October 9,1996 Vol 90 Issue ¡
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Alfred University ranked 15th in the North in U.S. News and World Report's 1997 America's Best Colleges study. The University also ranked 15th in the Best Values cat- egory. *A "Ceremony of Renewal"
was held Monday at the Steinheim castle, marking the beginning of its restoration project. When complete ed, the castle will house the Robert R. McComsey Career Development Center.
N A T I O N A L
A Major League Baseball umpires strike was averted last week when a District Court judge in Philadelphia ordered the umps to work the MLB playoffs. The umpires were protesting the lack of immediate enforcement of discipli- nary action taken against Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar for spitting on umpire John Hirschbeck in the last week of the regular seasoa
•Members of the Nantucket, Mass.
planning board voted against allow- ing a "monolithic structure" of a large supermarket complex to be built on the island.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
A recent study has shown that if the current birth rate trends con- tinue in Japan, the nation's total population would drop from its cur- rent 125 million to 55 million by the year 2100 and to 45,000 by the year 3000. •Hostilities in the West Bank have heightened, as a skirmish between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police officers took place last week The fight, which dam- aged the Jewish and Muslim-wor- shipped shrine of Joseph's tomb, resulted in the deaths of six soldiers and two civilians.
P ERSONAUTIES
JOSEPH GONZALEZ
BY JONATHAN BAUM
On Thursday, Sept. 26, AU student Diana Mossip died from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 19 years old.
Diana was a third-year student with senior standing academically. She was a biology/pre- veterinary major who planned to become a veterinarian.
Risha Jorgensen, a junior business adminis- tration major, recalled Diana as a caring and affectionate person.
"She was a sweet and giving and alive per- son—quietly alive. If you asked her to do something, she would do it. If you needed her, she would be there."
Jorgensen said, "She never had a bad word
for anybody. I think the worst I ever heard out of her mouth was 'doh'."
Wyndi Anderson, a junior psychology major and Mossip's roommate in the Brick this year and last, was in the car with Mossip along with two other friends. She said she and the others sustained only minor injuries.
The accident occurred on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. Anderson said she and Mossip had driven to New Jersey the weekend of the 21st to visit friends of Mossip who Anderson had met during the previous Spring Break.
Anderson said of Mossip, "She's not the kind of person you can really categorize. She was a lot of things to a lot of different people."
"I don't know a single person that knew her
who didn't love her," said Anderson.
Mossip was a National Merit Scholar and an honors student who, by accounts of most of her friends and some professors, always maintained a high grade point average.
Paul Strong, director of the honors pro- gram, recalled his first encounter with Diana Mossip.
"When she applied to the honors program before she came to AU, she wrote an essay that was so unusual, I wrote back because I was so struck by it."
Strong said he never sends a personal response, because he receives about 70 appli- cations a year.
SEE DIANA, PAGE 3
F.Y.E. to aid freshmen
BY NIDELL ROSSER
Due to increased concern' over retention, a new program has been implemented for the freshman class.
"The main goal of the Freshman Year Experience program is to improve student success and retention because we want AU students to be leaders," said Ian Neuhard, assistant director of residence life and F.Y.E. coordinator.
"A lot of support services will be offered; however, there will be no hand-holding," he said.
The program consists of core programs and team meetings.
Core programs are manda- tory and are being held bi- weekly during the fall semes- ter. They will be held once a month during the spring semester. The interactive dis- cussions are based on stu- dents' needs, said Michael Marschke, a Cannon resident assistant.
Topics already covered
include drug use, alcohol and sexual assault. Future topics will include time management, advanced study skills, and assertiveness with peers and faculty.
Resident assistants will also be leading biweekly team meetings for small groups of freshman on topics such as personal safety, the vax sys- tem, residence hall social interaction and roommate relations.
"Programs will be social,"
said Marschke. He also said they will have programs with the Career Development Center and Herrick library.
Many freshman do not feel there is a need for the pro- gram.
"This program is just anoth- er annoyance to have to deal with," said one freshman who wishes to remain anonymous.
Another freshman who wanted to remain anonymous said, "Mandatory meetings are just a waste of valuable work and study time." •
PHOTO BY MARIA CORDARO Smile! Junior Zach Hampton and senior Miriam De Aza are crowned thö '96 Homecoming King and Queen.
The youngest campus resident has no problem sleeping through the night, said Tomas Gonzalez, associ- ate director of Residence Life.
Joseph Gonzalez, the 6-month- old son of Tomas and Dawn Gonzalez, secretary of Opportunity Programs, lives in Pegasus B with his parents.
Tomas said "Many students say they can't sleep in the residence halls, but they are the only place he can sleep."
Joseph weighs 21 pounds and is 29 inches tall, said Dawn. He is not crawling yet, but can roll over and say "Dada," she said. Dawn said Joseph is people-oriented and loves the campus.
She said an embarrassing moment occurred when Joseph was two-and-a-half months old and decided to burp loudly in the mid- dle of the bishop's speech at church.
While Tomas was reading the first issue of the Fiat Lux this semester, Joey grabbed it and tried to stuff it in his mouth, said Tomas.
"The Fiat is the only paper he has grabbed for, so I think he can be considered a fan," Tomas said.
PHOTO BY MIKE PELLICCIOTTI
Listen. Susan Morehouse expresses her views of "male bashing.' SEE R O U N D T A B L E , PAGE 6
I N E W S F E A T U R E
BY SABRINA HARRISON
When a group says that they are not being treated fairly, is that merely an objection to some- thing unfair or an attempt to attack the dominant group? That question was posed by Arthur Greil, professor of sociology and health policy, at the Women's Studies Roundtable discussion, Oct. 4.
