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Postage PArD Permit #35 o e e Olce New London, er PUBUSHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLLEGE VOLUME XXX • NUMBER 8 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2005 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, NEW LONDON, CT College Posts $1.9M Surplus for 2004-2005 Fiscal Year BY GOZDE ERDENIZ several areas, primarily the iConn Development fund. This fund sup- that is roughly equivalent to one per- ued at approximately $160 million. project, a commitment to higher fa~- project. CC's budget last year was ports special presidential initiatives cent of Conn's total operating budg- The endowment supports the operat- ulty and staff salaries, an increase In staff writer $91.9 million and has been and programs, such as to support the et. ing budgets through an annual the proportion of each class receiv- increased 5.3 percent, to $96.8 mil- proposed Hurricane Katrina TRIP The rest of the surplus, $1.5 mil- spending rule distribution. ing financial aid, or an academic Recently, the College announced lion, for the current fiscal year. At its next spring and to advance objec- lion, will go toward repayment of The surplus is certainly very innovation, the College will proceed that it finished the 2004-2005 fiscal October 8th meeting, the Board of tives of the Strategic Plan. Another the endowment. good news and it shows us that the each year in a measured way to allo- year with a $1.9 million cash operat- Trustees followed the recommenda- $300,000 will go into the College's Connecticut College had com- College is recovering from the cate its resources to these strategic ing surplus. This marks the fifth year tion of the Priorities, Planning and emergency reserve fund. The fund mitted to repay a total of $11 million financial crisis of the late nineties. items as well as to ongoing opera- in a row that Connecticut College's Budget Committee for distribution will then double, amounting to of borrowings from the endowment This certainly makes it easier for tional expenses." cash revenues have exceeded expen- of the surplus. $600,000. that we re used to support operating Conn to reach its goals for tbe With Connecticut College's ditures. In following the recommenda- This fund is solely for unantici- activities during the 1990s. Centennial, which will take place in finances appearing stronger each The cash surplus is largely tions of the Priorities, Planning and pated emergency expenses, and is in Following this $1.5 million repay- 2011. year, the College is putting itself in attributed to the College not tapping Budget Committee, the Board allot- addition to the College's contin- ment. the debt obligation will stand Moreover, our strategic plan an increasingly good position to into the $910 ,000 contingency ted $55,000 for President Fainstein's gency fund. In fact, this year's con- at $4.3 million. states, "Whether the action in ques- achieve the goals laid out for the budget, as well as under-spending in discretionary Planning and Program tingency fund is $970,000, a number Currently, the endowment is val- tion is a major new construction Centennial in the Strategic Plan. Prot: Gordon MIDTERMS Preparing for exams, Camels burn the midnight oil .. Conservative Activist Receives Grover Norquist to LargeGrant By JOANNA GllLiA Speak at Conn By NIKHll A, IYENGAR sssociste news editor Iy quoted for his declaration that "I editor-in-chief don't want to abolish government. I The National Endowment for the simply want to reduce it to the size Humanities recently awarded pro- Noted conservative activist where I can drag it into the bathroom fessor of English John Gordon, a Grover Norquist will give a talk enti- and drown it in the bathtub." James Joyce scholar, $10,124. The tled "Kelo v. New Londnn and the The Kelo v. New London case, money will be used to establish and Assault on American Private decided in June 2005, has sparked run a unique six-week seminar for Property Rights" on Tuesday, anger across America, especially high-school teachers, which will November 15th, at 8:00 p.m. in the among people like Norquist, who meet five days per week from June 1941 Room. Dubbed by USA Today believe that private property rights 25th to August 5th. In the seminar, "the most influential Washingtonian are put in jeopardy by the Supreme Gordon will cover some of James most people have never heard of," Court's ruling in the case, The ruling Joyce's most influential works, Norquist is president of Americans allows local governments to use the including Finnegan's Wake. Ulysses, for Tax Reform (ATR) and figures power of "eminent domain" to take Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man prominently in conservative circles. privately owned land and use it for and The Dubliners. Norquist has become something the development other private inter- Gordon, a professor of English of a controversial figure to due his at Connecticut College since 1980, firebrand attitude and penchant for SEE NORQUIST has been enamored of Joyce and his colorful remarks. He has been wide- Continued on Page 6 works since the first time he picked up Joyce's novel, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man in high City of New London school. In an interview, Gordon noted that he appreciated Joyce's Photo by ElizabetbMitchell work from a young age because he Studentswork late into the nightin the Charleselm ReadingRoom,one of ShainLibrary's best spots for studying.Manyconrses to Vote November 8 identified with many of the main havehad their midterm examsrecently,causingCamelsto retreat to the depths of the libraryin hopes ofsurvivingthe ordeal characters. Also, he pointed out that with GPAsintact.TheChuReadingRoom,completedduringthe 2001-2002 academicyear,is also the site of manylectures. By CHRISTIAN ClANSKY plans to modify the Fort Trumbull Joyce's writing was, in a sense, development plan and mainstream senior staff writer "clairvoyant," in that it had a way of public housing, and to promote New "getting into peoples' skins." Connecticut College professor to the country together in order to dis- Joyce's works, especially Ulysses London's assets and resources to Moreover, Gordon commented that obtain the NEH grant. In fact, cuss the most effective methods of and Finnegan's Wake, are neglected Exactly a year and a week after other communities in hopes of creat- I Joyce was simply a phenomenal Professor Janet Gezari, chair of the teaching Joyce. To date, Gordon has in high-school English classes citizens of New London cast their ing a more diverse tourist and resi- writer, whose ability to compose English department, also recently already received 40 applications because of their intricacies. votes for Congress and the dential base. demanding texts inundated with received the grant. from states as close as Connecticut However, Gordon pointed out that Presidency, the New London City In their campaign literature, the complex puzzles was not only note- According to Gordon, the goals and as far as Alaska. texts such as the Dubliners, Portrait Council election focuses the atten- other three political parties focus on worthy but intellectually stimulat- of the seminar are numerous. Also, Gordon wants to promote tion back on local issues. On other issues pertinent to New ing. Primarily, Gordon hopes to bring the teaching of Joyce in the high- SEE GORDON Tuesdsay, November 8th, citizens London, such as historical preserva- Professor Gordon is not the first high-school teachers from around school setting. In many cases, will take to the polls to elect seven tion, education, and various fiscal Continued on Page 6 council members who will attend to issues. local needs. Vying for these posi- As these three parties are tradi- Panel Discusses Morality and the Environment tions are nineteen candidates in four tional, they promote themsel ves on a parties. wider variety of issues than One By THOMAS McEVOY New London rather than pushing a a moral life amidst all this excess is events force "us to think what we're for generations to come is the way to very specific agenda. One can be news editor one that really challenges us." doing as a society," she remarked. live a moral life. sure, however, that any elected offi- Dawson referred to recent natu- The importance of preserving Dawson also added that all The political group with cials will find the eminent domain The College's Wednesday ral disasters, including the numerous resources for future generations was human decisions, even those that the highest representa- issue at the front of the line when Common Hour talk this week fea- may appear insignificant, accumu- tion is the Democratic they take office. tured a faculty panel on issues late to cause environmental damage. Party with seven candi- Although the eminent domain involving morality and the environ- To combat this problem, Dawson dates I followed with five controversy has gained national ment. The talk was part of a collo- advocated that individuals should candidates each from the prominence in the wake of the case quium series on "Living a Moral simplify their lifestyles.