John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 12-8-1988 The aC rroll News- Vol. 75, No. 12 John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 75, No. 12" (1988). The Carroll News. 900. http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/900 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student at Carroll Collected. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aC rroll News by an authorized administrator of Carroll Collected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CNpoll gathers student Archaeological dig to Israel Slapstick humor runs opinion on abortion offers many rampant in 'The Naked Gun' educational opportunities FORUM,p.3 FEATURES, p. 12 ENTERTAINMENT, p.13 THE.CARROLL NEWS Serving the Carroll Community Vol. 75, ~o. 12 john Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio 44118 Thursday, December 8, 1988 Land bou ht for organizational use by Laura Popoff elude one stocked with !rOut, one News Reporter which will be used for swim­ ming, and one which will be used for canoeing and other water The University ha<: purchased sports. In addition, the AJpine 30 acres of wooded land ,located Valley ski area, four golfcourses, in East Claridon, Ohio, for a pnce and a baseball field are all within !!lrt~"' of 5190,000, JCU officials said a three-mile radius. last week. According tO Dr. James Lavin, The land, known as Thorn vice president for student affairs, Acres, is situated approxtmately Thorn Acres will be used for 27 miles from campus. It includes various student activities and two wooden couages, four lakes, faculty meetings. and a tennis court. "We look foward to enhanc­ Together the cottages can tng student opponunities," said house 18 people and are fully Lavtn. "Thorn Acres will pro­ furnished with kitchen appliances, vtde students that opponunity as living room furniture, bedroom well as a place tO go in an organ­ sets, and linens. All furnishings i!..cd fashion." were included in !.he purchase Unlike Carrollodge, which ts price. The cottages also include used mostly for retreats and single decks, deck furniture and wood ­ group gathenngs. fhorn Acres [l:L_:_:..:._rn~:...:;_.,j~~~~~~:L~L~~ burning fireplitces. They lack, wiltbeableiOaccommodaremore however. usable restroom facili ­ than one function at a time. ties and heating. According 10 "Thom Acres will be a lot John Real1, vtceprestdentforserv­ more usable than Carrollodge," Nominations sought ices, !.he first thing on the agenda said Reali. "There IS a whole new is LO "wintenze" the cottages. perspective to it as it offers so.. for faculty a~ard Nominaoons are currently nies, and prominent display of the supponing documents must be beingacceptcdforthisycar'sDis- winner's photograph m a special signed and submitted no later than tinguished Faculty Award. The casein theAdminislration Build­ Friday, March 17, 1989 at4:30 award is presented annually to a ing during lhe school year. p.m. Any material rece1ved after memberoflhe faculty selected by Anystudentorfaculty member the deadline will be disregarded. the University community for can submit a nomination,as long All material should be ad- excellencemclassroom teaching, as it is in writing, citing the meritS dressed to the Committee on Dis­ scholarship, advisement and lead- of the nominee as a classroom tingutshed Faculty Award, care crship of students, and commu- teacher, scholar, adviser and of the Office of the Academic nity concern. leader of students, participant in Vice President. The presentation It consists of a cash award of civic affairs, and as a participant will be made at the commence­ $1,500 and presentation of a in University affairs. ment exercises, Sunday, May 28, plaqueduringgraduationceremo- The nominating letter and any 1989. -Cotter Memorial Award for [ Poetry being o~ered. Mellen Series presents The English Departmentand TberewJll beonewmnerwho ItbtAmtrica~Academyof'Poets willreceivea$l~prizeanda are sponsorang tbe Joseph T. letter of recognitiOn from the Chai·rman and CEO of NCR ' Cotter Memorial Prize for Po- Academy of American Poets. !ep-y for all currently, ent·olkd TberewiUalsobeanhonorable Dr. Raj Aggarwal, chairman of the company. The Mellen Series on publicly .students atJCU. mention wbowiJI receive a cer- finance department. "Mr. Exley The Mellen Series was estab­ held Ohio corporations has ar­ EaCb contestant may enter tifacatefi'Olll tbeAcademy. The really turned it around." lished by the Edward J. and Louise ranged for Charles E. Exley, Jr., ttirfe original, unpublished winning poem will be eligible to NCR Corporation, headquar­ E. Mellen Foundation, which also chairman of the board and chief poems. The page on wbicb the be included ill •be Academy's tered in Dayton, Ohio, develops, funded the Mellen Chair in Fi­ executive officer of NCR Corpo­ potin is typed sbould not have anthology "Of pJ:ne--winn.ing manufactures, markets, and serv­ ration, to speak tonight at5 p.m. in nance at JCU. The presentations 