The discussion was led by an informal panel which included Vicki Eaklor, professor of histo- ry, Jonathan Baum, editor of the Fiat Lux, Megan Allen, junior communications studies major, and Greil.
Titled "Speaking the Truth to Power and Male-Bashing," the discussion was held to address
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C O L U M N I S T SEveryone is affected
Alfred is often described as a unique community. Part of what makes it unique is the existence of close relationships and familiarities.
These include the many ties between the University and the sur- rounding community, the closeness of students to faculty, staff and administrators, and the ability for any one student to know, know of, or at least recognize almost everyone else living in the community.
That is part of what makes Alfred... well... Alfred.
But with this closeness sometimes comes overwhelming sadness. For when tragic events occur to members of our community, we all feel the effects.
In the past few weeks, the Alfred Community lost two of its members.
Diana Mossip, a University student, and Roger VanHorn, head of Alfred's Sun Publishing, both died recently.
Communities as tightly knit as this often enjoy a sense of trust and even camaraderie. Even if one person doesn't know another personally, it's not hard to know what that person enjoys and what their interests are because so often, interests are shared by so many members of this community.
Many of us knew both, some may have only known one of the two. But even if someone had never met Roger or Diana, chances are they had some sort of tie to them, whether it be through an honors seminar that Diana had taken or by reading an orientation pamphlet published by Sun.
Often it becomes easy to not think of Alfred, N.Y., as the real world because it really does maintain such a unique environment. But at times like this it becomes all too evident that despite living in this microcosm, we are all susceptible to the same tragedies, trials and tribulations everyone else living anywhere else too often must face.
So now could be a time to be saddened by the losses—and appropri- ately so. But it should also be a time to be thankful for living in a com- munity that is so close that we feel pain together. A community where we support each other through pain until more joyous times come along.
Then we celebrate together. •
C O M M E N T A R Y
Perot should be able to participate in debate
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BY JONATHAN BAUM AND MEGAN PARK
The first of this year's presi- dential debates was held Sunday night in Hartford, Conn. And this time, Ross Perot couldn't buy his way into the spotlight.
The Federal Election Commission delegated respon- sibility for inclusion criteria to the Commission on Presidential Debate. The debate Commission, which is a private, non-profit organiza- tion formed by the Republican and Democratic parties, denied Perot participation in the debates because it deter- mined that Perot had no chance of winning the election.
This is true. But in 1992, despite a great showing for an independent candidate, Perot really did not have a reason- able shot of taking the presi- dency either. Yet he still debated, as he should be allowed to do now.
What Perot did do by par-
ticipating in debates was help push the need for a strong economy to the front of both the Democratic and GOP plat- forms.
That is the point of such a debate—to inform voters both on the issues and the candi- dates. More input, views and choices help clarify issues for voters, and seeing candidates explain their positions enables voters to find candidates who share their views. Denying Perot access limits the infor- mation given out to the public.
As of this past weekend, just six percent of those polled by CNN and USA Today committed to vote for Perot.
Therefore, allowing him into the debate would possibly give the Perot campaign a shot in the arm and much- needed publicity.
Peter Hart, Democratic pollster, was quoted in a news- day.com article as saying:
"Voters have an open window.
They are willing to suspend judgment in many cases in order to hear the best case from both candidates." Why should third party candidates not have that same chance?
One of the basic principles of American democracy is par- ticipation of the common per- son. Yes, just about anyone can run for president. But this refusal to allow other candi- dates into a public debate forum limits who can effec- tively run to those who ally themselves with the powers- that-be.
The exclusion of Perot from this debate also ignores the current trend of more people registering and voting inde- pendent.
Furthermore, many states in the 1992 election were won with a plurality, not a majori- ty. Therefore, common sense would dictate allowing more than two candidates to debate, considering more than two candidates will receive sub- stantial amounts of votes.
But that isn't the case this time. Instead, the powers- that-be have effectively implemented steps to move the presidential election back to a two-person race.
And Clinton and Dole will get free coverage via the debates while Perot must stick to infomercials and Larry King Live. •
Student concerned about fire safety in dorm
BY MARIA CORDARO
I feel the actions shown by my resident director and the resident assistants after a fire broke out in my building on Wednesday Oct. 2 to be disturbing.
While my fellow residents and I were outside all huddled together, wrapped in our jackets and house- coats, at 4 aon. the RD and an RA called our attention.
They announced that it was not a drill, but there was nothing to panic about. However, what they did next is what I question. They asked that the students living in the affected area of the building go up to their rooms and open the windows to let the smoke out.
Was this safe? I thought the fire department was supposed to take care of this kind of thing. At the time, however, I let it pass. Luckily no one got hurt or inhaled any smoke, at least that I'm aware of.
In the morning, however, when my mind was more alert, I began to wonder more and more about the actions taken during the early morning disarray.
Confused, I asked one of my RAs if she could explain what exactly happened that made it safe for students to be up there so soon after a fire. Since the beginning of my first year at AU I was been told at residence hall meetings to call the fire department after a fire of any size. Even if the fire is already out, a fire fighter needs to determine that it will not rekindle.
Unfortunately what my RA told me after that only surprised me more. She didn't know anything about what had happened.
