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GOOD FOOD, GOOD MEDICINE Phytochemist finds Uganda's gorillas may self-medicate with bacteria-fighting fruit. Volume 28 Number 5 September 19, 1996
Vet incinerator President Emeritus Malott dies at age 98 permit process is suspended at CD request At the request of Cornell, the permitting process for the replacement incinerator at the university'S College of Veterinary Medi cine has been sus pended by the New York State Depart ment of Environmen tal Conservation (DEC), and the uni versity is invitingcom munity and campus Loew groups to participate in an advisory committee on the project. In response to a number of concerns voiced by community members, Cornell asked the State Uni versity Construction Fund (SUCF), lead Craft agency on the project, to request that the DEC delay the process until additional data on a number of ques tions can be generated and evaluated. The permitting process was halted Aug. 7. Cornell is in the process ofreaching out to . Robert Barker/University Photography community and campus organizationsto join Comell President Emeritus Deane W. Malott acknowledges a Barton Hall audience during inaugural ceremonies a community advisory committee that will for President Hunter Rawlings on Oct. 12, 1995. discuss all aspects of the incinerator issue. Franklin M. Loew, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Harold D. Craft, Cornell vice president for facilities and cam He is remembered for his energy and vision pus services, will co-chair the committee. "The university is fully willing to enter Deane W. Malott, Cornell president President Hunter builder of the intellectual landscape that from 1951 to 1963,diedWednesday, Sept. Rawlings said, characterizes Cornell today. I feel privi into a dialogue with members ofthe campus 11, at his home in Ithaca. He was 98. "Deane Malott will leged to have known Deane Malott, even community and our neighbors concerning Malott became Cornell's sixth presi be remembered by though for all too brief a time, and [ was the environmental and public-health issues associated with the project," Loew said. dent in 1951. He presided over a period some as a builder of delighted that he was a part f my inaugu "Community concerns are important, and ofrapid expansion ofthe university in the buildings - for ral ceremonies last October." the advisory committee provides a formal post-World War II years. Under his di teaching, for re President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, way of integrating those concerns." rection, Cornell's budget grew from $42 search, for student Rawlings' predecessor, said, "Deane "We intend to discuss all aspects of the million at the start of his tenure to $110 housing and other Malott was oneofCornell'sgreatest presi million, faculty salaries increased by more Malott pressing needs dents. He brought new energy, new vision project with the committee. We take the community concerns seriously, and it is our than 60 percent and growth in sponsored which literally transformed the Cornell and new support to the university in every intention to be responsive to the advice" that research grew from less than $15 million campus during his presidency. But he area of its life and work, and he did it with the committee members offer, Craft and to more than $45 million annually. will be remembered far longer as the Continued on page 4 Loew write in their letters being sent to Continued on page 2 Entomologist identifies Asian beetle threatening Brooklyn shade trees
By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr. It did not have a ticket to ride. "I don't know how it got here from Asia," Hoebeke said. "As if the trees in an A tree won't grow in Brooklyn. urban environment are not traumatized enough as it is. Cornell scientists have confirmed what they believe is This doesn't bode well for a tree that is under a lot of the first known infestation of an Asian long-horned beetle, pressure to grow." Anop/ophora g/abripennis, a large beetle that is attacking New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation Brooklyn's horse-chestnut and maple tree population. sent samples ofthe beetles to Carolyn Klass, Cornell Coop The Norway maple is the most planted shade tree through erative Extension entomologist in Ithaca, to determine the Out New York state. species. Klass had not seen the species before and showed This beady-eyed beetle, about l-inch long, has coal it to her colleague, Hoebeke. ?Iack wing covers sprinkled with startling white spots, and "I gasped when I saw it," Hoebeke said. "I knew this Its black-and-white antennae are long and impressive. The wasn't a species native to North America." beetle is not harmful to humans, but it was found devastating These beetles might prove to be the ultimate Brooklyn trees in the Greenpoint neighborhood ofnorthern Brooklyn. dodgers. Short of cutting down the maple and horse-chest U.S. border entrances are jealously guarded to keep such nut trees, there is little that can be done to curb the Greenpoint pests from infiltrating this country. Native to Japan, Korea infestation, Hoebeke said, adding that there are no known Charles Harrington/Unh'ersity Photography and the southern sections of China, this is the first time this natural predators. An Asian long-horned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, discovered recently in Brooklyn, on a beetle has been seen outside of Asia, said E. Richard For back-up species confirmation, Hoebeke sent speci cross-section of a tree it has damaged. The large !-Ioebeke, Cornell senior extension associate and assistant mens to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pitts holes the beetle creates inhibits the tree's vascular Curator in entomology. Colltillued on page 6 system and ultimately kills the tree. 2 September 19, 1996 Cornell Chronicle
Incinerator cofltinued from page 1 Cornell in times past
'Co unity concems are i rt nt, nd t dvi ory co itt.. provides a fonnal ay of 'ntegr ting tho c c ms.' - Franklin M. Loew
roup invited to end a representative. ong those being invited to appoint a rcpr ntative are: the Tompkins County BoardofRepresentatives; IthacaTown Board; For t Home Improvement sociation; Cornell Greens; United Progr ives; Stu- nt ·embly. Employee embly, Uni- "e~it mbly, Graduate and Professional tud nt mbly and Faculty Senate; Citi- z n Concern d bout Regulated Medical 'te; uthern Tier Veterinary Medical iati n; Cornell-lthaca afety Commit- t : T mpkins County iety for the Pre- enti nofCrueltytoAnimal ;and ewYork Farm Bureau. The committee will meet as n i membership i e tabli hed. Th committee will ha e the opportunity to d fine it areas of concern. "We have purpo. ly left the proce as open as pos Division ofRare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library ible," Craft id. "The committee's work This photo, taken in the 1930sduring an unidentified event - possibly related to Commencement- shows Bailey Hall ill riou ly influence Cornell' decision. in the background, Liberty Hyde Bailey's Model Schoolhouse and Lua Minns' Garden, now the site of Malott Hall. o i ue related to the incinerator is outside the cop of the committee' interest." Cornell has been working with SUCF ince 1991 to plan and construct an up graded, tate-of-the-art replacement incin erator for the College of Veterinary Medi Cornell community asked to pitch in for United Way cineoncampu .Theproposedfacility would Dear CoUeagues: Theselocal agenciescovera wide rangeof incorporate the late t pollution-control de- Cornell United Way campaign infor This year's 75th anniversary celebration needs met by the United Way funds. Member ice and be the third in a serie ofincinera mation is available on the Web at
• laFrance memorial service: A me farms to experience the diversity of farming Roberts S. Summers, the McRoberts morial service for Ron LaFrance, former di in this region. The tour. co-sponsored by Research ProfessorofLaw, was elected May rector of the Cornell University American Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tomp 7 as a corresponding memberofthe Austrian Indian Program, will be held at Cornell on kins County and the Ithaca Farmers' Mar Academy of Sciences in recognition of his H nn' • Dullea, VIC:e Pre ident for Univer.;ity Relall os Friday, Oct. 4. The service will be in Sage ket, will visit farms along Route 34B, north contributions to legal philosophy and juris Linda Gra e-Koba ,Director, Cornell ews Service Chapel from 2 to 3 p.m., followed by a of Ithaca, in Lansing and King Ferry. Tour prudence. He has authored many books and im n s, EdItor reception at Akwe:kon at 3:30 p.m. Among stops include the Melon Foundation, Ridge articles in these fields and has lectured widely Larry Bernard, Science Editor those speakingat the service will be David L. House Garden, Treleaven King Ferry Win in Europe, Great Britain and the United States J cquie Poweno, Education Editor Karen Walter.;, Editorial A i tant Call, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean Emeritus of ery, Cornell's Lansing Orchard and Fessen on various topics in the theory oflaw. During DIanna Mar.;h, Circulation the College ofAgriculture and Life Sciences; den Dairy Farm. The hosts will provide an the 1985 spring semester, Summers was a riter.;: Blaine P. Fri dlander Jr., Darryl Geddes, Daniel Usner, associate professor of Ameri overview and tour of their operation, as well visting Fulbright Professor at the University Jill Goetz, usan Lang, Roger Segelken and can history; Donald J. Barr, professor of hu as samples ofthe products they produce. The of Vienna. In the summer of 1990, he was a Bill teele. man service studies; and Ramona Connors, tour leaves at I p.m. from the Ithaca Farmers' member of the Annual Salzburg Seminar Publ; hed 43 times a year,the CornellChronicle Akwe:kon residence hall director. LaFrance, Market parking lot, at Steamboat Landing, Faculty. In December of 1995 he delivered I distributed fr e of charge on campu to Cornell UOIV noity faculty, student and staffby the Univer- 51, diedJuly 29 at his homeon the Akwesasne and it will return by 7 p.m. For a tour three lectures at the University of Vienna on II) • ew Service. Reservation near Hogansburg, N.Y. brochure and a seat on the bus. call Coop the Formal Character of Law. Y 14850 erative Extension at 272-2292. Thecost per • Area fann tour: On Saturday, Sept. 21, adult is $12, children from 6-17, $5, under • the public is invited take a bus tour of area 6 free. Preregistration is required. Elizabeth Hess, a nurse practitioner at Gannett Health Center, has been selected as oneoftwo representativesofthe Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance, and one of 46 representa tives from organizations across the country, CORRECTION to serve on the National Review Panel ofthe congressionally mandated Breast Cancer Research Program. This year the Breast Can The date of a lecture by Frank Press. edition. The lecture, titled "Out ofChaos: cer Research Program will be responsible for senior fellow with the Carnegie In titu A Better Way to Support Science," is allocating $75 million in federal funds to tion of Washington, D.C., and an A.D. scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, research projects on the treatments, causeand White Profes or-at-Large this semester, in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of potential cures for breast cancer. The panel was incorrectly reported in the Sept. 12 Goldwin Smith Hall. begins meetings in Washington this month. Cornell Chronicle September 19, 1996 3
