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A New Scene Sabotage Behind the Sticker Price Serving the People Autumn 2008 News and views for the Colgate community scene A New Scene Sabotage Behind the Sticker Price Serving the People Autumn 2008 24 A New Scene 26 Sabotage High costs at the gas pump got you down? Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi ’84 has a story to tell about the true price of oil. 30 Behind the Sticker Price Why does college cost so much, and what is Colgate doing to manage the issue? scene 36 Serving the People An inside look at charity in the world’s most populous nation, in the wake of the devastating Sichuan earthquake. DEPARTMENTS 3 Message from President Rebecca S. Chopp 4 Letters 6 Work & Play 14 Life of the Mind 16 Arts & Culture 20 Go ’gate 22 New, Noted & Quoted 40 The Big Picture 42 Stay Connected 43 Class News 54 Alumni Clubs & Groups 69 Marriages & Unions 69 Births & Adoptions 70 In Memoriam 72 Salmagundi On the cover: Student Government Association member Zeehan Rauf ’11 page 13 and residence life staffer Pornchompoo “Pooh” Suwanrut ’11 participate in a team exercise on day one of the Robert A. Fox ’59 Leadership Institute. ? News and views for the Colgate community 1 Contributors Message from President Rebecca S. Chopp Volume XXXVIII Number 1 The Scene is published by Colgate University four times a year — in autumn, As fall arrived, the members of the Class of 2012 began making their mark, joining winter, spring, and summer. The Scene is circulated without charge to alumni, new clubs and teams, being challenged by and challenging our faculty, making friends, and settling into parents, friends, and students. their new “home” — a home they now share with 30,000 Colgate alumni. Vice President for Public Relations and Communications The striking beauty of our campus and the power of connecting with your feedback, and for that, we thank you. As the data are being analyzed, Charles Melichar Managing Editor other Colgate people both contribute to the deep and enduring sense of two key themes are emerging: Colgate alumni are fiercely proud, deeply Film and video artist Dick Anderson (“Behind The work of illustrator Carolyn Hsu (“Serving Rebecca Costello pride and love our alumni have for this place. Particularly at a time when loyal people who want to help the university succeed; however, as part of Sandy Cioffi ’84 (“Sabo- the Sticker Price,” pg. James Yang (“Behind the People,” pg. 36), Associate Editor society is more mobile and global than ever before, the idea of campus as their involvement, they want the university to do a better job of talking tage,” pg. 26) has pro- 30) is publications the Sticker Price,” associate professor Aleta Mayne home is a powerful metaphor for our 21st-century community. with — not just talking to — them about the challenges and issues that duced and/or directed editor at Occidental pg. 30) has appeared of sociology, spent Director of Publications Consider the friendships that are formed here and develop over the university faces, and how we are addressing those issues. This is a in Time, Newsweek, last spring in China on Gerald Gall several films including College in Los Angeles. decades, whether they are between students, or with members of the point of agreement. It is clear that stronger, more meaningful dialogue the critically acclaimed He has written fre- Sports Illustrated, Spencer Foundation Coordinator of Photographic Services faculty. Think of those “Colgate moments” on the street, when you are and involvement between alumni and Colgate are essential to our future. Crocodile Tears, Ter- quently about the and Forbes, as well as and Colgate Faculty Re- Andrew Daddio wearing your Colgate T-shirt or cap and you get stopped to share a few Through conversations we will pursue based on the Gallup project, minal 187, and Just Us. politics of education some of the nation’s search Council grants, Production Assistant A professor at Seattle and fundraising during most prestigious trade researching grassroots Kathy Bridge minutes talking about living in Stillman, traveling with Professor Tony events across the nation, and other efforts — including this new format Central Community Col- the past 17 years, publications, including NGOs and charities, Aveni, or climbing Cardiac Hill on a snowy February morning. There is a for the Scene — we are shifting the ways in which we talk with each Contributing writers and designers: lege, she has also used with earlier stints at Communication Arts including those that bond that ties Colgate people together, a sense of investment in a univer- other and with our alumni. This shift is meant to open the door to the Director of Web Content video as a documenta- Washington and Lee Design Annual, Com- help build and refurbish Timothy O’Keeffe sity founded nearly 200 years ago that is built upon, year by year, by its active engagement of