From what she told me it was a decision between the RD and one of the other RAs to let the students
G U E S T C O L U M N I S T
back in and not call the fire department. She didn't even know what had caused the fire! She assured me that she would talk to the RD and make sure the whole building was informed of the incident
The next day, as my RA had promised, there were notices posted on all the lavatory doors explaining the fire and what actions had been taken. However I did not find them accurate to the situation.
We had been allowed in the building after the fire had been extinguished and it was determined to be safe. It didn't even mention the fact that some stu- dents were allowed in before others to let smoke out, something normally done by trained and well-protect- ed firefighters. It also claimed that there was no need to call the fire department because it was only a small fire.
Returning to my earlier teachings that "no fire is too small," I find this action contradictoiy. I am not saying what my RD and RA did was totally wrong. However, calling the fire department would have kept the resi- dents out of the building and safe from possible smoke inhalation while the job was being done in a more effi- cient manner by trained firefighters. At the same time it would have made me feel safer in the long run.
I don't want to be too hard on the residence staff because, like me, they are not experts in how to handle a fire. Their job is to prevent the fires, not put them out. But they are not trained to know how a fire will behave. They should have realized this and called the fire department. No one can really know for sure how a fire will act, but a firefighter has learned its habits and can make a better judgement. •
Take an active role and vote
BY BEN GOLDBERG
Americans must start to take an active role in their government.
America is going through drastic changes, and if the masses do not participate, America will loose its democracy and be controlled by a small group of billionaires.
The current welfare reform is taking away jobs of the working class and putting millions of dol- lars into the pockets of business leaders. The reform sounds like a good idea; make people work for
their money and save workers' tax dollars.
A closer look at this reform however, reveals that it only ben- efits the business owners and destroys the middle class. Jobs that once paid $12 per hour are now given to prior welfare recipi- ents for minimum wage.
If we do not demand a better distribution of wealth, America will regress to times of feudalism and will resemble a third world country. Our generation must protect our democracy and fight
for legislation that guarantees health care, higher education, good housing, fair compensation for work and support for the elderly and poor.
It is time for some of us to leave our sheltered lives and start to defend America's working middle class, who are the heart of our wonderful nation.
We all need to vote and educate ourselves on social issues to use our power to defend this country.
Remember, united we stand, divided we fall. •
Correction: AU student Amy Leach provided medical attention to a woman in an Auburn, N.Y., Wal-Mart. The location of the store was misidentified in an article appearing in the Sept.18 issue of the Fiat Lux.
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"There are students who you meet who just kind of fade into the background," said Strong. "But some—it's just clear that they're special."
Strong said that was his first impression of Mossip and that it became a lasting one.
Gordan Atlas, associate professor of psychology, had Mossip in two of his class- es. Atlas said Mossip was relatively quiet in his classes, but when she did speak it was memorable.
"She was quiet, but highly alert and aware. She just didn't want to be in the spotlight," said Atlas.
"One thing that was striking was that she was so intelligent and so articulate that when she came forward with a com- ment she would often kill a discussion,"
said Atlas.
"Often you want to work up to the essence of a topic. She'd get right into it,"
he said.
Atlas described Mossip as an extremely determined person.
"She was looking for deeper solutions than the average person would. She was not ready to accept the status quo."
Atlas recalled how Mossip would some- times fight through illness to make it through his honors seminar.
"You've got to have that kind of deter- mination" to do well in college, he said.
Atlas said that he made a pitch to Mossip to become a psychology major, but she was devoted to her pre-veterinary work.
"Diana was a very scientific thinker,"
allowing her to use both her love for sci- ence and animals in her career goals, said Atlas.
Atlas said that people have a tendency to idealize the deceased, but in this case it's all true.
er use during her sophomore year. Also she became more shy, he said.
"I didn't think it was a problem until it was too late," he said.
When asked how Diana would be remembered, Risha Jorgensen recalled an event from several days before.
"We were talking about her and I got this mental picture of her on all fours look- ing up at you going 'mrow' like a cat and looking very innocent, but her eyes were laughing at you."
Schreib said he'd remember Diana Mossip "as a person that I wish I'd gotten to know better and had more time to spend with.
"She was someone who in a very short time made a very large impact on my life—
A person who loved life the way she did."
Schreib also said he would remember her as a person who loved to purr.
Anderson said she'd remember Diana dancing.
"She loved to dance. She didn't do it very often, but she danced more beautiful- ly than anyone I've ever seen."
Anderson said some of the things that first made them became friends freshman year were their mutual interests in Doctor Who and Paganism. Anderson said that while she and Mossip didn't worship the same religion, both did have non-tradition- al beliefs, which allowed the two to under- stand each other better.
"She's the kind of person you can't cap- ture in words. I've tried and I've failed,"
said Anderson.
"She was the best thing that ever hap- pened to me. She was the best thing that ever happened to a lot of people.
"Knowing her made me a better person.
She accepted me so much that I was forced to accept myself. She loved me so much that I was forced to love myself," said Anderson.
"As far as I'm concerned, she's never leaving me."
As of press time, memorial services were still being planned. •
Roger B. VanHorn, printer and Mend, dies at 48
Roger B. VanHorn
1948 -1996
BY CHAD BOWMAN
On a frigid December afternoon in 1991, a freshman searched South Main Street for Crandall Hall, wandering aimlessly past Klan Alpine. Trooping up and down the street during a snowstorm, she finally pushed open the green door of Sun Publishing Co. and found Roger B. VanHorn as hun- dreds of other students had before her: leaning back in a creaky wooden chair, twirling an end of his handlebar mus- tache and genuinely amused by himself and by the world around him.
