CampusTHURSDAY, MARCH 7 / VOLUME 140, ISSUE 7 Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org INSIDE Rob Clark named senior VP of research, THIS CT reappointed Dean of Hajim School BY ANGELA REMUS nouncing Clark’s reap- NEWS EDITOR pointment. In an email following the Robert Clark was named event, Seligman concluded, senior vice president for “We have an academic research and reappointed as leader who has proved him- dean of the Hajim School self successful in both roles HOMELAND of Engineering on Tuesday, over the past seven months DIALOGUE March 5. Clark has served on an interim basis.” as dean of the Hajim School Board of Trustees Chari- Conversations about the for one five-year term al- man Ed Hajim commended Israeli-Palestinian debate ready and has been serving Clark’s work as well, citing continue with a new as interim vice president for Clark’s “prodigious energy” campus group. research for the last seven and the role he has played in PAGE 9 FEATURES months. expanding the engineering The vice president for program from about 700 to NO JACKETS research position involves 1,100 students. REQUIRED management of online Clark has also served as in- COUrtESY OF ROCHESTER.EDU academic initiatives and terim senior vice president Clark, pictured with his wife Dana, accepts President Seligman’s gifts of a Rochester scarf and securing funding for re- of research since June. baseball hat at the announcement of his appointments on Tuesday, March 5 in Goergen Hall. search projects across UR’s “[Clark’s] service as dean office, among others. his position as senior vice denied that the dual role disciplines. He will split and interim senior vice presi- “Schools of engineering president for research. was setting any sort of his time between this po- dent for research has been and applied science are a “Understanding the precedent. sition and his position as exemplary,” said Seligman. critical part of innovation breadth of our research “[Clark is] an academic dean. He will also appoint Hajim acknowledged the in the U.S.,” Clark said portfolio and identifying leader who has proved Student performers a staff to help fulfill the ways in which Clark has in an email. “Engineers opportunities to elevate our himself successful in both covered one-hit wonders two roles. partnered with all areas of must also work with fac- efforts through collabora- roles,” Seligman said. “This from the ’80s and ’90s. “The Hajim School has the University, including ulty from the many diverse tion, both internally across is not a precedent but, each PAGE 12 A&E been one of the great suc- the William E. Simon domains of our campus to schools and externally with appointment is made on its cesses of this university School of Business Admin- innovate.” the corporate sector, is criti- individual merits.” RETHINKING recently,” President Joel istration, UR Communica- Interaction and collabo- cal,” Clark explained. Remus is a member of INK Seligman said while an- tions, and the admissions ration also play a role in Both Clark and Seligman the class of 2016. Housing lottery goes online, staff Time Warner addresses acknowledge potential problems Riverview Internet issue BY MELISSA GOLDIN attend room draw sessions “I think potentially it’s BY GREG FOX started by the Riverview Why people should PUBLISHER to choose housing. great,” he said, but added STAFF WRITER Hall Council entitled embrace tattoos as a “This is a new and really that he is “a little nervous,” “Time Warner Cable: Fix form of self-expression. Residential Life will now, different kind of thing,” simply because the system Time Warner Cable the unstable Internet in PAGE 6 OPINIONS for the first time, allow stu- Director of Residential Life is brand new. crews visited the Riv- Riverview Apartments” on dents to complete the room Laurel Contomanolis said. One of the key parts of this erview Apartments on the website change.org. DIVERSITY selection process online Director of Dining Ser- novel system is that it will take Wednesday, March 6 to Many students have when they select housing vices and Auxiliary Opera- place entirely online, from replace Internet equip- complained that the In- DIALOGUE for the 2013-14 academic tions Cam Schauf, who was start to finish — the process ment in an effort to help ternet in Riverview is year later this month. This a part of the initial Lottery can be completed wherever improve the speed and particularly spotty. marks the discontinua- Task Force that discussed there is Internet access (in- reliability of the complex’s “Being a student of a tion of the lottery system the possibilities for a new cluding foreign countries, if wireless connection. large research institution, used previously in which system, is optimistic about students are studying Between the hours of 9 it is hard to accomplish students were required to the change. SEE ROOMS PAGE 4 a.m. and 1 p.m., students