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First Cia" : U.S. Postage PAID Permit #35 New London, cr PUBUSIIEIJ WEEKl.Y BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICur COUEGE YOLUME XXVI • NUMBER 3 FRIDAY, SEFTE!t1EER 20, 2002 CONNECTICUT COUEGE, NEW LONDON, CT INSIDE: College Conn Pulls Out of Lyman Loses $1.6M in Downtown Allyn Art Museum Investment By JAMIE ROGERS NII'WS EDITOR NEWS For years. visitors of downtown Horizons plans to involve more New London walking down State Street would pass the Cronin build- Conn students in the Admissions ing, a J 40-year-old brownstone, process uninhabited except for a nearly empty storefront in the Cronin build- ing advertising "CC Downtown," r But after four years of negotiations, the Cronin and two other major resi- dential and commercial brown .. stones, the Crocker and Bacon build- ings, have been abandoned by the New London Development Corporation and Connecticut College. Beginning in 1998, the New London Development Corporation, a non-profit organization created to A&E examine the ailing business district The Annual Faculty Exhibition goes of New London, began a campaign on display in Cummings Art Center to revitalize the city. The NLDC cre- ated a for-profit development divi- sion known as the Cabrini Corporation, with which they began searching for funds to pnrchase the buildings. Connecticut College offered to lend Cabrini $1.6 million. The loan, which was guaranteed by the college, amounted to I% of the After six years wit/) Connecticut College, Lyman AlJynArt Museum and the school will part ways, leaving the museum free-to acquire revenue-from various sources (Gordon). school's endowment and, according to Paul Maroni, Vice President of By JULIA LEFKowm effort to increase culture in the sur- tion is to transform the Lyman support of other potential donors. Finance, was a "high risk investment rounding New London area. Allan Art Museum into an inde- As a result, this past June 30, the within a diversified portfolio." STAFF WRITER During the relationship, pendent entity that can obtain museum experienced a shortfall of Cabrini went before the City On August 22, 2002, the Connecticut College provided financial revenue from various $42,000 for fiscal perioll tbat Council, proposing a $14.6 million SPORTS Connecticut College Board of Lyman Allyn with the financial sources. Although Conn. did pro- ended on this date. Furthermore, renovation of the three buildings, $9 Trustees gave a green light to end means to make notable improve- vide Lyman Allyn with significant Lyman Allyn's endowment fund million of which would be state and Field Hockey Deals With loss of the College's six-year relationship ments and expansions. The decic financial support ($2.4 million), it hRS depleted from $5 million to locally funded. The proposal would Senior players, looks good in open- with the nearby Lyman Allyn Art sion to terminate this relationship, was widely perceived that Conn.'s $3.2 million since 1998. yield 67 residential units and 50,000 ing two games Museum. The union was made in however, is one that was favored contributions sustained the muse- The decision to separate the sq. ft. of retail space on the ground 1998 in the midst of former by both institutions. um entirely. It is believed that for continued on page 8 President Claire L. Gaudiani's The ultimate goal of the separa- this reason the museum lost the continued on page 8 eGA Family Weekend Has Added 'Significance For Cadets By DEBORAI. BLOCK academy distinct from a college fundraisers. There were also sport- LAYOlIT EDITOR such as Conn. For example, the bar- ing events throughout the weekend, Connecticut College students racks in which they live are not nor- including the football game know tbe benefits of Family Day- mally open to the public, meaning Saturday afternoon against Mass. an opportunity to share your Conn their friends and family cannot help Maritime, which the Coast Guard experience with your parents and them move in at the beginning of the Bears won 27-0. A highlight of the siblings, a fun day of sporting events school year. Last weekend, parents game for the students was during and Harvestfest, having you parents of Cadets could go in their son or half time when Captain Hey}, bring all those little things you for- daughter's dorm room and see what Commandant of Cadets, performed got in August, going out to dinner at it looks like for the first time. his annual ride onto the field on the the. most expensive restaurant you "Our parents can see what we back of a motorcycle. can find in the greater New London do; otherwise, we just tell them over One aspect of Parents Weekend area and squeezing all the cash you the phone and they can't visualize it. that students enjoy is the opportuni- can out of mom and dad's pockets. Since they get to see our rooms they ty to spend Friday and Saturday Sorry, but you still have to wait. can see how aU of our socks are nights off campus. This is the first There is another two weeks before arranged a certain way," Anton time fourth class students are you can experience clean laundry Destefano 3/C'said. allowed to spend the night off cam- once more. Parents were also welcome to pus, and the first time many of them But for students at the Coast attend classes on Friday with their had seen their families since they Guard Academy, their parents' sons and daughters and visit the left for boot camp mid-summer. weekend, which took place this past Eagle. a ship used as a training ves- While Conn's Fall Weekend weekend, has an added value. sel, and the Coast Guard Museum. encompasses Family Day and home- The essence of this extra value is Other special events for the weekend coming, the Coast Guard Academy freedom. The Coast Guard students included picnics, cadet uniform pre- has their homecoming this weekend. live according to particular customs sentations, musical performances. a separate from Parents Weekend. and regulations that make a military fourth class drill competition and NL Looks for Answers in Wake of LEAP Cuts On disPlay at the Nut Museum is the world's largest nul (Coco-tie-mer) (m top of a carted mahogany chair. The music stand holds scores io By BRYAN SERINO $750,000. According to the New opening in the New London area, Elizabeth Tashjian's original compositions: "The NUlAnthem, "and "The March oftbe Nuts." (Kiauder). STAFF WRITER London Day, Reneta Cobbs-Fletcher There is hope that these other pro- who is the development director for grams. which include the Voyager Steiner Adopts Nuts from 'Nut Lady' One of the victims of this year's LEAP programs statewide, said, after school program, will fill the Federal and State budget cuts, the "We needed to cut one city or slash gap made by LEAP cuts. The BY JAMES KLAunER here in 1997, Tashjian's "quirky lit- and a nut. One day, a man came New London branch of LEAP, all the programs, and we didn't feel Voyager program will enroll up to tle museum" caught his eye immedi- without a nut and said "take my STAFF WRITER Leadership, Education and Athletics the programs could sustain them- 1,000 students and will run until ately, and it's been a topic of discus- wife; she's a nut," Tashjian was in Partnership program, has been selves with any quality if we slashed June 5. Many nf LEAP's emphasis When police found Elizabeth sion in his classroom ever since. shocked to leam that the word forced to eliminate portions of its them." The overall state budget for and goals will be mirrored in Tashjian, 89. in a coma last May, When he learned that Taishjian's "nut" could be a derogatory term program. LEAP serves 90 New LEAP totals $1.3 million. Voyager. Connecticut state conservators took house and its contents were for sale, for a person. When she was a girl, London middle and elementary Additional cuts will have to be made The uniqueness of LEAP will be possession of her Old Lyme home, he hurried to save what he's nuts were always delectable school students. Twelve students at the remaining LEAP cities, whicb missed according to Matt Bachand, and put it up for sale in order to described as "one of the most origi- delights within her home, but she {rom Connecticut College, Mitchell include New Haven, Bridgeport, and who is the City Manager for New cover medical expenses. Included in nal museums in the country." "never ever heard that word used College and Eastero Connecticut Waterbury. London. "We are heart broken not to the sale was Tashjian's Nut Tashjian has been painting nuts for a person." State University also took part in the Despite the reductions faced by be able to stay in New London." Museum, the nation's only museum ~or more than seven decades.