C om m ittee nam es keynote speaker in cerem ony fo r 1988 by Anthony W. LoRusso Triangle Staff Writer Dr. Michael K. Hooker, Chancellor of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has been selected as the speaker for the 1988 Commencement, accor­ ding to an announcement by the University’s President’s Office. Before joining Maryland, Hooker, who will receive an Images for the Folks Back Home: honorary Doctorate of Letters, U.S. Military Photographs of had served as the Dean of World War II were the subject of Graduate and Undergraduate a sneak preview yesterday in the IMAGES FOR THE FOLKS BACK HOME University museum, room 305 of Studies at Johns Hopkins, and the Main Building. later as President of Bennington U.S. MILITARY PH 0T06M PH S The scenes of the war in this College in Vermont. He has exhibition—pictures of heroes and taught philosophy at Harvard and villians, Allied soldiers, axis Hopkins, and is the author of Michael K. Hooker WORLD WARD prisoners, half-tracks and many scholarly publications in­ warplanes—represent the first time volving philosophy. He has also in history that the art of making lectured widely on business and Relations, expressed pleasure AMI THEIR TECHMIOGY pictures combined with rapid ad­ medical ethics, and is frequently with the selection of the speaker. vances in technok>gy to p r o ^ e im­ called upon to speak about “ Dr. Hooker is able to relate with ages of a world at war. students and is an excellent com- Students are welcome to visit any biotechnology, since he has serv­ time from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ed as Chairman of the unicator,” he said. from May 4 through October 14. Biotechnology Advisory Panel to Hooker was part of a list of There is no charge for admission. the Office of Technology Assess­ sought speakers which had been Yung Chen/lffti* ''JailfiiliSto ment of Congress. collated from students, faculty He is also a member of the and adminstrators, Smith said, Board of Directors of the and he considered the University American Philosophical Associa­ fortunate to get him. tion. His M.A. and Ph.D. are In addition to Hooker, three S ecurity problem s discussed from the Five College Consor­ other people will attend the tium (University of ceremony and receive honorary by Brian Goodman to “ preserve property and life on our campus.” Massachusetts, Amherst, Smith, degrees: Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., O f The Triangle Guards have no more police authority than students Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire John Riltenhouse, and Judith and Wells Fargo officers cannot search University College), and he earned his Eaton, president of the Com­ Students, University administrators, and Wells students. Bachelor’s degree with highest munity College of Philadelphia. Fargo security leaders met in an informal session Security coverage does not include campus frater­ honors from the University of Dixon is very active in several yesterday with the intent to discuss issues, deficien­ nity houses which are considered private property. North Carolina at Chapel Hill. different areas. He has been cies, and performance problems of the University’s Guards can only intervene in a life or death situation Mr. J. K. Lee Smith, acting Chairman of the Board for security force and to open lines of communication on such property. vice-president for University continued on page 6 between the force and students. Said Wells Fargo regional representative Chuck “ There are no current, existing problems...no big Davis in response to a student question on hiring pro­ confrontations. We just wanted to see the other side cedures, “They’re not as lo% as a lot of people Students of the coin,” said Ed Smith, university director of suspect.” safety and security, “ ...to see if there were problems The security force is governed by state regulation Program targets teens and how we could avoid them.” which requires that guards be at least 18 years of age The hour-long meeting, however, drew only four and have a clean police record. In addition. Wells by Joe Saunders many people feel toward victims smdent participants and emphasized justifications for Fargo seeks candidates with a verifiable work history Of The Triangle of the HIV virus. past individusd student and security actions. “ with hopefully a positive background in that work “ I want the person playing the “ It is important that people make an attempt to em­ history and we also hope to get people who are high “ We have thousands and game to think about what they pathize with other groups that are interacting,” com­ school graduates...and we look for people during the thousands of people who are in­ would do, how they would react, mented Smith’s assistant, Vince De Cerchio. interview process that have the temperament that will fected with [AIDS] and they’re if someone they knew actually Smith classified the security force as a service allow them to go into these kind of ‘give-and-take’ probably going to die. That’s a had AIDS,” Dubin