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FEATURES OP/ED A & E SPORTS Stringfellow College costs on the Romeo and Juliet take Athletes of the Week spooks students rise: Part I of II a trip to the '80s are back >> page 5 >> page 7 >> page 9 >> page 11 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 Vol. CXXVII,THE No. 7 LAWRENTIANLawrence University's student newspaper since 1884 www.Lawrentian.com Jill Beck named a "barrier breaking" president Rebecca Carvalho are women. the number of women alumnae who — without them, there would be no Staff Writer "At least this number is high- have come up to me on my visits facilities such as the campus center," er than that of women CEOs in around the country to celebrate with said Beck. Earlier this month, Forbes American corporations", said Beck, their positive reaction at having a Jill Beck assumed the presidency released its list of "Barrier Breakers: however she also reaffirmed that, woman head Lawrence," said Beck. of Lawrence University in July 2004. 15 Female College Presidents," pro- "Women need to aspire to the high- Beck said she understands that Under her leadership, Lawrence has filing 15 female presidents at Forbes' est positions in academia." her presidency is barrier-breaking, created the Lawrence University top 50 colleges. As Forbes' 41st- An example of this division is considering that it is not the norm Fellows in the Liberal Arts and ranked institution, Lawrence's presi- when Beck meets with the other pres- to appoint a woman as college or Sciences, a postdoctoral teaching fel- dent Jill Beck was featured in the idents of the fourteen Associated university president. lowship program that has brought article. Colleges of the Midwest, she is the Trying to explain the discrep- eight new fellows to campus in vari- The article, which also highlights only woman at the table. ancy between the sexes in this field, ous fields. female presidents of such high- When President Beck arrived at Forbes suggested that boards of Before becoming president profile institutions as Brown and Lawrence, graduates of Milwaukee- trustees, which are generally male- of Lawrence, Beck worked at the Harvard Universities, specifically Downer College reminded her that centric, often feel more comfortable City College of the City University mentions Beck's ArtsBridge pro- she actually is not Lawrence's first choosing men to lead their schools. of New York, The Julliard School, gram, an arts education program woman president, if their alma mater Despite these figures, Beck Connecticut College, Southern that enables university students to is taken into consideration. Such remains happy in her position at the Methodist University and the teach local K-12 students. women as Lucia Briggs were presi- school. University of California at Irvine. One of the article's purposes dents of the all-female Milwaukee- "When I think about Lawrence, She is a member of the Wisconsin was to highlight the low number of Downer before it merged with my first feelings are admiration for Task Force on Arts and Creativity in female presidents at colleges and Lawrence. In this line of descent, the outstanding students I've met Education. universities today. The American President Beck is Lawrence's third over the years through their research Council on Education reported that woman president. and creative projects. Another only 23 percent of college presidents "It would be difficult to overstate strong feeling concerns the alumni Photo courtesy of Communications Lawrence receives 2009 health assessment results Erty Seidel takers was 20.5 years. dinator, will be giving presentations Lawrentians reported high levels those surveyed reported that they Staff Writer "Our goal is to find out where on the results of the survey during of stress, however. Of students that had been depressed to the point that our students are in terms of health November and into the winter term. responded, 94.0 percent reported it was difficult to function sometime Lawrence University recent- and wellness," said Paul Valencic, "Our goal is to put this information feeling "overwhelmed" sometime in the last 12 months. Of those sur- ly received results from the 2009 assistant director of counseling ser- to best use," said Valencic. "We'll during the last 12 months. As many veyed, 9.2 percent said that they had National College Health Assessment, vices. "This allows us to create a get a better chance to explain these as 89.6 percent reported feeling seriously considered suicide during administered by the American baseline." results when we do the presenta- "exhausted" — for reasons other that time. College Health Association. About 31 The survey is compared to all tions." than physical exercise, and 51.4 per- Not all of the results were about percent of Lawrence students took colleges that participate, not just Overall, Lawrence students cent said that they had felt that stress