FRIDI..Y Roast duck September 26, 2003 Cougs are hungry Sports 15 Sunny High: 78 I Low: 48 Changing and adapting NBC goes 'Blue' to Millennial students Seth Lake tion of stu- more holistic approach to college," Contributing writer dents. Jaeger said. 'They're not just here The pre- to build their resume." Student affairs officials sentation also Unlike those from Generation ~ddressed challenges and adapta- contrasted X, who were characterized as tions that would likely occur at them with nomadic and hard, the millennial- WSU with the arrival of the their prede- ists are a group of students eager "Millennial Generation" cessors, to succeed and be involved, she Thursday. _ "Generation said. The Millennial Generation is X" The major 'This group is becoming more lllade up of those born between core values of about process," said Jerry 1982 and today. the Marczynski, assistant vice presi- The presentation, lead by Millennials Jaeger dent for Campus Life. ~lene Jaeger, vice president of are optimism, He continued, ''If they were tudent Affairs, was attended by civic duty, confidence, achieve- involved in the process of a rule, an eclectic group of faculty and ment, sociability, morality, street staff and outlined major charac- smarts and diversity, she said. teristics of the incoming genera- "Students are interested in a See MILLENNIAL, Page 3 Musical PUppy LOVE bridges Bethany Lee DailyEvergreen staff Experience the music; reVerberate your soul. The India Students' tssociation presents ndifusion, a concert fusing traditional carnatic music, rOck,jazz and blues. The event features Indian lruitarist sensation Prasanna ~d Steve I.)lllith, the origi- Ticket ll.al drum- ;ner from prices, b8Qs rock and WSU students Journey. with Cougar 1'b.e event Card- free \\rill take AdUlts - $7 Dlacefrom UI students - $5 l1"7 to 9 p.m. Child~n&to ~l'J.day in 1.7.yeC':}rs-dld-;$5 ryan 1'b.eatre. Brian lrnmet/Daily Evergreen "You hear American music Sami Nickel, right, stops to glance at 7-month-old Daisy between her dizzying rolls down the hill next to the CUE parking garage. an the time, and we thought it {oUld be nice to treat people ~ other cultures," said Vinay . s .padia, a junior computer Clencemajor. a WSU students _with a Networking students, faculty and staff 1l0ugar Card get in free. Charles Morley ers and administration more $Scketprices are for adults, $7 Daily Evergreen staff seamless. Portal options d for University of Idaho stu- The portal will use a stu- • Home: Official notices are posted on the default page, including ents and children 6 to 17. Students will have one- dent's network identification links to e-mail and class announcements. Students can manage their thiTickets will be on sale all stop surfing for many of their and password for logon, which WSU profiles as they would on WSU InfoNet. a s week at the CUB as well WSU needs soon. will remain active across cam- • Academics: Classes the student is enrolled in are listed, along with as Bryan Theater, said cultur- 1 Set to open this spring, the pus sites. web links to syllabi. There will be a new library search tool, and links 13 hsecretary of ISA, Harsh WSU Portal Project will com- The NID would be stable ~~~ . att. bine local news, class bul- and unchanged during the • Campus life: Information about ASWSU, sports, CUB and activities. cl The concert hopes to break letins, instant messaging and student's enrollment at WSU, • Finances: Options for paying WSU, as well as financial aid notices, a0\\rnthe barrier between ISA many other information tools. and provide an easy way to d a:ll. other students, said Though hosted through IT verify identity. WSU libraries will also elagan Luthra, a sophomore servers, the portal grabs es, she said. The site would Peterson said he hopes to take advantage of the NID, also recognize NIDs and cus- e~trical engineer major. information from financial eventually have an instant said John Webb, assistant Q The reason we wanted to aid, libraries, the writing cen- tomize the pages towards stu- 0 messaging tool built into the director for digital services at dents'majors, she said. a this was to show off the ter, SALC and various col- portal. The administration WSU Libraries. The library is tiSSociation and get recogni- leges, providing an integrated Webb said he hopes to have has expressed interest in building a new search engine a continual logon so students itOn,"he said. ''We don't want service for one of the biggest using 1M rather than phone which may eventually be could have seamless surfing St to be restricted to Indian collaborative efforts across conversations, Peterson said. incorporated into the portal. between the portal and the ill.