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Western News, Nov. 7, 1996 WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Volume 23, Number 11 November 7,1996 L c::»c::» Ie c::» LIt b~ I c::» ~ Senate to meet tonight The Faculty Senate will meet at 'Groundbreaking' technology barely scratches the surface 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Geophysics tech- "The technology Fetzer Center. Agenda items nology that can de- is useful wherever include remarks by President tect dinosaur bones, you want to see the Haenicke; informational items on the body of a mur- subsurface without the Martin Luther King Jr. Day der victim or an oil actually excavating Committee, on enrollment trends spill is sparking a or drilling," says and their implication and on the revolution in the William A. Sauck, University's new marketing way geologists and geology. He and Es- campaign: and a recommendation their students look tella Atekwana, ge- for action by the Research Policies at the ground be- ology, developed a Council to endorse the transition to neath them. four-week intensive Research II of the Carnegie And even though field course for Classification as an official goal of the technology has graduate and under- the University. been used recently graduate students for such highly- that emphasizes Graduate information publicized events as hands-on training in offered at diversity day the search for Val u- geophysics technol- Jet parts after a ogy. A $85,782 The Graduate College will crash in a Florida grant from the Na- sponsor its annual Graduate swamp, field train- tional Science Foun- Information Day for Diversity ing in the use of dation helped fund Students from noon to 2 p.m. near-surface geo- the purchase of four Wedne day, Nov. 13, in the South physical equipment major state-of-the- Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. is hard to find. art electronic sys- The purpose of the event is to WMU is the only tems to add to their provide potential graduate students place in Michigan department's exist- with information regarding and one of only a DRIVING THE POINT HOME AT LV LAKE-E tellaAtekwana, ing geophysics e- graduate school and to provide handful of schools g logy, second from left, made a point to er "Introduction to GeOphys- quipment as well as master's level students with in the nation to de- the course's devel- information for doctoral candidacy. ics" cia recently while class member An e R. Woodrich, right, sup- velop trainingcours- opment and imple- The meeting, which includes a plied th mus e and the so rce of sound waves being r corde n an es for those inter- mentation. complimentary lunch, is open to all explor tio seismograph. A eries of geophones or mini seismomete , ested in peering be- "I don't think intere ted students. It will cover connected to the larger mac 'ne, as ~Ianted in the groun along a nJotted neath the surface anyone in Michigan topic such as assistantships, without unearthing line at the A lum Lake geophysic testi area. Each time Woodrich has better near-sur- admission, financial aid, entrance so much as a tea- struck a small metal plate with a hammer, sound waves from the blow face geophysics e- examinations, and various pro- spoon of dirt. traveled through the ground until they were refracted otTthe water table. quipment," Atek- grams and requirements. Near-surface he large seismograph in the foreground re rded the sound waves' wana says, "and this Persons who wish to attend geophysics, using journey and produced a printout showing the refrae ions. ike S. Nash, is the only advanced should call the Graduate College at non-invasive tech- left, Atekwana's teaching assi tant, and students Deborah A. Korson and environmental geo- 7-3574. niques to examine Tyler noll, kneeling, helped monitor the readin s and printout. physics course in the first 100 feet the state." Printers gather here below the surface, During last sum- can be applied in fields ranging from among the tools in the WMU arsenal. In Students and area printers will mer's work, students in the field course archaeology, civil engineering and con- recent months, they have helped locate learn about the chalIenges faced in literally struck oil while doing two weeks struction to environmental cleanup, crimi- everything from the foundation of an early specialty printing at the 12th offield work at Wurtsmith Air Force Base nal science and land use planning. Ground Battle Creek homestead to a previously annual Gravure Day Tuesday, Nov. near Oscoda. The base, which has been penetrating radar, magnetometers, electrical unknown petroleum contaminant plume at 12, at the Printing Management decommissioned and turned over to civil- resistivity units and seismographs are Wurtsmith Air Force Base. and Research Center in Welborn ian authorities, is the siteofintense bioreme- Hall. diation research and development under The day-long