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FeatureS Op/ed a & e SpOrtS Can you take Sage vandalism The fabled Lawrence- Hockey leads the heat of the sauna? reconsidered Bon Iver connection north division standings >> page 5 >> page 6 >> page 8 >> page 10 Friday, February 17, 2012 THE LAWRENTIAN Vol. CXXIX, No. 15 Lawrence University's student newspaper since 1884 www.Lawrentian.com Seven Lawrence faculty members awarded tenure Fanny Lau Professor of Music and Teacher of ple up for tenure this year. There ment, the committee on Tenure, and at least one large research uni- Staff Writer Voice Kenneth Bozeman, Associate is no deeper meaning.” In fact, Promotion, Reappointment and versity to be evaluated. ____________________________________ Professor of Biology Nancy Wall, there were so many faculty mem- Equal Employment begins its ten- Provost and Dean of the Faculty The Committee on Tenure, Professor of Religious Studies bers up for tenure this year that ure review and writes an extensive David Burrows commented on this Promotion, Reappointment and Karen Carr, Associate Professor the committee had to split into two report to the president on why a methodology: “It is important Equal Employment recently award- of Anthropology Mark Jenike, separate bodies to deal with the candidate should be offered ten- for us to get feedback from simi- ed seven Lawrence University pro- Associate Professor of Statistics arduous process of reviewing each ure. lar universities where the under- fessors tenure. Joy Jordan, Associate Professor candidate for tenure. The tenure review is based on graduates are the focus of atten- The newly-tenured professors of Music Andrew Mast, Associate When a faculty member is the same criteria used to evalu- tion, but schools like University of are current Assistant Professor Professor of Classics Randall appointed a tenure-track position, ate professors for reappointment; Wisconsin-Madison have valuable of Art History Elizabeth Carlson, McNeill, Professor of Physics they receive a four-year appoint- however, this particular evaluation feedback, as well.” Assistant Professor of History Matthew Stoneking, Associate ment. At the end of their third is not restricted to the opinions of Fourth, the committee heav- Jake Frederick, Assistant Professor Professor of Spanish Rosa Tapia year, they are reevaluated for reap- the committee members. ily relies on student surveys from of Music Wen-Lei Gu, Assistant and the Provost and Dean of the pointment based on the quality of First, a candidate is asked past and current students. “These Professor of English David Faculty ex officio. This commit- their teaching, scholarship, creativ- to do a self-evaluation of their surveys are important because the McGlynn, Assistant Professor tee works on tenure review, full ity and service to the university. If teaching at Lawrence. Second, the more feedback we get, the better. of Art Ben Rinehart, Assistant professorship and reappointments the candidate meets the criteria, committee looks at fellow faculty This is not the end-of-term sur- Professor of Government Arnold during the Fall, Winter and Spring he or she makes a recommenda- members’ reviews of the candi- vey,” stressed Burrows. Shober and Assistant Professor of Terms, respectively. tion for the professor’s reappoint- date. Third, a dossier is sent to After evaluating the can- Religious Studies Martyn Smith. An unusually high number ment to the Provost and Dean of faculty members in the same disci- didates, the committee submits The Committee on Tenure, of professors went up for ten- the Faculty David Burrows and pline at other universities to evalu- extensive reports to President Promotion, Reappointment and ure this year. Usually, only two to President Jill Beck and the pro- ate. The committee is careful to Jill Beck, who then meets with Equal Employment is made up of three professors are awarded ten- fessor is then given an additional send the dossier to professors at the committee for a final meet- Associate Professor of Psychology ure each academic year. However, three-year appointment. a variety of institutions; they are ing. Finally, with the Board of Matthew Ansfield, Frank C. Shattuck Jenike assured that “there just ran- At the end of his or her first sent to at least one university simi- Trustees’ approval, the candidates domly happened to be a lot of peo- year of the three-year reappoint- lar to Lawrence in size and repute, are awarded tenure. Questions and answers: Get to know the newly-tenured professors Field: English. Most specifical- ly, creative writing. Ben Rinehart Projects you've completed Field: Painting/Printmaking while at Lawrence: My book of sto- Projects you’ve completed ries, “The End of the Straight and while at Lawrence: 1) Studio Art/ Narrow,” was published in 2008. Printmaking - The printmaking pro- My new book, a memoir titled “A gram has grown since my arrival to Door in the Ocean,” will come out include book making, papermaking, this summer. I've also had stories