Her face red, her jaw numb and her hair caked with ice, she asked for Crandall Hall.
"Where the hell did you go? It's right over there," Roger said, laughing and pointing out the window at the building across the street. "But by the look of you, I'd say you'd bet- ter just stay put for a few minutes. Take a load off and plant your butt right on the heater over here."
He kept the dripping girl in his office until she thawed. He asked her name and her major and kept her laughing at him and at her own situation, hollering anytime a staff member walked into the office: "Get a load of this!"
Alfred students and community members lost a friend Sept. 24 when Roger committed suicide at age 48. Students met Roger at Sun Publishing as they brought in resumes to be typed, art show cards to be printed and waxy Fiat Lux
mechanicals to be transformed into newspapers, Looking up from his overflowing desk, he greeted each new friend—•and that was what a visitor became upon stepping into the warm office—in a deep, wry drawl.
Roger's family moved to Alfred when he was a young child in 1952. As a 6-year-old, he hand-set the Fiat Lux with type out of a California job case. After leaving the Southern Tier for school at Albany State College and Cornell University and a post at the Vineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard, he returned to Alfred, where he married, became a Mher and ran Sim Publishing.
Ift 1981, Roger succeeded his father as operator of the his»
tefíe 11 South Main St. shop, which was founded in 1883 and Always counted Alfred University as its largest customer.
At times, though, the print shop took second billing to Roger's wild entrepreneurial ventures and creative impuls- es.
He loved to spin tales, if a listener had the time. He had a bawdy sense of humor and a high giggle and delighted in lampooning the pretentious. On April 21,1995, the Fiat Lux Outlooks magazine ran a five-page cartoon penned by Roger under the pseudonym "Fup Duck" and drawn by local artist Steve Skeates.
Titled "From the Humble Saddle of my High Horse,"
Roger described a peeve that irritated his bippy: "The act of being Pompous." Often, he wrote, these pompous people, or pompositors, were "Pea Aitch Dees" who introduced them- selvés as "Dr. I.R. Selfworth" and held esoteric degrees in
"Bureaucratic Administration perhaps, or Condescension Management, with a concentration in Pretension Theory and a dissertation written on Ivory Tower Methodology."
"Always remember—those who can't laugh at themselves are usually laughed at by all others," he wrote.
Roger often hammered out his treatises before dawn, alone in his print shop. Under the light of a single desk lamp, he typed hundreds of essays on life in Allegany County, the trials of a printer and the characters and scenes from his col- orful life. By the time a weary Fiat Lux editor carried in pasted-up pages at 8 a.m. Monday morning, Roger had usu- ally downed a cup of thick, black print-house coffee and smoked several of his unfiltered cigarettes—and he was armed with his wit.
His relationship with the campus newspaper was close.
Students considered him a friend and an integral part of the staff. In May 1992, at the first Fiat Lux banquet, they hon- ored him as the student publication's most valuable supporter.
Roger was active in the Allegany County Non-Violent Action Group. He was an Eagle Scout, a former member of Alfred's volunteer fire department and immediate past pres- ident of the Alfred Lions Club. He helped build Alfred's new playground in 1994 and coached an Odyssey of the Mind team.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Russ Downing, and two children, daughter Ehret and son Sawyer, both at home. He is also survived by a sister, Christine (William) Brotemarkle, Virginia, and a brother Eric (Kathleen) VanHorn, Ohio, and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Sept. 28 at the Seventh Day Baptist Church with the Rev. Leon Wheeler, the Rev. David Clarke and the Rev. Sally Potter Abrahamson presiding.
Final interment is in Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the building fund of the Alfred Station Volunteer Fire Department, Alfred Station, NY 14803. •
Chad Bowman, AU class of 'H, was editor of the Fiat Lux during the '91 - '92 and '92 - '93 school years. He is presently a writer for the Watertown Daily Times.
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said, "I think Diana was different things to different people. She was a girlfriend, she was a best friend, she was someone who understood."
Schreib described Mossip as empathetic and "always willing to give and do things for other people."
He said she was a fun-loving per- son who fre- quented coffee- houses and concerts, but said" if some- thing or some- one did not stim- ulate her, she had no use for them.
"If you didn't have something to offer her, she sought it elsewhere," said Schreib. He said this showed Mossip's cynical side, but it was what made her human.
Schreib said sometimes Diana had hurt people close to her.
"I imagine she's sorry she hurt people—
I'm sure she never intended to do it. But she wouldn't take it back," said Schreib.
He said he imagines her now looking at her friends with her evil eyes and grin, knowing that she knows what else is out there and her friends do not.
"Just to know her was unique," said Schreib. "There is no one else like her."
Todd Menhinick, a junior psychology major, described Mossip as being "driven toward her goals." He said she had a short list of graduate programs in veterinary medicine already compiled and researched as a freshman, and she even took her GREs freshman year to avoid having to take them after they changed format.
Menhinick, who dated Mossip for over a
year-and-a-half, said "the whole thing is a real sad coincidence."
"She was really good at what she did and everyone knew she was going to get there," he said. "No one had any
doubt she was going to achieve all her goals—and then this
happens." '
"She was a genuine, sweet, caring individ-
ual," he said.
Wyndi Anderson said she was a mess right after receiving word of Diana's death. She said at the time of the news she was still with many of Diana's New Jersey friends who provided support for each other over the next several days.
