HEALTH-PLAN RATES The 1996 rate structures are announced for the endowed Managed Choice and 80/20 Health Care Plan.

IT'S FAMILY WEEKEND Parents and relatives offirst-year undergraduates are visiting campus during the next three days.

Chinese-American activist Harry Wu will speak Nov. 5 Harry Wu, a man whose life has become emblematic of the death penalty. Lee Tung-hui. Both events exacerbated tensions between human rights activism, will speak at Cornell on Sunday, After much diplomatic maneu­ China and the United States. Nov. 5, in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium in Kennedy vering between the United States Wu, the son ofa well-to-do Shanghai banker, was first put Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, at $3 for studentsand $5 for others, and China, Wu was expelled on in a Chinese prison camp in 1960 while he was a student at are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall Ticket Office. Aug. 24, after a Chinese court con­ Beijing Geological College, and he spent the next 19 years By his own account, Wu, 58, has spent almost 20 years victed him ofspyingand sentenced under forced-labor conditions. in Chinese prisons and under forced labor for hi attempts to him to 15 years in jail. Wu said he A Hoover Institution research fellow, he came to the United expose human-rights violations in that country. had decided to go on a hunger States in 1985 as a visiting scholar at the University of As recently as this summer, Wu, a naturalized American strike "unto the death" if Chinese California. Berkeley. But he risked his freed m again in 1991 citizen, was imprisoned for nine weeks in China after trying Wu authorities had made him serve any when he returned twice to his homeland to ecretly videotape to enter the country on June 19 using a United States of his jail term. human right violations. passport. He was charged with disclosing state secrets to Wu 'sdetention followed the controversial visit to Cornell, Wu's talk is sponsored by the Third World Student foreign organizations, a crime which could have resulted in June 8-10, by Taiwanese President and university alumnus Programming Board. Palestinian spokesperson Scary night for dancing visits Nov. 7-8 Hanan Ashrawi, internationally known as one ofthe chiefspokespersons for thecauseof Palestinian independence, will be the 1995 Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellow at Cornell Nov. 7 and 8. Ashrawi will present the Bartels Fellow­ Ship lecture on Wednesday, ov. 8, in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall at 7:30 p.m. Titled "The Middle East Peace Process: A Personal Account," the lecture is free and open to the public. Ashrawi's two­ day visit to Cornell is hosted by the Mario Einaudi Cen­ ter for International Aahrawi Studies. She will meet with students and faculty from the Near Eastern Studies, Peace Studies and Women's Studies programs, the Arab Club, the Israeli community and student interested in human rights and Arab-Is­ rael i concerns. Ashrawi will sign copies of her recent book, This Side of Peace: A Personal Ac­ Robert Barker Unh-ersity Photograph,l COunt, at the Campus Store on Tuesday, Tom Smulders, left, a grad student in psychology, and Ingrid Hau, a junior in neurobiology and behavior, show ov. 7, at 2:45 p.m. their steps at an Oct. 27 Halloween Party at the Big Red Bam sponsored by the Ballroom Dancing Club. Ashrawi rose to prominence in the inter­ national arena when she was chosen as spokesper on for the Palestinian delega­ tion to the ground-breaking Middle East peace conference in Madrid in 1991. An Visit fortifies CU research connections to China eloquent speaker in both English and Ara­ would rewrite the Memorandum of Under­ bic, she soon came to be viewed as one of By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr. the most articulate and recognized voices standing (MOU) to reflect the new name of for the Palestinian cause. On the podium Two Cornell educators have returned from the university and to make it more specific," and in the media, she received praise for her a China visit that fortified already-strong said Haldeman. keen intellect and her fierce commitment to connections between the university and "The CAU leadership will provide a list human rights. China's most prestigious agricultural re­ ofpriority areaswhich they feel is important Shecontinued to serve as a spokesperson search institutions. to study.Thesescientificareaswill beshared for the Palestinians at the 1992 bilateral "We have a very positive feeling about with Cornell faculty and, where there ap­ talk in Washington, D.C., between Israel the leadership in the new China Agricul­ pears to be common grou nd for research and and the Arabdelegations. After Yasir Arafat tural University. They reaffirmed very Foote Haldeman teaching, the new MOU will reflect them," and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin strongly about enhancing the relationship he said. "Initially, they have identified bio­ clasped hands on the South Lawn of the between the Chinese research institutions pronouncing the merger of China's two technology, molecular biology and envi­ White House to mark the accord between and Cornell," said James E. Haldeman, leadingagricultural universities. BeijingAg­ ronment science as areas in which they the PlO and Israel in 1993, Ashrawi was associate director of the Cornell Interna­ ricultural University and Beijing Agricul­ would like to exchange information." . invited to serve in Arafat's new administra­ tional Institute for Food, Agriculture and tural Engineering University have been The benefits ofentering such agreements tion. She dedined the offer and instead went Development (ClIFAD). "I feel very opti­ merged to become China Agricultural Uni­ are numerous, accordingto ormanT. Uphoff, On to become commissioner general of the mistic that we could seize the moment. In versity. Foote holds an honorary professor­ directorofCIIFAD. "The potential for genius Palestinian Independent Commission for China, there is a great scientific ability." ship at the newly created institution. is spread evenly around the globe. Wewant to Citizens' Rights, a group that monitors com­ Haldeman and Robert H. Foote, the Jacob With the emergence ofa newer, stronger work with the Chinese to encourage an open­ plaints of mistreatment. This summer, she Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of university, it became an appropriate time to ness of science and tap that genius," he said. stepped down from that post. citing an "ab- Animal Science, represented Cornell Uni­ consider the information-sharing potential. "The sheer magnitude ofAsia is important to COlltillued 011 page 10 versity for the Oct. 8 ceremonies officially "On this trip, it was decided that we COlllillued on page 2 2 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

China continued from page I Getting the word from Albany remember - it's got more than half the world's population and we want them to be part of the human enterprise. Their knowl­ edge i fir t class, as i ours, and we want to hare those resource ." Late in September, Cornell received vi i­ tor' from Beijing Agricultural University (now CA ), which enhanced another bridge between Cornell, other U.S. universities and everal Chinese institutions. Through the China-Cornell Fellowship Program, a grant was provided by the Rockefeller Foun­ dation in 1992 that laid the groundwork for informational exchange between Cornell and CAU, the Beijing Medical University and Qinghua University. "This is a good way to stem 'brain drain' and provide a bigger collaboration between the .and China,"said Xiangzhong Yang, director of the China Cornell Fellowship Program. At Cornell, he is also a senior re earch associate in animal science and a professor of animal science through the China Agricultural University. "Even though the agriculture colleges are big players, this program is not limited to just ago It's open to all disciplines," Yang aid. "We hope to expand this program to include area such as the ocial and politi­ cal ciences." While exchange are administered through CIlFAD, Haldeman notes that the initiatives are always faculty driven. "We are the framework, ifyou will, for helping to establish ties between our researchers here and their researcher ," he said. "But this is a faculty-driven opportunity - based on their interests and their resources. We can't tell them what to research, but if they want to u e thi' avenue, they may." On a larger level, Haldeman believes that the ew York state economy can ulti­ mately benefit from 'uch exchanges. He said that there are many capable and superb scientists in China. By nurturing these rela­ tionships and sharing knowledge and re­ sources, we all benefit. "Thereare a lot ofcommoditie involved. In fact, when I was there it felt like I was in upstate ew York, the greenery ofthe coun­ Photographs by Adriana Rovers/University Photography New York State Assemblymen Martin A. Luster (D-125th) and Edward Sullivan (D-69th) visited campus on Oct. try ide was very imilar; corn wheat, apples, 24. Top photo: Luster, center, Ithaca-area assemblyman and member of the Assembly Higher Education pear , cabbage, potatoe , etcetera," said Committee, and Sullivan, chainnan ofthe committee, talk with human ecology students Jenevieve Nguyen, left, Haldeman. "That's one of the reasons this and Erika Johnson in their Issues in Contemporary Society 101 class, to which Sullivan lectured. Bottom photos: idea is very attractive to both institutions. Later, Provost Don Randel, left, Franklin M. Loew, right, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and other We have a lot in common." statutory deans and administrators met with Sullivan, center, and Luster in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.

Chronicle schedule Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Cornell Chronicle will not publish OV. 23. Submi sions forthe paperof ov. 16, which BRIEFS \\ ill cover O\'. 16 through ov. 30, are due Monda}, ov. 6. Have a nice holiday! • Firebaugh re­ issue of the Journal ofFamily and Con­ • Women's equestrian makes ceives award: sumer Sciences, Firebaugh also is de­ varsity: The sport of women's eques­ Francille Firebaugh, scribed as "a highly respected and recog­ trian at Cornell has been elevated from dean ofthe College of nized leader within the field at both the club status to the varsity team level, Human Ecology, is a national and international levels." Charles R. Moore, director of athletics, recipient of the 1995 "Administratively and fundamentally, has announced. Henrik . Dullea, Vice President for University Distinguished Service her leadership abilities in higher education The first competition for the team was Relation Saturday (Cornell placed fifth out of 14 Linda Gra e-Kobas, Director, Cornell ews Service Award from the have contributed to the strengthening ofthe Simeon 1oss, Editor American Association profession," the association said. tcams), and it will participate in 10 events Karen Walter.., Editorial Assistant of Family and Con- Firebaugh A specialist in family resource manage­ this year, including two home shows at the Dianna Marsh, Circulation sumer Sciences (AFCS). ment and author or co-author of more than Equestrian Center on Pine Tree Road. The Publi h~d 4U umes a ~~ar. Cornell Chromcl~ " dlSlnb­ uled fr~e olcharge 10 Cornell Ul1Iver;lIy faculty. sludent'Ond The award is given each year to recog­ 50 scholarly articles and two books, first home show will be Dec. 3. laff b) Ih~ Um,~r;lt) ~ws S~rvlce. Mall subscnptlons, nize members of the AFCS for superior Firebaugh came to Cornell as dean in 1988 Cornell's first equestrian team will be S2U for SIX monlhs; $3 ~r year Mak~ c~cks payable 10 achievements in family and consumer sci­ from Ohio State University. directed by Sue Elbrecht, a native of Cornell Chromcl~ and send 10 Village Gr~en, !:l40 Hanshaw Koad. hhaca. N.Y 14!:lSf) Telephon~ (607) 25S·42f)6. ences, outstanding professional contribu­ At Ohio State, she served in several ad­ Owego, who has been an English style E-mail: eun~ws(!lcornell.~du. Second-Class Poslag~ Kates tions and sustained leadership at both the ministrative capacities, including vice pro­ instructor for the past 15 years. Elbrecht paid at Itha a. NY vost for international affairs, acting vice has served as a judge for the National POSTMASTI::.R. Send address changes 10 Ihe Corn~1I state and national levels. Ch""1Jd~ (I 'SN f)747-41>2!:l), Corn~1I Unlv~rslly. !:l4f) Cited for her "sustained commitment president for agricu ltu ral adm inistration and Intercollegiate Horse Show Associatiol1 Hallsha" Road. Ithaca. .Y. 14 SO. to family and consumer issues" in the fall associate provost. (IHSA) for the past eight years. It I th~ polot) of Corn II Umve"ily ael1\~ly to suppol1 equalliv of educational and ~mploym~nl oppol1umty. a ~r;oll hall ~ d m~d admls,Slon to any edueauonal program or aClI\II~ or be denIed ~mploym~nt on th~ bas" of any kg,tlly prohlbll d d''oCTlm",auon ""ol\ing. but nol IImll~d to, uch faclor; as race, color, cr~~d, «lIglon, nallonal or elhnle ong"', SU, sexual onelllauon. age or handicap. The APPOINTMENTS UIlI\(',...U) I~ rommlttt.'d to the 0l3101(.'nancc of affim131lvr­ a,'lIon program, Ihal Will assure Ihe cont"'uat,on of sueh - equallt\ uf opportunlt}. Sexual harassment IS an act of dlSl'rIllllnatlon and. as ,"ch, will nol ~ tolerated. Inqulrt'-s The Board ofTrustees approved tenure Perkins ProfessorofEnviron mental Studies Department of Clinical Sciences, College "on'Trning the ilppilcatlllll uf Tille IX may ~ referr~d to recommendations at its Oct. 13 meeting. in the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium, Di­ of Veterinary Medicine; lain D. Boyd, Cornell', 1IIIe IX (Coord,nalOr of Women's Services) at the 011'1<.. or I qual Opportullllv. Curnell Unove"'ty, 214 Day The following faculty members were elected vision of Biological Sciences. Sibley School of Mechanical and Aero­ lIali. Ithacil, Y 14XS~-2xOl (ttlephone 607 25S·~'J76). professors with indefinite tenure: space Engineering; James Thomas Corntllllnl\e"'t) "cumnlllled 10 a""lIng thO'o<' ~r­ John W. Fitzpatrick, Section of Ecol­ The following were elected associate Brenna, Division of Nutritional ScienceS; ...on... ~ Ilh dl~hllltlt:... "hn ha\c \p<."clal need.... A brochurl' d..·•••(:rthlllg \4..·f\iH..'(·... fur I'''':r''on... with dl'Wthihll ... may be ogy and Systematics, Division of Biologi­ professors with indefinite tenure: Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Department of "l>lalll<'d I>v "riling 10 Ih,' Offl

