C AMPUS TIMES VOLUME 139, NUMBER 5 Serving the University of Rochester community since 1873 THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Changes to Frat Quad unsettle UR students D-Day CLC and DU lose houses to Sigma Phi Epsilon and Douglass Leadership House after competitive application process planning BY LEAH BULETTI that reviews the applications. NE ws EDIT O R Groups can apply for a three- Residential Life announced year period of residency. begins at on Friday, Feb. 17 that the “The committee considers Community Learning Center all the proposals on an equal (CLC) and Delta Upsilon basis; the groups currently forum BY ANTOINETTE ENA (DU) were unsuccessful in in the centers are not given JOHNSON their reapplication bids for preference,” Feldman said. residency in the three Aca- “After reviewing the propos- STAFF WRITER demic Living Centers (ALC), als, the committee judged On Sunday, Feb. 19, the which are located on the that DU and CLC did not Campus Activities Board Fraternity Quadrangle. have proposals as strong as (CAB) held an open forum Drama House was re-ap- some of the other groups.” for students to voice their proved to continue residency Feldman added that there opinions on what activities during a probational period were many good proposals they would like to have for for the 2012-2013 academic and that the committee “had Dandelion Day, which will year, while Sigma Phi Epsilon to make difficult decisions” in be held on Friday, April 27 and the Douglass Leadership assessing the merit of each this year. House (DLH) will replace of the proposals’ academic The forum served as a brainstorming session “by CLC and DU. focus. julia sklar • PRE S ENTATI O N EDIT O R This year, seven groups ap- He noted, however, that The Community Learning Center and Delta Upsilon Fraternity lost their houses on the Fraternity students for students” to plied to live in the three aca- he is optimistic about the Quad — the Frederick Douglass House and Sigman Phi Epsilon will replace them next year. see what would make this day as fun as possible, with demic living centers — the ability of Drama House, CLC ceed on campus as well,” Life Laurel Contomanolis, areas such as leadership, less emphasis on the use of largest number of proposals and DU to positively impact he said. who was appointed by Feld- the environment, the arts alcohol. ever received, according to campus life. Both CLC and DU have man to chair the commit- and social justice, among In previous years D-Day Dean of the College Richard “It’s important to keep in been in their houses since tee. others. The committee also has centered around a mid- Feldman, who appoints a mind that there are groups the start of the ALC process, Contomanolis said that considers a group’s potential day concert with food ven- committee comprised of housed within the residence which began in 2000, accord- the process was designed to to engage with faculty and dors and side activities like faculty, staff and students halls that are able to suc- ing to Director of Residential give all groups a fair chance other students in lectures, spray-on tattoos. However, to have the opportunity to discussion groups or other the day change from Satur- live in one of the houses and activities, Feldman said. day to Friday — which was to execute an academically fo- Despite what many stu- announced last week by cused program, despite many dents saw as the ques- Dean of Students Matthew students and CLC residents’ tionable selection of DLH, Burns — has created new responses about the unfair- Contomanolis stressed that challenges. ness and incongruity of the they prepared “a very well Many students are upset decision. developed, academically because they have classes “The committee’s focus focused program,” in fact during the day and feel as was not on denying member- the best proposal received, though they will be missing ship renewal,” Contomanolis she said. out on the activities. said. “The focus was on se- Contomanolis also said “I have four classes on lecting the groups who best that the Greek or non-Greek Friday, so it would be in- represented the intent and affiliated status of groups convenient for me,” Tiffany spirit of an academic living was not something that Sinclair, a freshman who center concept.” specifically factored into the came to the forum because Proposals for potential decision, though she said that she was curious about what areas of academic focus can the committee took into con- D-Day really was, said. Sin- be very broad, according to sideration the fact that, over leah friess • SENI O R STAFF clair explained she had heard Feldman. Groups can choose the last three years, DU Members of the Community Learning Center, who will not on the Fraternity Quad following stories about the day and the to focus on a wide array of SEE QUAD, PA