C AMPUS TIMES VOLUME 139, NUMBER 3 Serving the University of Rochester community since 1873 THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 9, 2012 Spring sorority rush points to Meal plan woes, expansion of Greek life at UR rumors addressed BY LEAH BULETTI at SA forum NE WS EDITOR The spring 2012 Panhel- BY MELISSA GOLDIN amount of money that they lenic Sorority recruitment EDITOR -IN -CHI E F are allotted to spend would period, which ended on Tues- The Students’ Association be less than it currently is in day, Jan. 31, saw a monumen- held a meal plans open forum relation to the amount that tal increase of participation on Monday Feb. 6, led by they pay for the plans, as in Greek life at UR. Director of Campus Dining the difference between the At the end of this year’s Services and Auxiliary Op- two is the overhead. Schauf recruitment period, 206 erations Cam Schauf, to pro- compared UR’s system to women were invited to join vide an outlet for students to an all-declining one used at a sorority, representing a express their concerns and Washington University in 51 percent increase from ask questions about the new St. Louis, noting that UR’s last year and putting the meal plans. meal plan setup is currently percentage of the female Among the questions that more flexible. undergraduate population were addressed at the forum, He also pointed out that involved in Greek life to 22 the one that seemed to gener- any changes would not percent. ate the most discussion was a be feasible for next year Furthermore, there was query voiced about whether because there is no longer a 72 percent increase in the or not it is possible for the enough time to work out number of women that com- priya patel • CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRA P H E R meal plans to be adjusted for the details of such an ad- pleted recruitment from last The Alphi Phi pledge class is one of seven sororities on campus to see membership the 2012-13 academic year justment. year, according to Director dramatically increase after this spring’s recruitment period ended on Tuesday, Jan. 31. and, subsequently, how they “Any substantial change of Fraternity and Soror- last year UR added a seventh She also attributes some “It is clear that they are do- could be changed. isn’t going to happen for ity Affairs Monica Miranda sorority, Chi Omega, making of the growth to the fact that ing a great job and I imagine Contrary to certain ru- next year, but if there [are] Smalls, who described the this the first recruitment af- the Panhellenic Association that is what others want to mors, Schauf stated that people that want to get to- increase as “significant.” ter a full year of Chi Omega’s is the “largest, collective be a part of,” she said. “right now the plan is to go gether and look at changes Smalls attributes some of membership in the Panhel- women’s organization on Panhellenic Association with the current meal plan for the following year, we’re the growth to the fact that lenic Association. campus.” SEE RUSH, PAGE 5 for next year.” He explained certainly willing to study it that the main reason for again,” Schauf said. this was because of the cost In response, former SA Kodak demise not the end of city, jobs of overhead — the money it President and senior Scott takes to run a business. Strenger suggested that Din- BY JENNY HANSLER professor and Vice Provost of tastrophe many imagined,” as a blessing in disguise. When UR used declining ing create a system in which ONLIN E EDITOR Entrepreneurship Duncan he wrote. “The high-skilled workers and clubs, the overhead students with all-declining Three weeks ago, Eastman Moore, the demise of this The company had made a [Kodak] let go over the years came from part of the fee plans — upperclassmen — Kodak Company, the 131- icon does not mean the end majority of its layoffs prior created a valuable labor that paid for clubs. In pay for some of the overhead year-old forerunner of the of Rochester. to its declaration of bank- pool for start-up companies, the current system, that with a slightly increased camera industry, filed for In a New York Times op- ruptcy. At its prime, Kodak particularly in optics and overhead comes from the price for those plans, allow- Chapter 11 bankruptcy ed published on Thursday, employed 61,000 workers. photonics,” he said. unlimited plans. ing students with unlimited protection. It was news that Feb. 2, Moore expressed In 2009, 4,900 workers were These start-up companies He clarified that if UR plans — mostly