By Dennis Shin '96 Participating in the annual Alumni-in­ Residence program, 11 Cornell graduates returned to campus Oct. 22-24 to relive the student experience. According to partici­ pants, the event opened the eyes of both current and former students to new perspec­ tives on life at the university. "Taking part in this program has made me realize that it's a very intense experience coming to Cornell," said Joyce Marshall '66, a human ecology graduate. "It's great to re­ visit it at different stages ofyour life because it enables you to see the effect Cornell has on who you are and who you become." Initiated in 1987, the program invites alumni selected by their colleges to learn about the daily life ofcurrent students. With a busy schedule of attending classes, eating in dining halls and meeting with students in the dorms where they stay as guests, the participating alumni blend into student life all over again, according to Nancy Law, assistant director of club programs for the Office of Alumni Affairs. "I think it's a unique way for alumni to participate with the university because it's not just coming back to campus for a foot­ ball game or council meeting. They're re­ ally intimately involved with the whole pro­ gram," Law said. "A lot ofthem start to feel Adriana Ro,'ers!Umversity Photography Participants in the 1995 Alumni in Residence Program and Student Assembly members gathered in the Big Reel Bam on like freshmen. They don't know anyone, the night of Oct. 23 for a Welcoming Reception. From left, Kristina Podesva '96 and Alison Klugherz'96 talk with alumnus they try to reach out and meet people, and Anthony Casendino '59-'60 in Architecture, Art and Planning. Casendlno, from Boston, has a career In architecture and they have to find their way around a campus urban-change management. that has changed physically." At a reception held at the Big Red Barn that today's freshman experience is in some of the school of architecture, spoke at a pressure I was feeling when I first got here," on the evening ofOet. 23, the eleven alumni ways dramatically different from the ones seminar on contemporary issues in art. She said freshman Ilana Kubel. met with students, other than their hosts, to they remember. also visited students' studios where she Students were selected by their residence more broadly share experiences. During the "When I was at Cornell, West Campus viewed their art projects. hall directors for participation in the program. reception, the alumni were officially wel­ was for men, North Campuswasfor women, "The students I met are really dealing Besidesoffering the alumni an opportunity to comed by Vice President for Student and and the women had strict curfews, so it's with a lot ofdifferent issuesat once," Brown learn about the current issues the Cornell Academic Affairs Susan Murphy and were been interesting to return and stay with a said. "Theyare very dedicated to their work, community faces, Law pointed out that the later serenaded by the all-female, student a student host on West," Marshall said. thinking hard about it and producing im­ program enabled students to learn about real­ cappella group After Eight. Because residence halls were so strictly pressive results. At the same time, they are world issues, such as balancing professional Meg Roe '83, one ofthe youngest alums segregatedwhen shewasa student, Marshall concerned about how they are going to experiences with a personal life. in this year's program, pointed out at the Big was especially anxious about such new ex­ survive afterCornell. Forartists, especially, "I found that students are incredibly ca­ Red Barn gathering how the mentality of periences as co-ed bathrooms. it's getting much tougher." reer-oriented," said Anthony Casendino '59­ students seems to have changed since the "I was showering my first morning and a Alumni were not theonlyoneswho learned '60, an architect from Boston. "Although time she studied in the hotel school. young man walked right on in to the bath­ from their visit, however, as student hosts having such focus is good, I hope that they "The level of maturity and confidence of room and started brushing his teeth. That revealed how they found out that the Cornell aren't forgetting the value of learning as an the students today really impressed me," was a shock at first," she said. experience can endure beyond four years. experience while they are here." she said. "I remember being shy and timid, Other alums enjoyed meeting with stu­ "I wasencouraged to learn that you don't According to both alumni and student but these students appear really outgoing." dents in theclassroom settingand observing necessarily end up doing what you major in participants, in a program like Alumni-in­ Although the alumni commented on "re­ how methods of both teaching and learning once you graduate. I'm now realizing that Residence, one crosses generations in pro­ liVing" theirfreshman years, they also noted have evolved. Carol Brown '57, a graduate things change and that has relieved a lot of viding such a learning experience. Symposium celebrates creation ofendowed nutrition professorship ing to Beaudry, 180 million of the world's children are By Dennis Shin '96 underweight, and half of that number live in south Asia. At a symposium honoring the first endowed chair in the 'At Cornell, we are "Wefrequently tend to divide the problems and solutions College of Human Ecology's Division of Nutritional Sci­ actively involved in into 'we' and 'they,' meaning that 'they' have problems and ences, four international leaders in nutrition research and building ••• bridges. 'we' have solutions," Beaudry said. Detailing UNICEF's strategy to address these problems, pol icy gathered in the conference room ofClark Hall on Oct. We've been at the 27 to discuss "Maternal and Child Nutrition: National and Beaudry asserted the need for a more cooperative mentality forefront of teaching International Perspectives." in mobilizing efforts and resources globally to reach the Recognizing the establishment of the Nancy Schlegel and research in the area targets set by international goals and standards. . Meinig Professorship of Maternal and Child Nutrition, the of matemal and child In defining the methodologies of international di­ event honored both Jere Haas, professor of nutritional nutrition, and this etary assessment, Judit Katona-Apte, senior humanitar­ ian affairs officer for food security at the United Na­ sciences and the first professor to received the endowed professorship allows us to do that a iot tions, focused on the establishment of food needs and the title, and the Meinig family for their contributions to the better.' advancement of the field of nutrition research. assessment of self-reliance. -Jere Haas "Traditionally, Cornell always has been a cutting-edge "Whether or not the food selected will contain sufficient leader in nutrition, and this symposium gives substance to nutrients is an important consideration, and the current wis­ the important work that is being done in this area," said dom ofthe times states that nutritional needs are not automati­ donor Nancy Meinig '62, a graduate in food and nutrition. consumer knowledgeand consumeraction when it comes to cally met even when food needs are," said Katona-Apte. Four speakers were invited to address the symposium, nutritional choices, Kennedy concluded: "While we have Students in the audience said they found the merging based on their interdisciplinary approaches to nutrition and achieved remarkable success in developing the dietary of broad perspectives enlightening. Laurie Herraiz, a their authority at the national or international level. guidelines, I believe we've been much less successful in doctoral student in Human Nutrition, found the concept Moderated by Cutberto Garza, director and professor of communicating these guidelines in a way that motivates of involving people in research as individual partici­ Nutritional Sciences, the event concluded with a response consumers to change their behavior to an improved diet." pants, not as laboratory ubjects, a principle that she by Haas. Janet King, director of the Western Human Nutrition could apply to her own work. "This is really a celebration not ofa professorship, but of Research Center, characterized a form of"silent malnutri­ "I thought it was a unique opportunity to hear worldly maternal and child nutrition and the people who are dedi­ tion" that takes place in the United States. Although this perspectives on topics of a more global nature that we some­ cated to its research and action," Haas said. country may be seen as the leader among developed na­ times take for granted and don't focus on," Herraiz said. . Opening the panel discussion, Eileen Kennedy, execu­ tions, King noted that chronic-insufficient or poor food Each ofthe speakers, alongwith Haas, agreed that effective tIve director ofthe U.S. Department ofAgriculture's Center choices sustain malnutrition among diverse sectors of the policy must depend on active research. Demonstrating that for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, analyzed the Clinton American population. women and children comprisethe most vulnerablesegmentof Administration's reaction to the block grant proposed by the "We need to remember that the vulnerable population, the population in terms ofnutrition problems, the symposium, U.S. House of Representatives on federal Food As istance particularly here in the United States, is not homogeneous. said Haas, exposed gaps that must be bridged between the Program costs. Saying that 14 million children are now on So one remedy, [such as the federal Food Assistance Pro­ nutrition science and the communication. food stamps, Kennedy insisted that a responsible agenda for gram], is unlikely to serve all," King said. "At Cornell, we are actively involved in building those change is necessary but, she argued, the current threat to cut Micheline Beaudry, chief of the nutrition section at bridges," he said. "We've been at the forefront of teaching off funding does not provide the solution. U lCEF headquarters in New York, summarized the con­ and research in the area of maternal and child nutrition, and Presenting research findings that revealed a gap between sequences ofmalnutrition at the international level. Accord- this professorship allows us to do that a lot better." 4 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

CORNELL'S ENDOWED HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS 1996 rates announced for Managed Care and 80/20 plans By Jean Samuelson will not be welcomed news, as we continue are added, Cornell's salaries and benefits The 90/1 0,60/40 sharing ratio is based Director, Benefit Services to see an increase in the cost of health care will increase by nearly $13 million. This on the total dollars it takes to provide annually in spite of our efforts to control would bring the total cost to Cornell for health care coverage to faculty and staff We have now had a little over one year's costs for both the university and our fac­ 1996 for endowed salaries and benefits to each year. It includes, on the employee's experience since Cornell offered Managed ulty, staff and retirees. Some of this in­ nearly $365 million. side, the costs of premiums and, on Choice in addition to the 80/20 Health Care crease-such as that in catastrophic claims­ Additionally, everything - salaries, Cornell's side, the percentage payment Plan for endowed faculty and staff. In that could not be predicted. From a national health care, life insurance, retirement, toward health care expenses (80 percent one year, 40 percent of those eligible have perspective, however, Cornell is not alone other benefits - is interconnected. Any for the 80/20 Plan and 90 percent for enrolled in Managed Choice.Those in Man­ in experiencing health care costs that con­ increase in salaries has a domino effect, Managed Choice), as well as all the pay­ aged Choice seem to be very satisfied with tinue to spiral upward. creating increases in the amount Cornell ments Cornell makes once an individual their coverage, with very few complaints Although many employers nationwide spends in retirement contributions, short has exceeded the cap on out-of-pocket about the program coming into Benefits saw increases of less than 10 percent this and long term disability, life insurance, expenses, which are features of both the Services, and very few participants in Man­ year, surveys have shown that those were Workers' Compensation, Social Security 80/20 PlaIT and Managed Choice. Also aged Choice moving back to the 80/20 employers who offered HMOs or other and Medicare taxes. included in the total are mental health and Plan. Aetna tells us that faculty, staff, and types of managed care only. Employers substance abuse costs and the costs of their families in Managed Choice are ac­ who offer managed care products in con­ Cornell's Share of Costs prescription drugs to Cornell. cessing preventive care and most have had junction with traditional indemnity plans A number of principles, which take into The 1995 rates are based on a 92 percent complete physical exams. university contribution for single coverage As many ofyou know, Managed Choice and 75 percent on the aggregate cost for was implemented at the university as a way families. The combined university contri­ ofcontaining the ever-rising costs of health Calendar Year 1996 Endowed Health Plan bution for dual spouse coverage in Man­ care. Its lower premiums and copayments, aged Choice is 87 percent. This year's con­ Rates for tribution rate represents a 1 percent reduc­ Calendar tion in each category over last year's uni­ Rate Structure Current Rates Year 1996 versity contribution, and eventually this We did not expect the costs Employee 80/20 Single $5.31 $7.55 amount will gradually decrease until it for both Managed Choice biweekly 80/20 Family $43.66 $53.43 reaches the targeted 90 percent for single and 60 percent for family. and the 80/20 Plan to in· premiums: 80/20 Dual Spouse $22.80 $28.18 crease at the rate that they Managed Choice Single $4.87 $5.97 Determining a have this past year. Managed Choice Family $42.56 $49.83 Longer Range Strategy Managed Choice Dual Spouse $21.69 $26.28 While controlling health care costs has required some hard decisions, we hope to Deductibles: Individual/Family Individual/Family begin seeing a stabilization ofexpense in as well as its emphasis on wellness and 80/20 $200/$400 $250/$500 the health program over the long term. prevention, have helped staff and faculty Managed Choice Out of Network $250/$750 $250/$750 We are optimistic that changes made over better meet their health care needs. Overthe the past few years in the prescription drug longer term, we expect that this emphasis Out-or-pocket maximums: Individual/Family Individual/Famiiy program, the retiree program and the in­ on wellness and preventive care will help 80/20 $1,000/$2,000 $1,500/$3,000 troduction of Managed Choice will allow the university as well. us to exercise a degree of control over Managed Choice Out of Network $5,000/$10,000 $2,500/$5,000 We knew that over the short term Man­ future increases in health care expenses aged Choice would not initially help con­ Source: Foster Higgins National Survey for Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, )994 for Cornell and for our faculty, staff, tain costs. since those people first enrolling retirees and their families. in Managed Choice would take advantage Even with these changes, however, we do of the physicals and other wellness incen­ not expect that the cost of Cornell's health tives that it offers. However, we did not care program will go down (unless something expect the costs for both Managed Choice Total Cornell Endowed Health Plan Costs significant happens at the state or federal and the 80/20 Plan to increase at the rate Cornell Share vs. Employee Contributions per Fiscal Year level). We do expect the changes we have that they have this past year. (in millions - add three zeros) introduced over the past several years to slow This year, we had a dramatic increase in the rate of increase in health care expense for the number and size of catastrophic claims $25,000 $23,524 both Cornell and our plan participants. - 25 of which have been over $100,000­ oEmployee Contribution totaling $3.5 million. We have also had • Cornell Share $20,765 $4,334 In Conclusion more familieschoosingto be enrolled in the $20,000 1----+---+----+-----+-$18,618 (18%) As in the past, ourobjective is to balance 80/20 Plan or Managed Choice rather than the responsible stewardship of university in other health care plans (as sometimes finances with the desire to provide a re­ happens when a spouse or partner is em­ $15,000 r---t- sponsible level of protection for our fac­ ployed elsewhere). r---, ulty, staff, retirees and their families. We The total increase in costs - over $4 feel it is important that we continue an million - represents a 20 percent increase in ongoing dialogue with you, our faculty and costs over last year's costs, instead ofthe 10 $10,000 staff, so that we can design health care percent we had originally projected. Be­ programs that meet your needs, while also cause Cornell is self-insured, we have had sharing with you the information that will to make some adjustments for 1996 in our $5,000 hc:lp you understand the changes underway. rate structure for both Managed Choice and I believe that collaboratively we can con­ the 80/20 Plan. tinue to develop creative solutions to these $0 very complex issues. New Health Care Rates The current biweekly contributions, the 88/89 89/90 90/91 91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 Discussions about new biweekly contributions and changes in Guiding Principles the deductible and out-of-pocket maximums As we look to the future, we plan to for endowed faculty, staffand early retirees saw much higher increases. Over the long account both the employees' perspective and control health care costs within a context of are shown in Chart I. We have had to term, though we hope to hold the increase in the broader picture noted above, were used in planned, deliberate principles that will guide increase premiums in both programs and Cornell's cost for 1996 to under $1 million, the development of the 1996 rate structure. our overall program design. increase deductibles and out-of-pocket Cornell's expenses have almost doubled A year ago, during the summer of 1994, These guiding principles emerged from maximums in the 80/20 Plan. These new since 1989 (see Chart 2). through a series of discussions we had with last year's informational meetings and will rates will take effect with your first full pay various campus groups, including the Em­ be the basis for future rate development in period of the new year. The Broader Context ployee Assembly, the Employee Benefits the endowed health care program: Feedback from faculty and staff has in­ It is hard to convey a sense ofthe overall Advisory Committee, the Faculty Council • The university plans to continue to dicated that some have been hesitant about picture, where health care program expenses of Representatives, the Human Resource offer a choice of health care plans within enrolling in Managed Choice because of are just one part of an overall benefits and Network, and others, a set of guiding prin­ the endowed health care program. the high out-of-pocket maximums that could compensation expense for Cornell. In ciples was formulated to aid in future health • Premiums for the 80/20 Plan and Man­ be incurred if a participant went "out-of general, for every $1.00 Cornell spends care program evaluations and changes. aged Choice will be comparable. network" to seek health care. Because we on salaries, it spends an additional $.35 These principles help ensure that the en­ • The value (as measured by cost per believe that over the long term Managed on benefits, not including the cost of paid dowed health care program continues to person) of benefits provided under the two Choice will help slow the increase in health time offsuch as vacations and sick leave. offer a choice of health care plans, and that programs will be comparable. care rates, we want to encourage greater The cost to Cornell to hire an individual is the two existing programs - Managed • To maintain choice within Cornell's participation in Managed Choice for 1996. over one-third above what that benefits­ Choice and the 80/20 Plan - be roughly endowed health care program it is neces­ So the new rate structure also reflects a eligible person's salary is. comparable in value. sary to enroll a minimum of 20 percent of decrease in the out-of-pocket maximums In fiscal year 1994-95, Cornell spent One of these principles is the move­ our faculty and staff in anyone program. for Managed Choice non-network benefits. almost $76 million on endowed benefits ment of the university's share to 90 per­ • The endowed health care program alone. That figure is expected to increase to cent of the cost for single coverage and 60 should be priced as a true self-insured ar­ Heath Care Costs Still Rising almost $80 million in this fiscal year. Ifthe percent ofthe additional expense for cov­ rangement and should be self-supporting We know that the new rates structure increases estimated for endowed salaries ering a family. over time. Cornell Chronicle November 2, 1995 5