Big Red alumni return to celebrat~ Homecoming '96 this weekend By Jill Goetz tailgate party, hosted by alumni from the classes of '60 and • The second annual Homecoming book signing, with '90, as part of the Cornell Association of Class Officers' local authors Lisa Cowden and Kip Wilcox, and their Cornell alumni will revisit their alma materthis weekend "Welcoming the Future" program; it starts at 10:30 a.m. in cookbook Sweetness & Light: A Book ofDesserts and free for Homecoming 1996, the university's annual fall celel1ra the Lower Kite Hill parking lot. food samples from the book; economics Professor Robert tion featuring educational, athletic and social events for all Alumni also can attend three post-game celebrations: the Frank, with his best-selling The Winner-Take-All Society: members of the Cornell community. young alumni post-game party (in the Lynah Rink parking Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Highlights will include, naturally, Saturday's Big Red lot tent); the all-alumni post-game celebration (in the Hall of Us; MFA graduate Edward Hardy, with Geyser Life: A football game - this year against the Princeton Tigers, the Fame Room); and the Big Red Barn post-game celebration NoveL; and Lecturer Marcelle Lapow Toor, with The Desk current Ivy League champions. Kickoff is Saturday at noon in and buffet. All begin immediately following the game. top Designer's IlLustration Handbook; book signings are &hoellkopfField.Attheall-alumni pregame rally and tailgate Other Homecoming highlights include, on Friday: from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Cornell Campus Store; party, alumni can meet President Hunter Rawlings and Eliza • Open classes ranging from The American City to • "Greening the Concrete Jungle," the Audrey Harkness beth Trapnell Rawlings, Athletic Director Charlie Moore '51 Environmental Law; O'Connor lecture by Judith D. Zuk, president and chief and the 1996 Athletic Hall ofFame inductees; festivities begin • Career forums sponsored by the School of Industrial executiveofficerofthe Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 7:30 p.m. at 10 a.m. in the Lynah Rink parking lot tent. and Labor Relations and Johnson Graduate School of in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall; Also preceding the game will be the Class of 2000 Management; Continued on page 4 Senior citizens + school kids + plants - intergenerationallearning . By Roger Segelken The boredom and isolation of life in a ~ursing home, the shortage of mentors for Inquisitive children, the need for more green ery in the world - all can be addressed through intergenerational cooperation, ac cording to a Cornell horticulturist with a plan to send senior citizens back to school. Horticulture Intergenerational Learning as Therapy (HILT) came about because Vincent Lalli, a schoolteacher-turned-gradu ate-student in Cornell's College ofAgricul ture and Life Sciences, hated to see keen minds and skilled hands idle. The result: Adults in their 80s and 90s are visiting Schools to tcach kids about plants, using a hands-on science curriculum developed by Cornell educators and horticulturists. . "Unfortunately,socicty doesn't have very hIgh expectations for the elderly, especially those in the nursing homes," said Lalli, an elementary middle-school teacher for 30 • Years. "These people are like jewels.They're a treasure, and they're starved for opportu nities to share their wisdom and theirskills." At least that's what Lalli hoped when he a~proached nursing home administrators ~lth What he now acknowledges is a far-out Idea: Why not transport seniors to local Schools for part ofa day and let them work, one-on-one, with children in plant science Adriana Rovers/University Photography projects? To his surpl ise, several nursing Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate student Vincent Lalli, left, leads students In Paula Kilts' kindergarten class at h?rnes in upstate New York agreed, and so Cayuga Heights Elementary School through a plant experiment In the Horticulture Intergeneratlonal L.aming as dId School administrators and teachers. Therapy (HILT) program, with the help of senior citizens Fritz Clausen (In hat) and Edna Love. After pilot testing the program with sc.hools in Ithaca and Clifton Springs and marigold seeds and large lima beans can and have the willingness to be valuable HILT is one of 16 Graduate Student WIth 4-H youth groups in Geneva, Lalli producegrowingplants. Olderstudentsmay, assets as mentors." Outreach projects at Cornell, where stu of~ers training workshops and is preparing for example, explore the mysteries ofrepro The seniorcitizens are always accompa dents each year share with local school gUidebooks to take HILT state- and even duction (plant-style) with experiments in nied by nurses and attendants when they children their expertise in subjects ranging n~tionwide. His inspiration, Lalli said, is pollination (sexual) and plant-cutting propa travel to the schools. "Youcan see it in their from astrophysics and African-American ~IS late mother, who enjoyed teachingneigh- gation (asexual). eyes when they'regetting ready to go to the literature to human genetics and archaeol orhood children about plants. "Wetell the seniors they don't have to be schools," one nursing home administrator ogy.The intergenerational aspect helps make HILT learning activities are geared to the university-educated scientists," said Lalli, told Lalli. HILT successful, Lalli believes. grade level. Younger children, with a little who earned a master's degree in Cornell's "Programs like this can build confidence, "Ofcourse, plant science is helped by the help from the seniors, test their dissection Department ofFloricultureand Ornamental self-esteem and independence in the seniors fact that kids love to get their hands dirty," skills on a variety ofseeds and discover how Horticulture. "We provide the lesson plans. and youth," Lalli said. "The result is both he said. "They'rethrilled to learn that people gerrnplasm in things as different as tiny All they need is to like plants and children, individual and collective growth." 70 and 80 years their senior like to, too." State Supreme Court ruling upholds CU's sexual harassment procedures A New York State Supreme Court Justice has issued • NoTitle IX provisionwasviolated by Cornell, Rumsey's of the six claims. ~ rUling upholding Cornell's sexual harassment proce decision states, noting, "Thecomplaint does not contain one "Cornell University is extremely pleased with Justice uu~es in a $1.5 million lawsuit brought against the fact that remotely alleges Maas was discriminated against Rumsey's decision in this case," said James J. Mingle, nlversity by a tenured professor. by Cornell on the basis of his gender." university counsel. p .S~ate Supreme Court Justice • Addressing the charge that Cornell breached an oral "The ruling validates Cornell's procedures and supports .hllhp R. Rumsey issued his deci promise that the sexual harassment proceedings would our contention that at no time were Professor Maas' rights 810 . U ~ In the case of Maas v. CorneLL remain confidential, the court ruled that Cornell had no violated," Mingle said. nLVersity on Sept. 10. legal obligation to prevent "alleged breach ofconfidential Thomas Mead Santoro, deputy university counsel who a I.n eight specific charges brought ity by participants in the proceedings, where not subject to served as the lead litigator in the case, added that he is galnst Cornell, Rumsey ruled: control by Cornell ..." The court also noted that Cornell's confident of the strength ofthe university's position on the • The Maas lawsuit's claim that news release in June 1995 followed a published detailed two remaining claims, which will be addressed in future Cornell's actions were "unfair ille comment from Maas in the Chronicle ofHigher Education pleadings in the case. gal or improper" was dismissed. on Feb. 24, 1995. The lawsuit against Cornell was filed by the Center for S: Cornell's College of Arts and • In rejecting the claim that Cornell disrupted Maas' Individual Rights, an advocacy group based in Washington, tnClences "had the authority to pro- Mingle outside speakingand otherprospective businessopportuni D.C., on behalf of James Maas, professor of psychology. it Ulgate rules for the governance of ties, the Court concluded that the lawsuit fails to show that The case arose out of administrative hearings held in Sep s sbPersonnel. ... Cornell's documentation sufficiently Cornell used any unlawful means in its administration of tember, October and November of 1994 in Cornell's Col :. s~antiates the defense that the A&S College acted the procedures which "the A&S College had the authority lege of Arts and Sciences in which Maas was accused of BUhln the ambit of its authority under the Charter and to adopt." sexual harassment by four students. Y-Laws of the University." • Justice Rumsey let stand two claims of negligence The College of Arts and Sciences' Professional Eth M• T? the allegation that Cornell breached a contract with because he was unable to conclude at this stage whether ics Committee concluded unanimously that Maas had "Naas In the handling of the sexual harassment complaint: a Workers' Compensation Law defense requires dis engaged in "inappropriate conduct effectively constitut one of the allegations in this very detailed complaint missal of those claims as well. ing sexual harassment" and recommended sanctions s~ate the terms of the existing contract or specify a provi Cornell believes those claims will be disposed of in against Maas. The committee' decision was sustained by ~~~ of the contract between Maas and Cornell University the future. Cornell has 60 days to study the decision and the dean of the college. Maas' appeal of the dean's ruling Ich was violated." provide an order to the court documenting the dismissal was rejected by the University Provost. 4 September 19, 1996 Cornell Chronicle
eane ~ Malott Cornell President 1951-1963
Photographs from the Division ofRare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Top: President Malott talks with a group of students on Libe Slope in the Pre.ident De neW. Malott po.e. in hi. Day Hall office, with McGraw Tower 1950s. Bottom: Malott and his wife, Eleanor, ride on the official Class of 1912 in the background. vehicle - a fire engine - during Reunion celebrations on campus in 1952.
