ms. Hart spoke of her man Relations Task Force appointed by All supervisors will be involved in a one to see broadened career counseling for position as being important in identifying President Rhodes. The Office of Equal Op- day six-hour training segment which will employees. She also spoke of increasing the most senior person responsible for an portunity reports to Ms. Hart. focus on human relations, especially rac- the University's management internship area in which there are issues of sexism Ms. Hart opened her talk by saying ism and sexism. Another senior training programs to develop managerial skills for and racism and bringing about broad that human relations deals with the qual- associate has been hired, and two actors qualified employees. based agreement on how to respond most ity of life in the work place, and is some- from the theater arts department will effectively. She reiterated a comment thing which must be accomplished by all work with the program. The Faculty The University will be broadening its made in her opening statement, that of the involved parties. The emphasis of Council of Representatives and the efforts to recruit women and minorities in good human relations cannot be im- the human relations agenda was in- Dean's Council will be involved in devel- nontraditional jobs and continues to be posed, but are brought about by working fluenced by the comments of the Task oping training programs for faculty su- concerned about its affirmative action together on problems. Force. Areas which received specific rec- pervisors. programs with contractors, especially The brown bag lunch series is spon- ommendations by the Task Force includ- In the area of employee career devel- while so much construction is going on. sored by your Employee-Elected Trustee, ed management and human relations opment, Ms. Hart said progress is being Ms. Hart indicated that the University George Peter, and your Employee Assem- skills of supervisors, career opportunities made in lateral transfer opportunities, will be intensifying its efforts to recruit bly, who welcome your ideas for future and development for employees, and and developing "families" of jobs for skill women and minority faculty. brown bag lunch topics. Networking Thursday, October 15, 1987 Employee Day Exhibits the Best Ever by Peg Landau shop and sample the selection at the school and inn of hotel administration; vi- The Employee Day 1987 exhibits col- Campus Store. deo equipment from the Department of lectively were the biggest and grandest Macgruff. the Safety Dog, was there Media Services; pamphlets from the De- show in the 13 year history of employee handing out balloons, crime prevention partment of Patents and Licenses; photo- day. Special appreciation goes to all the information and key tag identification graphic displays from the Laboratory of staff that spent many weeks of planning from the Department of Public Safety; Nuclear Studies. Networking, the Em- and preparation of the multifaceted dis- health and safety equipment and infor- ployee Assembly and Cooperative Exten- plays. The exhibits literally exploded in mation from the departments of Environ- sion and contributions to a slide program an array of color, sight and sound with mental Health and Life Safety Services. by the Office of Human Resources, the over 20 displays depicting the activities Pamphlets were available from the Of- College of Veterinary Medicine, Laborato- and programs of almost 20 departments fice of Equal Opportunity; a display and ry of Nuclear Studies and the Department plus the divisions of campus life and fa- invitation to a whale watch from the of Grounds Care. cilities and business operations. Shoals Marine Lab; the model nf the new The show was comprised of Computer Services demonstrating the visual and photographic abilities of the Macintosh computers; balloons, a clown and demon- strations of the services of Telecommuni- cations; photographs of the supercom- puter from the Theory Center; a display box and pamphlets from the Geneva Ex- perimental