1heautb0r'snameoait. Asepa· poems published every five ices business infonnation process­ in the series offer a rare chance the Jardine Room. T*teshttttiJUStbt inthuled bear· ytal'$. , ~= ing systems for worldwide mar­ for directing questions at corpo­ "NCR Corporation was almost ingtheautbor'$Jl3meandtitles .All poems =.S'bould be folded kets. Exley willdiscuss strategies dead a couple of years ago and rate decision- makers concerning of the entries. All manuseript$ int~ an t,nv~tope anct,addressed for future grow th regarding the $6 their business and managerial now il is the second largest com­ shook! bt submitted no later to tbe Poetry,Contt:St, care or billion annual sales computer puter company in the world," said strategies. than Feb. 21_,19~ . the Engli$b Departm~nt. Page2 EDITORIAL The Carroll News, December 8, 1988 Letters to the Editor Tenure policy clarified Tenure at a university or col­ bcdismissed for "moral turpitude," lege does not mean a"permanent a serious breach of what the faculty posiiton,"as stated in your community defines as morality. Dec. I issue ("Securing tenure The purposeof tenure is to tough, rewards great"). protect the faculty member's free­ Like employees in other dom to express in the classroom workplaces, tenured university his/her ideas, no matter how un­ faculty can be ftrcd if they are popular, against reprisal by ad­ proved professionally incompe­ ministration or students. Without tent, or if their employer experie­ such freedom ofexpre ssion, there inces economic difficulty. This is can be no university. called "financial exigency" in Tenure exists, therefore, not universities and Chapter Eleven to ensure jobs for the faculty but backruptcy elsewhere. to ensure life for the university. ln addition, unlike other pro­ Marian J. Morton fessionals-- for example, doctors Department of History or lawyers-- tenured faculty can Deep Ecology offers Thank you tour guides Visiting a college cam pus is one feel about the school, the advan­ ofthe best ways to get a real" feel" tagesanddisadvamagesofthe Uni­ more than empty rhetoric for the University. For this rea­ versity's size, the athletics, social, ing the non-material quality ofl ife ecology relates to the issue of son, theAdmissionsOfficeatJohn by Shannon Place and extracurricular life, and what rather than material growth and population size. The charge is Carroll offers interviews and tours other students are I ike. The tour higher standards of living. that suggesting reduced human to prospective students. guide acts as a liaison for the Building on these three main population is Malthusian, cruel, The students impression ofJohn University. principles are a number of other suggestive of genocide. This Carroll wiU depend heavily on The fall 1988-semester tour key concepts which are generally charge is likewise unfounded. what they see and what their tour guides have been a great help to accepted within the movement Regarding the label "Malthu­ guide says. me. One concept is that the wilderness sian," deep ecologists do not sug­ The tour will further assist the They have aided in not only has an inherent special value and gest population reduction because IIIUdeDl. in de1amining if lhe life­ tours but also classes. appoint­ style on the campus addresses his ments, overnights, and the FaU or hec needs. Open House. They have made my A campus tour involves consid­ job of Campus Visit Coordinator erably more than just sight-see­ much simpler while they have also ing. helped to promote the school. The attitudes and outlooks the lam very grateful tO them for aU tour szuide convevs wiU make a thPir hPln ~nl'i ~(' Ol"\\1 il'i"'~" ~r" n111 lasting impression in the visitor's into motion, 1 hope they will cal movement among enviwn­ that its preservation is of utmost ofa food shortage, but because the mind. maintain their enthusiasm into the menlalists and professional ecolo­ priority. A second concept directs present level of human popula­ Parents and students want to spring semester. gists, views humans as equal par­ opposition to industrialized soci­ tion puts too great a strain on the know how John Carroll students Christine DeBalso '91 ticipants in the biosphere. Such a ety, charging it with the exploita­ ecosystem, a strain which has le­ philosophy challenges the more tion of the natural world. thal repercussions. traditional ecology in which These ideas and basic princi pies Furthermore, although sugges­ humans are the sole reapers of the of deep ecology have sparked a tions have been offered for ideal THE CARROLL NEWS earthly wealth by right of species' great deal of controversy among population size, suggestions of Editor in Chief - Bridget Brett seniority. traditional ecologists, resulting in genocide or fascist measures to Business Manager - Russell Mackiewicz In general, Deep Ecology holds vicious and unwarranted charges. reach the ideal population size Managi1rg Editor- Cheryl Brady to three basic principles.