Deane Malott continued from page 1
a senseofhumorand grace that won friends personal assistant to James Dole, founder Colleges. He served under Presidents His wife, the former Eleanor Sisson far and wide. In all thi , his late wife, of the Dole Pineapple Co. Truman, Eisenhower and Johnson on a Thrum, died in 1994. He is survived by Eleanor, wa an energetic and devoted Malott served on the boards ofdirectors number ofcommissions and boards. three children: Robert H. Malott of partner. Cornell has I t a champion, and of Pitney-Bowes, the B.F. Goodrich Co., Deane Waldo Malott was born July 10, Kenilworth, Ill.; Janet Malott Elliott of many Comellian have 10 t a wise counse General Mills Inc., Owens-Coming Fiber 1898, in Abilene, Kan. He received a Ocala, Fla.; Edith Malott laBonteofPalo lor and a treasured friend." glass, Lane Bryant Inc., the Citizens Bank bachelor's degree from the University of Alto, Calif.; nine grandchildren and nine Prior to coming to Cornell, Malott was of Abilene, Kan., and the First National Kansas in 1921 and a master's degree great-grandchildren. chancellor at the University of Kansas for Bank of Ithaca. He was a trustee of the from Harvard Business School in 1923. A memorial service will be held Sun 12 years. Hi earlier career included teach Midwest Research Institute, the Teagle His father, M.H. Malott, known as the day, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. in Sage Chapel on ing and admini trative re pon ibilities at Foundation and the Coming Museum, a "dean of Kansas bankers," was founder campus. The service will be followed the Harvard Graduate School of Business member of the Business Council and a and board chairman of the Citizens Bank immediately by a reception at the Herbert dmini tration and a bu ine career as a consultant to the Association of American in Abilene. F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Homecoming Weekend continued from page 3
pon red by Cornell Plantations. service to Cornell through long-term volunteer activities in service in Sage Chapel featuring guest speaker Dean Robert And, on aturday: a variety of Cornell alumni organizations. Giannini ofChrist Cathedral Church in Indianapolis. • "International Agriculture: The Past, Present and Fu • "As Time Goes By," a piano jazz concert by faculty People are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance for ture Role of Cornellian , Cornell and the College of Agri members David Borden and Edward Murray in Barnes Hall, Saturday's all-alumni pre-game rally and tailgate party culture and Life Science ," panel discussion with Barber at 8:15 p.m. from the Office of Alumni Affairs 255-2390, and for the Conable, chairofthe World Bank's Environment Commit •A Glee Club fall concert in Sage Chapel, also at 8:15 football game from the athletics ticket office at 255-7333. tee and former ew York congressman and president ofthe p.m. Tickets are $5. Reservations are also appreciated, though not necessary, for World Bank; Uma Lele, advi er to the vice president for Throughout the weekend, alumni will have many oppor the Big Red Barn post-game buffet; call 255-5555. environmentally ustainable developmentatthe World Bank; tunities to get reacquainted with campus, in guided walking "We encourage alumni of all ages and disciplines to and di tingui hed Cornell faculty; 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the tours ofthe general campus and ofsuch sites as the McGraw return to Cornell for Homecoming 1996," said Margaret M. David L. Call lumni Auditorium. Registration is required; Tower chimes, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Center Gallo '81, director of reunion and alumni programs in the call the College' alumni affairs office at (607) 255-7651. for Theatre Arts, Botanic Gardens and Carl A. Kroch Office ofAlumni Affairs. "It'sa time to reconnect with your • Pre entation of the Frank HT. Rhode Exemplary Library and even a "virtual" tour ofCornell on the Internet. alma mater - the campus, the faculty, the current student lumni ervice ward " aturday evening at the Statler And, on both evenings, the Cornell Department of body and, most importantly, each other." Hotel. The 1996 recipient are Ether SchiffBondareff '37, Theatre, Film and Dance will present performances of For more information about Homecoming 1996, call the Richard W. Brown '49, Fred J. Eydt '52, Margaret Gaffney "Tartuffe" in the Proscenium Theatre of the Center for Office of Alumni Affairs at 255-7085 or visit the Home Graf,J.D. '73, Eli Manche ter '52, B.ME. '53,and Ernest L. Theatre Arts at 8 p.m. coming 1996 Website at
CORNELL RESEARCH
Biologist: Gorilla's fruit snack may be just what the doctor ordered By Roger Segelken For Cornell biologist John P. Berry, knowing the punch line to the joke, "Where does an 800-pound gorilla eat?" is not enough. Certainly, the mountain gorillas he stud ies in Uganda's impenetrable Bwindi forest eat wherever they want. Whatever, too. But why is the key question in the field of zoopharmacognosy, the study of ani mals that use plants for medicine. Berry, a graduate student in the laboratory of noted Cornell phytochemist Eloy Rodriguez, knows enough about Gorilla gorilla beringei's dietary preferences to open Gorilla My Dreams Cafe. He is focusing on a fruit with anti-bacterial properties that even the savvy apes may not understand. "When you watch gorillaseat in habitats with wide plant diversity, you see why we say they're living in a salad bowl," said Berry, recently returned to Ithaca after an other observation and plant-collecting trip to the Bwindi National Park. "They eat practically everything in reach - leaves, stems, bark, fruit - and they barely move. Adriana Rovers/University Photography When you come back the next day, they're .John Berry, graduate student in plant biology, measures the antimicrobial properties of Aframomum fruit extracts eating a few meters away:" Working with by filter disc assay. trackers who are hired to observe and pro tect the mountain gorillas, Berry has docu Phytochemicals andHealth. When Berry species are growing where, which ones als, including only one silverback (adult mented mountain gorillas eating more than found mountain gorillas eating fruit ofthe the gorillas are eatingand which are eaten male) after deaths last year. But tests of 40 different types of plants. wild ginger plant called Aframomum, by humans," he said. "We need more tests the Aframomum fruit with lowland goril ''They eat some pretty unappealing which has anti-bacterial properties, the of activity against pathogenic bacteria. las in American zoos may be possible, stuff, too, like pith and rotten wood," said question became: Why? I'd like to know how this fruit affects the Berry hopes. Berry, who has personally sampled much The finger-sized, urn-shaped gorillas' micro flora - the 'good' diges The Cornell gorilla-diet study is con of the gorilla fare. "But so far I haven't Aframomum fruits grow a few inches tive bacteria in their gut - and whether ducted with assistance from the Institute of found the kind ofself-medication that we above the ground on a plant whose dis their micro flora have developed a resis Tropical ForestConservation(ITFC),which see in chimps and Aspilia," he said, refer tinctively shaped fronds reach 9 feet high. tance to the fruit chemicals. And I have to oversees gorilla habituation and conserva ring to the first- and best-known example The bright red, sweet fruit of one get more information about the gorillas' tion programs in BWindi, and from ITFC of zoopharmacognosy. Aframomumspecies isafavorite ofUgan feeding behavior." Director Simon Jennings. Research is con Eloy Rodriguez, now the Perkins Pro dan children and is sold in the market It's not that he hasn't tried. Berry him ducted with the cooperation ofthe Uganda fessorofEnvironmental Studiesat Cornell, place and at roadside stands. But moun selftastes everything he sees gorillas eat. National Parks (UNP) and UNP Director and Richard Wrangham of Harvard Uni tain gorillas don't need to go that far; they Or almost everything. He can report that Eric Edroma. Berry works from Mbarara versity, in 1985 showed that thiarubrine gather and swallow the fruit along with gorilla preferences cover a diverse range University's Ruhija field station, which is was the active chemical (against intesti their other salad items. of tastes, from "sweet," "astringent" and directed by Dr. Frederick Kayanja. nal nematode parasites) in the Aspilia Back in his Ithaca laboratory, Berry "tasteless" to mouth-numbingly "bitter." Safe from harm, mountain gorillas po leaves that wild chimpanzees seek when found that some species of Aframomum But with caution that comes from an ex tentially have a life expectancy nearly they have upset stomachs. The queasy fruit prevent the growth of bacteria, in tensive knowledge of phytochemistry, equal to humans' - 40 to 50 years - and chimps pick Aspilia leaves and roll them cluding some strains of E. coli and Berry doesn't graze willy-nilly through their health is generally good. What role around in their mouths, rather than chew Pseudomonas. Could it be that gorillas the gorillasalad bar. Someofthealkaloid their low-fat, extremely high-fiber diet ing, before swallowing the capsule-like and human kids, too-aregettingadoseof laden plants that gorillas crave, he notes, plays in their health is another question leaves whole. They swallow as many as medicine along with their sweet snack? If are poisonous to humans. for the phytochemists. 15-35 Aspilia leaves at a sitting, particu so, that might add another natural, plant The easy solution would be to bring a If nothing else, all that fiber makes larly in the rainy season, when the rate of based treatment to the medicine chest mountain gorilla into the Cornell phy mountain gorillas fairly easy to find in the parasitic infection is highest. one of the goals of zoopharmacognosy. tochemical lab and serve him lunch, but impenetrable forest. One might - to be Furthermore, Aspilia also may have But before prescribing Aframomum that's not possible with one of the most polite to an SOO-pound gorilla - say they some anti-bacterial effect, Berry, fruit for bacterial infection, Berry ac endangered mammal species. The so are, well, especially flatulent. Rodriguez and Marcus McFerren noted in knowledges that he must answer some called Kyagurilu Group of mountain go "Let's just say," Berry notes, "you a 1995 article for the American Society of basic questions: "We need to get a better rillas that Berry studies in the Bwindi tend to hear and smell them before you Plant Physiologists' publication, handle on the taxonomy and learn which National Park is down to just 13 individu- see them." Experiment Station's successful Empire apple has its 30th birthday "It can take 15 to 20 years By Linda McCandless the seeds, ran them through the usual after-ripening, for a new introduction to gain dormancy treatment process, and grew out large popula Empire, the most successful apple variety ever wide acceptance among com tions. In 1947, approximately 1,199 seedlings of N.Y. released by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Sta mercial growers and consum 45500, as the McIntosh x Delicious was called, were tion in Geneva, N. Y., turned 30 this weekend. Station ers," said Susan K. Brown, planted at the Experiment Station. From these seedlings, pomologist Roger D. Way officially introduced Em director of the Experiment further selections were made in 1954 and observed for 12 pire to the world on Sept. 15, 1966, after two decades Station's apple breeding pro years in a second trial planting. Roger Way, who came to of careful evaluation. gram. She releasedthe station's work at Geneva in 1949, determined N.Y. 45500-5 was "Empire [a cross between McIntosh and Red Deli newest apple, Fortune, last suitable for release, and it was officially introduced to the cious] is arguably the most successful apple variety ever January. "Empire is an excel world at the New York State Fruit Testing Association lent example of just how meetings in Genev~ in 1966. released by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Brown Station," said Ken Silsby, fruit extension specialist with worthwhile these introduc In 1996, New York growers will produce 110 million Cornell Cooperative Extension, in an article on "Tree tions can be in the long term," Brown said. pounds of Empires, representing an increase of 16 per Fruits'" in the August issue ofAmerican Agriculturist. Empire originated from the cross McIntosh x Deli cent from 1995 figures. That is roughly half of the total According to Silsby, Empire has gained a wide accep cious, made in 1945 from open-pollinated seeds col U.S. Empire crop. tance for a number of reasons. It is productive under a lected by Lester C. Anderson, a Cornell fruit nutritionist Empire is one of five prominent commercial varieties wide range ofplanting systems; it is harvested during the who used his own orchards in the Hudson Valley for that have been released by the Agricultural Experiment gap between McIntosh and Delicious; it is resistant to research. Under the directive of then-Station Director Station during its 116-year history ofservice to New York preharvest fruit drop and storage scald; it has low suscep AJ. Heinicke, apple breeders from Geneva went to one state agriculture. The other four are Cortland, Jonagold, tibility to fire blight; and it has outstanding fruit quality of Anderson's orchards in which only McIntosh and Macoun and Jonamac. In 1996 these varieties will account for both color, firmness and storage. Delicious apples grew, harvested 20 bushels, removed for roughly one-fifth ofall New York apple production.
