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VOLUME 86, ISSUE 1 www.theticker.org AUGUST 30, 2004 INSIDE CUNY Board Names Waldron Baruch Still New Baruch College President America’s Most Diverse College By MAX MAY Contributing Writer As US News & World Report proclaims Baruch as America’s most diverse college for the fifth year in a row, 48 among the nation’s top undergraduate business programs, and 45 in the northern region among Master’s level uni- versities, it is no surprise that Baruch’s popular- ity is growing and attracting students from the outskirts of the city, the state, and beyond. This semester Baruch College estimates an Get Your Abs in Tip-Top enrollment of 12,700 undergraduates, with a freshman class of about 1,650-1,700. T h i s Shape At a Free Class in brings the entire school’s population to between Baruch’s ARC 7 15,250 and 15,400 students. Out of 12,700 undergraduates, 9,780 are day students and Administration Should 2,990 are evening students. The male to female Kathleen Waldron was named President of Baruch College on June 28, 2004 at a CUNY ratio is roughly 5,400 to 9,780 respectively. Consider A Policy That Board of Trustees meeting. (Photo/ Marcia Barran) As per ethnicity, out of all registered under- Would Actually Help By MARCIA BARRAN opportunity and I’d like to express my gratitude graduates, 1,600 students did not indicate their background while 1,843 listed “other.” The 11 Editor-in-Chief to the CUNY Board, to Chancellor Matthew International Students highest ethinicity bracket at Baruch is the Asian Goldstein, and to the enormously generous population at 3,344 students. The other ethnici- alumni, faculty, and students of Baruch After a five-month nationwide hunt, the ties include: 3,211 Whites, 2,199 Hispanics, Baruch College presidential search committee College,” said Waldron. “I was extremely and 1,141 Blacks at Baruch as of August 23, appointed Dr. Kathleen M. Waldron as the next impressed by all of them as I met them through- 2004. president of the college effective August 2, out the search process. Their energy, scholar- The real emphasis however, is upon the fact 2004. The official announcement was made at a ship and commitment make Baruch the great that Baruch’s popularity is not only attracting CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held on June institution it is.” students from outside of the city, but also from 28, 2004. states around the country. “We are not the school where students come “I’m thrilled and honored to receive this See CUNY, Page 5 from New York City anymore,” said James M u r p h y, Assistant Vice President for Republican Nat’l Convention Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions. Baruch lists 623 students with living address- es outside of the New York City. Six-hundred Comes to New York City and nine in total are commuting from By JOHN MALLIARITSIS nearly 50 hotels throughout the city, and with Westchester and Long Island. The college also Contributing Writer one of the most state-of-the-art media facilities lists 445 students on its mailing list with resi- ever put in place for a political party convention dencies outside of New York State. For exam- Plug Into The Disconnection Late August is typically slower than usual in (a 330,000 square foot media center placed And Sample Some Raw, New York City, with many inhabitants fleeing directly across the street from the Garden), put See BARUCH’S, Page 5 Hypnotic Tracks From for more tropical destinations in a final rush a post-9/11 tourist-lagging New York City on before the fall and winter seasons arrive. But top of an enormous media stage for the four Class of 2008 is Singer Carina Round 13 after intense and successful lobbying by Mayor days between August 30 and September 2. Baruch’s Brightest; Michael Bloomberg to bring the Republican The convention falls on the first full week of National Convention to New York City for the classes for the fall semester at Baruch College. SATs, GPAs on Rise first time ever, the added presence, welcome or Although most of the convention’s events will By AARON SIEGEL unwelcome, will surely keep the city busy. be taking place from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. during News Editor Nearly 50,000 politicians, delegates, guests, this week (with the only daytime events occur- ring from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. on August 30 and speakers, and members of the media are expect- Baruch College’s trend of more stringent ed to converge in Madison Square Garden for a 31), street closures and mass transit changes in acceptance standards appears to be continuing five-day celebration of the Republican