Anderson said as many as ten different people "camped out" in a friend's house for much of the weekend following her death.
Diana Mossip was from Bloomingdale, N J . She was a member of the Society of Creative Anachronism and subscribed to the Wiccan religion. She enjoyed crafting her own jewelry and par- ticipating in role-playing games. On one particular internet gamesite, a memorial room with a signature book has been set up in memory of Mossip.
Diana was a first-generation American, born to British parents. She was also a good student and caring friend, but possi- bly most of all, she was an animal lover.
"When I think of Di, I always think of animals—she loved them so much," said Phillip Fisk, a junior computer science major and friend of Mossip.
Fisk recalled Mossip, saying, "Nobody quite understood her."
"She changed overnight," he said, describing her increased internet comput-
Absentee ballots now available
BY MARINA ZWDFLER
You've seen Bill Clinton on MTV, Bob Dole
"falling" for Chico State and Ross Perot's infomercial.
Soon it will be time for you to vote for which of these candidates you want to lead the country.
"It is easy to forget to register and vote when you are busy," said Steve Harpst, direc- tor of student activities and the Powell Campus Center. However, it is important for students to vote because many of the disputed issues, like student loans and social security, affect them
directly, he said.
A person wishing to register to vote, can find forms available at county boards of election, departments of motor vehicles or public libraries.
Unless you live in Alfred permanently, to vote you will need an absentee ballot. An absentee ballot application can be obtained through your county board of elections either in person or by mail. After filling out an applica- tion and returning it to the board of elections, you will receive the actual ballot in the mail.
According to the New York State board of
elections voter registration hotline (1-800- FOR-VOTE), the absentee ballot can be received no earlier than 30 days prior to the election and no later than seven days before the election.
If you are a New York resident call the hot- line to find out the address of your county board of elections.
Those living outside New York should call Rock the Vote at 1-800-CALL-RTV for infor- mation.
If anyone has questions, resources are avail- able in the student affairs office, said Harpst. •
Election Series Part 1
'96 Non Bipartisan Presidential Candidates
G R E E N P A R T Y
For President Ralph Nader Age: 62
Home: California
Formal Education: Undergraduate Princeton, Harvard Law School
Occupation: Lawyer, advocate Previous campaigns: Campaigned for Democratic nomination in 1992
For Vice President Winona LaDuke Home: Minnesota
Occupation: Author, speaker, activist
PARTY W P G M R M F U M M
• Supporter of pro-environment legislation
• Advocate of personal health issues
• Opposes NAFTA and GAIT
• Increase regulation of food industry
• Protector of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Increase regulation of big business
• Worker job and health protection
"We've got to do what past generations never had to do... Man- made hazards are transcending our traditional physiological alert system... We have to do something."
—Ralph Nader
L I B E R T A R I A N P A R T Y
For President Harry Browne Age: 63 Home: Tennesee
Marital Status: remarried (Pamela Lanier Wolfe)
Children: one daughter (Autumn Browne Wilson)
Formal Education: none
For Vice President Jo Jorgensen Home: South Carolina
Occupation: President and owner of Hypertech, Inc.
R E F O R M P A R T Y
For President H. Ross Perot Age: 66 Home: Texas
Marital Status: married (Margot Birmingham) Children: five
Formal Education: US Naval Academy Occupations: worked for IBM (1957-1962), founded and ran Electronic Data Systems (1962-1985) Previous campaign: Ran for President in 1992 with the "United We Stand"
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PARTY AND CAMPAIGN PLATFORM
• Spend less in military affairs and remove United States from all
• Complete abolishment of welfare programs
• Strict interpretation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
• End the "war on drugs" and pardon everyone who has been convict ed of a non-violent drug offense
• Repeal the income tax and abolish IRS
• Remove federal government from education
• Sell off all federal assets to pay off national debt
"Once we realize that government doesn't work, we will know that the only way to improve society is by reducing the size of the govern
m e n t — b y doing away with laws, by getting rid of government pro grams, fey getting money back in our own hands."
—Harry Browne
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BY MIKE CHHSTAMS
What has traditionally occurred on a weekend in October almost every year since 1924 at Alfred University? Snow perhaps?
For the last 72 years AU alumni, faculty, staff and students have been "coming home" to Alfred to celebrate Homecoming.
Homecoming 1987s Weekend Program best explains the expe- rience one feels when returning to AU: "One sees new faces, new buildings, new facilities—
changes are apparent every- where. Yet, like home and the verity of old, the essence of Alfred remains constant and unchanging."
In 1939, 15 years after the inception of AU's Homecoming, the events calendar for the weekend included only three or four activities. Unlike today's parades and parties, early Homecomings centered on com- petition and the alumni's return.
The 1939 Homecoming was on Saturday and consisted of a cross country meet dining the day, a football game in the late after- noon and alumni visitations to Greek houses. A buffet dinner was available for $1 per person.
Many of today's Homecoming events came into being in the 1960s. Homecoming became a two-day affair, starting Friday and continuing Saturday. Friday included arrival and registration of the alumni and special work- shops and meetings, many of which were held in the Rogers Campus Center. Saturday tradi- tionally consisted of the parade, sporting events and recently a theatrical production by the Division of Performing Arts.
Despite similarities, no two Homecomings have been the same. The people, events, weather and even the campus are always changing. In recent years Homecoming has been an opportunity for the University to unveil many new buildings as well as renovated historical land- marks.