Station; and color photo- graphs of the Plantations. Other exhibits included a "then and now" historical sampler of the many de- partments of the division of Campus Life; programs and collections of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; a video tape tour of the division of Facilities and Busi- ness Operations; and an invitation to Employee Day Committee Peggy Beach Susan Boedicker Dick Clark Bill Crissey Steve Haner Chuck Howard Jim Kuehl Peg Landau Pete Mariano George Peter Laurie Roberts Donna Updike Dominic Versage Donna Vose Employee Day Volunteers Many thanks to all of the following who contributed to the success of this years' Employee Day. Ros Arsenault Hal Craft Bette Bagnardi Tom Devlin Robert Barker Robert Doherty Rita Boothroyd David Drinkwater Mick Ellis Dianne Duthie Penny Evans Jackie Fenton Lyman Flahive Cris Gardner Kim Graves Bill Gurowitz Steve Haner, Jr. Anita Harris Joycelyn Hart Joan Heffernan Nancy Hicks Sue Hills Marian Howe Herb Howe Kurt Kabelac Keith Kennedy Dean L'Amoreaux John Levy Joe Lomax Anna Moratz Jay Morley Gil Ott Larry Palmer Gloria Peter Bob Phemister Ann Phemister Bob Reese Frank Rhodes Rosa Rhodes Suzanne Sager Margaret Seacord John Seacord Cheryl Seland Patsy Sellen Marge Sharpsteen Clint Sidle Paula Sidle Pat Smith Lee Snyder Marion Stallings Ron Stone Bill Street Luella Sullivan Marge Swiercz Gerry Thomas Pete Tufford Alga Vose Joy Wagner Dwight Widger Michelle Widger Aimee Widger David Yeh Networking Thursday, October 15, 1987 Select Benefits CRC News Enrollment Bills Football Radio City Music in November Hall, and Holiday Dinner Dance The annual enrollment period lor taxes on this money.) BUFFALO BILLS FOOTBALL: The ex- previously noted that the date of this Select Benefits is the month of November. To set up a medical care or a pectations for the Bills are high this year During the last week of October you will dependent care reimbursement account event was December 19. Many members and we are hoping for a late season show- found the 19th too close to the holidays receive at your home mailing address you must fill out the selection form down between the Bills and the Miami information including a selection form for during November and return it to your and the CRC Office was able to change Dolphins. The cost is $35 ($40 for non- the reservation as well as secure the band tthe 1988 plan year. benefits office. When you enroll, you members) and includes transportation decide on the amount to be transferred for the earlier December 12 date. As al- Health Care Premium Option is and game ticket. The seating is similar to ways, the dance will be held at TC3 in from your biweekly pay into your the seats CRC was able to get last year; Now Automatic reimbursement account before taxes are Dryden, NY. The band will be "Sophisti- Beginning in 1988, all employees close to the field on the 10-yard line. The calculated. During the plan year you can group will leave B Lot on Sunday, Novem- cated Country." They also played at the participating in a health care plan submit claims to your benefits office and summer picnic last June. Tickets will be provided through Cornell will be ber 29 at 9am arriving at Rich Stadium at you will be reimbursed from your 12 noon for the lpm kickoff. The bus will available in late October, so watch Net- automatically enrolled in the health account to pay for your eligible expenses. working and the CRC Newsletter for de- care premium contribution option. return to Ithaca following the game. All A few examples of the expenses Buffalo and Miami fans welcome!! tails. Since this enrollment is now eligible under Select Benefits include automatic no action is required on health care premiums, orthodontic care, NYC-RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL: Date NEW MEMBERS TO CRC: We would your part unless you decide to make physical check-ups or eye examinations, changed to November 14. Trip full, wait- like to welcome the following people as the contribution on an after-tax basis. your share of major medical