. '. I ••'• . t,. " 1 6 Septemb r 19, 1996 Cornell Chronicle
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F. Knight, chairman and chief executive officer fErn r n Electric Co., will deliver the Hatfield Address n" merican Indu try pproachingthe 1illennium" ept. t : 0 p.m. in ch rtz uditorium ofRockefeller Hall. Prid nt Hunter Ra ling will introduce Knight. The tur i. fre and open to the public. 'night i the 1996 Robert . Hatfield Fellow in Eco n mic Education, the highest honor Cornell bestows on out t nding individual from the corporate sector. He is a Cornell alumnus, earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1958 and an MBA in 1959. He also was a member of the Cornell football team. In 1973 Knight waselected chief executiveofficerofEmerson, mak ing him at the time the youngest CEO of any billion-dollar U.S. corporation. During Knight's more than two decade of leadership, Emer on' ale have increased approximately tenfold, to 10 bil lion in fi a11995, and net earning have likewise increa ed b a factor of to, from 6.7 million in 1974 to $907.7 milli n la t year. Eme n' hi t ry ofyearly increases has come from sale of indu trial product like air-conditioning and refrigerator compre rs, proce control and power tools. To keep Em n' sale and earnings increasing, in the last year Emerson has invested more than 350million on new product Division ofRare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library d vel pment. The pu h in new product development is part of Emerson' changefrom cost-reduction to growth mode, which came after forecasters concluded that continual gains from co t-cutting at Emerson would be marginal. ignificant co t-cutting came about in the 1980s, when it came apparent that foreign labor rates could produce ppliance component and other products at much lower co 't than Emerson.Thecompany clo ed30high-cost plant , hift d pr duction to cheaper locales and left the defen e and con truction bu in e. night' management and leadership abilities have been lutedb majorbu ine magazine :/ndustryWeekranked Knight one of merica' be t chiefexecutive officers in it bi nni I urvey (' 7, ' 9, '93), and a Fortune urveyof Fortune 500 executives cored Knight as one ofthe 10 mo t eff ctive bu in ' leaders in the United tates. In b t\\ een hi corporate re pon ibilities at Emerson and hi rd membership for Anheu er-Bu ch and IBM, among other, Knight maintains an active civic calendar, support ingorganization in Emerson 'scorporate homeofSt. Louis. The Hatfield Fund for Economic Education was estab Ii h d by the Continental Group Foundation to honor former Continental Chairman Robert . Hatfield. The fund supports c mpu. vi it by di tinguished bu iness leaders, who deliver maj r addresses on economic issues of national importance. They are intended to serve as major platforms forthe exchange of id as between the corporate and academic communitie . Hatfield Fellows ince the program' inception in 1981 Barry De/iberolUl/iversity Photography Although the College of Veterinary Medicine was chartered in 1894, it didn't open its doors to its have included Hatfield and CEO of such companie as first class (of 11 students) until Sept. 21, 1896. To mark the "true centennial," college faculty Iii d ignal, Corning, Procter & Gamble, GE, General members assembled earlier this month for a group photograph. Their number represents a more otors, DuPont, IBM, Kodak and Ford. than sixfold increase over the original faculty, shown at top. That 1896 group was, from left, Grant Priorto hi Hatfield lecture, Knight will meet with tudent , S. Hopkins, William L. Williams, Veranus A. Moore, .James Law, Pierre A. Fish and Simon H. Gage. f ult' and taff. Emerson endowed a professorship in manu In his inaugural address, Law, the college'S first director, said: "As trusted representatives of £: turing management, held by Richard Conway, and funded science, it is expected of us that we fortify ourselves with the lore of the past and strike out with clear vision, steady foot and strong hand for future achievement." th d velopm nt of the Emerson Manufacturing Teaching rat ry in the College of Engineering.
Braa Iyn trees continued from page 1 Profs honored by food technologists hurgh, hich verified the pecies on Sept. thus leaving the hole. Two Cornell professors have been hon 10. Hoeb ke also ent some of the Cornell Larval feeding could hurt a tree's vas ored by the Institute of Food Technologists. mple to the Bi 'hop Mu eum in Hono cular system in an area where trees are Joe M. Regenstein, Cornell professor of lulu, hich ha' one of the world' largest under enormous pressure to grow, said food science, was named the institute's first collection of Asian b etles - the J. Lensley Nina Bassuk, Cornell professor of flori Congressional Science Fellow, and Chang Gre' itt collection. Their confirmation was culture and ornamental horticulture. Yong "Cy" Lee, Cornell professor of food made on cpt. 13. Federal agriculture offi "These trees are generally growing in chemistry at the Agricultural Experiment cial .are assembling a team to decide how to places not made for trees, since there are Station in Geneva, N.Y., has been elected an prevent further infestation. sidewalks, houses, cement. The tree-lawns institute fellow. Thre -quarter inch, circular holes in in Brooklyn are only 5 or 6 feet wide," Twelve new fellows were named by 1FT Regenstein Lee the Brooklyn tree led authoritie to think Bassuk said. "The roots have little chance this year to join a distinguished group of prank ter' were drilling them. But, in- for water, and the roots tend to be re 207, selected from the organization's mem and professional accomplishments. He has tead, it wa adult beetles emerging from stricted. These in ects might weaken the bership of 28,000. authored more than 130 scientific papers th heartwo d center of the tree boring tree structurally." Lee's research efforts in general food and several book chapters and has edited e it h I through the outer bark. After Bassuk took a survey of Brooklyn tree chemistry relate to the processing of fruits two books, including the recently released b etle emergence, matingoccur, and eggs in 1990. he found that 27 percent of the and vegetables. For example, he helped Enzymatic Browning and Its Prevention. are laid in cavitie in the bark, chewed out 110,000 treet trees in Brooklyn are Nor determine the best New York apple variet As a Congressional Science Fellow, b femal ' and covered with a cement way maples - one of the trees this new ies for minimal processing, developed the Regenstein will work for one year in Wash cretion. Egg hatch, and young larvae beetle attacks most often. use of honey as an anti-browning agent in ington with a member of Congress or on a b re into the inner bark, feed for a while "I think thi could be devastating for the fruit juices and wines, and conducted a congressional committee, advisingon a range nd up n gro\\ ing larger, bore into the city," Bassuk said. "After all, the orway preliminary investigation into the of scientific issues as they pertain to public tree' heartwood and pupate in the pring. maple is the most widely planted shade tree phytochemicals ofonions. policy. Regenstein will be the institute's first The adult beetle then chews it way out, in ew York state." 1FT made Lee a fellow for his academic Congressional Science Fellow. Cornell Chronicle September 19, 1996 7
SOUNDBITES
Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornellfaculty andstaffthat have appeared recently in the national news media:
"But on the Palestinian front, time is of the essence: More Israeli settlements on the West Bank would make effective Palestin ian independence more difficult, if not im possible, and more than 2 million Palestin ians continue to endure hardship there - at the same time that Israelis remain targets of terrorism. This status quo is untenable, and even ifArafat can survive it, the eruption of violence remains a possibility. The sooner this lesson is relearned, the better. -ShibleyTelhami,directorofthe Near Eastern Studies Program and associate pro fessor of government, in a Los Angeles Times op-ed on Aug. 12.
"Despite what you read about we're fall ing behind, the bottom line is that the U.S. has the highest productivity in the world." - Joseph Thomas, the Nicholas H. Noyes ProfessorofManufacturing, Johnson Graduate School of Management, quoted by Reuters on Aug. 26.
"They both raise the pulse and lower it, Adriana Rovers/University Photography they calm as well as excite, they are the David G. Post, co-directoroftheCyberspace Law Institute.secondfrom right.meetswith studentsfromthe eo,."."Dally occasion for reverie and a tool ofconcentra Sun and the Comell Law Review in the Statler Hotel on Sept. 16 before his Bailey Hall lecture. tion, they are superficial and profound, sol dier and Gypsy, hateful and delicious. Ciga rettes are a cruel, beautiful mistress; they are Cyberlaw expert argues for a new 'Internet federalism' also a loyal companion." - Richard Klein, professor of French By Unda Grace-Kobas a different country's borders. "What AOL has done is precisely what and Romance studies, in Cigarettes Are The current state of laws governing the Internet governance requires," Post said: Sublime, quoted in the Washington Post on Calling the recent federal court decision Intcrnet is "international chaos," Post said, It established rules of behavior based on Aug. 27. strikingdown the Communications Decency adding that this is not a bad state of affairs. the desires of its network membership. Act a "Scopes trial for the electronic age," The Internet calls for a far more radical People who think it's a good rule can stay "What we have is a labor movement a Georgetown University cyberlaw expert rethinking of our basic rules of law and with the group; those who don't like it that's more visible and active and aggres urged Monday the creation of a new governance than even the federal court in can subscribe to another Internet gate sively trying to do some things, both in the "Internet federalism" in which users form Philadelphia expressed in striking down the way. AOL's power to make rules is lim political arena and in organizing." virtual communities that adopt their own Communications Decency Act, Post said, ited, since membership will shrink as - Richard Hurd,directoroflaborstud rules of behavior. noting that world governments may be in restrictions become unpopular. ies at ILR, quoted by Reuters on Sept. 1. David G. Post, co-founder and co-direc the "twilight of sovereignty" now that the "Our mobility is a powerful guarantee tor of the Cyberspace Law Institute and exchange ofinformation can take place in a that rules are just," Post said. 'This legislation isn't really health re visiting associate professor of law at virtual realm where traditional legal sys Post admitted that not all problems will form. It isn't even health-insurance reform. Georgetown University, made his remarks tems are powerless. be solved through his new model ofInternet It's really nothing more than a form of in this year's Daniel W. Kops Freedom of A new governance model for cyberspace governance. unemployment insurancethat will help some the Press Fellowship Program, held in a is within our reach, Post said, citing another "The law of the Internet is the aggre people who are between jobs." crowded Goldwin Smith D Auditorium. The recent case in the federal court of Philadel gate of choices made by individuals," he - Suzy Szasz, librarian, on the Health program was established in 1990 by Daniel phia as one that has broad implications for said, predicting the emergence of many Insurance Portability and Accountability Act W. Kops '39, former editor of the Cornell how law and order will develop in network confederations, each with its own in a New York Times op-ed on Sept. 1. DailySun, and hosted by the CollegeofArts cyberspace. A commercial entity named set of rules. enforced by electronic fences and Sciences in cooperation with the Ameri Cyber Promotions Inc. filed suit against between confederations. "Adolescents reflect what's going on in can Studies Program. America Online after AOL, in response to "This decentralized mode oflawmaking the larger society. Kids are lagging behind Since the Internet exists nowhere and subscribers' cOJllplaints, set up a filter to has at its heart the sovereignty of the indi because teachers and parents are lagging evcrywhere, Post argued, the laws of indi keep Cyber Promotions' e-mail ads out of vidual, which is the most solid basis for behind. Adults talk equality but they aren't vidual countries not only do not apply to the AOL network. The federal court has creating laws," Post said. "We don't need a giving it everyday expression." users, who can be physically located any issued a temporary order telling AOL to new law of free speech. We need the free - James Garbarino, director of the where in the world, they cannot apply, since remove its blockage of Cyber Promotions' dom to make the law. We can build this Family Life Development Center, quoted users can easily avoid one country's legal e-mail, a decision Post termed "stunningly idealized world, ifwe have the wisdom and by Reuters on Sept. 6. system by moving to another server within wrong-headed." fortitude to do so." Big Red fall sports teams ready for another successful season team looks to build on last season's ECAC By Andrew D. Moore '97 appearance with II returning letter win One year ago, Cornell's fall sports ners. Junior Cari Hills and sophomore teams won an outstanding 65 percent of Emily Robb scored 13 goals apiece last their games, including wins in 76 percent fall and will provide much of the offense, of their Ivy League contests - and this while senior co-captain Heather year's teams don't appear to be letting up. McCormick leads an experienced With a number ofexperienced letter win midfield. Classmateand co-captain Molly ners combined with a wealth of freshman Kauffman will start in goal after allowing ~alent, all of the Big Red squads are look 1.82 goals per game and compiling an Ing to better last year's marks. .852 save percentage last season. Here's how each team shapes up: Senior running back Chad Levitt, who Four of last season's top five runners gained 1,428 yards as a junior and led the return to coach Lou Duesing's men'scross Ivy League with 142.8 rushing yards per COuntry team, led by senior captain Jeff game, leads coach Jim Hofher's varsity Nason and classmates John Steed and football team, a squad that was on the brink Larry Gosse, the squad's top finisher at of an Ivy League championship last fall. the Heptagonals. Juniors Dan Sherry and Juniors Scott Carroll and Brian Opre will Zach Woodmansee and sophomores Josh compete for the chance to start at quarter Novak and Jim Wolfe will also contribute back, where the mission will be to get the to a squad that finished seventh at last Tim McKinney Tim McKinney ball to an experienced group of receivers year's Heps. AII·American soccer player Eric Cari Hills, first·team AII·lvy a year led by senior captain Steve Busch and jun Seniorcaptain Kate Walker will be a key Kusseluk (in white) pushestheaction ago. gives strong offensive support ior Eric Krawczyk. part of the success of Duesing's women against Harvard last year. for the field hockey team. Seven starters return on defense led by harriers this fall after finishing fifth at last senior defensive tackle and captain Seth year's Heps. Joining her will be classmates sophomores Miranda Kaye, Clair Ryan and also contribute. Payne, who had four sacks last year. Junior Becky Dennison and Megan Kilbride and Heather Haupt. Junior Laura Audette will Coach Shelby Bowman's field hockey Continued on page 8 8 September 19, 1996 Cornell Chronicle
oDored Dean chat award
John Muckey orethan 200 students, facultyandstafffromthe Collegeof HumanEcologya"endedthe fourth annualWelcome Back Barbecue in the Martha Van Rensselaer courtyard on Sept. 12. The aftemoon gathering, which featured food and a 0-1, was hosted by Dean Francille Firebaugh. The dean is shown speaking to freshmen Kenisha Campbell, left, and Teisha Cuthbert, center.