Bringing life to high school biology classes

By Roger Segelken If more high school teachers had access to an innovative curriculum-development program pioneered by scientist-educatorsat Cornell, their students might find biology a lot more relevant to real life. Several thousand students are now learn­ ing the fundamentals and techniques of the "new biology" - molecular biology - by conducting experiments the same way re­ search scientists do: They pose a question that they care about, instead of que tions some distant textbook author dreamed up; they design and carry out their own experiments with specialized lab equipment and supplies most high schools, and many colleges, don't have; and they analyze the results - some­ times disappointing and often urprising, but that's what science is all about. The new way of learning high school biology is implemented by teachers who re­ ceive intensive training during on-campus summerinstitutes from university faculty and Adriana Rovers/University Photography researchers working on the cutting edge of Rita Calvo, s.cond from I.ft, a senior lecturer in gen.tics, P.t.r Bruns, c.nt.r, dir.ctor of the Division of Biological science. After completing the three-week Sci.nc.s, and Jim Blank.nship, right, lectur.r in bioch.mistry, observe high school teachers at the CIBT summer Cornell Institute for BiologyTeachers(CIBT) program in Stimson Hall. The t.achers are Paul Reed, left, from Ch.nango Vall.y High School, and Nancy Wright, second program, the teachers return to their schools, from right, from Honeoy. Central School. armed with challenging laboratory exercises developed by partnerships between univer­ Bruns, CIBTfounder and director, who also ments of DNA are separated on the basis of lution. One lab exercise prepared by Cornell sity scientists and high school teachers and is a professor ofgenetics and director ofthe size by electrophoresis. When results ofthe Lecturer Lindsay Goodloe and two CIBT tested in high school classes by previous Division of Biological Sciences at Cornell. experiment arevisualized photographically, alumni, Diane Emord of Syracuse's CIBT participants. The teachers also receive "Thousands of students have discovered students try to match the banding pattern of Henninger High School and Mary Colvard grants to buy laboratory supplies, desktop that biology is about them - not some pick­ suspects' DNA with DNA evidence left of Cobleskill, encourages student to test computers that are linked to Cornell and to led specimen on a dusty shelf- but about the behind by the murderer. the food preferences ofslugs. The tudents other teachers around the state, and access to molecules that make us what we are." "Kids really want to know what DNA learn to design an experiment that may a lending library ofequipment that isonevery Topics covered by the institute's lab exer­ fingerprinting is all about. The OJ. Simpson prove or disprove their hypothesis, make science teacher's wish list. cises are always timely and sometimes ahead trial has been one of the biggest boons to the observations and accurately record data and Now in its sixth year, with major funding of their time. Students in schools with CIBT teaching of molecular biology," said David draw conclusions based on their findings. from the Howard Hughes Medical Instituteas participants learned about PCR (polymerase Ruth, the Cornell geneticist who serves as the "Once my students get over the initial well as start-up support from Apple Com­ chain reaction), RFLP (restriction fragment CIBToutreach worker and travels to schools 'yuck!' response and learn to use 'gross' puterCo.,the institute hastrained and equipped length polymurphism) and VNTRs (variable to assist teachers in presenting the lab exer­ things, they find that science can be fun," more than 150 teachers in New York and number tandem repeats) before some trial cises. "Students want to know whether they Averill Park High School teacher Melissa Ohio. An estimated 75,000 high school stu­ lawyers knew what the terms meant. should believe evidence that comes from a Joslin said of the slug lab, often the first dents in those states have learned more mod­ In one CIBT exercise called "Forensic little speck of blood, and they discover that exercise teachers use at the start ofthe year to ern biology than many thought possible by DNA Amplification, or Who Done It?" the science is good for something." introduce the new way of learning biology. doing the institute's lab exercises. suspects in a murder investigation are fel­ Or students can develop their skills at "We're asking students to work in a "Because teachers can't help teaching low students who supply DNA from their plant-tissue culture, karotype analysis, DNA way that is, at first, a little frustrating," other teachers too, the institute's influence mouths' epithelial cells. The DNA is ampli­ spooling, yeast transformation and the use added another CIBTgraduate from Averill has multiplied several-fold," said Peter J. fied by PCR, and the PCR-generated frag- of protein gel electrophoresis to study evo- Continued on page 6

Researchers battle disease in Theory Center's virtual reality demo and virtual reality resources. By Margaret Corbit For the SC'95 demonstration, video Visitors tothis year's Supercomputing and audio information will be passing '95 (SC'95) conference Dec. 3-8 in San between Gillilan in San Diego and Diego will be firsthand witnesses to a Iife­ Faerman in CTC's Visual Insight Zone at and-death struggle between parasite and Cornell. To the local observer, the remote victim, using virtual reality to follow the facility will appear to be a moving cube villain on its voyage through the human out in virtual space with live video images body, thanks to efforts ofCornell Univer­ of the researchers pasted onto one face. sity researchers. "The I-WAY will link many of the The Cornell Theory Center's (CTC) country's fastest computers and most featured application on SC'95's 1-WAY advanced visualization environments will demonstrate remote ;nteractive use in an experimental configuration based of CTC's Visual Insight Zone to search on Asynchronous Transfer Mode for a molecular cure to Chagas disease. (ATM) technology," said Rick Stevens, Chagas disease afflicts more than 18 director of the Mathematics and Com­ million people in tropical America and is puter Science Division. Argonne Na­ caused by a parasite, Trypansoma cruzi, tional Laboratory, and organizer (co­ that enters the body through mucus mem­ organizer with Tom DeFanti, director branes. Passing through the circulatory ofthe Electronic Visualization Labora­ system and invading individual tissue tory at the University of Illinois at Chi­ cago) of the I-WAY project. ATM is an cells, it frequently causes heart disease. Richard Gilil/an emerging standard for advanced tele­ High levels ofthe chemical trypanothione In this supercomput....g.n.rated visualization, the parasite Trypansoma in the cells of the parasite protect it from cruz;, which caus.s Chagas diseas., is shown trav.ling through the communications networks. The 1-WAY naturally toxic byproducts ofmetabolism circulatory syst.m. will rely primarily on a combination of in the cell under attack. This chemical is existing networks, with some additional regulated in the cell by an enzyme called site inside the human body," said CTC tional Center for Research Resources at connectivity and services provided by trypanothione reductase. Drugs that in­ visualization specialist Richard Gillilan. the National Institutes ofHealth, to model multiple national service providers. hibit this enzyme should kill the parasite. "If all goes according to plan, Cornell and visualize trypanothione reductase. "The 1-WAY represents the first truly "At the demonstration, we will witness researchers workingwith us on the project Currently, the researchers use CTC's Vi­ national-scale ATM test bed for high­ a reconstruction of the life cycle of the will join us in the virtual space to assist suallnsight Zone to evaluate a number of performance computing- a collaboration parasite, including a voyage into the hu­ with the drug design." drugcompounds to see ifthey will bind to among carriers, scientists, research insti­ man blood stream. Then we will conduct Gillilan collaborates with Dr. Carlos the enzyme. tutions and industry," said CTC director a session of parallel computer-assisted Faerman of Cornell's biochemistry de­ The Visual Insight Zone encompasses Malvin H. Kalos. "As such, it is a great drug design - an attempt to kill the para- partment, in work supported by the Na- CTC's interactive high-end visualization Continued on page 6 6 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