costs, and ing list only. new members to the Cornell Recreation (On an after-tax basis means that you day care or nursery school charges. HOLIDAY DINNER DANCE: The date Club: Robert and Sandra Cook, Mary Nic- pay taxes on the amount you Additional examples are included in the of the holiday dinner dance has been otera, Eric Hallstead, Jim Lenna and fam- contribute each pay period for your enrollment materials. ily, and Joe Davidson and Family. health care premium.) For after-tax firmlv set for December 12 It hart been contributions you must check the "no" box on the selection form and return it to your benefits office during November. Report from the Child Care Committee by Theresa Vander Horn How Does Select Benefits Work? Because of concerns expressed by Cor- munity member who wishes to bring a ing (c-o Office of Assemblies, 165 Day Select Benefits provides a way for you nell employees regarding child care is- concern related to child care to the atten- Hall) or may call the co-chairs to be to pay your health care premium and sues, a Child Care Committee has been tion of the committee may do so in writ- placed on the agenda. certain medical and dependent care costs formed under the Employee Assembly to with before-tax dollars. (Before-tax examine circumstances which affect the dollars means that you do not pay any child care situation for Cornell commu- nity members, and to improve those cir- cumstances where possible. The Child Care Committee plans to improve cir- cumstances through direct communica- tion, evaluation, education, and recom- Transfers and Promotions mendation. Betty Falcoa, of the Day Care and Child Development Council of Tomp- kins County, serves as an invited mem- for October ber of the committee. Two members, Cin- dy Telage and Carolyn McPherson, also EMPLOYEE NEW DEPARTMENT serve on the Advisory Committee on the Carol Ayer Civil Engineering Status of Women, which also maintains Bonnie Bailey Olin Library an interest in issues related to child care. Sandra Barrett Cooperative Extension The committee meets the second and Richard Bonney Ornithology fourth Wednesday of every month at Douglas Boyce Building Care noon, usually in the third floor board Colleen Chaffee Admissions room of Day Hall. Members of the com- Deborah Cross Human Resources mittee are: Wayne Davenport Chemistry Marianne Marsh (Co-Chair) - 5-6799 Nora Ettinger Ornithology Theresa Vander Horn (Co-Chair) William Ford Olin Library 5- 7504 Deborah Gatch Athletics Julia Addy - 5-8686 Laurie J. Horner Budget Office Debra DeLorenzo - 5-6800 Lillian Isacks University Libraries Kris DeLuca-Beach - 5-0892 Connie Kastenhuber Finance & Business Offrice Betty Falcoa - 273-0259 Richard Kline CRSR M.J. Ferguson - 5-2071 Susan Martin Theory Center Joanne Fuller - 5-5145 Laurie Noel University Development Bill Genter - 5-5274 Shannon O'Dell Theatre Arts DebGrover- 5-2115 Edward Onan Building Care Cynthia Hoey - 5-0824 Peter Orschiedt Admissions Betsy Keokosky - 5-5715 Keith Payne Plant Breeding George Peter - 5-5274 Deborah Reyna Facilities Danilee Poppensiek - 5-4321 Janice Robinson Finance & Business Office Jeanette Shady - 5-7556 Eric Saalfeld University Libraries Nancy Simmons - 5-6199 Mark Savage Career Center Leslie Smith-Darling Beverly Scofield Arthitecture Elaine Spirawk - 5-2207 Kathleen Simpson Finance & Business Office Cindy Telage - 5-3853 Maureene Stangle Ornithology Janine Thomas - 5-9398 Anne Takemoto COSEP Alan Venooker - 5-4948 Yvonne Thomas Building Care Anyone interested in joining the com- Edwin Torres NAIC mittee should contact a member for the Sharon Turecek Agronomy next meeting time. In addition, any com- Questions to the Director Comments from the Employee Attitude Survey "Questions to the Director" include Under the leadership of Jim McPher- University policy states, and is consis- out through the 1982 employee attitude Comments, concerns and questions ad- son, assistant dean and director of stu- tent with our commitment to affirmative survey that employees were not receiving dressed to Director of