greater numbers of alumni. This sense of collabora- tion and verification University and Clare- munications Arts crumbling school struc- Art Director students, faculty, and alumni. tion and shared purpose is, in many ways, in the Colgate DNA. tool for human rights mont McKenna Col- Illustration Annual, tures in rural areas. Karen Luciani As we consider Colgate’s great momentum and its path into the This campus was founded by people with a pioneering spirit who organizations, includ- lege, and authored an Print Magazine, Gra- One of the perks of her Designer future, it is important that we consider our priorities in terms of how we were determined to build something much bigger than themselves. As ing providing video unproduced screenplay, phis, and the Society of sabbatical was that she Jennifer Kirsteins can achieve them together. This is a time of great opportunity — and I look out to the future, I see no better way to think about the work that Director of Athletic Communications evidence during the Blood Endowment. Publication Designers got to ride a camel in significant challenge — for higher education. Demographics are chang- lies ahead. Annual. the Gobi Desert. Robert Cornell 1998 marching season ing. College costs are rising. The global economy is in flux, and the call for In this first issue of the new Scene, we begin a new conversation by in Northern Ireland. Director of Marketing and Public Relations Barbara Brooks visionary, ethical leaders is unmistakable. Colgate needs to keep creating addressing an issue that is very much on the minds of the whole Colgate Senior Advancement Writer leaders who can help address these challenges. community — college costs. (See the feature article “Behind the Sticker Mark Walden The difference between leading and following, building on our Price” on page 30.) This is perhaps the most critical conversation right Manager of Media Communications momentum or falling back, has everything to do with how we come now because it directly impacts our current and future students and their Anthony Adornato scene online together as a community, actively engaging in the work of shaping families. We are determined to enhance our financial aid resources to 8 Colgate’s future — and that of generations of students to come. The first keep Colgate affordable for our students, but this is an issue, particularly scene team Contact: step on this path is open, productive dialogue. in hard financial times, that we must all understand if we are to work [email protected] This past summer, we partnered with the Gallup organization in a together to find new solutions. In the coming year, through our publica- 315-228-7417 survey effort to assess the current state of alumni engagement — from tions and events, this will be a main topic of discussion and opportunity www.colgate.edu/scene the kinds of involvement they are interested in, to the ways in which for dialogue. Listen Look Colgate Conversations: www.colgate.edu/podcasts Photo Galleries: www.colgate.edu/photos they feel the university could do better. Many of you responded with I look forward to continuing the conversation. More than 30 podcasts are available, including Images from around campus include the welcome- Printed and mailed from Lane Press English professor George Hudson talking about back barbecue held at the ALANA Cultural Center in South Burlington, Vt. President Rebecca Chopp chats with members of Greek- off-campus study programs he leads and his work and the Greek Life Summit held this past summer. letter organizations at the Greek Life Summit, a gathering as a Swiss Alps guide for the Smithsonian. If you’re moving... Please clip the address label and send with of students and alumni to discuss the past, evaluate the your new address to: Alumni Records Clerk, Colgate University, present, and envision the future for Colgate’s fraternities 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346-1398. and sororities. Talk Opinions expressed are not necessarily shared by the university, Watch Blogs the publishers, or the editors. Video Features: www.colgate.edu/video Students writing about their off-campus study See how move-in day went for first-year students experiences on the Global Colgate blog would love Notice of Non-Discrimination: Colgate University does not this year, and learn about the Robert A. Fox ’59 to hear from you. Go to http://colgate.blogs.com/ discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of race, Leadership Institute in two of our latest videos. globalcolgate and post a comment. color, national origin, citizenship status, sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, physical or mental disability (including AIDS), age, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a disabled veteran of the Get connected Vietnam era, or any other category protected under applicable law. 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