Biology colltillued from page 5

Park, hiology teacher Victoria J. Boulay. "Designing your own experiment is very different from the 'cookbook' approach that most students are used to, where you kno\\ \\hat the results are 'supposed to be' and there is no allowance for ari­ able . The. e exerci es are open-ended, so \\hat )OU get out of the experience de­ pend. on ho much time you spend." The CIBT lab exercises are realistic, outreach \\ orker Ruth said, because they are de'veloped in collaboration with uni­ versity researchers who spend the rest of the year on the forefront of advanced technology. "This material is not 'dumbed do\\ n, ..' Ruth said. "These really are the techniques that are used everyda) in mo­ lecular biology, genetics and genetic en- ineering, hut \\e think we've found a \\a) to make them understandable. " '0 single concept in science is that hard to understand," Ruth continued, "but \\hen you pile a lot at once, you 10'e people. We start at the heginning and give the details along the way, and before they know it, the students have mastered some pretty sophis­ ticated concepts." While university scientists can provide the "content" for the biology curriculum, Ruth oh.. erved, that information would be nearl) useless without the "packaging" by the people \\ ho know what holds students' Frank DiMeo,Unh'ersiry Photography interests - the teachers. ew lab exercises Susan Watkins, center, professor of apparel design, with the help of human ecology student Sigrid Benedetti, are developed by CIBT graduates, working left, and graduate student Yulando McMullen, displays a well-known piece of functional clothing. \\ ith Cornell scientists; then the labs are tested by teachers in institute workshops, piloted in some schools, then fine-tuned Book: Tech makes clothing a 'portable environment' before being distributed. or would the innovative exercises be By Susan Lang new functional garments or gear. The form functional clothing that is detailed practical without enough equipment and book includes information on: how the in the text. . upplie for all students to try things out ­ Clothes aren't just for style and pro­ body responds to changes in tempera­ Clothing not only protects the body, and then tr) it again. Equipment grants from tection from the weather; they can be ture; clothing systems for thermal, im­ increasing health and safety, but also can the intitute to CIBTgraduates providesome designed to enhance our senses, protect pact and chemicallbiological protection; improve a worker's job efficiency or help, speciall) in tight-budget times at us from harm and compensate for physi­ designing for mobility; fastening sys­ enhanee the body'scapabilitiesand func­ puhlic . chools. The rest comes in "foot cal shortcomings. In fact, clothing can be tems; increasing body function; alterna­ tions, says Watkins. "Clothing is our lockeTS," the lending-library kits with enough life-supporting and can make the differ­ tive production methods; fit and sizing; most intimate environment and an envi­ equipment and supplies for every student to ence between life and death. problem-solving; creative thinking; spe­ ronment that is carried everywhere with do the expcriments. The kits are provided by By usingstate-of-the-art materials and cial needs and the design process. an individual, creating its own room­ the Cornell Biotechnology Program, which technology, we can create all kinds of The book is a revision of the original within-a-room and its own climate within get. financial support from ew York state new clothing capabilities, says Susan published II years ago, which was trans­ the larger climate of our surroundings." as well as local and national corporations Watkins, professor of apparel design at lated into Japanese and Korean. It has The372-pagegeneral reference book is \\ ith an interest in science education. Cornell, in her completely revised book, been updated not only to include new chock full of examples, case studies, dia­ Back in their home schools, the CIBT Clothing: The Portable Environment technologies and information but to bet­ grams and illustrations by Cornell gradu­ graduate are not abandoned. The com­ (Iowa State University Press, $24.95). ter communicate material based on com­ ate Heidi Specht Lamb (HumEc '82) ­ puter network, established first with aid Suits for children born with no natural ments and examples from Watkins' stu­ many drawn while she was a student ­ from Apple Computer Co. and now with immunity, electrically heated jackets that dents over the years. Ithaca artist Jim Houghton and former Hughes Institute support, keeps teachers can be plugged into outlets at emergency "Current technology is so phenom­ graduate studentSusan SnyderMcKinney. in touch with their university sources of bus stops or ski lifts, survival vests for the enal that the divisions between product, At the end of each chapter, Watkins, with help and with each other, Averill Park's military, smocks to ground microchip apparel and housi ngdesigners are bl urred. the help of McKinney, offers information Joslin noted. workers against static electricity, and all Clothing, in many cases, becomesa mov­ on searching databases, including key "It's a little scary for teachers to use kindsofgearfor athletes, astronauts,bomb ing 'house' - a portable environment," words, to find more information. this high-tech equipment for the first time squads,soldiers,surgeons, pesticidework­ said Watkins, who teaches courses in Watkins recently was appointed to the in front of a room full of adolescents," ers and the disabled are just a few of the functional apparel design. National Academy ofSciences' Commit­ aid Rita Calvo, a ociate director of examplesWatkins uses in thiscomprehen­ Workers in hazardous environments, teeon Defense Women's Health Research CIBT's outreach program as well as a sive text on functional clothing. for example, need protection from con­ and is on the Advisory Board ofthe publi­ Cornell lecturer in genetics and develop­ Intended for design students, product taminants that could pass through tradi­ cation Safety and Protective Fabrics. Her ment. "Fortunately, help is just a key­ engineers, research and development, tional fabrics and stitch holes. Some pro­ research projects have involved pilots, stroke away on the institute's computer sales and marketing personnel alike in tective clothes, therefore, are made from hockey players and nursing home resi­ network. And when the outreach work­ the government and military, medical continuous films. Heat sealing, which dents. In 1991, Watkins was named a ers, like David Ruth, pay a visit to the and apparel industries, Clothing: The essentially melts and fuses such films Fellow of the International Textile and schools, it's a real treat for the students Portable Environment discusses the full toget.her, is an example ofone ofthe non­ Apparel Association for her pioneering and a great help to the teachers." range ofchallenges involved in planning traditional production processes used to work with protective clothing. Ruth said he set a ide his university research careerto work in science education - earning teaching certification in math­ ematics and the sciences during vacations­ because he hopes for a better-informed pub­ Virtual reality continued from page 5 Chemistry Day is Nov. 4 Iic." ot all these kids are going to become Student and professional chemists from scientists, of course, but everyone needs to opportunity to demonstrate the potential of together via high-speed communications Cornell and Ithaca College will demon­ understand the science that affects our lives. a future high-performance Globallnforma­ links. CTC's OC-3c (155Mbps) ATM link strate their science in action with a daylong Lay people are making decisions all the tion Infrastructure." to the vBNS will be used for this purpose. exhibit at Pyramid Mall on Saturday, Nov. time involving science, and science is pro­ CTC is one ofseveral core sites for the 1­ The Cornell Theory Center, one of four 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. gressing 0 fast. We are living in the middle WAY, assisting in the areas of security, high performance computing and commu­ Conducted by the Cornell and Ithaca of a biological revolution." network connectivity and job scheduling as nications centers supported by the National College chapters of the American Chemi­ Biology IS the focus of the Cornell well as in implementation of an AFS file Science Foundation, operates the world's cal Society (ACS), "Chemistry Day at the teacher institute for another reason, CI BT system distributed at sites across the nation. largest IBM SP system. The center's activi­ Mall" kicks offNational Chemistry Week. Director Bruns said. Usually taken dur­ Selected 1-WAY applications will have ac­ ties are also funded by New York state, the The exhibit will emphasize the education ing the sophomore year in high school, cess to CTC's 512-node IBM RS/6000 Advanced Research Projects Agency, the and career opportunities in chemistry, as biology may be that final science course POWERParallel SP system to demonstrate National Center for Research Resources at well as the role of science in everyday for students who subsequently quit school. advanced capabilities. the National Institutes of Health, IBM and life. "For dropouts, biology may be their last, One focus of the I-WAY project is the other members of the CTC's Corporate "We will show how to get electricity best chance to learn some science," Bruns close coupling of immersive virtual envi­ Research Institute. from fruits and veggies, how to use red said. "We want to make that experience ronments and supercomputing. CTC's ap­ For more information, contact Linda cabbage juice to determine whether a sub­ as meaningful as possible." plication is made possible by integrating Callahan, director of external relations, stance is an acid or a base, and how paper "At last, we're able to teach something software developed by academic computa­ Cornell Theory Center: chromatography can separate M&Ms can­ the students hear about on television and tional chemists and computer scientists at e-mail: [email protected] dies by color," said Emily Ehrenfeld, one read about in the papers," said Averill Park Cornell and IBM. The application uses the phone: 607-254-8610 of the Chemistry Day organizers and a biology teacher Boulay. "It's what's going computational capability of the SP at CTC fax: 607-254-8888 graduate student in ecology and system­ on today." and relies on the two sites being linked http://www.tc.comell.edu/ atics at Cornell. Cornell Chronicle November 2, 1995 7

Family Weekend brings parents, siblings, guests here Nov. 3-5 Hundreds of parents, siblings and guests of new un­ • Reception given by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings, Uris Hall. dergraduates are expected to arrive on campus Friday for Friday from 5to 6:30 p.m. at Willard Straight Hall. Rawlings • Yale vs. Cornell football game, Saturday at 1 p.m. at three days of Family Weekend activities will offer remarks at approximately 5:45 p.m. Schoellkopf Field. "The weekend is designed to give parents ofnew under­ • Performance by Second City ational Touring Com­ • "Twilight Concert," Saturday at 5 p.m. in Sage graduates an opportunity to visit the campus and get a real pany, Friday at 8 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. This is the Chapel. The concert by the Cornell University Chorus feel for their child's education and life away from home," same comedy troupe that launched the careers of John features classical pieces and madrigals and an appearance said Ann Shumate, associate director of Campus Life. Belushi, Shelley Long, Joan Rivers and others. by the a cappella group "After Eight." Amongeventsscheduled for Family Weekend are panel • Piano 'concert by Xak Bjerken, a lecturer in the • "Music from the Theatre," Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in presentations and entertainment. Cornell's seven schools Department of Music, Friday at 8: 15 p.m. in Barnes Hall. Bailey Hall by the Cornell Wind Symphony. and colleges each will sponsor presentations, featuring • Saturday panel discussion, "Stress: What to Look For more information on Family Weekend activities, remarks from deans and faculty members. Other highlights: For, What to Do," 10:30-11 :45 a.m. in the auditorium at contact Campus Life at 255-5511 or 255-6290.

Charlie Moore assesses first year as captain of Cornell athletics

By Jacquie Powers Charlie Moore '5] grins widely when he contemplates celebrating his first anniver­ sary as Cornell's director of athletics this month. He also notes that he's beginning to map a succession plan for the department. That sounds a little unusual, but not when you get to know Moore. He announces decisively that he loves his job, and you can tell from the way he talks about the past year that it's true. And he says that despite the succession planning, about which he will confide no details, of course, he won'tbe ready to leave the job for another few years. The captain ofCornell athletics says he simply intends to do what he was brought on board to do, do it fast and do it right. Then he's determined to leave Cornell ath­ letics in what he calls the capable, energetic hands ofa younger crew. And what was he brought on board to do? To get the depart­ ment, well, shipshape. Moore, 66, a former Olympic athlete with a distinguished record in international busi­ ness, can tell you exactly how he has spent the past year and what he has accomplished with the department. He doesn't need to refer to notes or files. It's all in his head, and it charts a course for Cornell to follow in re-establish­ ing a position ofathletic prowess. At six-foot-plus and lanky, Moore still has the build ofan athlete and the bearing of Charlie Moore, director of athletics, poses in $choellkopf Field after a year on the job. one accustomed to competing and winning. A charter member of the Cornell Athletic because we can't think of permitting dis­ Hall of Fame inducted in 1978, Moore re­ crimination in our programs," he said. ceived a bachelor's degree in mechanical Moore's list ofcoming facility upgrades The department has addressed such ar­ engineering in 1952. He also sailed over eas as scheduling and travel, compensation several more hurdles in that same year, Here are some of the facility up­ progres ,he said, on siting, funding and equity, publicity and facilities, he said. He preliminary design of an outdoor track, winning gold (400-meter hurdles) and sil­ grades on Charles Moore's "to do" list: also just announced the start ofconstruction at the east end of Upper Alumni Fields. ver medals (1 ,600-meter relay) in the Sum­ • Strength and conditioning. After ofan expanded women's ice hockey locker He hopes to start construction next mer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He set five years ofeffort, the department now room. And he is very close to announcing spring. If funding can be completed in an Olympic record in the 400-meter hurdles has a plan to construct a new strength the start of a dedicated fencing facility, a time, this new facility will include an and a few weeks later established a world and conditioning facility for student­ room that will be renovated in the lower NCAA-regulation soccer field. record in the 440-yard hurdles. athletes. Teagle and Schoellkopf gyms level of the Field House. • Outdoorvarsity tennis. Funds have So Moore knows well what it takes to be will be upgraded for use by other mem­ He noted the department still is seeking been raised and bids let to construct new a scholar-athlete, and he knows well that bers ofthe Cornell community.The new funding to provide an expanded boathouse outdoorcourtsadjacent to the ReisTennis the key to chartinga new course for Cornell facility is likely to be adjacent to the for women's crew and a women's softball Center. Moore expects to lay the courts athletics is its scholar-athletes. He believes Field House and he expects the site field. They're at the top of his 'to do' list. now and finish them off in the spring. that course starts before they ever get to the design, costs and funding to be set be­ Finally, Moore said, to help get the mes­ • RobertTrentJones GolfCourse. university, and therefore he has imple­ fore March 1996, with completion by sage out and attract those winning scholar­ Plans are being drawn to irrigate the mented a better process for identifying and next fall. athletes and boosters, the department has cour e and replace drains. admittingstudent-athletes, aswell as acloser • Outdoortrack. He has made good joined the information superhighway fast system of mentoring and tracking them track with a home page on the World Wide once they're here. Web. There, alumni and fans can get infor­ He pointed out that Cornell is the only Each Cornell sports team now has at least themselves. They're in better condition. It's mation on everything from coaches to team Ivy League school with decentralized ad­ one faculty adviser, to help athletes connect the old sound mind, sound body concept." line-ups to tickets and schedules. missions, "which makes it very difficult. with Cornell in the academic sense. They But, he added, not everyone shares that His biggest disappointment? "Is not be­ It's not a level playing field." So Moore has also can helpstudent-athletes reconnect with view, and he and his coaches are watching a ing able to solve the funding problems," designated one person in central admissions their own academic advisers, when neces­ student's grades more closely than in the past, Moore said. His goal is not only to keep to act as an athletics department facilitator, sary. Finally, they help promote the sport to to help forestall academic problems. In fact, upgrading and expanding facilities, but to helping with the admission and counseling the full academic community. he said, coaches now are being held account­ improve all the sports programs so that of potential student-athletes. "Cornell has only eight percent of its able for their athletes' academic success. Cornell can regain its position of power in Moore noted that while there's a very student body who are student-athletes. And Moore's eyes light up and he comes to Ivy League athletics and then to make the narrow window during which coaches arc that compares with 24 percent at Princeton, attention at the mention ofcoaches. He has programs self-sufficient. permitted to woo athletes, an admissions for example.... There's a big cultural dif­ hired eight new ones who he expects will And if, in charting this course to athletic counselor has a wide open window and can ference when three times as many students lead the Big Red to glory. He leans back and excellence, he makes some waves? help a prospectivescholar-athletedetermine in classes at Princeton are athletes as op­ counts them off on his fingers like a proud "Some have thought that I'm rough. But whether the fit at Cornell is right. Now these posed to Cornell," Moore said. grandfather naming his grandchildren: I'vespent my whole life doing turnarounds. scholar-athletes have an advocate, in ad­ Through FACAPE and faculty team ad­ men's ice hockey, women's basketball, I understand the sensitivities. I'm not the missions, to help them find the right spot, visers, he wants to help student-athletes squash, women's fencing, women's soft­ ogre I'm made out to be," he said. and to help ensure their academic as well as communicate theirconcerns and to feel more ball, strength and conditioning, men's ten­ "I'm direct, I'm fair, I'm demanding. I athletic success, he added. a part of the campus community. nis and men's heavyweight rowing. We tend to be a bit of a perfectionist. I work at And Moore has focused on the academic "I know the best thing these students can expect winning teams this year, he said, and not micro-managing but Idon't always suc­ performance of scholar-athletes. He has do is be on athletic teams," Moore said. "It you know he means it. ceed. That's a function ofthe passion I have strengthened FACAPE, the Faculty Advi­ teaches them discipline. It teaches them time­ Moore also believes the department has about what I'm doing.... In the end Ididn't sory Council for Athletics and Physical management. The record is very clear that made solid progress in gender equity. "I come here to be popular. I came here to Education, and reinvigorated the program kids do better during the season than out of think we are bringing new awareness to how make a difference." of faculty team advisers. season. Why? Because they feel better about important it is, and not because it's law, but And it's clear that he already has. 8 November 2, 1995 Cornell Chronicle