, network services have gotten a boost from computer upgrades
Dail y and Le lie Intemann ers are much more powerful than they used to be and can thus share the workload. U of network ervice like electronic mail, Just the Here are some usage statistics Because the change from mainframe to client/server tech Fact , Employee Essential and the Cornell Library Catalog For academic year 1995-96: nology is gradual, Cornell's mainframe computer (CornellC) icon tantly growing on the Cornell campus. Some 36,000 • Cornell e-mail servers handled approximately will continue to playa significant role in campus computing. people with network identities ( etID) use Cornell net 170 million messages. Popular services like Just the Facts and Employee Essentials work ervice on a regular basis. To keep up with the • Just the Facts was accessed approximately rely on the mainframe to provide access to information stored demand for ervice, Cornell Information Technologies 1,032,000 times. in administrative databases. Use of those services, as well as (CIT) has upgraded the computers that provide e-mail and • Employee Essentials wasaccessed approximately use of the Cornell Library Catalog, has been increasing directory ervice. The mainframe computer that supports 39,000 times. steadily. In addition, CorneII C currently houses core adminis th Library Catalogand information acce s services, uch as • Cornell Library Catalog was accessed approxi trative systems including Human Resources, Student systems, Ju t the Fact and Employee Essential ,al 0 was upgraded. mately 282,000 times. Payroll, Purchasing and Facilities. CornellC was upgraded to In th ummer of 1996. CIT installed two new larger All of these numbers are expected to increase a smaller and faster machine in December of 1995. capacity e-mail ervers to replace five older ervers. During during the 1996-97 academic year. "Cornell will need CornellC forat least five more years," the 199 -96 fiscal year, CIT e-mail ervers handled ap says Jim Doolittle, CIT's associate director ofNetwork and pro. imately twice as many messages a they had the year Computer Systems Operations Support, "until all of the b for . By the end of the pring 1996 semester, 24,000 of the Office of Information Technology (01T). PeopleSoft systems [for Project 2000] are installed and all peopl were u ing CIT's e-mail service; that number does Since 1991, information technology at Cornell has been of the university's core systems and information access not include thi fall' new "tudent . shifting away from time-shared mainframe computing systemsare moved to client/servercomputing....With this In an thereffort to increasecapacity and improve perfor (where everyone logged on to a big central computer) and mainframe upgrade, we are pleased that we can continue our mance, CIT replaced the Cornell.edu server. This machine toward a client/server-based system. CIT's e-mail service high level of service to administrative system users." i the t rage ite for Cornell's e-mail directory with its has been client/server-based since 1992. As part of Project Dave Lambert, vice president of Information Technolo current I ad of 36,000 et ID entries; it i also a major e 2000, Cornell's goal is to move applications that are critical gies, recognizes the importance ofkeeping up with the growth mail routing machine for incoming mail. CorneJl.edu is to the running ofthe university into the more flexible client/ in use of technology in all areas - newer services like e-mail h avil acce ed by people at Corn-:ll and all over the server style of computing within the next five years. and information acces , as well as traditional mainframe Internet trying to find friends and associates at Cornell. Client/server systems use software running on desktop basee, administrative systems. Speaking ofthe computer and "By replacing the e ervers with the latest technology, computers (clients) to access information stored on comput netw xk infrastructure at Cornell, Lambert says, "What was CIT i attempting to provide efficient service now and to ers located somewhere on a network (servers), effectively once considered an asset for a small number of technical plan ~ r the future as well. For the last four years, we have sharing the workload between the client and a server. For people is now crucial to everyone. CIT has redoubled its been upgrading existing ervers and adding more servers as example, you read and compose e-mail on your desktop dedication to makingsure that systemswe provide-to support n eded. With new technology, we can reduce the number of machine, then send that mail to a post office server to be both exploding new applications and growing traditional rvers and till increase the capacity," says BarbaraSkoblick delivered. This is possible in part because desktop comput- applications - are reliable and available."
Fall athletics continued from page 7
Dav hue and sophomoreJohn Hanson, senior wideout Nolan Hecht, who led last Wolfe and senior Hemant Sharmawill com while sophomores Josh Benjamin and Peter who wa econd on the team with 74 solo year's squad with 415 yards, leads the re pete to start in goal. Stahl will see plenty of action. tackle and 27 a it, return at linebacker, ceivers, while classmate Michael Matays is Despite the loss ofall-time leadingscorer New women's tennis coach Katherine whilejuniorChri Allen ha earned the start the most experienced running back. First Lori Penny to graduation, coach Randy Bernard needs to find replacements for the at free afety in a econdary that has three team AIl-ELFL senior center Kurt May's women's soccer team looks strong holes left by the graduation of last year's tarte returning, including junior Ju tin Sommerhoff bolsters the offensive line, led by first-team All-Ivy senior goalie No.1 and No.3 singles players. Senior Mo Bird and phom re Tom unes. while two-time All-ELFLsenior linebacker Marybeth Bell, who compiled a .97 goals Bertsch probably will play at No.1 after oach Dick Co tello' golf team has Brian West heads the defense. against average and an .878 save percentage posting a 16-6 record at No.2 during the five I ttermen returning, including enior Coach Dave Sarachan has high hopes for last year, while posting even shutouts. Se spring. Other top returners include sopho hri imm, who qualified for la t fall' the men's soccer team, despite the loss of nior co-captain Karyn Anderer and first mores Rebecca Cannom and Michelle EC champion hip. CIa mate Adam five tarters to graduation. Coming off an team All-Ivy classmate Jen Daly will lead Degen, along with junior Kelly Molloy. im n and Dave Zinkand and junior CAAappearance last fall, the squad brings the backfield, while first-team All-Ivy se Coach Sue Medley's volleyball team Keith Br nan and John Totolis al 0 will back 14 lettermen led by senior cfJ-captain nior co-captain Becky D'Aleo heads the shapes up well despite the loss of three ee plenty of action. Eric Ku seluk, who earned firs~-team All midfielders. Sophomore Genna Terranova starters to graduation. Six letter winners \though 34 lettermen return to the light- Ivy honors for his 18goal outp'Jt last season. heads the forwards after a five goal, three return, led by second-team All-Ivy junior eight ~ tball team, coach Terry Cullen Senior Rob Elliott, who had eight goals and assist output last year. middle blocker Carol DeZwarte, who led n d to fill h Ie at quarterback and run 10 a ists last year, and co-captain Marc SeniorTom Brownlie will make the move the Ivy League with 1.23 blocks per game ning ba k. Competing for ignal caller are Thorne lead the midfielder , while seniors to No. 1 for coach Barry Schoonmaker's last fall. Senior co-captain Stacey Cham junior Tim Hedge, a converted tight end, Donny Megliola and Adam Schoner pro tennis team. Classmates Brian Kintz and pion, who had 211 digs and 36 service aces and ph more Craig Gin berg. AIl-ELFL vide leadership ,it defense. Junior Dave Hans Nichols add experience to the lineup, last year, also will provide leadership.
