PIECE OF THE PUZZLE? A clue to SIDS in humans may come from a similar disorder in puppies, CORNEL researchers find. ARCHITECTURAL SALUTE Noted scholar and emeritus architecture Professor Colin Rowe will be honored with a Festschrift in April. Volume 27 Number27 President recommends new campus residential housing policy By Jacquie Powers residential communities that contribute to an intellectually engaged and socially responsible campus environment," President Hunter Rawlings is recommending a compre­ 'Our residential communities should according to the report Rawlings is presenting to the board. hensive campus residential housing policy designed to provide supportive intellectual, cultural, The recommendation also is being distributed to various reinforce the broad educational mission ofthe university by social and personal environments so that campus groups and is available electronically at <http:// uniting the intellectual and social lives of undergraduate students may fully develop their talents www.sas.comeII.edu/rcc/index.html>. Comments may be students and fostering a greater sense of community. directed to Murphy. at Cornell.' Rawlings will present his recommendations to the Board "Ourresidential communities should provide supportive of Trustees on Friday and seek board approval in May. - Hunter Rawlings inteIlectual, cultural, social and personal environments so The new policy was drafted by Rawlings; Susan H. Murphy, that students may fuIly develop their talents at Cornell," vice president for student and academic services; and Pro­ Rawlings said. "It is important that they have ample oppor­ vost Don M. Randel, after they reviewed a report from the report in December 1995, after meetingwith members ofthe tunities both inside and outside ofthe classroom to develop Residential Communities Committee.Thatcommittee,com­ campus community and holding public hearings. the qualities required for leadership and service, as well as posed offaculty, staff, students and alumni, issued its final The goal of the new policy is "to provide supportive Continued on page 4 Chancellor Animal attractions CU's mission ofSUNY will is enhanced by address trustees ILR programs The Cornell Board of Trustees is meet­ The following is an excerpt ofa speech ing on campus today and Friday. by PresidentHunter Rawlings, delivered to The Executive Committeeofthe board an audience at the Empire State Plaza in will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. today in the Albany aspart ofa yearlong celebration of Yale-Princeton Room of the Statler Ho­ the 50th anniversary ofCornell's School of tel. A 20-minute open session will be Industrial andLabor Relations. The March held at the start of the meeting. Topics 19eventwassponsoredbytheAlbanyalumni will include an update on State Univer­ chapter ofthe ILR AlumniAssociation. sity of New York (SUNY) budget discus­ sions and discussion of statutory college I want to talk a bit tuitions and the universitywide admis­ more about the ILR sions and financial aid policy. Extension Division and The board's open session on Friday will ILR'sbroadpublicser­ run for approximately two hours, beginning vice role, which derive at 9 a.m. in the Trustee Meeting Room at the from Cornell's unique Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. SUNY status as the land-grant Chancellor Thomas A. Bartlett will attend university for the state the meeting accompanied by SUNY Trustee of New York. Edward F. Cox. Bartlett will address the I want to do that Rawlings board at 9:15 a.m. on Friday. Cornell's four because, while the school's extension and statutory colleges - the College of Human outreach programs are sought out by labor, Ecology, the College ofAgriculture and Life management and others throughout the state Sciences, the College of Veterinary Medi­ - serving, at last count, 46,000 people each cine and the School of Industrial and Labor year - the reason Cornell puts so much Relations - are part of the SUNY system. effort into these activities, rather than fo­ Topics on the agenda ofthe open session cusing solely on campus concerns, is not will include the state budget situation, statu­ always well understood. tory college tuitions and the universitywide And yet, I would argue, Cornell's com­ policy on admissions and financial aid. The mitment to a statewide mission is a long­ board also has invited Ithaca Mayor Alan standing one, going back more than 130 Cohen '81 to makea briefpresentation at its years to the founding ofthe university itself. Friday afternoon session. It is a commitment that has grown from Three other board committees will have a focus almost exclusively on rural concerns Open sessions: to one that addresses urban and suburban as • The Buildings and Properties Commit­ well as rural issues. tee will have a brief open session at the It is a commitment that has grown from beginning of its meeting this morning at 9 oneschool at the university to the institution a.m. in the Yale-Princeton Room of the as a whole. Statler Hotel. Topics will include the statu­ It is a commitment that continues to be tory capital project current outlook. Charles