ITHACA CITY ELECTIONS 1995 Local candidates share views on community concerns Yearly. the Chronicle makesspace avail­ tions for the position; why should you be how will you address it? other contests and issues on the ballot in the abl for candidates to share their views on elected? 4. What is your view of the Memoran­ local area. The polls in Tompkins County matter. of concern to the community. This 2. What do you consider to be your con­ dum of Understandingbetween Cornell and will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you car, \"c invited candidates in contested stituents' top issues, and how will you ad­ the city of Ithaca, and how do you think it have a question about your polling place, races on the ballot in the city of Ithaca to dress them if elected? will affect the future relationship between call the Tompkins County Board of Elec­ answer the following questions: 3. What will be the city of Ithaca's great­ the two entities? tions at 274-5522. I. What do you feel arc your qualifica- est challenge during the next four years, and Election Day is Nov. 7, and there are Exercise your right to vote. ______Ithaca Mayor _

Constituents' sity, interpersonal communication, domes­ community first and improve the quality of Alan Cohen (I) concerns: Taxes and tic violenceand law enforcement techniques. life for all Ithacans. our ability to pay for Look at successes of other communities in Qualifications: Community experi­ services; jobs, drugs fighting drugs. With innovative thinking, Cornell.city agreement: The memo­ ence in government, business and human and public safety. they are finding creative solutions. randum establishes a working group to ad­ . ervice . Prioritize city dress issues of concern to both parties, and I b lieve in inclusive governance and spending, look for ef­ Greatestcballenge: Healingthewounds both have acknowledged their responsibili­ building consensus. As mayor, I would ficiencies in service ofdivisiveness inourcommunity and bring­ ties. A new era ofmutually beneficial coop­ \\-elcome, not derail, opposing points of delivery, consolidate ing diverse groups and individuals together eration is potentially at hand. vie\\-. They are critical to the development services with other Cohen to address pressing community problems. Despite what the mayor says, it does mat­ of balanced decisions. When we fail to providers, increase Engaging and motivating ouryouth, revers­ ter how we got here. The confrontational and Ii ten to the many voices in our commu­ revenue streams, lobby for school district ingoureconomicdecline, fighting ourgrow­ divisive actions he took last spring injured nity, but seek only echoes of our own funding changes. Develop a business re­ ing drug problem and alleviating the tax both parties, as well as many individuals and thinking, we make bad policy. I agree the cruitment/retention program, with a com­ burden - all require a cooperative effort. businesses. I'm concerned that this memo­ city should continue to pursue a socially mercial property database. Work proactively I will bring our community together and randum is only as strong as the mayor's progres ive agenda, but realize it must be with businesses, helping them grow. Facili­ bring all parties to the table of political conviction to act in kind. An agreement signed balanced with an emphasis on the tate apprenticeship and other training op­ discourse. Politics of inclusion, not exclu­ by the mayor for politically expedient pur­ community's economic health. I don't portunities. Support our police. Increase sion.1 will keep in touch through anongoing poses is undermined by the insincerity of his want to see us make painful cuts in ser­ communication with neighborhood resi­ rotation of town meetings throughout our personal agenda. Iam committed to maintain­ vices. We must work to reverse the decline dents, who should set the public safety community. Workingtogether, wecan bring ing and further developing a relationship of in our tax base and generate new revenue. agenda. Ongoing training in cultural diver- a new vision to our city. We must put respect and cooperation.

effective use ofoursuccess in obtaining large and increases them for the rest of us. We Benjamin Nichols (D) federal Comprehensive Development Block must all get together to fight back. Grants to support more affordable housing Qualifications: I have proven my quali­ Constituents'con­ and economic development. Cornell-city agreement: Iam delighted fication for this office by a record of six cerns: The people of with the Memorandum of Understanding yearsof ucces ful management and leader­ the city are concerned Greatestchallenge: The greatest chal­ and am proud to have joined with President 'hip. In difficult financial timesas a result of with the general state lenge facing city government and our Rawlings in reaChing that agreement. The the cut in state and federal funding for of the economy, with citizens during the next four years wi II be city's public recognition of the importance citie ,I have balanced our budget with in­ problems ofcrime and meeting our needs in a time of increasing ofthe vitality ofthe university and Cornell's crea e in property taxes below the rate of drugs, with the volume Nichols hostility to cities at the national and state corresponding recognition of the impor­ inflation, with no layoffs. At the same time and speed of traffic, level. Already, in order to slice the in­ tance of the health of the city lays the we have maintained essential services and with the need for more constructive activities come tax of the most wealthy, Governor foundation for many years of increased made progre in developing affordable for young people, and with the disease of Pataki has cut off funds the city was cooperation for our mutual benefit. We are houing, a new day-care center, youth pro­ racism. Property taxes, particularly the heavy promised as partial restitution of previ­ inextricably intertwined. Personally, my gram, and downtown revitalization. I have school tax, are a heavy burden. We are en­ ous reductions, and has cut student aid. life and my family are tied to both Cornell taken the leadership in forming a new coop­ gaged in a wide range ofcooperative efforts The Gingrich-Republican Congress is and Ithaca. The agreement provides for the erative effort with the county and Town of with neighborhood groups, the schools, further reducing aid to students as well as creation of a mechanism - a high-level Ithaca to combine planning and economic Cornell, and adjoining municipalities to at­ senior citizens, while passing a budget working group - that will translate our development for our mutual benefit. tack each ofthese problems. We are making that decreases tax rates for the wealthiest aspirations into practice.

won't work unless the If elected, I will work to discourage the we don't expect to ever go there. Let's not Paul Sayvetz (I) people operating it police department from treating poor people oppose subsidizing the State Theater be­ have the right attitude. like undesirables. I will work to e tablish cause we don't like their choice of shows. Qualifications: I am a committed com­ more public amenities, such as a downtown The mayor is a key figure in the community munity activist with a working knowledge Constituents' community center or a "bubble" roof over who can cajole and persuade people into a of Ithaca's various departments. I believe concerns: The top is­ the Alex Haley pool so that it can be used public-spirited mindset. there is great potential for asocially healthier sues for City Hall are year-round. I will work for earth-friendly and happier Ithaca, not from administrative that our low-income change, such as waste-reduction, large-scale Cornell-city agreement: It's a good or legislative tinkering but from simple people don't feel val­ f~od waste composting, and the like. agreement. I hope it sets a tone for future people-friendliness on the part of elected ued or respected and Sayvetz relations between the city and Cornell. The ofticials and staff. I would practice and that we don't have Greatest challenge: The challenge is to city needs all the help it can get, and Cornell promote that philosophy.The best designed enough people living in the city of Ithaca ­ get away from "me first" thinking. Let's not needs to recognize its obligation to be a and mot well-funded program in the world we're letting the suburbs take over. oppose the construction of a park because good citizen. ______Common Council3rd Ward _

sioner of occupancy and code violations and like those recently put in place for transporta­ Susan Blumenthal (D) will ask that he reactivate the Building De­ tion, fire and youth services. partment Advisory Board to provide input Qualifications: I believe I have the expe­ Constituents'con­ from citizens about code enforcement and Cornell·city agreement: I am pleased rience and leadership abilities to serve on cerns: The Bryant Park department operations. the two parties have come to terms. The Common Council. Building upon my back­ and Belle Sherman university's financial contribution will ad­ ground as an urban planner, I have partici­ neighborhoods have GreatestcbaUenge: Maintainingthequal­ dress costs of providing city services to the pated in city affairs since 1984 when then­ many fine attributes, ity of life in the city in the face of fiscal university. Much attention has been paid to MayorJohn Gutenbergerappointed me to the but parking on neigh­ impacts from cutbacks in federal and state aid the agreement's monetary aspects, but the Planning and Development Board, which I borhood streets by Blumenthal will be the greatest challenge. There will be establishment of a permanent, on-going chairedfor overeight years. In 1990, Ichaired Cornell commutersand increased competition for funds and tough working group as part of the Memorandum the Downtown VisionTask Force, a 75 mem­ preservation of the housing stock on some decisions to make regarding the provision of of Understanding could be of even greater her group of community people working on sensitive blocks require extra measures to basic services and amenities that city resi­ value in providing a forum to discuss and is..... ues related to the vitality of our central insure that these neighborhoods remain pleas­ dents desire. It is the responsibility of city work on solutions for problems. I have seen husiness district. I currently chair the Down­ ant places to live. I will work to enact mea­ government to provide services the commu­ the results of this type of communication town Revitalization Leadership Committee sures such as residential parking permits and nity demands as efficiently as possible. We when university officials worked with the (DRLC), a l3-pcrson, follow-up group of increased enforcement of city ordinances. I must continue to look at ways of providing DRLC to address issues related to down­ business and government leaders implement­ have already begun to work with Bryant Park improved services more efficiently, such as town matters. I believe the working group ing the ta...k t(lrCe'S recommendations. residents to apprise the building commis- with the use of inter-municipal agreements can benefit both entities. , Cornell Chronicle November 2, 1995 9

ITHACA CITY ELECTIONS 1995 ______Common Council 4th Ward _

Constituents' ofour housing is not affordable. Put another copying, mailing, filing and telephone tag yet Theresa Alt (D) concerns: The park­ way, people need better paying jobs (indus­ keep up service. ing crunch is particu­ trial jobs, unions in the service sector) to be Qualifications: I have been active in the larly acute in the able to afford even the basics. Cornell.city agreement: The Memoran­ community for over a dozen years working Fourth WardofIthaca. dum of Understanding between Ithaca and on neighborhood, local, state and national Our backyards are be­ Greatestchallenge: Itwill be hard to keep Cornell promisesan excitingnew eraofcoop­ issues. I have campaigned for child care, ing paved over for up city services while average incomes go eration, especially in conjunction with the local economic development, better-paying parking, which dam­ down, a nationwide trend, making property prospect of intermunicipal planning and jobs, affordable housing, peace, fairer taxa­ ages the environment. taxes, sales taxes and fees ever harder to countywide cooperation. Countywide land tion, and single payer health reform. I have I will work for better All afford. Meanwhile state and federal govern­ use planning that includes Cornell can hold worked to elect officials who would act on public transportation, ments exacerbate the situation by cutting aid the key to a better economy, more rational these issues. Year after year I \:tave been out to give people an alternative to cars. Fre­ to localities. We have to elect state and federal transportation, environmental preservation on the street registering voters to broaden quent buses between Cornell and Down­ governments that understand the need to fund and better municipal services for all. More citizen participation. I have worked in City town, a shoppers' bus to the Farmers' Mar­ local services from income taxes based on shared facilities can mean greater efficiency. Hall and have seen how policy decisions ket and supermarkets on weekends, and ability to pay. Until this happens city govern­ Excessive concentration of wealth in one can affect daily operations - a perspective better information would be a start. ment will have to get by with less. Computers sector does not make a healthy society. Shar­ that will be unique on Council. There are bigger citywide issues. Much should make it possible to cut hand-drafting, ing it will mean a better quality oflife for all.

would be to control city spending so as to Cornell.city agreement: The Memo­ Jane Marcham (I) keep increases in the total tax-and-fee bur­ randum of Understanding looks like a den within the inflation rate. major step toward resolving many long­ Qualifications: My 30 years at The mote more neighbor­ standing conflicts between the city and Ithaca JournaL, including 11 as editorial hood communication, Greatest challenge: The financial Cornell University, the worst being the page editor and eight as City Hall reporter, meetings and earlier crunch, resulting from growing demands recent rift that was financially damaging provided me with broad knowledge of city consulting with resi­ and dwindling state and federal programs to both sides. issues, respect for varying opinions, special dents on such issues as and revenues, strikes me as the city's main Cornell's voluntary payments for city concern for fair and open government, and parking and traffic, challenge. I'd encourage the city to 1) re­ services will increase substantially, affection for the diverse p~ople in this lively, property and cityscape Marcham view its priorities before drafting the next though they fall short of the mayor's cosmopolitan city. As a past leader of sev­ maintenance, noise, budget, and seek economies in all depart­ original expectations, and the city makes eral organizations who knows how to listen crime and Collegetown development. ments; 2) examine consolidating services promises in return - including fair ad­ well, work cooperatively and speak respon­ 2) Cooperative relationships between the - not governments, just yet - with the ministration of Cornell building permits sibly, asa Cornell graduate who remembers city and Cornell University, and between towns and county to reduce staff and pro­ and avoidance of challenging Cornell's what it's like to be a student here, and as a residents who share East Hill: More could gram costs; 3) expand the tax base through tax-exempt status. A fine feature is the 29-year resident of East Hill, I want to put be done to inform students and other new­ strategies to attract rather than discourage "permanent working group," represent­ my experience to work for my neighbors. comers about thecity'sparking, trash, hous­ business, a careful revision ofzoning, brain­ ing both sides, to resolve troublesome ing and other regulations and explain why stormingsessionson downtown'sproblems, issues. But the agreement can be can­ Constituents' concerns: They include: they're important to neighborhoods. and the sale of unneeded city property; 4) celed unilaterally and requires hard work ]) More city attention for East Hill: I'd pro- 3) High costs of government: My goal reduce the reliance on city borrowing. and good will on both sides.