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Glee Club is in tune with new conductor's musical direction By Darryl Geddes After 38 years under the baton of legendary Cornell music Professor Thomas Sokol, the Cornell Glee Club is learning to sing a different tune. One may not hear the difference today, but in due time the all-male chorus will sing notes it hasn't sung before. "I think some students were really fearful that anything I did that was a variance would threaten 126 years of tradition and history," said Scott Tucker, assistant professor of music, who took over as conductor of the Glee Club, Chorus and Chorale last year. "I think the anxiety has subsided and many are supportive of what I want to do." The Glee Club opens in 1996-97 season Saturday, Sept. 21, at 8:15 p.m. with a performance in Sage Chapel. Even as the Cornell Glee Club enters a new era of leadership, it remains one of the most hallowed and re spected organizations on the Cornell campus, largely be cause it is one of the oldest collegiate singing groups in the country, having debuted in 1868. Reverence for the Glee Club also is linked to its gloried history and tradition. The late Cornell President Deane Malott called the Glee Club "one ofCornell's prime ambassadors to the world" on the occasion of the group's 1960 tour of the Soviet Union. The club has toured Asia and Europe, performed before a future President and international royalty, recorded a na tional anthem, appeared on national television and earned the praise of maestro Eugene Ormandy. Its legend~ry tour stories are snapshots of Americana, such as sleeping in Pullman cars on a cross-country tour. Keeping this heritage alive are some 1,700 Glee Club alumni, whose staunch support for the singing group has helped it amass one ofthe largest endowments of any student organization. But the thought that what had gone before would be sacrificed for the future did cross minds after the retirement Charles Harrington/University Photography of Sokol, who guided the Glee Club from 1957 to 1994. Scott Tucker, assistant professor of music and conductor of the Glee Club, poses in Sage Chapel, site of "Many members were anxious about Professor'sSokol's Glee Club practices. departure," said Glee Club president Eric Saidel '97. "We didn't know what to expect. There were questions and with a candid frankness befitting a big brother. "I'm very Tardiness and absences can end a singing career. Points or concerns from alumni and others who had such a fond opinionated when it comes to music and what it should demerits, meted out by the executive board, are given to attachment to the Sokol era." sound like," he said. "I'll say what's on my mind and tell students for being late and being absent from rehearsals. How drastically would the Glee Club change its reper them that what Ijust heard was an ugly sound. I'm not sure "There is a lot to gain from the Glee Club," said Saidel, toire? Would international tour dates be as plentiful? Would Tom Sokol would be as direct. I think that's been an a senior who's been a member since freshman year. "You the new conductor favor a particular sound or vocal style adjustment for students." develop a degree of confidence in yourself, not only as a over another? Would the Glee Club still fill Sage Chapel? Indeed it has, notes Saidel. But with a class of new men vocalist, but also as a student. You develop lasting friend What would the new conductor's style be like? joining the ranks - those who have no firsthand knowledge ships that carry with you throughout your college experi "The anxiety that presents itself in these instances is ofthe Sokol era- the dramatic change in substance and style ence and beyond." predictable," Sokol said. "But change is good and indeed is being well received. "We'revery excited about what Scott Fonner second tenor John Hedlund '91, who now works necessary. It is the task ofthe conductor and music director is bringing to the Glee Club with his new plans and new for the Department ofAlumni Affairs and Development, said to help shape the students' vision into his vision; when that opportunities," SaideI said. "There's a new kind of excite the close camaraderie between alumni and current members happens, it's very exciting artistically." ment and energy in the group." arises from the group's focus. "Singing is one of the most And from all accounts, things are changing. Part ofthe new energy comes in the form ofthe new singers participatory things one can do," he said. "It's very easy to Under Sokol, the Glee Club was noted for its big, who joined the Glee Club this semester. Jon Ivers, an 18-year come back for Homecoming and sing Cornell fight songs and masculine sound, which skillfully portrayed the power of old freshman from Dryden, N. Y., was one ofonly 19outofthe the alma mater and feel like a member of the group again." the all-male chorus. Tucker wants the ensemble to develop 70 students who auditioned to make the ensemble. "I really Glee Club alumni show their allegiance in many ways, a new sound that will highlight the smaller, subtler and wanted to sing in a group, and this is one ofthe best groups on by attending concerts around the country and by giving lighter aspects of the male voice. "I am moved by an campus," said Ivers, who like others in the club has a history generously during Glee Club fund-raisers. intimate and well-balanced sound," he said. "I may sacrifice ofperforming choral music with various singing groups. "I'm "We solicit alumni twice a year, and they are all so some of the volume for blending." delighted to become a member," supportive," Saidel said, "especially when seeking support The new conductor, whose resume includes chorale The rigorous audition requires students to sing "My for our international tours." conducting jobs at Milton Academy and Harvard Univer Country Tis ofThee," a cappella, without accompaniment, Performing overseas is a longstanding tradition of the sity, will complement this new sound with a new repertoire. sight-read and sing notes played on the piano. Even the best Glee Club, which has visited China, the Soviet Union, Tucker will look beyond choral music ofBrahms, Schubert voices can sound off-key and awkward on this test. The final Eastern Europe, Gennany, England, Sri Lanka, Japan, the and Mendelssohn and others to composers and cultures not cut comes after the men sing in a quartet with current Glee Philippines and other countries. The annals of Glee Club ordinarily found on performance programs. Club members. "This allows me to see how they sing in a lore include stories of alumni who have met their future "Wewill examine the choral music from African and Latin group, how expressive they are in the context of an en spouses while abroad and others who have returned over America countries, for example," he said. Tucker already has semble, whether they sing in balance with the other mem seas to find employment. scheduled a joint Glee Club and Chorus (the all-women's bers, and how well they match vowels," Tucker said. "It's Tucker believes that while interest in choral music will vocal ensemble) perfonnance,featuring Ugandan singerSamite the most important test of the audition." wax and wane, it can beassured to fill concert halls-orSage for Feb. 9, 1997. The concert, to benefit AIDSWork, will Glee Club members must make time for at least four Chapel-so long as it remains ofthe highest quality. "That's feature the singing of traditional Ugandan folk songs. hours of rehearsal each week, and more during a perfor what will keep people coming back to hear. That'swhat will Along with a change in substance, comes a change of mance week. The time commitment to the group can be make some people discover it for the first time. style. Where Sokol was the kindly gentleman conductor overwhelming for some, said Saidel, especially for new "My goal is for the Glee Club, in six orseven years, to be who extracted excellence from his ensemble with a regal comers who are still green when it comes to juggling 19 so good that when we are rehearsing in the chapel, people toughness, Tuckerchallenges his young charges to do better credits and extracurricular activities. stop and come in because they want to listen," Tucker said. Study: Executive job-seeking is rising with stress level and workload company and that prospects for their future By Darryl Geddes At the same time, the average executive dents were 47 years old, married with one made contact with 29 organizations about growth and that of the company's is not child, age 13, at home. They had worked for More than one-third (35 percent) of ex possible job opportunities. good," he said. "Whether it's layoffs or the their current employers an average of six ecutives are dissatisfied with their current "The biggest predictor of whether ex rapid pace of change in the corporate struc years and had been in theircurrent positions positions, and nearly 30 percent say they ecutives will search for a new job or leave ture - like removing various management for three years. will leave their current jobs as soon as they their current one is job satisfaction," said layers and functions - we tend to see more CAHRS is the leading research partner find a better one, reports a study by Cornell study co-author John Boudreau, associate and more people becoming less and less ship in hum,an research management, bring and Paul Ray Berndtson, an international professor in the Center for Advanced Hu secure about their jobs." ing together top executives from over 50 executive recruiting firm. man Resource Studies (CAHRS) at Layoffs and downsizing may be lead worldwide companies with leading schol According to the study, 69 percent of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor ing to an increase in workload for execu ars to investigate key issues in enhancing executives polled reported sending Relations. "The lesssatisfied one is with his tives, which the study cites as another how people work in organizations resumes to prospective employers (com or her work, the more likely he or she is indicator of increased stress and job dis Paul Ray Berndtson, a major interna pared with 58 percent in 1993) and 64 actively searching for new employment." satisfaction. The study notes that execu tional executive recruiting firm, serves cli percent said they have gone on a job Boudreau said the study indicated that tives spend an average of 57 hours at ents around the world through a network of interview in the past year (compared with many executives are dissatisfied with their work each week and are away from home 36 offices in North and South America, 53 percent in 1993). The survey also shows jobs because of increased stress linked to on business five nights a month. Europe and the Pacific Rim. Ranked sixth in that executives are being actively courted. job insecurity and workload. The survey was conducted among 1,885 size among executive search firms in the On average, each was contacted 6.3 times "Many executives feel that the current respondents who hold executive positions United States, Paul Ray Berndston is one of during the year about job opportunities. business environment is not good for the with U.S. companies. The average respon- the 10 largest recruiters worldwide. 10 September 19,1996 Cornell Chronicle
from A.D. White's collections on display in Kroch Library Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 collection today. It has, since White's day, p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. grown to be the largest French Revolution White, Cornell's first president, began ac collection outside of Paris." quiring books cautiously on a "Grand Tour" In 1864Whitebecametheyoungestmem ofEurope aftergraduating from Yale Univer ber ofthe New York State Senate, where he sity. His appetite whetted, he soon went on a met Ezra Cornell, chair of the Agriculture KIB PPIBJ buying binge, writing to his mother that she Committee. Cornell proposed a bill to en , .....It 11 ·ft,; 4.T was about to witness "an avalanche of the dow a public library in Ithaca before the most splendid books ever seen in Syracuse." Education Committee, which White chaired FANEDftlLI. LaE ....HALL! Later, when he was appointed profes - and the seeds were sown for a great univer sor of history and English literature at the sity and a great university library. White HIS FRIDAY EYEN'G. University of Michigan, White made donated his entire library to Cornell in 1891. MllY ~"h. ot 7 o'elock. T.lIH~~_" .. " {,.. '."E. "II" "'''''1:..,. ample use of the original sources he had But his collecting didn't stop there. In acquired: for example, he drew his lec Munich, Germany, he obtained rare works VIRGINIA tures on the French Revolution from full relating to theology's bearing on civiliza sets of the period's leading newspapers tion; in Salt Lake City, a collection of and more than 7,000 Revolutionary pam Mormon literature. After retiring from phlets, speeches and portraits. active public life in 1903, White could "White was a savvy book buyer," remark, "Cornell University has now, An Dimunation said. "His French Revolution within forty years from its foundation, collection documented the moments of the accumulated very nearly three hundred Dick n White and the Founding of the period that affected the everyday citizen. thousand volumes - many of them of far Cornell Uni ersity Library" in the Carl A. Thi emphasis on the social hi tory of the greater value than anything contained in Kroch Library Gallery. The exhibit is open Revolution lends great importance to the the Yale library of my day."
Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. to 11 p.m., with INe sets at 8:30, 9.30 and 10:30 Lutheran "Economic Revival in the Sultanate of Banten p.m. in the Cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall. AdmiSSion Sundays, 9:30a.m., and Thursdays, 7 p.m., St. (West Java) In the Second Half of the 19th Cen is free. Kids are welcome, and refreshments are Luke Lutheran Church. Oak Ave. at College Ave. tury. Facts and Reasons," Claude Guillot, Centre available. Bound for Glory, North America's long National dela Recherche Sclentifiql,le, Paris, Sept. est running live folk concert broadcast, can be Muslim p 12 26,12:15 pm., KahlO Center, 640 Stewart Ave. heard on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5. Friday Juma' prayer, 1:15 p.m., One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. DailyZuhr,Asr, Maghreb and Isha' prayers at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Protestant Protestant Cooperative Ministry: Worship, Sun days, 11 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sage Chapel Robert Giannini, dean of Chnst (Episcopal) Cathedral In Indianapolis, will give the sermon Sept. 22 at 11 a.m.