and depression, however. the online survey, which covered similar colleges. In total, 87,105 stu- reported being generally healthy "things were hopeless" during that The survey reported that 50.4 per- topics such as mental health, sleep dents took the survey. However, the and happy. As many as 61.7 per- same 12 months. cent of Lawrentians were not in habits, sexual health and alcohol comparison results were not pre- cent of students said that they were According to the survey, females a relationship. Additionally, most use. Up to 66 percent of the respon- pared as of this printing. The same "very good" or "excellent" in terms were more likely to be stressed than Lawrentians reported to be within dents were female, and the results NCHA survey was given in November of overall health. This number was males, but Valencic was unsure if the healthy zone for body weight, were split evenly between the four 2006. much higher among males: 74 per- this was due to the higher number of classes, plus a handful of fifth-year Valencic and Beth Adamski, cent compared to only 55 percent female respondents. students. The average age of test- health and wellness program coor- of females. As many as 38.1 percent of all See Health on page 2 in Minneapolis by 14 minutes and Department of the Interior surveys failed to make radio contact with In other news... ground control for 91 minutes. The pilots, Timothy B. Cheney and PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Richard I. Cole, told investigators Wednesday, a car bomb ripped that they "lost track of time" while Lawrence students' ethnicity, race through a civilian market killing working on their personal laptops. Martha S. Grave president for student affairs and for students and for research grants 101 and wounding 160 in the —www.cnn.com Staff Writer dean of students; Sandy Isselmann, for faculty and staff. northwest city of Peshawar. The director of human resources; and Bill According the Department of attack, which occurred three hours KABUL, Afghanistan — The broth- Skinner, director of research admin- the Interior's Web site, groups can after Secretary of State Hilary Four members of the Lawrence er of Afghan president Hamid istration, encouraged students to report data on race and ethnicity by Clinton arrived in Pakistan for administration sent students an Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai, has answer the questions the next time using the single-question combined talks with Prime Minister Yousuf e-mail Oct. 15 to inform them of new been getting regular payments they logged into Voyager. format, or the two-question format. Raza Gilani, is attributed to the questions regarding race and ethnic- from the CIA for the past eight The questions are in compli- The two-question format, which Taliban's attempts to undermine ity that they must answer. The ques- years according to American offi- ance with the 1997 Standards Lawrence has chosen, is preferred the government. tions, posted on students' Voyager cials. The CIA pays Karzai for home pages, asks students to iden- for Maintaining, Collecting and by the DOI, as it "provides flexibility —www.nytimes.com Presenting Federal Data on Ethnicity and ensures the quality of the data." various services, including helping tify themselves as Latina or Latino to recruit a paramilitary force that and Race as laid out by the U.S. Students are also allowed to WASHINGTON — The Federal if they are of that ethnicity and to operates under the CIA's direction. Department of Education's Office of mark more than one category for Aviation Administration revoked classify themselves as one or more Karzai is also a suspected player in Management and Budget. Lawrence the race question, which includes the licenses of two Northwest races from a list of five. Afghanistan's illegal opium trade. is required to have students answer Airlines pilots Tuesday after they The e-mail, electronically signed —www.nytimes.com by Dave Burrows, provost and dean these questions in order to receive missed their intended landing time of the faculty; Nancy Truesdell, vice federal funds used for financial aid See Survey on page 2 SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Hi: 48°F Hi: 46°F Lo: 33°F Lo: 32°F 5-DAY 5-DAY Source: weatherbug.com Partly cloudy Partly cloudy WEATHER FORECAST Partly sunny Partly cloudy Partly cloudy THE LAWRENTIAN 2 NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 perception plays a big part in Health determining personal behavior, Chairman Kraemer comments on the belief that "everyone drinks" continued from page 1 sets the stage for more students even if only 56.8 percent of males to choose to drink and — for and 44.4 percent of females get those who do drink — drink more recent board of trustees meeting the American Heart Association's often and in greater amounts. recommended amount of exer- Perception of use of mari- Amy Sandquist conservatory this week.