Youth Outreach Program gives second chance to many teens Farbman also helps his clients expand By Darryl Geddes and arrange for facilitated meetings even if the person isn't coming back home," their vocabulary to include such words as 100% Homeless or runaway teens can find a Farbman noted. "Itdoesn't make sensefor a "commitment" and "responsibility." supportive ear and learn the skills to make it young person to live with family members All of this is an attempt to get the young 1---I~90 and then all of a sudden they don't exist. people to help break their dysfunctional on their own from The Learning Web's 1---If--8C1 Youth Outreach Program. There needs to be some closing of wounds patterns and move away from trouble, he Theprogram, which receivesfunding from for a person to move on." said. "I want them to explore and develop a 1---If--70 the United Way of Tompkins County, pro­ The ability to move on and pick up the value system and work ethic that steers vides teens with the promiseofa betterfuture. pieces from what has often been a shattered them toward better choices." SO Larry Farbman, the program'scase man­ youth is what Farbman attempts to give his The program has been in operation for four 50 ager, said there are many reasons teensclose young clients. "We provide individuals with years and has served more than ]20 people. the door on their home life and parents. the necessary counseling and essential train­ Farbman recounted the ordeal of a 14­ 40 year-old girl helped by the program who "Somehave been victimsofextremeabuse ing aimed at helping a person critically ana­ 30 at the hands oftheir parents," he said. "Many lyze theirskill-building," he said. "It is essen­ had left home to escape the horror of incest. simply have no more ties with their families tial that these individuals have the ability to The Youth Outreach Program hooked her 20 look at themselves and be honest about where up with an apprenticeship, and that connec­ and have reached an age where they feel it 10 makes sense to be out on their own." they are going." tion has now turned into long-term employ­ He said most youths find their way to his One of the most important skills needed ment, with plans by the teen to attend o office at ]20 W. State St. on the advice of for life on your own, Farbman said, is bud­ Tompkins Cortland Community College. friends; others are referred by schools, the geting. "Learninghow to handle yourmoney In addition to United Way funding, the court and parents. and makesound decisionsabout yourmoney program receives financial support from the "Whenever possible, I talk with parents is basic to survival." city of Ithaca and Tompkins County. Report on student computing available from Information Technologies This is the first monthLy column from also be easier to install and maintain. Re­ Microsoft's own Windows 95 Web page, Cornel/Information TechnoLogies. Columns member, however, that as with any new located at the URL http://www.windows. will address issues ofinterest and concern software, you may face some challenges microsoft.coml If you are a Cornell staff to campus computer users. @ornell.edU with Windows 95. member working in a departmental environ­ Do some research. In order for a com­ ment, you should not move to Windows 95 Beginning in ]989 and annually thereaf­ puter to support Windows 95, a minimum of without first consulting your local system or ter, the Office of Information Technologies 8 MB of RAM is strongly recommended ­ network administrator. If your computer is has sponsored asurveyofworkstation owner­ data tables and appendices) or an executive with only 4 MB, performance will be slow; vital to your work, you should not install a ship and use among Cornell undergraduates. summary version. a typical installation requires 35 to 40MB of newly released operating system. The study highlights informative trends re­ hard disk space; people with older systems Bear Access News Service Starts Up garding students' access to workstation and Windows 95 Released or peripherals (printers, CD ROM drives, or network resources and their use of key net­ After much marketing and media hype, modems), may encounter difficulties; and A Bear Access "news service" started work-based services. The current report of Microsoft has released Windows 95. some types of application software may Sept. 1, replacing the "Bear Access News­ that study,"Workstation(Personal Computer) Microsoft predicts that by this fall. Win­ need to be upgraded. Also, the look of letter." Instead of compiling articles into a OwnershipAmong Undergraduatesat Cornell dows 95 will reside in the computers of Windows 95 is markedly different, so give monthly newsletter, news, information and University," is available from the Office of "from 15 to 20 percent ofa hundred million yourself time to adjust. announcements are sent out individually to Information Technologies. If you would like PC users" (The New Yorker, 4 Sept. 1995). For information about Windows 95 in the members of an electronic mailing list. to receive a copy, please send electronic mail Windows 95 is a significant improvement Cornell environment, please see CIT's Web Subscribe to the Bear Access News Ser­ to Dolores Chase, dtc]@Cornell.edu, or call that will enhance the Windows computing site, http://www.cit. cornell.edu/cit-pubs/ vice electronic mailing list, called "ba-an­ her at 255-8099. Please specify whether you environment, and offers a number of fea­ will95.htmL. Other good resources are http:// nounce-I,"by sendingan e-mail message to would like to receive the full report (including tures not found in previousversions. Itshould www.pcix.com/win95/win95home.html. and Continued on page 10 10 November 2,1995 Cornell Chronicle

Comell Folk Song Club Celtic and French-Canadian traditional music with a mix of old and new instruments will be presented by the Montreal-based band Orealis in a concert Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. in Cornell's James Law Auditorium. Tickets are on sale at Borealis Books and Rebop Records. For further information, call Society for the Humanities 273-2132 or 272-3471. "Towards Rethinking the Category ofthe Aes­ thetlc" Isobel Armstrong University of London, Cornell Jazz Ensemble ov 6, 430 pm., Hollis Cornell Auditorium, TheJazz Ensemble will perform altheJohnson Goldwin Smith Hall. Museum of Art Nov. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Sou hast Asia Program Bound for Glory ThaI Manual of Knowledge' Ancient Wisdom Nov 5: The show runs Sunday nights from 6 to or Postmodern Artifact?" Craig Reynolds, Austra­ 11, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. in the lian National University, Nov 2,12:15 p.m., Kahin Commons Coffeehouse of Anabel Taylor Hall. Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Admission is free and is open to everyone. Kids are "Gays, 'Kathoeys' and Men: A Preliminary His­ always welcome, and refreshments are available. tory of Thailand's Third Gender," Peter Jackson, Bound for Glory is broadcast on WVBR-FM, 93.5 Australian National University, Nov. 9,12:15 p.m., and 105.5. Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave

Third World Student Programming Board The film Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey will make its Ithaca premiere Harry Wu will speak Nov 5 at 730 p.m. in Call tonight, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. with special guests Robert Moog, Ph.D. '65, and Eric Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. Ross. Veterinary College James Law Lecture Series: "Mothers, Babies Protestant Cooperative Ministry Chemical Engineering and Diseases in Later Ufe: David J P. Barker, Sundays, 11 a.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall. "Impact of Transport Processes on Cardiovas­ UnIVersity of Southampton. Nov. 9. 4 p.m., Call Sage Chapel cular Health and Disease: Scott Diamond, SUNY Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. The Rev. Robert L. Johnson, director of Cornell Sri Satya Sai Baba Buffalo, Nov. 7, 3:45 p.m., 165 Olin Hall. United Religious Work, will give the sermon Nov. 5 Sundays, 10:30 a.m., 319 N. Tioga St. For at 11 a.m Women's Studies details call 273-4261 or 533-7172. Chemistry "Representing Islam: Martlpulating Gender, TBA, Richard Himics, Nov. 3, 4.40 p.m., 119 Baker Shifting State Practices and Class Frustrations," African"American Zen Buddhist "Fungi From Competitive Ecosystems as Shelley Feldman, rural sociology and women's Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Urtlon. Tuesdays, 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 6:45 p.m., chapel, Sources ofNew Bioactive Natural Products," James studies, Nov. 3 3:30 p.m., ILR Faculty Lounge, Anabel Taylor Hall. Gloer, Univ. of Iowa, Nov. 6, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker. Ives Hall. Baha'i Faith Fridays, 7 p.m., firesides with speakers, open City & Regional Planning discussion and refreshments. Meet at the Balch "Dilemmas of Mixed Use," Hilda Blanco, Hunter Archway; held in Unit 4 lounge at Balch Hall. College, Nov. 3, 12:15 p.m., 115 Tjaden Hall. Sunday morning prayers and breakfast, 7 a.m. Cornell Cooperative Extension Catholic Forum Weekend Masses: Saturday,S p.m.; Sunday, "Talking Liability: Managing Risk," Allen Bova, 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Audito­ risk management & insurance; Terry Gifford, Co­ rium. Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., operative Extension; James Gillett, natural re­ Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sacrament of Reconcilia­ Advanced Computing Research sources; and Elizabeth Greene, Cooperative Ex­ Departm nt of Mu ic tion, Saturday, 3:30 p.m., G-22 Anabel Taylor Hall. Institute tension, Nov. 6, 8:30 a.m., 135 Emerson Hall. • Nov. 3 8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Pianist Xak "Parallel Automated Adaptive Analysis," Mark Bjerken will playfour ballades by Chopin, Including Christian Science Shephard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Nov. Cornell Research Club the Sallades in G Minor, op. 23; in F Major, op. 38; Testimony meetings sharing healing through 6, 11: 15 a.m., 708 Rhodes Hall. "Encryption: From the Abstract World of Math­ In A-flat Major, op. 47and in F Minor, op. 5. Also prayer and discussion every Thursday at 7 p.m., ematics to the Very Concrete Worlds of War and on the program is Steven Burke's newest work, Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Agricultural, Resource & Managerial Commerce: Richard Platek, mathematics and dedicated to Bjerken, One. Economics Odyssey Research Associates, Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m., • Nov. 4, 5 pm., Sage Chapel: The Cornell Episcopal (Anglican) "The Impact ofTrade Liberalization on Mexico's Hollis Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. University Chorus, under the direction of Scott Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Dairy Sector: A Spatial Economic Analysis," Charles Tucker, celebrates Cornell Family Weekend by Anabel Taylor Chapel. Nicholson,ARME, Nov. 2, 12:15p.m., 401 Warren. Ecology & Systematics giving their annual "Twilight" concert. Tickets are "Reproductive Isolation Between Sympatric $5 in advance at the Uncoln Hall ticket office, $6 at Friends (Quakers) Animal Science Aphid Populations on Two Hosts: Prelude to Spe­ the door. Call 255-2324 for information. Sundays, 11 a.m., meeting for worship in the "Effects of Energy Balance and Dietary Lipids ciation?" Sara Via, entomology and ecology & • Nov. 4, 8'15 p.m., Bailey Hall: David Conn Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Discussions on Ovarian Function in Postpartum Dairy Cows: systematics, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall. leads the Cornell Wind Symphony in a concert most weeks at 9:50 a.m., 314 Anabel Taylor Hall Ron Butler, animal science, Nov 7, 12:20 p.m., tItled "Music From the Stage." Featured are works 346 Morrison Hall. Electrical Engineering written - or transcribed - for winds from operas Jewish "Learning From Labeled and Unlabeled Obser­ and musicals by Gershwin, Bernstein, Verdi and Morning Minyan at Young Israel, 106 West Anthropology vations," Vittorio Castelli, IBM T.J. Watson Re­ Offenbach. Covered also are tunes and songs Ave., call 272-5810. "Beyond the Speaker and the Text: William search Center, Nov 7,4:30 p.m., 219 Phillips Hall. from A L. Webber's Phantom, Cats and Jesus Friday Services: Conservative, 5:30 p.m., Hanks, University of Chicago, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m., Christ Superstar Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall; Reform, 5:30 215 McGraw Hall. Entomology (Jugatae) • Nov. 5, 8:15 p.m.• Anabel Taylor Chapel: p.m., ATH Chapel; Orthodox, Young Israel, call for "Entomology and Intellectual Property: Rich­ Annette Richards gives her first open solo recital time, 272-5810. Applied Mathematics ard Cahoon, Nov. 2, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall. as urtlversity organist with an all-Bach program. Saturday Services: Orthodox, 9:15 a.m., One "Augmentation of a Native Parasitoid for Lygus See story, Page 11. "Math Applied to Liquid Crystals: Homotopy, World Room, ATH; Egalitarian Minyan, 9:45 a.m., hesperus Management in Strawberries," Andrew • Nov 7,8:15 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell com­ Connections and the Blue Phase," James Sethna, Founders Room, ATH. Norton, Nov. 9, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall. poser and doctoral candidate Brian Robison will physics, Nov. 3, 3 p.m., 310 Rhodes Hall. present a concert of his chamber music featuring Korean Church Fruit & Vegetable Science the Ithaca Brass in the premiere performance of Astronomy & Space Sciences Sundays, 1 p.m., chapel, Anabel Taylor Hall. "Report From the Real World of an Extension Tamna NOCI, a work that laments the horrors ofthe "Stellar Explosions and Outflows," Mario Livio. Bosman conflict Space Telescope Science Institute, Nov. 2, 4:30 Specialist," Regina Rieckenberg, Cornell Coop­ Latter-day Saints (Mormon) p.m., 105 Space Sciences BUilding. erative Extension, Nov. 2. 4 p.m., 404 Plant Sci­ Sunday services: Cornell Student Branch, 9 Comell Concert Commission ence Building. a.m., Ithaca ward, 1 p.m. For directions or trans­ "Carbon Balance in Apple Trees: Crop Load Four·tlme Grammy Award winner Tito Puente Biochemistry portation, call 272-4520, 257-6835 or 257-1334. and Leaf Mite Stress Effects: Ana Francisconi. will exhllaro.te Cornell's Bailey Hall with a rhythmic "Cytoplasmic Serine Hydroxymethyltrans­ horticultural science, Geneva Agricultural Experi­ evening of Latin jazz and percussion on Nov. 5 at ferase: Does Its Reaction Mechanism Have Impli­ Muslim cation in Elucidating Its Physiological Functions?" ment Station, Nov. 9, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science. 8 p.m Tickets are on sale for $12 and $14 ($8 and Friday Juma' prayer, 1: 15 p.m., One World $10 for CU students) at Willard Straight Hall ticket Patrick Stover, Nov. 3, 4 p.m., large conference Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Daily Zuhr, Asr, Maghreb room, Biotechnology Building. office, Ithaca Guitar Works or by calling and Isha' prayers at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall. Ticketmaster In Binghamton, 722-7272. Continued on page 11