said. organization and deterrent force which has the power continued on page 4 tragedy. But over The game, which and above that, Dubin is designing there’s the potential as his senior pro­ for social conflict ject, places the IF A jo in s natio nal evaluation that people infected player in a scenario of being a high by Lisa Gerson IFA’s first step in participating sponsored social activities is with AIDS are go­ school student who Triangle Staff Writer in INTERCHANGE was to fill designed to promote fraternity ing to experience plays on the school out a 29-page questionnaire, system unity, cooperation, high from the people basketball team Drexel University’s Interfrater­ divided into the following sec­ social standards, and around them,” said with a close circle nity Association (IFA) has been tions: Communication, Publica­ responsibility.” Drexel communica­ of friends. At the invited by the National Inter- tions, Rush, Campus Leadership, Next, several “guidelines,” or tions major Dave Dubin, explaining beginning of the fratemity Conference (NIC) to Philanthropy & Community Ser­ positive suggestions outlining the the reasoning game, the player is participate in INTERCHANGE: vice, IFC Service to Chapters, section are listed. For example, behind a new com­ confronted with the Strategies for Improvement. IN­ Leadership Education & Orienta­ under “ Kiilanthropy & Com­ puter program he is developing to knowledge that one of those TERCHANGE is a pilot study of tion, Judicial, Legal Concerns, munity Service.” one guideline help teenagers come to grips with friends has AIDS. What follows a program designed to guide IFCs Housing, Financial Structure, is: “ The IFC identifies projects the possibility that a close friend is the attempt by the player to in self-evaluation and self- IFC Public Relations, Social Pro­ that offer opportunity for in­ or acquaintance may someday be overcome the problems this improvement. grams, Association of Interfrater­ dividual growth and dying of the disease. knowledge causes and to get the The NIC is the umbrella nity Alumni, Government Affairs development.” The program is a role playing team into shape for a basketball organization over the 59 men’s and Miscellaneous These guidelines are studied in­ exercise along the lines of pc^ular game at the end of the week. fraternities nationwide and is Administration. dividually in two areas: current computer adventure games like “ (The player] has to get his made up of 732 Greek systems on Each section began with a appraisal and immediate goal. Zork or Wizardry. In Dubin’s friends to be able to function ef­ American college campuses. “ standard,” that is, a brief The IFC’s efforts towards attain­ ing the ideal put forth by each “ game,” however, the obstacles fectively as a team,” Dubin ex­ Drexel’s IFA was chosen, along description of the ideal in that guideline is ranked as follows: are not barred castle doors or fire- plained. The basketball game with 19 other Interfratemity category. For example, the stan­ • superior breathing dragons. They are the itself isn’t important, but ability Councils (IFCs), to participate in dard in the “ Social Programs” continued on page 7 unfounded fears and suspicions continued on page 5 INTERCHANGE. section: “ Program of IFC- The Triangle April 29. 1988 N ew developm ents in superconductivity explored by Sandy Yanarella was 22 degrees Kelvin (negative commercial use. since 1966, after receiving his and Management of Science. He Triangle Staff Writer 251 degrees Celsius). However, In addition to his position at Ph.D. from MIT and is the reci­ also serves as Secretary for Presi­ that month Chaudhari discovered IBM, Chaudhari is the Director pient of several IBM awards. In dent Reagan's advisory commit­ Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, one of new compounds capable of of Physical Science at the IBM addition, he was also honored by tee on superconductivity. the premier superconductivity becoming superconductors at Thomas J. Watson Research the American Physicist Society researchers in the country, spoke temperatures as high as 96 Center. He has worked for IBM for his contributions to Science to a standing-room-only audience degrees Kelvin (negative 177 at Mandell Theater last Monday degrees Celsius). about the potential applications of The new superconductors DCF launches “ witness week” recent breakthroughs in the field. could have many applications by Stacey Crown skits and speeches was to make tinue with more speakers sharing Superconductivity is the such as making faster and more Triangle Staff Writer Jesus an issue on the campus and their individual experiences. phenomenon that occurs when powerful computers. Other uses to make people understand that There are aproximately forty materials are capable of of con­ include high speed trains, more The Drexel Christian they need to make a choice about people involved in the organiza­ ducting electic current with little efficient ways to store and Fellowship Held a “witness what they want to do with Jesus.