T / H Twenty-Five Cents

EQUINOX SEPTEMBER 15,1998 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY - T/H TWENTY-FIVE CENTS New provost Hurl but takes over shares vision as athletic director BY JOE KRAUS conference's championship for T/H campus SPORTS EDITOR match. On July 9, Fairleigh Dickin During the press conference, son named J. Stevens Hurlbut as Hurlbut spoke of his new posi BY ALLISON PRIES the Director of Athletics and the tion: "I am very excited about the CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Rothman Center. He succeeds opportunity which FDU has What makes the Teaneck Associate Director of Athletics afforded me. I believe the entire campus different from the Madi Ann Gulino, who served as act University is poised to take a son campus? ing director since July, 1997. major step forward and I feel for Dr. Paula Hooper Mayhew, The announcement was made tunate to be coming on board at Provost of the Teaneck campus by FDU's Executive Vice Presi this time." as of Aug. 1, has some strong dent Carl Viola, who said at a One of the steps that Hurlbut ideas. press conference, "Steve has an hopes to take immediately is to J. Stevens Hurlbut "I think that the Madison outstanding athletics administra fill the void left by recently campus has done a really good tion background from working at resigned FDU coaches, including ment of the sports facilities, par job at finding what its vision of the NEC office and in athletic the Men's and Women's Head ticularly outdoors. That effort itself is and tapped into the sense Dr. Paula Hooper Mayhew departments at prestigious insti Tennis Coach, the Head Fencing already has begun, with the that a small liberal arts college improvement of the soccer field economical profile goes; the fac tutions such as Georgetown and Coach, the Men's Basketball with beautiful grass and trees is by adding more turf to the out ulty is similar. So, it is the per Pennsylvania and will be a wel Associate Head Coach, and the what everybody wants for their side of the soccer field (where the ception that is the difference. I comed addition to the FDU com Assistant Soccer Coach, as well daughter or son. I think they've think that vision has to take per munity." as the Head Athletic Trainer and running track was located). This done a real good job at that. So, ception into the mix," she contin In becoming the school's the Cheerleader/Dance Team is needed to accommodate the I'm very focused on what we ued. fifth director of athletics, Hurlbut Coach. "One of our first major arrival of the new FDU Women's should be doing here to make it "With parking lots like these tasks we hope to complete is to soccer team, which will be put easy to understand who we are on brings to FDU a solid back we are never going to be a small get our staff back up to full together for the Fall of 1999. this campus," said Mayhew dur ground with experience in all intimate Liberal Arts college," Discussing new teams being ing an interview. aspects of college athletics, and strength and to meet the needs of said Mayhew. will be inheriting a program the coaches and students," said added to FDU Division 1 athlet "There is very little differ Before coming to FDU, May Hurlbut. ics, Hurlbut said: "Woman's soc ence in terms of reality (between which produced two Northeast hew was Vice-President for Aca- champions last year (men's bas Once all those positions are cer will be added for the Fall of the two campuses); the students 1999, either as a club team for a are the same as far as their socio- ketball and tennis), while a third filled, Hurlbut and his staff will (See Dr. page 3) team (men's soccer) reached the focus on continuing the deveiop- (See New page 15) FDU leases 330 state-of-the-art computers BY CHRIS ARBUCKLE Paul also noted the unrelenting speed of CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the system and how easy Internet access FDU recently leased 330 new Dell has become on campus. computers, costing approximately Meanwhile, Karen Lashenske, a $200,000 a year for three years, on the sophomore marine biology major here on Teaneck and Madison campuses. the Teaneck campus, stated, "So far it is According to Lane Goldstein, the oper faster than the last system and has not ating supervisor of Computing Services, crashed yet." Lashenske also discussed the 79 computers went to Dickinson Hall, 74 hours of the labs. "I would like to see them to University Hall, six to the library, 18 to extend hours during midterms and when Becton, 20 to Edward Williams College, papers are due," she said. and 16 to the Learning Center. The other The lab hours have been set for the fall 117 new