Human Resources dent services in ILR, the task force is action and equal opportunity, that all reg- the listing we switched to the Chronicle ? Lee M. Snyder by respondents of the Em- comprised of a representative group from ular nonacademic vacancies be posted for and have found this to be an excellent ployee Attitude Survey. the Cornell community. a minimum of five working days before way to communicate this information to an offer of employment can be made. all employees. "The path to employee transfer is "I don't see much in-house pro- In specific circumstances, however, in need of revision. As it is, it is diffi- motion." this posting requirement may be waived cult to successfully complete a "People are being hired off the in order to promote internal mobility oi transfer on campus." street instead of employees capable current regular employees. In addition, "Job transfer at Cornell is diffi- of doing the job being transferred hiring departments may laterally transfer cult because another office doesn't for the job." an employee within the department with- MAKE want to pick up a higher salaried out posting a position or requesting a University policy states that qualified waiver of posting. The issue of job posting YOUR person." employees are to be given preferential "The job transfer process with- is another topic that will be addressed by consideration for any vacancy within the the Career Development Task Force. out a probationary period is unfair institution. Hiring departments are en- DAY to the new employer." THE couraged to interview employee candi- "Thank you for putting job posi- Cornell is committed to streamlining dates before interviewing external appli- tions in the Chronicle. It is a won- the transfer process for employees and cants. Approximately 45% to 50% of derful idea." UNITED departments and this fall established a vacant University positions are filled by "We have advanced a long way • Career Development Task Force to ad- current employee transfers. from the time when Job Opportuni- dress some of the issues mentioned WAY "I do not believe a department ties were actually hidden from The 1988 United Way campaign is above. would-be applicants. I can remem- This task force is examining systemat- should have to post a job if there is a off to a great start! As of the first candidate in the department that is ber finding my way to a remote room reporting date for this year's Cornell ic constraints that are peceived as imped- on the top of Day Hall, looking for iments in the transfer process and, ulti- qualified and has already been 'se- United Way campaign, Cornell the job openings, only to be told employees had already pledged mately, career development at Cornell. lected' for the position. It is very they were not available." Policies, practices, procedures, systems, misleading and a waste of time for $71,700 which is 17% of the goal of and philosophies that appear to affect departments, applicants, and the The Job Ops listing was always in- $413,000 for Cornell University. this process are under review. personnel department." tended for employees. When we found Networking Thursday, October 15, 198
Unclassified Ads Send all ads to Donna Updike, 240 MVR 1. Please submit all unclassified ads to Network- ing Unclasslfleds, 240 MVR - no phone calls Send in campus mail only. please. 2. For our Information your name and campus phone number MUST be submitted with ads. No phone calls please. Otherwise your ad will be omitted. 3. Any ads that are hand delivered to 240 MVR Hall will be omitted. Send through campus mail ONLY. tires, low mileage, $1,750. 255-4200 or 257-5563. 15 CPS daisy wheel printer (serial & parallel) A- 4. All unclassified ads are free of charge to Cor- 1981 Chevrolet Citation. 2-dr. very good cond. size fiat-bed plotter (Tandy). 257-3236 after 6pm. nell faculty, staff and students and will be printed well maintained, new brakes, new snow tires, Olivetti electronic typewriter with built-in cor- in the order received as space permits. must sell, leaving. $1,495 OBO. 1-532-4757. rection, almost new. $60 OBO. 257-0311. 