event is sponsored Local students tojoin in national discussion the auspices of the University of Michigan. by the Department of Paper and The base has several known contaminant Printing Science and Engineering on diversity issues through satellite broadcast plumes from fuel storage tanks and land- and the Gravure Education Kalamazoo area college students will there will be a local campus forum on "The fills and is an ideal location for students to Foundation. For more information be part of a national summit on campus Way Things Can Be." At 8:40 p.m. the operate geophysical equipment and be- and registration, persons should diversity Wednesday, Nov. 13, that the campus participants will rejoin the national come familiar with what such subsurface call 7-2800. public wilI be able to view live on experts for a 50-minute wrap-up discus- problems look like through the "eyes" of Kalamazoo Community Access Television sion. technology. Order your holiday and on EduCABLE, the University's cable The program will air live on Kalamazoo During a lunch break, Sauck and a stu- television system. Community Access Channel 33 and on dent went to examine an irregularity Sauck plants by Nov. 22 WMU's Institute for the Study of Race EduCABLE Channel 36. Thinking ahead to the holidays? and Ethnic Relations has invited student This is the first major event sponsored (Continued on page four) The Clericalffechnical Organiza- representatives from WMU, Kalamazoo by WMU's Institute for the Study of Race tion is sponsoring its annual College, Kalamazoo Valley Community and Ethnic Relations since Beverly A. poinsettia sale through Friday, College and Davenport College to partici- Moore became its first full-time director Nov. 22. pate in a live satellite broadcast earlier this year. Did you know? Order forms are being distrib- videoconference. Some 8,000 students from "I'm looking forward to the opportunity • A total of I ,742 students or 6.8 uted on campu this week. Six- more than 75 campuses will simultaneously to have national networking and in- percent ofthis fall's enrollment of inch potted plants will be available engage in a dialogue on such diversity teraction," Moore says. "This videocon- 25,699 is made up of international in three colors: red, white or issues as race, gender, class, sexual orien- ference is a good fit with the mission ofthe students. They hail from 90 dif- marble. The cost is $7.50 each. tation and religion. institute - to bring people together to ferent countries. The plants will be available for The students will have an opportunity discuss and debate issues related to race • The top five countries sending pick-up from II a.m. to 2 p.m. and to pose questions to a panel of prominent and ethnic relations. students to WMU are: Malaysia at 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, scholars and activists via telephone, learn "It's also an opportunity for us in 703; Japan at 170; India at 119; Dec. 12-13. Payment by cash, about diversity activities on other cam- Kalamazoo to broaden our scope," she Thailand at 93; and South Korea check or intra will be due at that puses, articulate a vision for the role they says. "We concentrate so much on the at 68. time. think their campuses should play - or not environment in which we live that we don't Order should be submitted to play - in promoting issues of diversity know how similar we are to other institu- • Some of the countries repre- sented this year that weren't rep- Debra White in the Haworth and develop strategies for implementing tions. We can learn from others and others College of Bu iness advising this vision. can learn from us." resented last year are: Algeria; Belgium; the Dominican Repub- office, 2130 Schneider Hall. She The videoconference will emanate from The national panel will be moderated by can be contacted by campus mail, the Institute for Public Media Arts in Farai Chi dey a, a CNN political analyst. lic; Eritrea; Maldives; Niger; Viet Nam; the Virgin Islands; and the telephone (7-5084) or e-mail Durham, N.C. It will begin at 7 p.m. with a Panelists will include: Ronald Takaki, pro- ([email protected]). 30-minute discussion by national experts West Indies. on "The Way Things Are." At 7:30 p.m., (Continued on page four) Two November 7,1996 Western News Scientist will detail findings from expeditions "Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs cently returned from another expedition to from Antarctica" will be the topic of a talk the Shackleton Glacier. Thursday, Nov. 14, by a nationally known Hammer has been designated a 1996-97 paleontologist. Distinguished Lecturer by the American William R. Hammer, professor and Association of Petroleum Geologists, an chairperson of the Department of Geology international geological organization based and director of the Fryxell Geology Mu- in Tulsa, Okla.
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