Party the immediate vicinity of Madison Square on its upward path. As seen in the grade point and to shine the spotlight on President George Garden, only half a mile north of Baruch, will averages and SAT scores of the incoming fresh- W. Bush’s re-election campaign, as well as begin on August 29 and last until September 3. man class of 2008, standards are on the rise. New York City. Such changes have the potential to affect the Baruch is a prime example of the continuing The event is expected to generate $250 mil- trend of accepting students who have attained lion in economic activity, fill 22,000 rooms in academic excellence on the high school level. See RNC, Page 3 Five thousand two-hundred students accepted to be a part of the class of 2008, of which 1,700 will attend. These students have demonstrated a significant scholastic improvement over the classes that came before them. The average SAT score of the incoming class has increased from 1135 to 1144 and the grade Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx point average has increased from 86.6 to 86.8. Baruch, along with other CUNY Tier I Take A Shot In Their New schools Brooklyn, City, Hunter and Queens col- Flick, Collateral 15 leges, averaged 85 points higher than the national average of 1026. The mean SAT score for incoming CUNY Tier 1 freshmen in 1995 was 943. Features 7 “The 0.2 increase is significant for 5,000 stu- dents,” said assistant vice president of admis- Op-Ed 11 sions and financial aid James Murphy. Arts 13 Baruch has issued other initiatives in the past Sports BACK year that include a new honors program as well. Madison Square Garden will host the 2004 Republican National Convention. *This article was reprinted from the Summer Next Issue: September 7, 2004 (Photo/ Aaron Siegel) 2004 issue of The Ticker. 2 THE TICKER NEWS AUGUST 30, 2004 THE TICKER NEWS AUGUST 30, 2004 3 Resetting of Blackboard, Webmail New Grid Changes Implemented Passwords Cause Some Problems in Fall 2004 Class Schedules By AYESHA AJAZ tightening security practices. By SAMANTHA ENTELES increase in the average number of credits stu- Op-Ed Editor The change would have been announced Staff Writer dents are taking each semester. when the fall semester started, but students tak- The new grid is being looked upon favorably On Monday July 12, a handful of Baruch stu- ing summer classes had to consult the BCTC Baruch students and faculty will be using because of the convenience of 25-minute dents were shut out from their Baruch helpdesk. According to one BCTC employee newly implemented registration grids begin- breaks between classes in the same sequence Webmail, Blackboard and e-sims accounts. who asked to remain anonymous, more stu- ning this fall semester. Classes have been and the opportunity for students to take more Many of those affected first thought that their dents approached the Helpdesk during the scheduled in blocks so that courses on the same credits per semester. There have been a few passwords had been lost and reset due to a com- d i fficulty level can have 25-minute breaks disadvantages to the new grid, one of which is puter error in the Baruch College Technology “We discovered that 89 per - between them. the earlier times that classes start. Center database systems. cent of the students never In the past there have been problems with According to Arthur Downing, assistant vice “There is no reason to go back classes on the same level starting at odd times, president of information technology the inter- changed the default pass - to the old grid. However, we nal and external auditors who survey Baruch’s word.” thus making it difficult for students to plan a I T security practices have cited a need to schedule without large breaks or causing other do once again have the survey require users of the systems to change their beginning of the second summer session. students to miss out on a class due to overlap- online and ask students to tell passwords on a regular basis. For students, this “I would say around 20 students in five hours ping times. The old grid also posed problems had been made optional. came to us,” he said. “Our supervisor told us to for students who wanted to take as many cred- us when they want to take “Last month we matched a large sample of try the last six digits of their student ID.” its as possible but were unable to do so due to classes.” current student passwords in Webmail and More passwords will be reset in batches dur- scheduling conflicts. Blackboard against the ones originally ing the coming semester. Meanwhile, students According to James Murphy, assistant vice Susan Chambré, professor of sociology, is assigned,” said Downing.