5. Please limit your ad to 30 words or less. If an 1981 Honda Accord. 4-dr. 5-spd. well-main- Manual typewriter with carrying case and pad. Employee ad Is longer than 30 words it may be shortened by tained, $3,300. 539-6204 eves and weekends. Smith Corona, good cond. $30. 272-0568 or 5- the Networking staff. 1981 Datsun 210SL wagon. 5-spd, snowtires. 5265. 6. Unclassified ads are for nonbusiness pur- 65k miles, good cond, $2,450 neg. 5-3534 week- New 1986 Smith Corona, self-correcting type- Calendar poses only. days or 273-8580 eves. writer in portable case, used only twice, asking Events of Particular Interest to 7. The deadline for the October 29th issue is Oc- 1980 Chevy Suburban - CIO. automatic, good $150 neg. Valerie 257-8929 6-9pm. tober 19th. tires, good body. $2,500 OBO. 533-4897 after Unisef (Japan) AM-FM tape car stereo in orig. Cornell Employees 8. If an error appears in your ad, please resub- 6pm. packaging (used only once). $45 new. asking $35. mlt the ad to be published in next available Net- 1979 Subaru wagon, 4 cyl. resonator, tape Patrick 5-6706 days or 257-7079 eves. working. deck-stereo, 20 watts-channel, some rust. $800 Sears Craftsman Inductive timing light. $35. Cornell University October Blood Pres- 9. Please submit an ad for each issue that the ad OBO. 2721194 8:30am-9:30pm. Ted 257-0160. sure Clinics should appear in. 1978 Toyota Corolla wagon, engine and frame Men's Bauer hockey skates, size 6. $20; ladies Thursday, October 15. Blood pressure good, body rusty. $500. 272-0489 eves or 5-9565 blue dawn jacket, size 12-14. $35. 533-4897 after days. 6pm. clinic, Sibley Hall, Room 208 W., 9am- 1978 customized van. Chev. done by Hop-Cap, Yashica camera MAT-124. twin lens reflex with 11am. For Sale loaded, never driven in snow (always stored), real CDS exposure meter 66 for standard 120 film or Tuesday, October 20. Blood pressure 1986 Suzuki Samari JX dark blue convertible sharp. 564-9275 after 4:30pm. 24 exp 220 film. $180: Vivitar flash 283. $70; flash clinic, McGraw Hall, Room 305, lpm- 4x4 jeep. AM-FM cassette, air cond, half-top, 27 1977 Chrysler Town & Country wagon 440 cu meter, $35. 272-1373 eves. miles per gal, 8.800 miles, must sell. $7495. 564- inch engine, never driven in winter. Doris 5-3351 Fender standard Stratacaster guitar, mpale 3pm. 7006 after 5pm (Newfleld). or 533-7543 after 5pm or weekends. neck, sunburst. $375; G & L 2000E Bass guitar, Tuesday, October 27. Blood pressure 1984 Plymouth Turismo, automatic trans. Am- 1977 Datsun 280Z, new paint, battery, tires. black, $475; Sunn Coliseum bass amp. $175. Don- clinic, Hollister Hall, Room 201, 8:30am- FM stereo, tinted windows, rear window defogger, $3000. 5-2127 or 589-6770 eves. ald Specker 5-3294. 10:30am. 38k miles. $3,800. Cathy 5-4423 days or 347-4551 1976 Toyota Corolla sedan, new factory rebuilt Bass AMP Kustom 250, 250 watt head, 2 15" eves. engine, runs well, $700. 257-1947. speakers in padded cabinet, very loud, very low. Tuesday, October 27. Blood pressure 1984 Ponttac Fiero. 4-spd. sun roof, loaded, low 1976 AMC Hornet, 4-dr. power steering, snow $225. 272-1194 8:30am-9:30pm. clinic, Snee Hall, Room 4144, lpm-3pm. mileage, moving, must sell. $6,500. Phyllis 5- tires, AM-FM cassette, standard, $500 OBO. Carol Singer Touch & Sew II. model 778, many stitch Thursday, October 29. Blood pressure 3722 days or 594-2544 eves. 5-1533 or 257-2018 eves. patterns avail using disk control, built-in button- 1982 Olds Cutlass Supreme. 4dr. less than 35k 1974 Chrysler newport, good tires, runs well. holer, without cabinet, asking $100. Joan 257- clinic. Phillips Hall, Room 227, 8:30am- on rebuilt AT and 350 V8 diesel engine, books for $450 OBO. 533-4897 after 6pm. 0115 after 5:30pm. 10:30am. $4,600. will sell for $2,800. (607) 838-3790 leave 1971 Limousine-Cadillac Fleetwood Formal. Panasonic stereo system, complete with receiv- Friday, October 30. Blood pressure message. with bar. CB. TV. AM-FM stereo cass. $3,500 firm. er, turntable, tape deck, rack and speakers. 