~dents. Both musicians are campus, said Nils Peterson, The 1M tool, currently only in - The engine has several libraries' new search engine. t\\rernational stars. It's just Portal Project manager. planning stages, would be portal capabilities of its own, The portal would allow Peterson said he sees the local to WSU, he said. The said Janet Chisman, systems st °1 different cultures and students to receive informa- Y es coming together." portal primarily as a learning NID would provide more librarian for the WSU tion rather than just search tool, with all course resources security than a disembodied Libraries. Students could The ISA has been planning for it. Once a student logs into in one place. But he also voice on the telephone. It save citations of interest and hopes to make communica- would also help cut down set up alerts for new refer- See BRIDGES. Page 3 tion between students, teach- paperwork and lines. ences relevant to their cours- See PORTAL, Page 3 092609p0208 9/25/03 8:15 PM Page 2 2 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 NEWS THE DAILY EVERGREEN localbriefs communitycalendar there, he helped the college Since reaching the Jazz Today p.m. in Bryan Theater. The con- Fraternity honors start the Center for Digital- charts with three albums on cert is free to students with a WSU alumnus Analog Integrated Circuits. the GPR label in the late ’80s, There will be a Special K WSU I.D. When a fire in February 2000 she established her own record Alcoholics Anonymous meeting The Baptist Christian Battelle executive and WSU forced Sigma Nu to close, label and released dozens of from 12:10 to 1 p.m. at the Ministry Group will meet at 7 alumnus Dennis Cearlock Cearlock was instrumental in a albums from jazz to Celtic, Koinonia House. p.m. in Butch’s Den. Billy received an Alumni Achievement fund-raising campaign to blues, folk-pop and spoken The Honors Student Advisory Schmuck will speak. Award at a Sigma Nu fraternity renovate the chapter house. word. Council will host its annual ice Sunday board meeting, Sept. 20. She has played with Steven cream social at 4 p.m. in Honors He was recognized for his Tyler, Rufus Reid, Keith Hall. The Chess Club will meet from achievement as a founder and Hip harpist coming Lockhart, Marvin Hamlisch and The India Student 3 to 6 p.m. in the CUB Lair. CEO of two national companies, to Bryan Theater cartoonist Gary Larsen. Association will present Everyone is welcome to come executive for Battelle Memorial The Boston Globe called her IndiFusion, a music concert, at 7 and play. Institute and generously support- Deborah Henson-Contant, a “a cross between Leonard ing WSU and Sigma Nu. Cearlock well-rounded performance artist, Bernstein, Steven Tyler and earned both a bachelor’s and will present “Deborah Henson- Xena, the Warrior Princess,” the reeds, later to be used for a master’s degree in civil engineer- Contant: Hip Harp in Concert” and has been featured on NBC, policelog fraternity function. ing from WSU. He later earned a at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 in the CBS, CNN and stared in the The police log is taken from the doctorate from the University of Bryan Hall Theater. PBS special “Celtic Harpestry.” WSU and Pullman daily activity logs. Wednesday Washington in 1977. The program is free and The WSU Visual, Performing Citizen Assist From 1984-1998 Cearlock open to the public. Henson- and Literary Committee is Tuesday Stephenson East, 12:48 a.m. served on the College of Contant is a harpist, singer, sponsoring the concert as part Engineering and Architecture songwriter, author, cartoonist, of its series, “Adding an ‘E’ to Citizen Dispute The reporting party contacted Advisory Board at WSU. While entertainer and comedian. ArtE.” N.E. Fairway Dr., 11:01 p.m. police after finding an individual After receiving a report of a lying on the ground in a sleeping fight in progress, police deter- bag. Police learned the subject mined that several males were had just been released from the not fighting, but cutting reeds hospital, didn’t have the strength from a wetland area. They appar- to walk home and intended to ently were yelling while chopping wait for the bus. The Daily Evergreen Opinion Editor: Amee Brunton 335-2290, [email protected] P.O. 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