schoolwork with an un- experienced intermittent reliable, inconsistent In- blackouts in the wireless ternet with old routers,” as crews worked on the the petition stated. equipment. The petition had 164 “As managers, we con- signatures as of Wednes- A panel discussed tinually monitor all sys- day. diversity — or the lack tems on site,” said Ray Unlike other areas of thereof – at Eastman. Nowakowski, property campus, the Internet in PAGE 4 NEWS manager at Riverview. Riverview is managed “Time Warner performs by Time Warner because both routine and excep- UR does not directly own THURSDAy’s tional maintenance when Riverview; provisions for WEATHER required.” Time Warner to manage According to an email the Internet were part sent to Riverview resi- of the original contract dents, Time Warner only UR negotiated with the worked on one building at landlord. a time so as to minimize As of Wednesday night, the interruption. students have not been “All buildings will not able to reliably determine be without Internet for if the work has led to any the entire four hours,” the Partly Cloudy ALYSSA ARRE / PHOTO EDITOR improvements in Internet email said. High 42, low 31 connectivity. FULL HOUSE FOR BHANGRA WORKSHOP IN SPURRIER The inspection was Fox is a member of PAGE 2 NEWS On Wednesday, March 6, UR Bhangra hosted an open workshop, co-sponsored by Kappa Delta sorority. spurred by a petition the class of 2013. PAGE 2 / campustimes.org NEWS / THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013 FIVE-DAY FORECAST COURTESY OF WEATHER.COM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Snow Showers Mostly Sunny Cloudy Showers Snow Showers Chance of precipitation: 40% Chance of precipitation: 20% Chance of precipitation: 20% Chance of precipitation: 60% Chance of precipitation: 50% High 37, Low 28 High 46, Low 36 High 57, Low 42 High 45, Low 39 High 40, Low 34 SECURITY UPDATE Security car, RTS bus crash near Riverview BY ANGELA REMUS When officers woke her up, NEWS EDITOR she identified herself as an undergraduate. 1. On March 2, at 12:25 She said that she had fallen a.m., a UR security vehicle asleep while studying. and a Regional Transit Service Officers then escorted her bus collided in an accident on from the building. Plymouth Ave. near Riverview Apartments, UR Security Projector screen damaged Investigator Roger Keirsbilck said. 3. On March 1, a damaged The security officer was look- projector screen in Dewey Hall ing for a man who had report- was reported to security. edly been exposing himself. The screen had been in- ALYSSA ARRE / PHOTO EDITOR The officer slowed and sig- stalled the day before. naled a left-hand turn onto It appeared that the screen USED BOOKS SELL FOR CHEAP AT LIBRARY'S SEMI-ANNUAL SALE Barton Street. When the bus had been pulled from its Students peruse the selection of books on sale in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of Rush Rhees Library. The sale was open to both students tried to pass and struck the mount due to several missing and the public and included both fiction and non-fiction titles that were replenished throughout the course of the two-day event. driver’s side of the car. screws and a broken bracket. The security car was pushed The bottom of the projector approximately 50 feet until it screen was also damaged. stopped at the curb. The bus THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS driver admitted that he had Snowballs thrown at tried to pass on the left because Security vehicle THURSDAY he started to slide and could not MARCH 7 stop in time. 4. On Feb. 27, at 9:33 a.m., BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT DONUT TALK STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION The officer was removed two juveniles reportedly threw 2 - 3 P.M., ROOM 473, HUTCHISON HALL 4 - 5 P.M., GOWEN ROOM, WILSON COMMONS from the car by the Rochester snowballs at a Security officer’s Joao Passos, a professor at Newcastle University, will This session will provide information for undergraduates Fire Department and taken to car in the parking lot near give this week’s talk on “Mitochondrai Telomeres and Cel- about semester study abroad programs, internships, and the Strong Memorial Hospital Brook’s Landing. lular Aging.” service learning opportunities. Emergency Department on a When the officer went to backboard. The officer com- speak to them, they ran off ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONCERT plained of head pain. into the nearby neighbor- 7:30 - 9:30 P.M., KODAK HALL, EASTMAN THEATRE There were no passengers on hood. The concert will include selections from Dvorak, Mendelssohn, and Schubert. the bus. Rochester Police responded Ticketholders are invited to attend a discussion at 6:30 p.m. led by conductor The security car was severely and told the officer that there Laureate Christopher Seaman to learn about the night’s repertoire.