Davis Memorial Carillon's dedication was part of Homecoming 1983. A carillon concert accompanied the dedica- tion and has since become stan- dard.
In August 1994 AU announced Homecoming would be a three-day affair. It included a Friday evening parade down Academic Alley, the traditional parade down Main Street on Saturday and the annual Homecoming football game.
In addition to the theatrical performances, Friday Night Live, carillon concert and Steinheim bonfire, there were also torn« of the new Powell Campus Center and Olin build- ing. The earlier date was in hopes of warm weather.
Homecoming at AU always has been, and will be, a time of joyous reunions, wild cheering at athletic games and reminiscing about the days of old spent in the small college town of Alfred, at a place many of us call home, Alfred University.
October 9, 1996 /
Fiat Lux
page 5— Reflections
[REVIEW
On the evening of Friday, Sept. 27, Holmes Auditorium was again filled with the beautiful sounds of the annual Performing Arts Faculty Concert. It was a wonderful program that pro- vided us with a glimpse of the talent of our fac- ulty.
Marc Sackman, assistant professor of music, and Laurel Buckwalter, adjunct instructor of music, set the mood for the evening by open- ing the show with a lively piece by George Enesco, titled "Cantabile and Presto." They performed exceptionally well together and the parts meshed well, with Sackman on flute and Buckwalter on piano.
Ben Howard, professor of English and Alfred's own classical guitarist, kept the audi- ence's attention as his soft and subtle tones floated through the air. During his second appearance on stage, Susan Caligaris, assis- tant professor of dance, improvised to his music, having earlier completed her own par- ticularly spicy dance routine, "Claro Que Si."
Luanne Clarke, assistant professor of voice and chorus, treated us to a set of Spanish love madrigals which was more a performance than just singing, and Peter O'Connor, lectur- er in music, gave us his own arrangement of Duke Ellington works on the piano. O'Connor started off well, but the segment was overly long.
Meanwhile, the acting of Steven Crosby, chairperson of the division of performing arts, and Becky Prophet, professor of theatre, was spectacular in a scene from Edward Albee's
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The charac- terizations were incredible for merely a
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staged reading.
It might have been nice, however, to wait a shorter time between each performer.
Also, Sackman and Buckwalter played beautifully together, as did Sackman by him- self—so why didn't he do his allotted two per- formances, like everyone else? It was under- standable for others to only appear once on the stage; Clarke performed a quartet of
pieces and O'Connor gave us our dose of Ellington for the next few months. But Sackman?
Similarly, why didn't Prophet assume another character? She did a great job in the
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" scene, and it would have been nice to see more of her.
Overall it was a strong night, filled with spectacular performances all around. •
Prophet's creation
BY JASON GRAY
Inside the C.D. Smith III the- atre, a stage consisting of two circle decks is occupied by a dozen actors chanting primi- tive sounds and performing rit- ual body movements.
"The World Before Us," a creative collaboration of myths brought together by Becky Prophet, director of the show and professor of theatre, cen- ters around the act of creation.
The play opens tonight and will continue through Saturday evening.
Using stories from cultures as varied as the Hopi, Australian Aborigines and the Ancient Greeks, the actors tell an old tale in a new manner.
Prophet said she used the Genesis story from the Bible as the focus for the play because it is the most recognizable cre- ation story to Western culture.
It is a point of departure, she said, to explore the myths of other cultures, bouncing from Genesis to myth and back again. Ten traditional tales and the Big Bang theory are woven together in this theatrical tapestry.
The story unfolds from dark- ness, to the coming of knowl- edge, to man. The actors
explore each myth through a variety of means: oral story- telling, puppetry, shadow play, ritual combat and mime.
Prophet said she has tried to correspond the way a myth is told onstage with techniques familiar to the region of the myth's origin.
"When a human creates—
there is something permanent and perfect about that," said Prophet. She said at the play's heart i9 the joy of creation.
Prophet has been working on this piece since last semester, when it was originally sup- posed to be produced. Due to construction problems on the Miller Performing Arts Center, the play was delayed until it was certain the C.D. Smith III theatre would be completed.
During rehearsal with house- lights on and chairs stacked about the theatre, the actors still have their own personali- ties. However, as they begin to move in ritual rhythms to the script, the promise of some- thing magical is beginning to breathe. o
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Now that autumn is descend- ing upon us and the tips of maple leaves have been touched with red, the occa- sional drop of a leaf reminds me of one of e.e. cummings' simplest, yet most stirring poems:
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Ah, just another day in soap opera land.
I have heard many criticize soap operas; some even say that they are a complete waste of time.
As a one-time addict of "Santa Barbara" (until it was canceled, one of the worst events in televi- sion history), and current follow- er of "The Young and the Restless," I disagree with much of this criticism.
I do agree with one of the m^jor criticisms, that soap story lines are absolutely unrealistic, even ridiculous. However, this does not make them worthless, but simply more entertaining.
It is hard not to laugh, for example, when yet another char- acter is possessed by the devil or when a 'long lost sibling" conve- niently appears.
Also this constant escape from reality adds mystery, since even death doesn't prevent a character from reappearing.
Another major criticism I have heard is that some of the charac- ters' actions are immoral. Okay, yes—I certainly can't disagree with that point.
I think a strength of soap operas not commonly realized is that the characters' problems can put real-life problems in perspec- tive. For instance, yes, maybe you failed an exam last week, but at least you havent discovered that you have an evil twin who is out to kill you.
