<< BASEBALL STRIKES OUT PAGE 12 TUESDAY NEWS, FRATERNITIES, ADMINISTRATION CLASH, PAGE 2 MARCH 22, 2011 A&E, ARTIST CONNECTS WITH NATURE, PAGE 6 OPINIONS, TECHNOLOGY TIMES OUT, PAGE 9 ONLY AT FLYERNEWS.COM, ONE-ON-ONE VIDEO WITH LOGAN NOURSE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 58 NO. 34 ST. PATTY’S DAY 2011 Students celebrate on Kiefaber Street during St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday, March 17. With warm spring temperatures, on-campus venues such as ArtStreet Café experienced a boom in sales, and local bars reported excellent buisiness as well. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY LUQ NICHOLS Go to FlyerNews.com for an online exclusive article about the holiday and a photo gallery of students celebrating. Graduate programs in School of Engineering rise to 52nd in nation, fi rst among Catholic universities KAYLEIGH FLADUNG spots since its last ranking by this by the entire university community sity at Buffalo-SUNY and the Uni- University. Staff Writer publication in 2010. from the wonderful support by our versity of Massachusetts-Amherst. “The School of Engineering has “It [the ranking] is a wonderful president and provost, alumni and In addition, UD also tied with Notre been a champion of research and The University of Dayton School recognition of the great work by all units on campus, especially the Dame for the No. 1 spot among graduate studies across campus,” of Engineering graduate programs the faculty and staff,” said Dr. Tony research institute.” Catholic universities in the nation. said Dr. Brad Duncan, the associate were ranked 52nd in the country by Saliba, the dean of UD’s School of UD tied with University of Notre UD ranks third in the state of dean for graduate, professional and U.S. News & World Report on Tues- Engineering. “It is also the result Dame, Michigan State University, Ohio, behind The Ohio State Uni- day, March 15. UD moved up fi ve of contributions and collaborations University of Pittsburgh, Univer- versity and Case Western Reserve See Engineering on p. 2 weather TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY (Source: www.nws.noaa.gov) 55/45 56/32 38/27 SAVOR THE SUNSHINE Hopefully you haven’t put all your winter clothes in Chance of Showers likely. Partly sunny. Ways to enjoy spring at UD and beyond, PAGE 8 storage already, because this week will be a chilly showers. one. 2 NEWS Flyer News •Tuesday, March 22, 2011 rials, wide area surveillance, and ning in 2009 for renewable and clean Saliba said. “It creates a lot of pride work is not done. We plan to con- ENGINEERING ladar and optical communication. energy, and 40 students enrolled in for our faculty and staff as well as tinue our road of engineering ex- (cont. from p. 1) The school also is in the process this program in its fi rst year. A new the entire campus and community cellence in education, scholarship of hiring for the Ohio Research master’s program in bioengineer- to be recognized nationally, but the and service.” continuing education at UD. “Out Scholars Program in Sensor Ex- ing, a multidisciplinary program of nine doctoral programs avail- ploitation and Fusion, a govern- linked with the College of Arts able at UD, fi ve are through the ment program that fosters the de- and Sciences, was added this year School of Engineering.” velopment of research centers in as well. With all of these achieve- U.S. News & World Report ranked Ohio. ments, the school’s representatives 198 universities that grant doctoral In addition, UD’s program has are not slowing down, according to degrees in the fi eld of engineering. created six different Centers of Duncan. The ranking criteria include qual- Excellence, nationally recognized “It makes me personally feel very ity assessment from peer reviews, academic research programs that good that we are now swimming in recruiter assessment score, accep- bring jobs and research talent to a pond with such big fi sh,” he said. tance rate, student to faculty ratio, the state. “But now it is a matter of staying and the number of doctoral and “Our mission is really to educate the course, not sitting back and master’s degrees that are awarded, the future generation of engineers saying this is good enough. The mo- among other factors. in the Marianist spirit of servant mentum is there. We are emerging Several changes have occurred leadership,” Saliba said. “I feel that as research and graduate leaders.” within the School of Engineering we have been doing that, especially Both Saliba and Duncan credit that helped UD in this year’s rank- at the undergraduate level. It is this honor to the hard work of fac- ings. In the last three to four years, nice to see that we are on the road ulty, staff and students, and said a number of endowed chairs and to achieving that mission at the every aspect of growth within the world-class faculty have begun graduate level as well.” school has its roots in the hard working for the school, Saliba