underclass- saddened the UR commu- optimism about the future laid off. Recently, the num- were helped by Kodak’s was to make a shift to an men — to receive more de- nity and the city of Rochester of the city. “While no one ber of employees was down weakening. Two decades ago, all-declining system, stu- clining, as the low amount of as a whole. here is glad to see Kodak go to less than 7,000. Rochester began to offer dents would not get the full declining received by According to engineering bankrupt, it’s hardly the ca- Moore sees the downsizing SEE JOBS, PAGE 5 value out of their plan. The SEE FORUM, PAGE 5 Nora Bredes to be honored at 2012 Legacy Dinner BY LEAH BULETTI the Anthony Center for Wom- Bredes’ husband Jack Hunt- NE WS EDITOR en’s Leadership Aimmee Se- er will accept the award for her. Nora Bredes, a former New nise Bohn described Bredes as One of her former students York legislator and director of “determined, committed and Julianne Nigro ’09 will pres- the Susan B. Anthony Center principled” and as someone ent the accolade at Thursday’s for Women’s Leadreship, will who “deeply understood the dinner and give a talk entitled be posthumously awarded subtle and the not-so-subtle “You are Susan B. Anthony.” the 2012 Susan B. Anthony barriers that still exist to At the dinner, six students Lifetime Achievement Award women’s full equality.” will also be presented with at the annual Legacy Dinner “We want to recognize scholarships and awards. Su- on Thursday, Feb. 9. Nora for the exemplary way san B. Anthony Scholarships The event is a UR tradition in which she understood and will be awarded to juniors Kel- that celebrates the achieve- lived by the values of Susan B. ly Mulrey and Molly O’Rourk. ment of women’s rights, Anthony,” Bohn said. This year’s Susan B. Anthony held in honor of Anthony’s Bredes worked in politics Prize will be given to senior birthday, which falls on Feb. for more than 20 years, during Birx Allen, while this year’s 15, and her fight for women which time she directed the Jane R. Plitt award will be to attend UR. New York League of Conser- given to senior Allison Shaber. Bredes was instrumental in vation Voters and executed a The Dean Ruth Merrill Award shaping the Anthony Center candidacy for U.S. Congress, will go to senior Rainie Spiva — she served as its director among many other achieve- and the Fannie Bigelow Prizes for 12 years — and dedicated ments. Bredes, who was also will go to sophomore Lendsey alyssa arre • CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRA P H E R much of her life to helping an advocate for environmental Achudi and Take Five Scholar women succeed in their politi- and public health issues, passed Naomi Ahsan. CLAss OF 2013 HAS TREMENDOus TACO TALENT cal aspirations. away in August 2011 after a Buletti is a member of Students set a new Guinness World Record for the longest taco line — 1,036 Program Coordinator for long battle with breast cancer. the class of 2013. consecutively — on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Wilson Commons. Feature story: Page 9. INS I DE TH I S I SS U E : HELP ETHAN ! UR SQ U ASHES OPPONENTS NEWS : Why Facebook may be losing its grip PAGE 3 OPI N I on S : What it’s like to be a transfer student PAGE 6 One UR student’s epic love saga through The UR men’s squash team resoundingly beat rejection to self-knowledge, born at FEATURES : Boulder Coffee, after move, in review PAGE 9 Franklin and Marshall College last weekend. Jay’s Diner. A&E: UR Idol judges are unnecessarily harsh PAGE 12 SP O RTS : Men’s basketball earns two victories PAGE 20 FEATURES: PAGE 8 SPORTS: PAGE 20 Page 2 NEWS Thursday, February 9, 2012 FIVE -DAY FORECA S T COURTESY OF WWW .WEATHER .C OM THURSDAY FRIDAY SA T URDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Sunny Snow Showers Snow Shower Snow Shower Partly Cloudy Chance of precipitation: 0% Chance of precipitation: 40% Chance of precipitation: 30% Chance of precipitation: 30% Chance of precipitation: 20% High 40, Low 29 High 39, Low 15 High 20, Low 19 High 23, Low 21 High 38, Low 30 The Feb. 2 news brief “UR officially approves same-sex partner benefits” erroneously reported that UR has newly approved benefits for same-sex partners, when in fact these benefits already existed; UR expanded ben- efits to all domestic partners, including those of the opposite sex. IT I S T H E POLICY O F T H E CAMPUS TIMES TO CORRECT ALL ERRONEOU S IN F ORMA - TION A S QUICKLY A S PO ss IBLE . 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