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the various responses to the first Riley lecture in Women's Studies held last April. Ronnie Steinberg, professor of sociology and women's studies at Temple University, gave a lecture titled "The Economic War Against Women: The Material Bases of Rhetoric and the Politics of Containment." Her talk sparked a wide range of support and objections that were addressed at the roundtable discussion.
Baum, who wrote a column responding to Steinberg's lecture in the April 24 issue of the Fiat Lux, started the discussion by conceding the way in which he wrote the column "was not the best way," but that he was skeptical of Steinberg's ideas.
The audience members were then encouraged by Greil and Eaklor to dis-
cuss their sentiments on the Steinberg lecture.
Gary Ostrower, professor of history, whose class accompanied him to the Riley lecture, noted that the almost unanimous impression of his students was that the speech was male-bashing.
"Steinberg defined what she was say- ing in 'we' and 'they' terms," said Ostrower, which gave the speech a bash- ing tone. He said this tone then clouded the logic of Steinberg's speech.
Ostrower disagreed with Steinberg's use of white males as an example of privi- leged position in her lecture. He noted that there are lower class white males who are just as victimized in our society as other disadvantaged groups.
Some audience members objected to Ostrower's view and supported Steinberg's claims.
Carol Burdick, assistant professor of English, said the audience was very
receptive at the Riley lecture. Burdick also challenged Ostrower's student sur- vey of the Steinberg lecture, questioning whether the students were reflecting his impressions. Ostrower disagreed and said he ended up defending Steinberg in the class.
Susan Morehouse, assistant professor of English, said that men feel they are bashed even though they are not. She said that people in our society are used to the dominant group as a subject.
Therefore when the subject changes, those in the dominant group find it a neg- ative experience because suddenly they are not included, she said. The term male- bashing is often used when women speak of issues pertaining to themselves and not the dominant group, she said,-.
Linda Mitchell, assistant professor of history, agreed with Morehouse. She also said "Male language tends to reinforce hierarchy, and language to reform brings
fear to the dominant group."
The terminology that women adopt to empower themselves was discussed by Greil. He said, "People do not see femi- nism as meaning equality but feminism as meaning anti-male."
Referring to equality in the work force, Baum said that if he is seen as the enemy he is less willing to help the problem. He would rather be seen as someone who can try to help remedy the problem instead of someone who is causing it, he said.
Eaklor suggested everyone look at the patriarchy that still exists today. She said we should ask ourselves why the patri- archy continues to exist today and who gains by its existence.
Sandra Singer, assistant professor of German, said we should stop being afraid of lack of sustenance, jobs and health care. She said we should take personal responsibility for ourselves and "get over the fear of what equality could mean." •
C E R A M I C E N G I N E E R I N G
Alastair Cormack, dean of the School of Ceramic Engineering and Sciences at the New York State College of Ceramics has announced his resignation from the post, effective as soon as a replacement is found. Cormack, who is stepping down in order to devote more time to research, will continue to teach at Alfred.
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Juniors and seniors are eligible to participate. Interested persons should see Heineman in Olin Building, Room 209. Applications must be completed by October 18, 1996.
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The members of Student Senate have elected sopho- more history major Michael Christakis vice presi- dent and senior business administration major Cheryl Wilczynski treasurer.
In other Senate business, increased student park- ing, suggestions for the Trustees, and budgetary issues were discussed.
Pat Schwartz, director of security and telecommu- nications, said the University is trying to improve the parking situation on campus. She said the gravel section of the Pine Hill parking lot was paved this summer in response to student concerns.
Schwartz said she had received suggestions including paving the area beyond the guardrail on the hairpin turn and using it for parking.
Senators said the hairpin turn would be ruined by lights and cars if there was a parking lot there.
Another suggestion she mentioned was allowing parking on Greek Row behind the Pine Hill Suites.
Schwartz said instituting two types of parking per- mits was also suggested. She said one would be more expensive and allow students to park closer to resi- dence halls. A less expensive permit would allow stu- dents to park in other lots, but not in preferred park- ing spots, she said.
Other suggestions made included extending the parking lot past Ade Hall and instituting a lottery system for the prime parking spaces on campus.
Schwartz also reminded Senators that faculty/staff spaces are only reserved from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. At other times they may be used by anyone.
Students also suggested more blue phones be installed on campus, especially behind Tefft and Reimer halls. Schwartz said a plan has already been
submitted for four new phones.
The Student Liaisons to the Trustees asked Senators for suggestions to take to the Trustees.
Senators suggested more video equipment for art students, vax connections in individual residence hall rooms and a women's studies requirement for all stu- dents in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
A Senator suggested cooperating teachers, those in nearby school districts who work with education majors during student teaching, should receive high- er pay.
Other concerns Senators said they would like pre- sented to the Trustees included the number of minor- ity faculty, the candle policy in the residence halls and the continuing renovations of the residence halls.
Senators said they also wanted the trees in front of McMahon Building discussed with the Trustees.
Senators said they are concerned the trees are too close together, too close to the sidewalk and too close to the lights.
The Student Liaisons said they would express all these concerns to the Trustees.
The Senators approved a $1,515.50 budget for Homecoming activities, but denied funds for fire- works. They also approved $1,200 for Senate's oper- ating costs for the year. This includes $600 for phone line fees.
The Pine Hill Trails are now open. Senate President Zach Hampton said, "Go up and check them out."
A moment of silence was observed in memory of student Diana Mossip. Hampton suggested a fund or scholarship be established in her memory.