African·American Sundays. 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Union. African Development Institute "Post-Colonial Francophone Africa," Francis Baha'i Faith Terry McNamara, Association for Diplomatic Stud Fridays, 7;30 p.m., Balch Hall Unit 4 Lounge, ies, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 12:20 p.m., 153 speakers, open discussion and refreshments. Uris Hall. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m., at "African Development: A Contradiction in alternating locations. For more information, call Terms?"Jonathan Ngate, Romance studies, Sept. 272-5320. 26, 12:20 p.m, 153 Uris Hall. Jon Reis/PHOTOLINK Edward Murr y, I ft, and David Borden Catholic Animal Science Weekend Masses; Sunday, 10a.m., noon and "Opportune Intervention: The Poor Richard Ap Afric u • s & R search Center will perform Sept. 21 in Barnes Hall. 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Auditorium. Daily Masses: proach to Dairy Herd Health," Charlie Elrod, animal y Community. The Color of Our Struggles," Monday-Friday, 12:20p.m., Anabel TaylorChapel. science, Sept. 24.12;20 p.m., 348 Morrison Hall. arcia Fort, Greater Ithaca Activities Center, Sept. Department of Music Sacrament of Reconciliation: Call the Catholic 25,noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, 31 OTriphammer Road. • Sept. 21 ,8:15p.m., BamesHall: David Borden, Office at 255-4228 for an appointment. Applied Mathematics a composer and director of Cornell's digital music C m try "Symmetry and scale Invariance in Algorithms program, and Edward Murray, directoroftheCornell Christian Science for Convex Optimization," Levent Tuncel, Univer Roessler Lecture: "Suboxides and Subnitrides Symphony Orchestra, combine their complemen Sundays, 10:30 a.m., First Church of Christ sity of Waterloo, Canada, Sept. 20, 3 p.m., 310 Groups I and II - Metals With Atomic-sized tary styles ofjazz piano playing in a program titled Scientist, University Avenue at Cascadilla Parle Rhodes Hall. Bubbl s and Tunnels," Amdt Simon, Max·Planck· "As Time Goes By," which contains tunes from Testimony meetings sharing healing through In titut fur F tkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Ger different eras that have to do with time passing. prayer and discussion every Thursday at 7 p.m., Astronomy & Space Sciences many, Sept. 19, 11:15 am., 119 Baker Lab. Duets will include Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For more "Towards the Distribution of Electron-Density Count Basie's "One O'Clock Jump" and Mercer information see
Rural Sociology "Community Implications ofa Farm Town's Use as a Growth Machine," Sonya Salamon, University of Illinois, Sept. 20, 2:15 p.m., 32 Warren Hall.
South Asia Program "Educating Seeta: The Colonial Romance in Essen, Germany, Sept. 24, 11:15a.m., 119Baker. 19th Century Britistllndia," Shuchi Kapila, English, "Biology From Femtosecondsto Microseconds: Sept. 23,12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall. Time-Resolved IR Studies of Myoglobin and Bacteriorhodospin," Philip Anfinrud, Harvard Uni Statistics versity, Sept. 26,11 :15 a.m., 119 Baker. "Nonparametric Estimation of an Unknown Function in the Presence of Correlated Errors," City & Regional Planning Jean Opsomer, Iowa State University, Sept. 25, "A Planner's Perspective on Affirmative Action: 3:30 p.m., 404 Plant Science BUilding. A look Back at CAP and CETA," Joseph Springer, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Sept. Textiles & Apparel 20, 12:15 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin "Personal Protective Evaluation," Catherine Smith Hall. Dodgen, ETl Testing, Sept. 19, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Ecology & Systematics "Failure Analysis of Astronauts' Gloves: How "Options and Opportunities in the lifeofAmeri Did They Get Cut?" Cheryl Gomes, IlC Dover, can Crows: life History Decisions in a Social Bird," Sept. 26,12:20 p.m., Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Kevin McGowan, ecology and systematics, Sept. 25,4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall. Theoretical & Applied Mechanics The Mystery 01 Rampo makes its Ithaca premiere this week at Comell Cinema" "The Transfer of Meteorites From the Moon Genetics & Development and Mars to Earth," Joseph Burns, theoretical "The Modern Road less Traveled: A Non and applied mechanics, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., 140 Geneticist's Approach to Pathogenetic Studies of Bard Hall. Cornell Cinema screens acclaimed a Parasitic Nematode," Judy Appleton, Baker In stitute for Animal Health, Vet College, Sept. 23, 4 p.m., large seminar room, Biotechnology BUilding. films in their Ithaca premieres Hotel Administration Two critically acclaimed films will have "truly exceptional ... a fascinating and ac "A Country-of-Origin Analysis of Tourist Ex their Ithaca premieres this weekend at complished film." penditure: The Case of Turkey," Ram MUdambi, University of Buckingham, UK, Sept. 23, 4 p.m., Cornell Cinema. This screening is co-sponsored by the 165 Statler Hall. The Silences ofthe Palace, directed by Women's Studies Program. Tunisian filmmaker Moufida Tlatli, con Japan in the 1930s is depicted in its el Immunology Applied & Engineering Physics fronts complex issues of women's libera egant grandeur in The Mystery ofRampo, a "The Cytokine Network in Septic Shock," Bruce The School of Applied and Engineering Phys tion, colonialism and classism in a feminist story of a mystery writer whose powerful Carr, DuPont Merck Research and Development, ics celebrates its 50th anniversary with a sympo Sept. 20, 12:15p.m., BoyceThompson Auditorium. sium, "Challenges and Opportunities for the 21 st coming-of-agestory about the lifeofa kitchen imagination brings to life the characters and Century," Sept. 20-21, in Schwartz Auditorium of servant and her daughter in 1950s Tunisia. stories in his books. latin American Studies Rockefeller Hall. Speakers will include Neal lane, The Silences ofthe Palace will be shown The film will be shown Sept. 20 at 9:45 latin American Studies Welcoming Reception, directoroftheNational Science Foundation; Cornell Sept. 19 at 7:20 p.m., Sept. 21 at 7:15 p.m. p.m. and Sept. 23 at 9:20 p.m. in Willard Sept. 19,4 p.m., G08 Uris Hall. President Hunter Rawlings; Paul Horn, senior vice president for research at IBM; Gerold Yonas, vice and Sept. 24 at 7:15 p.m. in Willard Straight Straight Theatre. Tickets are $4.50; $4 for Manufacturing Enterprise Centerl president for information and pUlsed power re Theatre. Tickets are $4.50; $4 for students, students, seniors and children 12 and under. Comell Society of Engineers search and technology at Sandia Nationallabora seniors and children 12 and under. Adapted from a tale by Edogawa Rampo, "Faster, Better, Cheaper: Silicon Carbide Opti tories; President Emeritus DaleCorson; and Naren The story is told through memories of a director Kazuyoshi Okuyama uses every cal Systems forSpaceApplications," DexterWang, Shankar '84, writer and producer. To register for young woman, Alia, a professional singer technique from animation to montage to tell thesymposium orformore information, call lorraine president, and Mark Schwalm, principal engineer, who grew up in the palace of the Tunisian what happens when a woman is accused of SSG Inc., Sept. 19,4:30 p.m., 155 Olin Hall. Hollister, 255-0639. royalty where she had spent the first 16 years committingthe murderdescribed in Rampo's Materials Science & Engineering of her life. Her mother is a servant to one of most recent novel. When the novelist faIls in "In Situ Electron Microscopy Studies of Surface the princes, and life in the royal house is love with her, the line between fantasy and Dynamical Processes," RuudTromp, IBM Research about submitting to the will, sexual and reality coIlapses, and he must stage a daring Division, Sept. 19,4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall. otherwise, of the monarch. Over the course rescue to save her from the plot he himself Mechanical Engineering of the film, Alia confronts her personal his has created. On Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. in 219 Baker lab, tory in order to more accurately assess how In a 1995 review of the film, The New Cornell's Project Manager and the Twin Tiers much she has escaped the world ofdomina York Time~ called it an "Alfred Hitchcock Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Re tion in which her mother lived. film that has been stripped afitspulpy Freud frigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers will Department of Theatre, Film & Dance sponsor a tour of the renovation project of the One of the greatest comedies of the French Time magazine selected the film as oneof ian psychologizing and elevated into a medi Baker and Olin lab, followed bya dinnerand panel theater, Moliere's Tartuffewill be performed Sept. the 10 best movies of 1994, and in a review tation on the artistic imagination." discussion. For information, contact JoseFierroat 19-21 and 26-28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. ofits screening at the New York Film Festi This screening is co-sponsored by the 255-6850 or Art Monaco at 772-8282. in the Proscenium Theatre of the Center for The val, The New York Times heralded the film as Office of the Dean of Students. atre Arts. Tickets are $8 and $6. Call the box office Neurobiology & Behavior at 254-ARTS for information and reservations. For more information, see the story on Page 12. "Comparative Studies ofSeasonal Plasticity in t------""'T------the Avian Song Control System," Eliot Brenowitz, 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the lGB Resource Office, G • RPCC, Conference Room 3: Sunday-Thurs University of Washington, Sept. 19, 12:30 p.m., 16 Anabel Taylor Hall. Advance sign-up is re day, 8 to 11 p.m. A106 Corson Hall. quired. Names of workshop participants will be • 320 Noyes Center: Sunday-Thursday, 8 to 11 Omithology kept confidential. p.m. "Bird Song - Flute Song,· Joe Salzano, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Mann Library Workshops Woods Road. Thefollowing workshops arefree and restricted to the Cornell community. Classes are held in the Peace Studies Program Stone 1 (PC) and Stone 2 (Macintosh) Microcom puter Centers, First Floor, Mann library. Work "Training for Operations Other Than War Bloodmobile shops are limited to 19 participants. Register elec (OOW): Peacekeeping/Peace Enforcement Op The American Red Cross will sponsor blood drives on campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the tronicallyat http://www.mannlib.comell.edu/work ~~rt~ erations," Richard Garber, Royal Montreal Regi following dates: Sept. 20, Noyes Center; Sept. 24, shops! or call the reference desk at 255-5406. ment, Canadian Army, Sept. 19, 12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall. Anabel Taylor Hall; and Sept. 30, Malott Hall. • Advanced Web Searching: Sept. 24, 10:10 to 11 :30 a.m., Stone 1 (PC) Men's Cross Country "Democratic Discourse: Debates About Plu • Introduction to literature Searching: Sept. Sept. 21, at Fordham Invitational ralism, Racism and Citizenship in the United Book Signing 19,2:30 to 4 p.m., Stone 2 (Mac) States During World War II," Morton Sosna, foun The Campus Store will host a Homecoming • Design Your Own Web Page: Sept. 24, 2:30 Women's