18 clinic. White Hall. Room 328, 1:30pm- 1981 Plymouth Reliant, needs engine work. 5-4492. months old, exc cond. $160 OBO. Ruby 5-2435 or $300 OBO; 1973 VW Karmtnghia, needs body and 1986 4-wheeler. Suzuki 250 Quad Racer. 257-0311. 3:30pm. engine work, could be restored, or for parts. $100. $1500. 589-4608 eves. Kerosene heater. $45. 273-6423. Friday, October 30. Consumer bag Victor 582-6724 7:3O-9pm. Ruger Security Six 357, 4" barrel. $140 with Humidifier. $30. Phyllis 5-3722 days or 594- lunch series, "Communicating with 1981 Ford Escort station wagon, body and mo- holster. Bill 5-6493 or 539-7427 (h). 2544 eves. Health Care Professionals," Tompkins tor exc cond. no rust, 5-spf. front wheel drive, new New color Ink-Jet printer for PC or compatibles. Childs tricycle for ages 2-5. $10; childs bicycle, 20 inch, withtraining wheels. $15. 272-0171. Mar- Public Library, Sherman Peer Room, tin Kilduff, 5-5516. 12noon. Baby crib, without mattress, good cond. $45 Friday, November 6. Consumer bag neg. 589-4644 after 6pm. Join the Employee Assembly Frigidaire gas clothes dryer, works but needs lunch series, "The Prudent Patient; the some repair for optimal efficiency. $50. 844-8927 Careful Buyer," Tompkins Public Li- eves. brary, Sherman Peer Room, 12noon. Transportation Committee Sears-Kenmore gas dryer, $50; double bed mat- Friday, November 13. Consumer bag The Employee Assembly is made up of Transportation Ad Hoc Committee and tress. $20; photo enlarger, $20. 347-4911 after 5pm. ,, lunch series, "Coping with Health Insur- you - the employee. Your needs, and your members are needed. Would you be will- Electric dryer, Frigidaire. $50: twin bed frame ance." Tompkins Public Library. Sher- concerns are the needs and concerns of ing to serve, to voice your concerns and and box spring. $20. Avon bottles. 1960s, full, in man Peer Room, 12noon. the Assembly. A concern of most employ- ideas? Call the Employee Assembly Of- orig. boxes, best offer. Tom Whitlow 5-1793. Saturday, November 14. NYC-Radio ees is transportation - the parking situa- fice, 5-3715, and volunteer today. Sofa. 7 pieces, modular, exc cond, $250. Bob 277-5215 or 5-4738. City Music Hall trip planned. Date tion on the campus, the scheduling of the Colonial queen sleeper sofa. $200; colonial changed from December 12. Trip full, campus buses and the appeal process. brown tweed chair, $25: Bear Polar H compound waiting list only. The Employee Assembly has formed a bow, $50. 277-3924 eves. Consumer Brown Rosewood 4-drawer chest with legs. Sunday, November 29. Buffalo Bills vs 41.5x20x31.5 (high) exc cond. $95. 272-0568 or 5- Miami Dolphins football game. Call the October Blood Bag Lunch 5265. CRC Office. 5-7565, for more information. Matching colonial sofa and chair, green plaid. Saturday, December 12. Holiday din- $150: wooden shutters. 3 pr 47"L 1 pr. 39 "L, $4: Series Scheduled ironing board. $5. John 253-3234 or 844-9869 af- ner dance at TC3. Call the CRC Office for Pressure Clinics ter 6pm. more information. Tompkins County Health Department To help you get the most for your Building loi. wooded-meadow. 1 acre, new sub- Hypertension Control Program health care dollar, the Tompkins County dividion. 12 min from campus, secluded quiet area. 5-4088 days or 277-6933 eves. Marge. Cornell Ag League Cornell University October Blood Pres- Health Care Coalition, Tompkins County Commonland townhouse. 2 miles from Cornell. sure Clinics Public Library, Cornell Cooperative Ex- 2 stories. 1 bdrm plus a study, large bay window Needs Bowlers October 15, 1987 - Sibley Hall, Room tension of Tompkins County and Tomp- overlooking woods, dishwaSher. washer-dryer, all appl. included, patio. 272-0579 8-1 lpm. Still need three bowlers for a team on 208 W. -9am- 11am kins County Comprehensive Health Plan- Lovely, remodelled house in Etna. 6 mi to CU, - Monday nights at 5pm at Ide's. Call Kevin October 20, 1987 - McGraw Hall. Room ning Council will sponsor a bag lunch on busline. 3-4 bdrms. 1 1-2 baths, fireplace with Leonard at 5-4430 for more information. 