Harrington/University Photography important for our faculty and students, for • The Committee on Land Grant and Long Valley, N.J., veterinarian Corinne T. Kenney, DVM '62, posesinthe the state and for the nation. gallery of the new Veterinary Medical Center beneath permanent Statutory College Affairs will hold an open Cornell, like its sister land-grant univer­ meeting from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Friday in artwork banners she created showing silhouettes of animal species. The gallery's inaugural art exhibit also features Kenney's paintings, sities in other states, was created by the the Wiswall Laboratory at the College of which will remain on display through Reunion in June. federal Morrill Act of 1862 to provide in­ Veterinary Medicine. Topics will include a struction in the traditional liberal arts sub­ Continued on page 2 jects and also in agriculture and the me­ chanic arts - which we would define today as subjects with application to industry. Over the years, additional federal legis­ Hockey team-s season ends with loss in NCAA tournament lation - the Hatch Act of 1887 and the The curtain came down on a Cinderella 21-9-4 record overall, and it was 14-4-4 in Afterthe NCAAregional semifinal game, Smith-Lever Act of 1914 - gave the land­ season for the Cornell men's hockey team the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. which Lake Superior State won on a power grant universities specific responsibilities last Friday n'ight - but what a season it was. The team, which had been picked in the play goal with 12:55 left, Cornell's first­ for research, extension and outreach. The The team's final game was a 5-4 loss to ECAC coaches' preseason poll to finish in year head coach Mike Schafer was looking result has been a class ofinstitutions with an Lake Superior State in the semifinals of the ninth place, finished fourth in the regular to the future. unusual ability to: link theory and practice; NCAA Eastern Regional tournament at season and then earned its way into the "This [tournament]," he told The Ithaca enrich on-campus programs with the per­ Albany's Knickerbocker Arena, March 22. NCAAs by winning the ECAC tournament Journal, "is a place Cornell wants to come spective of the real world; and provide The Big Red finished its season with a the previous weekend in Lake Placid. back to year after year." Continued on page 4 2 March 28, 1996 Cornell Chronicle BigRedBook BRIEFS Exit the dragon receives award • Express mail suppli r: Cornell Mail The Big Red Book was one of 12 entries Service and Purchasing havechosen a single chosen "Best in Show" from about 8,000 preferred upplierofexpress mail services for pieces submitted to Admissions Marketing the Cornell community. A two-year contract Report's 11 th annual Admissions Advertis­ locks in low rates for all services provided by ing Awards competition by 1,200 institutions Airborne Express. When compared with the and agencies.Theaward is especiallygratify­ other bidders, their highly competitive rates ing because the ARM competition is often (Ie than $5 for an overnight express letter), dominated by professional design and edito­ cu tomer satisfaction tatistics, and ability to rial agencies. Of the 45 viewbooks that re­ track shipments around the clock made them ceived honorable mention or above, 27 were stand out. A series of information sessions produced by outside agencies. has been arranged for the Cornell commu­ "We want to extend a special congratula­ nity to find out more about Airborne. For tions to the people who were involved in ion times and more information on how putting these projects together," the judges your department can save money using Air­ wrote. "Your hard work has provided an borne Express, visit the World Wide Web at exceptional contribution to the field of <http://www.comell.edu/Admin/ admissons marketing and advertising." mail_services.html> or call Kathy Baylor, The Big Red Book was a collaboration mail preparation manager, at 255-6838. among the offices ofCommunication Strat­ egies, Publications Services and University • Students sought for committees: Photography. It was conceived and written The following faculty committees are seek­ by Carole T. Stone with editorial direction ingstudents who havean interest in becoming of Edward Hershey of CommStrat. It was members for 1996-97: Faculty Committeeon designed by Judith Bums under the art di­ University Lectures - two (1 graduate and 1 rection of Sally Dutko and edited by Beth undergraduate); University Faculty Library LyonsofPublications Services. All photog­ Board - two (1 graduate and 1 undergradu­ raphy was shot by Charles Harrington. ate); University-ROTC Relationships Com­ mittee - four (non-ROTC students); Faculty Committeeon Music- two (1 graduate and 1 undergraduate). Application forms are avail­ Trustees continued from page 1 able in the offices of the Dean of Faculty, Dean ofStudentsand Assemblies; at desks in budget update, including early retirement the Straight, Noyes Centerand Robert Purcell legislation, a legislative update and pm­ Union; and at the Information and Referral posed statutory college tuitions.