Ashrawi visit continued from page I CIT continued from page 9 sence oflaw and regulations ... and misuse musician and dramatist, Ashrawi has two feminist study groups and sparked conscious­ [email protected] with "subscribe ba­ of authority." daughters. She returned to her home in the ness-raising sessions on the treatment of announce-I firstname lastname" (use your Born in ahlus, Palestine. in 1946, when Occupied Territories in 1979 under the pro­ women within Arabic societies. real first and last names) in the text area of it was till under British rule, Ashrawi grew visions ofa general amnesty for Palestinians In ]989. YasirArafat,theexiledleaderof the message. up Irt Ramallah on the West Bank. The and became a professor ofEnglish literature, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Asarticlesarepublished, they will beposted daughtcr of a physician. she studied English then headofthe English department,at Birzeit asked Ashrawi and others to meet with U.S. on the Bear Access Proje.::t Web page in the literature and earned her B.A. and M.A. University. Active in demonstrations and State Department officials and make a plea Bear Access News Service section. organized degree. at the merican University in Beirut. protests again. t Israeli rule, she established for upgrading the status ofdialogue between by month, and on the network newsgroup, nable to return from Lehanon to her home the University Legal Aid Committee to as­ the United States and the PLO. Following cornell.announce.bear-access. To reach the following the ix-Day War of ] 967 and the sist Palestinian students who ran afoul of the the Gulf War, Ashrawi took part in explor­ Bear Access News Service through the Web. subscyucnt Isracli occupation of the West Israeli authorities. atory talks with then Secretary ofState James point your Webbrowsertohttp://mandarill.cit. Bank, she wcnt to the U.S. to undertake After the 1987 outbreak of the Intjfadeh Baker and his aides and helped launch the comell.edulbearaccessl or click on Bear Ac­ doctor..ll studies in medieval English litera­ - the revolt against Israeli occupation ­ Middle East peace process, ensuring that the cess Project under the Computing at Cornell ture at the University of Virginia, in Ashrawi formed the Palestinian Political Palestinians would be a key part of it. section of the CUINFO Web pages. Charlottesville. There she hegan her active Commillee. which became a center for po­ The Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels This column was compiled by Daisy Z. in\lJI ement in the Palestinian struggle. litical and diplomatic activity in the Occu­ World Affairs Fellowship was estahlished at Dailey. E-mail questions about the column founding the ( harlottesville hranch of the pied Territories, and she drew attention to Cornell hy the Bartels in 1984 to foster a to her at dzd/0 comell.edu. For other com­ Organizution llt Arah Students and heuding such issuesas strictureson academic freedom. broadened world perspective among stu­ puter .systems information, contact the CIT the mCflcan f'riends of Free Palestine. arbitrary deportationsand the mistreatment of dentsby bringingdistinguished international Service HelpDesk at /24 CCC, 255-8990, tJrricd in 11.)75 to Emile Ashrawi, a Palestinian prisoners. he also helped form public figures to campus. helpdesk0 comell.edu. Cornell Chronicle November 2,1995 11

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Immunology By Darryl Geddes Born in London, Richards earned a "Immunotherapy With Interleukin-2," Kendall Venezuelan Students & Scholars bachelor's degree in English language and Smith, Cornell Medical College, Nov. 3, 12: 15 Association Annette Richards, university organist and literature at Oxford University, while serving p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium. A conference. "Archeological Mysteries ofVen­ assistant professor of music, will give a solo as an organ scholar at Corpus Christi College. ezuela: Past, Present and Future.- by Professor recital Nov. 5 at 8:15 p.m. in Anabel Taylor She earned a master's degree in music from Latin American Studies Luis Molina of the Quibor Archeological Museum, Chapel. It is Richards' first solo recital since Stanford University in 1989, before studying "The Archaeological Mysteries of Venezuela: Venezuela, will be held Nov 7 in 153 Uris Hall. For Past, Present and Future," Luis Molina Centeno, information, call Manuel Hernandez at 256-8469. being named universityorganist last year. The withJacques van Oortmers.<;cn at the Sweelinck Division of the National Council for Historic Pres­ performance is free and open to the public. Conservatorium in Amsterdam. She returned ervation, Venezuela, Nov. 7, 12:15p.m., 153 Uris Hall. The all-Bach program features Falltasia to Stanford in 1991 to continue her doctoral and Fugue ill C Minor, Sechs Chorale von studies in musicology. Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries verscheidenerArt, Sarabanda con partitein Art and Architecture Research Seminar, Nov. Richards has performed throughout Eu­ 2,2 to 3:30 p.m., 106 Olin Library. C Major, Concerto inA Minor and Toccata, rope; her U.S. appearances include perfor­ History Research Seminar. Nov. 2, 4:30 to 6 Adagio alld Fugue ill C Major. mance at the Old West Church in Bo ton and p.m., 106 Olin Library. Richards succeeded William C. Cowdery, Trinity Cathedral in San Jose, Calif. who erved as acting university organist She is the winner of the 19 6 Oundle Ornithology "Long Point Bird Observatory: North America's Theatre Arts since the death of Donald R.M. Paterson in International Organ Festival and the 1992 First," Michael Bradstreet, Long Point Bird Obser­ • Black Box Series: The Show Must Go On, an May 1993. Dublin International Organ Competition. vatory, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Fuertes Room, Lab of offbeat comedy about a family whose members Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road. read lines from a stilted and dismal script. Trouble develops when someone shows up who's not in Peace Studies Program the script, and hilarity ensues. Nov. 3 at 4:30 p.m., Particle astrophysicist, Bethe lecturer, "Of Just Wars and Political Animals: From Nov. 4 at 7:30p.m. and f'Princeton University, Nov. 2,12:15 p.m., G­ • Play Reading: The Hollywood Canteen by will give physics colloquium Nov. 6 08 Uris Hall. Professor Ron Wilson, with guest actor Elizabeth "Security Implications of Migration," Sarah Ann Townsend, Nov. 5, 2 p.m , Film Forum, free. By Larry Bernard between the search for dark matter and the Spencer, Institute for Public Policy Research, Lon­ fields of particle physics and cosmology. don, Nov. 9,12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall. Cornell Savoyards Bernard Sadoulet, Sadoulet earned his doctorate in 1971 This Halloween you'll be haunted by Cornell director of the Center from the University of Orsay and worked in Savoyards' production of Ruddigore: Orthe Witch's Pharmacology forParticleAstrophys­ the field of experimental high-energy phys­ "Three-Dimensional Structure of Interferon­ Curse! Come in costume and get a chance to win Gamma Complexed With Its Cell Receptor.- Steve a door prize. Shows will be held Nov. 3 and 4 at 8 ics at the University of ics for the early part of his career. He was a Ealick, biOChemistry, molecular & cell biology, p.m. and Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. in Kulp Auditorium at Californiaat Berkeley, key person in the building of the proton­ Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Ithaca High School. Tickets, available at Willard will deliver part of the antiproton collider and detectors at CERN, Straight Hall ticket office, Logos and Hickey's, are Research Tower. annual Bethe Lecture $9 evenings, $7 students and seniors; $6 mati­ the international high energy physics labo­ Series Nov. 3-8. Sadoulet Physiology nees. For reservations, call 277-4847. ratory in Geneva, Switzerland. In the mid­ "Function of Proteoglycans in the Regulation of Sadoulet's lecture is the first part ofa two­ 1980s, he turned his attention to problems in Lipoprotein Lipase," Andre Bensadoun, nutrition, part Bethe lectureseriesthisyear. Inthe spring, astrophysics and moved to Berkeley to set Nov. 7, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Re­ MargaretGellerfromthe Harvard-Smithsonian up a research group to search for dark matter search Tower. Center for Astrophysics at Harvard Univer­ with cryogenic detectors. He was part of a Plant Biology sity, will be on campus for a week to talk on group of scientists that announced in 1993 "Characterization of Phosphorus Uptake in a "Large Scale Structure in the Universe." the possible first evidence for dark matter in Southern Pine," Mary Topa, Boyce Thompson Sadoulet will give a Physics Colloquium the galaxy with the observation ofa massive Institute, Nov. 3. 11 :15 a.m., 404 Plant Science. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, compact halo object (MACHO) in the Large on Monday, Nov. at4:30 p.m., titled "The Plant Breeding Flu Shots 6, Magellanic Cloud. "Transformation of Plants With Viral Replicase Influenza vaccine is offered again by University Dark Matter Problem." He will discuss The Bethe Lecture Series, established by Genes Confers Resistance to Plant Virus Dis­ Health Services during clinics. Cornell students and searches for the mysterious missing mass of Cornell'sphysics department and the College ease," Milton zaitlin, plant pathology, Nov. 7,12:20 their spouses, faculty and staff members are eli­ the universe. Sadoulet also will give several of Arts and Sciences, honors Hans A. Bethe, p.m., 135 Emerson Hall. gible to attend. Clinics will be held in the main lobby of Gannett Health Center on Nov. 2 from 1:30 to 4 more technical seminars on the interaction Cornell professor emeritus of physics. Plant Pathology p.m. and Nov. 3 from 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m. and 1:30 to "The Virology ofChestnut Blight Hypovirulence," 4 p.m.A fee of$10 will be charged. For information, Brad Hillman, Rutgers University, Nov. 7, 3 p.m., call Gannett Health Center at 255-4082. A133 Barton Laboratory, Geneva Agricultural Ex­ Lecturer will suggest nutrition of baby periment Station, and Nov. 8, 12:20 p.m., 404 Hotel School Plant Science Building. The 16th annual auction for charity, hosted by sets the stage for lifetime ofhealth, disease the first-year graduate students of the School of Psychology Hotel Administration, will take place Nov. 4. The born around 1920," said Nathanielsz, direc­ silent auction will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. By Roger Segelken "Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environ­ in the atrium of Statler Hall, East Avenue entrance. tor of the Laboratory for Pregnancy and ment," James Garbarino, Cornell, Nov. 3, 3:30 The live auction will be held in the Carrier Grand Adult diabetes, high blood pressure and Newborn Research in the College ofVeteri­ p.m., 202 Uris Hall. Ballroom of the Statler Hotel, with bidding com­ even cardiovascular and respiratory disease nary Medicine at Cornell. "These records mencing at 5 p.m. A partial list of items to be Rural Sociology can be traced to poor health and nutrition of enabled him and his colleagues to trace and auctioned includes: Alaskan and Seabourne the baby and its mother, University of examine adults who were still alive and find "People and Paths to Rainforest Destruction: cruises; a cocktail party for 30 in New York City by Cross-National Evidence From the Tropics," Tho­ Susan HoI/and and Co.; hotel room at The Peaks Southampton epidemiologist Dr. David J.P. out the cause ofdeath ofthose who had died. mas Rudel, Rutgers University, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m., in Telluride, Colo.; 1996 Summer Olympics para­ Barker, will say at the James Law Lecture, Together with parallel animal studies, this 32 Warren Hall. phernalia; autographed Jim Craig Olympic hockey set for Thursday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m. in the work reinforces the now-widely accepted poster. For info, contact Kim Tudahl at 257-6429 or David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy tenet that high blood pressure, cardiovascu­ Science & Technology Studies Laura Knapp at 256-7163. "Races and Places," Henrika Kuklick, Univer­ Hall, on campus. lar and respiratory disease and diabetes are sityof Pennsylvania, Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m., 609 Clark. "Mothers, Babies and Diseases in Later linked to poor health and nutrition of the Life" is the title of Barker's lecture. The mother and baby." Society for the Humanities "Thinking About Mediation," Isobel Armstrong, James Law Lecture, which is named for Barker is professor ofclinical epidemiol­ University of London, Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. Cornell's first professor ofveterinary medi­ ogy at University ofSouthampton and direc­ White House. cine, is free and open to the public. tor of the MRC Environmental Epidemiol­ "The Passions and the Cognitive," Isobel "Studies by David Barker and his col­ ogy Unit at Southampton General Hospital. Armstrong, University of London, Nov. 8, 4:30 leagues show that nutrition of the fetus and He earned his Ph.D. from the University of p.m .• A.D. White House. newborn infant has significant effects on Birmingham and his M.D. from the Univer­ Home games are in ALL CAPS. later lifetime health," according to the sity of London. His thesis - that a baby's South Asia Program Records are as ofMonday. "Emergency Assessments," Vijay Prashad, his­ speaker's host, the James Law Professor of nourishmentbeforebirthand during infancy, tory, Nov. 6,12:15 p.m., G-08 Uris Hall. Field Hockey (8-7) Reproductive Physiology Dr. Peter W. as well as its exposure to infection during Nov. 3, YALE, 2 p.m. Nathanielsz. early childhood, influence the diseases it Stability, Transition & Turbulence "Dr. Barker's work tells this fascinating will develop in later life - is detailed in his TBA, Charles Baggett, Cornell, Nov. 7, 12:30 Football (4-3) p.m., 178 Rhodes Hall. Nov. 4, YALE, 1 p.m. and important story from the analysis of 1994 book Mothers, Babies and Disease in unique lifetime health records of babies Later Life. Statistics Lightweight Football (3-2) "A Paradox Concerning Shrinkage Estimators: Nov. 3, ARMY. 7:30 p.m. Should a Known Scale Parameter Be Replaced by an Estimated Value in the Shrinkage Factor?­ Men's Soccer (12-1-1) Expelled priest to talk on Mexican uprising William Strawderman, Rutgers University, Nov. 8, Nov. 4, YALE. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m., 100 Caldwell Hall. For nearly two decades, Father Loren month-oldguerrilla uprisingby the Zapatista Women's Soccer (9-4-3) Riebe, a native of Los Angeles, was the National Liberation Army. Riebe, who de­ Textiles & Apparel Nov. 4. YALE, 11 a.m. "Physical Interactions Affecting the Adhesion priest for about 30,000 parishioners, mostly nies the charge that he has supported the of Dry Particles," Don Rimal, Eastman Kodak, Men's Tennis (G-1) Tzeltal-speaking Mayan Indians, in the re­ rebels, has said he supports their goals of Nov. 2,12:20 p.m .• 317 MVR Hall. Nov. 2-5. Rolex Reg. Champs. at Princeton "Development of Modular Integrated Body Ar­ mote Mexican village of Yajalon, Chiapas. land reform, improved roads, education and mor," Susan McKinney, Arthur D. Little Inc., Nov. 9. But in June, Riebe was detained and ex­ health care but not their violent methods. Women's Tennis (2-1) 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. pelled from Mexico on charges by the gov­ Riebe will speak about hisarrest and expul­ Nov. 3-5. at RolexilTA Indiv. ernment that he, as a foreigner living in sion, and also about the current situation in Wildlife Science Women's Volleyball (17-6) Mexico, had violated the law by becoming Chiapas, at 8 p.m. in the cafe at Anabel Taylor "An Adaptive Approach to Waterfowl Harvest Nov. 4-5, CORNELL INVITATIONAL Management in North America," Jim Nichols, involved in the country's politics - specifi­ Hall, on Nov. 9. The event is sponsored by Patuxent Environmental Science Center, Nov. 9. cally by urging peasants to support the 22- CUSLAR and is free and open to the public. 3:35 p.m., 304 Femow Hall.