305 - lpm-3pm series at the Sherman Peer Room, Tomp- woodstove insert, lrg barn-garage. 2-3 acre, price October 27, 1987 - Hollister Hall, kins Public Library from 12noon to lpm reduced to $78,900. 5-2019 days or 347-4609 eves or Lenny at Village Real Estate. Information and Room 201 - 8:30am-10:30am on the dates listed below. 1 1-2 yr old neutered Golden Retriever, male. October 27, 1987 - Snee Hall, Room October 30 - Communicating with $75; pool table. $40; ping pong table. $35. 898- 4144 - lpm-3pm 3845. Referral Services Health Care Professionals Directories can be ordered through the October 29, 1987 - Phillips Hall. Room November 6 - The Prudent Patient: the Information and Referral Service at 272- 227 - 8:30am-10:30am Careful Buyer 9331 or by stopping in at 313 N. Aurora October 30, 1987 - White Hall, Room November 13 - Coping with Health In- For Rent Street in Ithaca. 328 - l:30pm-3:30pm surance Modern 1 bdrm. West Hill, quiet, private en- trance, deck, walk-in closet, off-street parking, ide- Networking al for grad student or professional, nonsmoker, no pels, $400. 5-2527 or 277-7559. Large modern 2 bdrm apt with dishwasher, Deadlines wall-to-wall carpet, on bus route, plenty parking and closets, balcony, avail mid-Oct, $435 elec. Sharon 5-8965 or 257-2908. Oct. 1. 2 bdrm apt Oakcrest Hd near Pyramid October 19 for October 29 Mall, pine l.r. with picture window, heat included. November 2 for November 12 $425. 257-7877. Two bdrm house, exc eond. lrg lot. private back- November 16 for December 3 yard, partially furnished it wanted, on bus line. December 7 for December 17 West Hill. 272-6443. January 4 for January 14 January 18 for January 28 February 1 for February 11 Name That Clown! Wanted February 15 for February 25 Telecommunications' Ride from Candor to Cornell, my hours are 8:30- March 7 for March 17 own "Ding-A-Ling" 5pm. 659-7233 eves. Daycare for 1 after school and 1 all day in Snyd- March 28 for April 7 had a great time at er Hill Road. East Hill area. 273-6423. April 11 or April 21 Employee Day. Judy Used graphics terminal: DEC. HP. TEK. etc. April 25 for May 5 Vandermark tells us Gary 277-3941 (h) or 5-7163 (w). May 9 for May 19 Ding-A-Ling helped People to carpool between Groton and Cornell weekdays from 8-4:30pm. 5-8971. June 9 for June 23 hand out over 1500 Personal computer. IBM or XT compatible July 7 for July 21 balloons that day. equivalent. 640K memory, no more than two yrs old. Carole 5-3630 or 273-5457 eves. Community Interaction Continued from page 1 Each person who was involved in any delivery were delightful. The Cornell Am- way with Employee Day should be aware bassadors lived up to their name as they UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL LIAISON that this is a very special occasion. It is mingled and visited with the BBQ atten- Laurie Roberts one way the University administration dees. Some of the students are members manifests its recognition of the value of of both the Ambassadors and Touch- Donna Updike PRODUCTION each individual's role in the operation of tones. George Peter Cheryl Seland Cornell. It is an Important happening. Ann Ferreira is president of the Am- Editorial Theresa Vanderhorn Please be proud that you were a part of John Bender COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE OF bassadors. Heather Ruopp is an Ambas- Board Dominic Versage making it happen. Jim Kuehl EMPLOYEE ASSEMBLY sador and also business manager of the Peg Landau Two groups of talented students made Touchtones. Nancv Simmons Joan Heffeman Employee Day an even more festive occa- Both groups were thoroughly enjoyed Ann Marcham Dwlghl Wldger sion. They demonstrated "Cornell Com- by everyone. The Employee Day commit- Margaret Sfacord Judy MePherson Alberta Callihan munity" interaction. tee and all of the guests of Employee Day Hill Stalleid The Touchtones presented a sparkling thank the students. We hope they will Ken Dt-Dominicis musical performance for the 2,200 em- come back next year for a repeat perfor- ployees and guests. Their selections and mance.