said. The School of Engineering is do- work of these individuals. New chairs have begun working ing all it can to make the university “We are truly educating students Students in the UD School of Engineering program work in Kettering Laboratories on Thursday, March in the programs of bionano materi- proud, he said. It created a new who cannot only go out and fi nd 17. The university’s graduate programs in engineering were named 52nd in the nation and fi rst als, nanomaterials, emergent mate- master’s program available begin- great jobs, but create jobs as well,” among Catholic universities by U.S. News and World Report. KEVIN LONGACRE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Interfraternal Council, administration disagree on overnight events CHRIS RIZER The Interfraternal Council chap- passed a resolution on Thursday, because the fraternities cannot step with the issue is not concrete, Chief News Writer ter at the University of Dayton March 10 urging the university provide justifi able reasoning for the organization will likely contin- to allow fraternities to hold over- the events. She said none of the ue to meet with her until the prob- night events. organizations could tell her what lem is resolved. The resolution was sponsored by they would learn from the events, Lopez-Matthews said one in Nolan Lovan, a member of Delta or how the events would further four college women is a victim of Tau Delta and junior accounting the fraternities’ mission or UD’s sexual assault, and 1,700 students major, and 15 other students. Ac- mission. die yearly due to alcohol poison- cording to the resolution, which is “It’s the fear of sexual miscon- ing, two statistics UD must keep in a formal expression of the organi- duct in an overnight setting,” mind when deciding which events zation’s opinion, “If the national Temme said. “Despite the fact that it will support. Being allowed to organization fi nds an overnight there has not been any record of hold these types of events in the event appropriate for its member that happening at an overnight past is not enough reasoning to chapter, the University of Dayton event, they [UD administrators] permit them in the future, accord- should not restrict a chapter from think the risk is too great.” ing to Lopez-Matthews. holding an event that enriches the Lopez-Matthews said even “We have not found a Catholic brotherhood and social aspects of though no sexual assault cases at college or university that permits values-based social Greek organi- UD overnight events have been re- overnight events with alcohol,” zations.” ported, this does not mean they did she said. According to Jake Temme, IFC not occur. She said emotional and Temme said last semester’s is- president and junior management reputational damages related to al- sues between IFC and administra- operations systems and entrepre- cohol and sexual assault also must tion, such as fraternal housing, for neurship major, last school year be anticipated when considering which the group is meeting with three fraternities were allowed to these events. Lopez-Matthews this upcoming have out-of-town formals, but this In one overnight event request, a week, have carried over into this year the administration is not al- fraternity asked to put two couples semester, and he expects the same lowing similar events to take place. in a room, and Lopez-Matthews trend to occur with the overnight The resolution also says UD has said UD cannot put its name on event issue. traditionally allowed IFC organi- this. She also said groups have However, he does think Lopez- zations to hold overnight events asked to have overnight events Matthews is taking IFC seriously. outside of the Dayton area and no involving alcohol. She and her su- She attends the organization’s “major incident risking any chap- pervisors did not support either weekly meetings, which is a step ter members’ or guests’ safety and request, she said. in the right direction, Temme said. health have been reported in the “I would be neglecting my du- “I personally think [saying ‘no’ past.” ties if I turned a blind eye and said to overnight events is] unfair; it’s According to Amy Lopez-Mat- ‘fi ne’ to overnight events with al- too speculative, since nothing’s thews, director of Student Life cohol,” she said. ever gone wrong,” he said. “And PLEASE APPLY AT and Kennedy Union, the univer- Temme said he spoke with Lo- I also think it give the men a bad sity is saying “no” to the overnight pez-Matthews after IFC passed the reputation that we can’t uphold WWW.CAREERS.EPIC.COM events for liability reasons, and resolution, and while IFC’s next Marianist values and morals on an NEWS 3 Flyer News •Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Students design human trafficking museum exhibit MEREDITH WHELCHEL semester learning the logistics of Staff Writer human trafficking, and then began working on their required service- A human trafficking exhibit, learning project.