Cro•• Country dation relations at Cornell, Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m., Weekend book signing Sept. 20 from 3 to 5 p.m. to 4:25 p.m., Stone 1 (PC); Sept. 26, 9:05 to 11 Sept. 21. at Fordham Invitational G08 Uris Hall. See the Homecoming story on Page 3 for details about the event. a.m., Stone 2 (Mac). Pharmacology • Managing Your References Using EndNote, Field Hockey Sept. 25, 9:05 to 10:30 a.m., Stone 2 (Mac). Sept. 20, Princeton, 7:30 p.m. "From pico-Siemens to pico-Newtons: Using CampuaClub Sept. 22, lehigh, 1 p.m. Mean-Variance Analysis to Understand a Single The Campus Club will sponsor a tour of the Meditation Group Sept. 25, at Colgate, 4 p.m. Molecule's Behavior," Joseph Patlak, University of Cornell Plantations guided by Fair Gouldin on An ongoing meditation group, open to faculty, Vermont, Sept. 23, 4:30 p.m., lecture Hall III, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. beginning atthe Plantation gift staff and students, is being offered twice a.week in Veterinary Research Tower. shop in the Plantation Headquarters Building. Ltwt. Football the Founder's Room of Anabel Taylor Hall: Tues Sept. 20, at Pennsylvania, 7:30 p.m. daysfrom 5: 15to6 p. m. and Thursdaysfrom 12:15 Plant Biology Immunization & TB Test Clinic to 1 p.m. No previous meditation experience is Varsity Football "Mitotic Disturbances in Space-Grown Plants," An immunization and tuberculosis test clinic for new students is scheduled for Sept. 20, from 9 to necessary, and participants can attend regularly Sept. 21, Princeton, noon Abraham Krikorian, SUNY Stony Brook, Sept. 20, or as their schedules allow. For more information, 11 :15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building. 11 :30 a.m. All new students are required by New York state law to be immunized against measles, call Nanci Rose in the Health Education Office at Men's Soccer 255-4782. Plant Pathology mumps and rubella, and Cornell also requires Sept. 20, Princeton, 7 p.m. immunization against tetanus within the past 10 "Finance, Fungi and-the Future or How We Do Sept. 25, Syracuse, 7 p.m. years. International students also must have a TB OlineKrocheUris Library Tours Things 'Down Under,'" Barb Hall, Primary Indus test within one year prior to admission to Cornell or Fall Internet workshops, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Uris tries, Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 24, 3:30 p.m., Women'. Soccer a chest X-ray within one year of entry if they have library Electronic Classroom, for more informa Barton laboratory, Geneva. Sept. 21; Princeton, 11 a.m. a history of positive TB tests. No appointment is tion, contact Mary Ochs at
Moliere's satire Tartuffe opens theater season
Cornell's Center for Theatre Arts opens The cast features several resident Johnson, costume design; Michael Will its ninth drama season with a comedy that professional teaching associates iams, lighting design; Chuck was controversial in its time. Seventeenth (RPTAs), actors in residence who Hatcher, sound design; Ty M. century French playwright Moliere satirizes teach as well as participate in Prewitt, stage manager; the erious subject of religious hypocrisy in department productions. New and DickArcher, tech Tartuffe, which runs Sept. 19 through Sept. RPTAs include David B. nical director. 29 in the Proscenium Theatre. Performances Heuvelman as Orgon and Lou are at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Markert as Tartuffe. Return Sunday, Sept. 29. Tickets are $8; $6 for ing RPTAs include Mark M. students and seniors, and are available at the Cryer as M. Loyal and Trish Box Office at the Center for Theatre Arts, Jenkins as Mme. Pernelle. The 430 College Ave., or by calling 254-ARTS. cast also includes undergraduates "Because of my interest in mime and ThomasJ.Dixcy, MariaDizzia,Grace commedia," says director Ron Wilson, "I was Hsu, Jonathan Laurence, Benjamin curious to see what would happen if I mixed Thorn,Jon Walker, MelyneeWeberand the ribald phy ical world of the commedia Dara Eden Weiss and graduate tudent dell'arte with the verbalIy dexterous wit of Roger Bechtel. Moliere." Wilson explains that Moliere did The production team is Ed . ee performance ofItalian commedia troupes Intemann, scenic design; Judy in Pari ,atradition that profoundly influenced drama throughout Europe. Tartuffe was first produced in 1664 but it was so violently attacked by religious groups as a burlesque on piety that even the tacit support of King Louis XIV was not sufficient to quell the opposition. Moliere had to rewrite the play two times and it was not until five • ears later that he succeeded in gelling it publicly perform d in Paris. The story takes place in the home of the \ ealthy Orgon, where Tartuffe - a pious impos tor - has in inuated himself. Tartuffe succeeds magnificently in winning the respect and devo tion of the head ofthe house and then tries to marry Orgon's dau hter, edue hIS ife and ecur~ the deed t hi property. Tartuffe nearly ge it all, but an emi r) from the King arrive in time to recover the property, free Monsieur Orgon and haul Tartuffe off to jail. Tartuffe's duplicity is finally exposed, but I r Ii Folk Dancing not before Moliere has merci Thursdays, 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel lessly examined the evil that men Taylor Hall. can commit in the guise of reli gious fervor, and the dangers which imperil those who would believe only what they choose to believe despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. Wilson, an associate professor in Cornell's Department of The atre, Film and Dance, directed last Johnaon M...... m of Art season's The Importance a/Being The Herbert F. Johnson Museum ofArt, on the Frank DiMeo/University PholOgraphy comer ofUniversIty and Central avenues, is open EarnestandDancingatLughnasa. Lou Markert, left, and David Heuvelman are featured in the production of Tartutte. Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464. .,------,,------,------" "Three Cornell Artists: through Oct. 13. " ew Furniture· Beyond Form and Function; matinees ($3). Films are held in Willard Straight Monday, 9/23 be dropped or credit hours may be changed through through Oct. 13 Theatre except where noted. "Pepe Ie Moko" (1937), directed by Julien Oct. 18 without penalty. After Oct. 18 a petition is " Op Art: through Oct 13. Duvivier, with Jean Gabin and Mireille Balin, 7:15 needed to drop a course or to change course ""The Pnnts of Frank Stella: through Oct 13. Thursday, 9/19 p.m. credit. A course dropped after Oct. 18 will appear • ·Photo-Reallsm," through Oct. 13. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964), directed "The Mystery of Rampo," 9:20 p.m. on transcripts with a "W" (withdrawn). No course " Pop Art: through Dec. 9. by Jacques Demy, with Catherine Deneuve and may be dropped or changed after Dec. 6. " The Power of Women In Renaissance and Nino Castelnuovo, 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, 9/24 " Dissertation and thesis seminars will be Baroque Prints: through Dec. 15. "The Silences of the Palace" (1994), directed "The Silences of the Palace," 7:15 p.m. held in Room 100, Caldwell Hall, 2:30 p. m., ·Art for Lunch": Sept. 19. noon to 1 p.m., a tour by Moufida Tlatli, with Amel Hedhili and Hend Margaret Mead Film Festival: Racism/Classi TueSday, Oct. 15, for master's theses and Thurs of the ·Pop Art" exhibition with Curatorial Assistant sabri, 7:20 p.m. day, Oct. 17, for doctoral dissertations. The thesis Warren Bunn. cism: A Look at America, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film "Chungking Express" (1994), directed by Wong Forum. adviser will discuss preparing and filing theses "Artbreak": Sept. 22,2 to 3 p.m., By the Sea, a Kar-wai, with Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia and Tony "Welcome to the Dollhouse," 10 p.m and dissertations. tour of works in the permanent collection with Leung. 10 p.m. "Reduced tuition: An application form for SenIor Docent Maryterese Pasquale. Wedne.day, 9/25 reduced tuition must be filed with the Graduate Friday, 9/20 School when applying for reduced tuition for the H rt I Oall Sib. y Dome "' Want to live" (1958), directed by Robert rv, ·Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1996), directed Wise, with Susan Hayward and Simon Oakland, firsltime.To receive reduced tuition for th is semes • Architecture student work, through Sept. 21. by Todd Solondz, with Heather Matarazzo and 7:15 p.m. ter, the form must be received by Sept. 20. Quali • Rome Program student work, Sept 21-28. Brendan Sexton Jr., 7:15 p.m., Uris. "Frida" (1984). directed by Paul Leduc, with fications: doctoral candidate, completed six se "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: 7:30 p.m. Ofelia Medina, Juan Jose Gurrola and Max Kerlow, mesters in the Cornell Graduate School. passed Kroch Exhibition Room 2B Libl' rv' "Goldeneye" (1995), directed by Martin Latin American Film Series, 8 p.m., Uris, free. A-Exam, no longer taking courses. A 0 White A legacy of Ideas; through Campbell, with Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean, "AshesofTime" (1994), directed by Wong Kar "Hertz fellowship: Applications for Hertz Sept 28. 9:15 p.m., Uris. wai, with Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Kar-fai, graduate fellowships are in the Graduate Fellow "The Mystery of Rampo" (1995), directed by 9:45 p.m. ships Office, Caldwell Hall; available to U.S. citi rtha Van Ren.. la r Gall rv Kazuyoshi Okuyama, with Masahiro Motoki and zens (or those applying for citizenship) in the (E124 MVR Hall) Naoto Takenaka, 9:45 p.m. Thursday, 9/26 applied physical sciences. Award is $20,000 sti DEA' "Stepping into aVirtual World," computer "Delicatessen" (1991), directed by Jean-Pierre "Purple Noon" (1960), directed by Rene Clem pend plus $12,000 tuition, renewable; Cornell pro modeling, rendering and animation by students of Jeunet and Marc Caro, with Dominique Pinon and ent, with Alain Delon and Maurice Ronet, 5: 15 p.m. vides remainder of tuition Deadline is Oct 18. Kathleen Gibson, through Sept. 24. Marie Dougnac, midnight, Uris. "Hate" (1996), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, " Study abroad: Applications are available at 7:45 p.m. the Einaudi Center for International Studies for Saturday, 9/21 "Fargo" (1996), directed by Ethan Coen, with Fulbright grants for study abroad. Applicants should "The Silences of the Palace: 7:15 p.m. Steve Buscemi and Frances McDormand, 10 p.m. meet with the Fulbright adviser, Milton Esman, as "Delicatessen: 7:30 p.m., Uris. soon as possible. For an appointment. contact the "Chungking Express," 9:45 p.m., Uris. Einaudi Center, 170 Uris Hall, phone 255-6370. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 10 p.m. • NSF fellowships: A limited number of paper "Goldeneye: midnight, Uris. applications for National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships and NSF Minority Graduate SUnday, 9/22 Fellowships will be available in the Graduate Fel "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," 2:30 p.m. lowships Office. Application also can be made Films lIsted are sponsored by Cornell Cinema "Chungking Express: 7:30 p.m. electronically through the World Wide Web at unless otherwise notedandare open to the pUblic. "Dr. Mabuse der Spieler: Part I: The Great