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.Johnson Art Museum edge of early ukiyo-e methods and his personal, Mann Library The Herbert F. Johnson Museum ofArt, on modern vision. Learn about the scope of the Department of the comer of University and Central avenues, is - "Ukiyo-e Prints and Woodblocks," through Fruit and Vegetable Science's activities at the open Tuesdaythrough Sundayfrom 10 a. m. to 5 Dec. 31. To accompany the works by Akira exhibit in the lobby of Mann Library. Examples of p.rn. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464. Kurosaki, this exhibition, drawn from the perma­ techniques and publications, highlighted by fruits - "The Marqusee Collection of American Med­ nent collection, includes works by Hiroshige and and vegetables in decoration and art, will be on als: through Nov. 5. Hokusai, masters of the traditional ukiyo-e print. display through December. • "Art in Bloom: Botanical Illustration and the -12 O'Clock Sharp: Thursday Noontime Gal­ Artist's Interpretation: drawings from the per­ leryTalk: Matthew Armstrong, associate curator of Tjaden Hall manent collection and the Cornell Library, on painting and sculpture, will discuss"TheMarqusee "Images Unseen," student work, through Nov. 4. view through Dec. 31. Collection of American Medals," Nov. 2. • "Master Prints From Upstate New York Mu­ • On Nov. 2 from 12:15to 1:15 p.m. and 3:30to Van Rensselaer Gallery, E"124 MVR seums: through Dec. 31. This exhibition pre­ 4:30 p.m., Jim Hardesty will demonstrate the art of Through Nov. 2, freshman design and environ­ sents a selection of European and American Chinese brush paintin.g. mental analysis student work. prints from the 15th century to the present, organized by and presenting works from six art Comell Library Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery museums in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, "Paper, Leather, Clay & Stone: The Written "The Artists of Willard Straight Hall," featuring Albany and the Johnson Museum. Word Materialized," through Jan. 5, Kroch Library, mixed media by staff and students affiliated with • "Akira Kurosaki Woodcuts: through Dec. Mondaythrough Friday, 9a.m. t05 p.m.; Saturday, the Straight and part ofthe Straight's 70th anniver­ 31. This exhibition reflects Kurosaki's knowl- 1 to 5 p.m. sary celebration, will be on view through Nov. 12.

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Adriana RO"crsIUni,crsity Photography Salah Hassan, assistant professor of African art history and visual culture, uses a .Johnson Museum of Art exhibition as Comellintemational Folkdancers a foundation for a lecture to his Africana studies class last month. The .Johnson Museum offers educational services Open to the Cornellcommunityandthe general for many classes on campus throughout the year. Call Cathy Klimaszewski at 255·6464 for details. public. Allevents are free unless noted. Beginners are welcome. No partnernecessary. For informa­ tIOn. contact Edilia at 387-6547. Nov. 5, North Room, Willard Straight Hall: monthly planning meeting, 6:30 p.m.; teaching to directed by Steven Martin, 9:45 p.m. tronic through Bear Access through Nov. 10. A urns," Nancy Green, curator of prints, drawings be announced, 7:30 p.m.; open dancing and re­ "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1974), graduate student must obtain consent from the and photographs at the Johnson Museum of Art, quests, 8:30 p.m. directed by Terry Gilliam, midnight, Uris. committee chairperson for the pre-enrollment Nov. 2, 10 a.m., Johnson Museum course selections and then receive an electronic CU .Jitterbug Club Classes Saturday, 11/4 "adviser key" (password) from the chairperson or CUSLAR graduate field office. The following classes take place at 209 N. "White Main" and "The Red Balloon," IthaKid The Rev. Loren Riebe will speak about his • Thesis/Dissertation: Thethesis/dissertation Aurora St For Information, call Bill at 273-0126 Film Fest, 2 p.m., $2/$1.50 12 and under. arrest and expulsion from the remote Mexican submission deadline for a January 1996 degree IS village of Yajalon, Chiapas, on Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in • Lindy Hop review, Nov. 4, 3t05p.m., $7 atthe "Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey," 7 p.m. Jan. 12, 1996. Students should see the Graduate door "The Net," 7 p.m., Uris. the cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall. School thesis adviser for approval of the format of • Learn the Shim Sham, a line dance from the "River of Grass: 9:15 p.m. their thesis/dissertation before submitting the final 30s. No dance experience necessary. Nov. 4, 5 to "A Walk in the Clouds," 9:30 p.m., Uris. European Studies copies to the Graduate School. Office hours are 9 6 p.m., $4 at the door (free with the Lindy review). "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," midnight, "Intelligentsia and Power: TheCrisis of Democ­ a.m. to noon daily; also 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on • Basic Lindy Hop: Six-week series starts Tues­ Uris. racy and Its Causes in Today's Russia," Marietta Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; walk-in basis day, Nov. 7, 8:30 p.m. Cost is $36/$42. Chudakova, University of Ottawa, Nov. 3, 11 a.m., only, no appointments. Professional master's de­ • IntermediateLindy Hop: Six-week series starts Sunday, 11/5 153 Uris Hall. gree candidates should check with their field of­ Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7:15 p.m. Cost is $36/$42. "A Walk in the Clouds," 4:30 p.m. fices regarding the deadline, as that deadline may • Intermediate Jitterbug: Six-week series starts "The Net: 7 p.m. Hillel be earlier than the Graduate School's. TueSday, Nov 7,7:15 p.m. Cost $36/$42. "Camp de Thiaroye" (1987), presented by Yaron Svoray, an Israeli journalist who infil­ Pentangle, 7:30 p.m., Uris, free. • Conference travel grant applications are trated Germany's neo-Nazi movement, will speak dueattheGraduate Fellowship Office, Sage Gradu­ Israeli Folkdancing Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Tickets are ate Center, by Dec. 1 for January conferences. Thursdays 8 p.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Monday, 11/6 $2 for students and $4 for others. Tickets are Applications are available at graduatefield offices; Taylor Hall. "Le Amiche" (1955), directed by Michelangelo available at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, Antonioni, with Eleonora Drago, 7 p.m. registered graduate students invited to present Cornell Hillel and at the door. "A Walk in the Clouds: 9 p.m papers are eligible. Landscape Architecture Tuesday, 11f7 "'Infrascape': An Examination of the Appropri­ "The Net," 7 p.m. ate Relationship Between the Culture Implied by "Herdsmen of the Sun" (1988), directed by Infrastructure and Values Associated with land­ Werner Herzog, 7:30 p.m., CTA Film Forum. scape," Elissa Rosenberg, University of Virginia, "How Tasty Was my Little Frenchman" (1971), Nov. 3, 11:15 a.m., 157 E. Sibley. directed byNelson Pereira, with ArduinoColassanti, Ana Maria Magalhaes and Ital Natur, 9:30 p.m. Physics Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema Bethe Lecture: "The Dark Matter Problem," unless otherwise noted andare open to the public. Wednesday, 11/8 Bernard Sadoulet. University of California, Berke­ BiOChemistry, Molecular & Cell All films are $4.50 ($4 for students and children "The Smoking Fish" (1976), directed by Roman ley, Nov, 6, 4:30 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium. under 12), except for Tuesday night Cinema Off­ Chalbaud, 7 p.m. Biology Rockefeller Hall. He also will present several more Ef Racker Lectureship: Henry Bourne, profes­ Center at the Center for Theatre Arts ($2) and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1985), di­ technical seminars during his visit Nov. 3-8. sor of pharmacology and medicine at the Univer­ Saturday or Sunday matinees ($3.50). Films are rected by Amy Heckerling, with Sean Penn and sity of California, San Francisco, will present "Sto­ heldin Willard StraightTheatre exceptwherenoted. Jennifer Jason Leigh, 9:30 p.m. Professors"at·Large ries About Biological Signaling" Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in "Environmental Refugees: An Emergent Cri­ James Law Auditorium. He also will present a Thursday, 11/2 Thursday, 11/9 sis in the Global Arena," Norman Myers, environ­ technical talk, "How Do Receptors Activate Trim­ "Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey" (1994), "The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea" (1995), ment and development consultant for World Bank, eric G Proteins," Nov. 10 at noon in the large directed by Steven Martin, with guests Robert directed by Laurent Heynemann, with Jeanne World Wildlife Fund, and U.S. Departments of conference room of the Biotechnology Building. Moog and Eric Ross, 7 p.m Moreau, 7 pm. State and Energy, Nov. 9, 7 p.m .. Boyce Thomp­ "Ali Fear Eats the Soul" (1974), directed by "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," 9:15 p.m. son Auditorium. Chemistry Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 945 p.m. Baker Lectures: Graham A. Fleming of the Russian Literature University of Chicago presents a lecture series on Friday, 11/3 "Waiting for Antichrist: Apocalyptic Code of "Ultrafast Spectroscopy" at 11 :15a.m. in 119 Baker: "River of Grass" (1993), directed by Kelly Russian Symbolism· (in Russian), Oleg Proskurin, "The Control of Phase: Phase-locked Pump-probe Reichardt, with Lisa Bowman and Larry Fessenden, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Nov, 7, and Echo Measurements Heating and Cooling. guest dlfector Reichardt will be viSiting, 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m., 177 Goldwin Smith Hall. Control of Dynamics," Nov. 2, and "Introduction to "A Walk in the Clouds· (1995), directed by the Primary Steps in Photosynthesis: Theories of Alfonso Arau, With Keanu Reeves, 7 p.m., Uris. Science & Technology Studies Energy Transfer," Nov. 9. "The Net" (1995), directed by Irwin Winkler, "Ethical Issues in Women's Health Care Deliv­ with Sandra Bullock. 9:30 p.m., Uris. ery," Andrea Parrot, human service studies. Nov. Comell Campus Club "Theremln. An Electronic Odyssey" (1994), - CoursEnroll: Pre-enrollment for Spring '96. 6,12:15 p.m., 609 Clark Hall. All course pre-enrollment will be on-line and elec- "Master Prints From Upstate New York Muse- Continued on page 10