GE 5 an unsuccessful application bid, have built their organization around house community. change in date prompted her to see what would be going on. UR joins ranks of Worldwide Universities Network “I [feel like] I don’t get to BY JENNY HANSLER WUN. It joins the University able possibilities as the Uni- WUN are focused on graduate expect there to be increased op- drink and now I’m missing ONLINE EDIT O R of Washington, Penn State Uni- versity engages with faculty students and faculty. However, portunities for undergraduate out,” she said. On Friday, Feb. 17, UR versity and the University of and students from across five Lennie hopes this will change exchanges and study abroad, According to President of formally joined the World- Wisconsin — Madison. continents,” UR President Joel as time progresses. and also participation in re- CAB and senior Palida Noor, wide Universities Network According to Senior Vice Seligman said. “As we become more closely search projects,” he said. events that include as many (WUN). President and Dean of the Col- Lennie echoed Seligman’s connected with the internation- Hansler is a member of people as possible are the goal The WUN is an association lege Faculty Peter Lennie, UR emphasis on the importance al partners in the network, we the class of 2015. of the spring celebration. of 18 research universities was chosen because of its high of the University’s global en- The idea is to have smaller from around the world. It was academic standards. gagement. events during the day to keep established in 2000 with the “As a major U.S. research “Universities are increasing- people entertained, yet would mission of being “one of the university, we bring to [the] ly operating in a global context, not upset those who could not leading international higher WUN a distinctive perspec- and must engage deeply with attend, Noor said. education networks, collabo- tive in both education and each other internationally,” he CAB has also gone to the rating to accelerate the creation research,” he wrote in an email. said. “Joining the WUN allows University Registrar to see of knowledge and to develop “We bring special strengths in the University to more easily which times most students leaders who will be prepared many of our programs.” engage in these transnational would be free. to address the significant chal- The WUN provides a means interactions.” “We have devoted a lot of lenges and opportunities, of of global research collaboration. There is a cost to member- time and effort into making our rapidly changing world,” According to its website, it cur- ship in the WUN — an an- sure people enjoy the day,” according to its website. rently has over 30 “research nual subscription — a large she said. It focuses on four global initiatives in its portfolio.” Ad- fraction of which “is used to A three-fold increase in challenges: adapting to cli- ditionally, the network provides provide modest seed fund- University funding for D- mate change, understanding conferences, workshops and ing for research programs in Day gave students a platform cultures, higher education and seminars for research faculty. which faculty participate,” to dream big. Options like public health. “Our collaborations with Lennie said. CO URTE S Y O F BRAND O N VI C K S , UR PH O T O GRA P HER shutting down a road on UR is the first private uni- the Worldwide Universities Currently, many of the op- WUN Chief Executive John Hearn and UR President Joel campus and bring versity in the U.S. to join the Network will open innumer- portunities provided by the Seligman signed UR’s WUN membership on Friday, Feb. 17. SEE IDEAS, PA GE 5 Ins IDE THI S I ss UE : ‘SOME NIGHT S ’ I S MORE THA N A JOUR N EY OF EPIC NEWS : Warner professors work for mental health PAGE 3 JU S T A FU N TIME PROPORTIO ns OPI N I on S : Seniors need a chance to complain PAGE 7 Fun’s second studio release —“Some Nights”— is Two UR seniors are biking across the U.S. in FEATURES : An exploration of prayer on campus PAGE 9 full of spectacular indie pop hits. support of affordable housing in the U.S. A&E: Gospel concert is a mediocre effort PAGE 15 SP O RTS : Swimming sets new UR records PAGE 20 A&E: PAGE 16 FEATURES: PAGE 8 Page 2 NEWS Thursday, February 23, 2012 FI V E -DAY FORECA S T COURTESY OF WWW .WEATHER .C OM THURSDAY FRIDAY SA T URDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Snow Showers Rain/Snow Showers/Wind Snow Shower/Wind Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy Chance of precipitation: 30% Chance of precipitation: 60% Chance of precipitation: 60% Chance of precipitation: 0% Chance of precipitation: 10% High 41, Low 33 High 38, Low 30 High 32, Low 21 High 35, Low 25 High 47, Low 32 IT I S T H E PO L ICY O F T H E CAMPUS TIMES TO CORRECT A ll ERRONEOU S IN F ORMATION A S QUICK L Y A S PO ss IB L E .