computers went to the Madison semester. Both Dickinson and University campus for distribution. Hall labs will be open from 8 am. to 11 "We looked into replacing all the old Students take advantage of free time during the first week of classes to experi p.m. Monday through Thursday. Both labs will be open on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 machines with the most recent systems," ment on some of the 74 new computers allocated to University Hall. remarked Neal Sturm, FDU's director of p.m. On Saturday, the Dickinson Hall lab Information Systems and Technology, dur In the past, the labs were upgraded one Year-2000 compatible." The 486 or better will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the ing an interview. The computers are 350 at a time. "Rather than one lab being systems will replace any office equipment University Hall lab opens at 10 a.m. and megahertz with Pentium II processors, 64 updated at a time, we want to put them on on campus that are out-dated. "We are closes at 4 p.m. On Sunday, the Dickinson megabytes of RAM and a 100-megahertz a schedule so there is an absolute turnover upgrading the level of technology not just Hall lab is closed, but University Hall is bus. According to Sturm, what makes this every two to three years," said Sturm. He in the labs but all over the university," open from noon to 5 p.m. system special is the use of the 100-mega explained that, previously, all labs had dif Sturm added. "In the past, we have attempted to have hertz bus. "It makes it faster to access ferent configurations. According to "I expect that there will be problems — longer hours; however, not enough stu software applications," he said. Replacing Sturm, now "one master system has been in fact, there have been some already — but dents showed up," Sturm said. the previous operating system, Windows created, then all the other systems have they can be repaired quickly and efficient Meanwhile, FDU also has purchased 3.x, the labs upgraded to Windows 98. been cloned from the master," making it ly," stated Sturm. Sturm is confident that 25 new projection systems, costing $7,000 easier to maintain all systems simultane "We have been trying for the last sev the equipment that was leased is reliable a piece. Thirteen of these systems have ously. eral years to escalate the replacement of enough to sustain everyday student use. been designated for use on the Teaneck computers in the labs on both campuses," One concern Sturm expressed was the Reacting to the new equipment, Sub- campus. said Sturm. He stated that the computer lab effect of the upcoming millennium on the hojit Paul, a lab assistant in University upgrades were losing ground because of older computer systems. He said, "286 or Hall said, 'The new system is awesome. the fast-paced changes in technology. 386 systems are certainly not going to be We could not have asked for better stuff." wmmmmx PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 15,1998 At a Glance 9/15 Allmerica Financial 9/23 Academic Convoca Customer Service Day, Allmeri tion; Dreyfuss Theater, Dreyfuss Board of Trustees appoints two new members ca claim representative Room building, Florham-Madison 3333, Dickinson Hall, 10 a.m.-4 Campus, 2p.m., free; Reception Martin F. Stadler and Stephen S. Weinstein, Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the last p.m. free. to follow, Lcnfcll Hall Mansion, Esq., have been appointed to the Board of Trustees seven having served as vice chairman. 9/15,9/24Workshop: "Inter free. of the University. Mr. Stadler, chairman of Stadler L.L.C., is viewing Skills" Career Services 9/23 Workshop "Balancing Morristown attorney Stephen S. "Skippy" Wein retired senior vice president, finance and informa Office, Student Union Building, Family and Career";Career Ser stein specializes in the practice of law in the areas tion technology, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. He has 9/15, 2 p.m.; 9/24, 3 p.m., for vice Office, Student Union of criminal and civil trials in New Jersey and New served as a trustee of the HLR Foundation, as a information call x2193. Building, 5p.m., for information York. In 1988, Washington College of Law's member of the executive committee and the board 9/15 Lecture, Malachy callx2193. "American Jurist" Distinguished Alumnus award of directors. A director of Alfacell Corporation, McCourt, author of A Monk 9/23 Concert, "Autumn was presented to him. In 1996 A new moot court Stadler is a member of the American Management Swimming, audience questions Nocturne," John Tank and room was dedicated in his name.

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