silkscreen, letterpress and a visiting and essays appear in “The Best American Sports Writing” anthol- See Rinehart on page 3 David McGlynn See McGlynn on page 3 Arnold Shober Elizabeth Field: My main research inter- Field: American public poli- est has been a work called the cy; education policy and education Carlson "Khitat" by 15th century Egyptian reform in particular. That means Elizabeth Carlson was not historian al-Maqrizi. The lengthy I'm interested in how non-tradi- available for comment. She teaches work has not been translated and I tional public and private school- in the Art History department, and have been working on a number of ing stands up to traditional pub- her research focuses on European its sections. lic schooling in terms of student and American art of the 19th-and Projects you’ve complet- achievement, democratic respon- 20th-centuries. ed while at Lawrence: I have siveness and other outcomes. a journal article coming out on Projects you’ve completed the poetry that al-Maqrizi includes while at Lawrence: “Splintered Accountability” (Albany, NY: SUNY, Field: History, Latin American Martyn Smith See Smith on page 3 2010) which discusses how state Studies departments of education can Projects you’ve completed reshape education reform despite while at Lawrence: I’ve published gubernatorial or legislative inten- two articles: “A Fractured Pochgui: Wen-Lei Gu tions. “The Democratic Dilemma Local Factionalism in Eighteenth- of American Education” (Boulder, Wen-Lei Gu was not available Century Papantla” in the journal CO: Westview Press, 2012) which for comment. She teaches violin Ethnohistory, which is about con- presents the many tensions and coaches chamber music in flicts within the native community between equity and opportunity in the Conservatory. She has been in a colonial Mexican town, and how American education — can't really the recipient of a number of both they manipulated local Spanish do one without trammeling on the national and international prizes politics. Additionally, “Without for violin. Jake Frederick Impediment: Crossing Racial See Shober on page 9 Boundaries in Colonial Mexico” See Frederick on page 3 Saturday Sunday Monday tueSday WedneSday Hi: 56°F Hi: 48°F Lo: 44°F Lo: 37°F 5-DAY 5-DAY Source: weatherbug.com WEATHER Windy Sunny FORECAST Partly Cloudy Showers Partly Sunny THE LAWRENTIAN 2 NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 SEAMUS conference brings electronic music to campus Molly-Judith Wilson ers and even a 1960s synthesizer, Staff Writer which was interfaced with digital ____________________________________ music. The Society for Electro- Paper presentation topics Acoustic Music in the United States ranged from glitch music to music held its annual music conference robots. At the discussion panels, at Lawrence University Feb. 9-11. the topics were more education- A national conference, SEAMUS is based. One centered on the incor- held at different institutions each poration of interactive electronic year. music in the education of ele- Asha Srinivasan, assistant pro- mentary and high school children, fessor of music and this year’s while another discussed how par- SEAMUS organizer, talked about ticular software can better increase her aspirations for the series of the mobility of those with physical concerts that occurred throughout disabilities. the weekend. “I wanted it to be a One benefit to holding the con- really good conference for people ference at Lawrence, according to to come to,” she said. “The goal Srinivasan, is that it will help to was to have people come and enjoy “put Lawrence on the electron- Appleton and Lawrence, to enjoy ic music map.” This in turn will the concerts and to have every- allow students a chance to bet- thing go smoothly.” ter engage with electro-acoustic This goal, according to music. Because electronic music Srinivasan, was met. “It went really is a developing field, Srinivasan well, and [I had] several people hopes that it is something that tell me that it was one of the best Lawrence students, who are just beginning their music careers, can SEAMUS [conferences] that they've Photo by Will Melnick been to.” get excited about. were able to meet with other elec- beneficial relationship.” said, “it's about networking and The conference itself included In fact, Lawrence students per- tronic music performers. Erin Lesser performed three times making new relationships that lead 13 concerts, nine paper demon- formed in several pieces through- Lesser, assistant professor of during this SEAMUS conference, to new ideas, new compositions, stration sessions, two panel dis- out the weekend, and two stu- music and flutist, explained that once with six performers, once which is how I ended up playing cussions and five art and sound dent composers, seniors Daniel some valuable connections can be in her duo Due East and in a the pieces I did.” installations. Highlights included Miller and Lawton Hall, were fea- built through these conferences. final solo piece on Saturday night.