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Writing Center reaches out
BY KEN LEIDIG
Sylvia Bryant, director of the Writing Center, hopes to see more students visiting the cen- ter in 003 Seidlin Hall this year.
"We have made some attempts to make the Writing Center more visible," said Bryant, an adjunct assistant professor of English.
Publicity for the Writing Center includes bookmarks delivered to students' mail boxes, posters and table signs.
They were designed by Maria Cordaro, a senior art major.
"Dr. Bryant has targeted every possible avenue to let students know about the ser- vices which are available, and I hope that, with this intensi- fied effort, more students will find their way to her door,"
said Christine R.
Grontkowski, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The college funds the Writing Center, whose ser- vices are free to all University students.
The Writing Center employs eight tutors, ranging from sophomores to seniors, said Bryant. Their majors cover a wide range of disciplines so they can relate to the students they are working with, she said.
"Styles vary within disci- plines, and it helps to have tutors who have a broad under- standing of the disciplinary demands," said Grontkowski.
While the tutors available at the Writing Center are not acclaimed experts, they qualify for the position by submitting writing samples, procuring rec- ommendations and passing an interview, said Bryant.
"We don't write students' papers for them; we answer
questions and concerns," said Bryant.
Both Grontkowski and Bryant said they hope students will take advantage of the ser- vices at the Writing Center.
The Center is more than a last resort for a late or hope- less paper, Grontkowski said.
"I've known excellent writ- ers who nevertheless went to the Writing Center because they wanted that little edge,"
said Grontkowski.
The Center should be used to enhance general writing skills for all students, said Bryant.
"Developing and expressing new ideas is one of our greatest strengths," she said.
The Writing Center can help students fix grammatical, spelling and structure errors, Bryant said. Tutors can also help students avoid plagiarism and cite sources correctly, she said, o
Acupuncture balances the body
BY SABRINA HARRISON
Western medicine views the human body as mechani- cal whereas Chinese medicine "envisions the body as a garden," said Graham Marks at his Bergren Forum Sept. 19.
Marks is a licensed acupuncturist and a former AU graduate student. His forum, entitled "Acupuncture—
What is it? How does it work?" provided a basic overview of acupuncture and how it relates to Western society.
Marks discussed several types of acupuncture, a Chinese alternative form of medicine which utilizes ' thin needles oh particular pressure points.
One form, veterinary acupuncture, is used to cure animals. Acupuncture detox, another form, is used in clinics and prisons to aid in the cure of substance with- drawal symptoms.
However, Marks practices another type, the five- element acupuncture, which relates to the changing of the seasons.
Five-element acupuncturists use meridians—lines where Ch'i, or vital force energy, can flow.
If a patient has a problem with his heart, for exam- ple, Marks said, an acupuncturist would target the
heart meridian. This line starts at the end of the pinkie finger, travels to the palm then extends to the upper arm, armpit and finally to the heart.
Acupuncturists believe "health is the ability for Ch'i to flow through the landscape of the body," he said.
Unlike Western medicine, acupuncture does not focus on areas of the body where symptoms occur, he said. Instead acupuncture focuses on areas of greatest imbalance.
A patient's body may be unbalanced for a number of reasons, said Marks. A person's lifestyle or the food they eat can be contributing factors.
Also unlike Western medicine which specializes, Marks said, "Ch'i makes no distinction between thè mind, body and spirit."
The amount of time it takes to cure an individual using the five-element acupuncture system varies.
Marks said it may require six or more sessions.
Noting the importance of Western medicine, Marks said any one medical system cannot cure everything.
He said we are living in very exciting times because of the recent collaboration of acupuncture and Western medicine.
Marks said he is impressed by the recent willing- ness of Western physicians to try acupuncture. •
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BY JONATHAN BAUM
Using concepts of bugs, condoms and trees, John Gill explored the idea of barricades in teaching in his Sept. 26 Bergren Forum,
"Question-Barricade-Question."
Gill, associate professor of ceramics, talked about the value of a question and the sometimes lack of value of an answer.
Gill cited philosopher/musician John Cage's one-time reaction to a question from an audience member, saying, 'That's such a wonderful question, I'd hate to ruin it with an answer."
Gill stressed the value of a variety of answers to any given question, situation or observa- tion.
He said any answer is intrigu- ing and could work.
"I'd have a hard time taking a test," joked Gill.
Gill also discussed the impor- tance of barriers. He showed a slide of a bug in a bucket of sand who had crawled from wall to wall, possibly looking for a way out. The lines which were creat- ed could possibly be seen as a piece of art, he said.
"If I could pattern myself as an artist, this bug is what I'd want to be like," said Gill.
He pointed out the usefulness of barriers, saying that if those walls hadn't been there, the bug might have just crawled straight and not explored the entire buck- et.
"The bug could explore outside the bucket, too," he said, "but it might be more than he can deal with."
Gill also used a racquetball analogy, saying each time the ball hits one of the four walls another question is asked.
Gill said abstractness and lack of definition leaves things more open for interpretation. For example, condoms and pieces of pottery could be seen as having two sides, male and female, when they actually have neither, he said.
Gill said that too often things are defined, whether it be a piece of art or a tree. He said describ- ing a tree with white bark could create several different images and interpretations, whereas stating that a tree is a white birch is too definitive and ruins the image for its audience.
An audience member asked Gill, "Do you think sometimes [a subject] needs to be ruined?"
Gill replied, "You should become an artist." •
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